Chapter 5- Secrets

They decided it was best if they waited a little bit before telling everyone. Ginny continued to live in her parent's house but only because she knew the future was just around the corner. Harry finally finished the renovation on Grimmauld Place and now it actually looked livable. The old house-elf skulls magically disappeared, and the Black family portraits ended up in the garbage. He blasted off the family tree in the sitting room, and added a new one starting with his parents and Sirius…and even Teddy. He made Sirius's bedroom into his and left the magically glued picture of James, Sirius, and Lupin (he figured a way to cut Pettigrew out magically.) He made the other million bedrooms into guest rooms, and even set one up for Ginny and him.

Ginny decided it was time to pay her brother, George a visit at the joke shop to see how things were. There weren't very many people; business had not been very good since Fred had died. George just wasn't in a joking mood anymore.

"Hey, George" Ginny said as she walked up the counter.

"Gin, my baby sister…" he hugged her.

"How are things?" she asked.

"Hmm…good I guess." He pondered. Ginny smiled lovingly at her brother, she knew he was lying for her sake.

"Parents still treating you like your 7?"

"Yep."

"What'cha gonna do about it? They're still calling me every 3 hours to make sure I haven't killed myself, I guess."

"Well…can you blame them you did lose your twin…?"

"I might be depressed but I'm not suicidal."

"Well George, they'll lighten up as time goes by…"

"The same to you."

"But I'm not suicidal…"

"But they think you're throwing your life away, it's the same difference." George was always the smartest of the Weasley kids (besides Percy.)

"Everyone else got to leave, even that prat Ron!"

"Gin, you have to learn that you're the baby. Things are 10 times worst for you when it comes to this stuff. Especially after mom just lost a son, she doesn't want to let go of her only daughter."

"I'm not throwing my life away…I love him." She confessed. George stared at his sister for a moment.

"Do you really?" Ginny nodded. "And does he love you?"

"He risked his life for me…there is no greater love." George smiled, so had Fred.

"You know, I always saw this coming…Fred never thought I was right but I was. Now I get to gloat!"

"George…can you keep a secret?" he nodded.

Ginny pulled out her right hand…her ring sparkled.

"Potter asked you to marry him?" he asked shocked, "What's wrong with him… brain injury?"

"Hey!" she hit George and they laughed.

"All jokes aside, Gin. I'm really happy that you're happy."

"Thanks. Soon it'll be your turn to be happy."

The night came, the whole family was invited to dinner at Bill and Fleur's (who was really starting to show with her 7 month old belly.) Dinner was a little awkward and nerve racking but they made it thru just the same. George smiled the entire night, which made people a little weirded out. After dinner, everyone gathered in the living room and Ginny spoke up.

"Emm Hmm…" she cleared her throat for everyone's attention. Almost everyone got the hint, except Bill who was talking to Fleur's humongous, pregnant belly.

"Sorry…" he said, moving away from his wife. Harry smiled; he hoped he and Ginny could be that happy someday.

"So family, if you didn't know already I was the one who called this dinner…" Ginny got a few boos from her siblings; okay mainly Ron, who would've rather been home alone with Hermione right now. Hermione playfully hit him on the arm for silence.

"Anyway… I have something to tell all of you." She started again, this time pulling Harry in front of the family with her. If she was going down, he was going down with her.

She grabbed Harry's hand for support, "We are getting married."

Everyone sat there in shock…looking from Ginny to Harry, hoping someone would say "Got'cha!" But no one did, they were dead serious.

"Umm….Congratulations." Hermione said standing up to hug them both.

"Yeah. Congrats!" Fleur said, trying to hug them but her belly got in the way. Everyone with red hair still sat there in front of them in shock.

"Isn't anyone else gonna say anything?" Ginny asked. Fleur hit Bill's arm for a comment.

"Yeah, No. This is a shock, but I think you guys are…uhh. Wow, getting married! Did not see that one coming. I mean, I wish you two the best." Bill said. Everyone else behind him we're talking to each other, then Percy and Charlie came up to them and congratulated them. George sat there smiling, and then he finally came up to Ginny and Harry.

"Good luck, you are going to need it when mum gets some feeling back in her brain…" he told Ginny.

"And you," he told Harry.

"Take care of her or well you know what happens…" he shrugged, and Harry hoped he was kidding.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley sat there, still not saying anything. Finally Mrs. Weasley blinked and then it all went downhill from there.

"Excuse me? Married? You are 17!!" she yelled.

"We tell you that you can't move in with him and so you decide to marry him?" Mr. Weasley finally came to.

"No, that's not what happened. We're getting married because we love each other not because we want your permission to…."

"GINNY! Do not push me…" Mrs. Weasley snarled.

"I'm just saying that….that I…"

"You are not getting married, you are only 17!"

"You were 19, what's the big deal?"

"2 years….that's the big deal."

"I know I'm still a child in your eyes, but in the wizarding world I'm considered an adult. So, I don't care what you say, I love Harry and I'm getting married to him with or without your approval!" she stomped out of there, her parents still yelling at her.

They looked at Harry, "We trusted you…how could you? You were like a son to us."

Harry looked at these people, how could they disapprove of him so much? "I love her…" he simply stated before running after Ginny.

That night, and every night that week Ginny cried herself to sleep in Harry's arms. She had never been so detached from her family. Harry told her that they could call it off if that's what she wanted. She insisted she wanted to marry him, and that she didn't need her family anymore. Harry knew perfectly well that she was lying.

A couple days later, Ron finally brought himself to visit Harry and Ginny.

"I'm sorry I didn't congratulate you guys the other night, I was…"

"…In shock?" Ginny asked.

"Pretty much, yeah. It's just my best friend and my little sister…"

"Didn't we already have this conversation? I'm a grown woman; I don't need anyone's approval."

"No, no. I know that. I just didn't expect it to happen so soon…"

"Well we love each other." Harry stated.

"I can see that now. Mum and dad though, they're angry. You need to go talk to them…"

"I'm not speaking to them." Ginny said before exiting the room.

"Well someone needs to before they blow a gasket." He looked at Harry.

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A/N: Thanks delaneym11 and warp17 for pointing out a mistake i made. I have fixed and things now comply w/ the HP world, so again Thanks!