A/N: Okayyy well, I deleted my last story cause well it was bad. haha. Please note that this is my REAL first time actually trying to make it good so be nice people! oh by the way its like Harry's 5th year…probably.
Disclaimer:I do not own Harry Potter; it belongs to J.K. Rowling.
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And there she was sitting right across the room from Harry in the library. There was a painful silence in the room…or maybe that was what the library usually sounded like. Harry wasn't sure. He never really paid much attention to the silence of the room since he usually goes there to do homework. But today it was different. She was there. Harry couldn't take his eyes off her. He wanted to go over and talk to her but she was with other girls, and Harry didn't want to make a fool of himself. He decided he would write a letter. So he picked up his quill and started to write.
Dear Ginny,
He paused for a moment. What else was there to say? He had known Ginny for years. He had even saved her life, and he couldn't even write one simple letter to her! He went on.
I'm not really sure how to put this, but here it goes. Whenever I see you, I smile. Your smile could light up a whole room. Everything about you is amazing. Your smile, your laugh, the way you walk into a room, your voice, even the way you think. It drives me crazy! Well, what I'm trying to say is that...I love you….
Was that good? Did he sound like a complete idiot? Harry didn't know. He stared at the letter…read if over and over again. Then decided to fold it up and put it in his pocket, and looked down at his bag which was on the floor next to him. He picked it up and, with one last look at Ginny, left the room. How was he supposed to get the letter to Ginny? He could use his invisibility cloak to sneak into the girls' dormitory…yeah that's what he would do!
"Harry! Hey!" said a voice from behind him. It was Ron.
"Hey Ron, heading to dinner?"
"You know it mate!" Ron replied and the two boys laughed as they walked together toward the Great Hall. "Can you believe tomorrow is Christmas break already? I mean I feel like we just came back yesterday!"
Harry laughed, "Yeah, it does doesn't it?" They walked into the Great Hall and took a seat next to Hermione who was checking off things on a list.
"What's that?" Asked Ron
"Oh this?" she asked holding up the list, "I'm just making sure I don't forget anything when I leave for the holiday. Are you planning to go home this year Ron?"
"Yeah, probably visit Fred and George too right Harry!"
"Harry's going with you?" she asked
"Yeah mum invited him to come and stay for the holidays." Answered Ron
"Oh that's great Harry now you won't be alone for Christmas!" she said cheerfully
"Yeah…" Harry replied not really paying attention. He was too deep in thought about Ginny. He might be able to slip it into her room when Ron's not looking…or Fred…or George. That will be hard. But his thoughts were broken by a soft voice.
"Hi guys" said Ginny happily with a smile on her face as she slide into a seat next to Hermione and across from Harry. "All packed for the holiday Ron?"
Ron's face had turned a slight pink, "Ginny would u keep it down, I don't want all of Gryffindor to think I let my little sister push me around."
Ginny's face went from happy to slightly angry, "Well then I'm sorry if you forget something! But if you do, don't come crying to me about it!" Ron tried to think of something to say but he seemed incapable so just started to eat. Harry hadn't even noticed the food had come out. There was an awkward silence between the four of them for a while until Hermione decided to speak. "Right, so, what else are you guys planning to do over break?"
"Well mum will probably make us walk around that muggle town just to get us out of the house." Ron said frowning "might see Luna there too."
"Oh well that's not so bad." Hermione said trying to make him feel better.
"Yeah I guess so but the only annoying part is we are going to be stuck with Ginny all holiday."
"HEY! In case you haven't noticed I'm still here and can hear you QUITE clearly!" Ginny whispered in a yelling sort of way to Ron. "Why are you so cranky today?!"
"Me? Cranky? I'm not the one freaking out over nothing!" Ron whispered back
"Uhggg!" She said standing up and walking angrily out of the Great Hall.
"Um, I'll be right back." Harry said and Ron gave him a weird look, "Bathroom." And Ron nodded to him as he got up and walked toward the door. As he was walking he heard a voice call his name from behind him. "Potter! Hey POTTER! Going to see your girlfriend are you?" It was Malfoy and the other Slytherins. Harry ignored them and kept walking. When he finally walked out of the Great Hall he saw Ginny walking up the stairs in a sort of quick pace. Harry followed her up the stairs but not letting her know he was there. She made a quick turn to the left into an empty class room. He heard her talking to some one. It was a boy.
"I thought I might find you here." Ginny said, "Why didn't you come down to dinner?"
"I wanted to say goodbye to you in private." The boy said, his voice was so familiar to Harry but he couldn't think of who it was.
"Aww, how cute," Ginny replied in a joking voice "Are you sure no one knows we're here?"
"Positive." Said the voice as Harry tried to push the door open a little more so that he could see who it was.
"Well then," Ginny said "here's an early Christmas gift." Harry had succeeded in opening the door just enough to see what was going on and who she was with. It was Dean! Harry felt a hot rage of anger toward Dean right now. He kept on watching them.
"Oh a gift? Sorry, I didn't get you anyth-." He said but before he could finish Ginny leaned closer and closer to him and they kissed. Harry felt so angry that he wanted to fling open the door and jinx him but he kept quite and continued watching. They were now on top of the desks kissing passionately. Finally they stopped. Dean looked speechless. Ginny just smiled and walked toward the door. Harry rushed down the corridor trying to look natural as Ginny opened the door, stepped out of the class room, fixed her hair and walked down the same corridor as Harry had.
"Harry, Harry!" she called to him as she ran down the hall "Hold on, I think you dropped something!" Harry kept walking still feeling angry at her and Dean. "Harry! Stop please you dropped this paper!" she kept calling him as he turned the corner, "Fine maybe I'll just read it then!" she shouted at him. As she opened the paper Harry realized what it was. It was his letter to Ginny and at the moment he turned around and screamed, "NO Ginny don't open that!"
"Oh so now you're going to talk to me are you?" she said putting her hands on her hips still holding the letter.
"Look I'm sorry I didn't answer you before I was just…I don't know being stupid." he said "just please do not read that letter!"
"Well damn right you were being stupid! And I think I will read the letter." Ginny said opening the letter again. She read it aloud:
Dear Ginny,
Ginny stopped reading for a moment and looked up at Harry who looked completely terrified.
I'm not really sure how to put this, but here it goes. Whenever I see you, I smile.
She paused, and then read on as Harry stood there helplessly.
Your smile could light up a whole room. Everything about you is amazing. Your smile, your laugh, the way you walk into a room, your voice, even the way you think. It drives me crazy!
Again she paused at the last line of his letter.
Well, what I'm trying to say is that...
She paused a bit longer. Then finally she read it aloud.
I love you….
"Ginny please…" Harry said shaking his head.
"H-Harry I didn't know…but I thought you knew I was with Dean and then, I just, we can't." Ginny dropped Harry's letter and ran down the hall, her long red hair swaying from side to side as her footsteps echoed in the empty school corridor.
"Ginny wait!" Harry yelled as he ran after her but by the time he got to the end of the hall she was gone. He looked around but saw no sight of her, so decided to walk back to Gryffindor Tower since dinner was probably over.
When Harry arrived in the Gryffindor common room he looked around for Ginny. There was no sign of her, or anyone else for that matter. He plopped himself down into one of the big arm chairs and stared into the fire which was slowly but surely burning out.
Just like me and Ginny…
Oh please you never started.
Yes we did!
Uh, no you really didn't.
What do you know anyway!?
Everything.
And with that he dosed off into a deep dreamless sleep. It soon became 12 'o clock and Harry awoke to a strange cold sensation on his forehead. He opened his eyes slightly to see a dark shadow above him. He was unable to see who it truly was since the fire had died out hours ago. Harry guessed it was a girl for she had delicate soft hands and fingers. She was tracing the outline of his scar gingerly with her cold fingertips and brushing back his messy hair. He wasn't sure who it was, or if she knew that he had awoken. Harry closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep again. The girl leaned forward, brushed back his hair, kissed his scar very lightly, and he heard her whisper 'Happy Christmas Harry'. Then he heard her stand up and walk up the stairs to the girls' dormitory. He sat up rather quickly and looked toward the stairs. Then whispered back to the shadow, which had stopped when she heard him move, 'Happy Christmas Ginny'. There was no response. The shadow simply turned around and continued walking up the stairs.
Oh no! Was the shadow not Ginny? Had he totally made a fool of himself in front of some other girl?! He had no idea what so ever. Harry would just have to wait and see over holiday.