Authors note: Sorry I've been gone so long! I've been at my mom's house and she doesn't like the Internet! Any way , one with the story
chapter 5: The truth
As they walked down to the Great Hall for dinner, Ginny was the happiest she had been in a very long time. All though Madame Pomfrey wasn't too pleased that they had been kissing in her hospital wing, Ginny was just ecstatic about it. She was actually humming to herself and took no notice of what was going on around her. In fact, she had passed the Great Hall and was still going until Harry said "Ginny! We just passed the Great Hall!" "Oh, Sorry." She said as she snapped back to reality. "That's OK, I was actually wanting to ask you something in private." He said, as he pulled her off to the side. "Er… Ginny, would you go out with me?" Harry asked as fast as he could. Ginny, who was taken by surprise at first, smiled and said "Of course I will!" Then she gave him a hug. "OK, good. Well I suppose we better eat then." Harry said as he hugged her back, but he made no motion to move. "Yeah, we should." Ginny said, but she made no motion to move either. They just stood there hugging until Professor Snape walked by and saw them. "Ten points each from Griffendor. Now go to dinner." He said coolly. Harry scowled but Ginny just started walking without saying a word. When they got to the table, they were both surprised to see Luna Lovegood sitting with them. "What's going on?" Harry asked as he and Ginny sat down. Ron started to answer Harry, but Ginny didn't need to listen to it, because she saw a sparkling ring with a tiny diamond on it on Luna's left ring finger. She stared in shock for a moment, then said "Ron, congratulations!" Ron looked around at her and said "What for?" Ginny pointed at Luna's hand, and Ron finally saw the ring. "Does this mean yes?" He asked Luna excitedly. Ginny turned scarlet, cursing herself for speaking before thinking. Luna gave Ginny a death stare before nodding her head at Ron. Ron just sat there for a moment then leapt to his feet and yelled at the top of his lungs "YES! I'M GETTING MARRIED! I'M GETTING MARRIED! WHOOOOOOOO!" Luna covered her face and pretended to be embarrassed, but Ginny saw her smiling happily. "WEASLEY! STOP IT THIS INSTANT! 20 POINTS FROM GRIFFENDOR AND A DETENTION!" Professor McGonagall said in an attempt to calm Ron down but, he ignored her and continued to shout. When she tried to lead him out of the hall, Ron broke out of her grasp and jumped on the table. He began to dance really badly, knocking dishes of food everywhere and chanting "I'M GETTING MARRIED, I'M GETTING MARRIED, I'M GETTING MARRIED." Everyone was watching him and Luna decided that she could no longer ignore her fiancee's embarrassing behavior, and stood up. Everyone was even more shocked, when she joined him on the table and the chant changed to "WE'RE GETTING MARRIED, WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!" "LOVEGOOD, WEASLEY! THREE DETENTIONS APIECE! GET OFF THE TABLE! I'LL TAKE MORE POINTS AWAY!" McGonagall was yelling so loudly that she turned red in the face, but she was barely heard because everyone in the hall was laughing hysterically at the two, even Ginny. Finally, McGonagall got them down, and the students could hear her shouting at them all the way down the hall. Hermione rushed into the hall, and went over to sit with Ginny and Harry. "What happened?" she asked as she began to eat hurriedly. "Oh, Ron was dancing on the food." Ginny said as she began to laugh at Hermione who had begun spitting all her food out. "What happened to you?" Harry said as he looked her over. "Looks like you just crawled out of bed and through something on" Harry said. "Oh, don't be ridiculous Harry, I was out of bed hours ago." Hermione said in a voice higher than her usual. Ginny looked over at the Slytherin table, and saw that Draco was sneaking up to it, looking like he had just thrown his clothes on, except he had pink lipstick smeared all over his face. Ginny looked back at Hermione and said "You're lipstick is off." "Oh it is, hold on, I'll put some more on she said as she rummaged around in her purse. She brought out a mirror and began putting on lipstick the same shade of pink as the lipstick on Draco. Ginny giggled to herself, knowing what happened and Hermione saw her. "What?" she asked, "Oh, nothing. Just thinking of how that lipstick has been tested on Ferret Faces." Ginny said. Hermione quickly realized what she said and blushed brightly before excusing herself from dinner. "What was that about?" Harry asked. "Oh, nothing." Ginny said as she began to pick at the food left on her plate. She had the mask on at the moment, the one with the smiling face. However, behind the façade, she was being tortured inside, thinking of how Lee would react when he found out about Harry and her. Then, there was actually a little bit of happiness down deep inside all the disarray. The happiness was brought on by the thought of finally being free from Lee, and the hope for a good future with Harry. If she told Harry, she knew that he would help her, but she was so afraid that Lee would do something to Harry then her. Her head swam with the pro's and con's of each side of the decision, although she was still humming and smiling brightly, trying to make sure that no one could see the inner struggle, but Harry saw right through her façade. He had for years, but just never let her know. However, he decided to say something to her now. "Ginny, I can help you. I really can. Whoever this guy is, he can't be as bad as Voldemort, and I've beat him 3 times now." Harry said. Ginny looked at him, thinking of her decision, then quickly said "Harry, I've got something I need to do right now, but meet me in the common room at midnight." Then she got up and ran out the door.
Ginny warned Draco about Lee, then walked around the castle for awhile. She was just about to head back to the common room, when a hand shot out of the shadows and pulled her in the shadows with it. "Well, Hello my Ginny." Lee said as he shoved Ginny against the wall. "You're causing me a lot of problems lately and I just don't appreciate it." Ginny stared at him in terror, unable to say anything. "And now I hear that you and Potter are together! What about our future? We planned it together you know!" Lee said. Ginny shook her head slightly. "Oh, you have a disagreement with that?" Lee asked. "Y-yeah, you w-were the one who p-planned out our future. I-I don't want that." Ginny said shakily and the last part was barely audible. Lee looked at her in anger for a few minutes, then said "After I helped you so much, and you accept my ring, you decide that you don't want me anymore?" She was about to say something, but he slapped her across her face, leaving a mark on her. "Now listen, and listen good! You will go break it off with Potter and you will not tell any one else Ginny. You got that? Or do I once again have to make myself clear?" Lee asked as he began to run his hand along her leg and then up towards the button of her jeans. She closed her eyes as tears began to form and shook her head. "Good, but now I'm curious, when are you gonna finally let us come out with our relationship? You've had that ring for a long time now sweet heart." Lee said sweetly as he moved his arms around her waist and drew her into a small embrace. Ginny just shook her head, unable to say anything. After a gentle kiss, Lee whispered into her ear "I want your answer to my questions by tommorow night Ginervra. Now go break Potters heart while I break Draco." She nodded and he let her go. When he saw the tears running down her face, he said "Oh come on now, it's not that bad. You're actually lucky to get a guy as good as me. Potter is way out of your league and you know that he'll just end up breaking your heart honey." As he wiped a tear away from her face. She nodded and then continued walking towards Griffendor tower, thinking of what she had to do. She got up there and saw Harry sitting on the couch, waiting for her. With a quick look around she saw that no one was there and sadly began walking over to Harry. She sat down on the couch and looked into the fire. "Ginny, what's wrong?" Harry asked as he spotted the tears streaming down her face. 'Well, I guess it's now or never.' Ginny thought sadly. "Harry, we have to break up." Ginny said in a teary voice. Harry sat in shock for a moment, trying to figure out what caused this sudden change in thought. Then as he looked at her, he knew. "You don't have to do what he says you know. You are your own person, and the only way you can get me to leave you alone, is if I'm convinced that you no longer want me around. And I'm not convinced." He said. Ginny looked at him thankfully, but the words that Lee said about Harry were still ringing in her ears. She thought for a few minutes, then decided to tell him before she lost the nerve. "H-Harry, can I tell you something without interruptions?" she asked. He nodded. She breathed nervously then said "OK, here it goes. Last summer, at the burrow, I was up in my room reading a book, and Lee came in and locked the door behind him. Well, at first I didn't think much of it, because all summer him and the twins would hide out in my room when they were in trouble and Lee hid in there the most between the three. Well, he-he came over and sat down on the end of my bed and looked at me in a strange way. Then he said 'Ginny I want to help you. Help you learn about life.' Then he leaned in and kissed me, and started to… lift my shirt up. I told him to stop numerous times, but he wouldn't. Kept telling me I was lucky to have a guy like him cause I'd never get anyone else. Then, he began to- to…" Ginny paused, remembering the feeling of Lee undressing her, then entering her. Harry nodded, indicating that he got the point. "Well, when I tried to stop him, he- he slapped me. Then he continued r-raping me. Since then, he's visited me weekly. Getting me out of my bed and taking me to the room of requirements and repeating the process over. And now he's saying that, he wants to spend forever with me. Get married and stay together forever." Ginny took a ring out of her pocket and showed it to Harry. "See, he's already proposed." Then tears streamed down her face even harder as she said "And then he wanted me to break up with you. Saying that you would break my heart if you got a chance." Ginny said. Harry pulled her close to him and comforted her. "Well, at least i got the message through, there's just the problem of getting you to follow it." Lee said from behind them.
Authors note: HA HA! A cliff hanger always makes me happy. Review soon loyal readers!