A/N: i want to thank all of you for the reviews that you gave, and i'm trying to add more detail. the song that is in this chapter is one of my favorite songs. it's by Rascal Flatts, and it's called Bless The Broken Road. i think it goes well with the story. also, i'm sooo sorry that this chapter is so long. plesase review!
DISCLAIMER: hpobsessor10 doesn't own any Harry potter characters, and you better believe this, because if she did, she wouldn't be wasting her time writing fanfic like this! And she obviously doesn't own the group Rascal Flatts, though she wishes she did, because then she wouldn't have to use their songs in fanfics.
He continued to look at Ginny as though she was an angel standing right there in front of him, and didn't hear me when I said to him 'Harry, she did this for you.' After about a minute of just staring at her, Harry walked forward and took her hand to lead Ginny into the Dining Room for dinner. She was smiling at me as if to say, 'thank you'. So far, things were working just the way I wanted them to. As we entered the Dining Room, I thought I saw Hermione's hand quickly move to her lap. She was so obviously trying to have a moment with Ron, and I felt bad for interrupting them.
We sat down at the table and could barely see over all the food that was spread on it. I was amazed at how good food prepared by magic could look, and smell for that matter! I looked at Hermione, who was sitting next to me, with Ron at the end of the table, then Ginny, and Harry on the side, and Draco on the other end, close enough that we could still hold hands, and I smirked at Hermione.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say that you were holding hands with Ron before we came in. I thought that you two were broken up? But not that I'm complaining or anything, because that's what tonight is all about. Romance. And best of all, I think that Harry is starting to rethink his decision about his relationship with Ginny. You should have seen the way he looked at her when she came downstairs! He was so awestruck, I knew this would work!" and I pointed to the decorations around the room quickly so no one would ask questions if the saw me.
"Yes, I agree. It is splendid, but I don't think that he'll want to start dating her again. He's acted this way before, but it hasn't lasted, though I wish it would. They were so happy together last year, and now, well now it's like none of that ever happened. Harry is so wrapped up in finding Voldemort and getting revenge for Dumbledore's death, that he doesn't seem to have time for her anymore. And Ron and I are just on a break. That doesn't mean that we split up, remember? We only did it temporarily, and for Ginny. If for some miraculous reason, she and Harry got back together, so would we. But I'm not waiting forever, especially if Fleur's sister, Gabrielle, comes in for the wedding. I don't want him to forget that we're still sort of together. But I don't want tonight to be about us. It's a night for you and Draco, because you want him to get along with all of us. And might I add, it seems that he's doing a pretty good job at it so far."
"You know, it's very impolite to whisper. Especially when we are sitting here, waiting to start dinner." Ginny had obviously gotten annoyed with waiting for us to finish our conversation, and I had a lot more to say to Hermione, but I didn't want anyone to hear us, so I decided to wait until everyone else was asleep later that night. I was just about to thank them all for having dinner with me that night, when Draco stood up, and cleared his throat, as though to make a toast.
"I want to thank all of you for being so polite to me tonight. I honestly didn't think that I could ever be in the same room as you for longer than an hour, especially after what happened at the end of last year, but yet here I am, having dinner with the girl I love, and her friends. I honestly can't thank you enough for taking care of my girl while I'm not around. And if anything ever happens to her, I am making you totally responsible for her safety, Potter. I'm kidding! But I do want you to keep her safe for me, and Ginny, next year at school; I want you to help her if she still needs it. Now, shall we eat?" Draco sat down and we all started piling food on our plates as though we hadn't eaten in days.
There was so much food, but we managed to eat almost all of it. We had chicken, corn, rolls, potato soup (Hermione's specialty), and of course, butter beer. We also had a wonderful salad and dressing, that Draco's mother had given him the recipe to. It was a Russian dressing, and tasted much like Thousand Island dressing, which only I was familiar with, because it was a muggle dressing. Once we finished the main course, Hermione flicked her wand, and all of the dirty dishes and the remains of food disappeared. With another flick, deserts filled the table, along with fresh dishes. There was pumpkin pie, chocolate mousse, and many different kinds of pudding, sorbet, and whipped topping for all of it.
We ate our deserts and talked about school, and Ginny told jokes about Ron's many encounters with spiders. After we were done with desert, Hermione cleared our plates once again, and we all moved to the living room, which had somehow been transformed into something that resembled a ballroom. There was a disco ball hanging where the ceiling fan had once been, and where our big screen television was, there was now a large banner that said: "Congratulations Beth, on finding the perfect man!" in flashing neon lights. All of a sudden, one of my favorite muggle songs began playing out of nowhere, and Draco took my hand, and we began dancing. I don't know why, but I started singing along.
"I set out on a narrow way, many years ago. Hoping I would find true love, along the broken road. But I got lost a time or two, wiped my brow and kept pushing through. I couldn't see how every sign, pointed straight to you."
As the song continued to play, I noticed that Ron and Hermione had begun dancing as well, and before long, Harry and Ginny joined us also. I smiled, and kept singing.
"Every long lost dream, lead me to where you are, others who broke my heart, they were like northern stars. Pointing me on my way, into your loving arms. This much I know is true. That God blessed the broken road that lead me straight to you".
Somehow, Draco knew the words, and he began to sing the second verse to me. All I could do was cry.
"I think about the years I spent, just passing through. I'd like to have the time I lost, and give it back to you. But you just smile and take my hand, you've been there, you understand. It's all part of a grander plan that is coming true."
At this point, we both were singing, and I was crying even harder.
"Every long lost dream, lead me to where you are, others who broke my heart, they were like northern stars. Pointing me on my way, into your loving arms. This much I know is true. That God blessed the broken road that lead me straight to you.
And now I'm just rolling home, into my lover's arms…this much I know is true. That God blessed the broken road that lead me straight to you."
I was so happy; I didn't know what to say when the song ended. But I didn't need to, because when I looked over, Ginny and Hermione were both crying. It was apparent that my plan had worked. We just sat around the rest of the time, until Draco had to leave. It was definitely a breakthrough in all of our relationships, because we got to spend some quality time with the one we loved. When he left, Harry and Ron told us girls that we could have the rest of the night alone, because they were going to spend the night at the Burrow.
I thought that things were perfect, but when Hermione and I went into my room, I heard Ginny yelling. We walked into the hallway, where we found Ron, listening with his extendable ears, and looking very worried. As we got closer, we found out why he looked that way. I couldn't believe that Harry and Ginny were actually arguing again, because they seemed to be having such a good time at dinner.
"You always do this to me Harry! Why do you do it? You act like you want to get back together, but yet when we get close, you always run away, and you drag my brother with you! He's getting close to Hermione, and you're taking him away all the time, so it's hard for them to spend time together! I'm sick of your crap Harry! I wish you would just make up your mind! Do you want to be with me or not? Because there are plenty of other guys that do, and if you're waiting until you kill Voldemort, then I'm sorry, but you'll not have a chance with me! Who knows when or if for that matter, you'll get to fight him! So you need to choose! Love, or, as you would call it "fate", because I'm not going to wait for you if you choose fate. Think about that while you're gone!" Ginny turned, and stormed into the bathroom, without even giving Harry time to speak. As she walked by, I could see that the mascara that she was wearing was running down her cheeks, and her hair was no longer pinned up like it had been, instead, it was falling down and looked as though she had just walked through a windstorm.
Just then, I got a strange feeling, and before I knew it, I was in a dark room. Then, I could hear Harry's voice.
"Ugh! Why can't she understand? I want to be with her, but I don't want her to be put in danger. If she would just wait for me, we could be together! But I don't know how to make her understand!" Suddenly, I was back inthe hallway, almost lying on the floor, being held up by a very frightened looking Ron. When I looked over, I saw Harry shaking his head. I got up and walked over to him.
"Harry, you need to tell her how you feel. You've never explained it to her, and if you do, then that's how she'll understand. That's the only thing I know to tell you. But honestly, a girl can't just wait for her man to risk his life. She's going to have to move on." Harry looked at me with a confused expression, and it was a few seconds before he could speak.
"How…how did you know that? You read my mind didn't you? Well, thanks for the advice, but try not to do that again, it kind of hurts…" it was my turn to be confused. I was sure that Harry had said those things aloud, but what if he hadn't? Did that mean I was a mind reader? Or what was it they called them…
"But…but I thought that you said those things. You didn't? Are you sure, because I could hear your voice, it was so real!"
"Beth! Do you know what this means? Somehow, without even trying, you're a Legilimens! I wonder how uncommon that is! We'll have to go to the library tomorrow or contact McGonnagal or something! See Harry, I told you that you should have practiced Occlumency when you had the chance…but NO! Well, that's what you get then! But this is so awesome!" Hermione had run forward and was so excited that she could barely stand it. But what did this mean for me? Did it mean that I would experience unwanted thoughts of other people at random times, just like this? And what would it do to my relationship with Draco. I needed to lie down…