I do not own Harry Potter. Never will never have. It all belongs to J.K. Rowling
I love him.
I loved him.
Oh why did he have to go into battle? Why did he have to put that Petrificus Totalus spell upon me? Why did he have to insist that I stay here.
I'm not a child damn it! I can defend myself, Harry!
If you were here you would tell me to stop yelling at you, to stop swearing. I know exactly what you would do. You would wrap your arms around me protectively.
But I don't want protection! Can't you see that! Don't you understand that all I have ever wanted in life is you?
Oh great, now I'm crying. That's just great. And I can't wipe the tears away. At least Harry had the decency to keep me up right in a closet for safe keeping.
Damn you Harry. Can't you understand how much I love you?
And if you didn't tell anyone else what you did to me then I swear I'LL KILL YOU HARRY... if you die.
Oh no... don't die. Please Harry, don't die. I couldn't stand it. I couldn't live without you.
I'm the only person that understands you. You're the only person that understands me.
I think I've been here for hours. And my nose itches... DANG IT!
So, let's go back to something that doesn't make me cry... Yeah, nothing's working. I just don't know what to do. I can't think of anything but what is going on out in Gordic's Hallow. That's where Harry had instructed Voldemort to go. He wanted the war to end right where it started, in the back yard of his old home, his first home.
Oh Harry I could have helped you!
What's that? Oh god... footsteps. And voices. I can't make out who's they are... Oh please don't let it be Deatheaters. Please don't let it be Deatheaters! They'll kill me for sure!
"DAMN STRAIGHT!" A male voice yelled joyously. Was that... was that Ron?
"Oh I can't believe we did it!" A female voice exclaimed. Wait... is that Hermione? They sound... joyful. How long have I been in this damn closet?
"FOR HE'S THE JOLLY GOOD FELLOW! FOR HE'S THE JOLLY GOOD FELLOW! FOR HE'S THE JOLLY GOOD FELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW, AND NOBODY CAN'T DENY!" The twins bellowed.
The footsteps are getting closer. Is it Harry? Is it Harry? Oh please let it be Harry!
Someone's stopped at the landing and the door knob is clicking open. The light blinds me for a second and then.
"Hey Gin," Harry says smiling. The rest of his innocence is gone, totally and completely. He has bruises and cuts all over his face and arms. I can only imagine what the rest of him looks.
"You can speak now. The spell is off of you. Has been for the last couple of minutes," Harry says softly. I raise my hand and slap his face. I can tell it hurts because tears well up in his eyes. I realize that I hit his bruise.
"That's for leaving me here," I hiss.
"Gin, I'm sorry. I couldn't lose you!" Harry protests. I wrap my arms around his neck and pull him into a deep, passionate, searing kiss.
"And that's for coming back to me alive," I whisper, tears pouring down my face. Harry nuzzles his face into my hair.
"I made a promise," he whispered.
"I didn't believe you," I reply.
"I love you Ginny. Can't you tell that? I... I'm not strong enough to lose you too," he mumbles. I continue to cry and stroke his unruly and very dirty black hair.
"I'm not strong enough to lose you either," I tell him. He pulls away.
"We'll we won't have to care about that now. I defeated him Gin."
"I kind of realized that," I tell, giggling a bit. He takes my hand and leads me out of the closet and downstairs.
"GINNY!" The twins squeal as they jump me at the landing.
"Get off you stupid nitwits!" I yell at them, laughing brightly.
"HE'S DEAD!" George yells in my ear.
"FOR REALLY DEAD!" Fred yells in the other.
"And now I'm for really deaf!" I hollar at them. Ron and Hermione laugh brightly and I see their hands intertwined together. I point at them, my mouth wide open.
"What! When did that happen?" I ask them. Hermione and Ron blush together in perfect sequence.
"Moments after Voldemort and his followers were defeated. We realized that we could have died and that there was something that we had to say to each other," Hermione answered. I squeal and run around in circles. Then I ran over to Hermione and hug her.
"I'm going to have another sister!" I exclaim. Hermione laughs.
"Well... not right away," she mumbles.
"We're waiting until after we graduate from Hogwarts," Ron said, smiling.
That stops everyone in their tracks.
"WHAT!" Mum's voice screeches.
"We're getting married, right after we graduate. We're going to go back to Hogwarts and finish our education and then we are going to get married," Ron told her softly. Mum clasps her hands together and then crushes Hermione in one of her famous hugs.
"Oh! I always knew that once Ron got his head out of the clouds that he would realize that he loved you. Oh dear... even if you weren't marrying my son you would always be my daughter," Mum says to Hermione softly, holding her face in between her hands. Hermione starts to cry and hugs Mum back.
I sniff. Never before have I heard Mum say that to anyone. She never said it to Phelgm, I mean Fleur. Even though Mum and Fleur are getting closer, they aren't as close as Hermione and Mum are. I know that now.
Mum releases Hermione and walks over to Harry and hugs him.
"And you, my dear boy, are the reason why we can live once more. I will forever be in your debt for bringing life to my children. And the same goes for you. Whether you marry Ginny or not you are also my son and always shall be," Mum tells him.
I can't do anything. I'm stunned. I just... I don't know what to think.
"Thanks Mrs. Weasley. You're the closest thing to a mother that I have ever known," Harry mumbles, but I hear him. I know he was trying to say it as softly as possible, but I'm standing so close and am so use to listening for his mumbles.
Mum pulls Harry away and holds him at arms length.
"Oh Harry. I am so sorry that you never got to know Lily. She adored you. So did James. They were so proud to have you in their lives. I know Arthur and I will never replace them, but we hope that you know that we are willing to be like your parents all the rest of your days," Mum says, giving Harry a kiss on his forehead. Of course he's taller than her so she had to get on her tip toes in order to do so. Then she walked away.
"TIME FOR CAKE!" Mum yells uncharacteristically. I laugh. The dull roar returns and everyone is running around the house. I grab Harry's hand and bring him outside.
"Your Mum is awesome," he says softly as I bring him down to the lake.
"I knew that she probably would have included you in that. I just didn't know how much you meant to her," I reply.
"Well, Gin to be honest, I figured your Mum would say something like that. She had been thanking me profusely since I defeated Voldemort," Harry said. I give his hand a squeeze.
"Don't feel pressured to marry me. I still have a year of school left to go," I say. I can feel the heat rising in my cheeks.
"I am not pressured. I was going to marry you the summer after next," Harry says, giving me this side glance with his half cheeky smile. I stop, causing Harry to stop at my side.
"You are?" I ask him.
"Yeah. That's why I locked you in a closet. To ensure you made it to the wedding day," Harry teased gently.
"I still am mad about that," I tell him.
"I'm sorry, but..." I place my finger on his lips.
"I know why you did it Harry. You don't have to tell me again." Silence engulf us. I look down at my shoes.
"So... Would you marry me. In two years?" Harry asks me. I looked up and smile.
"Yes I'll marry you in two years," I tell him. I know I'm smiling like an idiot. He pulls a box out of his pocket and hands it to me.
"You should wear this then," he says to me. I open the box and inside is the most beautiful wedding ring of all time. It has a large diamond in the middle and inside the ring there is a mixture of diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and saphires. I gasp.
"Where in the world did you get this! It must have cost you a fortune!" I exclaim. Harry shook his head.
"It was my mother's ring," He answers. I stop breathing for a second.
"But... how? What? I don't..." I say looking up into his perfect emerald green eyes.
"Remus had it. Said that James had made Remus promise to give it to me once he felt that I had found a woman I was going to marry," Harry answered.
"Is he here?" I ask, looking around. Harry nodded.
"Yeah there is a lot of people in that house," he said.
"But... why would Professor Lupin give you this now?"
"Well as he put it 'An unruly jet black haired boy and a brilliant redheaded girl had gotten married once before and that he had a feeling it was going to happen again.' Don't worry, he said that is where the similarities between you and my mother end. Mum wasn't like you. She was studious, respectful... Not that you aren't those things too. Just... not in the same way as she was," Harry rambled.
I look down at the ring. I can feel the tears fall down my cheek. His Mum. The woman that he should have known, but never knew. The one of the few material things that he had of his parents.
"Why give it to me?" I ask him. Harry smiles and puts his hand upon my arm.
"Because you are the only woman that I would ever love. I know that. I've known it for a while now. You're my life and I'm sorry it took me so long to realize it," Harry said.
I lick my lips and my lip trembles as Harry gets down on one knee.
"Ginerva Weasley, you are the only person in the world that could ever understand what I have been through. You are the only person in the world that would ever understand me. I have known you for quite some time and in that time we have been friends and now we are in a relationship so much more than that. I know that I don't know what I'm going to do in the future. I don't want to be an Auror, I've had enough of fighting evil to last me a life time. I have enough money for us to live on for a couple of years if I don't find a job right away. Either way, I can take care of you. I can give you everything that you need. I don't have a house, or an apartment, or anywhere else to live. I don't have much, Ginny, but I have my heart full of love for you and my last name. That's all my father had to give my mother and that is what I'm offering you. I'm asking you, will you please be my wife, be Ginerva Potter forevermore and keep me sane and relatively out of trouble for the rest of my life?" Harry asked.
I giggle.
"I would be proud to take on your last name. I would be proud to be Ginerva Potter," I whisper. Harry gets up off the ground and gives me the most passionate kiss that I have ever had in my life. It far surpassed what I gave him earlier.
"Can I put the ring on your finger?" Harry asks me timidly. I nod and hold out my hand. He slips the wedding band upon my finger and leads me back inside, to the beginning of our future.
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-Mystic
