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As soon as Harry apparated with Ginny to Mungo hospital , he went over to the reception desk and asked the reception lady to quickly call Healer Andromeda . It's Emergency .
Seeing Ginny 's condition, she nodded and quickly paged to the healer and told Harry that Healer Andromeda is ready and waiting for them on the top floor .
The top floor was used for V.I.P who needs total privacy and Lucius had quite donated much to the hospital and they have a room reserved for the Malfoy family whenever they do require it.
Then he, carrying Ginny in a bridal style, went to the lift, people quickly made space for him and even allowed him to enter the lift first and was staring at him and Ginny, curious on their face, wanting to know what had happened to Ginny Malfoy and noting the concern on the famous Harry Potter face when he was staring at her with deep worried face.
Everybody were whispering quietly and silently watching them.
The lift clanged to a stop on the top floor and Harry saw Andromeda waiting for them, the nurses told him to follow them and he did. They reached the Malfoy large private V.I.P suite.
Upon entering the large room, Harry saw the patient bed and went over to it and gently laid Ginny on the bed, brushing her hair from her face and them move back to allow the nurses to do their duties.
Andromeda came near Harry and asked him about the general gist of what happened and how Ginny got her injuries. Harry told her and she told him to wait outside.
She closed the door and went to check Ginny, told the nurses to bring Anti Cruciatus potions, healing salves , blood replenishing potions, dreamless sleep potions in case. Hearing the orders, the nurses set to follow to bring the required potions quickly. She cleaned Ginny's arm wound, slowly mended it with healing magic and did her diagnosing spell over it. And she did some best healing spell on her.
Harry sat down on the chair facing the door of the room Ginny was in. He put his elbow on his knees and bends his head slightly. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly, trying to relieve the stress out of his body.
He was shit scared when he saw that Ginny got whisked by the portkey with the boys. He felt so scared ,afraid and so angry that the person he loves deeply in his life was being snatched again from his life and he didn't know what to do if she had been hurt or worse.
Oh, He can't live without her and now she came back in his life after eight years and was scared of losing her again.
But watching Lucius 'sheer angry determination at the burrow, he gained strength and became determined to find her and the boys, whom he has always thought of as his sons in his mind quickly.
He should have told her that he wanted to marry her after they had their first date. He hadn't wanted to scare her and he asked her out in his weird way. But now he didn't want to wait for the perfect time any more. He wants to marry her right now and make the boys as his sons too if they allowed him …
Tears were pouring out of his face as he tried to control his emotions. He was so deeply in thought about what if something had happened to her and he would not be able to live without her at all.
Harry felt someone squeezing his shoulders, and then he noticed that he was not alone and he looked up to see Hermione sitting beside him with a worried look on her features.
Seeing around, he saw everybody -Molly, Arthur, Bill, Fred, George, Percy, Penelope, Luna and Blaise had come and were waiting outside the room along with him. He figured that Fleur must have taken duty to care for the kids at the burrow.
Molly and Arthur saw Harry's tears on his face, walked over to him and she took his face in her hand and gently wiped the tears with her hand. Arthur was patting his shoulders and giving him a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry, dear. She will be alright quickly, I tell you. She has always been stubborn and from I heard from Fred and George, I am so proud of her, she did it well by protecting my grandsons from the insane death eater and that crazed Parkinson witch. " She looked at Harry fiercely.
By then Andromeda opened the door and came out with a gentle smile on her face. She blinked her eyes to see the entire family of the Weasleys and noticed Harry stood up and strode over to her with a questioning look.
"Aunt Andy, How is she now?" Harry asked.
At that same moment, Lucius came around beside near Harry, still holding the boys in his arms, looking at Andromeda, with the same concerned look and asked," Is she alright? "
"Yes, Lucius. Ginny is alright,right now she is sleeping , we have given her Dreamless sleep potions so that she can sleep without any interruptions, she had exhausted her magical core and her both arms are healed, we just have to apply the salve every hour to remove the scar. "
Severus heard her words and interrupted, "She had been hit by the Cruciatus curse too."
"Yes, we have checked her diagnostics reports. Luckily there was no damage to her nerves. She needs Anti Cruciatus potions and needs bed rest too atleast for a couple days to gain her strength. "
"She can go home by tomorrow and I am sure she can rest more well at home."
"Thank you Aunt Andy." Harry said. "Can we see her now?"
"Sure why not? But be quiet."
He nodded and went inside the room.
"Andromeda, Can you please check the boys's health, I want to be sure that they were not hurt or anything at all."
Andromeda looked worried and prayed that the boys were alright too, she nodded and told him to follow him to her own cabin on the same floor. Severus too went along with him to give him company.
Molly, Arthur, Bill, Fred, George, Luna, Blaise, Hermione, Percy and Penelope entered the room quietly and saw that Harry was already sitting in a chair very close to the bed, gently holding Ginny's uninjured hand. Her right arm was covered by the healing salve.
She was resting peacefully on the bed, hair spread out on the fluffy pillow and chest rising up and down indicating that she is still breathing and sleeping soundly.
After sometime, Lucius and Severus entered the room, each carrying the boy in their arm.
"They are okay and not hurt at all?" Harry inquired.
"Yes, Thank Merlin. They are absolutely fine. Just need a calming draught and Dreamless sleep potion for them so they can sleep well and hopefully they forget what ever happened." Lucius replied with a relief tone in his voice. His face was haggard due to tension and worry for his family.
"Yeah, small children are always resilient. Give them some time, they will recover and bounced back quickly." Molly said to them.
She noticed Lucius and Severus looking around and understood what they need and enlarge the couch such that the boys could sleep on the enlarged sofa near Ginny. They had protested that they want to be near to their mother and Lucius did what they want.
Molly transfigured their clothes into their pajamas and helped them change their clothes.
Lucas saw his mother on the bed, asked, "Mum alright?"
"Yes, your mother is alright and she is sleeping and will be awake tomorrow morning. " Lucius replied, kissing on his forehead and gently nudging him to take the calming draught and sleepless potion.
"Here, take calming draught, boys and sleep too. Both of you need rest too."
He and Derek made faces but drank the potion and lay down on the couch and slowly closing their tired eyes into sleep.
Severus put a duvet on them. Then he sat beside Lucius on the other couch, tired and rubbing his face harshly, resting his head behind on the back of the couch. While everybody sat on the various armchairs scattered around the large room relaxing and whispering quietly.
Harry was still staring at her, settling himself comfortable in the chair so he could rest and watch over her. He didn't want to be away from her.
He whispered quietly to himself, "You all are safe. Relax now. Everything is Okay."
The next morning, Ginny woke up feeling sore on her arms, and around her body. As she was about to lift herself up, she groaned loudly. Then she felt someone lifting her half way and putting two pillows behind her back and rested her head against it.
It was then she saw who her helper was. It was Harry. He looks tired, dark circles underneath his eyes and he was cracking his neck, she knew that he had been sitting on the cushion armchair the entire night.
"Good morning!" he said with a tired smile.
Hearing his voice shook her out of her observation and she then remembered what happened yesterday, flashbacks of her boys...portkey, dungeon..., protection spell..., Parkinson...Lestrange...her screams ...curses at her...her sons crying ….Harry ..
"What happened? Where are Lucas and Derek? Are they safe?" She looks around to see around and realized that she must be at Mungo hospital .
"Calm down, Love!" Harry said, sat on the side of her bed, watching Ginny from the corner of his eyes to see her reaction …
He felt pleased at letting her know fully aware of him wanting their relationship to progress to deeper level and hopefully towards permanent very soon. He doesn't want to waste time. He thought.
Ginny stared at him in surprise on hearing what he call her ...It made her feel warm and made her to want to say the same to him , so she opened her mouth to ..But Harry interrupted by replying to her previous questions.
"Yes, the boys are safe. Right now Lucius and Severus had taken them to the canteen for breakfast. They will be back in some time. And your family had gone back to the burrow. They will be back later . "
She nodded.
"What about Lestrange and Parkinson?" She trailed off thinking of the reason why Pansy had done...
"Lestrange and Parkinson have been arrested and awaiting for their trial. "
"Hmmm..."
"How long do I have to stay here? " She asked.
"Well Aunt Andy said that you should be okay by evening and then you can go home but you will have to take bed rest for a couple more days since you got hit by Cruciatus …" He trailed off imagining how much pain she had suffered ..
She saw so many emotions flickered across his face and reached out to hold his hand. He instantly grasped her hand tightly.
"I was so scared when I saw you and the boys got whisked by the portkey. I felt as if my world tumble down again, sucked out my entire happiness in a sec."
He lifted her hand and kissed her palm and rested his face against her palm.
"I couldn't think of anything how to go on about rescuing you. I wanted to hurt him badly. I tried my best to think positively and find you and the boys quickly."
He choked with emotion, eyes glint of determination to say what he wanted to do. Ginny noticed and held her breath, preparing to listen.
"I wanted to say so many things to you. I decided that once I find you back, I will tell you what I have always wanted to do since I met you that day at the park."
"What did you want to say?" She whispered softly, gazing at his emerald eyes.
Harry lifted his face to gaze at her chocolate eyes intensely, replied softly, " I love you!"
"I love you so much. I want to spend my life with you forever. You are everything to me, my life, my soul, my heart and all. Marry me!"
Her eyes glistened with tears , heart pounding and secretly have been waiting for him to say to her first.
Yes,she had known how Harry felt , but she wanted to hear the actual words from him.
He pushed a stray strand of her hair behind her ear, and wiped her tears and caressed her cheeks, said quietly, "You don't have to say anything. I wanted to tell you this for so long but I didn't want to scare you since we only have been dating for one month. "
"I can see your love in your eyes. They are worth enough for me to know now.I don't want to pressure you at all. " He reassured her by showing that he is not disappointed by her not replying back.
He kissed her cheeks. Ginny smiled a watery chuckle. " At least allow me the chance to say ."
Harry smiled sheepishly. And he waited for her to say.
"I am so happy to hear that you love me and Yes, I love you too. " She said in a steady voice. Harry's eyes lit up at hearing it but then dimmed a bit at his tiny insecure thought.
"Really? You are not just saying because I said to you?"
Ginny put her fingers on Harry's lips , glaring slightly at him to be quiet.
She closed her eyes and for a min, she took a deep breath and said in a clear steady voice, "I have been falling in love with you since we met but I didn't realize it. "
"Then I really enjoyed our first date, and many others dates too. I like the way you said that I am yours and you are mine " She smirked at remembering how she felt a warm wiggling feeling and thought of Harry claiming her as his .
"Then I met Susan at Diagon alley, I never thought that I would feel jealous again and it made me realize just how deep my feelings I had for you,"
" Then after what happened yesterday, I realize life is short and I want to enjoy the rest of my life with you. And I thought of you so much,praying that you would come and rescue us soon. "
She joined her hands with Harry's and they both look down at their twined fingers . And then locked gaze together.
"So I am ready to accept what I had felt for you fully and I am saying to you now that I am so deeply irrevocably in love with you."
""You are the light to my soul. You are my everything too. You stole my heart since we met."
"I love you Harry James Potter."
Harry felt happy, his eyes shone with love for her, his heart swell at hearing the lovely words she said to him.
He leaned down to her and kissed her tenderly, wanting to ravish her but control himself as she is still in the hospital, he did his best pouring all his love to her and she kissed him back , showing her love for him too. Then they broke apart, resting their forehead together and smiling and then hugging tightly, reveling at their outspoken love for each other.
"I will say yes the next time when you propose to me ,I want a proper ring and you down on your knee." She giggled at the thought. Harry grinned stupidly.
He then sat against the head of the bed, he pulled her against her, holding her with his left arm and she was resting her head on his shoulder.
She was asking questions of what happened after she had fainted and about the trial and he patiently answered her questions and then they heard happy shout, they turned to face the door.
"Mum, Mum!"
"You are awake!"
Derek and Lucas came running and bounced onto the bed and wanting to hug her.
"Yes, my babies. I am awake." Ginny said, seeing her boys with joy in her eyes.
Ginny opened up her arms and wrapped them tightly, both of them nearly on her and Harry's lap.
She leaned her head on top of Lucas's head, breathed his scent and felt content, and bringing Derek's right hand to her lip and kissed his palm lightly. Derek sat on Harry's lap giggled, feeling tingling on his palm and rested his back against her.
"Good morning Ginny..." said the drawling voice of Lucius Malfoy and Severus together.
They looked slightly tired similar like Harry.
"Good morning Father, Uncle Severus" Ginny replied with a smile.
"Ah.I sees you are much better than yesterday. " Lucius said and then slightly mock glared at her, "Never ever give me a scare again. Merlin knows what I will do without you all …"
His voice trailed, laced with emotions, not wanting to think what would have happened if they were taken away from his life. He knew that they were his weakness but they were also his strength too, him living for them, father to Ginny, Grandfather to the boys.
"Oh, Father. I am sorry. But I am okay now. "
"After all we Malfoys are always strong and never let anything bring us down again. We will always triumph."
Ginny teased at Lucius …Lucius smirked, feeling happily that she always knows to cheer him up in their own way...
Severus snorted and letting out a small curl at the corner of his lip and Harry sniggered at hearing the Malfoys family phrase code Ginny and Lucius often used to cheer each other up.
"Mum?"
"Yes, Lucas?"
"I am sorry for not listening to you. I should ask you first before doing anything on our own. " He said softly, hiding his face against Ginny's neck.
"Yes, Teddy told us not to go but we did." Derek said .
"Yes, you both should have ask me first before going and touching any strange objects whether you recognize it or not. " Ginny said with a slight stern tone. And she frowned at herself.
"But then again it was my fault for not telling you about the dangers, about the bad man who wanted to trouble us."
"If I had told you then you both would have been on alert and wary of anybody and then this wouldn't have happened."
"Yes, Let this be a lesson learned and don't repeat this mistake again," Lucius warned the boys gently with a questioning eyebrow at them.
They nodded and replied, "Yes Grandfather. We won't repeat this mistake and be careful always. We won't touch any suspicious objects at all. "
"Now there is no need in wallowing on the 'what if" or 'should have ' thoughts. Now smile and be happy. We are safe now. Your Uncle Ron took the bad man to Azkaban and he won't trouble you again. I will make sure of that. " Lucius further reassured them.
Lucas and Derek smiled slightly and sighed content, lying against her.
After sometime , Harry was sitting beside Ginny on the bed, she was resting and he was caressing her hair gently while the boys were playing Muggle cards on the couch near them.
Then Ron came in to check his sister and then ask Ginny to narrate her version of what happened and his fellow Auror were jotting down her words on the notepad.
Harry was quietly giving her moral support and squeezing her hand, silently lending encouragement for her when she had paused to relieve yesterday's events during her narration.
After telling everything, Ron stood up when he noticed his fellow Auror finished jotting down on the notepad and he gave a grateful thanks to her and hugging her and narrowed his eyes , telling his best friend to take care of her when he go to the ministry .
Next day at Malfoy Manor, Ginny was resting on a pool chair slightly far away from the pool, watching Harry and her boys including Teddy play in the small pool. She had also wanted to do but Aunt Andy told her to rest and she had to wait only one more day.
She was just reading the Daily prophet , they were saying news about Lestrange capture and the reason of her stay at the hospital .
And also staring staring at Harry's bare torso; he was throwing the balls towards the boys and was subtly admiring his six pack muscles and strong arms. She was staring at him for so long.
She didn't realize someone had come and sat beside her on the adjacent pool chair, snapping a finger in front of her face. Luna and Blaise and Carlo came to see her.
Blaise and Carlo went to the pool and joined Harry ,splashing huge water at them.
They sputtered and bellowed, "Uncle Blaise! " Blaise and Harry laughed .
Blaise had put floating rubber around Carlo so he can splash water and float around at the low side of the pool.
Meanwhile Luna had put numerous privacy and silence charms around her and Ginny, so nobody will hear what she has to say to Ginny. Yes, they can see them talking but not hear their voice.
"Luna, What are you doing? Why privacy spells?" Ginny was bewildered and not knowing what Luna was upto...
After checking that the spells were intact, she turned around to face Ginny with a serious expression on her face.
"I have some important news only for you. I don't know whether you will believe it or not."
"What news? And why will I not believe you? Sure I trust you deeply as you are one of my truest best friend since childhood. Anything you say, I will believe you. So tell me."
"Well, it is not news per say. It's about a dream I had."
"A dream?" Ginny look amused, relieved that she wanted to tell her about her dream and not something serious. She chuckled.
"Yes, a dream. Seriously please listen to me. "
"Yesterday night I had a most extraordinary dream but I felt that it was real and true ..."
"What dream you had that you felt that it was real?" She saw Luna's tense and pleading expression on her face. She remained solemn.
Ginny had known fully well that Luna was an extraordinary person; she had a very open mind and well can see imaginary creatures which were considered to be real and ancient. She sometimes seem to know what people think of or had uncanny knack of saying the things in riddles and whatever she had said in riddles usually come true to prediction.
She had braced herself to listen to what Luna had to say, because Luna seems so serious and wanted her to believe her words.
"Well I had a slight headache, so I went to bed early night. Then I had a dream, I was confused because it was not a normal dream I had. "
Ginny was listening to her intently, trying to figure her dreams and why it was so serious for her to know.
"It was a fog, I couldn't recognize what kind of place I was walking around. Then I saw a figure approaching me through the fog."
"Who did you see? " Ginny asked.
"Then slowly the figure comes out of the fog and I recognize him instantly but I was surprised. "
" I couldn't believe whether it was real or not. The figure in the dream was Draco."
Ginny opened her mouth slightly in disbelief,shook her head, trying to understand what Luna is telling...something about Draco.
"Draco?" She croaked out in surprise.
"Yes, Believe me. It was Draco. He spoke to me..." Luna quickly told her everything about her dream.
Dream...
The transparent figure of Draco approached Luna, smiling widely on seeing one of his best friends.
"Hello Luna, It's nice to see you after long time. "
"Draco? Is that really you?" Luna asked in confusion.
"Yes,It's me." Draco moved in circle around Luna.
"But how come you are talking to me? In my dream?" Luna asked, a bit confused but smiling the same at seeing her best friend even in her dream. She turned around to face him.
"Yes, it's your dream. I am real and talking to you from in between. " Draco smiled.
"Wow, that's great . You can talk to me in dream but how come you are talking to me and not to Ginny? She would have been happier to talk to you in this way." Luna frowned at the thought of how Draco could talk to her and not Ginny.
"If I could talk to Ginny in this way then I would have talked to her eight years ago but I couldn't. "
"Why?"
"I had appealed to the council of the dead , wanting to talk to her but they refused , saying that if I will talk to her then she will never move on in her life,not accept new happiness and new love in her life."
Draco felt anguished at the thought of Ginny being lonely in her life without him. Then he slightly smiled at Luna.
"I didn't want her to be lonely , filled with grief for me. I wanted her to be happy. So I decided to wait until she finds her own happiness and love in her life."
"And Ginny has found her love in her life. So now, I have a chance to talk to her." He smiled widely .
"Yes,She is happy now. Then why didn't you talk to her yet?"
" I can talk only through someone who has an open mind and accept anything easily . And that person was you."
"Me?" Luna felt surprised at the thought that Draco had chosen her and he was right that she always believe any extraordinary things unlike any normal person does .
"I choose you to be my medium of communicating with Ginny through your mind. So will you do it for me,please?" Draco asked her hopefully.
"I need to tell her that I am very happy for her and approve of Harry in her life...Please."
"Sure, Draco. I accept. You can talk to her through my mind. But How and when you want to talk to her?"
Draco smiled widely and hug her tightly, "Thank you so much Luna! "
"When you will meet her next time then you tell her about this and if Ginny agreed to it. Then immediately cast legilimency through her mind and you both close your eyes as if you are doing medication. Then I will reach out to your mind and walk through the passage, like a tunnel from your mind, to Ginny's mind and will be able talk to her in Ginny's mind. Then After talking , I will come back to your mind and then go upwards to heaven. "
Draco said it as a matter of fact and not slightly bothered of saying that he was in heaven.
"Okay. I will do as you say. "
"Thank you, Luna and tell Blaise, that I am very happy that you both took care of her at Boston and during all her difficult times when my sons were born. "
"You both are good godparents to my sons. I am very happy to have very good friends in you and Blaise. And my love to little Carlo. "
Luna had tears in her eyes and hugged him, for long time. Then Draco slowly disappeared into a fog, saying "See you next time. "
Dream end...
"Oh!" Ginny said, she couldn't believe what Luna was saying about her dream.
It seems impossible. How could Draco talk to her in her dream? But then Luna wouldn't lie to her...She wouldn't be cruel to say such things after all talking about Draco is still sensitive and yes she accepted that he is no more but getting a chance to talk to him one last time was tempting..
She looked at Luna, and slowly nodding her head. "Do it quickly."
Luna took out her wand, pointing towards Ginny, whispering the legilimency spell softly. Then Ginny felt Luna reaching out to her mind and then close her eyes, keeping her mind blank and imagining Draco in her mind as much as she can.
Luna also closes her eyes, calling out to Draco in her mind repeatedly. After a min, the same fog came in her dream and this time she found him quickly and told that Ginny is waiting for him. She showed him the path of legilimency and he travelled the path from Luna's mind to Ginny's mind.
Ginny was sitting still and her eyes tightly closed, waiting for him.
"Ginevra..."
She heard the familiar voice and turned around and saw a figure approaching her slowly.
"Draco?"
She saw Draco who was still looking the same the last time she had seen him. Her eyes teared up, and rush towards him. Draco had wrapped his arms around her in tight hug.
"Yes it's me, Gin."
"Oh Draco! I missed you so much. Why did you leave me? Why? You promised me that we will live happily forever and our forever was too short,Draco. Why?"
Draco couldn't say anything as he and Ginny was still wrapped around each other's, eyes closed to control their tears and relieving their old happy times.
He then slowly lean back to see her, smiling at her ,"Hey Gin...It's so good to see you happy ."
"I know what is going on in your life. I totally approve of Harry. He is good for you, Ginny."
"Really? You don't mind that I love Harry now."
"Yes, I don't mind that you love Harry now. In fact I am very happy because I can see that you are glowing again with love shining on your face. You have been lonely for the past eight years. it's time that you get your happiness again . "
"And I can see that Harry loves you unconditionally and he loves our boys and considered them as his sons but he hadn't told you of this. Because he was afraid that you won't like the boys to call him as their papa. Let Harry be their father in my place. I don't mind. "
"Really?" Her eyes were shining with happy tears, happy that Draco approves of her new love.
"Yes, all you have to do is get married to Harry, " He smirked mischievously ," and have more babies , A quidditch team to rival your mother. "
"Draco!" She blushed, she swatted at his shoulders.
"And one more thing for you to do. Use your matchmaking skills for our father and Uncle Severus. Mother told me to pass a message to you. Father and Uncle Severus are lonely. They need someone in their life too.
"Who?" She couldn't believe that she was talking to him one last time.
"I think you will know in time, who will be their proper match. "
"Hmmm...Okay I will sure do my best and find their match and they will be happy too."
"I am glad that I got a chance to talk to you to say a proper goodbye to you, Draco" She lent her head on his shoulders.
"Yes, I knew that you really needed it. And I am so happy that I am a father already and have seen every moment of my sons 'life. I was so worried when that bastard Lestrange and my ex-friend tried to cause trouble to you, Lucas and Derek. "
"It's good that you had a quick mind to cast protective spell on them. I am proud of you ,you know and Mother was relieved when she learned that all of you were safe.."
"Mother was glad and pass her thanks to Aunt Andy for taking care of her grandsons ,you,Father and Uncle Severus too."
Ginny nodded and was smiling sadly at him with tears on her face.
"I think it's time for me to go."
"Now? Please just a bit more time, Draco?" She tightly griped his fingers.
"I can't wait here for too long. Please remember to remind our sons about me always, tell them I love them so much and father and Uncle Severus too. Tell Harry Potter I wish him luck. "
Ginny kissed him and Draco returned her kiss tenderly.
"I love you Ginevra Molly Malfoy!" He whispered to her softly with deep love in his eyes.
"I love you too Draco Lucius Malfoy!" She too returned the same look, both saying goodbye silently.
"I hope to see you and Harry a good future married life, filled of love and kids too from above..."
"Goodbye Ginny!"
"Goodbye Draco!"
Draco walked backward facing her , waving her bye ,and vanished.
Ginny opened her eyes, blinking around and seeing Luna looking at her anxiously.
She nodded slightly, silently telling Luna that she had managed to talk to Draco.
She felt tears around her face, unable to control her tears; she wanted to go back to her room and cry as much as she wants.
Luna released the privacy spells and Ginny got up, was trying to run towards the Manor.
She bumped into Harry, and looked at him with teary eyes. He pulled her into a hug, looked on with worry, not knowing what made her to cry. What did she and Luna talk about.
He rubbed her back to keep her calm, as she sobbed into his shoulder.
He felt Ginny buckling under her knee, he hold her on tightly and he picked her up and entered the manor, into the open air room, sat on the nearby couch and settle her on his lap and she was still sobbing. He kept whispering caring words into her ears. He noticed Luna and Blaise were still out, watching over the boys and giving them space.
He didn't know how long , when exactly she fell asleep in his arms , but he picked her up, and took her to her bed, where he put her down gently, and covered her with her bed covers. He kissed her on the forehead, and was about to leave the room quietly, but Ginny caught his hand.
"Please stay here with me. Don't leave me alone."
Harry saw Ginny had opened her eyes slightly, pleading him to stay here.
He slowly climbed over her bed and lay down on the other side of the bed, pulling her against his chest, and heard her content sigh and slipped into sleep.
He wanted to ask Luna what happened. Or maybe Ginny will tell me .
Meanwhile when Luna was talking to Ginny , during that time, Blaise and Harry were playing with the boys.
Then Harry climbed out of the pool, and sat near the edge ,he then dried himself using the drying spell and then wore a short sleeve white shirt on, unbuttoned. Blaise did the same, but made sure that Carlo was safe, sitting on his rubber float in the low side of the pool.
"So, when are you going to propose her?" Blaise asked casually.
"How did you know that?" Harry stopped wiping his hair with his towel.
He faced Blaise in shock and surprise that Blaise knew about his little surprise for Ginny.
"I saw you in the magical jewelry shop at Diagon alley. You were trying to be discrete so the Weasley Twins won't see you there."
"So I decided to not to interrupt your most important mission and went on my way to the law office." He smirked at Harry.
"Ah, I don't know when to propose to her. I mean I am looking for the perfect way to propose her. " Blaise just nodded.
"You approve of me and Ginny? I know that Draco was your best friend and I want to know what you think of me and Ginny." He asked with a curious tone in his voice.
Because he knew that Ginny considered Blaise as her pseudo big brother during school and the last eight years too.
Blaise dotes on Ginny as his little sister since the time Ron hurt her in the past, He took on his brotherly role seriously and took care of her often whenever he can. They are very close, similar to his and Hermione's relationship. He considered Hermione as his sister. "
Blaise had been present during her wedding with Draco as Draco's best man. Blaise is godfather to her two sons and Luna is their godmother.
So he wanted to know what Blaise's opinion of him.
He waited for Blaise to answer his question. Blaise took his time to arrange his thoughts and said quietly so only Harry can hear what he was saying.
"From what I have seen you and Ginny so far, she looks at you with so much love in her eyes. The last time she had this look was when she was with Draco. "
" After the battle, She never had this love glow in her eyes at all. Not even at Boston , sure she was content and happy to see the boys grow up and working at Malfoy International. But happiness for herself was dimmed in her eyes. All I could see was full of grief and loneliness."
Harry felt a lump in his throat at hearing Blaise words, imagining her life during the past eight years.
"We all had a tough time losing Draco and helped her to take care of Derek and Lucas. I and Luna prayed that Ginny deserves a second chance to love and that's one of the reasons Luna and Marie was helping her to deal her grief and seek out new love in her life. "
"But she never found someone whom she can love again; she was constantly comparing them to Draco. "
"Then I remembered you at one point and told Luna of my opinion of you. "
"Me? "
"Yes, you. To be honest, I sort of knew that you had feelings for Ginny all those years at School but weren't sure how deep you felt. At that time she was in love with my best friend and he too returned his love for her. So I didn't do anything for you. That time we weren't friends."
'Then we started telling her about you and what you have been doing here. You know the general news about you whenever we visit her at Boston. She was stubborn and didn't believe that you have changed . She still had the thought of how you were at School. "
Harry absentmindedly nodded and urged Blaise to continue.
"Then finally she met you and she finally believe that we have been right all along about you."
"You both became fast friends over time. We all were hoping that she would realize that how much you love her. Then she opened her eyes and finally noticed you. Now she accepted you in her life, she saw how the boys and Lucius, Severus accepted you and she slowly was falling in love with you. "
"We all were relieved that when we learned you both finally started dating and even then without confessing your both feelings outright, we could see that you both were in love, in your case you knew it already and Ginny hasn't realized it yet. "
"Now I am assuming that by noticing your silly stupid grin on your face that she had confessed her love to you and you told her too. "
Harry nodded, blushing a bit that Blaise could read his face.
"Good. I am extremely happy that you never gave up on your love for her and waited for her . Now you must be happy and thrilled at finally having your only one in your life. Ginny completes you in all way in your life. Right?"
"I can relate to that after having Luna in my life and she completes me in all way. "
Harry thought what Blaise was saying was completely true . Ginny completes him!
"And to answer your question that whether I approve of you and I like you. You are a good bloke . But if you hurt her then you have to answer my wrath."
" thanks for telling me. " He said awkwardly, Blaise shrugged and smirked.
He never thought that the Italian Slytherin would be so caring and loving person,now he know why Luna had married him.
After all he had the impression that Blaise was so emotionless and had no feelings for the others. But then he was wrong. Slytherins hide their real self so well.
Then he saw from the corner of his eye that Ginny was crying silently, her face was flushed with tears.
Worried for her, he stood up immediately and went running towards her and blocked her way and bumped into her when she was running. He pull her into a hug.
After some days, Lucius, Severus, Ginny, Harry, Luna, Blaise and the Weasley family have come to see the trial.
Molly and Andromeda were looking after the children at the Manor.
When they reached the courtroom, the media were crowding them, all asking questions to Ginny, Harry, and Lucius about the near kidnapping of her and her children.
Ron and Amelia and some Aurors were guarding them,and warning them to be away or else they will face lawsuit.
Luna murmured to her and Harry, telling them about the latest news around, "Well, actually, you have become the talk of the Wizarding world. "
"They admired how your sons were being the target of attack, you being the brave fierce mother bravely protecting her sons from the big bad monster, Rabastan Lestrange. You have become an icon for all mothers in the town. Thats what the press was saying. I did my best to control it down and didn't allow them to publish the personal details. "
Luna looked at her in an apologetic manner.
Then they sat quietly.
"Rabastan Lestrange." The judge called as the crowd in the courtroom watched on eagerly, their jeers having been silenced for the umpteenth time.
"You are sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban, and your magic will be bound." The gavel echoed and the Silencing Charm was broken yet again as people jeered and applauded the decision.
Ginny and Harry, Lucius, Severus watched impassively as Lestrange glared at them and were led away by the high level Aurors .
Sitting between Harry and Lucius, Ginny squeezed their hands on both sides, knowing what they were thinking. It was enough to soothe their needs for revenge.
Pansy Parkinson had pleaded guilty to aiding Rabastan Lestrange and would get five years in Azkaban for that but she'd be able to return to Wizarding UK afterwards.
Lucius was not pleased with that but he couldn't do anything because Ginny had told them that Pansy didn't want to harm her boys , for that and she wanted Pansy to have one more chance to change her life .
"Let's go then." Ginny said, taking Harry's hand and hurrying them out of the courtroom before the reporters could descend.
They went to Harry's flat.
Ginny sat with her head on Harry's shoulder, eyes closed as she felt some unnoticed tension running out of her. He remembered what Ginny told her of Luna's dream and her last goodbye to Draco. He felt relieved at hearing that Draco approves of him and Ginny. He accepted Draco's luck and whispered a thanks to him upward in the sky.
He marveled at her with him , cherishing every moment .
Harry kissed her head and she looked up at him, in time to see Harry's grin before her lips were captured in a loving kiss.
They spent a quiet evening alone. They decided to have a take-away food. They talked and talked, bantering and teasing good-naturedly as usual.
Occasionally, they would dance to a song on the Wizarding Wireless Network. Then she and Harry made love in his bedroom ..
A/N: They love each other fully by now. Hmmm..Let's see if I can complete the story in the next chapter or not. And an epilogue too.
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By Ice Queen Malfoy