A/N I have now finished Book 5. I must say when I read the part about HIM I
cried. I have no shame in saying so (unless you are Zippi, then forget I
said that). I am also aware of who Arabella Figg is but I don't really care
because this is my story and I'm using my imagination. Please do the same.
Thank you and good night.
Chapter 19*~~ A Heart's Longing*~~
Harry sat looking at Ginny for the longest time as she made them hot chocolate. "What? You're starting to creep me out, Harry," Ginny said, setting the steaming mugs down.
"You look really beautiful," Harry said softly. Ginny blushed.
"Thank you, but we have more important things to talk about. Like us. Harry, what are we?"
"Whatever you want us to be. I would like to.to be your boyfriend but it's up to you," Harry said, staring into his mug of hot chocolate.
"I want that too," Ginny said happily. "But, there's the thing with telling everyone. And how we're going to do it. If we want this to work, we're going to have to tell them that we're together. You'll probably get slaughtered."
"Not if we tell them with Sirius, Remus, and Ara there. They might be able to protect me. Besides, after we tell them, when I'm about to get killed, I can see about Flooing to Seamus's or Neville's. I'll write them in the morning and we can do it as soon as we get a response."
"Great," Ginny said. She led him to the couch in the living room where she attacked him with kisses.
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There was a loud bang from the kitchen at seven the next morning. The working Weasleys were gone. The six students and Ara awoke with a start. "HONEY WE'RE HOME!" Sirius yelled.
"Why do you have to scream it you great prat," Harry mumbled, walking downstairs with Ron. Hermione and Ginny were close behind.
"Because it was fun," Sirius said simply. He and Remus sat down in the kitchen.
"Any luck?" Ginny asked, making tea with her wand and giving it to the two "men."
"We saw him once but the great betraying bastard got away," Remus said tiredly.
"We'll get him," Harry reassured the two. They nodded. There were footsteps on the stairs. Sirius looked up and his mug shattered on the floor.
"Ara?" he croaked.
"Yeah," she said softly, looking at the ground. Then she looked up with a stern expression. "Clean that up this instant! My cats are here! The last thing I need is for them to choke and die!"
"Oooh, the cats!" Sirius said dramatically.
"Hey, you weren't the one forced to look at albums of them for years!" Harry said.
"Ouch, that must have been torture," Remus said wincing.
"Oh, knock it off," snapped Ara. "I see you haven't changed."
"Thank you," Remus said, toasting her. She rolled her eyes. She muttered something only Lupin could hear. "Say that again, I dare you!"
"So what did they do to get you here?" asked Sirius. He had cleaned up his spilled coffee and shattered mug.
"They told me you still wanted to marry me," Ara said quietly. Sirius bolted up. He stared at her for a long time. He saw her eyes meet his steadily. He rushed over to her and kissed her emotionally.
"Ew, get a room," Remus said.
"Be quiet, it's sweet," Hermione said, pointing her wand at him.
"Girls," muttered Ron.
"Nidarcia," Hermione said. Ron was wearing a frilly pink dress.
"HERMIONE!" he exclaimed. "You are so dead if you don't change me back."
"Mmm, was that a threat?"
"Judorlid," Harry said. Ron was in jeans and a black tank top now.
"Harry!" whined Hermione.
"How about we get May?" asked Sirius mischievously, looking at Remus. "I haven't seen her ring in many years." Now Remus was scarlet.
"Sirius!"
"Aw, come on, they know I'm engaged," Sirius said.
"Why didn't the two of you ever get married?" asked Ara.
"We... we just never felt it was right. I guess now we'll actually do it," Remus said.
"Graphics," George said coming downstairs.
"There are ickle kiddies here," Fred added. Ara snorted as she sat down. Sirius took the seat in between her and Remus.
"You shouldn't talk of yourself as such," Remus said, shaking his head.
"Yes, you have just become of age," Sirius agreed.
"Yeah, well, they don't act it," Ginny said.
"Don't worry, Remus never did and he turned out fine," Ara said reassuringly.
"Excuse me," Sirius said with raised eyebrows.
"Well, it's the truth," Ara said patiently. "Oh, come off it, you know he's always been more grown up."
"Don't look at me," Remus said, sipping his tea. "I didn't say anything."
"That's because you are above such taunts," Sirius said resolutely.
"Whatever," Ara said. "Believe what you will. Now, as I'm the only adult here, I'll be taking care of you 'ickle kiddies'"
"And what do you have planned?" asked Ron, opening cupboards until he found what he was looking for. He started eating the chocolate bars he had just located.
"Nothing. But I will soon. Soon as in right now. Harry, Ginny, you two go clean up the attic. I'll send Ron and Hermione along as they're done mapping out the new set up of the house. Fred, George, you and Sirius and Remus are going to make a list of everything in this kitchen. I'll take to the basement. Sirius, Remus, when you've finished up here you can either help the twins with their joke shop or help me in the basement."
The two saluted her and watched everyone go their separate ways. "I thought I'd give you two some time alone," Ara muttered as Harry and Ginny passed. They grinned at her in thanks.
Harry followed Ginny up the flights of stairs. Their house was noticeably much larger. Ginny bit her lip. "There is a set of steps on each side of Ron's room. There used to only be one," she moaned.
"Here," Harry said. He pulled out his wand. He altered the four point spell a little and the wand spun in his hand. It pointed towards the one on the right. Harry shook his head to rid himself of thoughts of the Third Task.
"Great, come on. The attic has all sorts of cool stuff. Even with Ron and Hermione's help it'll take about two weeks to clean," Ginny said as they pounded up the stairs.
"Hey, Ginny, lately Percy's been sort of avoiding being alone together," Harry said as they reached the door at the top. Ginny sighed as she tried opening the door.
"We never mention it anymore but Dad and Percy had a row at the beginning of the summer. It was pretty bad. Percy was insisting you were a crazy attention seeking deranged boy who didn't know he was making up a story.
"Dad told Percy that he should know you better. Well, it got really ugly. Percy ended up storming out of the house. He Apparated as soon as he'd got far enough away for the deAparating charms to work- we've been boosting up security so Dumbeldore'd let you stay here.
"Anyways, Percy stayed away for a week. Then he came back and avoided Dad. They've never really talked about it again. Percy was steaming about the things Dad said about Fudge. Then you came and I think Percy realized how ludicrous he was being.
"I guess he feels guilty about what he said and can't be along with you. GOD DAMMIT!" Ginny cried in frustration. She was still trying to get the door open. "Why would someone lock this?!"
"Here," Harry said. He pulled out the knife Sirius had given him and stuck it in the lock. He turned it and the attic opened. It was dusty and had the traditional attic look. There was no sign of the ghost.
"Well, we'd better get started on this," Ginny said with a sigh.
"Don't sound too excited," Harry said sarcastically.
"You may find a magical attic but it isn't remotely interesting for me," Ginny said.
"Oh come on, it'll be fun," Harry said.
"You know, it's bigger than before," Ginny said thoughtfully.
"Gee, I wonder why," Harry said, once again being sarcastic. Ginny whacked him over the back of his head.
"You know," Ginny said, walking over to a trunk and sitting on top of it.
"I know what?"
"I can think of something better to do for a little while," Ginny said mischievously.
"Really? What's that?" asked Harry curiously.
"This," Ginny said. She leaned over and kissed him. Harry didn't try to stop her.
Suddenly they heard someone clear their throat and they leaped apart. The twins stood in the doorway, looking directly at them. "Shit," Harry muttered.
"Aw, ickle Harry and ickle Ginny!" squealed Fred.
"Caught snogging!" added George.
"Now what is to be done about this?"
"What do you say?"
"That I'll hex you to next week if you tell anyone," Ginny said, glaring at them. They held up crosses.
"We have no intention of telling anyone," George reassured her.
" Yeah, we don't want to set Ron on a spaz session. You can do that," Fred said.
"Thank you," Harry said. They couldn't tell whether he was being sarcastic or not.
"Now, leave so we can continue," Ginny ordered. She returned to kissing Harry as the twins turned and left.
Chapter 19*~~ A Heart's Longing*~~
Harry sat looking at Ginny for the longest time as she made them hot chocolate. "What? You're starting to creep me out, Harry," Ginny said, setting the steaming mugs down.
"You look really beautiful," Harry said softly. Ginny blushed.
"Thank you, but we have more important things to talk about. Like us. Harry, what are we?"
"Whatever you want us to be. I would like to.to be your boyfriend but it's up to you," Harry said, staring into his mug of hot chocolate.
"I want that too," Ginny said happily. "But, there's the thing with telling everyone. And how we're going to do it. If we want this to work, we're going to have to tell them that we're together. You'll probably get slaughtered."
"Not if we tell them with Sirius, Remus, and Ara there. They might be able to protect me. Besides, after we tell them, when I'm about to get killed, I can see about Flooing to Seamus's or Neville's. I'll write them in the morning and we can do it as soon as we get a response."
"Great," Ginny said. She led him to the couch in the living room where she attacked him with kisses.
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There was a loud bang from the kitchen at seven the next morning. The working Weasleys were gone. The six students and Ara awoke with a start. "HONEY WE'RE HOME!" Sirius yelled.
"Why do you have to scream it you great prat," Harry mumbled, walking downstairs with Ron. Hermione and Ginny were close behind.
"Because it was fun," Sirius said simply. He and Remus sat down in the kitchen.
"Any luck?" Ginny asked, making tea with her wand and giving it to the two "men."
"We saw him once but the great betraying bastard got away," Remus said tiredly.
"We'll get him," Harry reassured the two. They nodded. There were footsteps on the stairs. Sirius looked up and his mug shattered on the floor.
"Ara?" he croaked.
"Yeah," she said softly, looking at the ground. Then she looked up with a stern expression. "Clean that up this instant! My cats are here! The last thing I need is for them to choke and die!"
"Oooh, the cats!" Sirius said dramatically.
"Hey, you weren't the one forced to look at albums of them for years!" Harry said.
"Ouch, that must have been torture," Remus said wincing.
"Oh, knock it off," snapped Ara. "I see you haven't changed."
"Thank you," Remus said, toasting her. She rolled her eyes. She muttered something only Lupin could hear. "Say that again, I dare you!"
"So what did they do to get you here?" asked Sirius. He had cleaned up his spilled coffee and shattered mug.
"They told me you still wanted to marry me," Ara said quietly. Sirius bolted up. He stared at her for a long time. He saw her eyes meet his steadily. He rushed over to her and kissed her emotionally.
"Ew, get a room," Remus said.
"Be quiet, it's sweet," Hermione said, pointing her wand at him.
"Girls," muttered Ron.
"Nidarcia," Hermione said. Ron was wearing a frilly pink dress.
"HERMIONE!" he exclaimed. "You are so dead if you don't change me back."
"Mmm, was that a threat?"
"Judorlid," Harry said. Ron was in jeans and a black tank top now.
"Harry!" whined Hermione.
"How about we get May?" asked Sirius mischievously, looking at Remus. "I haven't seen her ring in many years." Now Remus was scarlet.
"Sirius!"
"Aw, come on, they know I'm engaged," Sirius said.
"Why didn't the two of you ever get married?" asked Ara.
"We... we just never felt it was right. I guess now we'll actually do it," Remus said.
"Graphics," George said coming downstairs.
"There are ickle kiddies here," Fred added. Ara snorted as she sat down. Sirius took the seat in between her and Remus.
"You shouldn't talk of yourself as such," Remus said, shaking his head.
"Yes, you have just become of age," Sirius agreed.
"Yeah, well, they don't act it," Ginny said.
"Don't worry, Remus never did and he turned out fine," Ara said reassuringly.
"Excuse me," Sirius said with raised eyebrows.
"Well, it's the truth," Ara said patiently. "Oh, come off it, you know he's always been more grown up."
"Don't look at me," Remus said, sipping his tea. "I didn't say anything."
"That's because you are above such taunts," Sirius said resolutely.
"Whatever," Ara said. "Believe what you will. Now, as I'm the only adult here, I'll be taking care of you 'ickle kiddies'"
"And what do you have planned?" asked Ron, opening cupboards until he found what he was looking for. He started eating the chocolate bars he had just located.
"Nothing. But I will soon. Soon as in right now. Harry, Ginny, you two go clean up the attic. I'll send Ron and Hermione along as they're done mapping out the new set up of the house. Fred, George, you and Sirius and Remus are going to make a list of everything in this kitchen. I'll take to the basement. Sirius, Remus, when you've finished up here you can either help the twins with their joke shop or help me in the basement."
The two saluted her and watched everyone go their separate ways. "I thought I'd give you two some time alone," Ara muttered as Harry and Ginny passed. They grinned at her in thanks.
Harry followed Ginny up the flights of stairs. Their house was noticeably much larger. Ginny bit her lip. "There is a set of steps on each side of Ron's room. There used to only be one," she moaned.
"Here," Harry said. He pulled out his wand. He altered the four point spell a little and the wand spun in his hand. It pointed towards the one on the right. Harry shook his head to rid himself of thoughts of the Third Task.
"Great, come on. The attic has all sorts of cool stuff. Even with Ron and Hermione's help it'll take about two weeks to clean," Ginny said as they pounded up the stairs.
"Hey, Ginny, lately Percy's been sort of avoiding being alone together," Harry said as they reached the door at the top. Ginny sighed as she tried opening the door.
"We never mention it anymore but Dad and Percy had a row at the beginning of the summer. It was pretty bad. Percy was insisting you were a crazy attention seeking deranged boy who didn't know he was making up a story.
"Dad told Percy that he should know you better. Well, it got really ugly. Percy ended up storming out of the house. He Apparated as soon as he'd got far enough away for the deAparating charms to work- we've been boosting up security so Dumbeldore'd let you stay here.
"Anyways, Percy stayed away for a week. Then he came back and avoided Dad. They've never really talked about it again. Percy was steaming about the things Dad said about Fudge. Then you came and I think Percy realized how ludicrous he was being.
"I guess he feels guilty about what he said and can't be along with you. GOD DAMMIT!" Ginny cried in frustration. She was still trying to get the door open. "Why would someone lock this?!"
"Here," Harry said. He pulled out the knife Sirius had given him and stuck it in the lock. He turned it and the attic opened. It was dusty and had the traditional attic look. There was no sign of the ghost.
"Well, we'd better get started on this," Ginny said with a sigh.
"Don't sound too excited," Harry said sarcastically.
"You may find a magical attic but it isn't remotely interesting for me," Ginny said.
"Oh come on, it'll be fun," Harry said.
"You know, it's bigger than before," Ginny said thoughtfully.
"Gee, I wonder why," Harry said, once again being sarcastic. Ginny whacked him over the back of his head.
"You know," Ginny said, walking over to a trunk and sitting on top of it.
"I know what?"
"I can think of something better to do for a little while," Ginny said mischievously.
"Really? What's that?" asked Harry curiously.
"This," Ginny said. She leaned over and kissed him. Harry didn't try to stop her.
Suddenly they heard someone clear their throat and they leaped apart. The twins stood in the doorway, looking directly at them. "Shit," Harry muttered.
"Aw, ickle Harry and ickle Ginny!" squealed Fred.
"Caught snogging!" added George.
"Now what is to be done about this?"
"What do you say?"
"That I'll hex you to next week if you tell anyone," Ginny said, glaring at them. They held up crosses.
"We have no intention of telling anyone," George reassured her.
" Yeah, we don't want to set Ron on a spaz session. You can do that," Fred said.
"Thank you," Harry said. They couldn't tell whether he was being sarcastic or not.
"Now, leave so we can continue," Ginny ordered. She returned to kissing Harry as the twins turned and left.