Chapter: These are a few of my favorite things
A/N: I forgot to mention last chapter that the song from last chapter was originally sung by Abba and is now in the Broadway play Mamma Mia. The song for this chapter is from the Sound of Music.
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The clock blinked 1:45 and Ginny and Hermione and still up talking.
"So how long have you and Harry been going out?"
The smile slowly faded from Ginny's face. She quickly smiled to recover herself. "Oh, two years and 4 months."
"That's great."
Ginny did not say anything. All she did was smile.
Hermione wondered if it was forced or not. "Do you think you guys will get married?"
Ginny moved her Griffyndor ring that was on her right hand around her finger. "No, I don't think it will last much longer."
Hermione turned to her best friend shocked. "Why do you think that?"
Ginny looked up at her. "Just a feeling."
Hermione wet her lips.
Ginny pulled a blanket over her legs.
"Do you love him?"
Ginny cringed knowing that question was coming. "I did, in the beginning. But then things changed and I wasn't truly in love with him, I just thought that I did."
Hermione's mouth hung open. "So, you don't love him?"
Tears dangled on her eyelashes as she quickly shook her head no.
Hermione covered her mouth with her hands. "How long ago did this discovery take place?"
"Right after our one year anniversary." Tears freely fell down her freckled cheeks.
Hermione did not know what to do.
Ginny cringed onto her shoulder. "I don't want to hurt him after he had been so nice to me. I just couldn't bring myself to break up with him."
"Well you have to."
"Do I?" Ginny wiped a tear off the bridge of her nose.
"Yes. Then it will be over and you don't have to keep hurting each other."
"Hurting…I was hurting him?" She looked alarmed.
"If you keep him in a false relationship, feeding him the wrong information, it will hurt him."
This made Ginny cry more.
"Oh, don't cry Ginny. Everything will be better soon. You don't have to cry over him anymore."
Ginny continued to wipe tears from her dampened cheeks.
"I know, there is a song my mother used to sing to me whenever I was blue. I will sing it to you and maybe you will feel better."
Ginny nodded. She has stopped crying. Hermione moved a few strands of stray hair behind her ear. She took a deep breath and began to sing softly.
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up in string
These are a few of my favorite things.
Ginny picks her head up off her shoulder and Hermione gets up to dance. She spins a few times making her nightgown twirl in the air with her. She continues singing in a louder tone.
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleighbells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things.
Ginny watches her in awe as Hermione collects all of the picture of Harry and Ginny together in to a bag, as if to the music that went with the song she sand.
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things.
She ties the bad and drops the bag to the floor. She walks toward Ginny who was now standing on her knees on the bed. Hermione reached out and wiped a tear from her friend's eye, in a louder voice she sung the next verse.
When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad
Ginny smiles and gets off the bed and stands next to Hermione with her hands on her hips puffing her chest out proudly.
Ginny: Rain drops and roses and whiskers on kittens
Hermione smiled.
Hermione: Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Ginny picked up the bag of stuff Hermione had collected.
Ginny: Brown paper packages tied up in string
They linked arms and smiled to each other.
Both: These are a few of my favorite things
They walked out of Ginny's bedroom and into the front room. A vase of long stemmed roses sat in water. Hermione pulled two out and handed one to Ginny.
Hermione: Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Ginny began to pull the petals off the rose, one at a time.
Ginny: Doorbells and sleighbells and schnitzel with noodles
Hermione began to do the same with her rose.
Hermione: Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
Ginny grabbed another rose after finishing hers first.
Ginny: These are a few of my favorite things
Hermione placed one rose behind her ear as she completed de-petaling her first. Ginny took it from her and put it in her mouth. Hermione grabbed the nearest pillow and chased the laughing Ginny.
Hermione: Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Hermione hits her with the pillow which instantly exploded with thousands of goose feathers falling to the floor. Ginny continued to laugh when she says the blushing Hermione.
Ginny: Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Hermione began to throw handfuls of feathers at Ginny who quickly returned the favor.
Hermione: Silver white winters that melt into springs
They looked at each other and belted the next line.
Both: These are a few of my favorite things
Ginny sat on the floor with her legs crossed.
Ginny: When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
Hermione placed a pile of feathers on her head.
Hermione: I simple remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad.
The girls laugh hysterically. Hermione fell to the floor and laid on her back. They watched the feather settle as they laughed until they cried.
"Oh Hermione, I don't know when I have had so much fun." Ginny wiped a happy tear away.
"Sorry about the pillow mate."
"It's all right. I didn't care for it much."
Ginny got up and held her hand out for Hermione.
"Thanks Gin."
"No prob."
Hermione could see something clouded behind her eyes. "Gin, is something wrong?"
Ginny quickly shook her head.
"Really?"
She nodded.
Hermione moved some feathers around with her foot. "What do you want to do now?" She pulled out her wand from her pajama bottoms and cleared up the pillow mess.
"Let's go in the front room and watch a movie or something." She flashed a suspicious smile.
"You are hiding something from me aren't you?"
Hermione nudged Ginny.
"Nope."
"C'mon Gin, I know you too well."
"I am serious."
I raised my eyebrows which in a kidding way implied that I was not serious and wanted her to spill.
"Quit it!"
Hermione walked into Ginny's living room.
"Did I mention that your flat is lovely?"
"About a million times."
Her cheeks turned a soft pink color. "Oh."
"I got the movie Love Actually on DVD, wanna watch it?"
"Yeah, I've been dying to see it."
"I'll go get it." And with that she disappeared into her room.
Hermione walked around the room running her hand along the top of the couch.
A small table sat by the entrance where Ginny kept her mail and things. Being the curious person she was she started looking through the stack of letters.
"Bill, Bill, junk, Bill, Ron, junk, junk, and…wait a second." Hermione found an envelope in a pale green coloring.
There was nothing written on the front of it.
"This never went through the mail… wouldn't hurt for a small peak inside."
The cleanly opened top split apart to reveal pictures wrapped in a letter. Hermione looked over her shoulder.
Good Gin isn't back.
She pulled the letter out and read it carefully
Dear Gin,
Thanks for the great time last night. Here are the pictures you wanted.
Love you.
"Hmm, this is odd. I don't know where I put it." Ginny said loudly from the next room.
"Erm…did you check the bags in your closet?"
"No.." Her voice trailed off.
Hermione folded the parchment and picked up the stack of pictures. The first was Ginny wearing a black and pink polka dot skirt and a black halter top with pink lace.
Gin doesn't dress like that.
Hermione remembered the khaki kapris and white tank top from earlier.
The next picture showed Ginny sitting at the fountain in the Ministry of Magic. She was laughing. Again she wore all black. This time black pants and a red t-shirt with a skull and crossbones in black.
This is odd. Really odd…
The next one Ginny was in lingerie.
Skip that…
Then finally one dropped Hermione's mouth to the floor. Ginny wearing a black halter dress was in the arms of a young man. That young man was not Harry, but Draco Malfoy. They smiled and then began snogging each other.
This will break Harry's heart.
"Found it!"
Ginny walked out clutching the movie.
Hermione held the picture in shock.
Ginny's face fell.
"How long has this been going on?"