A/N... Sorry for the wait. I know how you hate waiting. Thanks for the reviews... Lots of love,Sloane
Chapter 23
Harry still hadn't come back, even when it was getting to be time for her date with Ivan the next night. Ginny was a little worried about him. Was he usually gone this long? She had no idea.
Ginny decided just to wait until she got back from her date, then if he wasn't home, she would worry. So Ginny began to get ready for her date. She was wearing a low cut blue top with lace, it was pretty and it made Ginny feel good. She wore a pair of jeans rolled up to capris to dress down the outfit, after all, Ivan hadn't told her where they were going so she decided to be prepared for anything, fancy restaurant or his bar, either way. She wore some strappy red high heels that made her feel sexy. She laughed a little at her stupidity and hurriedly brushed her hair, not bothering to put it up or anything.
Suddenly she heard a steady knock on the door. She hurried and almost tripped as she pulled the door open.
Ivan stood there smiling, he was wearing a pair of jeans and a nice cream colored dress shirt and a dark blue suit coat, he looked nice, in a relaxed way.
"Hi." she smiled.
"Hey Ginny." He grinned at her casually, staring at her eyes. She motioned him inside and shut the door after him.
"Come on in. I just need to write a note."
He nodded and followed her into the kitchen. "Your a great decorator."
"Oh, I didn't decorate." she giggled and pulled a notepad and pencil out of a drawer in the kitchen and began to write.
"Who do you live with?"
She looked up and smiled a little, not wanting to tell him, and kept writing.
"Come on, who do you live with... tell me your not married." he teased. "Are the kids upstairs?"
She laughed and finished the note and started walking to the door. "Yeah, three, Ginny Jr., Ginevra, and..."
He laughed. "Ivan Jr.?"
She blushed and laughed a little. "Where are we going?"
"Who do you live with?"
She laughed again, "Get off of my back."
He grinned, his dark eyes sparkling teasingly at her.
"Harry Potter." she mumbled.
"What?"
"I live with Harry Potter."
Ivan's mouth was opened and he even looked a little mad. "What the hell do you mean you live with him?"
"It's purely platonic." she sighed and pulled him by his hand along the hall.
"What do you mean, your living with a man, how is that platonic?" He sounded exasperated.
"Honestly Ivan, in my whole lifetime we've kissed once."
He was looking into her eyes, deeply, making her a little nervous. "Why do you live with him then?"
"He's letting me stay for free until I get my own place. I don't have any money." She jumped off of the bottom stair and they headed out into the dark night.
"Perfect, you can just move in with me instead." he teased and they headed left along a side street.
She laughed, but inside she was a bit angry. How rude of him to imply that she was the type of girl that would move in with him without even knowing him.
"Where are we going?" she asked again, more persistantly.
"Do you like mexican food?"
"um... yes."
"Good, that's where we're going, a mexican restaurant." He had his perfect smile on and it made Ginny feel all warm inside, how sappy, she felt so dumb going out with someone she barely knew.
Ivan stopped at the corner restaurant and opened the door for Ginny. The place looked scrappy and really quite disgusting but Ginny decided to give it a chance.
"Do you come here often?" she asked politely, he just smiled, looking in a trance at her.
They soon were seated in a little booth with a hole ripped in the seat, they were eating some chips and salsa.
"Do you like it Ginny?"
"Yeah, it's really good, I think there's mangos in the salsa."
He laughed a little and nodded.
"What have you been doing since Hogwarts?" she asked him.
"Well... Nothing much really, I went to Africa for a while, a year or so... I was helping some Muggle doctors there, people are really sick in Africa,"
Ginny knew that people were sick in Africa she didn't say anything though.
"Then I came back and started working at the pub, My uncle used to own it so when he died last year he gave it to me... so here I am."
Ginny smiled at him, "Any serious relationships I should know about?"
He laughed and shook his head, "Not really, I met a girl in Africa, Hana but she got married... so... no, no relationships, whatsoever."
"I'm sorry,"
He just kept looking intently at her, "It's fine."
"What about you, Didn't you just graduate?"
"Yes, well... a few months ago anyway... May, it's seems like forever-ago really."
He nodded, an understanding look on his face. "It feels like 10 years at least since I graduated."
"What have you been doing since?"
"Oh..." Ginny stuttered, she didn't want him to know anything about what had happened to her. She stuttered and her face turned red.
Ivan suddenly looked concerned, "Sorry, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable... If you want to wait... tell me later... that's fine."
Ginny was stunned, wait... for there next date of course... of course they would have a second date. "Oh... yeah, that sounds good."
He nodded.
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They walked along the street drunkenly, even though they weren't really drunk, they were just laughing. They stopped under a streetlight and Ivan stood, staring into her face seriously.
"Darling, your beautiful."
She didn't laugh, she didn't smile, she just nodded.
He laughed a little. "I'm serious... you're the most beautiful-"
Ginny poked him in the ribs and began running away from him, teasing him.
"Hey come back here!" he called and ran after her,
Ginny was running up her apartment steps and he didn't stop, he kept following her. She giggled in anticipation and began to fumble with the lock on the front door.
He laughed as he ran up to her and pulled her against the door, "No running away now Ginny."
Ginny's mind reeled at his words, No running away now Ginny... No running away now Ginny... She suddenly shoved him off of her and shoved the door open and locked it.
"So Ginny... how was your..." Harry said behind her, he was sitting on the couch watching the muggle news.
Ginny jumped.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." she replied tartly and began to walk towards her bedroom.
Ivan knocked on the door, "Ginny, come on... what's wrong?" he sounded desperate.
"Do you want me to just ignore your desperate suitor at the door?" Harry teased.
Ginny rolled her eyes, "Would you mind going to tell him that I went to bed and he can call me tomorrow to tell me my work schedule?"
"Uh... Sure... that's fine..." He stood and opened the door.
Ginny walked into the bathroom and turned the bathtub on, relieved for the time to herself, where no one was talking to her... everything was quiet...
A/N... How did you like it? I know, I know, you aren't reading this for Ivan and Ginny's romance you are reading it for Harry and Ginny's romance... I'm sorry, I got caught up... Ivan is wonderful... I couldn't help it... Don't worry though... this is still a Harry and Ginny romance.