But I Never Loved You
Epilogue
A/N This is the last chapter of this series and I'm pretty excited! There will be a much longer authors note at the end, so read and enjoy!
"Okay Ginny, are you ready to go?"
Ginny turned from the mirror to look Hermione in the face. "I think so. How did my speech sound? Do you think he'll like it?"
Hermione chuckled and pulled the veil from her face. "You make it sound so official! It's not a speech. It's your vows! And I think he'll love them. Did he write his own?"
She rolled her eyes. "He probably paid someone to write them for him…"
Hermione raised an eyebrow. "Was that why he was questioning my writing abilities?"
Ginny nodded. "Probably. I just hope he wrote something. How do I look?"
At that, she heard more than saw, her mother fall into the door.
"You look so beautiful in my gown Virginia!"
Ginny sighed and rolled her eyes. "Mummy…I need to go soon you know. I can't go down the aisle with you clutching me this way." She giggled as her mother fiddled with her hair.
"Your hair looks so lovely…Your eyes look so wide with that make-up! Have you ever worn make-up before? You look so grown up!"
Ginny chuckled. "Mum, go sit outside with all the rest. I'll be out soon I promise!"
Her mother left and Ginny looked in the mirror once more. "I'm just so nervous… I know marrying him is the right thing but…Do you think seventeen is a bit too young?"
Hermione smiled and looked at her own ring. "Ginny, I'm married and I think it was the best decision I could have ever made… If you're in love then why bother waiting? I think you're doing the right thing."
Ginny took a deep breath as she heard the music begin to play.
"Are you ready?" Hermione asked once again, and Ginny nodded.
"Yeah, I'm as ready as I'll ever be, I suppose."
Arthur took Ginny by the arm and led her down the aisle. The sight of Draco in his white suit, his blonde hair slicked back and his smirk in place made Ginny lose her breath. She bit her lower lip as she got closer.
And in turn, there stood Draco. He was speechless. His smirk slowly eased into a legitimately wide smile. When she reached him, he leaned in for a kiss, but Dumbledore held a hand out.
"Mr. Malfoy, the kiss generally happens at the end of this ceremony."
The crowd was full of giggles, but Draco pouted.
"We are gathered to bring two souls so desperately separate, together. Generally this would be the place where I put all of my two sense into the situation, but this lovely couple has decided that they wanted to say their own vows."
Draco raised an eyebrow at Ginny.
"Shall I go first?"
Ginny nodded.
With a small cough, Draco began to speak. He held up no paper. This was from memory.
"In my lifetime, I have been with more girls than I wish to mention in front of you. I've been with the tall, the beautiful, the rich…None of them were enough. You were raised poor. You're terribly short…And you're not beautiful."
At this, the crowd gasped. Fred leaned into George and whispered, "Is that all he has to say? If all it took to be married was the ability to insult someone, you and I would have been married years ago!"
"You, Virginia, are more than I ever could have asked for. Where you lack in money, you make up for in intellect. You're short in height, but are much larger than I in personality. And as for your beauty…I could never consider you beautiful beyond my wildest dreams. To me, Ginny…You are the most gorgeous creature I have ever been given the honor of knowing. I can be honest in saying that I do not feel as though I deserve you…And yet here I am, about to marry you. You can do so much better than me… That's why I chose the alter as the place to say this to you-"
A few people in the crowd chuckled.
"Ginny I have never loved anyone in all my life…But I can honestly say that I love you more than I ever thought I could love anyone…Please… Be patient…be trusting…this is all new to me too. I promise that I will be the best husband that I can be and you will never lack for anything while we're together, physical, material, or emotional. I love you…"
Ginny felt tears stream down her cheeks.
"It's my turn now isn't it? Gosh…I thought you hadn't even written anything and here I am, crying!"
She wiped her eyes and took a deep breath.
"I feel like I have so much to say and at this point, you just took my breath away…I wrote a little poem that I'd like to read right now so… Here it goes. It's entitled, But I Never Loved You:
I've always felt the sweetest urge
To touch
To kiss
To be above you
I even felt like I could mold you
But I never loved you.
I've kissed you and I've held you
Felt my heart pound in my chest
And I was there when needed most
My fingers eased your stress.
I've been the reason for your smile
Your face has made my plight worth while
And whenever you are in my presence
I make sure I do my best
I feel so lost when you're not with me
Feel my face slump when you're gone
I feel so unlike other girls
I feel like I'm your swan
Now I feel the harshest need to see you
Hear you
Feel you
Almost be you
I feel like I just need to tease you…
My Sweet…Just know I love you."
It was at that moment that Ginny realized that Draco had a few tears in his own eyes. She leaned in and took his hand with her own.
After exchanging rings, which Ginny would hardly remember in the years to come, Ginny was wrapped up into Draco's arms, their lips so tightly together that she was sure they would fuse together to the point where they couldn't separate.
"I love you so much…" came Draco's rough tone.
At Platform 9 ¾
"Come on Gin, I can teach you at home! I don't want you to go!"
Ginny giggled as he pulled her into his arms.
"Come on Draco, we've been through this a million times before! I need to go to school!"
He gave her the most evil glare that he could manage as she placed her trunks on the ground beside them.
"I'll write you every single day, I promise. You can come visit on weekends and I'll come home on holidays, okay?"
Draco tugged her in for a rough kiss.
"I'll miss you Mrs. Malfoy."
"And I'll miss you Mr. Weasley."
"Hey listen, that's not okay! If you love me you'll know better than to call me that in the future."
With a sweet giggle and one final kiss she whispered into his pale ear, "But I Never Loved you!"
A/N That last line was in a teasing way of course :)
Okay and now I have some final notes to leave on this story and then we will be finished FOREVER!!
Okay note number one: This is for my one horrible little flamer. As I've said a million times before, most of this story was written when I was very young. There was very little plot because back then I sort of just wrote on a whim, and I added a plot towards the end just because I wanted to end this story that I started. Yes, I am aware that it sounds horrible, but I'd like to see YOUR work from your youth! Yes sometimes what I write is a little bit awkward, but I have very little time to myself at this point.
I write for me! I love my readers and reviewers but you all must understand, very few people in my family are healthy. I can only write a few words here and there because I'm running back and forth to hospital appointments because my mom, aunt, and grandma have cancer, not even counting my own. I am very busy and just the fact that I have any time at all is amazing to me.
And to those of you who have been here since the beginning for me, I love all of you! I love everyone who took the time to read my story, whether you enjoyed it or not. Thank you so much!
About a sequel…I have one that I'm thinking about now so I hope you guys are patient :) I have another story out there called "I Still". This story is the next series that I'm going to write, so please read it and review!
I love you all and thank you so much for making this story my most reviewed story of any of my others!
Missy Starlight