Thinking I'd better get up, I turned over, my neck aching from sleeping in an awkward position. Apparently, Harry had beaten me to it. He was stood, leaning against my old underwear cupboard with a frown on his face. He had stubble emerging from his chin and his white shirt was undone at the collar and un-tucked.
I felt a tug of something around my neck and pulled off Harry's tie, vaguely remembering how it had gotten there. Mt bridesmaid dress lay on the floor in a heap.
"What's up?" I asked, wrapping a blanket around myself and walking towards him.
He rolled his eyes "What do you think?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know...No, of course you don't. Why would you?"
"What?" I snapped.
"What's wrong with me? Well, let's see. It could be that I've spent nearly five years trying to get over you and every time I get close...this happens."
"Well, you initiated this. I recall that is was you who kissed me, was it not?"
"Don't be stupid. Of course it was. What else was I suppose to do with you wearing that thing and smiling and being all...yourself. You do something to me, Ginny, and I can't control it."
"It hasn't happened that many times."
"You nineteenth birthday. Your twenty first birthday, Sirius' birthday. Need I go on?"
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying." He snapped, impatiently "That this cannot carry on. There's no way I'm ever going to get over you if it doesn't stop right now. I'm saying that I never got over you, that you broke my heart and it's still not fixed, that I cannot cope without you. That is what I'm saying."
"You like me again?" I asked, sounding like a teenager.
"I don't like you. I love you; I never stopped loving you and I never fucking will."
"So what's wrong?"
"Do you listen to anything Ginny? I wish I could see what goes on in that head of yours, I really do. I've just told you that I love you and you broke my heart and I'm never going to get over you and you ask me what's wrong? Are you insane? Do you listen to a word I say, or are you so self involved that you can't even-"
"Harry shut up. I'm asking what's wrong because you don't have to get over me."
"Of course I do, I can't wait around for the rest of my life hoping by some miracle that you'd actually care enough to take me back."
I laughed "No, you twat. Remember when Malfoy poisoned me? Yeah? And we were in the hospital wing talking about babies? Well, I still want that. I never stopped wanting that."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that we both found the 'right' person years ago. We've just wasted a lot of time because it wasn't exactly obvious."
He rubbed his eyes "I'm confused. Does this mean we're back together?"
I smiled, wrapping my arms around his neck "I bloody hope so."
He smiled, leaning down to kiss me. I responded for a moment before pulling away.
"I love you, Mr Potter."
"I love you too, Weasley. I really, really, really do." He smiled, before pushing me back onto the bed.
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The smell of sea and sand swam through the air as I turned to face him. We'd been together for two years now, and I don't think I could have been happier.
Around us, the beach was dark and the sky was a beautiful inky blue. Stars of many different sizes twinkled down at us and Harry smiled, lifting himself on top of me "Weasley?"
"Potter?"
"Do you like the name Weasley?"
I smiled "Not really, if I'm honest. Everybody seems to be called Weasley, these days."
I laughed "Our entire family."
"Our family?"
"What's yours is mine."
I laughed, messing up his raven hair "You're a complete twat, do you know that?"
His emerald eyes sparkled like the stars above his head and he grinned "Of course. You tell me enough."
He sat next to me, cross legged and smiled "I have a question for you."
"You seem to be asking a lot of questions tonight."
"Shut up and listen."
"Okay."
He grabbed my hand and looked at me, smiling like a complete and utter lunatic.
"Ginny Weasley."
"Harry Potter."
"I love you, so, so, so much and I honestly don't know what I'd be without you. You're cocky, smart and an excellent flyer – you're my perfect match. I don't ever, ever, ever want to live without you so would you do me the honour of becoming my wife?"
I stared as he pulled his wand and a small silk box out of his pocket. He opened it, muttered 'Lumos' and revealed a thin silver ring. It was similar to the one Ron had given Hermione – it had three jewels and the one in the centre was a simple sparkling diamond. However, one of the other stones was green and the other red.
I looked up at him, completely forgetting how to talk.
He touched my hand "The red one's a ruby, my birthstone and the green one's a peridot – your birthstone. Also, I have green eyes and you have red hair. If you don't like it then that's fine, I can change it and-"
What else he could do, though, I never found out due to the fact that I'd pushed him over and was kissing him furiously.
"Is that a yes?" He asked, a wide smirk appearing on his face.
I held out my hand as he pushed on the ring "I love you."
He looked at me, his eyes shining brighter than they ever had in their lives and he smiled that smile that few people had ever seen. It's odd, you'd think everybody has the same smile, but they don't. Some they use far too often, at un-funny jokes that they'd heard millions of times or at their godfathers Christmas present that tended to be a packet of condoms. Some smiles come with someone's laugh, and symbolise the amusement a certain somebody was feeling. Some smiles are cocky, and arrogant – Harry's speciality. Others are saved for just a few people and that was what I saw then. His face didn't show arrogance or even amusement – his smile was one of pure happiness and it was then, sat on the beach outside shell cottage, that I realised how lucky I was. I was marrying the man of my dreams – how many people can say that and mean it? I was marrying the one person who made me feel complete. I was marrying the boy I'd grown up with, the teenager who was my first ever love and the man who meant more to me than anything.
I was as happy as anybody had ever been.
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I'm so sorry it's been a while but I'm back at school and it just sucks. I'm going to post this and then write the final chapter in the next hour before I do my homework – NOTE HOW I PUT YOU FIRST ;)