A/N - Heey everyone :) I commented on one of birchermuesli's story last week about Hogwarts helping student's romances, and this is what has ensued from my crazy thoughts! At this point, there's going to be five stories included on the same theme, all about different couples at different times, and depending on the reaction I get I may continue it…so I hope you enjoy this! Please leave a review or private message me to tell me what you think!

The Helpful Portrait

"HARRY! GINNY? WHERE DID YOU GO? IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT ISN'T ON MY LIST THEN THERE WILL BE TROUBLE." Ron roared down the empty corridor, running after his best friend and his sister. Further on, they broke apart from each other and their eyes met, horrified.

"We've got to lose him" Ginny shrieked as they sprinted away from Ron's shouts, down the ever-changing staircases "else we'll never get a decent snog. Bloody list!"

"Hey!" one of the portraits, of a young girl in an overly fussy white dress, called them over "hide in here!" Her picture swung forward, revealing an alcove, and Harry and Ginny tumbled in, gasping for breath. It was reasonably cramped, but they had no problem with that.

"Now, I wonder what we could do in such a small space while we're waiting for Ron to get bored?" Harry asked mock-quizzically

"I suppose we could always snog" Ginny suggested, a wicked little smile on her face as her eyes snaked up around Harry's neck. He pulled her a little closer (which was difficult given how close they already were), but before anything could happen they heard the voice of a certain over-protective brother outside their portrait.

"…saw you do the EXACT same thing for Dean and Parvati yesterday! There's nowhere else here for them to hide!"

"I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about" was the muffled reply.

"Well, swing open and prove it then" Ron ordered.

"I most certainly will not!"

"Aha!" he sounded quite triumphant now. Harry and Ginny carried on staying as still as possible "So they ARE there? Right, how can I get the stupid thing to open" he added to himself

"Hey!" The portrait responded indignantly. Suddenly, Harry jumped: smoothing poked him in the back and he wriggled around to face the other way. The stones were sliding around against each other silently, rearranging to form an opening into the corridor behind them. Harry and Ginny grinned at each other, and clambered down quietly, leaving Ron arguing with the portrait. The stones melted back into place behind them, and they took off at a run again, this time towards Gryffindor Tower, dragging each other along by their hands. They arrived back breathless, collapsing on the old sofa, and immediately set about looking as if they had never left. A few minutes later a disgruntled Ron stormed through the entrance, muttering mutinously.

"I couldn't find them anywhere!" he announced to the room "But I'm close. One more night and…" He trailed off when he saw them comfortably seated on the sofa, working and reading, and his expression quickly changed from anger to utter astonishment. "But…you were…portrait…stairs…what?"

"Mate, what are you on about?" Harry asked patiently, slinging his arm around Ginny's shoulders "We've been here all evening!"

"Yep, this whole time" Ginny agreed, but then her eyes narrowed and she stared accusingly at her brother "Were you looking for us? It's fine Ron, really. If you and Hermione want a place to snog we can give you a list of the best ones" She smiled sweetly as Ron's ears grew red and he started to splutter "But we'll need to work out a rota. Can't have you walking in on us now, can we?"

Ron stormed up the boy's staircase as Harry doubled over laughing at him, and Hermione looked on disapprovingly from her armchair.

"You've got to stop doing that, Gin" she remarked "But I would like that list, when you've got a minute."