The couple came to their senses at the sound of the oh-so-familiar shouting. Ginny pulled down her shirt and Harry scrambled to his feet, his glasses askew.

"Mrs. Weasley! I-"

"DON'T try to explain, Harry! I know what was happening. You two didn't even have the decency to get some privacy!" Mrs. Weasley shouted.

"Mum nothing was going to happen! Harry wouldn't have allowed it. He's-"

"And you would have, Ginny? You are too young for this! At least both Ron and Hermione are well over age."

"Mrs. Weasley, I swear, I would have stopped. I wouldn't do that to her!" Harry exclaimed.

"Do what to me?" Ginny said defensively.

"What's going on out here, Molly? I heard yelling," Mr. Weasley asked, concerned. Seeing the ruffled state of the two teenagers, he understood, "Oh." He clenched his fists, "What did you do to my daughter?" Moving towards Harry.

"Nothing, I swear," Harry said nervously.

"They were about to- they- too young- and to think I let you two be so independent thinking that little Ginny and Harry would never make such a stupid decision…" shaking her head.

"Stupid?! How dar-" Ginny screamed.

But it was Harry who finished, "How is it stupid, Mrs. Weasley?" It was his turn to yell, "I can't believe that after all these years that I've known you, you would think that me doing this with Ginny was stupid!"

"How 'bout how long we've known you?! Kept you away from those awful Dursleys, and protected you, how could you do this to our youngest child! My little girl!" Mr. Weasley shouted.

Harry was surprised at the outburst, it was the first time Harry had ever seen him lose his temper towards him, but he recovered quickly to yell back, "I would never hurt her!"

"Really, Harry? How about when you get older. She will have lost her innocence to her teenage boyfriend!" Mrs. Weasley yelled. Ginny looked appalled at this.

But Harry looked disgusted, "WHAT?! Ginny isn't just my temporary girlfriend!"

Ron and Hermione came out into the yard looking curious and concerned. Apparently they had heard the shouting. They were surprised to see Harry yelling at Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. He had always respected them like parents.

"Do you want to know why I'll never hurt her? It's because I love her!" Harry exclaimed, without even thinking. "What?" Ginny had said softly. He turned to her, "That's right! I am truly and deeply in love with you, Ginny Weasley," his voice still heated with anger, but sincerity was evident in his words. He turned back to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, his voice went back to a normal level, but still had the same amount of anger in it, "And if you still think that I would do anything to hurt her… Merlin…" Shaking his head, "Than you need some serious help."

He walked back into the house and went and sat in a couch by the crackling fire. He put his head in his hands. He couldn't believe that he had yelled at the two people that were parents to him during his years at Hogwarts, who had always supported him. But they had insulted his and Ginny's relationship. He had had to defend Ginny. He knew every word he said was true.

Then it hit him. He had told Ginny he loved her. A huge smile erupted onto his face. He knew he loved Ginny for awhile now, but had never said it. During the war he would look at the Marauder's map and look for her dot in the hallways of the school. Just for a glimpse of her existence. He had never stopped thinking about her, not even at the moment of, what he thought, was his death. He chose life because of her. And he wanted to spend all of it with her.

He could hear Ginny yelling at her parents, but what he didn't hear was her parents yelling back. It sounded like she was crying. He hated when she cried. She was always so strong, whenever she cried he felt weak. Like he could never help her.

Ginny came in a couple minutes later looking satisfied. He stood up and walked towards her.

"I'm so sorry, Ginny. I shouldn't have yelled at them. I-"

"Harry, I would have been mad if you didn't yell back. And besides, you angry is incredibly sexy," She pushed her lips onto his with force. She stopped kissing him and put her head on his chest and sighed.

"Harry?" She asked after a minute of comfortable silence.

"Yeah, love?"

"I love you too. So much."

He felt overwhelmed with joy at her words. He lifted her chin up with his finger, and held her face in his hands.

"You have no idea how long I've been waiting to hear that come out of your mouth, Ginevra Weasley." She made a disgusted face at the mention of her real name, and he laughed, "I love you, Gin." And with that he hugged her. Held her so tight that after a few seconds of it Ginny gasped, "Harry… you do know I'm breakable, right?"

"Oh… sorry," he said sheepishly.

Ginny laughed, "You're so cute," she said in a mock baby voice, pinching his cheek.

Harry, copying her actions from before, rolling his eyes sarcastically, "Well, I know that."

She giggled uncontrollably. Soon he picked her up and spun her around, which made her squeal and laugh harder. He set her down on the couch he had been sitting on earlier. He knelt down by the couch she was laying on. He kissed her on the lips gently.

"Harry?" He looked up at the sound of his name, and Ginny propped herself up onto her elbows. He was surprised to see Mrs. and Mr. Weasley standing in the doorway, looking regretful. Ron and Hermione were behind them. "We're very sorry we said all those things. You were right to defend yourself and Ginny."

"I don't need defending," Ginny mumbled.

Her parents didn't hear her though, so Mrs. Weasley went on, "I should have known you two were in love, the way you look at each other… It was just in the heat of the moment, I…"

"It's okay, Mrs. Weasley. I shouldn't have yelled at you either." Harry said sincerely. He stood up and Mrs. Weasley came over to hug him. The last time she had hugged him like this was in fourth year when he had just seen Voldemort return. He knew things were back to normal when Mrs. Weasley spoke again.

"Enough of this, how about some dessert?" She said, turning towards the kitchen.

Ron spoke up for the first time, "Thanks Mum, I'm starving!" and followed her to the kitchen. Hermione rolled her eyes and went after her boyfriend.

Mr. Weasley walked up to Harry and shook his hand. Smiling he said, "That took a lot of courage to stand up to Molly like that. You may have defeated Voldemort, but to get her to apologize after leaving her speechless…" He shook his head in disbelief, "Incredible."

Harry laughed. Mr. Weasley left to go have dessert. This left Ginny and Harry alone once again. Ginny smiled up at him proudly, "I love you…"

"How could you not? I am unbelievable." Harry said sarcastically. He picked her up and she put her arms around his neck.

"That you are, Harry Potter." He kissed her and carried her into the kitchen.

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