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Chapter Four
What a Wonderful Life
After few minutes of intense kissing Harry and Ginny broke apart needing much air. Feeling her now swollen, aching and very red lips Ginny looked at Harry.
"What did just Happened?"
"We Kissed Gin."
"We did?"
"We did."
"Oh."
"Can we do it again?"
"Eh…Okay." And they kissed again but this kiss was shorter then the first one and much more relaxed and less intense.
"So, now what do you want to do?" Ginny asked casually and scratched her nose as Harry pushed a stay lock behind her ears.
"Common room?"
"Too crowded."
"Library?"
"Too much for one day."
"Kitchens?"
"Alright." They both got up and Harry placed his sketch book back in his trunk and they were both ready to go.
"Gin?"
"Yes Harry?"
"When we'll walk outside…"
"Yes?"
"Can I hold your hand?"
"Sure, yeah, eh…fine."
Harry grabbed her hand and again entwined his fingers with hers and they went downstairs to the common room ignoring the questioning looks from almost every other person and went out the portrait hole.
"So Gin, what's new?" Harry asked as they walked through the corridors of Hogwarts on their way to the kitchens.
"War, O.W.L year, Mum being a nag, talking to God, you know the usual."
"What happened to the cheery, optimistic Gin?"
"I found no future in optimism."
"So does me."
"Could this be fate?"
"It was written in the stars, Gin."
"I think I heard Trelawney mention something like that some time ago."
"When you wish upon a star…" the both broke into a fit of laugh as they reached the portrait leading inside the Hogwarts kitchens, Harry tickled the pear and they walked inside.
"Wait here and I'll get us something to eat." He kissed her cheek and walked over to Dobby.
"Having fun Ginny?" Ginny jumped and turned to see that a house elf was talking to her.
"You're a house elf now? That's way you always pop up? What's next? A Bogart?"
"I don't pop – I abide. I'm eternal. No popping."
"Whatever, what do want?"
"Who said I want something?"
"You always want something."
"Not this time, I'm here to serve you Ms. Wheezy Miss." He bowed to her in a very house elf demeanor.
"Here Gin, I brought some chocolate cake." Harry interrupted and Ginny turned to tell the house elf something but again he was gone.
"He always does that." She hissed in annoyance.
"Always do what?" Harry inquired as he set next to her putting the jug of Pumpkin juice on the table and ate of his own piece of cake.
"Ummm…the house elf, serving me and all."
"You're spending too much time with Hermione, Gin."
"Sod off."
After they finished eating hey thanked the house elves and walked back to the Gryffindor tower where they bide each other goodnight (with a small goodnight kiss) and went to bed.
For the next couple of weeks everywhere Ginny went Harry was there holding her hand, ignoring the questioning looks and arched eyebrows by most of the girl population but she ignored it, after all having Harry as sort of boyfriend/friend with personal benefits was the best, it caused her to smile more, be more energetic and even to pay attention in Snape's class moreover with just being there Harry made everything nicer, even her work at the library.
"Having fun at the library?" asked the house elf as Ginny was in the middle of her Tuesday book classification in the restricted section.
"Don't you ever take a rest?"
"And what? Let chaos and mayhem rule the world?"
"They were here before you weren't' they?"
"Minor details." He avoided her eyes and Ginny chuckled to herself. "But still, I have something new for you to do."
"Bring World peace?"
"Almost but no, I want you sing at the Three Broomsticks talent contest, and use something original."
"You're not serious?"
"I'm always serious, which doesn't mean I'm not fun."
"What if I'm a lousy singer?"
"We'll let the audience be the judges of that."
"How am I supposed to use something original? I'm not a song writer."
"There's always a first."
"Why can't you give something normal to do? Like…Bring world peace?"
"Maybe later, for now all I want you to do is sing."
"I have to get out of here, and you don't think I didn't know what you were doing in the kitchens the other night! You little spy." And she walked away stopping only to report Madam Pince that she finished today's assignment.
"Something original, something original, something original, where in Merlin's name to I get something original to sing?"
"Talking to yourself again, Gin?"
"Would people stop creeping out on me every time they get a chance?"
"Relax Gin, I just saw you walking and mumbling like the Rain Man-"
"Who?"
"Never mind. You were mumbling 'something original' over and over again."
"Oh that, I'm just thinking of something original to sing in the Three Broomsticks talent contest-"
"Whoa, I didn't know you can sing."
"Neither do I, but I guess I can always try, it just that I want to sing something original, so we'll see."
"You'll win this Gin."
"Thanks Harry." And she kissed him on the cheek.
After dinner Ginny set at her distant corner in the common room and began to think of what to write.
"Bugger, even a proper assay I can't write so a song?" she said to herself and looked at the students that occupied the common room, a few giggly first and second year girls and third year boys playing Exploding Snap while a group of kids is watching, and there were a few girls from her own year along with Lavender and Pravatie gossiping about everything while the boys are talking between themselves. She spotted the Golden Trio that of courts two thirds of it are busy fighting over something stupid and Harry just sitting there and looking sulk, so Ginny got up and came to sit next Harry.
"Want to talk about this?"
"There's nothing to talk about."
"Of course there is, it's just that you never want to talk about it."
"I'm not the talking Kind, Gin, so just leave it."
"I can't, I won't."
"But that's what I want you to do, Gin."
"I refuse to, not until you tell me why won't you talk about this with me, or when you'll stop with the sulking and brooding and be happy."
"I'll never be happy, Gin-"
"You mean that you'll never let yourself to be happy."
"How can I be? I the blame for so many deaths, my parents, Cedric, Sirius, there are too many and I'm the only one to stop them."
"Harry, if this is about the prophecy-"
"Just leave it! I don't want to talk about this. Especially not with you!" he then got up and climbed to the stairs to the boys' dormitory. As for Ginny, she walked back to her corner took her quill and a piece of parchment and wrote her very first song.
Ginny didn't know what was she thinking to herself as she heard her name announced by Madam Rosmertha that tolled her to get up on the stage and sing, she walked ever so slowly but felt like she was running to the stage where the band was ready for her.
She got up on the stage looked around for a friendly face, she saw almost every student that attend Hogwarts and felt her stomach do a flip-flop. The music began slowly as Ginny heard the first couple of notes from the guitarist; she spotted Harry's face and remembered why she wrote the song and focused on him, and began to sing…
There's a man sitting down by the 405
Hitting some kind of tune on his raving guitar
He seems stranded in a dessert of a million dreams
Just like life hasn't been as exactly as nice as it seems.
Hello!
How are you?
Why are you looking so sad on a day like this?
Do you feel like talking
Now, you've got me started
I wanna see a smile up on your clueless face
Yeah yeah
You can be so happy
On this brand new beautiful day
You can be so happy (hey yeah)
Like kids getting ready to play
Come on a bring it on and on
Nothing that you do is wrong
Come along and don't drag it on
You could be so happy
On this brand new beautiful day
You say your girlfriend is pretty
She's waiting at home
Got a safe job
And you can get a little house a Chevy your own
It all seems perfect but ain't perfect just as boring as hell
You've been craving for this
And now you're stuck in a shell like a snail
All that matters
Is that you can be free to live your life the way
You sincerely feel it
'Cause life's too short
You don't wanna be a
Prisoner of your own illusions
And I shout it out
You can be so happy
Yeah, you got somebody to love
You can be so happy (hey yeah)
Ain't that good enough?
Ain't no use to sit and drag it on
Thinking 'bout the mess you've done
Nothing's wrong
Just bring it on
You can be so happy
Yeah, you got somebody to love
Na na na na na na na na na na na na...
Na na na na na na na na na na...
Na na na na na na na na na na na...
Na na na na na na na na na na na na...
You could be so happy
On this brand new beautiful day
You can be so happy (hey yeah)
Like kids getting ready to play
Come on and bring it on
On and on
Come along and don't drag it on
You can be so happy
Yeah, you got somebody to love
Ain't no use to sit and drag it on
Nothing's wrong
Just bring it on
You can be so happy
Ain't that good enough?
Ain't no use to sit and drag it on
Thinking 'bout the mess you've done
Nothing's wrong
Just bring it on
You can be so happy
Yeah, you got somebody to love
I see a man sitting down by the 405
Got a smile on his face
Thinking: "What a wonderful life."
First there was silence and then the Pub erupted with applause, whistles and shouts as Ginny took a bow and smiled as she saw the cute boy God, giving her the thumb up, she rolled her eyes at him.
"Thank you." She said and walked off the stage just as Ron, Hermione and Harry stood there waiting for her.
"We need to talk." Harry said with a small smile and laced his fingers with Ginny's in the now familiar manner…
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