Chapter 13- The Way I Want It
She smiled softly at her reflection in the mirror. It was hard to believe that six months ago, she had thought she would never see herself in a dress like this. Her flaming red hair was set into a loose bun on top of her head, and a necklace of pearls graced her neck. Her hand moved to her dress, fidgeting nervously as she looked at herself.
After a second she let her hair out of the bun, watching as it fell in loose curls down her back, making an apparent contrast with the white dress. Still, even as she smiled at herself, happily thinking of the end of the night, when she would finally be Mrs. Potter, it faded slightly.
The fact still remained that Luna Lovegood was not supposed to be the maid of honor at this wedding. Hermione was supposed to be in that spot. Ginny sighed softly, wondering what Hermione would say to her if she was here right now. It was times like these that really made Ginny think about how much she missed her… but you can't change the past.
Suddenly this room was too much for Ginny to bear. How many times had she and Hermione fallen asleep in this room after a long chat about how they felt about certain boys? How many times had she tried to get Hermione to tell her what was going on whenever the trio began to plan things that she was left out of? Wasn't it in this very room that Hermione had said that Harry was right, and that she should not go with them when they went to look for the Horcruxes?
A single tear slid down Ginny's cheek as she thought about it all. She could still hear Hermione's laughter echoing off of the walls… she brushed the tear away quickly. She was supposed to be happy today. This was not a day to dwell on memories of her best friend, ones that would eventually lead her to tears. After all, Hermione would want her to be happy, not crying.
The door opened, and Ginny turned to look at the newcomer, only to let out a squeal and reach for the blanket on the bed next to her, in order to cover up her dress.
"Out! Get out now! It's bad luck! Get out!"
She moved forward, awkwardly trying to hide her dress and push him out at the same time.
"But Gin…"
Ginny looked at him, and seeing that he had not done up his tie properly, sighed.
"Close your eyes."
She couldn't help but smile as Harry obeyed and she let the blanket drop as her hands moved to his tie.
"Now, what was this about bad luck?"
He was grinning and she rolled her eyes.
"It's bad luck for you to see me in my dress before the wedding, and you know that we don't need anymore bad luck than we've already had."
She let her hands drop, instead lacing them through his and leading him towards the bed to sit down.
"Ah, well no one bothered to tell me that."
She giggled softly.
"It's common knowledge Harry."
He grinned, squeezing her hand.
"Not for me."
She laughed, letting go of his hands and slipping her arms around his neck.
"Neville knows what he's supposed to do, right?"
Harry nodded, his arms moving around her waist, despite the fact that his eyes were sill closed.
"Yeah, he does… I think he knows that he's not supposed to be the best man though."
She nodded, sighing softly.
"It's the same with Luna… she knows she's doing the wrong job."
He said nothing, unable to think of anything to say.
"What do you think Ron and Hermione would say if they were here?"
He sighed, shaking his head again.
"I'm sure they'd be happy for us Gin. You know that they wanted us to be together eventually… even Ron."
She laughed slightly.
"He'd probably be giving you a lecture right about now, telling you that you had better not hurt me…"
He frowned.
"I'd hate to see what he'd have done if he'd seen how badly I hurt you a few months ago…"
She looked at him, leaning in and kissing him.
"It's okay Harry. You were doing what you thought was best, I understand that completely."
He shook his head.
"That's no excuse… I'd promised you that we would be together…"
She sighed softly.
"Open your eyes love."
He frowned again.
"I thought it was bad luck."
She giggled.
"Look at my face, only my face."
He opened his eyes, his frown turning into a grin at the sight of her face.
"It's okay Harry. Yes, you did break a promise, and yes… you did hurt me… but it doesn't matter. You're here now, and in a few minutes… we'll be getting married. That's the way we wanted it, right?"
He nodded.
"Yeah, it is."
She smiled.
"Exactly."
He kissed her gently.
"How about we promise to just never bring it up again?"
She smiled.
"Deal."
He was about to say something else when the door opened.
"Ginny dear, the wedding is due to… what in Merlin's name is going on in here! Ginevra Weasley, I thought I told you that it was bad luck! Harry, close your eyes, don't look at her!"
Ginny giggled slightly as her mother began panicking.
"It's alright Mum, I made him close his eyes."
Her mother reached for his arm, leading him away as Harry hurriedly shut his eyes.
"No, it most certainly is not alright! Now, finish getting ready and head downstairs. Harry, come on. They need you out there."
Ginny couldn't help but giggle again as her mother led him from the room. She moved over to the mirror once more, looking at her reflection again.
"This will be the final promise… there's no going back after this."
She smiled softly to herself after she said it.
"And that's just the way I want it."
/Author's Note/
And that's the end. If I decide to do a sequel, which is very likely, I will say so on my profile and the first chapter will be up sometime within the next few days. I appreciate all of the encouraging reviews ((with special thanks to ladyBlue Wolf for following through the whole story and reviewing each chapter.)) So with that, I bid you farewell for now. Please review this chapter!
- Kyla
