A Valentine Tale
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A Valentine Tale

By GinnyPotter

It  was not  unusual  for the  Weasleys to  have a  large crowd  around the
breakfast  table on  Saturday  mornings. It  had  become one  of Molly  and
Arthur’s favorite  things to do – gather  around a proper English breakfast
with  all of  their children  and their  spouses and their  friends talking
merrily about their work or their children or their latest escapades. Harry
and  Hermione had  become  as much  a part  of  this ritual  as any  of the
official Weasley family.

This Saturday  happened to be Valentine’s Day and  Mrs. Weasley had gone to
extra  trouble to  make heart  shaped flap  cakes and  use pink  napkins at
everyone’s places  as well as enchant a few flowers  to dance on the table.
This had  the effect of making Ginny and  Hermione quite silly and normally
Harry wouldn’t mind, but today he would have preferred Ginny to be a little
more on  the serious side. Harry loved coming  to the Weasley breakfasts as
much as Mrs. Weasley loved having them all there but this morning Harry was
experiencing a  very extreme case of butterflies.  He had already spilled a
cup of  tea on Charlie, dropped  bacon in Fred’s lap  and buttered his hand
instead  of his  toast. "What  is wrong  with you?" asked  Ginny, amusedly.
Harry looked up at him and said, "nothing", and then very abruptly he said,
"Ginny, can  I talk to you a minute?" and  then realizing that everyone had
stopped talking  and was looking at him, he  added "in private". "Ok," said
Ginny smiling curiously. He  indicated the door to the back garden with his
head and they both  got up and went outside. Harry seemed very nervous, his
face was  flushed and he was avoiding Ginny’s eyes. He  led her to a corner
of the garden  where they had often gone to kiss and  then looked up at the
house  and realized  there  were several  pairs of  eyes watching  them. He
frowned  and said, "Listen,  will you  apparate somewhere with  me?" "Well,
sure, but you know I hate apparating. Where are we going?" He smiled. "Just
hang on to me."  She put her arms around his waist and next second they had
left the  Burrow and were standing on a green  hill surrounded by trees and
overlooking a  sparkling deep blue lake. It was quiet  and still and one of
the most  beautiful places Ginny had  ever been. "Where are  we, Harry?" He
paused, became a little more serious looking and said, swallowing, "this is
Godrics  Hollow. This  is  the place  where my  parent’s house  stood." She
turned to  looked at  him and smiled  gently and said almost  in a whisper,
"oh, wow, Harry". He  swallowed again and said, "I’m going to build a house
here, Ginny. What do you think?" Her eyes brightened and she said, "I think
that’s the  best idea you’ve ever  had." Harry became very  quiet again and
they stood  there together  for awhile thinking  about the place  they were
standing. Then Harry took a deep breath, turned to face Ginny, and took her
hands in his. "Ginny. I inherited just one thing from my mother." Ginny was
looking at  him with great curiosity now.  He continued, "close your eyes".
She did.  He fumbled  in his pocket  for something, took her  left hand and
slipped  a delicately  beautiful emerald  and diamond  ring on  her finger.
Stunned, Ginny opened her eyes, looked at the ring that matched the emerald
color of  Harry’s eyes exactly and  then she looked at  Harry. Harry smiled
deeply and  warmly and  said, "Ginny Weasley,  will you marry  me?" Ginny’s
eyes filled with tears  and she was unable to speak. "Is that a yes?" asked
Harry. Ginny began to cry and nodded her head in agreement. They kissed and
held each  other in  an affectionate embrace  and then they  both turned to
look out  over the lake and pondered their lives  together in the home they
would build, together, in Godrics Hollow.

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