Title: The Secret
Author: SweetAsheyPie
Summary: Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley are involved in a serious but secret relationship. A night of passion leads to Ginny becoming pregnant and changing the two lives forever.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter (and associated characters, likenesses, concepts, etc.) belongs to J.K. Rowling, Bloomsbury Publishing, Scholastic, Inc. AOL/Time Warner, Inc., among others. I make no claim, written or implied, upon Harry Potter. No money is being made and no infringement or disrespect to the creators / copyright holders is intended.

When Harry arrived back at his apartment he sighed as he realized exactly what time it was.

"Damn time difference." He muttered seeing that it was only 7 in the evening. "This is getting ridiculous. I really need to move back and soon." With that in mind Harry set out to write a letter to his landlord to give notice that he would be moving within two weeks. He yawned as he looked at the clock again. It was now flashing 7:45 P.M.

"I better get some sleep if I plan to look for places to live in London tomorrow. Maybe I should discuss house hunting with Ginny." He thought before he laid down to sleep.

He woke up at 3 A.M the next morning and sighed. "I had better get up. It's already 8 in England." So he got out of bed and got a shower and dressed before he went out and put the letter in the landlord's mailbox and then apparated to Ginny's.

When he appeared he heard the distinct sound of retching coming from the loo. He opened the door to see Ginny hunched over the toilet throwing up. He began to rub her back to sooth her until the heaving had stopped and she leaned back into his embrace.

"I don't think I'll get used to this." She said and Harry chuckled in response.

"Hey!" She swatted his arm. "That wasn't supposed to be funny." She said in mock-outrage.

"Aww, love, your so cute when your angry." He replied and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Do you feel better now?"

"Yeah, I guess. Can you go get me some crackers while I get showered and dressed?"

"Sure, love. We need to discuss some things when you're done."

"Okay. I'll be out in about a half hour."

So, while Ginny showered, Harry got some crackers and tea ready in the living room area and sat down to wait.

After sitting for what seemed to be forever but only turned out to be 45 minutes he walked over to the bathroom and knocked on the door. "Gin, are you okay in there?"

Ginny's POV

When Harry left the bathroom, Ginny sighed and looked at her engagement ring and turned on the water for the shower. She had been up half the night thinking over what had happened last night. She and her mother worked out almost all the wedding plans and now all she had to do was talk to Harry.

The wedding date would be set for a month from now so that she wouldn't be showing too much for their wedding. "This is going to be the wedding of the season!" Her mother had exclaimed last night. She knew Harry would be a little upset with all the guests her mother wanted to invite, but she just couldn't say no to her mother. She seemed too happy planning the wedding. She sighed before getting into the hot shower.

"Harry would not want such a big wedding." She thought. "Hell, I don't even want a big wedding. I'll have to talk to mum later before this wedding gets bigger than it already is."

After getting all washed up, she got out of the shower and looked in the mirror for any signs of showing yet. She looked from all angles and she could see a very small bump, but nothing you would notice unless you were looking.

Suddenly she heard a knock on the door and Harry's voice asking if she was okay.

"Yes, Harry, I'm fine." She answered back. "I'll be out in a minute." She listened and heard him retreat from the door. She quickly got dressed and left the bathroom.

She saw Harry sitting on the sofa, looking very impatient and she laughed. Harry looked up startled and smiled at her. "What's with women taking forever in the bathroom?"

She just laughed and sat down next to Harry and gave him a chaste kiss. Harry deepened the kiss and it began to become very heated until Ginny backed away and sighed.

"As much as I'd love to have sex with you right now, Harry, we have things that need to be discussed."

"I know." He replied. "Actually I have a lot of thing to talk about to."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, I decided to move back to England." At this, Ginny squealed and Harry smiled. "I already sent a letter to my landlord and I told the gallery owner. So I think we should go house hunting. We can't live in this small apartment with a baby on the way you know."

"I am so glad you said that. I thought you'd ask me to move. Oh Harry I love you so much! So when do we go?"

Harry chuckled at Ginny's obvious excitement.

"Well, we need to get a real estate agent first. We can't jut walk around a random neighborhood hoping to find something. Now, before we do any of that, don't you need to talk to me about something?"

"Oh yes. Well, my mum and I set the date for the wedding. It's going to be on May 23rd. Is that okay."

"Yes. That's fine. It's a little soon but it's perfect. Where's it going to be?"

"In some hall at the ministry. Dad is going to arrange it for us. Mum estimated about 200 guests so we need a big place."

"200 guests?" Harry exclaimed. "Where are all these people coming from? I really don't like the idea of a huge wedding, Gin."

"I know, Harry. But I just couldn't say no. She kept talking about how it would be the perfect wedding; the wedding of the season, even."

"I love your mother, Gin, but you and I both know that we don't want some huge wedding. We need to talk to her. I know that your dream wedding would be in your backyard, small and intimate with only family and close friends. That's what you had said. I can tell by the look in your eyes that you don't want a big wedding just as much as I don't."

Ginny looked defeated. "I know, Harry, but I just don't know how to tell mum."

"Don't worry. We'll both tell her. Now let's go get a real estate agent. Then we can go talk to your mum."


A/N: There was suppose to be more to this chapter than just this. I just didn't have time towrite it and meet my deadline, whichI didn't do anyway because my computer and internet were being stupid and ittook me 3 hours just to get on and post this. sigh

I'm not really happy with it but oh well. I'm too emotionally drained right now. I've had a really bad past few hours and I'm just soo...I dunno. I hope you like it.

Well anyways thanks for all the great reviews and thanks to my muse for setting a deadline for me.

Next chapter: House-hunting and a confrontation with Mrs. Weasley.