Chances of Happiness

Chapter 4

It had been about a week since the newest Weasley had been born. Harry and Hermione were feeling out their new relationship, and everyone was getting sick and tired of Ginny and Lee's obliviousness. They had tried everything and nothing seemed to work. Nothing was going right. They tried to get them alone together. So they were going to have to call it a failure and give up!

The twins had needed a potion to be made, and since Pansy was swamped, Ginny went to see her brothers. Unbeknownst to them, Lee was looking to see if his two best friends wanted to get a bite to eat.

The twins had gotten themselves stuck in a little situation, they were glued together, and they didn't want anyone to know, least of all those two. They would never live it down.

"FRED, GEORGE," Ginny shouted to them, "I'm not having this conversation in two rooms!"

"Yes, you are," Fred shouted back, "we're busy."

"Fine," "send me an owl," she said. She was about to leave when Lee walked in.

"Fred and George here?"

"There in the backroom," she rolled her eyes, "acting like complete gits."

"Hey, guys," shouted Lee, "get out here."

"Too busy," George shouted back, "now get out."

"Is that anyway to treat customers?"

"Neither of you are customers," Fred said.

"Fine, I won't invite you to lunch."

"You do that."

"See what I mean," Ginny said pulling Lee towards the door.

"They have been acting strange for a while," Lee commented.

"You noticed that too."

"Yeah," Lee smiled as they walked down the street, "you want to get something to eat?"

"I'd love to," Ginny said smiling up at Lee. She loved to spend time with him, with out everyone around. They headed into a little café near the Ministry. It was really new, and had very good food.

They sat in a corner table facing a window. They joked around for a few minutes until the waiter came to take their order. After ordering her meal, Ginny excused herself and headed to the bathroom.

The older couple that had been seated next to them stopped at their table on the way out. The old wizard introduced him and his wife to Lee.

"Nice to meet you both," Lee said shaking their hands.

"We just wanted to tell you that you and your wife look lovely together," they witch said.

"Oh, Ginny isn't my wife." Lee grinned.

"Your girlfriend is very lucky," the man said, "you two look very much in love."

"Thank you, I'll be sure to tell her," said Lee with an impish grin. He figured that he'd let them think that he and Ginny was an item. It wasn't a bad thought, and Lee played along. He watched as Ginny passed the older couple on her way back to the table.

"Anything interesting happen," she asked, "while I was gone?"

"Just some older couple thought that my wife was beautiful."

"And what did you say," Ginny asked shyly.

"I had to agree," he said noticing her blush, "but I told them we weren't married."

"Oh."

"But they thought we looked like we were in love," he said glancing at her again. Lee was struck by the look on her face, she often seemed to be so innocent, but behind those brown eyes was a little rascal lurking. Lee tilted her chin up towards him and softly kissed her. He was a little surprised when she returned the kiss.

"Wow," whispered Ginny after they broke the kiss.

"Yeah," replied Lee, "I've been wanting to do that forever."

"Me too," came the soft response, "So…ah, why?"

"Why now or why not?"

"Both."

"It never seemed right before," he said plainly.

"Yeah, it always seemed like someone was watching."

"Fred and George."

"What?" one puzzled Weasley asked.

"It felt like Fred and George were watching."

"They were setting us up?"

"Didn't do a very good job," grinned the youngest Weasley. "So if it didn't feel forced, we might have done this before?"

"Yes," Lee said before kissing her again. "I could get used to this."

"Me too."

The two had to head back to work. They were going to go out that evening. Both were counting the moments until their date. That and they had found the perfect way to tease Fred and George.

The twins headed over to see Lee once they had gotten free of each other. They were bickering loudly in his living room. Lee shook his head and offered them something to drink.

Fred chose the furthest seat from his brother and casually asked Lee about his lunch with Ginny. Lee smirked, how had he and Ginny missed this before. The twins were pumping him for information.

"Actually," he said, "I got to thank you guys for that."

"Really," replied George.

"Yeah, since you both weren't there to scare people away," he smirked, "I met this great woman."

"What!"

"The two of you haven't done that unison thing in a while," he laughed.

"What about Ginny?"

"Ginny and I had lunch," Lee told them, "and then we each had to go back to work."

The twins tried to pump him for more information, but Lee wouldn't budge.

"Now if you boys will excuse me," he said heading into his bedroom, "I have a date to get ready for."

The twins stood there with their mouths hanging open.

"You know the way out," Lee called. He burst out laughing when he heard the door slam. Once ready he headed to Ginny's via floo.

The two of them had a simple evening planned. They were going to dinner in London and then to a play.

Lee waited Ginny's living room chatting with her roommate. Iris was studying to be a medi-witch. Lee's breath caught when Ginny entered the room. She was dressed in a simple black dress. Her red hair was braided own the back.

"Hey," she said shyly.

"You look great, Gin," he told her. "Ready?"

"Yes," she said feeling much more like herself. She laughed when Lee told her about her brother's reactions.

"Just wait until we tell them we are together!" she said with a glint in her eyes. Then before he could respond she apparated to Diagon Alley.

"What do you mean?" he asked, "They want us to be together."

"They do," she smiled, "but I am still their baby sister."

"I forgot that," grimaced Lee.

To be continued…