Ginny smiled happily as she skipped down the stairs with Alexis, Astella
and Hermione by her side.
"And then I want to go down to Hogsmeade and buy our dresses and shoes and then we can pick them up the day of the dance, get our hair done, get a manicure, pedicure, full body seaweed wrap, massage, and spend a day in the spa. What do you think?" Alexis finished with a grin.
"I hope you're paying." Ginny replied, cocking her eyebrow.
"No, Gins, I'm expecting YOU to pay. No offense." Alexis said in a drastically sarcastic tone, waving Ginny's comment off. "Of course! -I'll pay." She added.
"Well, shall we go see what dresses they have?" Hermione asked stepping down from the staircase.
"Dresses equal money. That's bad." Came Harry's voice behind them.
"Not for you it isn't." Ron cut in, walking up and handing Astella a rose.
"Why, Ron, how sweet." Astella swooned and Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Those two are perfect for each other. Romantics." Ginny sighed.
"For you, my Juliet." Came Draco's deep voice behind her. A tall, wide, slim covered board was put in front of her. "Let's look at it in the Observatory Tower, shall we?"
Ginny could feel him smile in her hair.
"You were saying?" Alexis asked with a grin." Strange how that tower has become the Lover's Lane of Hogwarts." She sighed. Harry gave her a look of confusion and replying to his unspoken question of what Lovers Lane was, She said, "Don't even ask, Harry."
On the way up to the tower, Draco had draped his arm around Ginny's waist and told her about want he wanted to do with the Great Hall. Ginny smiled as she held the mystery board or so close to her chest.
"It sounds great, Draco, it really does." She smiled uncontrollably. She twisted her hair around her finger as she listened to his divine details of the images in his mind.
"Here we are." Draco said after a minute or two as they got to the top of the tower. "Well, open it." He nodded at the gift.
Ginny's smile broadened and her face looked on as she pulled away at the satin clothe covering the present and revealed a hard wooden board under a canvas. On it was almost a perfect reproduction of Monet's 'Starry Night'. "Draco..." She began but couldn't finish.
There were no words to explain it. She loved it, but more so, the work he put into to get it. She looked up into his deep blue eyes. She felt all her doubts and fears and sorrows about everything melt away. She felt the pain of life slip through her fingertips and the frustration from school melt away from her feet. Soon she was relaxed just from looking in his eyes.
"You don't have to say anything, I just want you to like it." He said hugging her.
"I do, I do, I love it." She nodded and felt the heat of his body sink into her from his shirt. She was now truly happy. "But Draco,"
"Yes?" He asked pulling away.
"You don't have to buy me all these gifts. In fact, please don't." She frowned. "It's just, I'm not reason enough to spend money on hand and foot. Let me just enjoy the relationship without being constantly reminded of your lack of poverty." She smiled up at him. "I don't mind having the ones I have though!"
"Whatever you say!" He smiled down at her and then pulled her to him. She faltered a bit. She had to go see someone. "Draco, I have to go now, but I'll be back, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah okay." He nodded and then smiled as he watched her walk away.
Ginny walked up the stone steps leading to a small apartment complex in a downtown area outside of Liverpool. As she sighed she took in her surroundings. There was a dirty window revealing the insides of a grocery store across the street and the streets had potholes and cracks filled with new tar.
Ginny straightened her skirt and knocked on the door. She waited a moment smelling the bakery down the street before she heard movement inside. As the door opened, Sirius was revealed with a messy shirt and a pair of jeans.
"Ginny?" He asked with a confused look on his face. "What are you doing here? Is anything wrong?"
"Yes and no, can I come in?" Ginny asked with a pleading look on her face.
"Yeah, sure come in!" Sirius nodded as he stepped aside and let Ginny walk inside. "What do you mean, yes, and no?"
"I think, I think I want to," She sighed and sat down on the couch. "I think I want to marry Draco, Sirius. I mean, I want to spend the rest of my life with him, my feelings feel, defined now." She looked up at him. "Does that make sense?"
"It always does when it never makes sense." Ginny shot him a confused look. When love makes sense, it doesn't end up being real. When it doesn't, it ends up being one of the purest loves you can find in a world like today."
"That makes no sense, but I guess it does." Ginny looked down at her purse.
"That's the idea." Sirius nodded as he took a seat next to her and wrapped hi arm around her shoulders. "Gins, life isn't supposed to make sense, we aren't here to make sense of life, not really. We're here to feel love for life and make happiness, which, we've ultimately failed to do anyways." Sirius shrugged and then smiled at her. Standing up he looked down at her, his face worn with pain, age, and fighting and whatever he did as a child. "Want something to drink?"
"Water."
"Water? Honestly! Haven't I taught you anything?" He smiled. "When you're offered a drink, ask for something alcoholic first!" He said jokingly.
"Than how about a tequila shot?" Ginny laughed.
"Sorry, water is all I have." Sirius shrugged and then left with smile.
"And then I want to go down to Hogsmeade and buy our dresses and shoes and then we can pick them up the day of the dance, get our hair done, get a manicure, pedicure, full body seaweed wrap, massage, and spend a day in the spa. What do you think?" Alexis finished with a grin.
"I hope you're paying." Ginny replied, cocking her eyebrow.
"No, Gins, I'm expecting YOU to pay. No offense." Alexis said in a drastically sarcastic tone, waving Ginny's comment off. "Of course! -I'll pay." She added.
"Well, shall we go see what dresses they have?" Hermione asked stepping down from the staircase.
"Dresses equal money. That's bad." Came Harry's voice behind them.
"Not for you it isn't." Ron cut in, walking up and handing Astella a rose.
"Why, Ron, how sweet." Astella swooned and Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Those two are perfect for each other. Romantics." Ginny sighed.
"For you, my Juliet." Came Draco's deep voice behind her. A tall, wide, slim covered board was put in front of her. "Let's look at it in the Observatory Tower, shall we?"
Ginny could feel him smile in her hair.
"You were saying?" Alexis asked with a grin." Strange how that tower has become the Lover's Lane of Hogwarts." She sighed. Harry gave her a look of confusion and replying to his unspoken question of what Lovers Lane was, She said, "Don't even ask, Harry."
On the way up to the tower, Draco had draped his arm around Ginny's waist and told her about want he wanted to do with the Great Hall. Ginny smiled as she held the mystery board or so close to her chest.
"It sounds great, Draco, it really does." She smiled uncontrollably. She twisted her hair around her finger as she listened to his divine details of the images in his mind.
"Here we are." Draco said after a minute or two as they got to the top of the tower. "Well, open it." He nodded at the gift.
Ginny's smile broadened and her face looked on as she pulled away at the satin clothe covering the present and revealed a hard wooden board under a canvas. On it was almost a perfect reproduction of Monet's 'Starry Night'. "Draco..." She began but couldn't finish.
There were no words to explain it. She loved it, but more so, the work he put into to get it. She looked up into his deep blue eyes. She felt all her doubts and fears and sorrows about everything melt away. She felt the pain of life slip through her fingertips and the frustration from school melt away from her feet. Soon she was relaxed just from looking in his eyes.
"You don't have to say anything, I just want you to like it." He said hugging her.
"I do, I do, I love it." She nodded and felt the heat of his body sink into her from his shirt. She was now truly happy. "But Draco,"
"Yes?" He asked pulling away.
"You don't have to buy me all these gifts. In fact, please don't." She frowned. "It's just, I'm not reason enough to spend money on hand and foot. Let me just enjoy the relationship without being constantly reminded of your lack of poverty." She smiled up at him. "I don't mind having the ones I have though!"
"Whatever you say!" He smiled down at her and then pulled her to him. She faltered a bit. She had to go see someone. "Draco, I have to go now, but I'll be back, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah okay." He nodded and then smiled as he watched her walk away.
Ginny walked up the stone steps leading to a small apartment complex in a downtown area outside of Liverpool. As she sighed she took in her surroundings. There was a dirty window revealing the insides of a grocery store across the street and the streets had potholes and cracks filled with new tar.
Ginny straightened her skirt and knocked on the door. She waited a moment smelling the bakery down the street before she heard movement inside. As the door opened, Sirius was revealed with a messy shirt and a pair of jeans.
"Ginny?" He asked with a confused look on his face. "What are you doing here? Is anything wrong?"
"Yes and no, can I come in?" Ginny asked with a pleading look on her face.
"Yeah, sure come in!" Sirius nodded as he stepped aside and let Ginny walk inside. "What do you mean, yes, and no?"
"I think, I think I want to," She sighed and sat down on the couch. "I think I want to marry Draco, Sirius. I mean, I want to spend the rest of my life with him, my feelings feel, defined now." She looked up at him. "Does that make sense?"
"It always does when it never makes sense." Ginny shot him a confused look. When love makes sense, it doesn't end up being real. When it doesn't, it ends up being one of the purest loves you can find in a world like today."
"That makes no sense, but I guess it does." Ginny looked down at her purse.
"That's the idea." Sirius nodded as he took a seat next to her and wrapped hi arm around her shoulders. "Gins, life isn't supposed to make sense, we aren't here to make sense of life, not really. We're here to feel love for life and make happiness, which, we've ultimately failed to do anyways." Sirius shrugged and then smiled at her. Standing up he looked down at her, his face worn with pain, age, and fighting and whatever he did as a child. "Want something to drink?"
"Water."
"Water? Honestly! Haven't I taught you anything?" He smiled. "When you're offered a drink, ask for something alcoholic first!" He said jokingly.
"Than how about a tequila shot?" Ginny laughed.
"Sorry, water is all I have." Sirius shrugged and then left with smile.