Chances for Happiness
Chapter 2
"I'm going to kill him," Luna stated as she entered Ginny and Pansy little shop.
"Who?" Ginny asked the irate blond.
"HARRY POTTER!"
"What did he do now?" said pansy as she walked into the front room. Wiping something green and slimy off of her hands.
"Well, the question is what hasn't he done. HE hasn't gotten a place of his own yet. And HE sleeps with anything that moves and then dumps them the next morning. But does he do it nicely? No! He breaks their fickle little hearts in MY house. And if I get woken up to the sounds of MY things being shattered again I swear that I will kill him."
"Ron won't be too happy if you do that," smiled Ginny
"Screw Ronald!"
"No thank you," smirked Pansy, "I got Fred."
"Yuck!" grimaced Ginny, "Those are my brothers."
"And darned cute ones they are."
"I have to concur with Pans on this one," confirmed Luna, "But back to the annoying boy who lived, as much as I adore Hermione I don't think I would waste her on him."
"You adore Hermione and I'm a Gryffindor."
"Your point."
"I got none," Pansy smiled, "Lunch?"
"You coming Gin?"
"Nope, you two go on with out me, I've got a lot to do."
"Good," Pansy said, "We'll just talk about how hot your brothers are."
"Lee, what are you doing here?" Ginny said looking up from behind the counter where she had been going over the books.
"Is that any way to treat clients?" he kidded with an easy smile. Ginny blushed in spite of herself.
"Well, then Mr. Jordan, what can I do for you."
"I've waited my whole life for you to say those very words to me."
"Lee!"
"What," he smirked, "I need a potion, and you are just the witch to make it."
"Fun," she smiled, "Is it hard?"
"Not really," he shrugged, "Just to complex for me."
Lee told Ginny about the potion and why he needed it and she was about to consult her books when she realized that the one she needed was on the top of the her shelves.
"Lee," she said sweetly.
"I don't like that sound."
"Could you get my book?" Ginny pointed to the top shelf. Lee grumbled and climbed the rickety ladder. Ginny made sure to hold the bottom so he could get down. He handed it down to her and just after she set it on desk he began his descent.
Sliding down and knocking Ginny down and landing on top of her. They were gathering their bearings when the door opened.
"Ginny," Luna's voice rang out. She and Pansy were coming back from lunch, one that Ginny declined her invitation to.
"Gin, you here?"
Ginny was about to open her mouth or push Lee off when the two witches entered the back room.
"I think we interrupted something Pansy," Luna grinned.
"No wonder she didn't want to go with us," giggled Pansy, "she had a better offer."
By this time Lee had crawled off of the redhead and helped her up.
"This wasn't what it looked like," stammered Ginny as she blushed furiously.
"I was just getting a book for Ginny," Lee tried to explain.
"So Ginny keeps her books on the floor," Luna commented, "interesting."
"NO, he slipped off the ladder."
"Did he now?"
"Pansy!"
"I have to get back to work now," Lee said making a hasty exit.
"I hate you two," scowled Ginny as she stomped past them.
"Looks like we came back to early."
"I don't know Luna, I still think we have our work cut out for us. Luna headed out the door passing Professor Snape on his way in.
"Severus," Pansy said with a smile, "Just the wizard that I wanted to see. What brings you here?"
"Was in the neighborhood, and I thought I'd stop in."
"Purely a social call then," she smiled, giving him a hug. Severus rolled his eyes purely for show and returned the hug, "Because anything we can make, you can do better."
"True, perhaps for Miss Weasley, but I did train you," Severus smirked.
"I heard that!"
"Good."
"Severus."
"Pansy."
"How have you been?"
"No bad, the children are driving me insane."
"Too late," Ginny yelled from the back room.
"Thank you for your assessment."
"There was something that I wanted to ask you." Pansy managed to get Severus' attention back to her.
"Yes?"
"You know that Fred and I are planning our wedding."
"I still think that you could do better."
"We've been over this Severus."
"Yes, I remember," he sneered, "I still don't like it."
"Yes, but you love me," she grinned, "and since you are the closest thing to a father I want to have, I was wondering if you would give me away?"
"You had to ask," he said with a long suffering sigh, "you already know what my answer will be."
"Thank you so much," she squealed and hugged him tightly, pressing a kiss to his cheek.
Fred and George had taken Percy to the park, so he could get experience in watching children before Fleur had theirs. They meet up with Dean and Lavender there.
They were focusing on getting Harry and Hermione together, realizing that they might be the easiest to get together, but convincing Hermione of Harry's sincerity would take work after they admitted their feelings.
Mrs. Weasley was hosting a family get-together in a few weeks to celebrate the ever-expanding Weasley family, and to get the ball rolling on the upcoming nuptials of her children. Namely, Fred and George.
With a little help from her, Harry and Hermione would hopefully retire early, to Hermione's apartment, of course, and then they could focus their full effort on Ginny and Lee.
To be continued…