Ever Since New York // H.S. - ON HOLD

CHAPTER 23 - COOTIES

A/N - I am back bitchessss...here is a long chapter to make up for taking so long to update <3

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The work week has come and gone in the blink of an eye and you would think I would be relieved, right? Well...I'm not. Harry kept true to his word and called me after dinner on Monday night. It was right as I was getting Ginny ready for bed and as soon as she heard his voice, she squealed like a baby banshee until I let her talk to him.

"Hay-wee, Hay-wee!" Ginny's voice fills the room as she splashes water around in the tub, adding emphasis to her imploding excitement.

"Yes, it's Harry. Just keep playing with your toys, baby. Mama needs to talk to him for a minute, okay?" I bring her bath toys in her direction, hoping they will occupy her long enough for me to work through the details of Harry and I's date.

"Nooooooo!" She screams and tosses one of her toys out of the tub. "I wants to!" Her bottom lip puckers out and her chin begins to quiver, causing wrinkles to form across her skin.

"Love, why are you getting upset?" I caress her cheek and push stray, wet strands of hair out of her face. I never expected her to get so attached to Harry this quickly. As I am about to bring my phone back to my ear, I notice Harry has switched to FaceTime.

"It's okay. Let me talk to her for a minute." He says matter-of-factly as he runs his fingers through his curly chocolate locks, pushing them up and out of his face. Sighing, I turn the phone so Ginny can see him. When she tries to snatch the phone from my hands, I tisk at her, giving her a warning stare. Pouting in response, she wipes her lingering tears off of her cheeks and pushes her face extremely close to the camera.

"Hey, G! Why were you crying, love?" The way he puts a little extra attention into Ginny each time he sees us makes my heart swell. He truly adores her and you could definitely say the feeling is mutual for Ginny. Whatever he has planned for us is going to make her year, I know it.

"Mommy not let me-" She starts to talk but is interrupted by a quick hiccup. "She not let me talk..." Her small voice trails off. I can see the shyness wave over her as she takes her gaze away from Harry, pushing the dissipating bubbles back and forth with her tiny hands.

"G, I'm here now...We're talking right now, aren't we?" There's a distinct airy-ness to his voice, but his flection is the same as always. He talks to her in the same manner he talks to me. It's quite charming how he treats her like a real human being rather than a small child. He isn't condescending, nor does he invalidate how she feels. Both are things I have dealt with before in regards to how people interact with Ginny. It is just another reason as to why I keep my circle small...

After Ginny practically made Harry's ears bleed from how much she was talking, he convinced her to let me finish up her bath before she turned into a prune. I ended up calling him back after I put her to bed simply because it was easier that way and I knew he would be too much of a distraction for her to be able to fall asleep anyway.

We FaceTimed again as I was getting myself ready for bed, and quite honestly I was enjoying video chatting with him much more than I expected I would. Normally, I am not one for phone calls in general. Mainly because I have completely forgotten how to chat with people like this, but with Harry, everything comes naturally.

Before I knew it, we had been talking for nearly two hours and haven't even begun to discuss the details of our date. It was almost eleven and I couldn't remember the last time I had been up that late during the week. Once we noticed what time it was, and that I was yawning practically every other minute, Harry decided he just wanted the date to be a surprise.