Young Mr. Potter finished his nervous rambling in hopes that Ginny would reply, hopefully with a profession of love to match his own. He got no such thing. Instead he was met with and seemingly unending silence. Little Ginny just stared with a shocked expression on her face.
When young Mr. Potter could take it no longer, he decided that maybe she needed some encouragement. He was never very good at understanding women.
"Ginny, darling, Are you ok? Do you have something that you want to say?
It was then that the fire in Little Ginny's eyes suddenly returned, unfortunately it was a little harsher than usual. She bolted up, and threw Mr. Potters hands off of her. She glared at him with such passion that she could have set fire to stone. Naturally Mr. Potter was quite confused.
"That is the absolute meanest thing anyone has ever said." little Ginny whispered, pure venom pouring out of her words. He words were so sharp and terrifying that young. Mr. Potter, through his confusion, rather hoped that she would go back to screaming at him. No such luck.
"Forget Voldemort, you are the most spiteful creature the world has ever known. How could you say such things to me? What have I done? What could possibly have possessed you to tease me so?" the tears had started up again. But there was no sobbing. Only the silent tears of the heartbreak that comes from finding out you aren't in love with who you thought. Young Mr. Potter on the other hand felt like laughing. No, not because he was being spiteful or because he was doing any of the things that little Ginny had accused him of. He felt like laughing because he finally understood. He knew where he stood, and despite his lack of knowledge on the witch front, he knew he could fix this. He was so happy in fact that a little bit of a smile escaped onto his face.
As soon as Little Ginny saw the Slip Up Smirk, she lost it. Convinced that he was laughing at his cruel joke, at her, she lunged at him. She shoved him, and smacked him, hurt every part of him that she could reach. She backed him up all the way to the wall, at which point he finally grabbed her hands and held them out to her sides. She struggled a little, but mostly she just glared at him. Harry could kiss her for her stubbornness. He loved that about her, he loved everything about her, and this time when he told her he would make sure that she understood.
"Ginny. Listen to me. Please. I'm not kidding. I'm not lying, and I'm not trying to be mean. When I said that I loved you just a second ago, I meant it with all of my heart. I wasn't saying it to be spiteful. I wasn't saying it to be wicked or to hurt you, Merlin, I would never want to hurt you. The only thing that I meant by telling you that I loved you, was that I love you, and that when I get back I want to spend the rest of my life with you, that is if I still have the rest of my life-" it was then that Ginny put her hand over his mouth.
"Don't say that." She whispered to him, but it was completely different from the last time she whispered, but then again maybe it wasn't that different at all. It still had the same passion. But this time it seemed to be out of love. It seems that while he was talking, she had come around. Maybe it was his words, maybe it was the look of complete and pure honesty, and maybe it was the absolute need to believe him she felt in her entire body, maybe it was all three, but all that mattered was that she believed him.
"Don't say that because you are going to come back. You're going to come back to me, to us. And we are going to grow very old together, and have a nice Weasley sized family, and then retire to the country. You are going to do this because I am not giving you a choice. Ok?" and with that she kissed him. Through the kiss he replied.
Young mr. potter must have finally said the right thing too, because a few minutes later, when the pair eventually returned to the dinner table. They had matching smiles on their overjoyed faces and were holding hands, seeming as though they would never part.
"About time" those Weasley twins not so quietly whispered to each other. It was the smartest thing they said all night
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i am so sorry about the wait. i know its been forever, its just that i'm so lazy. anyway, this story is basically over, i am still debating about doing an epilogue, so that may or may not happen.If there is anything i forgot to tie up then please leave a comment and ill fix it. i really appreciate everyone who has read and reviewed this story, and i hope you all liked it, especially those of you who reviewed with every chapter. so thanks and look out for the might be happening last chapter.
