Bah, I'm sick of this, refer to the first or two bubbly things. I disclaim, I own, I summarise and most of all I ramble. Do read on good friends!

Death, love and all that's in between.

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She was giggling internally, Go Virginia! She couldn't explain it but once she'd seen Ron on the floor and Harry standing there, it'd just started and she wanted it off her chest for the moment. And the fact that she was in love; she wanted to shout from the tower tops. She wanted her whole family to know … but that was out of the question wasn't it? Well all except Percy.

She smiled at her favourite brother who was standing slightly off from the rest of the other company, he was looking wistfully out through the window. Virginia grinned, she knew what … rather who he was thinking of. Oooh Oliver! Virginia loved Perce more than anyone, they had an underlying connection with one another, they knew what the other meant and they dealt with the same annoyances of their family. He was the one brother who thought she could've helped in the war, he knew what she was capable of and saw it in her eyes that she wanted to fight. They other were so blind. But Percy was Percy; he'd know all about her life … well most things, when the time came.

Right now she wanted to comfort Ron, it was odd to see him taking this so badly … even she was coming to grips with the loss. But that wasn't hard was it? Her mind quipped; she grinned unapologetically and blushed at the memories of her and Draco while moving closer to the lump of Grang–Hermione and Ronald. Where to start with the comfort?

"Ugh … Ron, brother, could we talk?" the baffled redhead looked up wearily to his sister and nodded and started to get up. Hermione stopped him and moved off herself promising to be back later. Ron just nodded mutely.

"Um … Ron? How are you?" she tried to start of with the basics … she knew she wasn't the right person to be doing this but she had to do this.

"How am I? How am I?" he choked and looked at her confused "What do you mean how am I? How are you? I mean you should feel the same ripping I am, but you're not are you? What have you been doing instead … off getting hickeys!?" he whispered the last part harshly. This was not going to deter her god-dammit! She decided to move closer to him and put an arm around him awkwardly.

"Ron … this isn't about me, I'm just looking out for one of my favourite" her mouth broke out into an invisible grimace "brothers. What have you been doing to take care of yourself?" Ron looked up at her and placed an awkward arm around her for a moment.

"I'm fine Gin, I don't need hugs though. Really, I'm a big boy now, and really if I need your help I'll come seek you" with that he hoisted him self up and swaggered off. Virginia gritted her teeth and absently pounded the couch to her right. She knew he would never seek her, for crying out-loud, wasn't that the same in Hogwarts? Why do you care Virginia?, it'll get better, don't worry it'll get better.

"Ugh, you think that couch is dead yet?" she heard a new voice whisper. It seemed everyone was whispering here. Without looking up she responded smiling.

"You never know Perce, these couches can be dangerous and can come alive at any given moment" she responded with such a mock serious face that he laughed lightly, a wonderful sound she mused … no one laughed in here any more, how sad.

"Come on precious" he'd always had pet names for her, no one else had pet names for her except 'Ginny', no one had every called her anything different, not her parents, not her other brothers. Nope only Percy and now … Draco … he called her everything under the sun but Ginny, she loved it! "Let's go outside, I think the melancholy in here is going to make my skin go pasty" she nodded enthusiastically in agreement.

The day was warm as they sat on their porch. "So first off little miss Ginnikens" once again the one brother who could say that without receiving one of her death glares. After her first year when she'd caught Percy and Penelope kissing it seemed that he felt comfortable talking to her about anything in private same with him, most things. "Whose the lucky guy?"

"Whatever do you mean Sir Percy?" she feigned innocence.

"That bite the size of America on your neck is what I mean, I want to know who so I can have a nice long friendly chat with him" Everyone always thought they'd hear her other brothers say that, not Percy. But Percy always showed her and his close, close friends a totally different side from what he showed the family. Wonderful actor wasn't he?

"You will do no such thing Perce!" she cried in outrage "Well … I suppose if you must know, everyone will hate me for being with him, I've only been with him for three weeks, and I think I'm falling for him in a bad bad way." she sighed the last part and dropped her head onto his shoulders. She felt the grin tugging at his lips.

"Congratulations Gin, I think you've finally made it; to what we poor souls call love. You have my sympathy aswell"

"What ever for?"

"For dating a Malfoy" she gasped at that … how did he know?!

"What … ugh…"

"Simple deduction dear sister 'everyone will hate me for being with him', that and … Oliver was home last night, who as you know is close with Amber … and she is taking all the credit of your happy state." Virginia grinned at that; sometimes life could feel so good and right. She had someone, one person in her family that made her feel wonderful, she had one or two close friends and her love. That's all she needed in life. No one else.

"Well I guess I do owe her, if it wasn't for her I wouldn't have seen him after so long, you're not mad?"

"Mad? Why would I be mad? Not only didn't I know him; I was with Oliver's parents when they bought one of the properties he was managing. He seemed like a nice enough chap, chatted for a few moments, culturally flavoured. No, I'm not the one you'll have to deal with, that'll be Ron sister dear and you know it."

"I know. I wonder what mother and father would've said" Percy snorted at that.

"They wouldn't have said anything nice let me tell you that, they would've never gotten past the fact he was a Malfoy. They would've been blind to your state of bliss. Sorry but that would've been the way, we're two of a kind in this family Gin, you and I know it … they wouldn't like you dating Malfoy the way they didn't like my being gay and being with settled down with Oliver." A bitter grin was playing at his lips

"How is quote Mr-national-quidditch-player-whose-hung-like-a-horse unquote?"

"You know very well, I don't care that his surrounded by hordes of gorgeous guys … cause when his with me, its still mind-blowing, earth-shattering … and you can only have that with love"

"Aw, Percy Weasely our little romantic."

"Shut-up, and I know you know what I'm talking about!" Virginia just grinned and giggled at that with a slight nod. Boy did she.

"You miss 'em Perce?"

"Mum and Dad? Yeah offcourse I do … they were our parents, but I suppose I'm not as deeply affected as Ron or Fred and George, they didn't understand so often what I wanted and who I was, it was like I was an alien in this family, to everyone except you. I know I got a bit crazed with Mr Crouch in your third year … but still they … mum…" Percy just shook his head and stopped. Virginia nodded and rubbed his back empathically.

"It'll get better"

"Yeah I know little one, I know. Parkinson gone, McGonagall gone…"

"Shh we better get inside, I've got to be going in a minute to get ready" At that Percy grinned.

"A hot date huh?"

"You could say that"

"Ooh what would Mr Malfoy say if he knew his girlfriend was gallivanting around the town late at night with different men"

"Oh shoosh you; I'm meeting him, god my knees are already weak! I just wish…" she trailed off and mumbled something inaudible.

"You just wish…"

"That he'd say Iloveyou to my face"

"I love you, huh? Well you can see straight off that'd it'd be hard for him to say…"

"Why though? I mean his always calling me love and sweetheart and his heart, why hasn't he said the words yet! Or he'll say 'I love the way you…' never 'Virginia Ann Weasley I love you with all my heart like you do me' its not fair! I want to hear his decadent voice ooze poetic words of love for me! His love god-dammit!"

"Pleased easily aren't you?" Virginia just punched him lightly in the shoulder and followed him into the burrow.

As Virginia gathered up her things; she passed Ron, Harry and Hermione all huddled together. Harry and Hermione draped over Ron in a quasi group hug. She saw Ron leaning on them for support and muttering words of needing more hugs from his friends and finding the bloody bastard who did this. Virginia glared at him as she stalked off.

Fine Ronald Alfred Weasley, you don't want my help … fine! Just never talk to me again…never. Ever.

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A/N: Yes a pretty pointless chapter but I realised through writing and re-reading this chapter, I absolutely love Percy as a character. He has an exterior but obviously he has more, he date Penelope Clearwater and no matter how innocent romance can be – it was a romance, so there is definitely more then the two dimensional character we're introduced to. As is the same with Ginny, thus why I think they would share a certain bond.

Do click on! Click click click, it's all coming out in one mass delivery. I just like bothering with chapter titles and of the like. Ciao!