Chapter 9
It had been three weeks since she heard from or seen Harry. During these three weeks her life had been truly uneventful. Ginny wouldn't come out of her room, all she did was sulk, and cry. She was ignoring everyone who came to her room even Hermione had moved out of her room because she was so depressed. She even went as far as ignoring her boyfriend's letters.
Ginny had been up for most of the night looking at pictures of her and Harry. There was some of them hugging each other and there was one that she cherished most it was the one from the Gryffindor common room where Harry had first kissed her. Staring at photo Harry and photo Ginny it made her cry she was never going to be in his arms again or even get to feel his lips against hers all because she made a stupid mistake. She looked at the clock it said 3 o'clock then she looked back down at the picture her eyes slowly started to close and soon was asleep with the picture drawn to her chest.
Yes to say the last three weeks of Harry's life sucked was an understatement because the fact is the last 17 years of his life have been hell. But all the pain from the past 17 years couldn't match up to the pain he felt for the past three weeks. Though Harry's life had started to get a little better in the last week even if it didn't feel like it to him. Today Harry had a lunch date with Cho Chang. She had owled him a week ago asking him out for lunch and he accepted. But before that Harry's life source had been Teddy if it hadn't been for Teddy who knows if Harry would still be here.
At the moment Harry was deep in sleep dreaming about what happened with Ginny. Harry was tossing and turning. He woke up a few minutes later hoping it had been only a dream but then it sunk in it hadn't been. Dread filled him again. He vanquished Voldermort and yet he still wasn't allowed to be happy. The one thing he wanted he now couldn't have. He shook his head to get rid of these thoughts.
Harry looked over at the clock to see it read 6 am. He grunted, while dragging himself out of the bed. He walked over to Teddy's crib. Teddy was staying in Harry's room in till Harry could finish making one of the old bedrooms into a nursery. Harry looked at Teddy and saw he was still fast asleep so he went to take a shower before Teddy got up.
After an half of an hour of the warm water hitting his skin washing away all his worries he got out. When he returned the little boy was still asleep. Why does he always sleep when I'm up why can't he sleep when I'm sleeping. Oh well better wake him up. "Teddy time to get up buddy." The turquoise haired boy slowly opened his eyes and stared at Harry before swatting his hand at him. Even at a few months old Harry knew he was in for a lot of work.
"Good morning to you too Teddy." He said as he picked him up. "Why don't we go get you something to eat maybe that will help your cranky mood."
Ginny woke up 6 hours later; she got out of bed and made her way down to the kitchen for the first time in three weeks. As she entered the kitchen she noticed her mom wasn't standing over the stove like usual. Ginny continued to look around the kitchen hoping her mom would pop up but she didn't. She sat in a chair and that's when she noticed a note lying on the table.
Dear kids,
Went out to diagon alley for the morning should be back around lunch time. And don't worry Ron I didn't forget about breakfast, it's in that muggle refrigerator your father bought.
Love Mom
Whew for a second there I thought I was going to strave.
She walked over to the fridge and opened it. Her jaw dropped there was absolutely no food left.
"RON!" she screamed.
10 seconds later Ron was pushed into the kitchen followed by Hermione.
"……what……Ginny?" he stuttered.
"You ate all the bloody food that's what." Her face was now the same colour as her hair.
"Oh." Was all he managed.
Right before his eyes there was a wand pointed at him.
"Come on Gin be rational."
Now she really lost it he used the nickname that only Harry was allow to call her. She shot her infamous bat boogey hex at him, and ran out of the kitchen crying.
"Good job Ron she final comes out of her room and you do this to her," said Hermione, but Ron didn't seem to hear her since he was preoccupied screaming from the bats coming out of his nose.
So far Ginny's morning wasn't going well.
Harry and Teddy were now dressed and ready to floo to diagon alley to meet Mrs.Weasley for 11 o'clock. Harry grabbed floo powder with one hand while balancing Teddy with the other. He threw the powder into the fireplace and yelled diagon alley.
In seconds Harry and Teddy flew out of the fireplace at leaky cauldron but luckily for Harry they didn't fall over. After wiping the soot of both his cloths and Teddy's he proceeded to the back of the store where he whipped out his wand and touched the bricks causing the bricks to spilt open revealing diagon alley.
"Welcome to diagon alley little man."
Harry walked out of the doorway and into the alley. Harry was remembering where Mrs. Weasley told him to meet her. Flourish and Blots flashed through his mind.
3 minutes later Harry and Teddy walked into the store.
"Harry!" said Mrs. Weasley as she rushed over to him before engluphing him into a hug.
"Hi, Mrs. Weasley."
"Harry you look so thin and so does Teddy are you sure your eating?"
"Yes Mrs. Weasley me and Teddy have been eating a lot."
"Well how have you been holding up the last three weeks?"
"As best as you could suspect when your in a situation like me."
She nodded, and was silent for a second like she was having a inner battle inside her mind.
"Harry I want you to come to dinner tonight."
Harry thought about weighting out the positives and negatives about going to dinner. He didn't to say no to the person who has been like his mom and is also watching Teddy, he would be able see Ron and Hermione again, but unfortunately he would have to see Ginny too.
"I would love to come to dinner tonight, but do you mind if I bring someone with me?"
"No problem Harry the more the merrier."
Harry looked at his watch and noticed that he was going to be late for lunch.
"Well I better get going Mrs. Weasley take good care of Teddy. And with that he ran out of the shop and back to the leaky cauldron.
"Guess its time to go back to the Burrow Teddy." The little boy just looked at her.
She walked out into diagon alley and disapparated. She reappeared back at the burrow door. As soon as she entered into the house Teddy started screaming. He must be getting hungry she thought.
"Its ok Teddy don't cry."
Ginny was in her room once again staring at the picture of her and Harry when she heard crying. She jumped out of her bed. Was Harry here did he come back to let her explain. She felt her heart speed up at just the possibility that he could be here. She ran out of her room and down the stairs she brusted into the living room and shouted "Harry." She looked around and noticed he wasn't there only his mom and Teddy.
"Oh…..hi mom." She muttered. Why did she have to get her hopes up.
"Hello dear." Ginny sat down on the couch and put her hands on her head.
"Oh Ginny don't be down, Harrys coming to supper tonight."
Her head shot up. "He is." Mrs. Weasley just nodded.
"Now be a dear and watch Teddy for me while I go make supper." Mrs. Weasley passed him to Ginny.
"Hey Ted," she said with a smile.
Ginny's day was starting to turn around.
Harry rushed back into the door at the leaky cauldron. It was about 11:45 am. He looked around the room he spotted black hair over in a booth and rushed over there.
"Sorry I'm late Cho I had to drop Teddy off."
"Oh its no problem Harry," she said with a sweet smile.
Harry and Cho talked for an hour talking about all the things that had happen the past year. The Cho brought up a question that made him think.
"Harry what are you going to do with Teddy when you go back?"
"I really hadn't thought about that?" he said honestly.
She nodded.
"Oh ya..err…Cho would you like to come to the Burrow to dinner tonight?"
"Sure Harry."
"Great."
They continued to talk until it was 4 o'clock.
"Well Cho we better get going."
She nodded.
They walked over to the fireplace and flooed to the burrow.
At the burrow Ginny was spending her afternoon with Teddy. At 2:45 Ginny thought she should start getting ready for when Harry comes. Ginny spent almost an hour sorting through her clothes trying to find one to make Harry want to stare at her all night long. When she found the perfect one it was a sexy black it was neither to short or did it show to much it had the perfect amount of both. After she was changed she proceeded back downstairs to play to play with Teddy until Harry arrived.
Teddy was changed his hair to match Ginny's and then started pulling on her hair and putting in mouth.
"Oh Teddy don't do that hair is ucky for your mouth."
Just as she started to pull his hands away she heard someone fall out of the fireplace.
She got up with Teddy in her arms and went to the fireplace. As she entered the sitting room she noticed Harry dusting off his clothes. What she didn't notice was Cho standing in the corner of the room.
"Da da da." Cried Teddy, turning his eyes from there original colour to green.
Harry looked up to see Teddy with Ginny's red hair and his green eyes. It through him off for a second at seeing how his and Ginny's kids could look like. He then saw Ginny holding Teddy.
"Hey little man." He came and took him from Ginny's arms. "Ginny," he said coldly. It was so hard for him to be cold to her when she was so beautiful. Now he was examining what she was wearing and thinking about how much he wanted to snog her senseless right here. He was snapped out of his trance by "Aw Harry is that Teddy?"
Harry nodded while keeping his eyes on Ginny.
Ginnys mouth fell open. What the hell is she doing her better yet why the hell is she with Harry.
She was just about to say something when Mrs.Weasley bursted through the door.
"Harry you made it," she said pulling him into hug. "Ron and Hermione will be here in a minute they are just denoming the garden."
"Ok."
"Oh who do we have here?"
"Err…this is Cho Chang." He muttered he didn't want to look at Ginny's face he knew she would be mad with him for bringing his ex but why should she care she broke up with him.
"Nice to meet you Cho," she said with a smile.
"Like wise."
"Well come on you lot it time to eat."
She pushed the three teenagers and the baby into the kitchen. After she made sure they were sitting she opened the back door and shouted. "Ron, Hermione suppers ready!"
Two seconds later Ron rushed into the kitchen took his seat next to Harry. Hermione came in a few seconds later, she took her seat next to Ginny.
"Can we eat now?" asked Ron rather impatiently.
"Not until you say hi to our guest."
"Why do I have to say hi to Harry?" asked Ron.
"I'm not talking about Harry."
"Then who?" He looked around the table and saw her.
"What the bloody hell is she doing here?"
"I brought her," said Harry.
"Why the hell did you do that are you an idiot or do you don't care about my sister's feelings!" he yelled, slamming his first on the table causing Teddy to scream and Ginny to exit the kitchen unnoticed. Harry started to get up to get Teddy, but Mrs. Weasley stopped him.
"No Harry I'll get him you need to sort this out."
He nodded and turned his attention back to the fuming red-head.
"What are you talking about Ron?" asked Harry.
"You damn well know what I'm talking about."
"No I don't"
"Then let me explain it to you. Here Ginny's spent the last three weeks doing nothing but sulk over you while you're out living it up with Cho. Do you know today was the first time she has come out of her room she's done nothing cry over you. And now you have to bring her here." Glaring at Cho. "and make Ginny feel like dirt again."
"Well that's not my fault she is the one who turned me down," he mumbled.
"Your blaming her for this are you bloody crazy Harry." Ron screamed. "What did you expect her to wait for you when you were gone. She cared for you but you had to go break her heart. Maybe if you listened to her she would have told you that she was planning on dumping this guy for you but you didn't give her a chance." With that he stopped and left the kitchen.
"Harry I'm sorry for my son's behavior." Mrs.Weasley said while trying to calm down Teddy.
"Don't be he's right," he mumbled again looking down at the table. He was now having feelings of regret. The table was silent for a few more minutes pushed his chair back and got up.
"It was a mistake to come here," he said. He walked to the high chair where a now quiet Teddy sat, and picked him up. "Mrs.Weasley could you please tell Ginny I'm truly sorry about everything. Thank you for having me over to Mrs.Weasley and also sorry about the way it turned out. Bye Hermione." He turned to Cho. "You coming?" She nodded and walked over to Harry.
The three of them walked over to the fireplace and flooed back to leaky cauldron.
Brushing the soot of his clothes and Teddy's he focused his attention on Cho.
"I'm sorry about what happened at dinner Cho,' he said.
"It's ok Harry I was just glad I got to spend sometime with you and also getting to spend time with Teddy." She replied running a hand throw Teddy's hair. Teddy didn't like her touching him so he hit her hand away.
Harry nodded. Teddy started to yawn.
"Well it looks like Teddy is getting tired so I'll see you later Cho."
He turned back towards the fire.
"Hey Harry maybe you like to do this again sometime again."
"I don't know Cho I'm really busy with Teddy and I really needed to get my life sorted out but I'll think about it."
Cho did not seem to take that answer but put on one of the best smiles and answered "Ok Harry I'll give you all the time you need."
He merely nodded and shouted Grimmeauld place and was gone.
She was in her room wiping the tears from her eyes, when someone knocked on her door "come in" she mumbled.
"Hey Ginny don't be down he's a git."
"Ronald!" shouted Hermione.
"Sorry."
"Ron your wrong I'm the git not him. He asked me to be his girlfriend and I turned him down but I did try to explain to him I needed to break it off with the guy first but he wouldn't even give me the chance." She sighed. "I hate him how could he do that how could he bring that slut here when I'm the one that loves him not her. How the hell did I screw up so badly."
The rest of the night Ron and Hermione comforted Ginny the best they could but no one could replace her breaking heart and the mistakes she's made.
A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in so long I have been really busy but I promise I'll have the next chapter up sooner.