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CAN LOVE FIND ME NOW
Chapter 10
Dinner with the Order and friends
During dinner, many of the Order came and ate dinner with the Weasley's and Harry. The three teens knew with all of the people coming in that, there was going to be a meeting that night. For once Harry was not sure he really wanted to know what was going on. He also wondered if Remus was going to make it to this meeting. If he did, he would like to talk to him again about some things he had wondered about for a while now. The main subject being he wanted to talk about was his parents. What they were like the good and the bad? Since seeing Professor Snape's memory where his dad was not very nice to him, he was curious about many things. He knew that Snape called his mother a Mudblood in that memory and wondered if she always took it upon herself to defend people all the time. Was his father only mean to Snape or were there others he was mean to all the time. He was sure that he must have been mean to Slytherins with him being a Gryffindor.
Those two houses always were fighting with each other. The only thing he knew for sure about his mother was that she had green eyes like his and that she had a sister, his Aunt Petunia. Her parents were proud that she was a witch and were glad when she got her letter to Hogwarts. He knew that she had at least once defended Snape when his father was messing with him. He also knew that she had given her life to save his almost fifteen years ago, but other then that he knew nothing about his mother or her parents. He knew he couldn't ask his Aunt Petunia about her because she did not like questions asked. Therefore, the most information he could get would be from Remus or maybe some others that she had went to school with. Yes, that was another thing to add to his to do list somewhere in the near future.
With thinking Mrs. Weasley for another great dinner, the three teens asked her if she would like them to do the dishes for her. With a smile on her face she told them no and to go and have some fun before bed, so the three teens left the kitchen. Harry, Ron, and Ginny went in to the living room to play some games of chess. Once in the living room Ron thought about the extendable ears that George and Fred had made. He had a pair in his room and knew that Ginny had a pair too. Ron looked over to Harry and asked
"Mate do you want us to get the Extendable ears so we can listen to the Order meeting"?
Harry was setting up the chessboard and just looked up at Ron and said
"No, if you or Ginny want to know what's going on I won't stop you. Right now, I'm not in the mood to know what's going on tonight. I just want to set here and have fun with my friends like a normal teenager, Ok".
Ron wanting him to feel comfortable about everything, let the subject drop. He went over to the chessboard and set down to get ready to beat him at yet another game. Ron and Harry sat up the pieces and started on a game of chess. Ginny sat on one of the chairs reading a book, which she had brought down with her from her room.
It took less then fifteen minutes for Ron to beat Harry at their first game of chess. Harry kept looking over at Ginny in the chair. She was slowly falling asleep in the chair so Harry nudged Ron under the table and pointed at her. Ron just smiled and told Harry;
"She has been having trouble sleeping since our little adventure. She and I have talked a bit about it. We both have been having nightmares about the whole thing. Sometimes, she comes to my room and sleeps because she is so scared from the nightmares. I let her do it, because I remember when she had problems after her first year and had nightmares. I just hope that she will be able to sleep tonight. She had a nightmare last night about the chamber for some reason. Let me carry her upstairs and we can play another game if you want".
A sad feeling washed over Harry, he felt it was his fault that they were having nightmares. He would have to write Luna and Neville to see if they were having nightmares like Ginny, and Ron. He knew from Hermione's letter that she had been having nightmares.
"No Ron, I will go up with you and then you and I can go to my room and talk for a bit if you want. My brain isn't working well enough to play another game of chess. If that's ok with you, if not then we can just go to bed".
"Yeah that's ok with me, we just need to put the pieces up or mum will get mad if we leave them out. She has everything clean and in its place as she put it. I don't want her to start yelling at any of us tonight or in the morning".
After putting everything away, Harry took the book from a sleeping Ginny and put it on the shelf. Ron picked Ginny up and almost lost his balance when he started to walk.
"Ron, are you ok? Do you need me to help you?"
Ron had fear in his eyes as he sat his sister back down in the chair.
"I would be dead twice if I had dropped her do you know that. Mum and Ginny would have killed me for that. I guess I'm still a little weak from that brain attack. If you think you can carry her you can try; if not we will have to wake her up and get her to her room".
Harry looked a little bit uncomfortable about holding Ginny that way, but he had a thrilling feeling going through his body at the same time. With a shy look on his face, he moved over to the chair and surveyed the young woman in the chair. The biggest thing that bothered him was that she was in a dress and was afraid that he would show off her bum. He looked over to Ron and said;
"OK, when I pick her up you make sure that her dress is where it is supposed to be so nothing is hanging out when we leave. That way if the Order is through with their meeting no one can see up her dress ok Ron".
"Ok mate, just pick her up and I will make sure that the dress is down where it belongs but hurry up I don't really want to see her bum or her knickers."
Harry bent over her, slid one arm under her legs right at her knees, and then put the other behind her back just below her head.
Slowly he pulled her up into his arms, Ron made sure that her bum was not hanging out from under her dress and he headed for the stairs. Ron was behind him; to make sure if he lost his balance that he would be there to help. Once they got to the landing where Ginny's room was Ron ran around Harry and opened the door to her room. Ron went to her bed and pulled back her covers so Harry could lay her down and cover her up. Once Harry put her into her bed, Ron took off her shoes and pulled then pulled her covers up. He kissed the top of Ginny's head and wished her sweet dreams. As Ron and Harry got to her door, they heard her whisper "good night Ron". He smiled at her in the dark and shut the door to her room. Ron and Harry went up to Harry's room to have quiet time. Once in his room, Harry turned to Ron.
"Mate, how come you never told me in your letters that you were having nightmares or that Ginny was having nightmares. Remember when you asked me why Hermione wasn't writing much. Well that is why you have not gotten many letters. She has been having bad nightmares too. I have felt bad; that because of me she was having nightmares. Now I find out Ginny and you are having them too, and it's my entire fault. If I hadn't let all of you follow me to the Department of Mysteries, then none of you would be going through this. I have enough to worry about with out having that bothering me too. Why couldn't you have just stayed, like I wanted you too? God when is all this bad crap going to end so I can stop people from getting hurt?"
The more Harry talked the louder he got the louder he got the more scared Ron got. He was so afraid that he was going to start acting as he did last summer. He didn't tell him about the nightmares to get him all worked up and pissed off again. He had to think about how to handle this with out getting him more pissed off.
"Harry, if you could please, for me take a minute and just calm down and listen to me. I want you to hear what I am saying to you and let it sink into your brain. Ginny, Hermione, and myself chose to go with you because we knew and loved Sirius. We didn't want you to go alone and get hurt. We knew with us there that we all had a better chance of saving him then if you went alone. Luna and Neville had their own reasons to go with us, it was their choice to go, and you couldn't stop them if you wanted to. One being that they were our friends and that six was better then four or one. Neville, I'm sure he felt he had some real reasons to go, with what happened with his parents and all."
" So you can't blame him for wanting to help and if him and Luna are having nightmares you can't blame yourself for that either. Luna didn't get hurt which I am glad for, Neville had his nose broke and his father's wand broken but is ok now, Ginny broke her ankle which was healed, Hermione had that curse put on her and I know it scared me and you, and I had a curse put on me and I was dumb enough to call those brains to me and I'm getting better. That was all part of the fight and when the real fight starts with Vol, Vol, Voldemort then what are you going to do; blame yourself for every person that is hurt or killed. It won't be your fault you know; people die in wars all the time. Anything and everything that happens because of him that is bad, is his fault and no one else's. You need to stop blaming yourself for all the bad in this world and just start living your life the way your parents would want you too. I know that Sirius, Cedric, or your parents wouldn't want you to be blaming yourself. So please for your sake and those of us that love you stop."
" I know that you and Hermione or even Ginny think I'm thick and don't use my brain much but with what happened in the Department of Mysteries; I have to start using it in better ways. We are all growing up and I am trying to do better to act and think more grown up. Don't laugh at me Harry. It's time for me to grow up a bit, just a bit because soon we will have to fight and I want to be ready."
Harry sat at the end of his bed dumbfounded at what he just heard come out of Ron's mouth. He never though he would hear him talk like that, ever in his life. Sometimes Ron did seem a bit thick but Harry was learning that sometimes Ron did say smart things. Ron was essentially telling him what Ginny and Hermione had told him. He knew they were all right that Voldemort was to blame but it was hard not to blame himself for all the bad that has happened because of Voldemort.
"I told myself I would try and stop doing this and getting angry and taking it out on my friends," Harry thought.
Just as Harry was going say something to Ron, he heard a little squeak coming from someone standing at the door of his room. Both he and Ron looked at the door and there stood Ginny with her hand over her mouth and tears streaming down her face. Ron ran to her and engulfed her into a hug.
"Are you all right? Did you have another dream Ginny? Tell me what's wrong and I'll try my best to make you feel better," he said to her.
"I...I…I just...heard ...what …you …said ….to ….Harry. He is … right you …know Harry we…did it because we cared…for Sirius and you and it isn't your fault. As I told you in the letter; if what bad has happened in your life is your entire fault then what happened to me in the chamber is my entire fault and you said that wasn't my fault; so take some of your own advice and quit blaming yourself because we don't blame you."
With that said, she let go of Ron and walked right over to Harry, pulled him off the bed and hugged him. Her hug was like her mothers (strong and firm) but different. Her hug made him feel like he was where he was supposed to be, it felt right; so he put his hands around her waist, pulled her to him, and hugged her back with all the love and feelings he could put in to it. He felt like their bodies were glowing and that the glow engulfed both of them in a bubbly glow. He didn't know how long the hug lasted but it felt like hours. He didn't want to let her go at that moment; he wanted to stay like this forever. He knew he had to let her go or Ron would be killing him for touching his sister that way. With a heavy heart, Harry released his grip on her and pulled her back where he could look at her face.
"I'm so sorry I made you cry Gin, I didn't mean to do that to you. I never want to do anything that will make you ever cry again. You are to pretty to cry and I'm sure Dean would want to kick my behind if he knew I made you cry. Friends forever right." he said to her.
"Yes Harry, we'll be friends forever as far as I'm concerned. I will never stop being your friend. I hope that you will always be my friend too."
Pulling away from Harry, she looked at the two boys and asked;
"Oh, and by the way; how did I get upstairs and into my bed? Who took off my shoes and covered me up?"
"Guilty as charged ma'am, I'm the one who carried you up stairs and put you into your bed."
"Same here sis, I took off your shoes and covered you up. I tried to carry you up but because I'm still a little weak from the brain attach; I almost dropped you so Harry carried you up."
"Well thank you both for being such gentlemen and taking care of me like that. I really appreciate you both for being so kind. You could have just woken me up and I could have walked up the stairs. It wouldn't have been a big deal," said Ginny.
The room had gone from being so serious to laughable. Everyone started laughing at the same time. After they all were over their, giggle fit and all sat down; Harry looked at the two of them and wondered what he had done to deserve to have these two as friends, not to leave out Hermione, Luna or Neville. He knew that someone was looking out for him, to make sure he had such good friends.
"I know that this may sound weird to you, because thinking it sound weird to me, but Ron come over here and let's have a group hug ok. Don't look at me like that Ron, it will be a short one, a brotherly hug ok and we three will be the only ones to know about it; that way you don't have to worry alright."
With a look of apprehension, on his face, Ron walked over to his sister and his best friend and they all had a quick hug.
"Now that wasn't so bad was it," Ginny said to her brother.
"No, it wasn't that bad Ginny."
Just about that time, Molly came into the room with Remus right behind her.
"Well Molly, I see we found the missing trio. I would say that they are all right and safe. What do you think"? He said.
Molly just gave him a look that made him step back a step and bowed his head as if he were a child that had been reprimanded.
"Children it is time for you to go to bed; Dumbledore brought your school list tonight to the meeting so we can go ahead and get your things in Diagon Alley. We will be going tomorrow because I have to get some things for Harry's Birthday party and pick up Hermione. I also have a surprise for you two when we get there. I think now would be a good time to tell you Ron and Ginny that you will be getting new books, new robes and all of your supplies that you need. Ron you and Ginny will be getting a new broom and pads for Quidditch. Ginny, I am not sure if you will play for the team or not but I am going to get them for you anyway. Now do either of you have any question for me"? Ron and Ginny looked at their mother, then back at each other, and asked at the same time,
"How are you going to be able to afford all of that?" said Ron
"We know dad didn't get a raise at work and the twins would never give that kind of money for us." Said Ginny
"So how are you going to be able to buy all that?" they said together
Molly turned to Remus and gave him a look of HELP ME PLEASE, and then she took a quick look at Harry who had his face turned away from her. Finely she looked at Remus one more time and motioned for him to come to her. Whispering in his ear,
She asked, "What am I to tell them now?"
"Molly, just tell them that Sirius left it to you. You and Arthur are related to him so use that ok," Remus said. Molly turned to her children and told them;
"Sirius left it to your father and me. Sirius was your father's cousin. He did not want anyone else in the Black family to get their hands on any of it."
This explanation seemed to make both of the teens happy and did not question their mother anymore. Harry was so glad that they didn't ask her anymore questions. For now, they would never know that what she told them was only half of the truth.
"Now to bed with the lot of you and no playing around, do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, mum" came from Ginny, Ron and Harry
Ginny and Ron said good-night to Harry. With one last hug from Ginny, they left and headed to their own rooms.
Thank you for reading my story. Please be kind and review. Good or bad I want to hear what you have to say. Love, Peace, and Chicken grease.
Froggyy1 (Joyce)