So, finally- the last chapter of my Harry/Ginny story! Enjoy it!

Disclaimer: the same as always!

Thanks to all you nice reviewers and I hope you'll like this chapter! I also made an epilogue because I thought that there must be one! But you'll see!

Harry ran out of the Great Hall and over the grounds of Hogwarts.

It was a warm night and there were no clouds in the sky, so you could see the stars shining brightly, just like the full moon.

The dark grounds were only lit by the glittering lights of little fairies, whizzing through the air.

Of course, the grounds were really vast, but still, Harry knew where to find Ginny because there was only one place which had been put up just for the ball: a big pavilion, half swimming in the dark lake, half on the ground.

There, the boy could see most of the fairies and they made the pavilion look mysterious and romantic.

While Harry was running towards the lake, about a million thoughts were whirring through his mind.

Could Ginny forgive him? Would she believe him that Susan was a liar? Did she really love him? Would Ron kill him?

And the next problem was that the young man did not exactly know how to tell Ginny that his feelings very really true and not fake. He had never been a person who liked to talk about emotions. He had always locked them up inside of him and they would only break out when he was really angry, like in their 4th year when he had had this stupid row with Ron.

But now, Harry would have to talk about them or Ginny would hate him forever.

Knowing this, he decided to not talk about minor things at first, but to come to the point immediately.

When he reached the pavilion, Harry saw Ginny standing there, staring at the lake, leaning on the barrier that was to protect the students from falling into the lake.

The glittering light of the fairies was creating golden reflections in her curled red hair and the white skin of her bare arms was shimmering.

Ginny was observing the reflection of the full moon in the dark lake.

Why did that have to happen to her? First her brother and then Harry! She wondered if there was a sign on her forehead that said: Treat me badly, that's really no problem!

How could everything be a lie? Harry had never been a person who treated others like that!

But maybe the love to Susan Nasty had changed everything? He had never really liked the Slytherins before, but he seemed to be in love with one now. And obviously, he had changed for Susan and took over her behaviour towards others.

Ginny's brain told her these things, but her heart said something else- that it could not be true because he was a nice guy, showing respect to other people.

Her heart and her thoughts fought against each other and her mind seemed to win. Even though she knew that he was a good person, he had made a fool of her in front of almost the whole school, including their teachers!

Especially the way he did this hurt her very much. Harry could have insulted her or slapped her in the face. She thought that that wouldn't have been as bad as kissing her!

A kiss was a really personal and intimate thing for her and she would never kiss anybody without having feelings for him!

So, he had abused her and her feelings and this thought made the tears run out of her eyes again.

Why did he hate her so much? She was sure that Harry hated her or he would never have done something like that to her!

What was even worse for her was the fact that their kiss was her first real kiss. Of course, she had kissed her other two boyfriends before, but these kisses had never been as deep as this one was!

Ginny and her other boyfriends had rather pecked each other and had had a crush on each other, but she had never felt real love for them and they not for her either.

That was different with Harry, but now he had broken her heart and she didn't know what to do.

She didn't want to see him or Susan again, but as they went to the same school that was really difficult!

Maybe she should leave Hogwarts and go back to her parents. Maybe she could study magic in Beauxbatons, even though she could not really speak French.

Thoughts like these were flying around in her head, when she suddenly heard somebody approach her from behind.

She tried to wipe the tears out of her eyes, knowing that her make-up had to be destroyed by doing so.

Then, Ginny turned around and saw – Harry.

The girl looked really breathtaking in the light of the fairies and the full moon, but also very sad. Harry saw that she had been crying.

"What do you want here, Potter? Enjoy your humiliation?" Ginny tried to sound angry, but her voice was shaking because of her pain. "And where's your new girlfriend, Susan?"

But the black-haired boy did not laugh, as Ginny had expected. He just looked at her seriously.

There was also another feeling on his face – it looked like pity.

"That's why he's here!" Ginny thought. "He felt bad because of what he had done or because he had realized that that would destroy his reputation and now, he want me to forgive him and restore his image!"

That made her really angry and she almost shouted: "No, Potter! I won't forgive you! You can't bear the fact that now everybody thinks that you are not the nice guy you seem to be, but you deserve that!"

The 17-year-old guy came nearer, still not laughing.

He knew that he had to tell her everything before his courage left him.

"Look, Ginny! I am really sor-"

But the girl interrupted him: "No, I don't believe you! Now, go back to your stupid Susan!"

When Harry wanted to go on with his sentence, he realized that Ginny would not let him speak and so, he put one hand over her mouth, which startled the girl. "Please listen to me now! You can still shout afterwards!"

She freed herself from him and was silent, but still furious.

"Ok, Ginny, at first I want to say that I am sorry! I didn't want these things to happen and I just need to tell you that Susan is a liar and that her last name fits her very well!"

Now, the redhead in front of him was attentive because his words had surprised her.

"After you have left the Great Hall, Malfoy and she told me that she had to pass a test of courage to be able to join Malfoy's gang and she obviously passed it!"

After these words, Ginny lowered her eyes and observed Harry's shoes.

How could she have been that stupid? Her heart had told her that Harry was no idiot, but she had believed her mind and Susan Nasty!

Now, Harry would surely tell her that he never wanted to talk to her again because she had mistrusted him that much!

But the boy took her face into his hands, forcing her to look into his green eyes.

That made her eyes fill with tears again and she sobbed: "Ha- Harry, I am the one who- who has to be so- sorry!"

But Harry seemed not to be angry with her at all and removed some tears from her cheeks. He was now standing directly in front of Ginny looking into her beautiful eyes.

He took a deep breath before continuing: "And I want to tell you something else: Ginny the kiss was real and I really enjoyed it!"

This last comment made the girl laugh again – the most charming laugh Harry had ever seen!

"Really?"

The boy nodded, also smiling.

"I also enjoyed the kiss!"

The youths both felt a surge of happiness roll through their bodies.

"And now, I have to ask you something, Ginny!" She was looking at him with great eyes. "I would have asked you before if I hadn't been such a great coward! – Ginny, would you like to be my girlfriend?"

The pain and the tears were forgotten and Ginny was smiling happily.

"Yes, I would love to be your girlfriend!"

Harry pulled Ginny into his arms, giving way to his emotions and they shared another very passionate kiss, the two becoming one.

When they broke away from each other, they stayed in the pavilion for some more time, just looking at each other and talking.

At about 1 o'clock, the end of the ball, they slowly went back to the school and into their beds, feeling like the happiest people of the whole world.

Epilogue

The next day was full of surprises!

Harry had thought that Ron would kill him when he told him and Hermione about him and Ginny, but the red-haired boy apologized to his best friend and his sister, which was really surprising for them.

He told them that he had been a horrible friend and brother and wouldn't interfere with there relationship in future, as long as they would not kiss each other in his presence.

When Ginny saw Walter during their breakfast, she walked over to the Hufflepuff table and apologized to him because of her stupid behaviour, but the boy told her not to worry about him: "Without you, I would never have got to know this charming lady here, my new girlfriend!"

Now, Ginny finally realized that her friend Sabrina was sitting next to Walter, looking at him with the eyes of love.

"But what about Leo? I thought you liked him?" Ginny asked her friend.

Sabrina told Ginny that Leonardo had vanished with another girl while she had been on the toilet and then, she had met Walter and he had been so nice to her.

The redhead congratulated her friend and walked back to her own boyfriend.

They ate and had much fun, but suddenly they heard screams from the Entrance Hall.

Almost all students and teachers rushed out of the Great Hall immediately to see what happened in the Entrance Hall.

At first, everybody had been afraid that it was something serious, but when they saw the reality, they started to laugh: some Slytherins- among them Susan Nasty and Draco Malfoy – were covered with slime from head to toe and clouds of slime were hanging over them in mid-air, following them everywhere they went.

Professor Snape wanted to stop the curse, but Professor McGonagall tried to convince him not to do it: "Severus, they are almost adults! They have to solve their problems alone, without our help!"

The students had never seen their Transfigurations teacher that funny, but nevertheless, Snape helped his Slytherins and slowly, the huge crowd in the Entrance Hall went back to their breakfast.

The four friends did the same – among them a wildly sniggering Ginny!

"Don't tell me that you did that!" Ron seemed to be impressed.

"Remember that you told me something about that Slimus Charm, Hermione? Well…" the girl grinned broadly.

And the life in Hogwarts went on as always, but now with a new happy couple among the students!

The End