Chapter 13

Logistics

" Damn it Ginny will you stop. Your driving me crazy. The decision has been made so just sit down" She won't stop pacing back and forth. She just agreed to marry me, why can't we just enjoy the moment.

" Ginny please can we just enjoy this moment. I have cleared my whole day so I could ravage you and you are spoiling the mood"

" Tom, I just agreed to marry you, marry you. Do you understand what that means, what the hell am I gonna tell my parents?"

" Your parents are the last thing I want to be thinking of right now, we will figure it out. Now please get your cute ass over here I have something for you." She walks over to where I am sitting by the window, I pull her into my lap.

" I think I owe you a substantial piece of jewelry" I say pulling a ring box from my pocket. A smile lights up her face as she takes the box in her tiny hands.

"Open it" She slowly opens the box revealing the white gold band with an emerald I chose just for her. Its a square cut with a sailors knot design surrounding it.

" I thought a diamond would be to common for you." I take the ring out of the box and slide it on her finger.

"Its beautiful Tom" She is fighting back tears. I finally got her to be in the moment. When she said yes she started rattling off a million reasons not to do it.

I kiss her, I kiss her like I have never kissed her before. I cannot get enough of this women. I slide my tongue over hers, tasting her. She moans into my mouth as I slide my hand up her thigh. I can't wait any longer so I scope her up in my arms and carry her to the bed where I make love to her over and over until we both fall into a deep contented sleep.

I wake up and she is pacing again, I'm gonna have to get her some calming potions or a mood manipulator or something.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ginny's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

" Tom we need to talk about things" I said chewing my thumb nail down to a nub.

" Why would we do such a thing?" He says. He doesn't want to discuss logistics but I don't care. We need to.

" We need a game plan, Like what to tell my parents, I have to withdrawal from school, and my parents, this is going to kill them." Tears are brimming my eyes.

" Ginny we will take care of it. I will make a formal announcement to my followers, You will go to school and gather the rest of your belongings. Severus will be your tutor. As for your parents... well ... you will have to go and confront them.

" Tom they will never understand, they will never let me leave."

" Ginny you need to take a stand, I will send someone with you that will be able to help. You may not have thought this through Gin but I have." He takes my hands and wipes a tear off my cheek.

"Who will go with me, Draco?"

"No, that won't help you, they will still think you are under the imperious curse."

"Then who?"

" Your brother, Percy"

" What?" I ask, my mouth going instantly dry.

"He's one of us, Has been for a while now. Shortly after he started working at the ministry he started to sympathize with our cause. As I understand it he is estranged from your family."

" Uh, yea we haven't spoke to him in a long time. He uh... well I guess it makes sense. I know he was starting to turn on Harry. Is he...I mean did he get..."

"Yes. Just a few months ago."

"Wow I need, I need to sit a sec." I go over and sit on the window seat while I try to process the information.

" So what I propose is that you take him to the house with you. Tell them what is going on, get anything you need if they let you and make a clean break. Its the only way they won't come after you. Any other way and they will assume you being coerced."

" Um ok. Yea that makes sense. When can I see percy ?"

"I'll have him come in the morning, I have a meeting so you two can talk. Its going to be OK Ginny. I will protect you, I've told you before I won't make your family a direct target."

"Thank you. It will be helpful to have Percy."

" I can't do this Percy." We are standing just outside the gate that leads to the Burrow. Percy doesn't have the permission to apperate directly into the house, My parents haven't trusted him for some time now. I do but I thought that a less dramatic entrance would be better.

"Do you want to do this ?" He asks

" Yes, I do. It feels more right then anything has in a long time."

" Then do it. You can't live for others anymore Gin. Its not fair to you." He puts his hands on my shoulders squaring me up so that I face him.

" Will they be upset, yes, Will they be mad, yes, will mom cry, yes but none of that matters if this is what you want. You love him ?"

" Yes, Percy, I do. It may sound crazy but I do." I say tears brimming.

"Then lets go."

Mom's in the kitchen cooking and dads in the living room when we come in the back door. Mom drops what she is doing as she runs to us, pulling us into tight hugs.

" Ginny Oh, sweet lord we have been worried sick."

"I'm fine mum" I say tightly

"Percy, Have you finally come to your senses?" Dad asks from the doorway of the kitchen.

" I never lost them father. Gin, your up." Before I can speak my mother chimes in.

" Ginny where have you been? How did you end up with Percy?"

" Glad your back Gin, Stay for supper Charlie will be here any minute" He says as he kisses the top of my head.

"Ginny" Percy prompts, he knows if he doesn't give me a push we may be here all night.

" I... I'm not staying. I just need to get my things and go." I say unable to meet their gaze.

" Go? Go where?"

" I just, well I need to start following my heart dad. I'm sorry this will hurt you but I'm going back with Percy."

"Back with Percy where exactly?"

" Father you know I won't answer that question. Ginny has decide for herself where she wants to be."

" You did this Percy, If you have messed with her head..."

"Nobody has messed with anything. This was her choice." He responds, his voice growing louder as the argument gets heated.

" This is from that mess in her first year, its got her all confused."

"Please do not speak about me as if I am not here." I say angrily.

" Ginny, your not in your right mind. We can have you looked at and get you back into therapy. "

"Stop it dad, Stop trying to handle me." I scream, clenching my fists and stamping my feet.

"Its him isn't it?" We all look over to the fireplace. In the argument nobody saw him come in.

" Ginny ...its him right, I knew it when you came home last summer." Mom bursts into tears when she realizes what Charlie means.

" Charlie this is what I am choosing. Please let me go." I stare him straight in the eye. My new found will power feels great as it courses through my body. I know what I am fighting for, who I am fighting for.

"Listen, I don't know why things happen the way they do but this is my life. I love him. I am only fighting for our love, not blood purity, not for power or control. I can keep you all safe, he has promised me that."

" Your love? Ginny Weasley how can you be so stupid, what makes you think that he will not use you and discard you." my mother starts screaming.

"I know him, I trust him. I am sorry this is hurting you but I have made my choice. I am tired of fighting part of myself, I am tired of being someone I am not. Truthfully I have never felt better in my life. This feels right." I walk past them all and up the stairs to my room. Right before I reach the door I realize my mother is behind me.

" Are you pregnant Gin? is he forcing you to do this? If you are we can protect you, we can hide you, you never have to go back we can..."

"I am not pregnant" I say cutting her off and pinning her with the fierce glare that I learned from her.

"How dare you, How dare you turn your back on this family, Harry and all that is right in the world."

"Don't you understand that I am fighting for what I think is right in this world" I say screaming right back at her, when the words are out of my mouth she slaps me hard on the cheek. She has never hit me before, I am so stunned I can't stop what happens next.

"You selfish, selfish girl I have raised you better then to throw your life away. If you are going to do this I'll be damned if I am going to let you take your things that your father and I struggled to buy you." With a flick of her wand, my bedroom door goes up in flames blasting it to pieces. By this time the family are all standing behind her.

" Goodbye mother. I love you, always will." I walk over to Percy and take his hand and apperate away from my family and the only home I've known except for Hogwarts.