Gabrielle pulled the light sheet over her body as Ginny turned out the light.

"Good-night," Gabrielle whispered.

"Night," Ginny whispered back, smiling.

Gabrielle watched from her mattress on the floor as Ginny settled down to sleep. Judging by her breathing, the other girl – Hermione, was it? – was already asleep. Gabrielle glanced at her briefly, wondering what Ginny saw in her.

Ginny had told Gabrielle about her crush on Hermione. Why? Gabrielle didn't really know, but Ginny seemed to trust her. Maybe she was just reacting to Gabrielle's veela blood, the effect enhanced by Gabrielle's own attraction to the redheaded witch. Maybe it was just that Ginny thought Gabrielle might understand her.

When Gabrielle had mentioned breaking up with her girlfriend, Marie, Ginny had gotten very quiet and Gabrielle had been afraid that she'd ruined things between them permanently. Dating girls had never really been a big deal for Gabrielle, but she was a veela and veela tended to be somewhat less discriminant about gender than humans. So it hadn't been very hard for her to accept her attraction to other girls. And her family had always supported her.

So she hadn't really thought about Ginny's reaction before mentioning it, though she had regretted it instantly. Why couldn't she learn to think before she spoke? But then Ginny had softly told her, "Then, I guess you wouldn't mind that I'm lesbian."

After that, Ginny had seemed to relax around Gabrielle. She had told Gabrielle about her crush on Hermione, talking about her almost non-stop when they were alone. Now that she'd seen her, Gabrielle had to admit that she wasn't sure what Ginny saw in Hermione. But then, she'd only just met her.

Ginny had also mentioned that Fleur already knew she was lesbian. Apparently, she had figured it out on her own – not that that surprised Gabrielle. Fleur had always been perceptive, and she had this thing about gay pride.

When Marie's parents had refused to let their daughter see Gabrielle after learning that they were dating each other, Fleur had them that the range of human sexuality was a sign of their advancement as a species. She had informed them that the very fact that humans were aware enough of themselves and their desires to have homosexual relationships meant that they were far more advanced than other creatures. And that the fact veela were more likely to have homosexual relationships than humans wasn't a sign that they were evil or perverted, but that they were a more advanced, civilized species than humans.

It hadn't changed Marie's parent's opinion of Gabrielle or stopped Marie from dumping her, but she had never loved her sister more than when she had seen the girl sticking up for her to them.

Fleur was a wonderful sister, and she had never once let Gabrielle be ashamed of her sexuality. When Gabrielle had come to her in tears after several of the other students at school had called her a dyke and a pervert, saying she was more disgusting than a mudblood, Fleur had comforted her and then made her promise never to let them make her hate herself again. And Gabrielle had kept her promise. She had forced herself to be proud of herself – just like Fleur always was – until it became a habit.

And now Fleur was getting married to Bill Weasley. Gabrielle had liked Bill ever since she first met him when he came to visit after Fleur graduated from Beauxbatons, though her parents had been somewhat less than thrilled with him. She supposed the long hair, the earring, the dragon hide boots, and so on had repelled them at least as much as they had attracted both Fleur and Gabrielle, and his family's financial state certainly hadn't improved their opinion of him. But by the time he left, he had completely won them over and now they fully supported the marriage.

Gabrielle sighed, closing her eyes, and eventually she fell asleep.

A/N: Kashiaga: Thanks. Terresa Greenhill: Thanks... I'm amazed that you like my writing that much. I'll try to remember to use "the girl" and other such references less... thanks for pointing that out. Thanks for your inspiring reviews! Anasazi: Yeah... that was kind of what I was thinking about Hermione... Harry practically lives with the Weasleys but we've barely even met the Grangers. Orange: Of course you get to... Silver-nex: Oh well, I'm glad you like the story anyways.
It seems that at least a few of you have figured out who I've decided to pair Ginny with ;) ...now to figure out how to actually get them together...