Chapter Three
Ginny was more than overjoyed when she learned that Hermione loved her just as she loved Hermione. Now she was trying to go over what she'd tell Harry. It wasn't going so well she kept imagining him either hurting himself, hurting her, or hurting Hermione after hearing that Ginny wanted to be with the beautifully smart girl that he's been friends with since his first year at Hogwarts. But she knew she'd have to tell him and she knew she'd have to tell him soon, she just didn't want anyone to get hurt in the process.
She decided bluntness would be her best tool/approach to break it to the poor boy she knew he'd be crushed but she couldn't help that she couldn't tell her heart what to feel she knew this day was bound to come anyway. And so she'd make it wait just one more day she was too tired to explain everything to him tonight she'd tell him in the gardens during their usual walk. With that Ginny finally walked over to her bed pulled down the covers and went to sleep her last words before she was in lullaby land were: "I love you too Mione, I love you too!"
Morning came too early for Ginny's liking all because it meant breaking the only guy who'd ever shown true interest in her and not sex's heart, and sadly there was no nice or easy unpainful way to do it, she'd probably be crying by the time it was over. She got up and quickly dressed and washed up before running downstairs to find Harry and grab a quick breakfast before starting her morning chores with her soon to be ex-boyfriend.
"Hey there Harry, guess who?" she said creeping up behind him covering his eyes with her hands.
"Hey Ginny I know it's you." He said grabbing her hands before spinning her around and giving her a quick kiss before sitting her down next to him at the dining table.
Ginny pushed the food around on her plate and only ate about one piece of toast and a bit of bacon before proclaiming that she was full. As she sat waiting for Harry to finish she mulled over a few scenarios and ways to tell him in her head. Though she still wasn't quite sure about what she was going to say she new she had to get it over with and that's what helped her hurry with the chores that her and Harry were assigned together so that they could go on their usual stroll around the garden before lunch.
"Harry I need to tell you something," Ginny began cautiously once they'd reached the bench in the center of the rose circle that was just placed in the garden.
"Okay Ginny I'm listening what do you have to say love?" Harry said sitting down next to her straddling the bench and looking at her giving her his full attention after placing a chaste kiss on her cheek.
Ginny looked at her hands for a moment before beginning, "Well Harry you see it's just that I love you but…" she paused for a moment, "I have feelings for someone else, I used to like you but I find that I'm not as straight as I thought I was at first I think back then I saw you more as a novelty but I'd developed a love for someone else along the way. Now I see you more as a brother than a boyfriend, which fits perfectly because well you and Ron are so close it's like you're already family and mum's always thought of you as a son, but you see the sad truth is that I love Hermione. I've loved her for the longest time but I found that it was a fruitless thing to hope for her love back because she always seemed to have feelings for Ron and no one else." Ginny had gone back to looking at her hands hiding the tear forming in her eyes. "I'm sorry Harry but I can't go on living a lie anymore I just don't love you that way, but I value your friendship and I will always love you as a brother but I can't be with you anymore."
Harry looked at Ginny shocked at first but then changed to a look of true caring and understanding. He lifted her face and wiped the tears away from her eyes. "It's okay Ginny I understand, I'm okay with this, it's okay that you don't feel for me, because your happiness is the only thing that matters to me and if this makes you happy then I'm okay with it." He hugged her close and rocked her until she stopped crying trying to figure out how to fix her dilemma realizing that his best mate and his ex unknowingly loved each other, the answer was easy but the how was the problem…….