Later at dinner, everyone was gathered and Ginny sit in front of Harry.She spend the entire dinner looking at him and lower her head everytime Harry looked at her.She only wanted to go to bed and cry.Julianne was sitting next to Harry, her hand never leaving his and they kissed from time to time.
"Everyone, can I please have your attention, I have big news.Julianne and me are engaged, and I'm going to live with her"
The entire Weasley family erupted in chorus except Molly and Hermione who just looked at Ginny sympathetically.
Harry went to Ginny's side and leaned to hug her, but only for her to push him away, he tried again mostly to keep up appearences,this time she decided to accept it and put on a happy face.
"Congratulations" she said soflty.
"Thank you." He responded in her ear.
"I'm tired I think I'll go to bed"
"Are you ok?" her brothers asked her.
"I'm fine I'm just tired" she smiled softly before going up to her room.
"I'll go up for a few minutes I have to talk to her"harry said and followed Ginny.
"Gin? Can I come in?"asked harry as he opened her bedroom door.
Ginny nodded and he came sit besides her on the bed.
"Gin, you OK?"
"Yeah"she whispered.
"I wanted to ask you a favor"
"Go ahead"
"I want you to be Julianne and mine's maid of honor"
"Huh?"
"Please?"
Ginny couldn't say no to his puppy eyes and accepted.
"Yes"
"Yes?"
"Yeah"
"Thank you Gin"He said as he hugged her tight.
A month passed and Ginny's pregnancy was still a secret only known by her mother and Hermione.Ginny had her first exam and had a sonogram picture that she always kept on her.Hermione's sister Jill was her midwife so Hermione accompagnied Ginny to all of her appointments.
Harry has moved to Julianne's appartment and hasn't seen Ginny since the night he annonced he was engaged.
"Ginny, please be quick, dear, we've got to be at the shop in 30 mn but we have to pass by and take Hermione on our way."her mother called.
"What?What shop?"
"You know I told you, the wedding outfit try out"
"OO damnit"
"You can stay here if you want"
"'Can't I promised I'm their maid of honor"
"That's great of you to accept this"
An hour later Molly's outfit was decided, tried on and bought, as well as Hermione's, Ginny was left.
"Here, Ginny, try this on" Hermione said as she handed her a beautiful lavender dress
"Herm, I don't know if I'll be able to fit this look how close to the body it is cut" Ginny whispered.
"I think you should try it on" said a voice from behind
"Hey Harry" said hermione as she hugged him
"What are you doing here?" asked Ginny glaring at him
"Well I just came to assist my maid of honor in finding the perfect dress for her.Now no more talking just go and try this one one"
Ginny didn't have the choice and went in one of the dressing room.She came out wearing the dress who was fitting her almost perfectly
"You look beautiful" said harry and hermione
Ginny just stayed in front of the mirror,admiring how the dress fitted her and her eyes drifted to her stomac,where a clear bump appeared from under the dress, she just smiled as she discreetly ran a hand across it.
"You've put on a bit of weight,I like it, it makes you more womenly it's like you're glowing" said Harry as she observed her from the back.
"Yeah well living with my mom you know" ginny lied.
"So, you like the dress?"she nodded
"OK, then, please miss, charge anything miss weasley and miss granger will buy in here on my account please" he said to an assistant who just nodded and went to the cashier.
"Harry you don't have to...."Hermione began.
"Mione, please, it's my wedding and I'm spoiling my two sisters"Hermione smiled and mouthed thank you at him before huging him warmly as Ginny's face fell at the "sister" word.She hoped she was more to him because he was more to her, but now she guessed she wasn't more than his baby sister, and she was tired to be the baby sister.After all, she was having a baby, she was becoming a mother.
That's all I need, my child and it's love she thought, and her smile grew even wider.
"thank you Big brother" she smiled
They turned to Ginny who was still admiring her dress.
It was pale lavender which gave perfection with her coper hair.The top was a soft round-neck and Ginny found it a bit too tight around her breasts, but seeing it pushed them back up, she decided to support the tightness.
The low of the robe was hugging her hips and legs, to finish large on the floor.
It was classy, yet beautiful, exactly like Ginny.
But she was in truth imagining what she will look like in a few months,full of her pregnancy and eager to see her future baby.
Ginny went out of her daze when she spotted her sister in law and best friend looking at her.
"No,"
"No what?"
"I don't want you to buy me anything"
"Why?"
"Because that's my dress and I can afford this ."
"Ginny, please that's ridiculous, please let me buy you this dress"
Ginny couldn't help but agree, knowing that she had to save money to her baby.
They soon were out of the store, each women holding one of harry's arm.
"Where to now?" asked Harry
"To the leaky cauldron, mum said we'd meet her there after we finished with our dresses, when she left the store to go see dad earlier." Ginny said.
They had lunch together but Ginny just answered yes or no, she just stared at Harry,wondering how to tell him and what he would say.
He seemed so happy with Julianne that Ginny opted to wait to tell him.
The weding was a month away so she hoped she'd still fit that dress on the wedding.
After lunch, Hermione and Molly excused themselves, saying they had plans with their husbands.Harry and Ginny were left alone and Harry began the conversation
"Hey"
"Hey"
"How are you?"
"Fine"
"That's good.Listen Ginny, once again, I don't know what to say about –ya know-, I'm sorry if you thought I wanted to hurt you.I just don't know what came over me, you were there, so beautiful,and we just had a great day together, so I mistook my feelings for you as love, but now I know that I love Julianne, yeah she's my soulmate."
"I understand Harry it's ok.I wish you all the happiness in the world."she fake-smiled.The truth was that she wanted to cry, to yell at him that she loved him and was having a baby with him, but some kind of force forbid her to talk more, maybe her mother's voice telling how happy she was for harry,or maybe her love she still felt for him.
"Good.Good"Harry said and leaned in to kiss her cheek.
Ginny just accepted her kiss and smiled softly.Now would have been a good moment to tell him, but she bit back her speech and hide her face from him, to hide coming tears.
