The trials of new powers.

[pig]

Pig stood outside Ginny's office, she raised her arm and softly knocked on the door with her knuckles.  she stood there waiting for a responce whilst she tried to keep the pile of letters and notes in her arms.

[Xaver]

Xaver swallowed uncertainly.

"Well.."
He nodded, agreeing with her.
"I suppose so, if that is of what you judge by."

From what he observed, she wasn't as overjoyed as he was, to see him.
Thinking for a moment, he rose, waved his hand, and a dark silk blue shirt appeared in his hands. Mentally, he shuddered slightly at the use of his powers, but he didn't let it show. His muscles taught, every movement a bit stiff, he slipped his arms into the long-sleeved shirt.
He was in the process of slowly buttoning up his shirt, when there was a knock at the door.

Xaver looked over at Ginny.
He wanted to draw her into his arms again, kiss her and hold her and forget about the time that had grown between them.
But, she hadn't even wanted to contact him..
He didn't even know if she felt the same way, anymore.

The knocking. Oh, yes.
He looked at the door.

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny had been concentrating so hard that the knocking scared her enough to make her jump in her seat. She looked to Xavier, before she stood and went to the door. She opened it and leaned against the frame.

This way, whoever was there wouldn't see Xaver unless she moved. She smiled at Pig.
"Yeah?"


She motioned for Xaver to stay by her desk, where he wouldn't be seen. Ginny's office had many spells on it, so no one, not even Pig, would be able to tell if someone else was there, unless they could see them.

[pig]

Pig smiled back at Ginny and gave her a few documents.

" Sorry if I've bothered you Ginny but I thought I would give you those. There a list of all the students who wont be able to attend your lesson." 

Pig fiddled around with her papers and found a letter.

" O and they sent this letter to the hospital wing by mistake"

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny nodded, then looked at the letter. It didn't have a return address. She shrugged and smiled at Pig.

"Thanks." She said, clearing her throat.

[pig]

" No problem" Pig looked at her friend she had sensed something was bothering her the moment Ginny had oped the door " Are you OK Ginny i can sense somethings bothering you"

[Ginny Weasly]

"I'm fine. No worries. I'll see you at breakfast tomarrow." She said, smiling at Pig. She wasn't ok, but it wasn't  a big deal.

Okay, so yeah. It was a big deal. Xaver was in the room behind her and she had hardley spoken to him.

[pig]

Pig Knew she was lying but if she did not want to tell her she didn't have to. " OK I'll see you tomorrow" she said walking off down the corridor

[Xaver]

Xaver was suddenly behind Ginny, his eyes following Pig for a moment as she disappeared around the corner of the corridor. The girl was another old friend, and though he hadn't gotten to know her too well, he respected her. She was kind.
"Pig is a good nurse, if correctly I've heard," he said softly.
He was not touching her, but he was so close, he could sense the warmth of her being. And being taller, he could easily smell that familiar scent of her hair.
Xaver closed his eyes.
"Ginny..." he began, his tones low and thick with emotion. But he cut his words short. Instead of, however, backing away, he remained still, his eyes watching her form.
Redirecting.. "Thank you for helping me."

[Ginny Weasly]

"Yes, she is a good nurse..." Her words drifted into nothing as she felt him behind her. Ginny shut the door, without moving then turned to face him. They were so close, and she heard her heartbeat in her ears. She swallowed, but kept her eyes locked onto his.
"You know I don't mind helping someone in need."

"I..." She started to say something but let it hang in the air. She shrugged her shoulders slightly.

[Xaver]

"I know you don't."
Xaver followed her as she turned, finding her eyes. Stunning, she was. Xaver just couldn't get over it.
"But you did not have to."

Xaver searched her eyes, his own fulll of more emotion than he'd known... since he'd been around her last...

"I have missed you. More than you know," he said softly.

Feeling as if he'd already said a little too much, he went quiet, not moving away, not being able to even force himself to, but looking to the floor, running a hand through his hair.

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny looked at him, and watched him. Without thinking, she stepped forward, clsoing the little space between them. She placed her head against his shoulder and closed her eyes. Her arms hung   by her side, as though she was too wary to wrap them around him.

"I know how much. Because I have missed you as much." Her voice was muffled.

"I thought about you all the time. I wanted to find you, but I didn't want to interfer with whatever you were doing. When you stayed away, I assumed whatever  you   were doing was simply of more importance. I decided to just wait for you. But I can't keep doing this. I can't stand loving someone so much, then having them leave me for months on end." She finished what she had to say, but didn't move. She felt like crying, but had long ago cried herself out.

[Xaver]

Without hesitation, because it was, so very natural, Xaver wrapped his arms around her, bowing his face into her hair. He gently kissed the top of her head, listening to her.
His throat tightened.

"Nothing is more important to me, than you.. Nothing, my love. When I left I thought it would be a quick, and possibly one of the last of my trips away. I was trying to end my connections with my other realm."
He closed his eyes, and held her close, his heart beating heavily against his chest.
"I was attacked. I hadn't expected it - I was overrun. I was held captive from almost three days after I last saw you.. and about a week ago, when I found myself in a mortal hospital. They couldn't help me, though the poor ones tried. A magical healer could not. But only until the day I saw you in the pub, was I even strong enough to search for you. For I knew you were everything I needed. Everything I've ever needed. I would have contacted you, Ginny, I give my word to you. I do not remember much.. bits and pieces.. though what I do remember.. like being hung through the belly on a meat hook.. I wish I would not have remembered.."

Xaver ran his hands through her hair, stepping back slightly to look at her, though just slightly, barely bearing the distance.
"I am sorry, love. It will never happen again. I will never let it. Never will I leave you. For not only be it too unbearable, but impossible.."
He kissed her forehead.
His words, his tones, had softened, his voice husky.

"Just know that I never left you.."


He loved her.

[Ginny Weasly]

She looked at him, searching his eyes. She had to trust that he was telling the truth. She couldn't bare it if he wasn't. Most people who knew her had thought she handled Xaver's dissapearce well, but in truth, she had been close to the edge.

"I don't think I could stay here if you hadn't returned when you did. It was getting harder every day...instead of easier." She paused, looking exhausted. She shuddered slightly, partly because it was getting colder as it got later into the night, and partly as she remembered the feelings she had felt when he had left.

[Xaver]

Xaver gently brought Ginny close, wrapping his arms around her. He kissed the top of her head.
He was wordless. Breathless, really. Amazed, and humbled, to be with her agian. He had missed her more that any words could make up.
More than she would ever know...