The One that you Love

Based on Air Supply song of the same name.

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Act 1

Harry awoke slowly, feeling the dead weight pinning his body down, and looked down to find…Ginny. Then he looked around him. He was in the grotto where he had watched his father in the Pensieve, and had seemingly just spent the night with…Ginny.

His first thought: "Oh shit! What did I do last night!" Predictable and cliched though it may seem, it was what he thought first.

Then he saw that they were not naked, she was perfectly and completely dressed, and the memories flooded back.

He smiled, and brought a hand down on her shoulder. "Hey. Wake up, baby." He gently shook her.

Ginny stretched, and cursed in her sleep. "Damn! You come back here Snape! I…you gonna get the bat-bogey hex of your life!"

Harry chuckled. Ginny heard the soft, low laughter, and she woke up fully. She snuggled up to Harry for a bit, him patting her, when suddenly she bolted upright.

"Uh…Harry… What did we do last night?"

Now the night has gone
Now the night has gone away...
Doesn't seem that long
We hardly had two words to say...

Harry laughed again. "Don't worry, I did the same when I woke up. It's just…you were kinda hugging me tightly. And no, we didn't do anything last night."

Ginny sat back, relieved. "Thank Merlin." Then she giggled, kissed him and laid back down on Harry. "I guess we just spent our first night together, eh? But it's gonna end soon…" she added.

Hold me in your arms
For just another day
I promise this one will go slow
Oh...
We have the right you know
We have the right you know

Harry sighed. The night had whizzed by too fast. He took her in his arms, and kissed her again in the pre-dawn stillness. The waves of the Great Lake rippled, splashing rhythmically against the shores.

"I wish you didn't need to go kick Voldemort's ass. We'd have so much fun together."

Don't say the mornings come
Don't say the mornings come so soon...
Must we end this way
When so much here is hard to lose...
Love is everywhere
I know it is
Such moments as this
Are too few…

"Shhhh. Let me just enjoy the morning. I don't want to think about anything right now. Just you, me and the dawn."

Harry stared out across the lake, towards east where the first few crimson rays were breaking through.

Oh...
It's all up to you
It's all up to you...
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways…

"Let's just have another day. Just to be together, do the things we would normally do, and just…"

Ginny shifted, and rested her head on his chest, wrapped her arms around him and snuggled into Harry's thick cloak. "I wish so too, Harry. But we've both got jobs to do. And it's no use sinking in self-pity and denial."

Ah...
Tell me we can stay
Tell me we can stay oh please...
They are the words to say
The only words I can believe...
Hold me in your arms
For just another day
I promise this one will go slow…

"A war's going on, Ginny. And I know what you mean. We must fight."

"Yeah, but… I know what you mean too. It's so peaceful, isn't it? You could almost pretend a war isn't raging on…"

Oh...
We have the right you know
We have the right you know

They sat there for the next half hour, kissing, hugging, enjoying the fleeting feel of each other as a couple, and watching the dawn.

Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways

"I love you, Ginny. I love you." Harry mumbled against her forehead.

"I know, Harry. And I love you too."

Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
The night has gone
A part of yesterday

"Damn, it's so hard to let you go…" Harry could feel his shirt getting wet. He saw the trickle of a single tear down her cheek.

"Don't cry, baby. We've still another day to go. As long as we stay in Hogwarts, this term, Voldemort won't know about us. But after this one last day…"

"I know, Harry. I know…"

I don't know what to say...
I don't know what to say...
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand
The one that you love
Loves you in so many ways...

"Promise me something, Harry."

"Yes?"

"Promise me that, whatever happens…you'll come back," and she punctuated her sentence with a sob. "You'll come back, and we'll all…all settle down or whatever. Don't get yourself killed."

Harry was solemn. He nodded.

"And promise me this, Ginny. If the balloon goes up, if I die…then run away. Forget about me. Forget about the wizarding worlds. And…if I'm not dead yet…please stay for me."

She sniffled, and nodded. The sunlight caught her tear-streaked face for an instant, before she buried her head in his chest and sobbed.

Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways

"I guess…this is it. We'll…we won't…we'll pretend that this…" she sniffled again.

Harry shushed her, putting a finger to her mouth. "I know. The others musn't suspect."

"I love you, Harry James Potter…"

"And I love you, Ginny Weasley…"

Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways...

And they basked in the sunlight, lovers for one last time until the afternoon. Then they each got up, and went their separate ways. Although they always stayed near, physically, Harry never let her touch him.

But he would always remember that night spent together. Their final night…and the morning after.