Chapter 7
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All rational thought had left Harry's mind, when he had heard his name being called by her. It no longer sounded like the annoying housekeeper voice no it was her sweet and gentle tone he had longed to hear these past two years. For a while he had thought he was in one of his vivid dreams but the gentle tug in his wrist made his doubts vanish. He was still mad about the guy who had insulted them, but he could deal with that later. His Ginny was here. His Ginny, yes she had always been his Ginny, it happened from the summer of his fifth year after Sirius's death when he had started counting on her as a friend, a companion and something more that he didn't have a clear definition for then... It all clicked in his mind... her way of cooking, the way she had asked him about Mrs. Weasley and the way her fingers had stroked his hair... his Ginny had been living with him for the past two weeks and he didn't have a clue... No that wasn't true he knew there was something magical going on but he didn't want to get his hopes high. But right now he didn't care, his emotions were running wild.
He grabbed her hand and led her back to their apartment. The route was engraved in the back of his mind by now. He went in slammed the door behind him and pinned her against the wall. He wanted to hold her, wanted to see how she looked, her wild red mane, her chocolate pools, her pink lips so he did just that the only way he knew he traced her face with his fingers... the fringes of her eyelashes, her soft smooth cheeks. Her name came out of his mouth without his consent. "Ginny" he whispered letting her know he knew. He felt her tense p beneath him and he heard his name being whispered back " Harry"
That was all it took to place his lips on hers . He knew he should be gentle, but he didn't care all the emotions he had felt in the past two years were poured out in that kiss, but he was awakened from his wildness when he felt her kiss back with equal passion. They stopped when they were both out of air. Harry was blown away but as reality sank in his features hardened. He stepped back and folded his arms. " Why didn't you tell me?" he said in a quiet whisper.
Ginny was crying. When Harry had kissed her she had felt she had been to heaven and back but knew it was too good to last. It was probably because he needed a human touch for so long and she was the first known person to cross his path. But it occured to her he hadn't snogged Hermione's and Ron's mind out. She chuckled at her own thought. Now she had given her mind a disturbing picture she would have to get rid off. " Why Harry? Why do you think?" she responded. Her temper flying up, he couldn't just kiss her and then accuse her of something that wasn't a crime. Yeah so she lied her way in his house but there was no other way. Harry Potter would never have let the Ginny Weasley enter. "Would you have had me see you if I came in as me harry? Or would you have run away Harry? How hard is it to understand that we care about you ... Mum, dad, Fred, George, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore... Dumbledore is heart broken to see you . He was the one who sent me , he thought you were giving up . Why Harry? Why is it so hard for you to accept what little we have to offer after all that you have given us? Why Harry do you always turn away from our love? My love ?" she whispered the last part very quietly but Harry had heard her.
He loved her, but he couldn't ask her to make a sacrifice for him. " Ginny do you know what it's like to be different?" he began...
But stopped when he heard her laugh bitterly. " Yes Harry I do. Didn't you hear those people Harry?" she continued. Harry recalled the conversation earlier. He had forgotten they had laughed at her not him. " I am ugly Harry, I ... I got burnt when I ran after Charlie.....Images flew in his mind. Ginny was running and there was smoke all around. "Charlieeee! Charlieeee" she screamed as she ran as fast as her feet would take her... but then he heard a loud bang and Charlie's body fall. Ginny looked up to see a death eater on one of the Charlie's wild dragon... she was in shock and before she could react she heard him whisper " draconis flamare" pointing his wand at the dragon's throat and the dragon blew a ball of fire at Ginny's face. She screamed in pain as she clutched her cheeks. Harry saw himself in Ginny's eyes screaming into the night over Voldemort's body and then everything went black again. Harry's feet had carried himself to her. He hugged her fiercely. She was supposed to be protected, she was supposed to be happy he had done everything to secure that and he had failed " I am sorry Gin... , I am so sorry" Tears escaped his eyes as they both tried to comfort each other in the hug.
Ginny led him to the couch and placed his head on her lap as he laid down. The spent some quiet moments just holding each other and feeling the warmth the other had. "Ginny..." Harry whispered after a moment of silence " You are the prettiest women I have ever seen... I know I am blind right now but no matter how scarred your face becomes, no matter how old you are your heart will always make your purity shine through .. And you will always be the prettiest women to me...and Ginny I " he swallowed a lump that had formed in his throat. " I love you" Ginny had happy tears falling down her cheeks. She knew how hard it was for him to say that " I love you too Harry" she said as she kissed his forehead.
Unknown to both, fawkes filled Dumbledore's office with the Phoenix song, after two years of complete silence...
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