Finally Potter
Chapter sixteen
"Well that was fun, where too next?"
"How did you know what flowers to order?"
"I could tell which ones you wanted from looking at your face."
"I wanted the tulips with the lilies in my bouquet."
"I know but I like the lilies on their own."
She looked closely at the man in front of her and unanswered questions came to her mind.
"Why did you look all funny when he showed us the lilies?"
"They were beautiful."
"There's more to it than that Harry."
"Okay well I like lilies. I've liked them for a while and it's not because they're pretty flowers it's because well this will sound stupid but it's as if they're connected to my mum."
Ginny smiled gently at the man she loved and took his hand. She couldn't believe she hadn't seen that connection after all Lily had been his mothers name, although the flowers had no connection to her the shared name did.
"I think its sweet you think like that hunny."
He grinned and she kissed him gently before looking around the area they were in.
"How about we go look for rings now?"
He nodded and she pulled him towards the jewellers. It was an odd looking building, not quite any shape, part of it looked oval but then there was a square like part towards the back. Ginny opened the door and a dusty smell hit her.
An elderly man stood behind the counter and he smiled kindly at them. He was dressed in purple robes and had a top hat on that had stars covering it. She smiled as they stood in front of him.
"Good day, how could I help you?"
"We want to look at wedding rings."
The man smiled at Harry pulled out a piece of parchment. A measuring tap appeared and wrapped itself around Ginny's finger and the man marked down a number it then did the same with Harry and he pulled something out from behind.
"What type of rings would you like?"
"Unique ones."
Ginny smiled up at Harry as she said it and she saw the tinkle in his eye. They looked back at the man and he nodded pulling out a cushion like box that contained a number of rings.
"This one's unique it's called the Celtic swan and it takes its design from the idea that Celts believed birds, especially Swans, to be Celestial messengers and bearers of magical power. This is a rose gold ring and is eighteen carat."
The man pointed out the rings in question and she smiled at Harry, they were gorgeous with the figures of the swans giving them details.
"Can we see some others?"
The man nodded at Harry's request and pulled out another ring from the cushion.
"These are fashioned on the sixteenth century style and is based on a ring that the muggles have in some museum of theirs in London. Now this is actually silver sterling but that doesn't make it any less beautiful."
He placed the rings on the counter in front of them and Ginny looked closely at them, they were gorgeous but she didn't want a silver wedding ring she wanted gold, but Harry seemed to be studying it closely.
"What does it say?"
Ginny wondered what Harry meant when he asked this but then she caught sight of script inside the ring. The man smiled at the pair.
"It says 'in thy brest my hart doth rest' it's old English very nice."
He gazed at her and she saw him shake his head.
"The young lady isn't impressed, okay what about this one. It's a traditional Irish style ring and with trinity knots all around is a beautiful way to express your loving commitment. A Trinity knot, representative of the infinite and endless nature of your love for one another, its prefect isn't it."
He placed the gold rings onto the counter and Ginny was surprised by how small they seemed, they weren't as big as the solid gold band worn by Hermione and Ron but they were very pretty.
"They're gorgeous."
"I knew your lady would like this one."
"Can we see any more?"
Ginny knew that Harry didn't want to pick the first ring that they saw it had to be prefect just like their love. She knew that he had spent three weeks looking for her engagement ring with its deep red stone sat among the gold. Ron had commented on how Gryffindor it was but Ginny knew that Harry hadn't even thought of that when he bought it.
She watched as the man pulled out another set of rings. Again they were gold and seemed to have the same knot like style only this time it wasn't set on the band but cut through the band.
"This is the heron ring, and I believe that fits the pair of you, the heroes of the wizarding world. But this is actually a Welsh ring and it goes with the story of Rhiannon. It is said that all water birds were sacred to the bird goddess, Annwym who was also known as Rhiannon, but the heron was seen in Celtic lore as being her embodiment, the Lady of the Lake, who held within herself the sacred powers of the land itself. In ancient Wales the heron, Cryr, was seen as the primal creator and giver of life."
"It's a bit chunky isn't it?"
"No Harry it just looks like that because the last one was so small."
He nodded but didn't look convinced in the least so the old man pulled out another set of rings to replace the heron ones. These ones were again silver and Ginny was slightly disappointed she wanted gold not silver.
"Okay so this one is a Renaissance love sentiment with period English spelling around the inside of the band, which says 'faithles to none yet faithful to one', and it's a 16th century poesy ring, and a decorative floral motif embellishes the outside."
"I like it, that's really sweet."
Harry looked at Ginny and she smiled gently but she knew he could tell that she wasn't too impressed with it. The older man seemed to pick up on this as well as he showed them another set of rings. These ones were different; both were again silver in colour but that was the only common thing between them. The female ring was delicate with a stone where as the male was chunky with writing.
"Okay so this is the last unique ring that I have. It's called 'Guinevere Poesy' and is a unique style with a diamond puzzle ring paired with a 'semper amemus' which means 'our love is forever' it is said to be a magnificent combination that speaks volumes about how you see her - a creative spirit deserving of the most unique expression of your love."
He picked up at the ring and brought it close to Harry so he could really look at it.
"It's based on legendary Turkish wedding rings and is just lovely."
Harry looked at Ginny as if really looking at her.
"What do you think Gin?"
"It is lovely, but it's not gold."
"But it is a Guinevere ring, and it could be for my Ginevra."
He was smiling coyly at her and she knew that this was his favourite and she had to admit that even though they weren't gold the one she would wear was very beautiful. She loved the stone it looked like a diamond. The old man was watching her carefully and looked back at Harry.
"I could easily get you this in gold if you would like it, and the stone can be changed from a diamond to a sapphire or ruby."
Ginny looked at her hand she was already wearing a ruby in her gold ring and didn't want her wedding ring to look the same as it so she turned to Harry.
"If you want the Guinevere ring we'll get it as long as it can be in gold, we'll even keep the diamond."
Harry grinned happily at her before making the deal with the jeweller. Then they left the shop to find a caterer before heading back to London.
Okay so this is really a quick post, I have two minutes and this is going up, I haven't read through it in a while so if there are any mistakes really sorry