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Rated PG-13
the unspeakable universe:
after Ginny
2000: after the defeat
of Voldemort
"Hey, you've got Harry. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you..."
"Harry. Ron here. You okay? Pig returned my letters, and I was wondering ... well, if you want to talk, or play Quidditch, or something ...
"Call me, okay?"
click
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"Hey, you've got Harry. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you..."
"Harry? Harry, are you there? It's me, Hermione ... come on, Harry, pick up the phone. Ron says you're not answering your mail, are you okay? I mean, of course you're not, but ...
"Listen, we're here for you.
"If you want us.
"Look, Harry, are you there? I hate pouring my heart out to machines ... please pick up the phone...
"Oh what the hell."
click
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"Hey, you've got Harry. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you..."
click
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"Hey, you've got Harry. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you..."
"Harry, Ron here. I've got tickets to the semi-final -- Wimbourne Wasps versus the Hollyhead Harpies. Come on, mate, you can't sit around forever..."
click
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"Hey, you've got Harry. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you..."
"Harry? It's Ginny. I -- uh, I thought I should call you back. Are you there? I want to talk to --"
click
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"Hey, you've got Harry. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you..."
"Harry, it's Ginny again. I want to explain, please don't hang up on me--"
click
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"Hey, you've got Harry. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you..."
"Harry James Potter, you listen to me. Ginny just spent three hours crying on my shoulder, and I don't know what happened between the two of you, but I really think--"
"Hermione, I don't care what you really think."
"Harry? You're there?"
"No, I just charmed the machine to answer back."
"There's no need to be sarcastic. Although I can think of a few ways you could do that. Oh, Harry, it's so good to hear your voice again. We've all been so worr--"
"Tell Ginny ..."
"Harry?"
"Nevermind."
"Harry? What's--?"
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"Hey, you've got Harry. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you..."
"Harry? Ron here, I was just--"
"Ron?"
"Harry!"
"Are you calling for Ginny? Or Hermione?"
"No."
"Really?"
"Yes! Well, Hermione has a whole lot of things she wants me to say to you, but I think it'd save time to just assume you're in the dog house. I'm calling for Fred and George."
"Yeah? What do they want?"
"Search me. Something about the business. They want you to give them a call. Do you have their number?"
"Yeah."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Um. Okay, then. I'll, uh, call you sometime."
"If you like."
"Oh, and Harry? Take care of yourself."
"Okay."
click
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"Hey, you've got Harry. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you..."
"Harry. Pick up the phone. Now."
click
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"Hey, you've got Harry. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you..."
"Nice try, Harry. I've charmed the phone so the connection can't be cut from your end."
"Hi, Sirius."
"Oh, thank God. You had us worried, Harry."
"Yeah, well, I didn't really want to talk to anyone for a while."
"We noticed."
"Sorry."
"That's ... well, I'm not going to tell you it's not okay. But we were worried."
"I said sorry."
"I know."
"She just left."
"I know. She told me. In fact, everyone told me. I'm not quite sure how I became the father-confessor to a crowd of kids, but everyone wanted a word."
"It's really none of their business."
"I know, Harry, but you and Ginny were like the golden couple. Well, along with Ron and Hermione, and those two seem pretty eternal."
"Yeah, that's what I thought about me and Ginny."
"What happened."
"I dunno."
"Harry? You there?"
"Yeah. Just thinking ... I didn't really believe she was gone. Not for ... days. I kept expecting her to show up."
"I understand."
"Really?"
"Yeah. There was a girl, once ... your godmother, actually. She died ... a few months before your parents did. But she left me a few months before that."
"I'm sorry."
"It was a long time ago."
"She said--"
"Harry?"
"She said that she could never be sure that it was an equal relationship. Because I was ... who I am, and because she owes me her life..."
"That's a pretty serious debt, for a wizard. You know that better than anyone. Except maybe Snape."
"I know. But -- it wasn't about a debt, or about me being famous. Not for me. But she said -- she said that she didn't feel like an adult. Sirius, I don't feel like an adult sometimes."
"Do you think there's any way you can work it out?"
"I don't know. I -- she seemed pretty certain."
"Well, maybe she'll change her mind. You should talk to her, Harry. You two had something good happening."
"Yeah. I know."
"She's only eighteen, Harry. And you're nineteen. A serious relationship is -- well, serious."
"My parents were married when they were my age."
"Yeah, but they were -- I don't know, it was different then. We were in a war, and we had to be certain about who we were. You, you're living in this uncomfortable time when no one really knows what happens next..."
"I guess."
"You should talk to her, Harry."
"Yeah. I guess I will."
"Take care, okay?"
"Okay. Thanks, Sirius."
"Anytime."
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"Hello?"
"Ginny?"
"Harry? Oh, Harry, we've been so worried."
"I know. I just needed a bit of time."
"I -- I understand."
"Can we talk?"
"We're talking right now."
"You know what I mean."
"Yeah. I know."
"So?"
"So ... what?"
"Listen, I can't do this on the phone. You want to meet at Diagon Alley? Fifteen minutes, outside Florean Fortescue's."
"That ... that sounds nice. I'll see you then."
"Okay. Bye."
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