A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed. I hope you all like the "turn" in the
plot as I put it, a real picker up that takes this from pure fluff, to
something more interesting that makes you want to keep reading. Enjoy!
Harry grinned, making her unable to not smile back. He made her happier then anything else.
"Shut up!" Harry yelled up to Sirius, but it was too late, a snickering Sirius had closed the window.
Ginny gave him a weak smile, and he took her hand in his, leaned forward and gently kissed her cheek, making it turn red from her blushing. He began staring up into the sky.
"What is it?" she asked a slight nervousness to her tone.
"The stars, they really are beautiful, aren't they?" he asked looking into her eyes again.
"Yeah," she nodded in agreement.
"They remind me of you," he commented, a gleam in his eye.
She only smiled and hugged him tight, taking him completely aback by doing it. They stood there quite a while, seemed like forever, just content being in each others arms. There was nothing that could have made her happier. Maybe this summer would be getting better.
"Let's go back upstairs," said Harry suddenly, his expression showing concern. But his hands still were around her.
"Okay," she sighed.
They walked hand-in-hand back up the stairs. All she could think of was how this would take some getting used to. Also that she had a whole other month until they would have to go back to Hogwarts. During most of that Sirius would be working, which meant a lot of alone time for her and Harry.
"Welcome back, love birds," Sirius said the moment they walked in the door.
Harry rolled his eyes, but was clearly suppressing a smile.
"Do you think we can visit Percy soon?" asked Ginny, thinking about it again now that she wasn't holding Harry's hand.
The grin that had been on Sirius' face immediately disappeared.
"Of course, we will first thing in the morning," he reassured her.
"I'm going to go shower, get out of these clothes," she told them both. Giving Harry one last hug, she went and got out her clothes. Although she liked the leather and vinyl, it just wasn't her. The hot shower helped wash away the worries and troubles of the day, as she was enjoying her new body wash. While washing her hair, for a brief second she thought she heard the door knob creak. Thinking it must have been nothing, she finished rinsing off. Once she got out of the shower though, she saw written on the mirror in the steamy fog, "I luv u." She smiled to herself and slid on her pajamas. Waiting right outside of the bathroom was Harry, leaning with one arm on the wall, the other behind his back, and a smile on his face.
"Very cute" she told him when she walked out of the bathroom.
"Just cute?" he asked walking after her since she was going to the living room.
"Yes," she said and kissed his cheek.
"You two really should stop snogging!" Sirius said catching them.
Ginny jumped and Harry announced, "We were not!"
"Whatever you call it. But we all should get to bed."
They couldn't help but agree, Harry had black marks underneath his eyes and Ginny felt like she could barely hold hers open.
She was lying down, covering herself when Harry kissed her forehead.
"Good night" he told her, brushing his left hand across her cheek.
"Night"
The next morning she woke up feeling still tired from the night before. Harry and Sirius were already up and dressed drinking coffee at the kitchen table. With a small yawn she got up and walked over to join them. Reaching into the cupboard for a cup, she knocked over one that she barely caught before it hit the floor.
"Shaky this morning?" asked Sirius glancing back at her.
"A little," she replied sitting down beside Harry with her cup and slowly pouring some coffee.
"We'll go and see Percy when you are ready," he told both of them.
Harry only nodded solemnly. She noticed he seemed to be distracted this morning. Not by something there with them, but deep behind those piercing green eyes, there was concern. It must have been hard, she assumed, to have the pressure he carries on his shoulders. She placed a gentle hand on his arm and he gave her a small reassuring smile. They were mostly quiet while drinking, words weren't really needed. Lord Voldemort was growing stronger, and had not liked what Percy was doing. The question is; what was Percy doing? She had a million things running through her head as she got dressed.
It appeared to be no time at all, before they were walking into St. Mungo's. Perhaps that was due to the fact that during the whole trip there she had tears in her eyes. After all, the worst could have happened. It would break her heart if she couldn't talk to him at least one last time. There were so many things she wanted to know, about her family, the war. He just couldn't leave them now. She really cared and loved her brother.
The memory that was most clear in her mind was when she was 6. Most people believed she would be unable to remember something that early. But Percy believed her, because he remembered as well.
It was when he had just come home for the Christmas holidays; it had been his first year at Hogwarts. All day long it had been cloudy, but now, this evening it was storming outside with lightening and thunder. She was up all alone, sitting in her bed, too scared to sleep. Slowly and quietly she tip toed into the kitchen, for once the house filled with silence other then the occasional clap of thunder that made her jump. Getting out a chair, she stood on it to reach where their Mum kept the hot cocoa. Only it was a little further away, then she thought, and as she reached, her footing slipped and she fell! Luckily though, Percy had snuck behind her and caught her before she could hit the ground and hurt herself, or make a lot of noise.
"I'm sorry," she began.
"Shhh!" he hissed, setting her down to sit on the chair right. She was about to walk out of the room when he spoke again.
"So you're scared like I am?"
She nodded. He gave her a small smile and made them both some cocoa with the little small marshmallows she loved so much.
"I didn't know you were afraid of the boom booms too," she commented as they sat there quietly sipping.
"I didn't know you liked to sneak up in the middle of the night," he teased her back and she held in a giggle.
As far as she was concerned, he had saved her, he was her hero.
"Anything else you are afraid of?" she asked. She had never really asked him any questions before. The whole family was usually around, and she could be very shy about speaking up.
"Lots of things," he answered thoughtfully looking out the window.
"Really?" she asked again.
"Yeah, come here," he said patting his lap.
She got up and sat with him. Once she did he told her of all the things going on at Hogwarts, and the things that scared him. She then asked what scared him the most.
"Growing up," she said out loud making Harry, who was standing beside her in the waiting room jump. She had been so lost in thought, that she didn't realize they were there already.
"What?" asked Harry looking at her curiously.
"Nothing," she answered as a Healer led them down to the intensive care unit.
"Now only one at a time in the actual room," said the Healer as he pointed to the door to Percy's private room.
Harry and Ginny looked at each other as he walked away, then they both turned to Sirius, the questioning look in their eyes.
"How did he get his own room?" asked Harry, exactly as she had been thinking.
Sirius looked at Harry, then Ginny, as he sighed.
"I know you two are old enough to understand certain aspects of everything going on in the war, but I can't tell you. I'm under strict no-talking policy," he told them, his expression showing that if he could tell, he would of, "Ginny, I know you're family, so how about you go first?"
She nodded, running a hand through her shining red hair, she had changed it back from the black it was last night, and she took a deep breath. It would be difficult seeing anyone in rough condition, especially her own brother. As she went walking as though in a trance she took the final steps forward and pushed through the door. It wasn't as bad as she had thought. In fact, he looked absolutely normal. He had a long scroll in his hands, and was writing very fast onto the parchment.
"Hey," she said walking over to the bed and trying to get his attention.
He was so absorbed into his work that after about five minutes of her standing there, he finally looked up and saw her.
"HELLO GINNY!" he yelled.
Right away she plugged her ears, he had yelled as though she was done the hall, instead of at the foot of the bed.
"IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING THOUGH," he continued screaming.
She put her pointer finger from her right hand onto her lips to silence him, he nodded. In a much lower tone compared to before he finished talking.
"They say my hearing will be back as soon as they can fix it. Meanwhile you can write on this," he told her, pointing to a chalk board on the wall.
She picked up the piece of chalk and began to write, she wrote, "What happened?"
Percy just shook his head and answered.
"You know I can't tell you."
They went onto talk about the previous night, just not what happened to him. He commented how he had seen her as Trinity, laughed and teased her. Then they went onto discuss her next year at Hogwarts and the dangers. She was about to tell him about what had happened with Harry, when Sirius' head looked in through the door.
"Me and Harry would like to visit too," he teased.
She looked down at her watch and realized she had been in there for over an hour. With a final hug she went outside the room, and sat down on a chair next to Harry while Sirius went in to talk.
"Are you okay," he asked with a certain level of gentleness in his voice.
"Yeah," she answered, looking into his eyes, but not knowing exactly what to feel.
Suddenly it felt as though her stomach had disappeared entirely, in fact her whole body was numb, as though in a trance she leaned forward. He put his left hand on the cheek of her face and before she completely resolved what was happening in her mind he had his lips over hers, and the rest of the world didn't matter. Slipping her own hands around his neck she felt herself just fall into him.
"Time to go," said Sirius quickly walking from Percy's room.
"What?" snapped Harry quickly.
Her head was still reeling from what just happened that during the first few minutes of walking back down the hall to leave a few things didn't really register. When they did, she was shocked.
"Why so soon? Harry never even got to see him!" she confronted Sirius on the elevator.
"It's not safe here right now," he said urgently and rushed them out.
"Why?" she asked again.
"Just shut your mouth and leave silently."
A/N: I'm half way through the next chapter, so the update won't take too long, I'm really getting back into writing this. Let me know if you all still love it and want to read more.
Harry grinned, making her unable to not smile back. He made her happier then anything else.
"Shut up!" Harry yelled up to Sirius, but it was too late, a snickering Sirius had closed the window.
Ginny gave him a weak smile, and he took her hand in his, leaned forward and gently kissed her cheek, making it turn red from her blushing. He began staring up into the sky.
"What is it?" she asked a slight nervousness to her tone.
"The stars, they really are beautiful, aren't they?" he asked looking into her eyes again.
"Yeah," she nodded in agreement.
"They remind me of you," he commented, a gleam in his eye.
She only smiled and hugged him tight, taking him completely aback by doing it. They stood there quite a while, seemed like forever, just content being in each others arms. There was nothing that could have made her happier. Maybe this summer would be getting better.
"Let's go back upstairs," said Harry suddenly, his expression showing concern. But his hands still were around her.
"Okay," she sighed.
They walked hand-in-hand back up the stairs. All she could think of was how this would take some getting used to. Also that she had a whole other month until they would have to go back to Hogwarts. During most of that Sirius would be working, which meant a lot of alone time for her and Harry.
"Welcome back, love birds," Sirius said the moment they walked in the door.
Harry rolled his eyes, but was clearly suppressing a smile.
"Do you think we can visit Percy soon?" asked Ginny, thinking about it again now that she wasn't holding Harry's hand.
The grin that had been on Sirius' face immediately disappeared.
"Of course, we will first thing in the morning," he reassured her.
"I'm going to go shower, get out of these clothes," she told them both. Giving Harry one last hug, she went and got out her clothes. Although she liked the leather and vinyl, it just wasn't her. The hot shower helped wash away the worries and troubles of the day, as she was enjoying her new body wash. While washing her hair, for a brief second she thought she heard the door knob creak. Thinking it must have been nothing, she finished rinsing off. Once she got out of the shower though, she saw written on the mirror in the steamy fog, "I luv u." She smiled to herself and slid on her pajamas. Waiting right outside of the bathroom was Harry, leaning with one arm on the wall, the other behind his back, and a smile on his face.
"Very cute" she told him when she walked out of the bathroom.
"Just cute?" he asked walking after her since she was going to the living room.
"Yes," she said and kissed his cheek.
"You two really should stop snogging!" Sirius said catching them.
Ginny jumped and Harry announced, "We were not!"
"Whatever you call it. But we all should get to bed."
They couldn't help but agree, Harry had black marks underneath his eyes and Ginny felt like she could barely hold hers open.
She was lying down, covering herself when Harry kissed her forehead.
"Good night" he told her, brushing his left hand across her cheek.
"Night"
The next morning she woke up feeling still tired from the night before. Harry and Sirius were already up and dressed drinking coffee at the kitchen table. With a small yawn she got up and walked over to join them. Reaching into the cupboard for a cup, she knocked over one that she barely caught before it hit the floor.
"Shaky this morning?" asked Sirius glancing back at her.
"A little," she replied sitting down beside Harry with her cup and slowly pouring some coffee.
"We'll go and see Percy when you are ready," he told both of them.
Harry only nodded solemnly. She noticed he seemed to be distracted this morning. Not by something there with them, but deep behind those piercing green eyes, there was concern. It must have been hard, she assumed, to have the pressure he carries on his shoulders. She placed a gentle hand on his arm and he gave her a small reassuring smile. They were mostly quiet while drinking, words weren't really needed. Lord Voldemort was growing stronger, and had not liked what Percy was doing. The question is; what was Percy doing? She had a million things running through her head as she got dressed.
It appeared to be no time at all, before they were walking into St. Mungo's. Perhaps that was due to the fact that during the whole trip there she had tears in her eyes. After all, the worst could have happened. It would break her heart if she couldn't talk to him at least one last time. There were so many things she wanted to know, about her family, the war. He just couldn't leave them now. She really cared and loved her brother.
The memory that was most clear in her mind was when she was 6. Most people believed she would be unable to remember something that early. But Percy believed her, because he remembered as well.
It was when he had just come home for the Christmas holidays; it had been his first year at Hogwarts. All day long it had been cloudy, but now, this evening it was storming outside with lightening and thunder. She was up all alone, sitting in her bed, too scared to sleep. Slowly and quietly she tip toed into the kitchen, for once the house filled with silence other then the occasional clap of thunder that made her jump. Getting out a chair, she stood on it to reach where their Mum kept the hot cocoa. Only it was a little further away, then she thought, and as she reached, her footing slipped and she fell! Luckily though, Percy had snuck behind her and caught her before she could hit the ground and hurt herself, or make a lot of noise.
"I'm sorry," she began.
"Shhh!" he hissed, setting her down to sit on the chair right. She was about to walk out of the room when he spoke again.
"So you're scared like I am?"
She nodded. He gave her a small smile and made them both some cocoa with the little small marshmallows she loved so much.
"I didn't know you were afraid of the boom booms too," she commented as they sat there quietly sipping.
"I didn't know you liked to sneak up in the middle of the night," he teased her back and she held in a giggle.
As far as she was concerned, he had saved her, he was her hero.
"Anything else you are afraid of?" she asked. She had never really asked him any questions before. The whole family was usually around, and she could be very shy about speaking up.
"Lots of things," he answered thoughtfully looking out the window.
"Really?" she asked again.
"Yeah, come here," he said patting his lap.
She got up and sat with him. Once she did he told her of all the things going on at Hogwarts, and the things that scared him. She then asked what scared him the most.
"Growing up," she said out loud making Harry, who was standing beside her in the waiting room jump. She had been so lost in thought, that she didn't realize they were there already.
"What?" asked Harry looking at her curiously.
"Nothing," she answered as a Healer led them down to the intensive care unit.
"Now only one at a time in the actual room," said the Healer as he pointed to the door to Percy's private room.
Harry and Ginny looked at each other as he walked away, then they both turned to Sirius, the questioning look in their eyes.
"How did he get his own room?" asked Harry, exactly as she had been thinking.
Sirius looked at Harry, then Ginny, as he sighed.
"I know you two are old enough to understand certain aspects of everything going on in the war, but I can't tell you. I'm under strict no-talking policy," he told them, his expression showing that if he could tell, he would of, "Ginny, I know you're family, so how about you go first?"
She nodded, running a hand through her shining red hair, she had changed it back from the black it was last night, and she took a deep breath. It would be difficult seeing anyone in rough condition, especially her own brother. As she went walking as though in a trance she took the final steps forward and pushed through the door. It wasn't as bad as she had thought. In fact, he looked absolutely normal. He had a long scroll in his hands, and was writing very fast onto the parchment.
"Hey," she said walking over to the bed and trying to get his attention.
He was so absorbed into his work that after about five minutes of her standing there, he finally looked up and saw her.
"HELLO GINNY!" he yelled.
Right away she plugged her ears, he had yelled as though she was done the hall, instead of at the foot of the bed.
"IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING THOUGH," he continued screaming.
She put her pointer finger from her right hand onto her lips to silence him, he nodded. In a much lower tone compared to before he finished talking.
"They say my hearing will be back as soon as they can fix it. Meanwhile you can write on this," he told her, pointing to a chalk board on the wall.
She picked up the piece of chalk and began to write, she wrote, "What happened?"
Percy just shook his head and answered.
"You know I can't tell you."
They went onto talk about the previous night, just not what happened to him. He commented how he had seen her as Trinity, laughed and teased her. Then they went onto discuss her next year at Hogwarts and the dangers. She was about to tell him about what had happened with Harry, when Sirius' head looked in through the door.
"Me and Harry would like to visit too," he teased.
She looked down at her watch and realized she had been in there for over an hour. With a final hug she went outside the room, and sat down on a chair next to Harry while Sirius went in to talk.
"Are you okay," he asked with a certain level of gentleness in his voice.
"Yeah," she answered, looking into his eyes, but not knowing exactly what to feel.
Suddenly it felt as though her stomach had disappeared entirely, in fact her whole body was numb, as though in a trance she leaned forward. He put his left hand on the cheek of her face and before she completely resolved what was happening in her mind he had his lips over hers, and the rest of the world didn't matter. Slipping her own hands around his neck she felt herself just fall into him.
"Time to go," said Sirius quickly walking from Percy's room.
"What?" snapped Harry quickly.
Her head was still reeling from what just happened that during the first few minutes of walking back down the hall to leave a few things didn't really register. When they did, she was shocked.
"Why so soon? Harry never even got to see him!" she confronted Sirius on the elevator.
"It's not safe here right now," he said urgently and rushed them out.
"Why?" she asked again.
"Just shut your mouth and leave silently."
A/N: I'm half way through the next chapter, so the update won't take too long, I'm really getting back into writing this. Let me know if you all still love it and want to read more.
