Harry Potter and What Happened After - Sahits

Chapter 39
Harry and Ginny woke up on the couch as the sun shone through the windows of the living room. The
fire in the fire place had all but burned out, leaving only a few glowing embers as evidence of its
existence.
Ginny yawned as she sat up slowly, knowing that a night spent on the couch would give anybody aches
in the morning. And sure enough, as she sat up, Ginny felt a few of her joints pop.
Harry woke up next to her with a small moan. He opened his eyes slowly, not wanting to wake up. He
hadn't exactly been comfortable all night, it was more content, he liked waking up with Ginny next to
him, and he liked feeling her in his arms before they went to bed. He even liked it when they fought.
Sometimes, to Ginny's annoyance, he would smile after a fight. He would never tell her, but he liked
having somebody to fight with. That and their fights never lasted long.
Now it was Harry's turn to sit up, with his own share of cracking joints. He yawned and stretched his
arms above his head, "why don't we have breakfast." He suggested, his stomach growling.
Ginny smiled tiredly and patted is noisy abdomen, "sounds great," she said with a giggle, "and I don't
mean you're stomach." With that she got up and headed for the kitchen.
By the time Harry had extracted himself from the tangled blanket and gotten himself down the stairs to
the kitchen Ginny had already put pans on the stove and was heating them up.
"Gin, why don't you go upstairs and shower and get dressed, I'll make breakfast," said Harry as he
came up behind Ginny, wrapping his arms around her waist and putting his head on her shoulder.
Ginny smiled and leaned her head into Harry's, "no, it's alright. I'll shower after breakfast, plus, I've
already got it started. You go shower and then come down and eat."
"You know, we could have Kreacher cook for us and go upstairs and shower together," Harry teased.
"Hermione would kill us," said Ginny, "plus, I'm not going to have sex before I spend the day with
Teddy."
"Oh, bloody hell that's today." Harry quickly pulled his arms off Ginny's waist and started for the
upstairs bathrooms. "I completely forgot Gin, I'm so sorry."
"Its fine," Ginny sighed. She had almost forgotten herself, "Just go shower and get dressed, we'll have
time for fun some other time."
Harry stopped at the door, "Gin, you know I love you more than anything in the world don't you?"
Ginny smiled down at the eggs, blushing slightly, "yeah Harry, I do, and I love you just as much, but
right now you need to get in the shower, not my pants."
Harry nodded at the back of Ginny's head, "yeah, sorry."
"GO!" Ginny laughed at him. She heard him running up the stairs, not wanting to annoy her any more.
She laughed at him again, and wondered, not for the first time, why she loved him so much. She
quickly remembered it was his kindness, his willingness to do anything for others and his loyalty to his
friends. She had had a crush on him all those years ago because he was the 'hero of the wizarding
world'. Harry was still her hero, he was her protector. She realized now that that schoolgirl crush she
had had on him had never stopped; it had just grown into love… and lust. And it had done so slowly, it
had done so as boy after boy tried to flatter her, but Harry had been different, their relationship had
grown from her brother's friend, to almost family to friend to boyfriend.