Almost Happily Ever After
Ch 20 Quidditch and an Engagement
iMolly gave Hermione a copy of Witches and Wizards Graphic Guide to Married Sex. She eagerly opened the book, came to the first illustration, quickly slammed the book shut and said, with an amazingly huge smile on her face "we're going to read this book in private, Ron." Then with come hither smile "I can tell there will beu lots of homework with this book!" Ron looked embarrassed but also very pleased./i .
Saturday morning Harry and Ginny both woke up about seven, just a little short of sleep. They didn't say a lot to each other until they were down for breakfast. Finally Harry said "Quidditch tryouts."
"I have the pitch from nine to one" Ginny said. "I have no idea who or what we have. I know the witches and wizards that practiced with me this summer, but there should be more good candidates."
"Are you just going to recruit one team, or are you going to try and have backups for all the positions?' asked Harry.
"I would like some backup for each position" Ginny said. "We've talked about it before. It would be ideal to have two teams, even if not full teams, to scrimmage against.'
There was a huge crowd for the tryouts. Ginny was glad that Harry was there to help. They first cleared the field of anyone who was not in Gryffindor, and then had everyone start out in groups of 10 doing some simple exercises on the broom. That got rid of a large group. They then tried out by position. They soon had 2 keepers, 5 chasers plus Ginny, 4 beaters, and 2 candidates for seeker. In the end one of the seekers was clearly better than Ginny, and the other one was close enough to Ginny's skill to be a good reserve. Ginny was clearly the best chaser they had, but 3 of the other chasers were good, and Ginny was going to try and make sure that over the season all 3 of them got to play. She had 2 good beaters and an acceptable reserve, plus one more young student that was going to play as a reserve and learn. She had enough players to have 2 small teams to play against each other for practice.
When they were done everybody broke for lunch, a late lunch. They spent a couple of hours after lunch in practice, and then scheduled additional practice sessions.
Saturday evening Hermione came over to Harry and Ginny's room to talk to Harry. "Do you have the Marauders Map, Harry?" asked Hermione. "There have been some incidents where Muggle born students' possessions have been vandalized. Do you think I could use the Marauders Map to see and maybe record what was happening at the castle?"
"You can borrow it, Hermione, but I really don't want anyone else to know about it" Harry answered. "I don't have any idea if you can record what the map shows. I've never heard or read of recording what a magic thing shows."
"I think that Muggle recorders sometime have a hard time recording magic things" said Hermione. "I think it's a harder problem than you would think."
"Where has Ron been" asked Ginny.
"He and I have both been busy, and we're not formally engaged, and that is causing some problems. I've seen him a couple of times. We're working on some things" Hermione said sort of evasively.
Sunday morning Harry and Ginny went to the New Burrow for breakfast with the family. It was not at all common for Hogwarts students to be given permission to leave as freely as Ginny and Hermione were going to be leaving.
Ron and Hermione arrived late, about 10:30, which was very unusual for them. Ron was nervous, but Hermione was beaming. The first thing she did was show a very modest ring that was clearly an engagement ring, and said "Ron asked me to marry him this morning!"
Ginny could not resist asking "Well, what did you say?"
"Yes, of course!" said Hermione.
"Why now, Ron?" asked Molly.
Ron said "Well, it took some time to save up enough money for a ring. McGonagall was giving us a hard time having the fireplaces connected as just boyfriend and girlfriend."
Hermione added "She was telling me that having the fireplaces connected was out of order, and if something did not change soon we would have to limit our visits to Hogsmeade weekends. So I kind of pushed Ron to get his act together."
"Kind of!" said Ron. "Like 'if you want to keep visiting me we are going out and getting a ring today."
"I thought you could go back and forth to get books" Molly said.
"Well, yes" said Hermione. "Sort of. Professor McGonagall told me that we're not married. They are giving Harry and Neville a lot of freedom, because they are married, but there are a lot of young witches and wizards at Hogwarts and just as boyfriend and girlfriend we had to be very careful not to give scandal."
Molly got a serious look on her face. "You want to do more than just see each other, more than just a little innocent snogging."
Both Hermione and Ron got very red. They were both waiting for Molly to explode. Finally Hermione said "I tried to explain that I'm my parents only child, and that they are going to want to put on a big Muggle wedding in their local church, and we could not possibly get married before this summer. She said something about a formal engagement, like if we were formally engaged she could overlook, like…, Mrs. Weasley I want to do the right thing!"
"She wants a Wizards contract before she will let you sleep together" said a serious Molly. "Don't try and tell me you haven't been sharing a bed."
Hermione and Ron both looked sheepishly at Molly and nodded, not sure what kind of reception this would get.
"Taking birth control?" asked Molly of Hermione.
Hermione nodded yes.
"I don't know what it is about wars and the end of wars that gets everybody's sex drive aflame" said Molly. "Arthur and I can't say too much. I told Arthur when we were still living at Hogwarts that we'd have a hurry-up wedding out of one of you three children, Ginny, Ron, George." George and Angelica got a real embarrassed look on their faces as everybody in the room turned to look at them. "I like the partners you've chosen, and it's not that I'm not ready for grandchildren." Molly sighed deeply. "It's just that things have been happening too fast!"
"Ron" said Arthur, "are you absolutely sure you want to marry Hermione? Wizard contracts are for life."
"I'm absolutely sure" Ron said, holding on to Hermione's hand. "Hermione, the brightest witch in the world, wants to marry me! I'd be a bloody fool to pass that one up." Ron ogled Hermione rather obviously and said "It doesn't hurt that she's bloody beautiful as well!" Hermione giggled at this remark, giving Ron a little poke.
"Hermione" Arthur said. "I know that some Muggles do not stay married. Magical contracts are not like that. Once you sign a Wizards contract, and say the spells, good or bad, you are stuck with this red headed boy as long as you both live."
"And his whole fantastic family" Hermione said. "I'm ready. I've been ready for a long time, actually, Ronald" looking right at Ron. Ron squirmed and mouthed 'sorry.'
Hermione and Harry both looked around. Everybody was very serious. Ginny held on to Harry's hand tightly, and Harry just looked very intently at the scene unfolding before him.
Arthur got up and went to the library. A short time later he came back with a piece of parchment. No one had said anything while Arthur was away.
Arthur took the parchment over to Ron and Hermione. "This is a formal engagement contract. They have been used when you could not get to a Ministry of Magic for a formal ceremony, or when something else prevented a proper wedding. They are just as binding as a wedding. Do you both understand?"
"Is that what Professor McGonagall was talking about?" asked Hermione.
"Probably, or something like this" Arthur replied. "Say the words of the contract and sign your names. Molly and I will sign our names. We make duplicates and you are formally engaged, proper Wizard like."
Arthur pointed out a sentence on the contract for Ron to read, and Ron read "I Ronald Bilius Weasley agree to a formal engagement of marriage with Hermione Jean Granger, with a marriage to be performed within a year if possible, and agree to be faithful to Hermione until death part us." Ron looked astounded to say the least after he got done reading this, looking at Hermione.
"Are you sure, Ron?" Hermione asked.
"I've never been more sure of anything!" Ron said. "I just don't believe it!"
Hermione got her most proper 'I'm doing something important' look on and said "I Hermione Jean Granger agree to a formal engagement of marriage with Ronald Bilius Weasley, with a marriage to be performed within a year if possible, and agree to be faithful to Ronald until death part us. There! You're stuck with me!" She then proceeded to give Ron a little kiss, except they held the kiss for a very long time.
Ron, Hermione, Arthur and Molly signed the parchment, and then two additional copies were made. "I will take the original to the Ministry tomorrow" Arthur said as he gave one copy to Ron, the other to Hermione.
"Thank you Mr. Weasley" Hermione said.
"You might as well start calling us Mum and Dad, just like Harry and Angelina" Molly said.
Everybody congratulated Hermione and Ron. Molly gave Hermione a copy of Witches and Wizards Graphic Guide to Married Sex. Hermione eagerly opened the book, came to the first illustration, quickly slammed the book shut and said, with an amazingly huge smile on her face "we're going to read this book in private, Ron." Then with come hither smile "I can tell there will be lots of homework with this book!" Ron looked embarrassed but also very pleased.
After an awkward period of silence Molly asked "Well did anything else happen at school?"
"Ginny really blasted Tom Riddle" Hermione said, and you could almost say she had a smirk on her face. "Knocked the wand right out of his hand!"
Everybody looked at Ginny, who was just looking very pleased with herself. "Little me?' said Ginny with a mock serious tone.
"Little Ginny! Did you tell Harry about the Defense against the Dark Arts Class, and Tom Riddle?" said Hermione.
"Tom Riddle's just a dueling dummy. What about the class?" said Ginny.
Hermione answered. "Sidney had a test. We were supposed to disarm a mannequin, that Sidney had named Tom Riddle. The other students had scores from 5 to 9.5. Ginny was last. She was the only one whose spell actually knocked the wand out of the mannequin, and her score was 12.5! Poor Little Ginny. First you go and marry the hero of the Wizarding world and then you have over the top scores in Defense against Dark Arts. Don't ever give me that Poor Little Ginny line again!" Of course this produced a huge smile on Ginny's face, obviously a victory smile.
Harry said "I'm really glad that Sidney is making fun of Tom Riddle. At the Ministry there are still people afraid to call him by his name. I will have to tell him I approve."
Ron and Hermione had to go to the Grangers to announce their engagement. Ginny and Harry felt that they needed to get back and study, but Molly did keep them until well after lunch. Both Harry and Ginny hated to leave Teddy, but Sundays were the only day they could arrange to be with Teddy.
The second week in September Ginny began to get busy with class assignments, plus she wanted to practice Quidditch as much as possible. Ginny did a fair amount of one on one or two on two practice with other members of her team, which took up quite a bit of time during some days. As a result she was busy with homework most nights.
Monday night Harry went to his first Transfiguration class with Minerva McGonagall. When he came back he told Ginny "I'll probably have Transfiguration most Monday and Wednesdays until Christmas."
"It looks like I'll be studying every night during the week, if I want weekends even a little off" Ginny groused. "Hermione and I will be studying every weekday night after dinner, Monday through Thursday anyway."
"I have people who want to practice dueling with me Tuesday and Thursday" said Harry, "and I can always exercise. I'll take off Tuesday and Thursday and let you and Hermione study. Just let me know if you're not going to be tied up."
"Are we still going to be doing the DA club on Friday nights?" asked Ginny.
"Yes, and I'll be there if I can" said Harry. "Many Friday's I'll be tied up with Wizengamot business."
"Breakfast and Dinner, usually, and an hour or two at night" Ginny pondered, a little upset that she and Harry has so little time together. "Weekends are better. As long as we can make love every night, so I know you're mine and I'm yours, I'm all right. Life is just real busy. I love you, Harry."
"I love you too, Ginny" said Harry as they headed into their bedroom.
The rest of the fall schedule was usually similar. After dinner Tuesday and Thursday Harry could go back to the new Potter Estate/Foreign Auror building for exercise and dueling practice. On most Monday and Wednesdays Harry had Transfiguration with Minerva McGonagall. On Friday night if nothing else interfered there was the DA club for 5th, 6th and 7th year students. Ginny and Neville were still involved, and Harry tried to be there if at all possible. Harry would follow this schedule for most of the fall if possible.
Of course every Friday when there was a Wizengamot session, and surprisingly even most Fridays when there was not, Hermione was at the Ministry. The first Friday in October she was formally made a member, taking the Black seat that Harry had inherited.
Shortly after Hermione was made a member of the Wizengamot another issue came up. Harry had noticed that the two house elves that the Aurors had brought over from North America had uniforms on, so one day he saw Al VanLente and asked "How come the Auror house elves can wear uniforms? I thought that when an elf was given clothes they were free?"
"Oh, in North America most house elves are clothed" said Al. "Laws have been changed to allow an owner to require his house elves to wear rented uniforms. Since the uniforms are not owned by the person who owns the house elves, and since they are a requirement of, you can't say employment but maybe service to the household, it's not like giving house elves their freedom.
"Auror house elves are in sort of an unusual position. They are sort of owned by the Auror department, but are attached to an individual Auror. It's sort of like a policeman and his police dog. I hate that analogy, but we've had injured house elf Aurors retire to live with a family and injured Aurors who worked with a house elf have the house elf retire to serve the Auror."
"Could I rent clothes for Kreacher?" asked Harry.
"It's a sort of tricky legal question, Harry. Different countries have different laws. Ask the legal people" answered Al.
The next time Harry saw Hermione he said "I've just learned that house elves in North America are mostly clothed. Rental clothes. Because the clothes are not owned by the owner of the house elf it's not a gift of clothes but just a condition of employment, or a condition of service to the family. Could we do that here?"
"It's better than having them go around with as little as they have on now!" exclaimed Hermione.
Two weeks later Hermione got up to address the Wizengamot. "There have been a number of incidents over the last few years where the inability of house elves to wear more clothes than tradition dictates have resulted in very embarrassing situations for their owners as well as for the house elves. In North America they have come up with a compromise that allows the owner of a house elf to require elves that he owns to wear appropriate clothing without giving the house elf freedom. This North American compromise involved setting up rental uniform companies, so that the owner of the house elves does not own the clothes. We need some legislation to tweak the laws a little, but then farmers and certain other house elf owners will be able to require uniforms."
The new laws passed with little dissent, since it was presented as something that was to the benefit of the owners and not the house elves.
Of course after the law was passed someone had to start a uniform rental company, and the Harry Potter estate was going to take a 49% interest and an American company was going to take a 51% interest in a Uniform Rental Company. Just one more complexity in Harry's life, although one he should not have to do much with.
As soon as the Uniform Rental Company was set up Harry made sure that Kreacher had a uniform that he liked, that clearly indicated that Kreacher was head house elf for Harry Potter, which was good looking enough that he could stand next to a goblin dressed in rich clothes and not be ashamed. Kreacher ended up with six of these, all different, in various stages of formality from a comfortable around the house outfit to wear all the way up to the very luxurious and showy one used for the most formal work.
Harry was so far ahead of the rest of the class in dueling Al talked the Ministry into letting Harry go to the normal 2nd year Defense against the Dark Arts class in Romania in October instead of waiting a year. There were 5 classes, each an intensive 2 week course, that an Auror would need before becoming a Senior Auror. One class was a Memory Modification class usually given 1st year in England, that was going to be taught with British and American Aurors in November. There was a class on structures Magical and Muggle and combined. Many wards and other protective charms would work only with a totally magical house, or a totally Muggle house, or only with a house that had both Muggle and Magical construction. This class was usually taught in Egypt where there were structures that had been built over 4,000 years ago using both magic and Muggle technology that were still standing. There was a class on Magic and Muggle technology taught in North America, normally in San Francisco. There was an Advanced Potions class taught in China.
The last Saturday in September, late in the afternoon, after Quidditch practice and lunch, Harry and Ginny were back in their room. Harry knew he had to tell Ginny about his upcoming schedule, and the trips he was going to have to be taking. Harry explained in great detail what courses he had to be taking, and how he was going to have to be gone for four two week long courses, including one in a couple of weeks. "Kingsley wants me to go through all these courses as soon as possible."
"You'll be gone for weeks at a time!" Ginny said. "I thought that after we were married I wouldn't have to be away from you for weeks at a time!"
"Well, that's the schedule they've laid out for me" said Harry.
"Harry, do you really have to be gone so much this next year?" she said . "I can not remember my father having to go on long trips."
"Your father was never in training to be an Auror" said Harry.
"Can you promise me that you will not have to travel after this year?" she asked.
"No. I think this year will be the worst, but I have no idea what kind of assignments I will have. Can you promise you will not have to be away from me when you join the Harpies?" asked Harry.
Ginny responded "If I join the Harpies. No, of course not. There are foreign games where I will have to be away, and I understand there are training sessions where we have to stay in the dormitory and not at home. It's just not the kind of life I dreamed of. It's not the life my parents had for most of the time I was growing up.
Harry, what did you expect our life together would be like? Did you expect so much travel? What did you expect your career would like?"
Harry answered "I don't know. Anything is better than living in a closet under the stairs. Anything is better than knowing that either Voldemort, that is Tom Riddle or I would have to die. I'm just going to do my best with what comes my way and not try to get my hopes up and plan for something that may not happen. I just am counting on the future always having you in it, whatever you are doing and whatever I am doing."
"Do you imagine us with children some day?" asked Ginny with a smile.
Harry answered 'With Teddy almost every weekend we already sort of have a child. I would really like to have our own children some day, but only when you are ready to be a mother."
Ginny replied "I hope you are not traveling when we become parents! I love being married but it's not exactly like I imagined it."
If Harry's life was getting more and more complicated, Ginny's was not. She was a student, plus head of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, plus the DA but she was really not leading the DA. (Dennis Creevey was, despite his age.) Her biggest problem was that Harry was going to have to be gone at least 8 weeks over the next 12 months. As Harry was explaining the schedule Al and Kingsley had worked out for Harry (with a reluctant agreement of Robards) Ginny was wondering how "never leave me" had turned into "Harry is going to be traveling away from me for weeks at a time."
The 2nd Saturday in October was the first Quidditch game of the season. The first big surprise was that a representative of the Firebolt Broom Company, Hudson Harrison, was there to adjust Ginny's broom both before and after the match. The second surprise was that the Harpies had sent a scout to look at Ginny fly.
The Slytherin team was terrible. There were too many people that had not come back to Slytherin, and Ginny was at her top form. The two beaters seemed to be watching Ginny more than the other chasers, not that it mattered. Shortly before the end of the game both beaters flew at her like they were trying to take her out, but she easily escaped.
It was no surprise that Gryffindor won. Before the seeker caught the snitch the score was 180 to 40, with Ginny scoring 80 points and assisting on most of the rest of the other points. She also helped misdirect the opposing seeker.
Just after the game had ended the two Slytherin beaters again went after Ginny. This time she was not watching out for them, and did not notice them until they were almost on top of her. They were flying at her and at each other, and Ginny flipped upside down avoiding their bats, except that the two bats hit her right knee at the same time. The beaters were flying so fast they knocked each other off their brooms, and they were caught as they fell to the ground.
Ginny flew a looping roll towards the ground, blood streaming out of her knee. She landed as if she was going to stand on both feet, but immediately collapsed. Madam Pomfrey was there almost immediately, and she stopped the flow of blood and had Harry carry Ginny up to the hospital wing.
Once there Madam Pomfrey made sure Ginny was unconscious, and examined the shattered knee for some time. She eventually composed a note and left. A short time later two healers from St, Mungo's, a witch and wizard, were there.
Madam Pomfrey told Harry "We have to leave. There are going to do the best they can to repair the knee."
"I thought you could fix almost anything" Harry said. "Certainly something as simple as a knee."
"Is that why you were always here, Mr. Potter?" Madam Pomfrey asked. "You thought I could fix anything? And as soon as you were not in school you give your name to Ginny so we have another Potter, and another Potter in my beds. I suppose since she has your name she's going to have your record of injuries as well. Merlin help us if you two send children to this school!"
"Maybe they will be more like my mum" Harry said.
Madam Pomfrey glared at Harry. "Like your mum was all sweetness and light? She was here from time to time. James and Lilly were well matched. Lilly was the only girl that could intimidate James."
"I thought my mum was nice" Harry said.
"One of the nicest persons I've ever met" Poppy answered. "Also a fierce competitor, a beater on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and in here with Quidditch injuries almost as often as you or your father."
Harry wanted to bring the conversation back to Ginny, and asked "Ginny's knee?"
"Shattered. Those idiots really destroyed it. I got the best help I could to put it back together, but I am not going to give you any promises. You might as well tell her parents and your friends. She is going to be here all tomorrow and probably on crutches for a week or more. No telling how well it is going to heal."
Harry went out to tell Ron and Hermione, and the Aurors.
Jim and Sue Shook were there, and Sue said "I'm not at all sure I like trying to protect Ginny when she is playing an inherently dangerous game. The Headmistress and the Aurors are both trying to find out who put those two idiots up to attacking Ginny like that, but Quidditch is dangerous and there is only so much we can do to protect her."
"I know" Harry said. "She loves it. I don't want to take Quidditch away from her, but it worries me a little too."
A short time later both Arthur and Molly showed up. "We heard what happened to Ginny's knee" Molly said. "Does Poppy have it fixed yet?"
"She brought in a couple of specialists from St. Mungo's" Harry said. "Madam Pomfrey is worried about the knee."
"Oh dear" Molly said, a worried look on her face. "Poppy's really worried if she brought in help."
"She said something about my mum being in the infirmary from time to time, like she was 'not all sweetness and light' and 'she and my dad were well matched.'"
"Your mum really had a temper" said Molly, laughing. "She was the only one who could intimidate your dad, and she sure had his number."
"From Snape's memories I got the idea that they didn't like each other until, I don't know when" Harry said.
"More like Ron and Hermione" Arthur said, "from what people told me"
"What?" said Ron, who with Hermione had just walked in.
Arthur said "From what people told me James and Lilly were a little like you and Hermione, not exactly boyfriend and girlfriend but always picking at each other. You two" looking right at Ron and Hermione "never could leave the other alone."
Ron and Hermione got ready to counter this, looked at each other, grabbed each other's hands and sort of wrestled a little, and started to laugh. Finally Hermione turned to Harry and said "How's Ginny?"
"The knee is pretty bad. A couple of specialists from St. Mungo's are working on it."
"The Aurors are questioning the two blokes from Slytherin" Ron said. "I wanted to stay and tell them everything I saw, and see what would happen. I think they are going to be taken to the Ministry, and I think their parents are going to be questioned too."
"Anything else?" asked Harry.
Ron looked glum. "They are talking about getting bodyguards for Hermione and me, at least when we leave 'safe space.' There is usually an Auror close by when I am at the store. You're a dangerous friend to have, it seems. I hope we catch all of those idiots and put them away for life, or kill them deader than a smashed spider."
About this time a gray haired wizard walked out. "Healer Robinson" he announced. "There were some pretty nasty spells on those beater bats, but we've got the knee put back together. Ginny will be able to walk on it, and play Quidditch. I hope she's a little gentle on it, not that I've much hope for that. Molly, just how many times did you heal broken bones on your daughter?"
"Broken, cracked, bruised, I lost count long ago" Molly said. "She was as bad as any of the boys; never very gentle with her body."
"I always knew she was tough" Harry said with pride.
"Female knees aren't as tough as male knees" healer Robinson said.
"Why?" asked Harry.
"Female hips are different" healer Robinson said. "Female hips move differently than male hips."
Ron took out both hands and motioned and said "Back and forth and up and down, bloody beautiful" as he looked at Hermione, and then got real red in the face. Hermione got embarrassed too, but from the smile on her face you could tell she was pleased too.
"Because the hips are more flexible, wider for child bearing, the knee is weaker. I'm just worried that Ginny will damage that knee again, because it's going to be weaker than the other one" healer Robinson said. "You can only do so much damage to a joint, even with magic, before it starts to give you problems. Ginny will be all right as long as she's a little gentle with that knee."
No one could imagine Ginny gentle with her body, but they all trouped in to see Ginny, who was waking up.
"We won, didn't we?" was the first thing out of Ginny's mouth. Everybody nodded yes. "Those idiots attack me after the game was over. What were they thinking? That's not fair!" Ginny said.
"We don't think it had to do with the game" Ron said. "The Aurors are questioning them like they wanted to hurt you because of Harry and not being on the side of Vold…Riddle and the Pure Bloods."
"Shouldn't have let my guard down, then" Ginny said. "Is the knee fixed? Can I get up and go down to the victory celebration now?"
"Robinson and Robinson at your service" the witch healer said. "The knee was damaged beyond the ability of Poppy to fix it, and it really pushed our skills. You are going to need to stay here overnight, and we are going to be taking turns watching the knee and doing healing spells on it. We think we can get it back to functioning reasonably well, but it is never going to be the same."
"Oh Boggarts, excuse me Mum, Dad. I will be able to play Quidditch, won't I?" Ginny promptly replied.
"You should be able to play Quidditch" the witch said. "As long as you don't damage that knee again we should be able to keep it working reasonably well for a long time."
"So I can't leave until tomorrow morning?" Ginny asked. "I hope Harry can stay here. He's leaving tomorrow for a couple of weeks and I had hoped … we … could …"
"How long have you been married, Ginny?" the witch asked, laughing.
"A couple of months" she sheepishly replied.
The witch looked at her with more amusement than sympathy. "Harry can stay in the room, but not in your bed. It's hard to do what I think you want to do without jostling the knee. Be a little patient."
"I know how patient my sister is … not. I'm leaving" Ron said as he pulled Hermione out of the room.
"We'd better be going too" Molly said. "Good luck to both of you."
"Damn, shit, boggarts and bollocks and all the swear words mum doesn't want to know I know" Ginny scowled. Ginny and Harry held hands and gently kissed, holding the kiss for a long time. Eventually the witch and wizard interrupted, examining the knee again and doing spells over it. They put the leg into some sort of contraption to protect it and keep it gently moving.
"Ginny, you need to rest, to sleep now" the wizard said. "Resting the next twelve hours while we gently move the knee is really the best way to get it to heal.
"All right" Ginny said in resignation. "Go back to our room, Harry, and get ready for your trip. I'll see you in the morning."
"See you in the morning, beautiful Ginny" Harry said as he took his leave.
Harry added Ginny's playing Quidditch to the list of things he regularly worried about.