The Meaning of Love
Chapter 5 An emerald, a ruby, and a diamond
These are all J.K.'s babies, I'm just the babysitter
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Bright sunlight filtered into the room through the curtains, strongly accenting flame locks with shadowed ones.
"Harry! Harry wake up! It's Christmas!" Ginny whispered excitedly, shaking her lover awake.
"Mmm...what time is it?" Harry asked in a groggy voice, his eyes still tightly shut.
"Time to get out of bed my sleepy head," she giggled, throwing on some clothes from a pile on her temporary bed across the room.
"Are Ron and Hermione back yet?" Harry asked sitting up.
"I don't think so babe, but I suggest you get some clothes on if you don't want them to see you starkers," Ginny answered playfully and walked over to kiss his full lips softly. "I'm so happy Harry," she whispered as they broke apart.
"I love you Ginny," he whispered back, matching her love.
"Mmm...now up mister, it's present time!" Ginny pulled him to his feet and led him to the dresser he shared with Ron. "Get dressed, I'll be in the kitchen," and with that she left the room.
Harry dressed quickly, and sat down on his bed to think about the night before. It was perfect he thought. Suddenly Harry heard two distinct pops to his left, and he lifted his head to find the glowing faces of Ron and Hermione.
"I'm going down, I'll tell them Ron's just getting up and Hermione's in the loo or something, be quick," Harry said instantly, walking to the door.
"Thanks mate," Ron said looking at him. Harry could see the gratefulness in his eyes.
"Of coarse," and he left with a knowing smile.
An hour later-
Ron's present to Hermione hit spot on. She spent the rest of the morning with happy tears in her eyes as she watched the others open presents.
All stockings had been emptied, presents unwrapped and truffles eaten when Harry silently handed Ginny a small package wrapped in gold. Everyone was talking and laughing happily around them, and for a moment they were in their own world.
"Open it Gin," Harry said softly, facing her on the overstuffed couch.
Ginny slowly untied the emerald green bow around it, and carefully lifted the top of the tiny box. With delicate fingers she removed another box, one of velvet green.
Her small, careful fingers slowly opened the velvet box and in it was a Ginny sized silver ring adorned with a single emerald, a single ruby, and a single diamond. It was stunning.
"Oh Harry I-" she started, but Harry took the box from her gently, removed the gorgeous ring and softly slid it onto the ring finger of her right hand.
"It's a promise ring Gin. I promise I will always love you. The emerald is me, the ruby is you, and the diamond is the true meaning of our love," he whispered to her softly, still holding her hand.
"Beautiful and rare..." she whispered back, with silent tears streaming down her face.
"Exactly," Harry replied, his own emeralds shining with unshed tears of pearls.
Ginny looked into his eyes, and she lost it. She began to sob outwardly, expressing all of her deep, raw emotions. Harry pulled her to himself and began rubbing her back and stroking her hair.
"Harry..."
A new voice brought him back to the filled living room of the Burrow.
"It's okay Mrs. Weasley, she's alright, just emotional," he told her. When Ginny had begun to cry, the rest had finally noticed the couple in the corner of the sofa. They saw Harry holding onto Ginny with everything he had, and sparkling tears in his eyes. They saw Ginny sobbing with all her heart, gripping onto Harry for dear life.
"Gin..." Harry whispered, trying to reach his girlfriend.
"I...I...I never...thought...I could...could...feel so...much," Ginny managed to choke out.
"Shh, I know, I know," Harry said, softly caressing her back.
After a few minutes her sobs subsided and she pulled back to look at her boyfriend. Harry's hands went automatically to her cheeks to wipe away her tears.
"Ginny, honey, are you okay?" Her mother asked, still concerned and confused.
Ginny's eyes never left her boyfriends but she answered her mother.
"Yes mum, I'm okay. I'm more than okay, I'm perfect,"
Ginny felt Harry's hands slide down her face and neck to her shoulders. In response she closed her eyes and put her forehead against his.
"Harry, I am so in love with you," she whispered, with her eyes still closed.
"I'm so in love with you Ginevra Weasley," he whispered back to her, pure honesty detectable in his voice.
The entire living room was watching in awe, this was truly the sweetest thing they'd ever seen. These two people, young but so incredibly wise, had been honest, true and sincere with each other. Being able to do such a thing is amazing, and it is because of that, that they were able to find love in each other.
Ginny's ring glistened in the morning sunlight, filtering in through the living room curtains, and Harry's explanation was perfect. The ruby-desired, fiery and beautiful, the emerald-complex, intriguing, and comforting, and right in the middle-the diamond.
In that moment, with Ginny's ring glistening and the two of them sharing the sweetest kiss of all, Ron grabbed Hermione's hand and her head went to his shoulder.
"Look at them, look at how happy they are," he whispered to her, trying not to disturb the moment.
"Mmmhmm..." Hermione replied. "Look at what they've discovered,"
"What's that?" He asked her.
Hermione then told him, in a voice of admiration, "The meaning of love,"
The End.
So that's it, review, tell me how my first fic went. I do have idea's for a sequel, I actually started this one already knowing I was going to write one, but now I might not. So tell me what you guys think...sequel, no sequel? Also, check out my other fic, my second, Tell Me How You Really Feel. Thanks everyone!