Ginny contemplated Harry's words for a few moments, "What should I say? This would be the ultimate revenge…but I can't very well use Harry like that! But I really do care about Harry, so I guess I wouldn't be using him."
She broke her straight face and a smile began to appear. She gazed into Harry's emerald green eyes. "Yes, Harry. I would be honored to be your wife!"
Harry arose and embraced Ginny. "Well then, you best be putting this on." He took a little white box from his suit coat pocket and opened it, revealing a diamond ring.
"Oh my goodness, it's gorgeous!" Ginny gasped. The diamond glistened as the light reflected off of its many faces. "Harry, but you didn't have to…"
"But I wanted to." He replied. "It's the most visually stunning ring I could find, to go with the most wonderful woman I've ever laid my eyes on."
Ginny let out a girlish squeal and jumped on Harry. "Oh my gosh! We're getting married! I can't wait till everyone finds out. They're going to be so jealous!"
And so everyone would be jealous…especially the one person Ginny did this all to aggravate.
Severus Snape arrived at the ministry of magic within ten seconds of stepping into his fireplace. The floo network wasn't as fast or as nice of a travel as apparition, but you can't apparate inside the grounds of Hogwarts.
"Cornelius Fudge."
"Ah, Professor Snape. Thanks for arriving on such short notice. I assume I didn't interrupt anything too important, did I?"
"Well, I arrived as soon as I could, Minister. But you know how those floo networks are these days. So crowded. They take forever. Perhaps someone at the ministry could try and fix it so that passage to and from the Ministry of Magic is quicker?"
"All in due time. However, we have bigger problems. There has been an extremely large potion ingredient order, and the ingredient involved is a total mystery. Nobody can seem to figure out what the substance is. This, I am sure you are already aware of.
You have been summoned because you have more potions knowledge than anyone I know. After all, you were going to work for the ministry until you were hired as a teacher at our dear Hogwarts." Fudge explained to Severus the details of why he was there, which seemed to take for hours. Eventually Severus Snape was led to the area where they were keeping the shipment of ingredients.
Harry and Ginny were standing in the Room of Requirement holding each other in their joy.
"I can't believe this is happening." Ginny whispered in Harry's ear. "It's so amazing…so perfect. I'm glad it's you, Harry. Although, I'm not deserving of this kind of love. I'm not even deserving of love, for that matter."
A tear began to form in her brown eye as she spoke these words. "Ginny, I love you. Sure, mistakes have been made, but the thing with love is that it's unconditional. You could cheat on me with a million different guys, and even though I'd be extremely hurt, I'd still love you."
With Harry's words, the half-formed tear slid down Ginny's whole-hearted smile. She knew he loved her. She knew of his love well. But she didn't know if she loved him just as unconditionally. After all, Ginny craved for the love of another. Something she knew she must not want, but didn't listen to what her mind told her. Her heart had chosen someone else but her mind was controlling her mouth, and so she went along with what was right.
