For Eternity
Disclaimer: Nope, I still don't own Harry Potter.
A.N. Hi Everyone! I'm really sorry I haven't updated in so long. After HBP I lost momentum on it, but hopefully I have enough motivation to update at least kind of randomly. Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed. You're too good for me.
Chapter 5: Talking with Harry
When Ginny got home they decided that Luna could stay the night. Ginny could hear her mother sniffling as she showed the letter to Mr. Weasley.
"I'm going to go to the family room and call Pavarti and Lavender, you coming?" Ginny asked Luna from the doorway. They had decided Pavarti and Lavender were the best bets for her two other bridesmaids because, although they were not her best friends, she could not think of any other girls she wanted to have at her wedding.
"Of course," Luna said.
Five minutes later Pavarti, Lavender, Ginny, and Luna were back in Ginny's room. Ginny and Luna on the bed and Pavarti and Lavender on her set of wicker chairs.
"What is it Ginny?" Pavarti asked, leaning forward in anticipation.
"I'm getting married," Ginny answered solemnly.
The two girls stared at her, open mouthed, and then screamed simultaneously. "What?" Lavender cried as her and Pavarti bounded out of their seats.
"When?" Pavarti asked. It was just like her to ask 'when' before 'whom'.
"Thirteen, almost twelve, days," Ginny answered.
They both jumped out of the chairs they had just resumed sitting in. "Ohhh…who is it?" Lavender asked. "You two must be really in love if you're going to get married before the end of school! Your parents are actually letting you!" Ginny wrinkled her nose, "Is it Harry," she asked quietly.
"No."
"Do we know him?" Lavender asked.
"Yes."
"Neville?" It was Pavarti's turn to wrinkle her nose.
"No."
"Colin?"
"No."
"Then who is it?" Lavender asked exasperatedly.
"Draco Malfoy," there were two dull thuds as the girls hit the ground in a dead faint.
Pavarti came to first. "Ginny, I had this really awesome dream," she smiled, "You were going to marry Draco Mal…..," she stopped mid-sentence at the looks on Ginny's face, "You mean it wasn't a dream?" She squealed, jumping to her feet.
"You mean you really are going to marry to best looking guy in school?" In a second Lavender was on her feet. It made Ginny wonder whether the faint had just been for dramatic effect.
"Why?" Lavender asked excitedly.
Ginny explained the prophecy.
"I can't believe it," Pavarti exclaimed, looking as though Christmas had come early.
Ginny didn't have the strength to explain to them all the things that were wrong with her marrying Malfoy.
After about another half-hour of answering some of the most tiring questions of her life, Pavarti and Lavender finally left.
"Thank god they're gone!" Ginny said, flopping down on her bed.
"Yeah," Luna said exasperatedly.
After another few moments of silence Luna asked, "Weren't you going to go talk to Harry tonight?"
"Oh yeah," Ginny groaned, getting slowly to her feet. "I suppose I can't put it off much longer." She started making her way towards the door.
"Good luck Gin," Luna whispered as her friend left the room.
She knocked lightly on Harry's door.
"Come in," Came the voice she had been in love with since she was 10 years old. "Hi Gin," he smiled as she entered, a smile that did not reach his eyes.
"Hi Harry," she said. "There are a few things we need to," she paused for a moment, looking for the right word," work out," she finally concluded.
He nodded, "Yeah, I guess so."
"How are you dealing with all of this?" Ginny asked quietly.
"To tell you the truth, I don't know how to feel," he began, "I know I should let you marry him for the good of the wizarding world and all. I know you'll bring him to our side Gin. You have amazing powers, but most of me is selfish and wants to grab you and take you to the North Pole where we can live together forever with nobody but Santa Claus to bug us.
"I wish we could do that too," Ginny smiled.
"The real question is, how are you feeling Ginny?"
"Numb," she said truthfully, "I know what I'm doing is for the good of everyone, but it doesn't help me from feeling like I'd rather just kill myself."
"Or you could kill him and do us all a favor."
She laughed lightly.
"So I guess this is goodbye?" he asked.
She nodded.
"I want you to know that I love you," Harry said.
"I love you too," she said, turning on her heal and walking out of the room before he had a chance to see her cry.
He slowly pulled open the bottom drawer of his dresser and pulled out the tiny black box that concealed his mother's ring. He had intended to give it to her on the day of his graduation, but all his plans were shattered now.
