Make Me Happy

Chapter 6: Don't Make Me Love You

Author's Note: Reviews… please?

Chapter 6

Don't make me love you till I'm ready
Don't make me give you more than my kisses
I need you to go slow and steady
Don't make me love you till I'm ready

'Don't Make Me Love You' by Christina Aguilera

          "Good morning, sunshine," Harry said softly as he kissed his wife awake.

          "Mmm… that's a good way to wake up," Ginny smiled at Harry and closed her eyes dreamily. Harry smiled back at her before kissing her again. "Why are you in such a good mood?"

          "Because I'm married to the most beautiful woman in the world." Harry continued smiling as Ginny couldn't resist blushing from one of his many corny comments.

          "Stop it, Harry!" She pushed him off of her playfully, still blushing.

          "After all these years, I can still make you blush like that. Man, I'm good," Harry gave her a quick peck on the check before getting out of bed and putting a pair of jeans and a button down yellow cotton polo on. Ginny remained in bed, watching her husband get dressed, smile still spread from ear to ear.

          "Where are you going in such a hurry?" She asked him curiously, still not rising from her comfortable position on the bed.

          "To breakfast, of course!" Harry put on a pair of socks, kissed her one last time and headed downstairs to the kitchen where another familiar red head was already seated at the large table, eating cereal and reading the Daily Prophet.

          "Hey, Ron," Harry said, grabbing a bowl from the cabinet himself and seating across from his best friend. Ron jumped. He hadn't heard Harry enter.

          "Hey, Harry," Ron folded the paper and put it back down.

          "How is everything?" Since last night, Harry had not given one more thought to the fight he had witnessed between Ron and Hermione and it wasn't until now that he was itching to ask questions… he had completely forgotten. Ron did look a little disheveled: hair tousled, still in his pajamas, not exactly making his mouth every time he took a bite. Harry wanted to know everything.

          "Okay," Ron shrugged and continued eating. He finished immediately after and took his bowl to the sink, when Ginny entered. She wasn't wearing clothes, but Harry's blue striped, silk bathrobe with fuzzy white glitter slippers. Her curly hair was pulled into a messy pony tail on the top of her head. Harry was a little upset that she had interrupted the conversation he was just about to have with Ron, but he had plenty of time to talk to him later.

          "Hey, big brother," Ginny said sweetly, kissing him on the cheek just before she reached for a pan in the cabinet above where Ron was standing.

          "Gin, I wish you wouldn't walk around the house like that. Us guys don't want to see that," Ron said giving a shudder at the images he was getting in his mind of his sister and her husband, a look of disgust etched across his face.

          "Speak for yourself," Harry laughed.

"Geez, I'm sorry, Mr. Ronald Weasley," Ginny mockingly replied.

"Just thought I'd give my insight," Ron paused as Ginny rolled her eyes behind his back. She started to cook eggs at the stove next to him. "Anyway, bye you two. I'm off to work."

He started to walk off.

"Wait," Harry interrupted. "When will you be back?"

"Not until late tonight. Why?" Ron looked at his best friend curiously.

"Because we need to talk," Harry gave a serious look towards Ron before continuing. "Why are you going to work anyway? This is vacation. You know… away from work."

"Yeah, yeah," Ron walked off muttering, "Why doesn't someone tell Hermione that?"

"What's up his butt today?" Ginny asked. She looked up from her cooking and stared at her husband.

"Not sure," Harry didn't want to talk to Ginny about it just yet until he was sure of what was going on.

          "Oh," Ginny gave him her sad puppy dog/confused face that Harry couldn't help but smile at. "Want any eggs?" She turned back around to the food she was making.

          "Sure," Harry stood from the table and advanced on his wife slowly. She didn't know he was behind her until she turned around to ask him and question and jumped when she saw he was already right there.

          "Oh!" She exclaimed, giggling.

          Harry smiled down at her and put his hands on her waist. "You look better in my bathrobe than I do." He was still smiling as he leant in for a kiss when a cough came from the table at the other end of the room. Harry and Ginny both looked in that direction surprised.

          "Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt anything," Fred rolled his eyes as he sat down to read the Daily Prophet and finish the cereal that Harry had started.

          "That was… mine," Harry began, "Nevermind."

          "Good morning, Fred!" Ginny said quickly, trying to hide her embarrassment, pushing Harry away without hesitation.

          "Nevermind on the eggs, sweetheart. I'm going to go practice," Harry kissed her on the cheek and almost apparated.

          "Practice?" Ginny's question lingered in the air. He knew she'd ask.

          "You didn't tell me about practice. What practice is this?"

          "Oh, I didn't?" Harry gulped. He wasn't really going to practice. He knew he couldn't wait until tonight to find out what Ron and Hermione's problem was so he was going to visit Ron at work, try to find out exactly what was going on, and try to help them work it out.

          "No, you didn't," Ginny's voice was still sweet, but she managed to sound curt at the same time.

          "I… erm… Oliver called. We're practicing at his house… I promise I'll be back as soon as possible," Harry kissed her one last time, expecting her to be a little angry about him leaving her for an entire day, but to his surprise and luck, her reaction was the exact opposite.

          "Alright, honey. The girls and the kids are all going shopping anyway, so I'll just go with them. I love you. Have a great time," This time she kissed him just before he disappeared into thin air.

~*~

          "Harry!" The large woman at the front desk shrieked as soon as Harry appeared in the lobby of Weasley & Associates law office.

          "Genevieve," Harry smiled his beautiful smile at the brunette woman and walked towards her eagerly.

          "Here to see Ronald, I presume?" She started typing on her computer, making sure Ron was still in his private office located in the rear of the building. Harry nodded in response. "Lucky for you, he's been sitting in there all morning. Let me just let him know you're here."

          Genevieve began to press some buttons until Harry stopped her.

          "No, that won't be necessary. I'll just drop in…" Harry nodded once again in her direction before walking down the hallway towards Ron's office. On the way he saw Lauraine, Mandy, Charlotte, Kristyn, and Courtney, four of which were all of the girls Ron had tried to hook Harry up with at Christmas parties whenever he and Ginny would have a horrible fight. They all smiled happily, winking at him or blowing kisses. Harry only put on a fake smile in return and continued on his way to Ron's office.

          As he approached the wooden door that read "Ronald Arthur Weasley, President" in gold glittering letters, he heard Ron's voice along with an unfamiliar female voice coming from inside.

          "Oh, Ronald, you're too flattering," The sound of female giggling filled the air and even though from Harry's standing point, it was muffled yet clear. This definitely caught all of Harry's attention and he didn't even notice when a young intern tripped over him coming down the hallway with coffee which managed to spill all over the hallway. She apologized profusely and Harry just nodded it off as more giggling filled the air until the room went silent for about three minutes.

          Harry couldn't take it anymore and without knocking, he opened the door angrily, preparing himself to be ready for anything he was about to see.

          "Ron, we need to talk."

[Author's Note – yay! End of Ch 6. I like it lots! And it's long! Wo0t! I hope you guys like it, too…. So who was in there? Hermione??? Or someone else??? Hmm… guess you'll have to find out in the next chapter! Oh, and what DID happen to Hermione? We still don't know! Stay tuned, kids! AND PLEASE REVIEW! Xoxo-Hannah Holt]