Ten Simple Questions

'So….' Ginny asked.

'First things first how are you? I was coming to ask how you were after the Department of Mysteries. It's just I know Im not coping well and I was concerned about whether or not you were coping.' Harry looked up at Ginny waiting a reply.

'…Im okay.' Ginny answered.

'Ginny it's okay to admit to having nightmares or being scared. I know I am. I get nightmares and they aren't pleasant. Gin I want to help I wont tell anyone it can stay between you and me. It wont leave this room. Gin I want to get to know you better and if you'll let me I want to help you.' Harry looked up to see silent tears flowing down Ginny's face.

Unsure of what to do he pulled her into an awkward hug to begin with. After a moment or two the awkwardness was gone as Ginny had placed her arms around Harry's neck. Soon her tears started to slow and finally stopped. Still sniffling a few times Ginny looked up to face Harry.

Ginny nodded and explained all about her nightmares. How she always saw Sirius falling through the veil but Harry would also follow. Meaning he could no longer could come back. She admitted shyly this was what she feared most. Losing Harry. Harry listened until she was finished feeling she needed to talk and let it all out. Still in the embrace from before she lowered her head a tiny bit indicating she had finished.

Harry hugged her once more this time stroking her hair, ' There shh.. it wasn't that bad now as it? Gin I know I don't know you well but I wanna help. If you'll let me.' Harry finished. A small blush crept up into his boyish yet manly features on his face.

'I guess not..' sniffled Ginny.

'Ginny your dreams believe it or not are basically my dreams. Thanks for telling me about your dreams and things. I know it isn't easy but when you do tell someone it becomes a lot easier.' He paused, ' You dont mind If I call you Gin do you?'

'I like Gin,' Ginny got up and walked to her bathroom splashing her face to wash away the traces of tears.

Harry still talking to Ginny from the door of the bathroom, 'If you have anymore dreams or anything you wanna talk about. If you don't want to tell your mum or Ron Im here for you. And Gin I mean anytime anywhere.'

Ginny came over to Harry took him by the hand and trailed him down two sets of stairs through the kitchen, then the living room, and finally out to the yard of the Weasley house. They kept walking until them came to a big tree in the back yard just out of view from the kitchen window. Ginny sat down bringing Harry with her. A lone figure from a window at the top of the Weasley house was watching the two undetected. Molly Weasley sighed with contentment as she watched her daughter and Harry talk.

'Sorry I was just hoping we could talk out here instead of in our house. As soon as you mention anything mum or my brothers appear conveniently asking for help or something. Walls have ears, you know?' She stated.

'No problem, you wanna play twenty questions? Only we'll half it and say ten questions. When you play the full twenty it can take a while.' Harry asked.

'What's that?' Ginny wondered.

Seeing the confused look on Ginny's face Harry explained what he meant, 'Its were you ask five questions and I ask five questions, that's the ten part. You can ask anything you want. From the simplest thing like what food do you like to the most complicated thing, but it's up to you what you ask. It can be the same question as the other person has asked. You start Gin.'

'Okay…What's your favourite colour?' Ginny asked.

'Red,' Harry replied, 'Same question to you as I don't know your favourite colour.'

'Green,' Ginny paused thinking of her next question, 'What was your favourite toy as a child?'

'That's a good one Gin, well I had this teddy. I didn't really have toys…I mean I lived with the Dursley's! I don't really know where it came from but yea my favourite toy would have to be my owl.'

'Awwwwwwwwww!' Ginny sighed.

'Well did you ever have a dolly/teddy bear? If so why did you like them?' Harry enquired.

'I had a green teddy and a rag doll mum made me. And I liked them because it was green and my rag doll because it was a rag doll of…you.' The last word of this was said so quietly that Harry had to go really close to here it. Ginny's face was now beet red and her hair blended somewhat into it.

Harry chuckled and took both of Ginny's hands into his hands, 'Gin it's okay. Kinda cool actually.' He confessed. He sat looking at Ginny and suddenly he knew two things that Ginny was beautiful and what his last two questions would be.

'Did you ever have an imaginary friend?' Ginny questioned.

'For a little while yea. His name was Jason. Didn't know him long unfortunately… Dudley sat on him.' Harry said trying to hold a straight face but realising it was impossible. Both Harry and Ginny burst into a fit of laughter. After a minute or so they composed themselves and got ready for Harry's next question. ' Did you play dress up? What was your favourite thing to dress up as and why?' Harry finished with a smirk.

'I was always a princess! With long wavy pretty hair. I was treated specially. No pranks were played on me I was also happy. I had other girls to play with, imaginary of course and I could have what I wanted when I wanted. Something that rarely happened here in the Burrow.' Ginny blushed realising what she had said.

It was Harry's turn to ask another question only this time he was asking both of his at once, 'Gin I know we are asking one question at a time but I would like to ask both my last questions together ok?' Ginny nodded her head, 'Are your eyelashes real,' Ginny nodded again, 'Close your eyes a minute.' Ginny closed her eyes and as she did so Harry moved closer and kissed her lips. She jumped a little but kissed back until Harry pulled back.

'Gin will you go out with me? I know I don't know you that well and you don't know me that well but it just dawned on my what Im missing out on. A great person. The most beautiful person. I was hoping to get to know you better as something more this summer but…'

Ginny cut in…….

A/N AWWWW! Im being a meany D lol. I'll leave you at a cliffy but not for long. Hope you like my story so far I have received a few reviews but I want more before I update again. It would mean so much to me as a new writer to get a review every chapter.

Thanks to Niem, ILuvRavenclaw and Mademoiselle nom de plume

See if you can spot the line I used. If it means anything review and let me know. No clues you just got to find it. grins