Chapter 11
Harry blushed a bit. "Oh.." was all he could manage.
A bit thick there, eh Harry?
Ginny waited patiently for an answer. Harry looked a bit closer to what Ginny was eating.
"Pancakes with bacon, apples and pickles and...unions?" He questioned, scrunching his nose in distaste.
Ginny frowned and looked at her food. When she made her food, it seemed to be the perfect combination. How dare he, question her food-combo's! Ginny was going to make sure that he'd never mess with a pregnant woman's food-combo's ever again...
Ginny forced her eyes to water and began to shake. Harry's amused expression immediately vanished and turned into a guilty one. Ginny began to sob hysterically. Harry (never the one with much experience with crying girls..) began to apologize at once.
"Ginny! I'm sorry. I...just...never tried it before...I eh...am sure it tastes..(cough) wonderful"
Ginny had her head down and continued making crying noises. (which was surprisingly easy...the whole pregnancy-emotion-overload and all) Inwardly, she smirked. She looked up. Harry was on his knees, looking hopeless.
"So..(sniff)...you...will (sniff)..taste a bit?" She said, holding out the pancake (filled with union, bacon, apples, pickles and...a secret ingredient...hot sauce! But he didn't see that)
Harry looked positively nauseous by the idea of taking a bite of the pancake. After 5 seconds of Ginny holding the pancake out, she let another tear stream down her face. Harry saw it and his eyes widened.
"No Ginny! I'm eating, really!" He grabbed the pancake and took a large bite. While he munched, Ginny had to try her best not to laugh at his face. Harry gagged a bit and Ginny couldn't hold out any longer. She laughed! Hard...
Harry realized that he'd been played for a fool and spit out the contents of his mouth.
"Water!" He breathed. Ginny pitied him and gave him her glass of water. He drank it all.
"Why the hell did you do that!" He shrieked at her. Ginny, still stifling her laughter, answered. "You should have seen your face!"
He scowled and turned to fins his bedroom.
"Wait! Where does Neville live again?"
Harry turned. "So, I CAN help, can't I Virginia?"
Ginny turned red. Idiot!
"First of all, if I wanted then I could've just looked it up easily! You just HAPPEN to be here! And second, MY NAME IS GINEVRA!" She screamed. "You will do well to remember it. It seems that even though I've know you since I was 10, you still don't know what my full name is, but the entire wizarding WORLD does!"
Ginny stomped off to her bedroom. Before she slammed the door, she whipped around. "We're going to Neville's TONIGHT"
While Ginny sat on her bed, breathing heavily from her rant, she let herself become calmer. After that, real tears came out.
"Stupid pregnancy" She said. She may have been a bit harsh on Harry, but hadn't he deserved it a little? After all, he did bring this on himself.
Thinking about her pregnancy, she thought to herself that she still had to make an appointment with a Healer to check on her baby. She knew that she wanted to have this baby really bad, but with all the things happening around her, she had put it off a bit. She promised to herself that she would go first thing in the morning. She set the alarm at 6:55 PM and went to have little nap.
Before soon, it went off already and Ginny dragged herself out of bed. She muttered a cleaning spell on herself. No time to actually enjoy a nice, warm shower. She threw on her cloak. She went into the living room and saw Harry on the couch brooding. She summoned the box with the Rose and stuffed it in her pocket. Harry caught the movement, but wasn't quick enough to see what it was.
"What was that?"
On glare, shut him right up.
"We'll take the Knight Bus" she stated and walked briskly out of the door. When they were standing outside of the Leaky Cauldron, Harry held out his wand. The Knight Bus appeared and Stan Shunike came into view.
"Hello there! My name Is Stan Shu- " he cut off his speech as he saw Ginny. He remembered the last time (meaning the day before) that she snapped (twice in one day, no less) at him.
Ginny looked at Harry for their location.
"Just take us to ST. Mungo's please, Stan"
Ginny and Harry took their seat. Stan informed them that (because of slight detours) that they would arrive in 15 minutes. Ginny said nothing to Harry and he also remained silent.
"Look, I certainly HATE that you have performed the bound-charm on me, but you can't go with me without knowing anything" Harry (wisely) said nothing, but listened. Ginny continued.
"When Draco...disappeared...I heard him speak to me in Latin that something wasn't right. So I think that he is somewhere in the otherworld, because they speak Latin there and I don't see any other explanation. This Rose" Ginny said, showing him the Rose for a second, before quickly putting it away again. "was given to me and Draco after our battle and I think this Rose...is different"
"And that's why we're going to Neville" Harry reasoned. Ginny nodded.
The bus arrived at St.Mungo's and the both of them got of.
"So, where to?" Ginny asked, checking to make sure that her hood covered her face. Luckily Harry hadn't made a comment on the cloak. He seemed to get that she would be recognized.
"This way" Harry said, and they began walking. "I've only been here once, but I think I remember.."
You think? Ginny thought, but she didn't voice it. She didn't want another row. They walked for a few minutes until they stopped in front of a small house. They were still in Wizarding area and it wasn't hard to notice. The house itself (from the outside) looked normal. But the garden however, was not. It was beautiful! Different kinds of flowers were placed all over it. Giving the garden a wild but beautiful look.
Harry and Ginny were careful not to step on the flowers and walked onto a path that neatly led them to the house. Once they arrived, they rang the doorbell. (very popular in the wizarding nowadays) The door was opened by a strange looking woman. Ginny reckoned that it must be Neville's grandmother. She was wearing green robes, a fox-fur scarf and a bit of a cranky expression on her face.
"Yes? Who are you? Mister Potter!...and who is this?" The woman inquisited. Ginny lowered her hood. The eyes of the woman turned wide.
"Miss Weasley" she acknowledged.
Ginny had respect for the woman at once. Not some woman that would go all: 'Oh It's Ginevra Weasley! ohhhh!' on her.
"Hi! I was wondering...could we speak to Neville please?" She asked politely.
"Well…alright then, come in and make sure you don't get my floors dirty" She said. Harry and Ginny both stepped in and they were led to the living room. They both awkwardly sat down.
"NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM! GET YOUR ARSE DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW" Soon enough, they heard Neville stomp down the stairs.
When he saw who had come to visit him, his jaw hit the ground.
"H-Harry! And you Gin-ny" He stuttered and he swallowed nervously.
"Hi Nev-" Harry started, but Ginny cut him off. She was still mad at Neville (him backing the other Gryffindors and thereby banning her from the Common Room until cerfew)
"We are here to ask you a question and nothing more. I didn't come here for my own amusement" She stated firmly. Neville's grandmother had left as soon as Neville had come downstairs, but she hollered downstairs: "NEVILLE! DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU HAVEN'T OFFERED YOUR COMPANY ANYTHING YET!"
Neville looked as if he were to wet his pant.
"Something to…drink?" he gulped.
"Ye-" Harry started, but Ginny held up her hand to silence him.
"No...just here for the question" She pulled out the box that contained the Rose and pulled the delicate flower out.
"I want to know what you can tell me about this Rose" She said.
Neville gasped. "Ginny! Where did you find this! I didn't knew they existed anymore!"
Please review and tell me what you think! BTW...what do you think about Ginny's baby? Twins? Or just one...any names? I want very cool names…any ideas? Review!
