Chapter 10
The rest of the week went by to fast. Harry, Ginny, and Lizzy had spent every evening together. After Wednesday night Harry had gone to talk to Professor McGonagall about what had been on his mind. She had reassured him, that what he was thinking was entirely possible. He had kept this between himself and McGonagall. He would talk to Ginny and Lizzy about it over the holidays.
It was Saturday morning, and Harry was going down to the quidditch pitch to watch the practice. When he got there, He found Lizzy sitting there watching as well. "Hey there Lizzy." Harry said as he sat down. Lizzy looked at him. Her eyes were all red and puffy and so was her nose. "Lizzy what's the matter?" he asked pulling her into a hug. She instantly burst into tears. He sat there and just comforted her until she was done. She held tightly to Harry and said, "It's just that you are leaving today. You are the closest thing I have to a family and you have to leave."
Harry patted her back and said, "Lizzy, I am not leaving you forever. You will see me at the Burrow over the holidays, and Ginny is here. You won't be alone anymore Lizzy. I promise you that. You can write to me everyday and I will do the same okay?" Lizzy looked up, wiped her tear stained face, and said, "Yeah I suppose. Ginny has been telling me this all morning. But I still don't want you to leave. But I will see you at the Burrow. Ginny said I could sleep in her room with her and Hermione." "That's right. And if things work out right, I may have a surprise for you, but don't ask about it yet. I want to be positive about it before I tell you Okay?"
"I might get a surprise. I have never gotten a surprise before, well except that I was a witch. Oh I can not wait." Lizzy was beaming. She was so excited. Harry just hoped that Ginny would be okay with this, and the rest of the Weasleys. Ginny had finished practice and walked over to them. "Hey guys what's the good news?" Lizzy was jumping up and down and stopped to say, "Harry said that I might get a surprise at Christmas, but I can't ask about it." she lunged herself into Ginny's arms and Ginny laughed. She looked at Harry with a questioning look and Harry mouthed "Later"
They had spent the rest of the day together. McGonagall told them it was okay, since Harry's duties as professor were over. They ate lunch and dinner together. They sat by the lake most of the day just talking and laughing. Finally when the sun had begun to set, Harry said, "Well, I am sorry ladies, but it is time for me to go." Both Ginny and Lizzy pulled him into a hug. The three of them stood there for a minute. He pulled back and looked at Lizzy, "You be good now okay. I will write to you every day, and I had better get the same. I will see you again at the holidays alright." Lizzy nodded with tears in her eyes. She gave him another hug and he leaned down and kissed her head. "I am going to miss you, but we will see each other again soon. Now why don't you go on up and start writing me that first letter." She nodded and gave Ginny a hug. Ginny smiled and said, "I will be up in a minute okay." Lizzy nodded and took off running towards the Gryffindor tower.
Harry took Ginny in his arms. They stood there for a minute and then they kissed. Ginny looked at him, "What are you up to?" Harry just smiled and said, "I am still working on it, but, I wanted to wait to talk to you about this, but I guess now is a good time. I talked to McGonagall about Lizzy. I, we have gotten pretty close to her this week. And well I was thinking, if it was okay with you, I thought maybe I, we could adopt her."