The next day came beautifully calm.
She woke up quite late at 9 am. It seemed her mother allowed her, and possibly Ron, sleep in. It felt really nice for that.
Standing up and stretching in her night gown, she grabbed her toiletries and bounded off to the bathroom to go have a hot shower as it was a chilly morning. Ah, the perks of magic. Hot water was available when needed.
When she was done, she went back to her room and dressed up appropriately to the weather. A pair of dark blue leggings, long-sleeved brown cardigan and her brown ugg boots.
She combed her hair into a high ponytail and walked down to have a nice spot of breakfast. She really missed her mother's cooking. As she got to the last set of stairs, she froze as she heard a familiar voice.
"its okay mum, I'm full, thanks for the breakfast"
She beamed and bounded down the stairs, screaming.
"BILL!!"
She ran down to see him helping their mom charm the plate to wash and just in time to catch her in his arms.
"Hey baby sis! How've you been?"
He chuckled as he spun her around.
"Great! Good to see you!"
"Hey!"
"What are we, chopped liver?"
She heard two similar voices and smiled, turning to see the twins looking mischievous as usual and she hugged them.
"Good to see you guys."
She looked into the living room and saw a very pregnant person in it and smiled pushing the twins out of her way, eliciting shouts of 'hey!' from the both of them as she sat and hugged the person who had a cup of hot cocoa in her hands.
"hey Fleur! How're you??"
She smiled.
"I'm fine Ginny, merci. You look like you're thriving"
"I'm trying"
Ginny smiled shrugging as she stood to have breakfast as Molly called her to the table, putting a sizable plate of eggs, bacon, beans and toast in her front and a glass of orange juice as well.
She didn't bother to complain. After all, she did miss her mum's cooking.
"Where's dad?"
She asked after a few bites.
"In the garage, going through some trinkets of his"
Her mum huffed and Bill chuckled.
"At least he has something to keep him busy mum. I'll go get him"
He pecked his mum on the cheek and she muttered a 'thank you' as she went back to making the family secret eggnog.
"It could have been worse mum… he could have been obsessed with goats"
Fred spoke up.
"Or rocks" George.
"Or even Peacocks" Fred also added, eliciting giggles from Fleur and a smirk from Ginny while their mom scoffed, though there was a hint of a smile on her face.
Just then, Ron came down, slouching and looking like he'd just woken up, in his pajamas.
He yawned as he sat down for food and Ginny scrunched her nose in disgust as he dug in like an uncultured swine.
Honestly, what Hermione saw in him.
Then again, both of them were a force to reckon, so anything was possible.
Soon enough, Bill and their father joined them and they were soon discussing lots of things, from Charlie and his new girlfriend Carmen, to Percy arriving tomorrow evening and the twins' thriving business, especially this Christmas period. They were also doing owl service as well but having a break from the 25th till the 1st of January, 1999. Ginny smiled. She'd soon be graduating.
"so, Ginny, what's this I hear of you choosing a career in curse breaking??"
Uh-oh.
Ginny looked up from the cup of cocoa in her hand and glared at Ron who smirked back at her.
Ow that boy was going down.
"Ow, well it's actually what I've always wanted anyways"
"Wanted?? But you've always gushed about Quidditch!"
Her mum said.
"Yeah, but curse breaking was always my first choice"
Her mom glared at a proud looking Bill.
"This is all your fault William Weasley! Now I have 3 of my children focusing on dangerous jobs! As if the twins' experiment isn't enough! Can't you reconsider dear?"
I sighed and Bill cut in for me.
"Calm down mum. It's not a bad job really, besides, she's going to have a 6 months training program before she's introduced to anything overly… dangerous"
Their mom huffed.
"But Ginny! You're my only daughter! Shouldn't you just take a job in the ministry?? I wouldn't even mind quidditch much! Not to talk of battling with mummies or- or excavating tombs deep in the jungles of Africa!"
"Maybe we should have chosen that profession oh twin of mine."
One of the twins muttered and Molly turned her eagle like eyes at them and they shifted away from her view.
Soon enough, the Weasley children decided to play a simple game of catching the quaffle.
It was fun and Ginny had a lot of fun with her siblings. They played for over 3 hours before the cold became a bit unbearable.
She spoke with Bill for a bit on curse breaking and he told her just how seriously dangerous it could be but she held her own and said she wasn't going to give up on it and at the end of their conversation, he was real proud of her.
Evening came and the family was in the living room, Fleur in Bill and Charlie's old room, having a much needed nap.
She watched as Bill played a real hard game of chess against Ron. The twins were writing in a journal while her parents were cuddled in one of the love seats, saying sweet nonsense to each other and she smiled.
Yes, she wanted this. Their love that lasted over 20 years and is still strong till now. She really wanted that.
She'd thought it'd be Harry, but now, someone else was appearing in her mind.
Oh! That reminded her.
She stood up, cleared her throat and went to sit in a chair close to her parents.
"Hey mom, dad. I have a favor to ask"
They both turned to her and Arthur spoke.
"what is it Gin?"
"well…"
She began, wriggling her hands together nervously.
"You see, my friend invited me over to come stay at their house for a while and I thought it'd be a good idea you know?"
Arthur nodded at the simple enough statement while her mom though, narrowed her eyes in suspicion.
"And who's this… friend of yours?"
"Uh, Blaise Zabi—"
"ABSOLUTELY NOT!"
Her mom shrieked in anger and the 4 other Weasley kids turned to look at their mother confusedly.
"But mom! If it was Ron or someone else you'd let them!"
She said angrily, standing her ground.
"Well of course, they're boys! I won't allow my own daughter gallivant to another country with some boy!"
"He isn't some boy mum, he's a friend!"
"since when??"
"First year!"
Okay, maybe she was lying, but she did start talking to him back in first year. Well, he started actually.
"Who are we talking about?"
Bill asked their dad.
"A kid. Blaise Zabini"
"Oh, we've been hearing that name a lot in Ron's letter sis. Honestly he's not that bad" Fred said.
Ginny smiled and Ron choked.
"Really?" their dad asked and the twins nodded and George continued.
"Well yeah, we've had a lot of encounters with him back when we were in Hogwarts. He's pretty laid back once you get to know him"
Ginny smiled, glad that at least someone was standing for him.
"But he's a Malfoy!"
Ron spat out in anger. Oh honestly!
"His mom is son, and they're quite a nice family dear. I've met the father before actually. A pretty nice chap, focused on his family and quite a force to be reckoned with."
Arthur spoke, trying to make his wife see some sense.
"But…"
"Mom really, they aren't all that bad. I've heard of the Zabini family as well. They aren't bad at all. Some of my friends in the Wards department of gringotts said they are real good people. They apparently worked with a couple of families after the war and the Zabinis are one of them. Apparently they worked with them early this year when Voldemort destroyed their Britain home because they would not consent to being a part of his death eaters or something like that."
"B-but Harry…"
Their mom began but Ginny wouldn't hear that.
"Mom! Please, Harry and I dated, it was beautiful while it lasted, but apparently he preferred that Chang bit— girl to me. Now I'm trying to get on with my life just like he has. So please, let me go visit my friend, it's just for some days after all."
Her mom had mixed feelings about it but when she looked at her husbands face and her daughter's shiny chocolate brown eyes, she relented and nodded.
"Fine, but i will be writing to the boys mother to be sure she knows about this… madness is what it is"
She murmured the last part and Ginny squealed and hugged both her parents, Molly trying to hide her smile at her daughter's beaming face as Ginny ran to go write a letter to Blaise and Luna about the good news.
"You're all barmy"
She heard Ron mutter as she rushed past him.
"How many days is it by the way darling?" her mom asked as she began climbing the stairs.
"Just a week mom"
She was already close to her door when she heard her mom's screech.
"A WEEK?!?"
Damn! That has got to wake an irate veela up.
She giggled as she closed her door.