Ginny spent most of the afternoon fixing dinner for her and Harry. Harry on the other hand had left to go back to his flat for a bit. A few hours later when dinner was nearly ready Harry returned and decided that while he was away he would attempt to make something to contribute to the dinner. He made a simple casserole and had just placed it on the table when Ginny walked into the dining room.
"Harry, you're back, I didn't hear you come back," she said.
"Apparated," he said.
"Yes, but normally you pop," she said.
"Another thing from Auror training…silent apparation," he said.
"Oh sure, find another way to sneak up on me," she said.
"Yeah, look outside Ginny," he said.
She looked out the window and saw that snow was falling and she smiled at Harry. She went back into the kitchen and came back with some of the dinner. Harry followed her into the kitchen the next time she went into the kitchen to help her carry out the rest of the meal. Ginny sat down and Harry just looked at her. She felt him staring at her and said,
"What is it?"
"Nothing, I'm just enjoying the moment," he replied.
"What do you mean," she asked.
"It's nothing really," he said.
"No what is it," she asked.
"I just mean that this is a moment that's quiet and I'm not sure what else," he said.
Ginny looked at him for a moment and said,
"Perhaps it is because you finally have a Christmas you can share with someone."
He looked at her and nodded his head.
"Yes you're right," he said.
She looked at him and said,
"Aren't you going to eat dinner?"
"Oh yes, sorry, I just got lost in my thoughts," he said.
He sat down and began to eat his dinner. At one point during dinner he noticed Ginny looking at her ring and smiling lovingly at it.
"Like it," he asked.
Ginny's head snapped up and she smiled before she nodded her head. He looked down at the floor for a moment and thought, 'How did I ever end up being so lucky?'
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After dinner and the dishes had been cleaned and put away they went into the living room and watched the snow fall. At one point Ginny laid down on his lap and began talking to him about the day he came into the shop. As they laughed about their first date and how Harry thought he had screwed up by asking if she had a boyfriend, Ginny noticed an odd expression beginning to play into Harry's eyes.
"Harry what's wrong," she asked.
"Nothing," he replied.
"Harry, I can see it in your eyes, something is wrong," she said.
"No it's not that there's something wrong," he said.
"Then what is it," she asked.
"Well since you mentioned the moment of me asking you if you had a boyfriend it made me remember one emotion from that day," he said.
"What was that," she asked.
"Fear," he replied.
"Fear of what," she asked.
"I feared that you were seeing someone and that I had lost you," he said.
"Lost me, what do you mean," she asked.
"Well you see Ginny, after the day in shop I realized that I still loved you," he said.
"Oh," she said,
"Again," Harry finished.
"Again? What do you mean again," she asked.
"Well…you know that after we broke up in my 6th year it was all due to Voldemort, and after I defeated him, we kind of just drifted back into friendship and then I became an Auror and we sort lost touch. In that time period I figured that you may have moved on and gave up on me," he said.
"Harry, I'd never give up on you. I have patience. Think about it, I still hadn't given up hope on you in my 5th year and I never have," she said.
"I'm happy about that," he said smiling down at her.
She smiled back and lightly traced his jaw line. He stopped her midway and pulled her upwards toward him. She leaned up against him and rested her head in the crook of his shoulder. He kissed her temple and said,
"Ginny look up for a moment."
"What is it," she asked.
He smiled at her and gave her brief kiss. She smiled at him and pulled him back for another one. As the evening wore on they talked about the wedding and soon it was time for bed. Just as Harry was standing up to apparate back he heard Ginny say his name softly.
"What is it," he asked.
"Stay here again," she said.
"All right, I won't argue with you," he said.
"So which room," she asked.
"Well we could just go to your room and sleep in the nice comfy bed.
Besides the couch always makes me sleep with my neck crooked," he said.
"All right," she said.
Just as she stood up Harry apparated back to his flat leaving a surprised Ginny behind. Just as Ginny was beginning to think he had changed his mind, and began to leave to go to bed he returned.
"Where did you go," she asked.
"Back to my flat to change," he said.
It was then she noticed that he was wearing flannel pants and a plain t-shirt. She smiled at the sight and said,
"I could get used to this."
"You're going to have to remember," he said.
She smiled and said,
"Race you."
"All right go," he said.
Soon they were both in a dead run for the bedroom. Ginny got there first and dove in. Harry stopped before he fell into the bed, and asked,
"Sleeping in our day clothes Gin?"
In her rush to her room she had forgotten she was wearing her jeans and sweater still. She smiled sheepishly and left the room to change. When she came back she found Harry already in bed. When she climbed in he reached over and pulled her closer to him. She snuggled herself closer to him as well. Just as she was drifting off to sleep she felt him kiss her temple, and heard him whisper,
"Goodnight Gin."
She smiled and sighed contentedly when she felt him wrap an arm around her. She soon fell asleep to the sound of Harry's heart beating.