"And if you hear anything odd, please don't come to investigate, I wouldn't want to hurt you," Harry told her for the fifth time.

Ginny smiled sweetly, "So, you've told me."

It was the night of the full moon and Harry had told Ginny everything that she must do, several times.

Harry gave a forced smile and walked toward the foreboding door that led to the basement. It was made of charmed silver that would repel the wolf without burning.

As he made his way downward, Ginny brought a chair over to the door and sat to wait. She watched the moon rise over the horizon and covered her ears.

Harry gave a bloodcurdling scream and then… There was silence. Silence that Ginny's ears had never dreamed of touching.

She slowly opened the creaking door and walked down into the well-lit basement, wand at the ready. There he was. Beautiful as only a predator can be. He paced the back corner, eyeing her hungrily, licking his muzzle.

"Harry?" she asked warily.

His ears perked forward as he sniffed the air.

Ginny reached out with her hand, fighting every instinct that screamed in her ears, "Come here, Harry."

The wolf stepped foreword slowly and licked her hand.

Ginny rubbed him on the head fighting the impulse to laugh, "I trust you, Harry, and I think… I think I could love you, fur and all."

Harry panted and yawned. He slowly padded back into his corner, obviously intent on sleeping on a small patch of straw. He turned around three times and dropped to the floor, asleep in a moment.

Ginny smiled and climbed back up the stairs. She opened the heavy door and sat back down on her chair to wait for the moon to set.

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That was how Harry found her in the morning of the next day as he went to change his clothes. He smiled when he saw her sleeping figure, and as he carried her to a couch, he whispered in here ear, "I love you, Ginny."

xXxX

As Ginny slept, she dreamed again that Harry was sleeping beside her, and as he whispered in her ear, she spoke so softly, even Harry couldn't here it. "I love you, too, Harry."

END

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