I'll Always Remember You
By Duck Goddess
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot.
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Chapter Four – The Date
Ginny had finally finished moving into her flat with Luna. She collapsed onto the sofa, exhausted. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Luna sat beside her, tired as well.
"Well, I'm glad we got that done," Harry commented.
"Mmm," Ginny grunted as a reply.
Ron, Hermione and Luna exchanged glances. Ron gave Hermione a pointed look that said 'suggest it, now!'
"Hey, do you guys want to go somewhere on Saturday?" she asked casually.
"Where would we go?" Ginny asked, frowning.
Like hell I know, Hermione thought, looking at Luna.
"Would you like to visit Crumple-Horned Snorkacks? They arrived recently from Sweden," Luna said seriously.
"I'd love to! Ever since you told me about them, I've always wanted to see them! What do they look like?" Ginny squealed excitedly.
Luna launched into an explanation of Crumple-Horned Snorkacks while Ginny listened in awe.
"She's obviously forgotten her old attitude towards Luna's weirdness," Ron said out of the corner of his mouth.
Hermione shot him a glare and glanced quickly at Harry. He was staring at Ginny and he didn't pay any attention when Ron waved his hand in front of his face.
"Oi, Harry!" Ron said loudly.
"Huh? What?" Harry asked, clearly not knowing what went on before.
"You drooled here," he replied, pointing to the corner of his mouth.
Harry's hand instantly went there but when he found nothing, he scowled at Ron. He burst out laughing.
"I'll owl Dad to see if they're still at the Ministry. Anyways, do you want to meet outside Gringott's? Oh yeah, Gin, I'm going to be staying at Ron and Hermione's place on Friday night. They need to…show me something," Luna said quickly.
"Alright," Ginny shrugged, "What time do we meet?"
"Let's say 11:00," Hermione said.
"Okay. Gringott's, 11:00, Saturday," Harry repeated.
"Yup," Ron said as he exchanged mischievous looks with Hermione and Luna.
Ginny waited outside Gringott's, checking her watch impatiently. She finally saw Harry in the distance and waved.
"I got an owl from Luna. She said she was sick. Funnily enough, she seemed perfectly fine yesterday. So I guess we just need to wait for Ron and Hermione then," Ginny said as he walked up to her.
"Er, I just got an owl too. From Ron and Hermione – they said they needed to go on an emergency wedding thing," Harry said awkwardly.
"What?" Ginny shrieked, "They ditched us! They didn't even tell us before! And they were the ones who suggested it!"
"Well, we can still visit the Crumple-Horned Snorkacks," Harry said hastily, not wanting to face the wrath of Ginny Weasley.
"I guess. Oh look, there's another owl," she said unenthusiastically.
She tore the letter open and scowled.
"It's from Luna. She said her dad just owled her. The Crumple-Horned Snorkacks thing is canceled," Ginny spat.
"That's terrible," Harry said sympathetically. His insides were lurching at the thought of being alone with Ginny. Although he talked to her for hours when they met, this seemed like a…date.
"Do you want to go home or what?" Harry asked.
"Nah, we're here anyways. Let's just go to Quality Quidditch Supplies," Ginny said and they set off to that shop.
"You know how to play?" Harry asked interestedly.
"Yes. I played in my seventh year," Ginny snapped, "My memory loss didn't affect everything, you know. I caught on straight away."
"Geez, sorry," he replied grumpily. Ginny stopped walking when she heard his tone.
"I'm sorry, Harry. It's just…I'm in a really bad mood. I can't believe they'd do this to us! They just owled us…no notice or anything! So I had to waste my time outside of Gringott's, not knowing that it was just us!" Ginny explained, her voice rising.
"I understand," Harry said sadly. Does she think that spending time with me is really that horrible?
"God, I'm gonna kill them," Ginny ranted, "I mean, I'm not THAT stupid! I know exactly what they're trying to do!"
"What are they trying to do?" Harry asked, not catching on.
"They're trying to set us up," Ginny said slowly, as if it was really obvious.
"Oh. I didn't know that. I thought they really were sick and going to wedding things," he said, embarrassed by his gullibility.
"You're so gullible. You need to learn not to trust Ron," she said, rolling her eyes. She walked into the shop, not bothering to hold the door for him. Harry looked around carefully before following her.
Ginny seemed to have cheered up when she saw new gloves for Chasers. Now, Harry was the one who was upset. Great, there's no way she's going to like me again now. She doesn't even want to be with me! She's mad at them for setting us up!
"I'll have these gloves," she said to the shopkeeper.
"Okay, that'll be ten galleons," the shopkeeper said. Ginny quickly rummaged in her bag for her wallet but she seemed to be taking a very long time.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked.
"I can't find my stupid wallet," she hissed, dumping the contents of her bag on the counter. The shopkeeper raised his eyebrows as he saw tampons, a knife and canary creams.
"Oh God, I think I left my wallet at home. I'm so fucking stupid!" Ginny cried, smacking her hand against her forehead.
"I can pay for them," Harry offered.
"No, that really isn't necessary," Ginny said, "I'll just put the gloves back."
"No, really, I insist," Harry said firmly. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Okay, then," she said happily.
He paid for the gloves and they walked outside.
"Thanks for paying for the gloves. Do you want to go to Florean Fortescue's?" Ginny suggested. Florean Fortescue had finally re-appeared after the war and opened his well-known ice-cream parlour again.
"Sure," Harry said, trying to hide his misery. They walked to the shop and sat down. Harry paid for her ice-cream. Ginny must have noticed that Harry was unhappy because he wasn't having any ice-cream.
"Are you alright, Harry?" she asked gently.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he said, avoiding her eyes.
"You can talk to me," Ginny said, prodding him for information.
"It's kind of complicated," Harry explained.
"Trust me, my whole life is complicated," Ginny said dryly, "Is it about today?"
"Er…kind of," he said cautiously.
"Hey, I'm sorry for ranting on and on like that. It's just…it infuriates me how they're trying to get us together. I mean, we don't have any kind of feelings for each other except platonic ones. Besides, we've only known each other for a few days! How could we possibly develop feelings for each other in such a short time?" Ginny said.
Inside, Harry's heart nearly stopped beating. YOU ARE A MORON THINKING YOU GUYS CAN BE TOGETHER AGAIN! his brain screamed at him.
"Oh yeah," Harry said, trying to hide his true feelings, "I'm just really pissed at Ron, Hermione and Luna. I mean, for abandoning us like that."
"Good," Ginny said, smiling, "Now, are you going to eat some ice-cream?"
I DON'T WANT ANY FUCKING ICE-CREAM, I WANT YOU!
"Yeah, sure," Harry said casually.
Suddenly, Ginny's whole demeanor changed. She looked furious now and was glaring at three people reading the Daily Prophet.
"Er, what's wrong?" Harry asked, not knowing why they were interesting.
"It's Ron," she snarled.
"What?" Harry shouted.
"Keep your voice down," Ginny snapped.
"How do you know it's him?" he whispered.
"A Weasley can always recognize another Weasley," she said in a low voice.
"You can recognize Ron even if he's wearing a hat and sunglasses?" Harry asked, glancing at 'Ron'.
"Yup. I can see his freckles," Ginny said with narrowed eyes. Harry looked over at them again. Now that he thought about it, he did look like Ron. And that girl's hair did look frizzy, even though it was black. And Harry thought that he caught Luna's wide, grey eyes although she was wearing glasses. Surprisingly, they were all lowering the Daily Prophets and looking over at them nosily.
"I'm going over to them," Ginny snarled and before Harry could stop her, she stood up and stalked to their table. She grabbed the Daily Prophets and slammed them down on the table.
"Hi, guys. I thought you were busy," she said sweetly
"Er, do we know you?" the man grunted in a low, Crabbe-like, voice.
"Yes, Ronald. You do," Ginny said, her lips thin.
Harry saw the girl-that-looked-like-Hermione-but-might-not-be-Hermione look over at him. He caught her mouthing, 'what's going on'. It IS Hermione.
'I'll tell you all about it later,' he mouthed back, standing behind Ginny.
"You know, guys, you're not very good at spying. You're good at abandoning best friends and setting people up, though!" Ginny said in a low, deadly voice.
Ron looked positively scared now, not wanting to face another female Weasley.
"Look, Ginny, you're overreacting," Luna said in calmly.
"I'll deal with you later," she growled, sounding exactly like Mrs. Weasley. Luna held up her hands in mock surrender.
"I can't believe you would want to set us up! We don't even fancy each other! And if we did, we could go on a date by choice, NOT BY BEING TRICKED INTO IT!" Ginny yelled.
"We're sorry, Ginny," Hermione squeaked. Ron and Luna nodded feverishly.
"Okay, then. Apology accepted. Just don't do that again, okay? You're meant to be my friends…well, most of you. One of you is just my pricky, git of a brother," Ginny said, staring at Ron.
"Okay, Gin. We're sorry," he said meekly.
"Now apologize to Harry," she said.
"We're sorry, Harry," they chanted.
Harry stared. How could a 5" 6, 17-year-old scare her 6" 2, 19-year-old brother like that? And he was training to be an AUROR, for Merlin's sake. He shook his head. There was always something about Ginny that would surprise him.
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