"The last time I planned a romantic gesture it didn't go as planned," Sirius said, as they came to a stop in front of a tall wooden door. "I figured, maybe starting small, and within the safety of the castle was the best way to do it this time," He grinned.
Ginny just nodded her heart beating fast as the anticipation of what was behind the door built up.
"I hope this isn't over played," Sirius added nervously as he ran his hands through his dark curls.
"You hope what isn't over played?" Ginny asked, as Sirius pushed open the door.
Ginny gasped when she followed Sirius inside the Sirius had once bewitched an abandoned class room to look like the constellations he had upped himself by resembling the classroom to the backyard of the Burrow.
There were flowers along the side of the walls and what Ginny made out to be gnomes running around in between the shrubs. Across the room she saw a perfect little shed that nearly resembled the garden shed they used to store brooms and old cauldrons and whatever else the twins had hidden in there. Everything was perfect down to the chickens that were pecking in the dirt beside the shed. In the middle of the grass lay a crocheted blanket that looked very much like the ones her mother had throughout the house, and on top of it was a small basket.
"Oh, you don't like it," Sirius spoke, causing Ginny to forget that she wasn't back home in the Burrow.
"What no, it's perfect, Sirius this is amazing!" Ginny responded turning to look at him.
"Then why are you crying?" Sirius asked, stepping close and gently wiping a tear off her cheek with her thumb.
"I didn't realize I was. Sirius, this is- this is, how did you know? How did you do this?" She asked.
"From you, I always listen, I remember everything. When you talk about where you grew up, I know it's hard for you, I just wanted to-"
Ginny cut Sirius off as she flung her arms around him, passionately crashing her lips against his, she felt the shock on his face, then she felt him pull her in closer.
She knew she loved Sirius, but what she was feeling now felt like so much more than love, his recreation of the backyard of Burrow – the home she missed so much was perfect. She hardly talked about her past, she was in constant fear of revealing too much, of exposing who she really was.
But sometimes there were moments when she was alone with Sirius that the stories flowed freely, when the simplist things reminded her of her family-of home. And before she knew it she'd share a small piece of her past with him. Ginny hadn't realized just how much she had shared, or how much Sirius really listened.
The two sat on the blanket wrapped in eachothers embrace as they munched on the picnic Sirius provided and talked about classes and Quidditch, and for awhile Ginny forgot that they were at Hogwarts.