Ginny smiled as she landed as her portkey brought her back to Britain.
She sighed as the cerulean blue eyes of Blaise was the last thing she saw of Rome, Italy.
She saw the ginger red of her father's hair and beamed, running over to hug him.
"Dad!"
"Ginny! Welcome back, we've missed you! How was the holiday?"
She beamed.
"It was great!"
Her father smiled at her amused as he grabbed her luggage and took her outside towards the floo.
"I see, it does show. And I'm pretty sure a certain boy had something to do with it as well"
Ginny blushed beet red and her father chuckled.
"Should I start planning my father of the year speech now?"
"Dadddd!"
"I'm just joking darling"
He chuckled as she flooed home.
As soon as she stepped out of the floo she got intercepted by her overbearing loving mother.
"Oh! My darling! You're back! Oh look at you, you look beautiful! I can see they took care of you there"
She grudgingly accepted as Arthur flooed in as well.
Molly's eyes then narrowed.
"Did that boy touch you?"
Ginny bristled.
"Ugh! Not you too mum! And no, he didn't!"
She said, blushing. Okay, so after the ball, she went back to her room, changed and decided she wanted to spend some time with Blaise and he might have had the same idea too as they ended up sleeping next to each other in her bed, all cozied up.
A lot of kissing was done though, and some hand roaming as well, but hey! She was an adult now. She just needed to leave her parents overbearing household.
Another good news was that he also introduced her to his Occlumency teacher and they agreed on days to message each other.
"She does look a bit different though, doesn't she?"
Her dad asked her mom who looked her over critically.
"Actually yes, her hair is more curly and glossy, her skin looks more healthy and soft with a glow, and she looks much more relaxed. Well, I'm glad you seem to have had fun but take your things up to your room and have a shower let me warm you up some snacks before dinner."
"It's okay mum, I can wait. Mrs. Zabini really took care of me while I was there."
"Hm, if you're sure?"
"Yes mum"
Molly then shooed her up the stairs with her luggage. She entered her room and sat on her bed, staring and smiling.
She was back home and even if she suddenly missed Blaise, it was good to be back. At least until the 4th again when they left for Hogwarts and she'd see him again.
Opening her luggage, she brought out the beautiful blue gown she'd worn to the Ball and carefully folded it in her wardrobe.
She knew her mum would want to see it as she had told her about the gown when Mrs. Zabini promised to get it for her and her mum had thanked her.
She also arranged her creams and perfumes she'd got from Blaise's mother.
That woman spoiled her.
Arranging her things back to her wardrobe, she flopped on her bed, fingering the bracelet she had gotten from Blaise.
A knock on her door and she stood up and opened it to see a sheepish looking Ron.
She glared at him and crossed her arms.
"Hey uh, Gin. Happy New year"
He smiled and Ginny's resolve cracked a bit but she still held on. She couldn't forgive him that easily even if she really didn't care anymore.
"You too"
"So uh, how was it?"
She raised an eyebrow at his silly way if getting her too talk.
"Great."
"Oh… so um"
"Yeah bye"
And she closed the door on him smirking coldly.
Who said redheads weren't the vindictive kind.
January 3rd came just as fast and in the early morning at around 6a.m, Hermione and Harry arrived to the burrow. They would all be going shopping for school supplies and other things they might need and tomorrow, board the train, with the Lupins meeting them there.
Hermione had looked a bit guilty and hurt when Ginny had ignored her at first but continued trying to get in her good graces.
Ginny had put another of her savings in her vault that she'd opened once she turned 17.
They got all the things they needed for their New Year which wasn't much and returned home for a much needed rest.
Thankfully, not much people disturbed Harry like the previous time.
When Ginny got back, she took a hot shower and went down to eat lunch.
Sadly, the Golden Trio were there. They looked up when she sat down to eat and Hermione cleared her throat.
"So Ginny, how was Rome?"
Ginny shrugged as she ate her food.
"Please Ginny, I've tried apologizing… we've, tried apologizing. I know it was wrong of us. And I'm sorry, but please don't shut us out Ginny"
Ginny groaned as she stared at a sullen looking and guilty Golden Trio. She would never forget what they did to her, but she could get over it. After all, she was with someone else now. She smiled at that before looking at the 3 with narrowed eyes.
"Fine. On the condition that when we're back in school, you leave me to my own business. We're about to start NEWTs soon, I really don't need you guys getting on my nerves. Okay??"
Hermione nodded enthusiastically while Ron did so grudgingly. Harry though still looked uncomfortable though a little sign of relief was on his face, and nodded a bit.
He knew he still needed to apologize to her in private.
"Okay. So, Rome was utterly beautiful! It had lots of things, you guys would have loved it! I met Blaise's friends as well! There was Marco, he's the quiet but cool one, Dante was the Playboy and Enrico was pretty cool and friendly. Then there was Corinna, I'm not so sure I can call them friends. She really was annoying"
Ron snorted before asking.
"And what of the prat's parents?"
Ginny glared at him until he muttered an apology before she continued.
"They're really nice! His mum looks nothing like the usual Malfoys. She's utterly beautiful, yes. But doesn't have the Malfoy grey eyes. She also looks so damn young! She's an event planner and also one of her husband's advisors. Then his dad who he looks an awful lot like, runs the family business. They're a nice family and I really wouldn't mind going there again."
Ginny gushed as she finished her food and began washing the plate. Getting ready to go to Luna's, and they could chat about Draco and her own boyfriend. She smiled. Her boyfriend! Oh she didn't ever think she'd call him that. Like, ever!!
Hermione noticed her smiling and narrowed her eyes. She had noticed her looking a bit dreamy ever since their shopping so she wondered.
"Are you guys done with your assignments?"
Ron groaned while harry shrugged.
"Calm down Mione! I still have the night to finish it."
Hermione puffed up in anger.
"Excuse me?! RONALD WEASLEY! You go up to your room right now and bring your books down here! And you too Harry! Just to cross-check of course, after all, you had Remus who could explain things to you. And how about you Ginny? You might not have had the time to go over your work"
Ginny shook her head.
"It's okay. I'm done with it. I have to go do something right now anyways, I'll see you guys later."
She excused herself from the golden trio and went up to her room. Getting ready, she went off to Luna's.
*Hey Guys!*
So next chapter they're all going back to Hogwarts. and ginny has reconciled with the golden trio... finally!
*LovesAndKisses!!!*