Love Is All Around.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character names or places in this story; they are the property of J.K Rowling and Bloomsbury publishing.
Harry, Ron, Hermionie, Ginny, Fred and George were a very close group of friends. They lived together (in a way) they ate together, they sat together, they laughed, cried and even fought together.
But four of them were holding suprising (or so they thought) and potentially deadly secrets.
It all started in their fourth year.
They'd all been friends for four years and knew each other inside out.
This year though, their friendship would mean, more to them than ever. The tri-wizard tournament was being held at hogwarts. Though at first they thought it wouldn't matter because none of them were old enough to enter. Little did they know how wrong they were.
"Oh Harry" "How could this happen" "To you, of all people" Ginny was crying into Harry's shoulder as she had been for the past hour. It was surprising, how comforted Harry felt by Ginny's touch. "I'll be fine gin, don't worry" he sounded thoroughly un-convincing even to himself. As he looked around at the others for support Hermionie said "We're all going to help Harry with whatever Tasks he might face" Ginny looked slightly comforted at this and they were all thankful that she hadn't heard the note of worry in Hermionie's voice.
Earlier that night Harry's name had been pulled out of the goblet of fire. But the problem was that he hadn't put it in, so who had? And, more to the point WHY? Nobody knew but every body cared.
Later that night, after Harry and Ginny had gone to the Library and Ron and George had gone to bed. Hermionie and Fred were sitting in the common room still thinking about the night's events and wondering how and why it had all happened. Fred, surprisingly, was the first to break the silence "Hermionie, you don't think this whole things got something to do with… well… Voldermort, do you?" Hermionie could hear the worry in his voice, which discomforted her even more. "I don't know Fred, but whoever did this is not doing it as a joke, they want him dead". Suddenly, she flung her arms around him ad laid her head on his shoulder. After five minutes Fred lifted her head up and said "Don't worry Hermionie, because, like you said, we're all going to help him through this". They stared at each other for several moments, both sensing something some thing going on in their heads. Then, without warning, they both leant in to each other; they were so close now, that they could both feel each other's breath on their faces. Next moment, they were kissing.
Next Morning. Hermionie awoke to the sounds of the footsteps of two people saying muffled (by yawns) good mornings to each other. She turned over to make them think she hadn't heard when she saw Fred lying there next to her. She knew they had kissed but hadn't realised they'd fallen asleep together. She went to get up but heard the sound of gasps and giggles. Then she heard Lavenders voice say "are you going to explain Hermionie?." The truth was, that Hermionie was rather mixed up. Then a second voice came in "Well are you or not?" said Lee Jordan. " Lavender, can I have a word, in private?" " Yeah, sure" she replied.
"Well, Last night, after you'd all gone to bed. Fred and I stayed downstairs because we were to worried to go to sleep. Any way, we got talking about what had happened. And then suddenly I found myself flinging my arms around him and hugging him so tightly that I'm surprised his circulation didn't stop, but he didn't mind so I lay my head on his shoulder, then he lifted my head up and told me not to worry, then we stared into each others eyes and we both felt something we'd never felt about each other before, and before I knew it we were kissing and then I woke up and saw him there and got the same feeling again" she said, "well… you know what I think, I think you like him more than you know."
They walked back into the common room to find Fred and Lee having a serious conversation about something (hum… can't think what). The same feeling came when Hermionie looked at Fred,
And this time she knew that he'd felt it to. There was something about the way he looked at her, something different.
They went down to breakfast together.
Harry and Ginny's P.O.V
Harry and Ginny walked down to the Library in silence, they both found it slightly awkward because they both fancied each other though they didn't know the others feelings. Then Harry said "Thank you for caring about me so much Ginny" " I mean… I know the others care a lot too, just not as much as you do" then Harry asked the burning question inside him "why do you care so much Ginny?" he had had one theory about this, but she couldn't feel the same way about him as he felt about her, could she? "Is it not obvious Harry?" she asked knowing that she had to tell him sooner or later, no matter what happened. "No, Ginny, it isn't" "well… this should make it clearer" she took a deep breath and brushed his lips with hers then stood back and waited for him to say something, he didn't say anything but she didn't have to wait long for a reply because after a couple of seconds they were kissing very passionately. Suddenly, nothing mattered; no tournament, no snide remarks that he would be getting from the Slytherins in the morning; Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley were two of the happiest people in the world. (The other two were Hermionie and Fred).