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Signing off,

Lain

Hi all! I'm writing this as a favor to Lain, so it will have a little different attitude, but Lain's going to read over it so it's not too over the top. Thanks.

What A Girl Wants (HP style)

Chapter 4 In the Dark

Harry was about to pull something out of his pocket when Hermione exclaimed, "Gin! You have to come to dinner tonight!"

"Yeah," Ron agreed, "Mum's going to love Lily and Jamie."

Harry sighed; leave it to his best friends to ruin the moment. Ginny turned toward them and nodded. "Why don't we just go now?"

Harry tried to smile at her. "You can give it to me later," she whispered, and he managed a smile.

"We can use my car," Harry suggested.

So they went outside and piled in.

Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione stood on the front step of the Burrow, anxiously waiting for Molly to open the door. Harry took Ginny's hand and she turned and smiled weakly at him.

She took Jamie from Hermione, and turned around to take Lily's hand.

The door flew open, and Mrs. Weasley was beaming. "Come on in, Bill and Fleur have an announcement-"

She stopped when her gaze landed on Ginny. "Ginny?" she whispered.

Ginny flinched at her mother's soft voice and nodded weakly.

It was then Molly's gaze flitted over the two children Ginny was holding. Her mouth fell open. "Ginny, are these-?"

Jamie reached out to Molly, who took him from his mother. "He's your son?" she asked, amazed.

"Our son," Harry corrected.

Molly looked from Harry to Ginny, her eyes wide. "You… Her…baby…What?" Then she noticed Lily. "Is she-?"

Harry nodded and Molly hugged the little girl. "Welcome to the family."

Then, she ushered everyone inside. "Everyone! Look! Ginny's back!"

At the sound of Ginny's name, six redheads came running. "Ginny?" Arthur asked, embracing his youngest. "You're back! With- Oh."

Everyone was then looking at Lily and Jamie. Jamie was blissfully ignorant of the situation, he was playing with the collar of Molly's shirt, but Lily's green eyes were wide as she looked at her uncles.

A series of emotions flitted across the faces of the five Weasley's, but the first one to make a move was Charlie. He crouched down so he was eye level with her and remarked, "She's got her father's eyes."

The gazes were then shifted to Harry. "Did you know anything about this?" Bill asked as he moved closer to Harry.

Mrs. Weasley piped up, "Lily, why don't you and your mum come in the kitchen and have something to eat. Both of you are too thin." Ginny took Lily's hand, and they followed Molly into the kitchen.

Hermione squeezed Ron's arm and motioned to Arthur to come into the kitchen as well.

"Answer the question."

Suddenly, Harry felt very small. Standing in the middle of some really angry looking Weasley brothers wasn't high on his to do list. "I didn't know until yesterday. Lily found my flat and then I found out about Jamie when Ginny came to pick her up."

"Those are their names?" Percy asked.

"Lily and James, yes."

"How old are they?" Fred asked.

"Lily's almost 11 and Jamie's about 5 months. Ginny came back so Lily could go to Hogwarts."

"I understand Lily's age, but Jamie? That means you saw Ginny fourteen months ago and didn't tell us?" Charlie asked, his eyes alight.

"Yes, I guess Ginny came back to tell me about Lily, but when she came back, we uh, didn't do much talking," Harry admitted.

They winced, "Well," George began.

"There will be no more shagging of the youngest Weasley until you tell us what possessed you to not to tell us, her brothers," Fred continued.

"You saw her again. Harry, we were worried sick," George finished.

"And that's eleven years we won't be able to make up for with our niece and nephew."

"How do you think I feel?" Harry asked, "That's eleven years I didn't know I had a family."

There was a pause before Ron spoke up, "So what are you going to do now?"

Harry looked down at his hands, "I'm going to propose."

"How?" they all asked at the same time.

Harry looked at them all confused, "Hell if I know. Now, if you'll excuse me, I would like to see my family now." He pushed his way through them and into the kitchen.

Arthur had Jamie sitting on his lap, and Molly and Lily were making pie dough. Ginny was sitting at the table watching, her eyes sparkling.

When her gaze landed on Harry, she blushed. He crossed the room and sat next to her. "Mum," she asked, "You said Bill and Fleur had news?"

"Oh," Molly said, turning around, "Yes! Bill! What were you going to say?"

The six Weasley brothers came in and sat around the table. "Yes Bill," Fred and George chorused, "Do enlighten us."

Bill smiled, "Fleur and I are going to have a baby."

Cheers erupted and congratulations were shouted as Bill grinned. "Congratulations," Ginny said, giving him a hug.

Bill pulled her into the seat next to him, "Since you're here now, you can eat by your favorite brother."

"Then she should be sitting here," Charlie said, making room for her.

"Nope, she sits here."

"Here Gin!"

"No," Harry finally said, getting up and walking over to her, "She sits by me."

He picked her up and carried her to her original seat. "Sorry boys, but I like it here the best."

Dinner continued at a comfortable pace, and it didn't feel like Ginny had been gone for almost 11 years. At the end, when she and Harry announced they were leaving, Molly said, "Why don't you leave Lily and Jamie here? That way you and Harry can work things out."

Ginny blushed and hugged Lily and gave Jamie to Molly. "Be good," she told them.

"We will!" Lily chimed. "Bye daddy!" she squealed, hugging Harry around the middle.

"See you tomorrow. We'll go buy you a broom," he said, hugging her back.

"Cool."

Harry and Ginny walked outside to his car. "Um, Harry?" she asked timidly.

"Yeah?" he asked as they got into the car.

She paused before turning to him, "What are you going to say? When you talk to the press, I mean."

"Uh," he had no idea. "I don't know. What do you think I should say?"

"I don't know."

Wow, way to go Ginny, she thought sarcastically.

The rest of the ride was spent in silence. When they reached the flat, Harry went to turn on the lights, but they wouldn't come on. "Power shortage," he told Ginny. "I'm going to go get some candles to light, why don't you sit on the couch. I'll be right back."

She nodded and sat on the couch. Harry came back with half a dozen candles and sat them around the room. After lighting them, he started a fire and the room became alight. "Better?" he asked, sitting next to her.

She nodded and said, "What did you want to give me earlier?"

Harry turned and looked her in the eyes. "You know I never stopped loving you." She blushed, but he continued, "I wanted to find you so bad because when you left, part of me died. Gin, I don't want to lose you again. I want to move into a big house with you and grow old together. I want to be a father to Lily and Jamie, but I really want to be your husband."

He moved so he was on one knee in front of her, "Ginerva Molly Weasley, will you make me the happiest man on the planet and marry me?"

Harry could see the tears well up in her eyes,

"Oh Harry…" she whispered, "No…"

Dun dun dun! Sorry, but it had to be a cliffie! REVIEW! PLEASE!