I Love You, Ginny Weasley
She stared at her reflection in the mirror.
It was as if the person staring back wasn't her.
Ginny Weasley didn't have bruises covering her body. Ginny Weasley wasn't scared to leave the house. Ginny Weasley didn't cry every day. No, Ginny Weasley – the real Ginny Weasley – was confident, happy and free.
That Ginny Weasley was lost a month ago when those men kidnapped her and did all manner of unspeakable things to her body.
Of course, it was her fault. She was the one who told Lauren that it would be fine to take a shortcut through Knockturn Alley with no wands at sunset, she was the one who asked the men for directions and she was the one who cried herself to sleep for a week in the men's dungeon listening to Lauren's helpless screams.
Her family and friends said otherwise. They constantly reminded her that she was not to blame and that she shouldn't be so hard on herself but Ginny refused to believe it. If it wasn't for her Lauren wouldn't be pregnant at only 19 years old with no boyfriend and no job to support her. Of course, there was always singing for Lauren but being stuck in hospital for 3 weeks and being too scared to leave the house for the remainder of the month meant that there were no new songs to release so no income.
'Hey Gin. Are you okay? You've been in there for the last half an hour. Gin?'
It was Darren.
'Uh. I'm fine.' Reluctantly she moved to the bathroom door and unlocked it revealing a tall, brown haired man leaning against the wall opposite.
'Gin!' he exclaimed when Ginny opened the door at last. 'Are you okay? Can I get you anything? Do you want me to call your mum, your brothers? I can put on a film. What would you like?' It was almost too much for Ginny and she nearly broke down right then and there. What had she done to deserve a guy who cared about her so much? It didn't make sense to her but she was glad she had him and there was no way she was going to take him for granted.
'Let's watch a film,' Ginny mumbled.
'Okay sure. I'll go and make us some popcorn.'
'Darren,' said Ginny, stopping him in his tracks, 'Thank you.'
'For what?'
'For being amazing and kind and caring and for being so sweet and for taking care of me and for being so considerate and for a million other things that would take me too long to say.'
'Ginny.'
'Yes Darren?' He was holding her hands now, nose to nose, his breath tickling her face.
And then he said it. The words no man other than Harry had ever said to her: 'I Love You, Ginny Weasley.'
A/N – I hope you're all enjoying this fic. I'm sorry this chapter isn't very long but I'm having a bit of a writer's block and this idea suddenly sprung to me earlier so I thought why not? Thank you for the lovely reviews, it is so nice to receive them. I feel I need to clarify something though as one person commented on the fact that it is not clear how the relationship ended and that there is no Harry PoV so this is a message for that person and anyone who has the same views.
This fic is obviously from Ginny's PoV and I don't intend to change that as right from when I had the idea for this fic I knew I would write it in Ginny's PoV. Maybe one day I will write a similar version to this story from Harry's PoV but for now it is just Ginny's. When I first started writing this story I had a very strong idea as to what the storyline was and I still do and I won't change that. I'm not going to reveal how they broke up as these chapters are all about Ginny's flashbacks to Harry and (as in this chapter) her other boyfriends telling her they love her. The basic storyline is somehow Harry and Ginny broke up, Ginny is very upset about it and is now having flashbacks. In later chapters I intend to reveal how they broke up and what the aftermath is but for now that shall remain a mystery as that's what I had planned from the start. That's why you do not know what happened and that's why there is no Harry PoV.
Sorry I haven't updated for a while but I've been working on a song fic that is a spinoff from this story and school has been even more hectic than usual. I plan to update soon but I'm really focused on my song fic for now. Hopefully though there will be a new chapter up soon.
Thank you for reading my fic, I hope you enjoy it and will continue to enjoy it.
P.S. Sorry for the long authors note.