| Firecrab
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Chapter Fifty (Part two)
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“So I’m staying at the Burrow Christmas eve and then you get me Christmas day and night” Said Ginny playing with his hair as she sat on his lap on the couch.
“I can live with that” he grinned “What are you doing tomorrow?”
“Probably helping set up for Christmas day, mum will want a hand with the cake and sorting out the rooms for the twins and Bill, Fleur Charlie and Percy”
“How are you all fitting in that house?”
“Hermione will be in my room as well, then there’s Charlie and Percy sharing since neither of them have girlfriends coming, Bill and Fleur in his old room, and the twins in Ron’s room with him so there girlfriends have there old room”
“And why is know one using my free rooms?”
“Mum insists they all stay at the burrow, and she wants me away from you for one night and one day to see if I can manage it”
“That hurts” he grinned “But if some of them stay here the couples can have there own rooms and we could come round in the morning when I do and it will be like they stayed there”
“Mum’s stubborn, but she might let Ron so the twins don’t fight with him and if its suggested to Bill and Fleur I’m sure she’ll say yes she doesn’t like the Burrow much and there allowed to chose since there how many years older, and Charlie will say yes no doubt he likes you but not the thought of sharing a room with Percy” she laughed
“Well you could ask and see there three rooms available and the attic or Regulus’s old room”
“Yeh and anyway it’s closer then where any of them live”
“Well they did all kind of move to get away from your mum”
“They did and now there roped into seeing her every Christmas and birthday until she dies”
“So will you sweetheart, when you move in here she’ll be round probably every day in the holidays to check”
“I plan on not having the fire place connected to the Burrow and I’m sure you can cast the spell so no one can apparate in either”
Harry laughed “Really Gin, I don’t think she’s that bad, just a tad over protective of her youngest child and only daughter who plans on leaving home to shack up with her boyfriend in a big empty house and lots of free time”
“You make it sound like I’m a terrible daughter” She grinned “How do you think Amber and Sarah are getting on with her”
“It’s like Hermione said, she’ll be overly nice until they get to know her better” Said Harry
“And then they’ll find out how mad she is, if they get married or decide to live together” Smiled Ginny rolling her eyes.
“Have you ever thought about getting married?”Harry said wrapping his arms around her as she turned to sit sideways so she could see him properly.
“Not really I more…. Dreamt about it”
“But you will let me make an honest woman out of you one day?” he laughed
“I suppose I could”
“You suppose?”
She giggled “One day, when you ask me I will most likely say yes”
“Most likely?” he began to tickle her “Why most likely?” he grinned as she giggled and tried to get out a, reply
“Stop – Harry – please” she laughed “I’ll – say – yes” She giggled again trying to push his hands away “Of – course - I’ll - say - yes” He stopped and lifted her up so she was sitting again, “Good answer” He grinned.
Ginny nodded but didn’t say anything else. She didn’t want him to know she had dreamed of white dresses, bouquets and Harry waiting for her as her father walked her down the aisle since she had first met him at ten years old. It had been five years of moving on from Harry and then finding out he felt the same had changed everything and what she wanted in life had settled on him, a life with him and nothing else.
Would he understand then how much he meant to her and feel the same completely or be freaked out that she had dreams of marrying him after one meeting when she only said two words?
“What you thinking about Gin?” He sat watching her as she seemed to drift off into a day dream.
“Oh, nothing” she smiled and shook her head
“You can tell me anything, I won’t think you’re mad”
“It’s nothing really, just a thought”
“Hmm” he wasn’t convinced but thought it best to leave it.
“Ok, I’ll tell you” She smiled and turned around completely her legs by his sides and her arms at his neck. He gave her a look that said ‘go on then’ and she laughed “This is very embarrassing” she shook her head and he leaned in kissing her gently,
“Don’t tell me if you don’t want to”
“No, no I want to” she smiled “Ok, I was thinking about when we first met”
“I remember that, you wished me good luck”
“And after that you remember how nervous I was around you”
“The seeing me and running away, yep”
She laughed “not exactly running away now am I” she smiled “But after I met you, I had dreams, and they included you”
He looked at her grinning
“I told you embarrassing, but these dreams consisted of you, me … and a white dress” she finished quickly.
“You knew, all the way back then, what seven years ago, you knew you wanted me?” She nodded, her face set in a smile.
“You waited for me to come to my senses even though you didn’t know if I would, but why agree to be with me after I barely noticed you and you had Dean and Michael who did? Why give me a chance?”
She shrugged “I never got over you Harry, Hermione told me to move on afraid you wouldn’t notice me and I would be worse off, but I never gave up”
“I’m so sorry Gin; I wish could have been with you so much longer then I have -”
“- Harry we have the rest of our lives for you to make it up to me”
He pulled her into a hug “Your ridiculously forgiving, you know that Gin”
“Only with you Harry, fortunately for you I love you so it’s not that hard” She pulled away slightly and kissed his lips softly
“Not that hard” he grinned “Well I love you, and that makes everything simple for me” He pulled her into a hug again. They sat curled up on the couch until Kreacher called them for dinner the smell of chicken pie wafting through the house.
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Ginny went back to the Burrow reluctantly for the next day to help and the day after which was Christmas Eve. She was kept busy by her mother that she didn’t have a chance to see Harry at all and was so glad to climb into her bed on Christmas Eve know she would see him in the morning and finally find out what the present was. Harry spent the next two days finishing off everything and sorting out the last of the decorations and food ready for the big day. Everyone invited had said they would come and the house was going to be ready to burst at the seams. Kreacher was kept busy cleaning and keeping Sirius’s mother quiet when Ron and Charlie arrived on Christmas Eve laden with butter beer and fire whiskey ready to keep away from there mother and brothers.
“Hey Harry” grinned Ron as he walked out of the fire place and threw himself onto the couch “Happy Christmas Eve” he grinned.
“Yeh you too mate” Harry laughed and sat on the couch opposite as Charlie stepped out quickly,
“She nearly caught me Ron, how come you got to go first?”
“Caught you, I thought you would be fine your like twenty odd you can do what you want” Said Harry in disbelief.
“Yeh but im still her son so she still has control when I’m at the Burrow” He replied sitting next to Ron, “We didn’t tell her we were coming here instead of staying there” Said Ron opening a bottle and taking a drink.
“Then I’m dead meat aren’t I” said Harry shaking his head
“She won’t know, Percy thinks that Charlie has gone out on a job for the ministry” Started Ron,
“Something with a dragon in the Pennines” Said Charlie grinning
“And will be back when he’s asleep and the twins are covering for me so they get there ‘alone time’ with there girlfriends” he made a vomiting gesture with his fingers as Charlie and Harry laughed.
“Ok but if your mum finds out and asks it wasn’t my idea or she’ll change her mind about me and Gin”
“Meh, I don’t think so somehow, she may think your stealing her daughter but she likes you really” Charlie said grinning, “She thinks you’re her adopted son you’ve not nothing to worry about”
“So those weeks of her banning me from seeing your sister were all for fun then”
“Yep, she was just worried”
“Sure… worried” Harry took a swig of his drink listening to Ron continue to talk to Charlie as he abandoned the conversation. After a few hours Harry got up “Night guys, I’m going to bed, Kreacher will show you your rooms”
“Night Harry” they both replied watching him leave and then kept talking on the couch.
“What was with the silence?” Said Charlie to Ron after Harry had gone,
“He’s a thinker, he’s probably churning over what you said about what Mum thinks of him” Ron replied, “its better then him exploding in anger anyway, but then that’s only with me”
“That because he’s right, you did side with Mum; you didn’t give him and Gin a chance, and look where they are now – happy for once – both of them. Gin needs him and he needs her or they wouldn’t have made it though everything”
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