Birthday Surprises Chapter 58
Usual disclaimer: Not mine, don't sue. Please. Wish it were mine though. Ah, if only. Lolly, xxx.
Ok, two short chapters instead of one - I know that things between Harry and Ginny are going VERY slowly, but he does have quite a lot on his mind, and rest assured, it WILL happen eventually. In the meantime, please keep reviewing and telling me whether or not H/G is a good pairing - for those of you who don't know, me and my friend Naomi (Gnomsie) are having a full blown battle over this issue - Naomi, sweetie, the vote count stands at 77- 16, in my favour (H/G rules!).
Well, hope you enjoy...
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Everyone, including Aunt Petunia and excluding Percy, stayed at Hogwarts that night, and the triplets were cooed over by everyone. Petunia sat in a corner, away from everyone else, feeling as if she was the odd one out. Eventually Ginny came to sit next to her, watching everything that was going on.
"How are you?" She asked, trying to be civil to the woman that she had never thought of as being worthy of living. At least, not until Harry had begun to explain why she was the way she was.
"I'm fine, thank you. You must be Ginny."
"Yeah, I am." Ginny replied, looking at the Muggle - she looked far from happy.
"I wouldn't have blamed Harry for hating me, you know." Petunia murmured, almost to herself. "I just...he reminds me so much of Lily...and Vernon, he...he hated magic, and..." The woman was sniffling now, and Ginny looked around for help. Harry was making his way over, thankfully.
"Aunt Petunia? Are you all right?" He asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I'm so sorry!" Petunia sobbed as she threw her arms around him.
"What for?" Harry asked.
"For being so awful to you - I should have said something, made him stop."
"Aunt Petunia, there was nothing you could do. If you'd have said anything, he would have done the same to you, and then come back for me." Harry was uncomfortably aware of the Weasley's watching everything closely. Bill, Charlie and the Twins weren't a hundred percent sure about what the woman was talking about, but they could each hazard a pretty accurate guess.
"But he hurt you so badly. I washed the blood out of your clothes almost every other day and didn't do a thing." Petunia sobbed. Harry let out a deep breath. Now everyone knew.
"Look, I don't hold it against you - you were scared too. You have to stop blaming yourself for things that happened a long time ago."
"But..."
"No. Listen to me. Yes, you could have stopped it. You could have left, you could have kicked him out, you could have told someone, but you didn't. But that was a long time ago. I've gotten over it, you have to get over it too." Harry said as he showed her to a spare room in the Gryffindor Tower. Silence fell over the rest of them as they digested what they had just heard.
"Harry was abused by that Uncle of his?" Fred and George asked, their eyes wide with disbelief and horror.
"Yeah." Ginny replied very quietly.
Usual disclaimer: Not mine, don't sue. Please. Wish it were mine though. Ah, if only. Lolly, xxx.
Ok, two short chapters instead of one - I know that things between Harry and Ginny are going VERY slowly, but he does have quite a lot on his mind, and rest assured, it WILL happen eventually. In the meantime, please keep reviewing and telling me whether or not H/G is a good pairing - for those of you who don't know, me and my friend Naomi (Gnomsie) are having a full blown battle over this issue - Naomi, sweetie, the vote count stands at 77- 16, in my favour (H/G rules!).
Well, hope you enjoy...
**************************************************************************** ***
Everyone, including Aunt Petunia and excluding Percy, stayed at Hogwarts that night, and the triplets were cooed over by everyone. Petunia sat in a corner, away from everyone else, feeling as if she was the odd one out. Eventually Ginny came to sit next to her, watching everything that was going on.
"How are you?" She asked, trying to be civil to the woman that she had never thought of as being worthy of living. At least, not until Harry had begun to explain why she was the way she was.
"I'm fine, thank you. You must be Ginny."
"Yeah, I am." Ginny replied, looking at the Muggle - she looked far from happy.
"I wouldn't have blamed Harry for hating me, you know." Petunia murmured, almost to herself. "I just...he reminds me so much of Lily...and Vernon, he...he hated magic, and..." The woman was sniffling now, and Ginny looked around for help. Harry was making his way over, thankfully.
"Aunt Petunia? Are you all right?" He asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I'm so sorry!" Petunia sobbed as she threw her arms around him.
"What for?" Harry asked.
"For being so awful to you - I should have said something, made him stop."
"Aunt Petunia, there was nothing you could do. If you'd have said anything, he would have done the same to you, and then come back for me." Harry was uncomfortably aware of the Weasley's watching everything closely. Bill, Charlie and the Twins weren't a hundred percent sure about what the woman was talking about, but they could each hazard a pretty accurate guess.
"But he hurt you so badly. I washed the blood out of your clothes almost every other day and didn't do a thing." Petunia sobbed. Harry let out a deep breath. Now everyone knew.
"Look, I don't hold it against you - you were scared too. You have to stop blaming yourself for things that happened a long time ago."
"But..."
"No. Listen to me. Yes, you could have stopped it. You could have left, you could have kicked him out, you could have told someone, but you didn't. But that was a long time ago. I've gotten over it, you have to get over it too." Harry said as he showed her to a spare room in the Gryffindor Tower. Silence fell over the rest of them as they digested what they had just heard.
"Harry was abused by that Uncle of his?" Fred and George asked, their eyes wide with disbelief and horror.
"Yeah." Ginny replied very quietly.
