A/N: I was so happy when I saw all those reviews this morning :D I haven't checked my mail in awhile because of our stupid internet...grr.. It hasn't been working very well, so I appologize for any late updates. Thank you so much and I hope you like this chapter as much as the other ones!

"You know," she said as they entered the Burrow. No one was home still. "I was thinking." Ginny paused here to look at Harry.

"You shouldn't hurt yourself like that," he joked, sitting down in a chair.

"Ha ha, very funny," she said sarcastically as she sat down as well. "As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted-" here she sent him a mock glare.

"-not interrupted. Momentarily paused-"

"-I was thinking that since I'm having a party, you should invite Cassidy," she finished smugly at the look on Harry's face. This was all part of her plan. First step was to see if his 'so called girlfriend' was an obstacle. If Harry was truly in love with her, she wouldn't mess with that, but if he wasn't...

Let's just say Cassidy would have her work cut out for her.

"Um, I - I don't think that's such a good idea," he said as he looked around the room nervously.

"And why is that? I thought you and her were dating. Unless of course you split up-"

"No!" he said quickly. Ginny hadn't really expected him to say they were done with. No, that only happens in her dreams. "I mean, no," he said calmly, regaining his composure. "She doesn't know you and it's your birthday. Why would she want to come to someone's party that she doesn't already know?"

"Well it's the perfect opportunity to meet her! I'm going to have to meet her eventually. I can't show up at your wedding and not even know the Bride!"

"That is true," he said mechanically, the words not sinking in completely as he looked at the clock with all her family's faces on it.

For Merlin's sake! If that daft idiot would listen to what she said half the time she wouldn't have to waste her time...

It would come though, any second now...just you wait...

3...2...1...

"Wait!" Harry said right on cue with fear in his eyes as he looked at her. "Go back! Did you just say Bride! As in wedding Bride!" he asked incredulously.

"Yeah since there's only one place for a Bride to belong," she said with a look that told him he was an idiot. "You do plan on getting married to her, don't you?" Ginny asked as if it were the obvious.

"No!" he said laughing like she just made a joke that was simply hilarious.

"No?" she repeated, smiling on the inside.

"No!" he laughed again.

"And she feels the same way?" Ginny inquired.

"I wish," Harry mumbled, now diverting his eyes back to the clock.

"Harry," she said taking a deep breath. "I know it's none of my business whatsoever and if I'm being too bold than please stop me, but it just doesn't make any sense."

"What?" he asked, looking back at her.

"Your relationship with this girl - I mean Cassidy."

"What do you mean it doesn't 'make any sense'?" His voice held a bit of annoyance. Ginny ignored it. After all, he did ask her, didn't he?

"Well, if you don't plan on marrying her and you don't even love her, what's the point? Is she just for fun?" Ginny sure hoped not. If Harry was that type of guy than she really didn't want anything to do with him. Cassidy could have him.

"No!" Harry said defensively.

"Than what's the point? She loves you and wants to marry you but you have the exact opposite feelings. What are you doing?"

Harry's mood and expression suddenly changed. Before he seemed bored at the topic of Cassidy and than annoyed at the things Ginny was saying, but on her last question his mind seemed to think - really think about what he was doing. She saw his eyes searching for something - anything to give him an answer.

After some time his voice finally filled the silence.

"I don't know," he breathed out, looking over at Ginny. "I don't know." Now he was practically smiling. "I don't know what I'm doing!" His eyes held craziness. Ginny looked at him oddly.

"Harry, are you alright?" she asked just as he stood up.

"Yeah, I think I am," he said with confidence.

"Maybe you should-"

Lips stopped her mouth from saying anything more. It only lasted less than a second but she could have sworn she saw stars and sparks.

"Thanks," he said, smiling as he walked out the front door.

Ginny stood there, rooted to the spot in her own little world. She was in heaven; there was no doubt about that. She was floating in the clouds, free from all insecurities. Her mind was screaming, "HE KISSED ME! HE KISSED ME!" while her mouth was completely immobile.

"Ginny dear, come help with unloading all this food!" her mother called.

Ginny hadn't even heard anyone come in. She hadn't even seen anyone. She was still standing in the middle of the living room with a dumb smile splattered on her face.

"Ginny!" her mother yelled from the kitchen. "I need help!"

Finally realizing that time wasn't standing still, she shook her head still wearing the smile, and headed into the kitchen to help her mother.

"Thank heavens! I was just about to drag you in here," Molly said in exhaustion. "What were you doing in there anyways?" she asked as she started unloading everything onto the table.

"Beautiful day, isn't it?" Ginny asked, completely ignoring her mother's question.

"Yes, it is," she replied, looking at Ginny oddly. "Are you okay dear? Did you have enough sleep?" she said worriedly, switching topics.

"I'm more than okay," Ginny said as she unloaded food. "I'm - I'm," she stuttered, searching for the right word. "Bloody great!"

Mrs. Weasley gasped. "Ginerva! Watch your language!" she scolded.

"Sorry mum. Didn't mean to offend."

They continued to unload, Ginny humming and Molly shooting her worried glances, finishing in about fifteen minutes.

"Run along now," she told Ginny, shooing her away with her hands.

"Are you sure you don't want some help?"

"Positive! Get some more rest!" she yelled as Ginny headed up to her room.

-

Party time. Everybody had just started to arrive and Ginny couldn't wait to see Harry again. Did he really mean to kiss her? Did he even remember doing it? He was in shock... Maybe he just got carried away. He probably didn't even mean it -

Stop, Ginny told herself. Stop thinking like that! It's not how you're going to win Harry! It's just going to make you farther away from what you've been wanting.

"Can I come in?" came a voice from behind the door.

"Yeah," Ginny said nervously as she fiddled with her hair.

The door creaked open and in poked a head.

"Happy Birthday!"

Ron walked over to her, wrapping her into a Weasley hug.

"Thanks," she muttered quietly into his robes. She had been expecting Harry.

"You don't sound very happy," he said as they pulled apart.

"I'm happy. Why wouldn't I be happy?" she asked with a fake smile.

"I don't know. Why wouldn't you be?" he countered.

"I would be. I am," she said, now smiling for real. Harry would come later.

"Alright. Let's go downstairs. Everyone's waiting for you." Ron seemed to be convinced of her well being and led her to the stairs where she could here many voices chatting happily. They reached the bottom step and Ginny was blown away.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" chorused around the room at her appearance and Ginny couldn't help but smile. She hadn't expected this many people to come. Her friends from school and some Order members were there, all of her family (including Percy) and some people she didn't recognize. The house was decorated wonderfully and the food smelled delicious.

"Thank you mum," Ginny said sincerely, walking over to hug her mother.

"Your welcome dear." Her mother had a sparkle in her eye that showed just how proud she was of herself. This made Ginny smile even wider.

For the past thirty minutes she had been mingling and enjoying small talk with her old friends and her family, very happy that everyone could come. The people she hadn't recognized soon became recognizable when she met up with them. One was Colin Creevey who looked completely different from his Hogwarts days. Another was Dean Thomas, who was married now, and another was Lavender Brown who Ginny had become friends with in her sixth year. She walked around talking to Luna and Neville (who were married also, with each other), Hermione, Charlie, Bill, Percy, Fred and George, her father (who she had not gotten a chance to talk to much since he was always working) and more of her friends. She was just about to approach a gorgeous witch that she hadn't recognized who looked lost when Harry popped up before her.

"There you are!" he said happily as she smiled at him. "You're really hard to track down."

"Well there are so many people to talk to," she said with a laugh.

"Yes well now it's my turn," he said as he grabbed her wrist. "Let's go over here." He pulled her gently to the stairs where there wasn't anyone in sight and they stayed on the steps.

"Why are we over here?" Ginny asked, her insides going crazy. Harry dragged her here...to be alone.

She couldn't help but smile.

"Well," he said with a hint of anxiousness in his voice. "Do you remember what you asked me today?"

"Sure," Ginny said. "I asked you what you were doing."

She was sure her stomach would explode with excitement...

"Yes, and I said I didn't know and left." He seemed to be a bit in a dream world.

"I remember," Ginny replied, getting a little annoyed at his delays.

"Well you helped me realize something."

"And what's that?" Ginny asked, a sneaky smile forming from her lips.

This was it. This was the moment she had been waiting for all her life. He was going to confess his feelings for her. He was going to pronounce his love to her. He was going to-

"I have no clue what I'm doing and I love that feeling!"

Okay, so that wasn't exactly how she expected him to word it, but who the hell cares? She didn't need a fancy string of words.

"And..?" Ginny pressed, barely able to hold in her pumping heart.

"And! And!" he said almost shouting merrily. "Do you know what this means!" he asked, laughing.

"No," she said, laughing too.

"I'm getting married!"

-Cricket - Cricket -

Her jaw almost dropped to the floor as her laughing and smile ceased.

"What!" she spat out, finally being able to talk.

"I'm getting married!" he repeated, even more buoyantly. "Next week! You helped me realize that I wasn't going anywhere in my life. I was waiting and wasting my time when all I've ever wanted was right in front of me," he exclaimed.

"Which is?" Ginny asked, her stomach feeling sick now. The excited butterflies were getting a little too out of hand.

"Someone who loves me Ginny! And Cassidy's that someone and I was too daft to realize that what I wanted was the person I already had! You helped me realize that!"

She couldn't believe her ears. She couldn't believe what was happening. Suddenly she didn't feel so happy anymore. The lights were too bright and she was seeing four happy Harry's in front of her.

"I don't - I don't-" she said faintly, staggering.

"You don't believe it!" Harry said, clearly too excited to notice how pale she had gotten. "I don't either! Just wait until you meet her! She's dying to meet you! After all, you're the one who made us soon to be newlyweds! We owe you a lot Gin!" He was way to enthusiastic for her tastes.

Ginny fell back on the steps when Harry had grabbed her wrist, attempting to drag her back into the party.

"What are you doing? Come on! You've got to meet her!"

"I - I have to use the bathroom. I'll - I'll be down in just a minute. You go on without me." Ginny's voice was sad and choked, but Harry didn't even notice.

"Okay," he said as he let go of her and started down. "Don't take too long!"

Slowly she rose to her feet, heading up the stairs clumsily. She reached the bathroom, shutting the door behind her. Immediately she walked over to the sink looking into the mirror. Her saddened eyes stared back at her, her pale reflection laughed in her face. What the hell had she been thinking? How could she ever believe that Harry could actually like her? She wasn't anything to him. She was just his little sister. She had been wrong to assume that she could be anything different in his eyes. Why did she have to go and try to force him and her together? Look what happened! He was getting married for Merlin's sake! He was getting married and it was all her bloody doings! She didn't have any right to meddle in things she didn't know anything about.

Look at me, she thought, now boring into her own face. I'm pathetic. I'm naive. I let my guard down; I let him make me believe in something that isn't even real. I should have never pushed away the doubts. Maybe than I wouldn't feel so terrible!

Ginny flung her face into the toilet just then letting out all of her insides into the bowl. She wasn't kidding when she said she had felt sick...

Feebly she picked her head back up, turning into the sink and splashing cold water on her face.

It was over now. It was all over. That was it. Harry was getting married and there was nothing she could do about it. And that hurt like hell.

A tear started rolling down her cheek as she looked at her appearance in the mirror. She wasn't good enough for anybody. That's why Harry didn't want her, that's why James had dumped her. She wasn't anything special. She was just Ginny.

But one single thing kept Ginny from losing all faith in Harry. One single thing that kept poking her in the heart, that wouldn't let her rest. Harry had said that he always wanted someone who had always loved him.

So why was he marrying her?

"I'm the one that's right in front of you," she choked out, falling to the floor in a hunched ball, feeling the coldness of the tiles on her face comfort herself. "I'm right here." A chorus of tears began cascading down her face. "And I'm not going anywhere," she whispered.

Happy Birthday to me...

A/N: What did you think? R&R!

->Oh and to answer your question sunflowerchild, I promise that Cassidy and Ginny will meet in the next chapter!

Until next time...