Ginny's New Life
Chapter Twelve
Dust Bunnies
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Ginny and Hermione spent the next several days lounging around the apartment and relaxing after all their hard work over the past year. Harry had spent most of his days at Quidditch games while Ron was off working in Hogsmead. It wasn't until almost a week later that Ginny declared that her butt was sore and she was bored. Hermione had the thought first, to pay a visit to Ginny and Harry's new house.
With a bucket of cleaning supplies in one arm and her wand in the other Ginny lead the way from the Burrow, down the winding path to her new house. The house looked lovely on the outside due to all of Harry's hard work but it still had the appearance of a neglected home. No flowers, shrubs or trees where seen anywhere near the house. The grass was very tall and needed cut, as did the weeds that were growing around the front steps of the house. The house was also lacking charm, Ginny thought. No benches or swings, no welcome mat and no signs of any life, anywhere. The site of all this work that needed done only excited Ginny more, she knew that her mother had defiantly rubbed off on her.
Ginny stepped forward and pulled a wand out of her back pocket then tapped the door handle with it. The lock clicked loudly as Ginny turned the handle and opened the door. An instant smell of stale air and mold came rushing out towards them. However as she walked into the house she couldn't help but notice how nice it looked compared to her last visit. She knew that Harry had been working on repairing the walls, torn wallpaper and deteriorating floor but she had no idea just how much he had done.
The large living room was ready to live in, as was the kitchen, study and dinning room. In fact the entire downstairs was spotless which angered Ginny. "What is this? I came here to clean but there isn't anything to clean!" Ginny said as she sat down her bucket of cleaning supplies.
Hermione leaned her broom that she was holding against a wall and looked around. "Well, we could always paint the walls I guess. Oh, wait, what is that."
Hermione was pointing to a large piece of parchment that had been tacked to the wall above the fireplace in the living room. Both Hermione and Ginny walked over to it, Hermione ripped it off the wall and read it out loud.
Ginny and Hermione,
How do you like the downstairs? I bet your disappointed at how clean it is, but don't worry, I left you plenty to do. I haven't even touched the upstairs yet, did you notice we are still missing a staircase? Have fun ladies and don't work to hard!
Love Harry.
"Aww, he does love me." Ginny said cheekily. "Well come on, lets see what's up there."
Hermione and Ginny vanished and reappeared on the landing of the second floor just a few feet away from where the top step should be. Instantly it was apparent that nothing had touched this floor in ages. The dust was three inches thick and flew into the air with each step they took. Spiderwebs were dripping everywhere as they made their way down the hallway. Ginny was surprised at how many doors there were.
"I count five bedrooms and two bathrooms up here." Hermione called, "But none of the bathrooms have any fixtures in them."
Ginny who was investigating a room at the far end of the hallway poked her head out and looked at Hermione who was blasting away cobwebs with her wand at the other end. "This place is huge! Why are we ever going to need this much room?"
"Kids." Hermione replied simply.
"Excuse me?" Ginny asked.
"Well face it Ginny, your a Weasley. Look at your mum, she pumped out seven kids without batting an eyelash. It's in your blood to have a large family." Hermione said with a smile.
Ginny walked towards Hermione, blasting away dust as she went. "Just because my mum couldn't stop doesn't mean that I'm going to be the same way. I can keep my legs shut if I want to."
"Ginny, don't be so vulgar!" Hermione proclaimed.
Ginny waved Hermione off with the air of someone flicking a bug, "Don't act so innocent."
Hermione and Ginny spent the next several hours cleaning up dust and scrubbing the walls of the second floor. It took most of that time to just clean one of the bedrooms, the one that Ginny deemed her room. The sun was starting to set outside which was causing the house to darken so candles had been conjured and lit around the house. Just as Hermione and Ginny were about to call it a day a voice came wafting up from the first floor.
"Ginny? Are you up there?" Harry called as he walked in the front door.
The moment Ginny heard his voice she quickly apparated downstairs to greet him. She hugged him tightly then said, "How was your game today? You got home awfully early."
"We lost our second game against Spain, we play them again next week, the winner of that match will move onto to the finals. The game was over in a matter of minuets, the Spanish seeker, Madero, caught the snitch in under five minuets, a record for a regular season game." Harry said.
"Oh Harry, I'm so sorry." Ginny replied as Hermione appeared behind her.
"I'm not, we don't play again for three days, I need a rest." Harry said as he looked over to Hermione. "So have you girls been having fun cleaning?"
Ginny beamed, "Loads, I'm so excited about this house Harry, you have no idea."
Harry leaned forward and kissed her on the head, "I have some idea, you should see your face. You look like a little girl in a sweet shop."
"When do you think we can move in?" Ginny asked.
"As soon as we get the upstairs cleaned and we hire someone to build us a proper staircase we can move in when you want to." Harry said.
"Hey Harry, what are you going to do with so many extra bedrooms?" Hermione asked.
"Ignore her Harry, she was going on today that you and I are going to have as many kids as mum and dad have, I don't think that will happen." Ginny said as she tossed Hermione a sinister look.
Harry blushed slightly and smiled, "You never know, you are a Weasley..."
"Okay, if one more person tells me that today I may just scream." Ginny said loudly as she crossed her arms, "I'll have as many kids as I want to, thank you very much. With your help of course Harry."
Hermione started to laugh as she pealed off her yellow rubber cleaning gloves, "Well, as much as I want to stay and make fun of Ginny, I have a ginger haired man waiting to have dinner with me, so I will see you both at home in a bit."
Ginny and Harry said goodbye to Hermione and headed upstairs to view the progress they had made that day. The master bedroom was spotless, as was the large bathroom that accompanied it. One of the small bedrooms across from the master bedroom was dust free but still needed the walls and floor cleaned. Harry walked into this room and looked around then started to scratch his head as if in deep thought.
"What are you thinking about Harry?" Ginny asked.
Harry didn't answer but instead walked out of the small bedroom and down the hallway. As he did so he opened the doors of several rooms and looked around each one as if searching for something. Finally after inspecting three of the rooms he stopped on the last room and opened the door. He walked in, leaving dusty footprints as he did so.
"This one will work, it's large enough. We could even add an extra bathroom over here." Harry said to himself.
"Harry what are you on about?" Ginny asked as she entered the room behind him.
Harry turned around and looked at Ginny expectantly. "Well, I had an idea today. With Hermione not working yet and Ron's low paying job, I'm wondering how they are going to pay for that apartment without my help."
Ginny sighed, knowing exactly what Harry was getting at, "Let me guess, you want to ask Hermione and Ron to move in with us."
Harry smiled and put his hands on Ginny's arms, "Their our best mates Gin, we can't let them go back to some small shanty to live in, or worse yet they could end up at the Burrow!"
Ginny rolled her eyes and stomped her foot, "But I don't want to live with my brother anymore."
Harry frowned at her, "Well, it's my house and If I want them here then..."
Ginny interrupted, "Harry you better not finish that sentence, this is our house remember your the one who asked me to marry you. Your the one that was so excited to show me our new house, has that changed?"
"I'm sorry Gin, I didn't mean anything by it, I just like living with them. Ron and I get along so well and you and Hermione are the same, I just think it would be nice if we continued living together."
Ginny turned her back on Harry and glanced around the room. Even though it was dirty it was a large room, almost as large as the master bedroom. And with a little magic a private bathroom could be built for them. As much as Ginny didn't want to live with Ron anymore the thought of not seeing Hermione everyday was disheartening. "Alright Harry, but only until they can afford to get their own place."
Harry smiled, "It's a deal then, we can ask them tonight."
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Later that night Harry and Ginny arrived back at the apartment covered in dust and grime. They spent a few more hours cleaning the upstairs of their house, spending most of their time on the room they were going to offer to Ron and Hermione. Even though they could use their wands to do a good amount of the work there was still some physical labor involved, especially when a rather large green bug came charging towards them, Harry had to tackle it and stomp it with his shoe. The evidence of the green ooze that splattered everywhere still remained on his shirt, as did the smell.
Ron was sitting on the couch stroking Hermione's hair as she rested her head on his lap. Both of them turned to look at Harry and Ginny as they entered the front door. They continued to watch them as they crossed the room and fell into chairs across from them. Hermione set up to get a proper look at them, in their messy state.
"What were you two doing to get so dirty?" Hermione asked.
Ron cringed, "Wait don't answer that, I don't think I want to know."
"Oh yes Ron, Harry and I had hot dirty sex on the dusty floor of our house." Ginny said sarcastically.
"Bloody hell Ginny..." Ron started.
"That's enough you two." Hermione said as she poked Ron hard in the ribs.
"No, we were cleaning." Harry said. "We decided to get started on the other large room on the second floor."
"How come?" Hermione asked.
"Well, that's what we wanted to talk to you about. Ginny and I discussed it and we think that it's silly for just the two of us to live in such a large house. How would you feel, if we put a private bath in that other room and you two moved in with us?" Harry asked.
Ron and Hermione turned and looked at each other then back at Harry who was sitting on the edge of his seat. Ginny could see just how much he wanted this to happen, he enjoyed taking care of his best friends. Harry watched as Hermione whispered something into Ron's ear, Ron nodded his head in reply to whatever she said.
"One question first, can Hermione put her chair in living room?" Ron asked.
Harry looked over towards the fluffy pink chair in the corner that has haunted him for over a year then back at Ron. "Do we have to?"
Ginny chimed in before anyone could respond, "We'd be happy to, it would look lovely in there."
Hermione smiled at Ginny then said, "Then we would love to move in with you."
