A/N Not the proposal...sorry! It's coming soon though.
29. Waiting
The youngest Weasley is used to having people leave her. Her big brothers have left her to go to Hogwarts, one by one (or two at once, in the twins' case). And now it was her youngest brother's turn, Ron. Ron was usually beside her when she left the station with her mother. He was as sad as she was. But not this year – this year it was Ron she was waving goodbye to. This year it was Ron whose trolley she insisted on helping to push for the very first time. Ron, who was usually running alongside the train with her. But this time she was alone.
Ginny Weasley has never felt lonely. Who could feel lonely with six brothers? She's never felt lonely until that particular September 1st. When she arrived home, she automatically made her way to Ron's bedroom, where the two used to go to talk about what their big brothers would get up to at school. Not this time.
Ginny sat down on her brother's bed and looked at the wall. On it hung a calendar, turned to the September page. September 1st had a huge red ring around it, and every other day had the word Hogwarts! written on it in Ron's untidy scrawl. Every other date until Christmas had the same word on it, no doubt.
She knew Harry Potter was on the train to Hogwarts along with Ron. She'd seen him at the station. Ginny hoped Ron would become friends with him. Then he could bring him to the Burrow to visit and she could meet him properly. He would most likely be a Gryffindor, just like every single one of her brothers; including, she's sure, Ron. They will share a dormitory, and go to lessons together. Ron was so very lucky to be born one year earlier than her. It could've been her boarding the train this year, and meeting Harry Potter.
Ginny lay back on Ron's bed and waited. For what, she didn't know. For her mother to call her downstairs for lunch. For an owl to arrive from one of her brothers. For Christmas, when she hoped they would come home again. Maybe she was even lying there waiting for September 1st to come around again, when she knew she would finally be getting on the train, joining her brothers and Harry Potter. She wished she could get under the covers of the bed and just sleep until then, so she didn't have to live with the waiting.
All of the next year would just be waiting.
A/N Not exactly a H&G oneshot, but there was a little bit there! I was going to just post it as a seperate oneshot/drabble type thing, but I thought I might as well include it here. Please leave a review!
