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Chapter 16: Where I Belong.
I turned around to look at him and answer him but he had already melted back into the crowd. I bit back my tears and headed over to Hagrid who was taking a huge swig from his tankard that I can only assume was full of Butterbeer.
"All righ' there Ginny?" he asked me smiling goofily at me.
"Not too bad Hagrid, how about you?" I asked smiling at him.
"Can't complain." He said taking another swig.
We sat there at the teacher's table, surveying everyone dancing again.
"Well I think I'm goin' ter call it a nigh' Ginny. See yeh in Care O' Magical Creatures tomorrow." He said grinning and he stood up and ambled towards the exit of the hall. I checked my watch and found that it was eleven o'clock. I stood up too and headed in the same direction that Hagrid had gone in. I was almost out of the Hall when someone spoke to me.
"Dance with me Ginny?"
Harry. I turned around to face him and what I saw just made me want to forget everything that had happened in the last few weeks. He was standing there with his head leaning to the side, his hair all mussed up and his hands in his pockets.
"All right." I said softly. So much for avoiding him. He could tell me to jump off a cliff and I'd probably do it right now.how sad.
He smiled and held his hand out to me and I took it and we walked out to the middle of the dance floor.
"You look beautiful Ginny." He said, looking into my eyes, I fought the blush that was threatening to creep up onto my face.
"Flattery will get you no where Potter." I said, not looking at him, fighting against the smile that was sure to grace my face any second.
"Well." He said, looking over my shoulder.
I was getting a little nervous and I wasn't sure exactly that I should be doing this and I told Harry so.
"Where's Sarah, I don't want to upset her." I said, not meaning a word of it.
"You don't care about hurting her in the least." Harry said smiling at me.
"You're right. I don't. Even so, where is she, how come she isn't attached to you like glue?"
"Well see it's a long story. Have you got the time?"
"Yes, I suppose that I have." I said eyeing him curiously.
"Ok well. I sort of told her that I didn't like her. That she was a stuck up prissy little.well you get the point." He said smiling at me.
"What? Why? I thought that you liked her." I said confused.
"So did I," he admitted, "but I just liked what I thought I knew about her. I hadn't really spoken to her before, and once I got to know the real her, I realised how stupid I had been." He said looking at me almost apologetically.
"I saw you kissing her." I said to him matter-of-factly.
"You saw that?" he asked surprised. I nodded. "Why didn't you help me? She attacked me! I didn't want to kiss her. She forced herself on me. Not the nicest trait a person can have. If you had hung around for a few more seconds then you would have seen me push her away." He said shaking his head and suppressing a shudder. I almost giggled but I didn't want him to think that he was off the hook yet.
"I certainly won't be talking to her again. I thought she was the girl of my dreams. But you know what the funny thing is? I realised that the girl of my dreams had been in front of me all along," He said looking at me seriously. "And now." He took a deep breath and continued "And now she hates me." he said, taking a deep breath.
"I don't think that she hates you per say." I said looking anywhere but at Harry.
"You don't?" He asked, turning my face to look at him.
"No. I think that she doesn't know how she really feels about you. She wants to hate you she really does but she can't. The only thing she hates is that she doesn't hate you at all." I said softly, thinking that Harry probably hadn't even heard me.
"You don't. I mean, she doesn't?" he asked grinning.
"No.she hates herself for putting herself through the whole ideal, knowing the whole while what was likely to happen." I said, biting my lip. Why was I doing this? I couldn't admit what I felt for Harry like this!
"What was likely to happen?" he asked, although I had a good idea that he already knew.
"Oh you know," I said waving my hand around carelessly. "She knew that she might fall for him again. No big deal." I said, finding some of my confidence again.
Or maybe I could admit it like this.
"No big deal." Harry said, imitating my careless wave.
I smiled at him.
"Forgive me Gin?" he asked, wiping away the tear that had someway made itself down my cheek.
"I shouldn't you know, I should make you grovel. Kiss my feet." I said grinning wickedly. My mouth dropped open when Harry began to bend down. I grabbed him by the neck of his robes.
"You do and I will never talk to you again, no matter what the circumstances." I said narrowing my eyes. With a hint of laughter in my voice, I'm sure. Harry straightened back up again and looked at me seriously.
"Ginny.I really am sorry. I should never have treated you the way that I did. I was a real prat. I don't deserve your forgiveness, but please, if you could, I'd really appreciate it if we could be friends again." he said, his expression unreadable.
"Friends? After all this and you just want to be friends? I thought that."
Oh gods. Shut up Ginny! He never liked you like that! Idiot!
"What. Do you want to be more?" he said, raising his eyebrow and smiling.
"I.um.no?" I said, shrugging and looking everywhere but at him again. Just as I was staring intently at Ron and Hermione, I felt Harry touch my chin slightly and turn my head back to face him.
"Do you want to be more?" He whispered gently.
"For some utterly strange reason, yeah, I think that I do." I said just as quietly as Harry had spoken before.
"So do you forgive me?"
"Of course I do you prat, have the last few minutes meant nothing?!" I said staring at him.
"'Course they haven't." he said looking intently at me.
"Ok good. Now that we are speaking again, I want you to do two things for me. I think that I deserve that much." I said, finding my confidence again.
"Anything." He said, holding my hands in his. I hadn't even noticed that we had stopped dancing.
"Anything? Really? Maybe I should think my two wishes over." I said laughing at the expression on his face.
"Ok. One, I want you to go and make up with my brother. And two. I want you to forgive me for being such a hag to you." I said looking at him.
"Done and done." He said, leaning down and kissing me on the cheek. He let go of my hand and started to walk over to Ron but I pulled him back by his robes and kissed him sweetly.
"What was that for?" He asked grinning at me after we had pulled apart.
"Luck. You'll need it." I said nodding my head in Ron and Hermione's direction. Harry gulped visibly and grabbed my hand and we walked over together.
"What do you want Potter?" Ron asked as Harry and I joined them.
"I want.I want to apologise."
"Good, you've done it. Goodbye."
"Ron!" both Hermione and I cried out at him.
"Ron please. You were right. I was stupid, I shouldn't have treated Ginny the way that I did and I've apologised to her and she forgives me and I now I just want you and Hermione to. I know that it is a lot to ask and I don't actually expect you to, but I had to try. I swear to Merlin, that I will never hurt another member of your family intentionally, ever again." Harry said, shoving his hands deeper in his pockets. Ron sat for a moment and looked and Hermione and me then back at Harry and he stood up.
After what seemed like a lifetime he stuck out his hand.
"If Ginny can find it in her heart to forgive you, then I certainly can." He said smiling genuinely at Harry for the first time in weeks. Harry visibly relaxed and shook Ron's hand. Suddenly he pulled him close to his face and whispered:
"But if you ever hurt her again."
"I won't I swear I wont!" Harry said laughing slightly but also looking scared of the look on Ron's face.
"Good." Ron said beaming.
"About time! Come on," Hermione said rolling her eyes and standing up and pulling and pushing us all in turn towards the dance floor. "Lets make this night one to remember for all the right reasons," she said looking significantly at the three of us.
I heartily agreed with her and held onto Harry and Ron's hands as the four of us danced around in a circle, laughing our heads off, just like old times.
"Oi! Colin, come here!" Ron yelled across the Hall. Colin came across to us smiling. Before Ron even asked him he knew what to do.
"All right, bunch up and say "Heaving Hippogriffs!"
I laughed out right and slung my arms around my two favourite boys and smiled widely.
After the camera clicked and engulfed us in a blanket of purple smoke, I knew that I, Ginny Weasley was right where I belonged.
***
The End!
Wow. I liked that. Judging by all the reviews I got from you guys, so did you!
Yes, I do realise that there is a few things left un answered but I for one like stories like that, besides, maybe I will be able to answer them in a sequel or something.depends what people think. (Ok, I wrote that ages ago. NOT doing a sequel. Nu uh. *Shakes head *
I just want to say that I have really enjoyed writing this, though I can barely remember it! Lol. The only regret I have is that I wrote it ALL before I started posting and some of you guys came up with some really amazing ideas that I would have loved to use but couldn't because they didn't tie in with the final product. I might have to do something about that for my next story. which is in progress! Up to chapter five as we speak.er.type.
So keep on the look out for it. I might post an author's note when it is up so you guys can check it out if you want. Selfless promotion. Shame isn't it? Lol.
Thanks again to those who reviewed and those who didn't but read the story anyway! (I am guilty of doing this! Naughty naughty, I'll get caughty! Lol.)
Nesserz.
The last time. To my reviewers:
Mel B Hey again Mel! I've enjoyed your reviews over the chapters. Thanks! Makes a person feel loved. No! Your reviews aren't long. Tell you a secret.I like the long ones best! It's always fun to get long reviews. So thanks again. =D.
TheLoneReed Well there's the last chapter for you! Hope you enjoyed it. Now you won't have to wait any longer.except for me to get off my backside and post more stories. Actually, I don't have to get off my butt seeing as I have to sit down to write my stories.lol Thanks for your reviews! =D.
Crazy Red You couldn't have chosen a more fitting pen name.lol. I mean that in the nicest way possible of course. I'm just as crazy as you though. When I'm tired anyway lol. =D.
Miss prongs I got them together.happy? It was a little rushed, I know. Kinda sad really. Shouldn't have done that.I'm one of these people who write and work on getting the couples together. I can do that part but I'm not good once they are together. So that's where I stop. So don't anyone ask for a sequel! Lol. =D.
REALbluelightsaber There ya go! They talked. I'm too good I tell you lol. I had to have them talk though! Thanks for you memorable reviews! =D.
Winky55 That's the great thing about fan fiction, you can make them do whatever you want, In this case, making Draco behave like a human. I personally don't think that it will ever happen in the books. But oh well. Thanks for sticking with the story and reviewing all the time! =D.
Dragon21 Hey! Enjoyed talking to you on MSN the other night. So much in common! Lol. Now for your idea, it was only but I put in what Harry thought of Ginny. Just a sentence or too, I can't believe I didn't think to do it on my own! So stupid lol. Thanks for your reviews! =D.
Sue I kinda got about Sarah didn't I? Whoops lol. Well there's ya unanswered part! Lol. =D.
RebelRikki I completely understand what you are saying about the favourite stories business. I have the same problem. I hardly get to read stories anymore! I'm always writing my own, or not writing them (writer's block!) I think I need to go through my fave's list and loose some.Meh. Thanks for reviewing! Much appreciated. =D.
LauraKay Hey! First time reviewer I see. I know what you mean about the OOC business. I put J.K to shame with my stories lol. Barely any magic and the characters are always in love or getting there. =S. oops. Lol. I have discovered SugarQuill.net and I love Marta's art. Amazing. Only wish I could draw that good. Thanks for your comments. =D.
Ok, I'm guessing that everyone noticed the smiles (=D.) I'm not much of a smilie person normally so feel privilege that you got a smile from me!
Thanks again everyone! I can't say it enough.
I've decided to put up my one shot fic involving G/H and R/H, hope you'll enjoy! Something to tide you over until the next story. Cos I know you all love me so much! Lol.
Love you all so so much!
Nesserz.
Chapter 16: Where I Belong.
I turned around to look at him and answer him but he had already melted back into the crowd. I bit back my tears and headed over to Hagrid who was taking a huge swig from his tankard that I can only assume was full of Butterbeer.
"All righ' there Ginny?" he asked me smiling goofily at me.
"Not too bad Hagrid, how about you?" I asked smiling at him.
"Can't complain." He said taking another swig.
We sat there at the teacher's table, surveying everyone dancing again.
"Well I think I'm goin' ter call it a nigh' Ginny. See yeh in Care O' Magical Creatures tomorrow." He said grinning and he stood up and ambled towards the exit of the hall. I checked my watch and found that it was eleven o'clock. I stood up too and headed in the same direction that Hagrid had gone in. I was almost out of the Hall when someone spoke to me.
"Dance with me Ginny?"
Harry. I turned around to face him and what I saw just made me want to forget everything that had happened in the last few weeks. He was standing there with his head leaning to the side, his hair all mussed up and his hands in his pockets.
"All right." I said softly. So much for avoiding him. He could tell me to jump off a cliff and I'd probably do it right now.how sad.
He smiled and held his hand out to me and I took it and we walked out to the middle of the dance floor.
"You look beautiful Ginny." He said, looking into my eyes, I fought the blush that was threatening to creep up onto my face.
"Flattery will get you no where Potter." I said, not looking at him, fighting against the smile that was sure to grace my face any second.
"Well." He said, looking over my shoulder.
I was getting a little nervous and I wasn't sure exactly that I should be doing this and I told Harry so.
"Where's Sarah, I don't want to upset her." I said, not meaning a word of it.
"You don't care about hurting her in the least." Harry said smiling at me.
"You're right. I don't. Even so, where is she, how come she isn't attached to you like glue?"
"Well see it's a long story. Have you got the time?"
"Yes, I suppose that I have." I said eyeing him curiously.
"Ok well. I sort of told her that I didn't like her. That she was a stuck up prissy little.well you get the point." He said smiling at me.
"What? Why? I thought that you liked her." I said confused.
"So did I," he admitted, "but I just liked what I thought I knew about her. I hadn't really spoken to her before, and once I got to know the real her, I realised how stupid I had been." He said looking at me almost apologetically.
"I saw you kissing her." I said to him matter-of-factly.
"You saw that?" he asked surprised. I nodded. "Why didn't you help me? She attacked me! I didn't want to kiss her. She forced herself on me. Not the nicest trait a person can have. If you had hung around for a few more seconds then you would have seen me push her away." He said shaking his head and suppressing a shudder. I almost giggled but I didn't want him to think that he was off the hook yet.
"I certainly won't be talking to her again. I thought she was the girl of my dreams. But you know what the funny thing is? I realised that the girl of my dreams had been in front of me all along," He said looking at me seriously. "And now." He took a deep breath and continued "And now she hates me." he said, taking a deep breath.
"I don't think that she hates you per say." I said looking anywhere but at Harry.
"You don't?" He asked, turning my face to look at him.
"No. I think that she doesn't know how she really feels about you. She wants to hate you she really does but she can't. The only thing she hates is that she doesn't hate you at all." I said softly, thinking that Harry probably hadn't even heard me.
"You don't. I mean, she doesn't?" he asked grinning.
"No.she hates herself for putting herself through the whole ideal, knowing the whole while what was likely to happen." I said, biting my lip. Why was I doing this? I couldn't admit what I felt for Harry like this!
"What was likely to happen?" he asked, although I had a good idea that he already knew.
"Oh you know," I said waving my hand around carelessly. "She knew that she might fall for him again. No big deal." I said, finding some of my confidence again.
Or maybe I could admit it like this.
"No big deal." Harry said, imitating my careless wave.
I smiled at him.
"Forgive me Gin?" he asked, wiping away the tear that had someway made itself down my cheek.
"I shouldn't you know, I should make you grovel. Kiss my feet." I said grinning wickedly. My mouth dropped open when Harry began to bend down. I grabbed him by the neck of his robes.
"You do and I will never talk to you again, no matter what the circumstances." I said narrowing my eyes. With a hint of laughter in my voice, I'm sure. Harry straightened back up again and looked at me seriously.
"Ginny.I really am sorry. I should never have treated you the way that I did. I was a real prat. I don't deserve your forgiveness, but please, if you could, I'd really appreciate it if we could be friends again." he said, his expression unreadable.
"Friends? After all this and you just want to be friends? I thought that."
Oh gods. Shut up Ginny! He never liked you like that! Idiot!
"What. Do you want to be more?" he said, raising his eyebrow and smiling.
"I.um.no?" I said, shrugging and looking everywhere but at him again. Just as I was staring intently at Ron and Hermione, I felt Harry touch my chin slightly and turn my head back to face him.
"Do you want to be more?" He whispered gently.
"For some utterly strange reason, yeah, I think that I do." I said just as quietly as Harry had spoken before.
"So do you forgive me?"
"Of course I do you prat, have the last few minutes meant nothing?!" I said staring at him.
"'Course they haven't." he said looking intently at me.
"Ok good. Now that we are speaking again, I want you to do two things for me. I think that I deserve that much." I said, finding my confidence again.
"Anything." He said, holding my hands in his. I hadn't even noticed that we had stopped dancing.
"Anything? Really? Maybe I should think my two wishes over." I said laughing at the expression on his face.
"Ok. One, I want you to go and make up with my brother. And two. I want you to forgive me for being such a hag to you." I said looking at him.
"Done and done." He said, leaning down and kissing me on the cheek. He let go of my hand and started to walk over to Ron but I pulled him back by his robes and kissed him sweetly.
"What was that for?" He asked grinning at me after we had pulled apart.
"Luck. You'll need it." I said nodding my head in Ron and Hermione's direction. Harry gulped visibly and grabbed my hand and we walked over together.
"What do you want Potter?" Ron asked as Harry and I joined them.
"I want.I want to apologise."
"Good, you've done it. Goodbye."
"Ron!" both Hermione and I cried out at him.
"Ron please. You were right. I was stupid, I shouldn't have treated Ginny the way that I did and I've apologised to her and she forgives me and I now I just want you and Hermione to. I know that it is a lot to ask and I don't actually expect you to, but I had to try. I swear to Merlin, that I will never hurt another member of your family intentionally, ever again." Harry said, shoving his hands deeper in his pockets. Ron sat for a moment and looked and Hermione and me then back at Harry and he stood up.
After what seemed like a lifetime he stuck out his hand.
"If Ginny can find it in her heart to forgive you, then I certainly can." He said smiling genuinely at Harry for the first time in weeks. Harry visibly relaxed and shook Ron's hand. Suddenly he pulled him close to his face and whispered:
"But if you ever hurt her again."
"I won't I swear I wont!" Harry said laughing slightly but also looking scared of the look on Ron's face.
"Good." Ron said beaming.
"About time! Come on," Hermione said rolling her eyes and standing up and pulling and pushing us all in turn towards the dance floor. "Lets make this night one to remember for all the right reasons," she said looking significantly at the three of us.
I heartily agreed with her and held onto Harry and Ron's hands as the four of us danced around in a circle, laughing our heads off, just like old times.
"Oi! Colin, come here!" Ron yelled across the Hall. Colin came across to us smiling. Before Ron even asked him he knew what to do.
"All right, bunch up and say "Heaving Hippogriffs!"
I laughed out right and slung my arms around my two favourite boys and smiled widely.
After the camera clicked and engulfed us in a blanket of purple smoke, I knew that I, Ginny Weasley was right where I belonged.
***
The End!
Wow. I liked that. Judging by all the reviews I got from you guys, so did you!
Yes, I do realise that there is a few things left un answered but I for one like stories like that, besides, maybe I will be able to answer them in a sequel or something.depends what people think. (Ok, I wrote that ages ago. NOT doing a sequel. Nu uh. *Shakes head *
I just want to say that I have really enjoyed writing this, though I can barely remember it! Lol. The only regret I have is that I wrote it ALL before I started posting and some of you guys came up with some really amazing ideas that I would have loved to use but couldn't because they didn't tie in with the final product. I might have to do something about that for my next story. which is in progress! Up to chapter five as we speak.er.type.
So keep on the look out for it. I might post an author's note when it is up so you guys can check it out if you want. Selfless promotion. Shame isn't it? Lol.
Thanks again to those who reviewed and those who didn't but read the story anyway! (I am guilty of doing this! Naughty naughty, I'll get caughty! Lol.)
Nesserz.
The last time. To my reviewers:
Mel B Hey again Mel! I've enjoyed your reviews over the chapters. Thanks! Makes a person feel loved. No! Your reviews aren't long. Tell you a secret.I like the long ones best! It's always fun to get long reviews. So thanks again. =D.
TheLoneReed Well there's the last chapter for you! Hope you enjoyed it. Now you won't have to wait any longer.except for me to get off my backside and post more stories. Actually, I don't have to get off my butt seeing as I have to sit down to write my stories.lol Thanks for your reviews! =D.
Crazy Red You couldn't have chosen a more fitting pen name.lol. I mean that in the nicest way possible of course. I'm just as crazy as you though. When I'm tired anyway lol. =D.
Miss prongs I got them together.happy? It was a little rushed, I know. Kinda sad really. Shouldn't have done that.I'm one of these people who write and work on getting the couples together. I can do that part but I'm not good once they are together. So that's where I stop. So don't anyone ask for a sequel! Lol. =D.
REALbluelightsaber There ya go! They talked. I'm too good I tell you lol. I had to have them talk though! Thanks for you memorable reviews! =D.
Winky55 That's the great thing about fan fiction, you can make them do whatever you want, In this case, making Draco behave like a human. I personally don't think that it will ever happen in the books. But oh well. Thanks for sticking with the story and reviewing all the time! =D.
Dragon21 Hey! Enjoyed talking to you on MSN the other night. So much in common! Lol. Now for your idea, it was only but I put in what Harry thought of Ginny. Just a sentence or too, I can't believe I didn't think to do it on my own! So stupid lol. Thanks for your reviews! =D.
Sue I kinda got about Sarah didn't I? Whoops lol. Well there's ya unanswered part! Lol. =D.
RebelRikki I completely understand what you are saying about the favourite stories business. I have the same problem. I hardly get to read stories anymore! I'm always writing my own, or not writing them (writer's block!) I think I need to go through my fave's list and loose some.Meh. Thanks for reviewing! Much appreciated. =D.
LauraKay Hey! First time reviewer I see. I know what you mean about the OOC business. I put J.K to shame with my stories lol. Barely any magic and the characters are always in love or getting there. =S. oops. Lol. I have discovered SugarQuill.net and I love Marta's art. Amazing. Only wish I could draw that good. Thanks for your comments. =D.
Ok, I'm guessing that everyone noticed the smiles (=D.) I'm not much of a smilie person normally so feel privilege that you got a smile from me!
Thanks again everyone! I can't say it enough.
I've decided to put up my one shot fic involving G/H and R/H, hope you'll enjoy! Something to tide you over until the next story. Cos I know you all love me so much! Lol.
Love you all so so much!
Nesserz.