Harry Potter and the Year of Searching.
Chapter Fourteen: The Drawing Room
The next day Mrs. Weasley took them all Christmas shopping in Diagon Alley. Harry ended up buying Hermione a bottle of ink that wrote in different colours and Ron a book on Quidditch team tactics. He was agonizing over what to get Ginny when he finally couldn't stand it anymore. He approached Hermione and signalled her to come with him. He led her away from Ron and Ginny who were admiring a Firebolt display model and asked her, "Hermione, I need help. I can't think of what to get Ginny!"
Hermione grinned and said, "Well, do you want to get her something romantic or something practical?" Harry shrugged and she continued, "Okay then, meet me outside Ollivander's in fifteen minutes. I'll show you what to get her." Harry thanked her and went back to shopping.
Fifteen minutes passes and Harry was waiting for Hermione outside the wand shop. He finally saw her coming towards him and she beckoned to him to follow. She led him down the street to a small shop with a sign that read, in elegant curly letters, "Schecter Diamonds."
"Jewelry?" Harry asked. Hermione nodded and led him inside. The interior of the shop was warmly lit, and there were glass cases all around the walls and in the middle of the room that held hundreds of thousands worth of jewlrey. Harry was shocked to find a vividly green emerald larger than his fist on display in it's own cabinet. He and Hermione finally decided on a gold necklace, braclet, and earing set with small rubies mounted inside. Harry paid, thinking that many more purchases like this would empty his vault at Gringotts, and they went back outside, where Harry thanked Hermione for helping him out of a tight spot, and they walked back to the Leaky Cauldron where they met the others. When Harry saw Ginny he quickly tucked the bag containing the jewelry inside a larger one that held Ron's gift. Ginny raised an eyebrow at this but thankfully didn't ask any questions.
After a warm lunch the group headed back to Grimmauld Place where Harry quickly wrapped the gifts he had bought and stored them in his trunk. After a long afternoon of several unsuccessful attempts to build an entire card castle with Exploding Snap cards, they ate a delicious meal prepared by Mrs. Weasley and excused themselves after helping clean up. Ron and Hermione went straight to the boys' room, but Ginny held Harry back.
"Come with me," she said, grabbing his hand. She led him to the drawing room where Mrs. Weasley had confronted the Boggart last year and sat down in a large armchair. She patted the seat next to her and Harry squeezed in, placing Ginny halfway on his lap.
"Hey, Gin," he whispered to her before wrapping his arms around her.
"Hey, you," she whispered back. "We haven't had much time alone lately, so I thought we'd leave Ron and Hermione to do whatever they want and go off by ourselves for a while."
"I like the sound of that," Harry grinned at her, before placing a hand under her chin and lifting her lips to his. Harry's mind went blissfully blank and they broke apart a minute later, breathing heavily and staring into each other's eyes.
"Harry," Ginny said in a voice deeper than normal, "I have a serious question for you. Do you love me?"
Taken aback, Harry blinked and then started, "Of course I d-"
"No, Harry," Ginny interrupted, "please think about it first. I don't want an automatic answer. Think about it first."
Harry sighed and sat silent for a second. Then he remembered something he had heard on the Muggle radio once.
"Ginny, I love you with my heart and soul," Harry said, interpreting what he remembered to his own ends, "and love like ours will never age. You're my pride and joy, and I just hope I'm your little lover boy."
Ginny stared at him for a moment, then asked, "What was that?"
"Oh," Harry responded grinning, "I think I heard it on the Muggle radio once. But's it's true. That's how I feel about you. I think there was also something in that song about 'My baby causes the sun to shine,' and that's how it is with you. You light up a room when you step into it. I love you and-and, well, I want to keep loving you forever. I want to grow old with you."
Ginny thought for a moment and said, "I love you too, Harry. I want to have your children and-and I want to grow old with you, too, and I never want to stop loving you." Harry smiled when he heard this and reached down for another kiss.
They broke apart a few minutes later and wordlessly stood up, adjusting their clothes. "I love you, Gin," Harry said to her, tracing her cheek with a finger. "Good night."
"See you in the morning, Harry." They kissed once more, breifly, and went to their seperate rooms.
Harry opened the door to his and Ron's room and was confronted by an embarrasing scene that reminded him vividly of the scene he "didn't see" earlier that school year in his dorm. Ron was leaning down over Hermione, running his hands over her, kissing her furiously. Harry wondered if that's how he looked when he was kissing Ginny, and then he realized he should leave before he was caught. He silently turned and left the room, running back to Ginny's room. He didn't touch the door, but he called Ginny out and told her what he had seen, grinning. She giggled and kissed him again, following him back to his room.
"Hello," she said, stepping into the doorway. Ron and Hermione broke apart, blushing. "Well well," she went on, "what do we have here? It's a good think it was only Harry who found you and not mum, and a good thing he came and told me and not her!"
Hermione blushed and pulled her shirt down. "You didn't have to interupt us, Ginny!" she said furiously.
"Well, no, I didn't," she admitted, "but I don't want to be an aunt yet, you know. Why don't you go to bed? I'll be along in a minute."
Hermione blushed even redder and muttered darkly something about what Ginny and Harry were doing in the Room of Requirement, and then she left the room. Ginny turned to Ron, who was attempting to hide from her behind his bed. "Well, Mr. Weasley, what do you have to say for yourself?" she asked, trying not to grin at his sorry countenance.
Harry held in a laugh as he muttered, "Nothing to say. You saw-well maybe you didn't-none of your business anyway!" He finished angrily, glaring at them.
Ginny could hold it in anymore and she burst out laughing, saying, "Oh, Ron, do you think we care? I mean, it's about time you two got together, and this summer we noticed you guys. I mean, how long was it going to take?"
Ron grinned at her and said, "You little imp, where have you and Harry been? Go to bed!"
Ginny pecked Harry on the cheek and winked at him before going out, closing the door after her.
"Well," Harry said, turning to Ron, "you were caught. But honestly, I don't feel like talking about it. Goodnight!" Harry changed and went to sleep, remembering the drawing room and the feel of Ginny.
AN: Yeah, another shortie, another fluffy. These are more fun than I thought to write! 50 house points to the first person to tell me what the song is Harry was thinking of, and a hundred who finds out where I got the name Schector Diamonds-that one's much harder to find out. See you all in the next chapter. Please review!
Chapter Fourteen: The Drawing Room
The next day Mrs. Weasley took them all Christmas shopping in Diagon Alley. Harry ended up buying Hermione a bottle of ink that wrote in different colours and Ron a book on Quidditch team tactics. He was agonizing over what to get Ginny when he finally couldn't stand it anymore. He approached Hermione and signalled her to come with him. He led her away from Ron and Ginny who were admiring a Firebolt display model and asked her, "Hermione, I need help. I can't think of what to get Ginny!"
Hermione grinned and said, "Well, do you want to get her something romantic or something practical?" Harry shrugged and she continued, "Okay then, meet me outside Ollivander's in fifteen minutes. I'll show you what to get her." Harry thanked her and went back to shopping.
Fifteen minutes passes and Harry was waiting for Hermione outside the wand shop. He finally saw her coming towards him and she beckoned to him to follow. She led him down the street to a small shop with a sign that read, in elegant curly letters, "Schecter Diamonds."
"Jewelry?" Harry asked. Hermione nodded and led him inside. The interior of the shop was warmly lit, and there were glass cases all around the walls and in the middle of the room that held hundreds of thousands worth of jewlrey. Harry was shocked to find a vividly green emerald larger than his fist on display in it's own cabinet. He and Hermione finally decided on a gold necklace, braclet, and earing set with small rubies mounted inside. Harry paid, thinking that many more purchases like this would empty his vault at Gringotts, and they went back outside, where Harry thanked Hermione for helping him out of a tight spot, and they walked back to the Leaky Cauldron where they met the others. When Harry saw Ginny he quickly tucked the bag containing the jewelry inside a larger one that held Ron's gift. Ginny raised an eyebrow at this but thankfully didn't ask any questions.
After a warm lunch the group headed back to Grimmauld Place where Harry quickly wrapped the gifts he had bought and stored them in his trunk. After a long afternoon of several unsuccessful attempts to build an entire card castle with Exploding Snap cards, they ate a delicious meal prepared by Mrs. Weasley and excused themselves after helping clean up. Ron and Hermione went straight to the boys' room, but Ginny held Harry back.
"Come with me," she said, grabbing his hand. She led him to the drawing room where Mrs. Weasley had confronted the Boggart last year and sat down in a large armchair. She patted the seat next to her and Harry squeezed in, placing Ginny halfway on his lap.
"Hey, Gin," he whispered to her before wrapping his arms around her.
"Hey, you," she whispered back. "We haven't had much time alone lately, so I thought we'd leave Ron and Hermione to do whatever they want and go off by ourselves for a while."
"I like the sound of that," Harry grinned at her, before placing a hand under her chin and lifting her lips to his. Harry's mind went blissfully blank and they broke apart a minute later, breathing heavily and staring into each other's eyes.
"Harry," Ginny said in a voice deeper than normal, "I have a serious question for you. Do you love me?"
Taken aback, Harry blinked and then started, "Of course I d-"
"No, Harry," Ginny interrupted, "please think about it first. I don't want an automatic answer. Think about it first."
Harry sighed and sat silent for a second. Then he remembered something he had heard on the Muggle radio once.
"Ginny, I love you with my heart and soul," Harry said, interpreting what he remembered to his own ends, "and love like ours will never age. You're my pride and joy, and I just hope I'm your little lover boy."
Ginny stared at him for a moment, then asked, "What was that?"
"Oh," Harry responded grinning, "I think I heard it on the Muggle radio once. But's it's true. That's how I feel about you. I think there was also something in that song about 'My baby causes the sun to shine,' and that's how it is with you. You light up a room when you step into it. I love you and-and, well, I want to keep loving you forever. I want to grow old with you."
Ginny thought for a moment and said, "I love you too, Harry. I want to have your children and-and I want to grow old with you, too, and I never want to stop loving you." Harry smiled when he heard this and reached down for another kiss.
They broke apart a few minutes later and wordlessly stood up, adjusting their clothes. "I love you, Gin," Harry said to her, tracing her cheek with a finger. "Good night."
"See you in the morning, Harry." They kissed once more, breifly, and went to their seperate rooms.
Harry opened the door to his and Ron's room and was confronted by an embarrasing scene that reminded him vividly of the scene he "didn't see" earlier that school year in his dorm. Ron was leaning down over Hermione, running his hands over her, kissing her furiously. Harry wondered if that's how he looked when he was kissing Ginny, and then he realized he should leave before he was caught. He silently turned and left the room, running back to Ginny's room. He didn't touch the door, but he called Ginny out and told her what he had seen, grinning. She giggled and kissed him again, following him back to his room.
"Hello," she said, stepping into the doorway. Ron and Hermione broke apart, blushing. "Well well," she went on, "what do we have here? It's a good think it was only Harry who found you and not mum, and a good thing he came and told me and not her!"
Hermione blushed and pulled her shirt down. "You didn't have to interupt us, Ginny!" she said furiously.
"Well, no, I didn't," she admitted, "but I don't want to be an aunt yet, you know. Why don't you go to bed? I'll be along in a minute."
Hermione blushed even redder and muttered darkly something about what Ginny and Harry were doing in the Room of Requirement, and then she left the room. Ginny turned to Ron, who was attempting to hide from her behind his bed. "Well, Mr. Weasley, what do you have to say for yourself?" she asked, trying not to grin at his sorry countenance.
Harry held in a laugh as he muttered, "Nothing to say. You saw-well maybe you didn't-none of your business anyway!" He finished angrily, glaring at them.
Ginny could hold it in anymore and she burst out laughing, saying, "Oh, Ron, do you think we care? I mean, it's about time you two got together, and this summer we noticed you guys. I mean, how long was it going to take?"
Ron grinned at her and said, "You little imp, where have you and Harry been? Go to bed!"
Ginny pecked Harry on the cheek and winked at him before going out, closing the door after her.
"Well," Harry said, turning to Ron, "you were caught. But honestly, I don't feel like talking about it. Goodnight!" Harry changed and went to sleep, remembering the drawing room and the feel of Ginny.
AN: Yeah, another shortie, another fluffy. These are more fun than I thought to write! 50 house points to the first person to tell me what the song is Harry was thinking of, and a hundred who finds out where I got the name Schector Diamonds-that one's much harder to find out. See you all in the next chapter. Please review!