Chapter 37- Remember
"I'm sorry about this, Harry," Ginny murmured, "but I need this." She pulled the Invisibility Cloak from the bottom of his trunk, and wrapping it around herself, went down to find Seamus.
He was already on his way out. She followed as close behind him as she dared, through the portrait hole, through the corridors, out the front door. Seamus went as far as he had to in order to Apparate.
"Damn him!" Ginny shouted, when she was left alone. "Why does he have to be so difficult?" However, she knew where he was going- to St. Mungo's. She had been anticipating this day for a while, when he would finally disregard Dumbledore's request that he stay away and try to revive his mother on his own.
She summoned her broom, and flew to Mungo's, wondering how she knew how to get there from Hogwarts. She did not really care. She only wondered to keep the dread from her mind.
"Ginny Weasley, to see Mrs. Finnigan," she told the mannequin. It beckoned her in, and she stepped inside. Looking around, she did not see Seamus anywhere. He must have been in her room already.
Knowing how the hospital worked, Ginny knew that she would not be allowed to see Mrs. Finnigan. Tucking the cloak under her arm, she made her way to the stairs and began to climb. She stopped at the fourth floor- spell damage.
Sighing, she went to work checking every room to see if she could see Seamus anywhere. Farther down the hall, she heard his voice, and stopped short. He was saying a spell, it seemed. Ginny crept to the door. She peeked around the corner.
Seamus had his wand out, pointing to his mother. She could barely decipher the words he spoke, until the very end. "Remember," he commanded. "Remember…"
The air was rent with screams from Mrs. Finnigan. Ginny was horrified.
"Seamus!"
"Ginny? What are you doing here?"
"I'm not sure," she said, narrowing her eyes at him. "What about you?"
Seamus's gaze shifted to his mother for a moment. "I can't wait for my mother to wake up and know me. Do you have any idea how agonizing it is, that your own mother thinks you are dead, that you can't even see her, because you aren't allowed yet? Do you know what I've been through?"
"No, I don't. But what are you doing to her?"
"I'm making her remember."
"How? If this goes wrong, you could kill her!"
Mediwitches by the dozen entered, alarmed by the patient's yells. One stopped before Ginny and Seamus. "You shouldn't be here! No visitors allowed at the moment!"
"This is my damn mother, lady, and she doesn't even know me! She could be curing right now, and you want me to go away?"
"Well, you, young lady, should not be here."
"All right, I'll-" Ginny started, taking a step toward the door.
Seamus's hand clamped on her arm. "She stays," he said firmly. The witch turned helplessly after a moment to aid the others.
Ginny felt a bruise forming at Seamus's tough grip. "Seamus, stop it! I don't want to stay!"
"I want you to!"
"Why?"
"I- because I do, that's why!"
"Seamus, if you don't let me go, I'll report you to Dumbledore."
"Good, and reveal that you were far off Hogwarts grounds without permission. Get yourself expelled along with me, will you?"
"Seamus, I was trying to help you! You may have been going through a hard time, but think how hard it is for me! If you won't be with me, then I don't want to be here! I don't want to be with you! Let me *go*!" She felt tears forming in her eyes. When she tried to blink them back, they spilled over.
"I can't, Ginny!"
"Why not!" she screamed, terrified, confused, and helpless to fight her tears.
"Because I need you!"
"What are you talking about?"
"Ginny, it's been so hard without you. This would all have been better if I had you to comfort me."
"It's your fault I wasn't there! You were the one who broke up with me! Or don't you remember?"
"Yes, I remember! Do you think I could forget something like that? But I was too embarrassed to try to get you back! I still want to be with you, Ginny. I love you."
"Prove it, then!"
The moment he had let go of her arm, he grabbed her by the waist, his arms keeping her right up against him.
"Seamus, what are you doing? Let me go!" Ginny was strong, but Seamus was much stronger.
He shook his head. Then he brought it down close to hers, and he kissed her deeply.
Her knees went weak and buckled. When at last the kiss ended, Ginny was sobbing openly. She wept onto his shoulder as he kept her standing. Every tear she had suppressed since Seamus had left her in the locker room seemed to be pushing its way to the surface.
"I love you, Ginny. I'm never going to go away again."
She could not respond, only cry harder.
The mediwitches were at last finished with their work. Mrs. Finnigan lay peacefully in her bed. They filed out, leaving the teenagers alone with the unconscious woman.
"Do you think your spell worked?" Ginny asked at last.
"I don't know. We might have to wait to find out."
A quiet voice came from behind them. "Seamus?"
He rushed to his mother's side, leaving Ginny to sink to the floor. Her legs were still too weak to support her.
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Ginny took another careful sip of her tea.
"So you stole Harry Potter's cloak and flew here from Hogwarts, just to make sure I was all right?" Seamus summarized. "Wow. You must really care about me."
"Do you think I would have stayed with you that long, even after I caught you making out with Lavender, if I didn't?"
He looked down at the table top, embarrassed. "I'm sorry about that."
"It's all right. Just forget it."
"Why didn't you just abduct me and tie me to a chair until I listened to you? It seems like something you would do."
Ginny smiled. "I- don't know, now that you mention it." They laughed.
"Thank you, Ginny."
"It's nothing."
He reached across the table to take her hand. "I'm sorry if I hurt your arm."
"What, this? I've had much worse. You know, when I'd fight with Ron." She giggled. "He could have been bleeding from the ears, mum would still yell at him for fighting with me."
Seamus laughed. "I suppose you milked the 'only girl' thing for all it was worth, right?"
"Oh, I didn't have to. I was always the favorite."
Downstairs, they went to the fireplace to Floo back to Hogwarts. "So what are you going to tell Harry about the cloak?"
"The truth, I suppose. He probably already knows I have it. Not very many people know about it to begin with. I'm one of those few."
"Will he be angry?"
"Who knows?" Ginny took a handful of Floo powder, and threw it on the hearth, announcing, "Gryffindor Tower common room!"
She was shot out the other end to find the common room empty. Relieved, she waited for Seamus, who came out a few seconds later. She laughed at his hair, saturated with soot and sticking up in all directions.
"What?" he asked, putting a hand to his hair.
"Nothing." Ginny shook her head. "Come here."
And he swept her up in his arms, and they were both lost in a kiss.
End Chapter 37
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"I'm sorry about this, Harry," Ginny murmured, "but I need this." She pulled the Invisibility Cloak from the bottom of his trunk, and wrapping it around herself, went down to find Seamus.
He was already on his way out. She followed as close behind him as she dared, through the portrait hole, through the corridors, out the front door. Seamus went as far as he had to in order to Apparate.
"Damn him!" Ginny shouted, when she was left alone. "Why does he have to be so difficult?" However, she knew where he was going- to St. Mungo's. She had been anticipating this day for a while, when he would finally disregard Dumbledore's request that he stay away and try to revive his mother on his own.
She summoned her broom, and flew to Mungo's, wondering how she knew how to get there from Hogwarts. She did not really care. She only wondered to keep the dread from her mind.
"Ginny Weasley, to see Mrs. Finnigan," she told the mannequin. It beckoned her in, and she stepped inside. Looking around, she did not see Seamus anywhere. He must have been in her room already.
Knowing how the hospital worked, Ginny knew that she would not be allowed to see Mrs. Finnigan. Tucking the cloak under her arm, she made her way to the stairs and began to climb. She stopped at the fourth floor- spell damage.
Sighing, she went to work checking every room to see if she could see Seamus anywhere. Farther down the hall, she heard his voice, and stopped short. He was saying a spell, it seemed. Ginny crept to the door. She peeked around the corner.
Seamus had his wand out, pointing to his mother. She could barely decipher the words he spoke, until the very end. "Remember," he commanded. "Remember…"
The air was rent with screams from Mrs. Finnigan. Ginny was horrified.
"Seamus!"
"Ginny? What are you doing here?"
"I'm not sure," she said, narrowing her eyes at him. "What about you?"
Seamus's gaze shifted to his mother for a moment. "I can't wait for my mother to wake up and know me. Do you have any idea how agonizing it is, that your own mother thinks you are dead, that you can't even see her, because you aren't allowed yet? Do you know what I've been through?"
"No, I don't. But what are you doing to her?"
"I'm making her remember."
"How? If this goes wrong, you could kill her!"
Mediwitches by the dozen entered, alarmed by the patient's yells. One stopped before Ginny and Seamus. "You shouldn't be here! No visitors allowed at the moment!"
"This is my damn mother, lady, and she doesn't even know me! She could be curing right now, and you want me to go away?"
"Well, you, young lady, should not be here."
"All right, I'll-" Ginny started, taking a step toward the door.
Seamus's hand clamped on her arm. "She stays," he said firmly. The witch turned helplessly after a moment to aid the others.
Ginny felt a bruise forming at Seamus's tough grip. "Seamus, stop it! I don't want to stay!"
"I want you to!"
"Why?"
"I- because I do, that's why!"
"Seamus, if you don't let me go, I'll report you to Dumbledore."
"Good, and reveal that you were far off Hogwarts grounds without permission. Get yourself expelled along with me, will you?"
"Seamus, I was trying to help you! You may have been going through a hard time, but think how hard it is for me! If you won't be with me, then I don't want to be here! I don't want to be with you! Let me *go*!" She felt tears forming in her eyes. When she tried to blink them back, they spilled over.
"I can't, Ginny!"
"Why not!" she screamed, terrified, confused, and helpless to fight her tears.
"Because I need you!"
"What are you talking about?"
"Ginny, it's been so hard without you. This would all have been better if I had you to comfort me."
"It's your fault I wasn't there! You were the one who broke up with me! Or don't you remember?"
"Yes, I remember! Do you think I could forget something like that? But I was too embarrassed to try to get you back! I still want to be with you, Ginny. I love you."
"Prove it, then!"
The moment he had let go of her arm, he grabbed her by the waist, his arms keeping her right up against him.
"Seamus, what are you doing? Let me go!" Ginny was strong, but Seamus was much stronger.
He shook his head. Then he brought it down close to hers, and he kissed her deeply.
Her knees went weak and buckled. When at last the kiss ended, Ginny was sobbing openly. She wept onto his shoulder as he kept her standing. Every tear she had suppressed since Seamus had left her in the locker room seemed to be pushing its way to the surface.
"I love you, Ginny. I'm never going to go away again."
She could not respond, only cry harder.
The mediwitches were at last finished with their work. Mrs. Finnigan lay peacefully in her bed. They filed out, leaving the teenagers alone with the unconscious woman.
"Do you think your spell worked?" Ginny asked at last.
"I don't know. We might have to wait to find out."
A quiet voice came from behind them. "Seamus?"
He rushed to his mother's side, leaving Ginny to sink to the floor. Her legs were still too weak to support her.
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Ginny took another careful sip of her tea.
"So you stole Harry Potter's cloak and flew here from Hogwarts, just to make sure I was all right?" Seamus summarized. "Wow. You must really care about me."
"Do you think I would have stayed with you that long, even after I caught you making out with Lavender, if I didn't?"
He looked down at the table top, embarrassed. "I'm sorry about that."
"It's all right. Just forget it."
"Why didn't you just abduct me and tie me to a chair until I listened to you? It seems like something you would do."
Ginny smiled. "I- don't know, now that you mention it." They laughed.
"Thank you, Ginny."
"It's nothing."
He reached across the table to take her hand. "I'm sorry if I hurt your arm."
"What, this? I've had much worse. You know, when I'd fight with Ron." She giggled. "He could have been bleeding from the ears, mum would still yell at him for fighting with me."
Seamus laughed. "I suppose you milked the 'only girl' thing for all it was worth, right?"
"Oh, I didn't have to. I was always the favorite."
Downstairs, they went to the fireplace to Floo back to Hogwarts. "So what are you going to tell Harry about the cloak?"
"The truth, I suppose. He probably already knows I have it. Not very many people know about it to begin with. I'm one of those few."
"Will he be angry?"
"Who knows?" Ginny took a handful of Floo powder, and threw it on the hearth, announcing, "Gryffindor Tower common room!"
She was shot out the other end to find the common room empty. Relieved, she waited for Seamus, who came out a few seconds later. She laughed at his hair, saturated with soot and sticking up in all directions.
"What?" he asked, putting a hand to his hair.
"Nothing." Ginny shook her head. "Come here."
And he swept her up in his arms, and they were both lost in a kiss.
End Chapter 37
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