Deep down, despite years of hanging out with valiant Gryfs, Verity was still a Hufflepuff in her heart. She believed, at her core, that any problem could be solved by enough perseverance, cooperation, and hard work.
"But," she said, made tentative by Ginny's obvious aversion to including Harry in this discussion, "he would want to help?" Couldn't he just say, 'Ginny, I love you like a sister, but I don't want to marry you'? It would solve everything! Kinda. But even as Verity said it, she suspected that she knew how well Ginny would react.