Second Chance
By
introducing ginny
Chapter 1
Last Week at Hogwarts
"Come on, Harry! We're going to miss breakfast if we don't!" said Ron.
"Mmmm."
"Come ON!" Ron shouted. "Dumbledore said he would tell us something during breakfast! Come on! We're gonna miss it!"
"Mmmm."
"HARRY! Come on, Harry! Ron!" Hermione trilled from downstairs. They had agreed, that, since the boys' couldn't go into the girls' dorm, Hermione wouldn't go into the boys' room.
"Hermione, I'M not the one who's still asleep!" said Ron indignantly.
"Come on, Ron, let's go down. At least WE'RE not going to miss Charms!" said Hermione slyly, but loud enough so that Harry could hear.
Ron looked at Hermione, puzzled. Hermione winked at him.
"But Charms is 3rd period," murmured Harry.
"Yeah, we know. You slept through 1st and 2nd period!" she said.
"Mmmm...WHAT??? OMIGOD!" yelled Ron.
Harry quickly got his robes on, and ran downstairs, where he found everyone waiting.
"Neville, what'ya waiting for?" questioned Harry.
"Breakfast bell...Say, you okay, Harry?"
"I am, but THEY won't be!" Harry looked round, and saw Ron and Hermione disappearing through the door. "Yeah, you'd BETTER run!"
He turned to Neville.
"Sorry, mate; they told me I had slept through 1st and 2nd period."
"It did the job though, didn't it? I mean, it got you up!" Neville stated.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, you're right." Harry admitted, sheepishly.
"Good morning, Harry." Ginny had just poked her head round the squashy crimson chair she was sitting on, in the common room. "How are you feeling, gorgeous?"
"Tired," Harry yawned, and sat down. He heard a shriek from the chair. Almost immediately, he got back up with a start, and stared at the chair.
Ginny, who had been moaning at Harry for weeks about his sleepiness, said "I should think so! I know you, Harry, whenever you sit down in a morning, you go straight back to sleep. Well done for remembering!" Ginny kissed him.
Harry was still looking at the chair, puzzled. "Yes...no...nyo...there was...was...someone...sitting... there!"
"Yes, there is!" said a disembodied voice coming from the chair. Harry heard a snap, and a young girl appeared, sitting on the sofa. Ginny jumped.
Harry looked puzzled for a moment, and then remembered. Fred and George's shop, Weasley Wizard Wheezes, was selling Invisibility Icedrops. Many first years were slipping them in items of food, along with Ton-Tongue toffees, Nosebleed Nougat, and so on. With the Invisibility Icedrops, you had to snap the end, and you would be visible.
"Oh, no! I snapped it!" The girl seemed upset. "I won't be seeing those three sickles again."
The girl looked at Harry, with a puzzled expression on her face. Her eyes did the natural flicker up to the forehead, and then back down.
"Are you...Harry Potter? I mean, I haven't seen you around here before!" She was looking at Harry with an unusually enamoured expression on her face.
"Omigod, you're so cute! I used to have a...a...huge...cr...cru...sh...You're soooo nice...I...I...I like you soooo much...you're soooo..."
Ginny cut through the girl's awestruck stammering. "Yeah, he is soooo...taken."
As the girl walked off, Harry said, "Am I taken? Ooh, I wonder who by!"
Ginny gave him a gentle hit, and hugged him tight. Harry put his arm around her, and the watched the girl walk off.
The girl turned round, and gave Harry a longing look, Ginny a jealous glance, and walked off, head high in the air. So high in fact, that she walked straight through the door, and straight into a snogging couple. They crashed to the floor, landing in an untidy mess.
The girl quickly got up, and went back into the common room amidst gales of laughter.
"Ow, someone's sitting on me!" a male voice said, which sounded oddly like Ron.
"Sorry, Ron!"
"Never mind, let's carry on." Ron whispered.
The couple started snogging again, only interrupted this time by the raucous laughing of everyone in common room. No surprise, because they were lying in the doorway, visible to everyone in the room.
Slowly, they began to twig that THEY were being laughed at, and slowly turned their heads towards the room. Ron jumped up like a startled rabbit, his face blushing a vivid red.
"Oi, Ron! If you keep your face that colour, you'll be able to put the sun out of a job!" Dean laughed.
Seamus called to Ron from across the room. "Yeah, Ron! We could hire you out, as a human lamp!"
Dean and Seamus, who had just made Ron even more embarrassed, were now making everyone in the room laugh hysterically.
"Excuse me, dear?" Hermione looked up. "Your robes are a bit too high. But," the Fat Lady giggled, "thanks for the entertainment!"
Then, the door closed, leaving Hermione and Ron inside the common room.
Hermione saw her robes were hitched up, and her face went peach. She slowly pushed them down, and then she stood up, almost immediately regaining her natural composure.
"I don't believe you, Ron! You clumsy oaf! You managed to make us a laughing stock in front of the whole of Gryffindor!" Hermione shrieked at Ron.
"Er, excuse me?" a little voice piped up. "Um, it wasn't him who fell over, I...er, walked into you. I'm...er...really sorry..." The girl, who had been sitting on the chair, seemed eager to get away from this argument, and fled.
Hermione brushed aside the apology, and carried on raving at Ron.
"And what's more, everyone will know about it before long! A Slytherin will overhear, and the whole school will know!" she screeched. "And, you know what Malfoy will be like? He'll be crowing about it for days!" Hermione seemed to be really getting into her flow now, and continued. "You also said 'Let's keep it quiet. No one needs to know about it,' you said. A bit late now, isn't it? Really quiet now, isn't it!"
Ron moved towards her.
"Er, Hermione, I'm really sorry, but...er...it wasn't actually my fault..."he mumbled.
"NOT YOUR FAULT? I said we should go to the room of requirement, but no you said, let's do it here you said, no one will notice you said. WELL, I THINK EVERYONE HAS NOTICED NOW!"
"Hermione..." Ron was making a desperate attempt to apologise.
"Don't 'Hermione' me. Just...just leave me alone."
"Hermione...[b]Hermione[/b]...[b]HERMIONE![/b]"
Hermione walked out of the common room, and down the corridor. Ron looked longingly through the empty doorframe, and then slowly turned around, to see everyone looking at him.
He jumped. "Show's over, folks."
"Really stuck our foot in the jam, didn't we, Ron?" "You've messed things up big time." "Dunno if you'll be able to make up with her after that, Ron." "HA!"
Ron went over to Harry, ignoring all the snide comments, and asked him,
"How bad was it, mate?"
"The truth?" Ron nodded. Harry put on a grim expression. "Well, it was like listening to a howler. No, make that 20."
Ron sighed. "I made a right mess of that, didn't I?"
"Well, I wouldn't put it like that..." Harry tried to make Ron feel better.
"Let's face it. Well done, Ron(!) I've lost her."
"No you haven't!" Ginny joined in the argument.
"What?" He was puzzled. "You saw it. I mean, who didn't, but she's left me."
"No, she hasn't." Ginny seemed very matter-of-fact.
"Course she has!" he exclaimed. "I mean, she hates me now, anyway. Why would she stay with me if she hates me?"
Ginny said, "She doesn't hate you. She still loves you."
"Then why did she go on like that?"
"Because it was in front of everyone, and she didn't want to appear weak. The only thing that is wrong with her is that her pride is dented. Apart from that, she's fine." She seemed very sure of herself.
"But...she said I was a clumsy oaf..."
"And you are...well, not an oaf, but you are clumsy. Now, if you'll all excuse me..." Here Ginny became all brisk and businesslike, "I've got a friend to go and see to."
Ginny marched out of the room, but unbeknownst to Harry, stood by the door, listening.
"What do you think, Harry? What can I do to make Hermione like me better?" Ron was, and always had been, hopeless with girls.
"Well, if it was Ginny, I would buy her a present, something delicate, and beautiful, something to match her eyes, like a necklace, and if I saw her, apologise."
"But...okay, I get the present bit, but I'd rather not say anything! If anything, SHE should say she is sorry to me!" Ron didn't know how to apologise.
"Well okay, when you see her, say, 'I'm sorry too. Can you forgive me?' Then, hand her a gift, and hug her."
"But I'm not sorry! I've got nothing to be sorry for!"
"Yes, but what I've just said, although it implies you are sorry, it also says that she is sorry. And for once, it makes you out to be the weaker, but sensitive person. Girls love that. Then, it'll all be back to normal."
"Thanks Harry. God, I wish I knew what to say to girls like that. Life would be so much easier."
"Oh, and Ron, remember!" Harry shouted to Ron as he was walking through the door. "Next time, don't snog outside the common room! Either let her choose, or choose somewhere safer!"
Suddenly, Ginny sprang out from behind the door, and kissed Harry. "Wow, Harry, I never knew you had such an insight into the way girls think! You're even sexier than I thought you were!" She kissed Harry passionately, but then started crying.
"Hey, Ginny, what's the matter?"
"You're leaving Hogwarts, and I have another year of schooling!" she sobbed.
"I'm prepared for that. I am going to rent a house in Hogsmeade, so we can see each other every weekend. Because you know, seventh years are allowed into Hogsmeade EVERY weekend. And if not, use the marauder's map to help you!"
"But mum and dad...they don't know about us...they wouldn't let me..."
"Just don't tell them! Then, whenever you come into Hogsmeade, we can spend the day with each other! Unfortunately, we can't spend the night, but..." Harry winked at Ginny.
"We can still do what you were going to do during the night...well...during the day!" She kissed Harry.
"Oh, and come to the Room of Requirement tonight. I've got a surprise for you..." and with that, Harry kissed Ginny. Just as they kissed, the bell went. They went downstairs together, hand in hand.
[b]A/N[/b]
ShadowMecha, I have updated this especially for you. I'm sorry you found it confusing, and please, if anyone else does, tell me.
Keep on reading and reviewing!
Thanks,
introducing ginny
By
introducing ginny
Chapter 1
Last Week at Hogwarts
"Come on, Harry! We're going to miss breakfast if we don't!" said Ron.
"Mmmm."
"Come ON!" Ron shouted. "Dumbledore said he would tell us something during breakfast! Come on! We're gonna miss it!"
"Mmmm."
"HARRY! Come on, Harry! Ron!" Hermione trilled from downstairs. They had agreed, that, since the boys' couldn't go into the girls' dorm, Hermione wouldn't go into the boys' room.
"Hermione, I'M not the one who's still asleep!" said Ron indignantly.
"Come on, Ron, let's go down. At least WE'RE not going to miss Charms!" said Hermione slyly, but loud enough so that Harry could hear.
Ron looked at Hermione, puzzled. Hermione winked at him.
"But Charms is 3rd period," murmured Harry.
"Yeah, we know. You slept through 1st and 2nd period!" she said.
"Mmmm...WHAT??? OMIGOD!" yelled Ron.
Harry quickly got his robes on, and ran downstairs, where he found everyone waiting.
"Neville, what'ya waiting for?" questioned Harry.
"Breakfast bell...Say, you okay, Harry?"
"I am, but THEY won't be!" Harry looked round, and saw Ron and Hermione disappearing through the door. "Yeah, you'd BETTER run!"
He turned to Neville.
"Sorry, mate; they told me I had slept through 1st and 2nd period."
"It did the job though, didn't it? I mean, it got you up!" Neville stated.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, you're right." Harry admitted, sheepishly.
"Good morning, Harry." Ginny had just poked her head round the squashy crimson chair she was sitting on, in the common room. "How are you feeling, gorgeous?"
"Tired," Harry yawned, and sat down. He heard a shriek from the chair. Almost immediately, he got back up with a start, and stared at the chair.
Ginny, who had been moaning at Harry for weeks about his sleepiness, said "I should think so! I know you, Harry, whenever you sit down in a morning, you go straight back to sleep. Well done for remembering!" Ginny kissed him.
Harry was still looking at the chair, puzzled. "Yes...no...nyo...there was...was...someone...sitting... there!"
"Yes, there is!" said a disembodied voice coming from the chair. Harry heard a snap, and a young girl appeared, sitting on the sofa. Ginny jumped.
Harry looked puzzled for a moment, and then remembered. Fred and George's shop, Weasley Wizard Wheezes, was selling Invisibility Icedrops. Many first years were slipping them in items of food, along with Ton-Tongue toffees, Nosebleed Nougat, and so on. With the Invisibility Icedrops, you had to snap the end, and you would be visible.
"Oh, no! I snapped it!" The girl seemed upset. "I won't be seeing those three sickles again."
The girl looked at Harry, with a puzzled expression on her face. Her eyes did the natural flicker up to the forehead, and then back down.
"Are you...Harry Potter? I mean, I haven't seen you around here before!" She was looking at Harry with an unusually enamoured expression on her face.
"Omigod, you're so cute! I used to have a...a...huge...cr...cru...sh...You're soooo nice...I...I...I like you soooo much...you're soooo..."
Ginny cut through the girl's awestruck stammering. "Yeah, he is soooo...taken."
As the girl walked off, Harry said, "Am I taken? Ooh, I wonder who by!"
Ginny gave him a gentle hit, and hugged him tight. Harry put his arm around her, and the watched the girl walk off.
The girl turned round, and gave Harry a longing look, Ginny a jealous glance, and walked off, head high in the air. So high in fact, that she walked straight through the door, and straight into a snogging couple. They crashed to the floor, landing in an untidy mess.
The girl quickly got up, and went back into the common room amidst gales of laughter.
"Ow, someone's sitting on me!" a male voice said, which sounded oddly like Ron.
"Sorry, Ron!"
"Never mind, let's carry on." Ron whispered.
The couple started snogging again, only interrupted this time by the raucous laughing of everyone in common room. No surprise, because they were lying in the doorway, visible to everyone in the room.
Slowly, they began to twig that THEY were being laughed at, and slowly turned their heads towards the room. Ron jumped up like a startled rabbit, his face blushing a vivid red.
"Oi, Ron! If you keep your face that colour, you'll be able to put the sun out of a job!" Dean laughed.
Seamus called to Ron from across the room. "Yeah, Ron! We could hire you out, as a human lamp!"
Dean and Seamus, who had just made Ron even more embarrassed, were now making everyone in the room laugh hysterically.
"Excuse me, dear?" Hermione looked up. "Your robes are a bit too high. But," the Fat Lady giggled, "thanks for the entertainment!"
Then, the door closed, leaving Hermione and Ron inside the common room.
Hermione saw her robes were hitched up, and her face went peach. She slowly pushed them down, and then she stood up, almost immediately regaining her natural composure.
"I don't believe you, Ron! You clumsy oaf! You managed to make us a laughing stock in front of the whole of Gryffindor!" Hermione shrieked at Ron.
"Er, excuse me?" a little voice piped up. "Um, it wasn't him who fell over, I...er, walked into you. I'm...er...really sorry..." The girl, who had been sitting on the chair, seemed eager to get away from this argument, and fled.
Hermione brushed aside the apology, and carried on raving at Ron.
"And what's more, everyone will know about it before long! A Slytherin will overhear, and the whole school will know!" she screeched. "And, you know what Malfoy will be like? He'll be crowing about it for days!" Hermione seemed to be really getting into her flow now, and continued. "You also said 'Let's keep it quiet. No one needs to know about it,' you said. A bit late now, isn't it? Really quiet now, isn't it!"
Ron moved towards her.
"Er, Hermione, I'm really sorry, but...er...it wasn't actually my fault..."he mumbled.
"NOT YOUR FAULT? I said we should go to the room of requirement, but no you said, let's do it here you said, no one will notice you said. WELL, I THINK EVERYONE HAS NOTICED NOW!"
"Hermione..." Ron was making a desperate attempt to apologise.
"Don't 'Hermione' me. Just...just leave me alone."
"Hermione...[b]Hermione[/b]...[b]HERMIONE![/b]"
Hermione walked out of the common room, and down the corridor. Ron looked longingly through the empty doorframe, and then slowly turned around, to see everyone looking at him.
He jumped. "Show's over, folks."
"Really stuck our foot in the jam, didn't we, Ron?" "You've messed things up big time." "Dunno if you'll be able to make up with her after that, Ron." "HA!"
Ron went over to Harry, ignoring all the snide comments, and asked him,
"How bad was it, mate?"
"The truth?" Ron nodded. Harry put on a grim expression. "Well, it was like listening to a howler. No, make that 20."
Ron sighed. "I made a right mess of that, didn't I?"
"Well, I wouldn't put it like that..." Harry tried to make Ron feel better.
"Let's face it. Well done, Ron(!) I've lost her."
"No you haven't!" Ginny joined in the argument.
"What?" He was puzzled. "You saw it. I mean, who didn't, but she's left me."
"No, she hasn't." Ginny seemed very matter-of-fact.
"Course she has!" he exclaimed. "I mean, she hates me now, anyway. Why would she stay with me if she hates me?"
Ginny said, "She doesn't hate you. She still loves you."
"Then why did she go on like that?"
"Because it was in front of everyone, and she didn't want to appear weak. The only thing that is wrong with her is that her pride is dented. Apart from that, she's fine." She seemed very sure of herself.
"But...she said I was a clumsy oaf..."
"And you are...well, not an oaf, but you are clumsy. Now, if you'll all excuse me..." Here Ginny became all brisk and businesslike, "I've got a friend to go and see to."
Ginny marched out of the room, but unbeknownst to Harry, stood by the door, listening.
"What do you think, Harry? What can I do to make Hermione like me better?" Ron was, and always had been, hopeless with girls.
"Well, if it was Ginny, I would buy her a present, something delicate, and beautiful, something to match her eyes, like a necklace, and if I saw her, apologise."
"But...okay, I get the present bit, but I'd rather not say anything! If anything, SHE should say she is sorry to me!" Ron didn't know how to apologise.
"Well okay, when you see her, say, 'I'm sorry too. Can you forgive me?' Then, hand her a gift, and hug her."
"But I'm not sorry! I've got nothing to be sorry for!"
"Yes, but what I've just said, although it implies you are sorry, it also says that she is sorry. And for once, it makes you out to be the weaker, but sensitive person. Girls love that. Then, it'll all be back to normal."
"Thanks Harry. God, I wish I knew what to say to girls like that. Life would be so much easier."
"Oh, and Ron, remember!" Harry shouted to Ron as he was walking through the door. "Next time, don't snog outside the common room! Either let her choose, or choose somewhere safer!"
Suddenly, Ginny sprang out from behind the door, and kissed Harry. "Wow, Harry, I never knew you had such an insight into the way girls think! You're even sexier than I thought you were!" She kissed Harry passionately, but then started crying.
"Hey, Ginny, what's the matter?"
"You're leaving Hogwarts, and I have another year of schooling!" she sobbed.
"I'm prepared for that. I am going to rent a house in Hogsmeade, so we can see each other every weekend. Because you know, seventh years are allowed into Hogsmeade EVERY weekend. And if not, use the marauder's map to help you!"
"But mum and dad...they don't know about us...they wouldn't let me..."
"Just don't tell them! Then, whenever you come into Hogsmeade, we can spend the day with each other! Unfortunately, we can't spend the night, but..." Harry winked at Ginny.
"We can still do what you were going to do during the night...well...during the day!" She kissed Harry.
"Oh, and come to the Room of Requirement tonight. I've got a surprise for you..." and with that, Harry kissed Ginny. Just as they kissed, the bell went. They went downstairs together, hand in hand.
[b]A/N[/b]
ShadowMecha, I have updated this especially for you. I'm sorry you found it confusing, and please, if anyone else does, tell me.
Keep on reading and reviewing!
Thanks,
introducing ginny