|AN|: HAPPY NEW YEAR! This chapter I would like to dedicate to all of you readers! Especially those who bothered to review or will do it after reading the last chapter. :D Have a wonderful 2013!
|AN2|: Steph and Marta- thank you! :*
Chapter Three:
You've started it!
Ginny ran into the kitchen and suddenly stopped in her tracks when she noticed Ron sitting at the table shoving her piece of chocolate cake into his mouth.
"What the hell you think you're doing?" She asked with outrage and he stopped chewing to look at her with a full mouth.
"Waa?" He mumbled slightly startled.
"That was mine, you filthy git!" She yelled and he gulped loudly.
"I haven't seen your name on it." He commented and suddenly started to regret it very badly when she reached for her wand only to find out that she probably left it upstairs in her room. He chuckled at her.
"Oh poor little Gin-Gin. You're quite hopeless without your wand, aren't you?" He commented. She did a rude gesture toward him with her hand.
"I hope you choke on that." She said humorlessly and straight faced as he put another piece into his mouth. She spoon around to leave the kitchen and bumped into Harry in the door.
"Hey sweetheart!" He said cheerfully before noticing her stormy expression. "What is that beautiful pout of yours about?" He asked placing his pointy finger under her chin to tilt her head. She pouted even more.
"Ron ate my chocolate cake!" She whined miserably. She was so damn cute like that in his opinion.
"Oh my poor thing!" He exclaimed placing a gentle kiss at her pouty lips. "Not nice Ron!" He added towards his friend and Ron sent him a filthy look.
"I was doing it for you, mate." He said towards Harry shaking his head at him. "You don't want your future wife to be fat." He added when Harry looked at him strangely. Ginny narrowed her eyes and reached behind Harry to steal his wand. He grabbed her hand just before she managed to pull it out of his back pocket.
"Oh come on babe," he said smiling at her, "we both know that you won't be fat because of one piece of cake. Besides, I would love you even if you'll have a butt as big as Ron's." He added and winked at her.
"Oi!" Yelped Ron.
"Don't worry honey, it won't happen. Like seriously! You think I would be able to grow myself something that huge!?" She asked playing along rather nicely.
"Nah… I think it's quite impossible, but still… I would love you no matter what." He replied and laughed along with Ginny when Ron stood up suddenly.
"Gits!" He exclaimed toward them.
"You've started it!" Exclaimed Ginny innocently, still laughing at her brother who squeezed beside them in the doorway and left the kitchen.
"Come on little flame," said Harry kissing Ginny's forehead, "I think we both deserve a big bowl of ice cream." He added and she smiled at him beautifully as he placed his arm around her shoulders.
"Oh Merlin, Harry! Did you see this!?" Squealed Ginny some time later when they were walking down Diagon Alley. She pressed her nose to the broom shop's window, eying with rapture the newest version of the Firebolt. Harry chuckled to himself before looking at the broom. Indeed it was a dream of every player, especially a professional one.
"I can already see a certain redhead riding it." He commented and she tore her eyes away from the broom to look at him strangely.
"Me?" She asked with raised eyebrows. " Oh come on, Potter! You can't just buy me every single thing that I think is awesome." She added noticing his face showing an expression she knew too well. He got it every time he got an idea to buy something insanely expensive for her or any other person. To her bewilderment it happened very often.
"Why not?" He simply asked. "I just want to spoil you, is that so bad?" He added and she laughed at him.
"Everything has its limits, Harry." She said ruffling his hair affectionately. "You've already bought me a few rather expensive things only this month." She added shaking her head at him. Yes, she'd seen the inside of his vault and she knew that he would be able to buy a whole Diagon Alley if he would like to, but still. Even after several years together she felt a little bit uncomfortable when he was buying her all sorts of things.
"Okay, it's only two days till January so I think I can wait." He replied with a sly grin and she swatted his arm then hooked her own through it. They were walking down the alley in silence for a couple of moments before he looked at her to find out why she went so silent. She had a faraway look on her face and he nudged her lightly with his elbow. She looked up and smiled sweetly at him.
"What are you thinking about so heavily?" He asked when she said nothing. She purred silently burrowing her nose into his arm.
"I love you." She said out of a blue and he looked at her, his eyes sparkling.
"Where did that come from?" He asked slightly bewildered. She laughed softly.
"From the bottom of my heart," she replied, placing her gloved hand at her chest. He raised his eyebrows and laughed along with her, kissing her forehead. "But really, I was just thinking about your little chat with my parents." She added more seriously, but with mischievous sparkles dancing in her eyes. "I'm still quite dazed that mum actually agreed to us living together. What did you tell her?" She asked and he shook his head at her.
"Nice try, babe-" he said and she pouted again. "-I've already said that I'm not going to tell you." He added and she huffed at him. He laughed and fixed her hat in order to better cover her ears. "So what? Hot chocolate and ice cream at Florean's Parlour?" He asked with a grin. It was a good thing that Florean's family decided to reopen the ice cream parlour after the war in tribute to its previous owner.
"I thought you'd never ask." She replied and snuggled to his side seeking his warmth.
"I have post for you, Ginny." Said George stepping into her room after a light knock on the door.
"Seriously George, don't you think you should wait till I say 'come in'?" She asked while packing a pile of her shirts into the box lying on her bed.
"Harry is in the garden with Ron so I won't walk into something for which I would have to obliviate myself." He said with a smirk and she threw her quaffle at him. He caught it and placed into another box. " So… you're moving out, eh?" He asked sitting at the edge of her bed and she smiled at him.
"It's not like I was spending a lot of time at home anyways." She replied picking her old school books from the floor. "I was mostly just sleeping here." She added, he snorted.
"That's the point, Ginny. You should sleep in your own bed like a good girl 'til your wedding night." He said and she chuckled.
"But I'll be sleeping in my own bed!" She exclaimed, "mine and Harry's." She added. He shook his head at her. "I can't promise you, though, that I'll always be a good girl." She declared with mischievous smile, the one identical to his own. He pressed his hands to his ears.
"I don't want to hear about it!" He exclaimed and she laughed loudly, shrugging.
"You've started it." She stated happily.
"You said there was a post for me." She said after a moment, taking pity on him and changing the subject of their discussion.
"Yeah…" he said, reaching in his back pocket, "one from Luna and the other from Neville." He added handing her two envelopes.
"Hey! Were you reading my private correspondence?" She inquired narrowing her eyes at him. He looked at her with disbelief.
"Seriously, sis. I know those owls better than my own pocket. They are here at least twice a week. Don't you think I would know who they belong to by now?" He asked and she smiled at him.
"Yes, I suppose." She said before roaring with laughter when she tore open a letter from Luna. He looked at her strangely so she handed him a picture. Luna was standing on a big pile of trash with mud and something indescribable smeared across her face. Being Luna, she had on a very original outfit . A quite tall, dark haired man with a little stubble was standing beside her with a winning smile and a strange bird-like animal in his hands. They both were waving at them. George laughed loudly and turned the picture to look on the back where there was a short note, written in Luna's messy script.
"We've found a new kind of bird! Rolf named it 'noodlespike bird' because of his noodle-like hair and spikes under his wings. It's an amazing animal!
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas! I'm sending my love to you, Harry, Hermione and the rest of your family! Oh, and Happy New Year for all of you!
Yours,
Luna."
"That girl!" Exclaimed George. "She is as crazy about those strange creatures as Charlie is about his dragons. There was a moment I thought I could play a matchmaker and make them an item." He said with amusement. "But it looks like she's already found her 'Magical Creatures King'." Ginny looked at him with disbelief.
"You wanted to play matchmaker?" She asked wide eyed. He shrugged and she laughed loudly. "Oh, this is priceless… I can't wait to tell our brothers." She added and he stood up suddenly with a horrified expression.
"Don't you dare, Ginevra!" He exclaimed wide eyed and she laughed even harder.
"I was only teasing you, Georgie." She said gently patting his cheek. "That was rather cute of you actually. I wouldn't expect that from you, although Angie mentioned earlier that you have a hidden romantic side." She added smiling at him. "I want you to know, George Weasley, that you have to be very careful of what you are saying about me and my dear fiancé. I have more blackmail material on you than you are able to imagine." She confessed winking at him.
"You're evil." He said and she chuckled.
"I've heard that before." She replied and then, out of nowhere, hugged him tightly. "You're pretty lucky that you're my favorite brother, Georgie." She said and he hugged her back.
"You're pretty lucky you're my favorite sister." He replied and she laughed breaking the embrace.
"I'm your only sister, you nitwit!" She exclaimed and he ruffled her hair.
"GEORGE! ANGIE'S HERE!" They heard Harry's voice calling from downstairs.
"COMING!" George yelled back and opened the door to leave Ginny's room but stopped in the doorway and turned towards his sister one more time.
"Ginny," He called and she raised her head to look at him, "I'm happy for you." He said and left her smiling to herself.
"Oh, this is going to be fun!" Exclaimed George, appearing at the door of the Burrow's living room the next day. He was putting on the jacket from his green suit. Angelina chuckled at his outfit. She was wearing a yellow dress matching his shirt. Harry and Ron smiled as well when she placed a quick kiss at his cheek. "Where are Hermione and Ginny?" He asked searching the room for them.
"Haven't been down yet." Replied Ron. "What could possibly be taking them so long!" He exclaimed glancing at his watch. Lee's New Year's Eve party was about to start and they promised him that they'd be there from the beginning. It was the first party he was organizing as a main speaker of Wizarding Wireless and he was rather nervous that everything would go well.
"Maybe they're trying to straighten Hermione's hair." Commented George and they all laughed as Angie swatted his arm lightly. Just then they heard a sound of high heels on the wooden stairs and Hermione appeared downstairs with Ginny in tow. Harry and Ron were staring at them openmouthed and Ginny was sure, if Ron didn't close his mouth soon enough he would start to drool. Ginny locked her eyes with Harry's and he sent her one of those bewitching smiles which was making her knees suddenly very weak. She smiled at him as well and he felt the very familiar sensation of blood buzzing in his veins. Warmth was spreading through his body and a drop of cold sweat was running down his spine. She was gorgeous. There wasn't even a proper word to describe how beautiful she looked. She was wearing a navy blue dress which was clenching tightly to her body exposing her every perfect curve. It was reaching her mid-thigh. She spun around to show herself in full glory and he noticed that it had deep cleavage, as well as exposing her perfectly freckled back. Her hair was held up in a messy bun and a few strands of it were encircling her face. He gulped loudly trying to collect himself and approached her kissing her lips. It supposed to be a light, chaste kiss, but the moment his lips touched hers he snaked his arms around her and proceed to snog her fiercely.
"Okay! Knock it off you two!" Exclaimed George patting Harry's back rather firmly. "We're going to be late," he added, dragging Angie behind him through the door and outside.
"Are you mental Gin? You're going to freeze to death!" Exclaimed Harry, finding Ginny outside the club sitting on the few steps leading to the little café next-door. "I was looking everywhere for you! Are you trying to sneak out?" Ha asked conjuring a blanket and wrapping her in it tightly. She smiled at him when he squatted in front of her.
"Nah… I just wanted to take a few breaths of fresh air. Sorry if you were worried." She replied reaching for his cheek. He smiled in response and sat beside her, wrapping his arms around her.
"Tired?" He asked rubbing her arms slowly.
"A little bit. But it's a great party - I'm glad we decided to go." She replied snuggling closer to him. He hummed quietly in response, a content smile crossing his face. He could just sit there with her for the rest of his life and he would be perfectly fine with that, even if it really was cold there. He teased her ear with his nose and she laughed softly.
"May I kiss my fiancée for the second time in 2001?" He whispered to her ear and she smiled at him reaching behind his neck to pull his head down towards hers. They linked their lips in a passionate kiss. Somewhere in the muggle side of the city fireworks were still cracking loudly. Moments later she pulled his shirt from his trousers and sneaked her hands underneath it. He yelped against her lips and shuddered.
"Take your hands off me, woman! You're freezing!" He exclaimed not quite seriously. She chuckled and brushed her nose against his ear.
"You've started it."
The End
|AN3|: That was the last one. How do you like it?
