Author's Note: Hey everyone! I"M BACK!!! My computer has been broken for a month and a half, and I was worried I would lose everything and have to get a new computer, but it's working again! On that note, I'm sorry it's been so long since I have posted a new chapter. I really hope I haven't lost any readers, but I can understand if I have. Anyway, here's a new chapter...ENJOY!
The next morning, Ginny was getting ready for practice when she heard her front door open, and someone saying her name. She recognized the voice to be Harry's, but she wondered why he was at her apartment so early in the morning. They normally didn't see each other until after Harry finished work, although they did send many owls to each other throughout the day.
Ginny walked out to the front room and gasped in surprise when she felt Harry's arms wrap around her from behind. She turned around with a grin, and saw Harry's smile matching hers.
I absolutely love mornings like this.... Ginny thought dreamily to herself.
"Morning love," Harry said quietly, still smiling.
Ginny could hardly manage to say hi back to him, his eyes were so deep that she was getting caught up in them, plus her knees were starting to feel weak.
Pull it together girl, you've been dating him for months, get over yourself! He's just so cute though, don't try to tell me you don't notice! Of course I notice, but I don't stand there like an idiot, SAY SOMETHING to him before he thinks you've gone brain damaged.
Ginny cleared her throat, and her thoughts. "What are you doing here so early Harry?" she asked so softly it was practically a whisper.
"How would you feel if we both took off from work today?" Harry asked, praying to Merlin's beard that she would be okay with his plan.
Ginny practically jumped in the air and whooped. She wasn't really needed at work today, they were just painting sets, and she wanted to spend time with Harry. All in all it sounded wonderful to her.
"I could do that..." Ginny said with a smile, holding back the urge to run around the room in excitement. Her thoughts came to a pause. "What did you want to do today?" she asked, curious as to Harry's reason for playing hooky.
"I have something planned," Harry said secretively, "plus, I never got a chance to give you your birthday present yesterday."
Ginny groaned out loud. "I was really hoping you would forget about that little tradition all together."
"No such luck I'm afraid," Harry said, smiling at Ginny's odd aversion to gifts and birthdays.
The happy couple apparated to their destination, Ginny holding onto Harry's arm since she did not know where they were headed.
They landed in a field that was covered in flowers and surrounded by thick tall trees. Ginny looked around herself in wonder. There were soft glowing lights everywhere, even though it was early in the morning, and she saw a blanket laid out near the middle of the field with a basket on top.
She looked up into Harry's eyes, and smiled. He was the sweetest most thoughtful boyfriend she could ever imagine, and she felt so lucky that he had chosen her of all people to be with.
"This is an amazing place," she said happily.
"I think so too, I've been coming here a lot since I found it. It's a really good place to just relax and think about things." Harry said, looking around at the field, and then back into Ginny's eyes.
"When did you find it, where are we?" Ginny asked, her questions shooting out as they made their way to the picnic basket and blanket.
"I found it during my fourth year at Hogwarts. I was in the Triwizard tournament, and I was feeling very stressed, so one day during a Hogsmead trip, I snuck away from everyone and took a long walk. I guess I just sort of found myself here. We're pretty deep in the woods near Hogsmead." Harry said, trying to answer Ginny's questions.
Ginny smiled. She was really touched that Harry was sharing such an important place to him with her.
Harry sat down on the blanket, and pulled Ginny onto his lap before she could sit down. She much preferred this to the blanket.
The couple ate, and joked, and talked for hours, loving the fact that they were spending time together in such a calming, beautiful place.
After a while, Harry sat up, and reached into his pocket to pull out a rectangular, flat, wrapped box.
Ginny eyed the gift suspiciously. When Harry handed it to her smiling and saying "Happy Birthday," she couldn't help but roll her eyes jokingly...well mostly jokingly.
With a sigh, she tore off the wrapping paper and lifted the lid of the box. She gasped when she saw a beautiful necklace laying on thin tissue paper inside.
Lifting the delicate chain out of the box, she examined it more closely. It was made of gold, and had a very thin chain with two hearts dangling at the end. One heart was solid gold and had the words I love you engraved on a fancy script. The other heart was gold on the outside, but seemed to be hollow; like a locket. She pulled it open and saw a picture her mother had taken of her and Harry kissing. It was one of her favorite pictures.
Ginny looked up at Harry with tears in her eyes which she blinked back immediately. She couldn't decide whether to tackle him in a hug, or jump up and kiss him, so instead she sat there smiling like a fool.
Harry smiled too when he saw she was happy, and he leaned over to kiss her. "Happy birthday love," he whispered between kisses.
When she came up for air, Ginny managed to ask a few questions she had on her mind.
"Where did you get this?" she asked reverently. She had never seen something so beautifully made. She could tell it was rather expensive looking, and she hoped he hadn't spent too much.
Harry looked at her with a sheepish smile. "It was my mum's actually," he said quietly.
Ginny's eyes widened. "Really?" she asked. "It's gorgeous!"
"My dad had it made for her as a wedding gift. Remus once told me she never took it off. When they died, I was left with everything, and I thought this was the perfect gift for you." Harry said quietly, thinking of his parents, and Remus, and everyone else who had been killed in the war.
I will never take this necklace off either, Ginny thought determinedly. It's just so special.
Ginny grasped Harry's hand gently, knowing that he was thinking about his parents. He looked gratefully into her eyes, and kissed her gently.
The two spent some more time in the field kissing and talking. They apparated to Ginny's apartment just as it was getting dark.
Two weeks later...
Harry rushed through his and Ron's apartment grabbing everything he needed for the day. Wand, camera, tie, suit jacket. He ran into the front room where Ron was waiting with similar items in hand.
Together, the two men apparated to a designated area behind a church near a Muggle village. They were 10 minutes late, so they rushed into the church's back entrance, and ran through the tiny hall into the room at the back where they knew Hermione and Ginny were waiting. Panting and sweating, the two men collapsed into chairs as soon as they entered the room.
"Where have you been?" Hermione asked sternly from her chair.
""Overslept, (pant), couldn't... find... wand (pant), waited... for.. Harry (pant), ran into... church (pant)." Ron struggled to get his story out.
Hermione rolled her eyes at her boyfriend, and interrupted him by asking, "Do you have your Marielle's rings?"
Ron's eyes went wide with fear as he felt in his pockets, searching for the rings his cousin would need to get married.
"I, uh, I know they're here somewhere..." Ron muttered, searching. Suddenly, a hand was stuck under his nose with the rings inside.
"Here you go mate, I grabbed them off the counter this morning," Harry said with a smirk.
"Thanks!" Ron said, "You really saved my neck mate," he whispered when Hermione wasn't looking.
"Where's Ginny," Harry asked Hermione, who was attempting to tie Ron's bow tie properly.
"Marielle needed her for some last minute things, you won't get to see her until she walks down the aisle I should think." Hermione replied.
"Oh," Harry was disappointed. He had wanted to say hi to her before the wedding. It was his own fault for being late though.
Ginny and Ron's cousin Marielle was getting married today. Ginny had been very close to her cousin when they were younger, and she had been asked to be a bridesmaid in the girls' wedding. Ron had been pretty close to Marielle as well, and she had asked him to bring the rings, although he wasn't in the wedding itself. He would be giving the rings to the best man before the wedding started.
"Ron, you had better go take those rings to John, the wedding will be starting soon," Hermione said, taking control of the situation. "Harry and I will go find seats, come find us when your done."
With a quick goodbye, the three took off. Harry and Hermione walked into the main area of the church hoping to find three seats together. They were rather late which made quite a few people look up at them.
A few minutes after they were seated and Ron had joined them, the wedding march began, and the crowd stood to see the bridal procession.
Harry knew that there were 5 bridesmaids including the Maid of Honor, but he wasn't sure what the order was. Ginny was probably somewhere in the middle of the line, he reasoned.
He was right, she was the third person out, holding onto the arm of one of the groom's friends, Jeremy. Ginny had told Harry that Jeremy was a flirt, and a major pain in the ass. When he saw them walk out, he didn't even care that Jeremy was there though. He only had eyes for Ginny.
She was gorgeous, with her hair down in the soft natural waves it always had, although part of it was pinned back. Her dress was a clear blue, which Harry thought would match her eyes beautifully. It was strapless, and hugged her body until it reached her hips, then it pooled out in a soft silky material around her. Harry closed his mouth as he felt himself start to drool a little; he couldn't help it though, she was so gorgeous.
As she made it to the alter, and went to take her place in line, her eyes met Harry's and she smiled a beautifully pure smile. Harry couldn't breath for a moment or two, and he completely missed the entrance of the bride as he continued to stare at the love of his life.
All throughout the ceremony, Harry was distracted by daydreams of him and Ginny standing at the alter. He imagined her in a pure white dress that would contrast with her vibrant red hair. He could see himself placing a ring on Ginny's finger as he starred into her amazingly blue eyes, similarly to what was really happening in the church with the bride and groom at that moment. He then imagined the priest naming them man and wife, and they would kiss, and run down the aisle surrounded by their friends and family, as husband and wife.
Harry was pulled from his thoughts as he realized that the actual bride and groom of the day had in fact just run down the aisle, and everyone was standing but him. He stood embarrasedly, just in time to see Ginny exit the church with Jeremy on her arm. She turned and winked at him right before she stepped into the bright light from outside.
Harry couldn't wait to find her and kiss her like her was yearning to do.
His thoughts went back to his daydream as he waited for the church to empty. He couldn't believe he hadn't really thought about marriage until today. Sure he had always pictured being with Ginny, he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, but he had never really thought about actually getting married. Not that he didn't want to marry her; it would be a dream come true, maybe he had thought it was too soon. He wasn't really sure why he hadn't thought about it, but he knew now that he had to ask her soon. Why wait when he could make her his in all sense of the word?
With these thoughts still on his mind, Harry walked out of his row, and down the aisle into the sunlight where he saw Ginny waiting for him, looking as beautiful as she had in his daydream.
He walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her entire body closer to him.
"You were perfect up there," Harry said somewhat breathlessly into Ginny's hair.
"Well it wasn't hard," Ginny replied with a laugh. "I just stood there and smiled."
"Well it was a bloody brilliant smile then," Harry said with a smirk.
Ginny playfully smacked him on the shoulder before the couple walked with the other magical guests to the area behind the church where they could apparate unseen by Muggles. The two held hands before spinning quickly on the spot. Seconds later they landed in an alley behind a large banquet hall.
"Let's get inside before we get apparated on," Harry said, pulling Ginny gently forward as he noticed the amount of wizards and witches apparating into the back alley.
As they walked inside, the first thing Ginny and Harry noticed was that Ron and Hermione were sitting at a table together kissing.
"I had hoped we would be sitting with them, but now I'm not so sure that's a good idea," Ginny said playfully looking at the couple.
Harry laughed before saying, "Maybe we could have fun bugging them all night."
Ginny smile mischievously before pulling Harry over to the table where their friends were "preoccupied".
The four friends were enjoying the wedding all through dinner. When it came time for the bride and groom's first dance, Harry's head filled again with images of him and Ginny sharing a similar experience. He glanced around the room and spotted Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. He wondered if they would like having him as a son in law. He really hoped they would.
Minutes later Harry noticed that other couples were starting to join the bride and groom on the dance floor. He stood up gracefully and took Ginny's hand with a smile playing on his face.
"Dance with me?" He asked somewhat timidly.
"Of course," Ginny replied back with a sweet smile.
The two swayed together for hours with Ginny's head on Harry's shoulder, and Harry's hands wrapped firmly around his loves waist. Harry could feel Ginny's breath tickling his neck, and the feeling made him nearly euphoric.
If you don't ask her to marry you soon, then I will! What the heck? I am you, and you are me...you aren't asking her anything unless I do too...wait, now I'm confused. Oh bloody hell. Look it's simple, you love her, so your going to ask her to marry you. Fine, I agree. Wait, you mean...your saying we actually agree on something? Yup, there's no way in hell I'm losing Ginny...ever. Well..okay! Brilliant! You do realise though that if I ask her to marry me, you are technically asking her too? Oh shut up! We were doing so well...
Harry was decided. He was going to ask Ginny to marry him. Soon.
Author's Note: So tell me what you think! I tried to make this chapter long to make up for my extended absence. More on the way soon!
