"Ron's getting worse." Ginny felt ready to cry.
Harry put his arms around her and held her small form close to him. "It'll be okay Gin. He'll pull through. Just like Hermione will. This will all be over soon. And then everything will be back the way it was."
Ginny looked up at Harry's face, her eyes shining with admiration.
"You're always so sure of everything Harry. I wish I could be like that. How do you do it?"
"Because I have to. We all do. I won't let myself be unhappy and I won't let you be either."
Ginny allowed herself a small smile.
"That's the idea! Only I'm going for a broader version." Harry put on the joking voice he always used whenever trying to cheer Ginny up. "Gin if you don't do it of your own free will, I'm gonna have to make you do it."
Ginny took a step back from him and put her hands on her hips. "What are you gonna do? Tickle me?"
"Not a bad idea!" Harry lunged at her, pulling her onto his lap. He knew just where Ginny was most tender and ticklish, and within minutes he had her screaming with laughter.
"Stop-stop-I-give-up!" Ginny tried desperately to catch her breath.
"Just don't ever be miserable again, and I won't have to resort to such low- down methods!"
"Well I can't promise anything, but I'll try" Ginny smiled as she leant in to kiss him.
"Well, that'll just have to do." Harry murmured just before their lips met.
He wound his arms around Ginny's waist and held her close to him. She was so tiny and gentle. Harry felt he just had to protect her, especially after everything that had happened. He couldn't let anything happen to her.
He was in love.
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Ron looked over his O.W.L. practice papers. He was muttering to himself. "She'll be so proud of me when she sees all this. She would have wanted me to do this for her. It is, it's all for her, all for 'Mione."
He was suddenly interrupted by a stern voice. He recognised it as Professor McGonagall. "Weasley!"
Ron stood up. "Yes Professor?"
"Go to the hospital wing. Professor Dumbledore has something he wishes to say to you."
Ron was overcome with a sort of numbness. He felt his legs carry him out of the common room and over to the hospital wing, but was barely conscious of it.
"Is it bad news? It couldn't be bad news. No, it couldn't be. 'Mione's okay, she has to be."
Ron looked up as he entered the Hospital wing. Professor Dumbledore stood up and motioned at the ward behind him.
"I believe you will find someone rather anxious to speak with you in here Mr Weasley. I shall leave the two of you to it, if you don't mind, I have some rather pressing matters to attend to."
Ron heard the door shut behind him, but didn't even think to thank the Professor, or wish him goodbye. Instead he stared at the ward, realising that this was the moment that he had been waiting for for the past five months.
Harry put his arms around her and held her small form close to him. "It'll be okay Gin. He'll pull through. Just like Hermione will. This will all be over soon. And then everything will be back the way it was."
Ginny looked up at Harry's face, her eyes shining with admiration.
"You're always so sure of everything Harry. I wish I could be like that. How do you do it?"
"Because I have to. We all do. I won't let myself be unhappy and I won't let you be either."
Ginny allowed herself a small smile.
"That's the idea! Only I'm going for a broader version." Harry put on the joking voice he always used whenever trying to cheer Ginny up. "Gin if you don't do it of your own free will, I'm gonna have to make you do it."
Ginny took a step back from him and put her hands on her hips. "What are you gonna do? Tickle me?"
"Not a bad idea!" Harry lunged at her, pulling her onto his lap. He knew just where Ginny was most tender and ticklish, and within minutes he had her screaming with laughter.
"Stop-stop-I-give-up!" Ginny tried desperately to catch her breath.
"Just don't ever be miserable again, and I won't have to resort to such low- down methods!"
"Well I can't promise anything, but I'll try" Ginny smiled as she leant in to kiss him.
"Well, that'll just have to do." Harry murmured just before their lips met.
He wound his arms around Ginny's waist and held her close to him. She was so tiny and gentle. Harry felt he just had to protect her, especially after everything that had happened. He couldn't let anything happen to her.
He was in love.
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Ron looked over his O.W.L. practice papers. He was muttering to himself. "She'll be so proud of me when she sees all this. She would have wanted me to do this for her. It is, it's all for her, all for 'Mione."
He was suddenly interrupted by a stern voice. He recognised it as Professor McGonagall. "Weasley!"
Ron stood up. "Yes Professor?"
"Go to the hospital wing. Professor Dumbledore has something he wishes to say to you."
Ron was overcome with a sort of numbness. He felt his legs carry him out of the common room and over to the hospital wing, but was barely conscious of it.
"Is it bad news? It couldn't be bad news. No, it couldn't be. 'Mione's okay, she has to be."
Ron looked up as he entered the Hospital wing. Professor Dumbledore stood up and motioned at the ward behind him.
"I believe you will find someone rather anxious to speak with you in here Mr Weasley. I shall leave the two of you to it, if you don't mind, I have some rather pressing matters to attend to."
Ron heard the door shut behind him, but didn't even think to thank the Professor, or wish him goodbye. Instead he stared at the ward, realising that this was the moment that he had been waiting for for the past five months.