Love unfolding

Moving day

1999

Sunday October 10th

Today was the day where Ginny and I would be going to get the key to our new apartment but everything seemed to go wrong.

Our alarm didnt go off so when I rolled to my side and kissed Ginny good Morning I caught a glimse of the clock, it was 11:50 am, and we were supposed to get our key at noon. "Shit" I Said hurrying out of bed, almost tripping over my shoes, Ginny Got up sleepily as I almost yelled at her: "Come on Ginny, we have to go"

"Whats the rush" Ginny asks yawning.

"Its 11:50 we have to get out of the House and get the key in ten minutes."

Suddenly Ginny Woke up, got out of bed, changed quickly into a pair of jeans and a blue flannel that brings out her eyes. Myself I too put on a pair of blue jeans and a brown tank top and a black flannel on top. We hurried out the door, luckily the new apartment was only a five minute drive from here.
We Got in the car and drove to the new apartment, we where just in time, but when we knocked on our landlords door no-one opened, as we waited I took the time to put my hair up in a bun as it had fallen down in my face all morning, Ginny knocked again, no answer, we tried ringing the doorbell but no luck, not a single answer.
Then we tried calling him, on the fifth call on my phone he picked up, and a rather annoyed voice came through.

"Yes?" He Said

"Yes, uhm, this is Harlow and Ginny, we are supposed to pick up a key to apartment twelve." I stutter.

"Thats not today" he said angrily.

"Yes, thats today, you said the tenth, its the tenth today."

"Right, fine I'll come out, apartment twelve you said?"

"Yes thats right."

The landlord came out dressed in a tanktop and boxers, rather annoyed he said: "Good luck with that apartment."

Thinking nothing of it, we went upstairs.
Stepping inside our apartment I sensed something odd, still thinking nothing of it I walked around the apartment giving out ideas to where the furniture should be: "So I say couch and TV there, a little arm chair here, uh maybe in red." I squeal: "Should we make this apartment in honour of Gryffindor?" i continue excitedly.

Ginny just laughs at me and says: "Let's do the loft in honour of Gryffindor, deal?"
"Deal" I say, while Ginny pulls me in for a kiss, our lips meet shortly, but our moment gets ruined only a minute later. An angry man running up the stairs, and then pounding on the door.
We answer the door together Ginny holding my hand, the man almost shouts: "GIRLS SHOULDNT BE KISSING, WHAT DOES YOUR BOYFRIENDS THINK OF THIS?"

"We dont have boyfriends you see" I say calmly.

"WELL, YOU SHOULD, GIRLS KISSING ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND DISGUSTING." He shouts.

Ginny interrupts him by saying; "Just shut up, How would you feel with your wife if you had to hide your love everywhere you go, we are just human beings like yourself, and we just want to have our love for ourselves, but you come here, barging into our apartment, just because we kissed. This just shows us that we cant even have our own sacred place without people like you annoying us, how would you feel if that was you?"

The man stands stunned and says nothing for almost thirty seconds before he opens his month and closes it again. He does that a few times before saying: "Sorry, enjoy the apartment" and then he leaves.
We close the door and Ginny looks deep in my eyes and says: "Now, where were we?" And then kisses me again.
As our lips part I say; "We really need privacy."
"Don't Think about him or any other homophobes, we are in this together. Now let's get back and pack our things, and then we go shopping."
I kiss Ginny one last time before we leave our apartment, and go back to the old one to get our stuff.

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Puplished: 28-07-23