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.
They searched the Floo Book (equivalent to phone book) for over an hour before they found a good real estate agent and scheduled an appointment for 10 A.M. the next day.
At noon, they flooed over to the Burrow to confront Molly. They found her cooking lunch in the kitchen.
She looked up at the sound of them entering and walked over to engulf them both in a hug. "Ginny, Harry, how good of you to come over. I was just thinking about designs for the invitations. I think we should have plain…"
"Mum!" Ginny interrupted. "That's what we came over to talk to you about. Harry and I don't want a big wedding. We want something small and intimate. Perhaps in the backyard?"
"Well, sure you want a big Wedding, sweetheart. Every little girl dreams of a big wedding with flowers and white doves and a large cake." She got a glazed look on her face as if she was remembering her own wedding fantasy.
"Mum!" Ginny exclaimed.
"What?" Her mother answered and Ginny groaned.
"This is my wedding! I want it the way I want. I don't want the biggest cake in the world or giant flower arrangements. I don't want over 200 guests. I want a small, intimate wedding with only about 50 guests. Immediate family and friends only. No reporters or long lost relatives. No 3rd cousin twice removed either. I know you have your own ideas about what your only daughter's wedding would be like and I'm sorry but it won't be like that."
"Well I can see when my help is not wanted." Molly sniffed. "I wanted to make everything perfect for you, Ginny, but you're just being ungrateful."
"No, mum, I'm not. It's just that we have very different ideas on what is perfect. Perfect for me is small and simple. For you, it's large and extravagant. Harry and I really do not want all the attention a large wedding brings. We'd have to make an announcement to the press, have an engagement party, and then even allow the press entrance to our wedding."
"And we really don't want to have to deal with the press." Harry continued for Ginny. "We don't want them to ruin such a joyous occasion for the two of us. They have ruined too many things for me in the past and I don't want them to ruin this too. So you see a small wedding would be ideal."
"I may not like it, but it is your wedding. I'm sorry for all the fuss I made." Molly said contritely.
"Oh, Mum, we forgive you. We know you only did this because you care about us." She enveloped her mother into a big hug and both women started sobbing.
Harry just stood uncomfortably until the two woman broke apart, wiping their tears away.
"You'll still help us plan the wedding right mum?"
"Of course, dear, I wouldn't miss helping plan this important event for the world."
Ginny smiled. "Thanks. We really appreciate it."
"Your welcome, sweetheart. Now, when is the last time you two ate? You have a growing baby inside you, Ginny. You must eat at regular intervals."
"Erm…We never really ate a meal this morning. We did have a muffin or two, though." Harry answered.
"That is not nearly enough." Molly gasped. "You sit there," She pointed to the kitchen table, "while I finish making lunch. I made a Shepard's pie. Your favorite, Gin"
"Thanks mum." Ginny said, while she and Harry sat down.
"So, where do you plan on living, once you get married? Are you going to live here, in England, or in the United States?" Molly asked.
"Well, Molly, I decided to move back here." Harry answered. "I already gave my notice to the landlord of my apartment and told the gallery owner that I was leaving. Once all my affairs are in order there, I will be living with Ginny until we can find a house. We can't stay in her tiny apartment with a baby after all."
"Well, I'm glad to hear that you have discussed this and have made plans. Here, I was sure you would have just gone into everything blindly."
"We're not that irresponsible." Ginny said indignantly.
"Of course your not." Molly said flippantly.
Ginny just glared in response. She didn't feel like getting into another fight with her mother. The first one had already left her really tired. Actually she was exhausted. 'Damn pregnancy,' she thought.
She looked up at the sound of someone apparating and saw her father enter the door.
He didn't seem to notice either Ginny or Harry as he grabbed Molly from behind and started to kiss her. Ginny just stared with wide eyes at the scene in front of her until Harry coughed and started her and her parents. 'I must thank Harry later for that' she thought.
Arthur and Molly just blushed.
"Oh! Ginny, Harry, what a surprise. I didn't expect to see you here." Arthur said in a rush.
'Obviously' Ginny thought. "Harry and I needed to discuss something with mum."
"Oh." Arthur said. "Well…what's for lunch, dear?"
"Shepard's pie. Now go sit at the table. It's done." Arthur obeyed his wife's wishes
Ginny suppressed a yawn as Molly put the mouth-watering dish on the table.
"Tuck in." She said once she had sat down.
Ginny piled her plate high with pie. She was famished and felt like she could eat a hippogriff.
The small group talked amicably through lunch and when Ginny was finished eating, she yawned and her eyes began to droop. Harry looked over to his fiancé and noticed she looked like she was about to pass out from exhaustion.
"Thank you, Molly, for the lovely lunch, but I think Ginny and I should be going. She looks like she'll pass out any moment."
"Mm fine." Ginny mumbled.
"I'll owl you later Molly. We need to discuss wedding details. Can't wait until the last minute." Harry said before lifting a sleeping Ginny into his arms and flooing back to her flat. He laid her on her bed and then lay next to her, hugging her body close before falling asleep himself.
A/N: Thank you for all the reviews. They are greatly appreciated! Thanks to my wonderful muse, too. Without her I would never get around to writing.
Now that I have started school, I don't know how often I'll be able to update. This semester is my hardest but I will try to get a chapter out at least once a month.
For the next chapter I was thinking of skipping right to the weding what do you think?
