On a late November night Ginny walked down to the common room, in a white nightgown. She walked in and saw that it was empty except for Harry, in his red and gold plaid pajamas. He was sitting on the couch, his hair was scruffy and all over the place. Harry looked up and smiled when he saw Ginny. Harry put a photograph in his pocket hiding it from Ginny. "Hi Ginny, I thought you went to bed." He said
"No I had to talk to one of our professors. Why are you still up?" She replied shyly, noticing her state of dress.
"I couldn't sleep, too much on my mind" Harry answered, "want to sit?"
She nodded, and sat down next to him. Grabbing a pillow and pulling it towards her body, "Anything you want to talk about?"
Harry half-smiled then looked at the common room fire. "Not really just thinking about Sirius"
She nodded, and studied his face for a moment. Before looking elsewhere, unsure why to say. Harry started looking at his hand as he read the words 'I must not tell lies' written on his hand. When he realized what he was doing he quickly covered his hand.
She had caught a glance at his hand, "Harry, what was that?"
"Nothing." Harry replied quickly.
"Harry, let me see." She pleaded.
"Ok" Harry put his hand in Ginny's, "it's nothing really, just from detention with Umbridge."
She gasped, "Harry? You need to report this! She isn't allowed to do that." She said worried.
"No Ginny, that's just what she wants." Harry said with a harsh tone.
She winced, dropping his hand from her grasp, "I was just worried Harry."
"I know, I'm sorry." Harry whispered.
She nodded, before standing up. "I'm going to go to bed." She hated getting yelled at, even if he was mad at her.
"Ginny wait do go, please don't go. I promise I won't yell at you again, please." Harry begged her.
She looked at him sadly, before nodding. She sat back down next to him, "Are you okay Harry?" She said looking up towards him.
Harry looked into Ginny's eyes thinking about if he should lie. Then he realized he couldn't lie to her. "No, I'm not."
She smiled softly, trying to show that she cared. She wrapped her arms around his torso, and gave him a hug.
"Thanks Gin I needed that." Harry looked at her not knowing if he should explain why he isn't ok or if he should change the subject. Harry and Ginny sat in silence for the next five minutes.
"I'm always here, okay?" She said, knowing he might not always want to talk to her. But she needed him to know that she always had his back.
"Thanks. Can I talk to you about something?" Harry asked.
"If you want to." She leaned against the wall, looking towards his figure.
"You know how I've been having those nightmares?"
She nodded, unsure where he was taking this.
"Well I keep having them, and it scares me. I don't know what to do, and I really don't want to talk to Hermione and Ron about this because they think I'm not having them anymore." Harry blurted out.
Her eyes softened, "You should talk to Dumbledore Harry. He'll know what to do, but thank you for telling me." She moved closer to him and took his hand, giving it a small squeeze.
"This might sound crazy but I'm scared to talk to him. He has been ignoring me all year, and I feel so alone."
"You should tell Professor McGonagall then, she'd want to know."
"You're right. I'm going to bed, goodnight Ginny." Harry said then gave her a hug.
She hugged him back, and watched as he climbed the stairs. She sat there thinking for a moment.
The next day Harry woke up extra early so he could go talk to Professor McGonagall. Just as he was walking out of the common room he thought of Ginny. 'Well this was her idea... I guess I'll wait for her' he thought and plopped himself on the sofa next to the fire. Ginny, however, was already awake, and down in the Great Hall eating breakfast by herself.
Harry waited another hour before giving up on Ginny and went down to breakfast where he saw Ginny who was just leaving. "Ginny! I've been waiting in the common room for you."
"For what? I always come down here early for breakfast." She stopped walking and walked with Harry to a table he was going to eat at.
"Well I thought since it was your idea you might want to come with me when I talk to you-know-who about you-know-what." Harry whispered so that no one around them could hear.
She nodded, "If you want me to I can. Do you want to eat breakfast first, or go to her office and then come back and eat?"
"I think I should eat first." Harry said as he smiled at Ginny. "Thanks Ginny you're the best!" Harry said as he took a bite of egg
"You're welcome, Harry." She watched as he ate, not really seeing. She was deep in thought, and blanked out for a minute.
As Harry took the last bite of his breakfast he said "Are you ready Ginny?"
"Yes." She stood and took his hand waiting for him to lead her away.
Harry got up and led Ginny to Professor McGonagall's office. When Harry and Ginny got to her office they noticed she wasn't there. Just as they were walking out a cat walked by them. "Professor McGonagall can I talk to you for a minute?" Harry asked. Harry explained to McGonagall about his nightmares, and how he really didn't want to tell Dumbledore about them if possible. When Harry was done talking McGonagall told Harry that the best she could do was let him talk to Sirius, if Harry didn't want Dumbledore involved. He happily agreed to talk to Sirius, and maybe Sirius could put the pieces together and figure out why Harry is having the nightmares. Ginny stayed quiet the whole time, and when they left her office she stayed silent again. She was digesting what she had just heard. She looked over at Harry, who too was in a silent mode. She looked back at the floor as she walked.
Harry was also looking at the floor when he suddenly perked up. "Ginny I want to thank you for coming with me, it means a lot." Harry said as he gave her a side hug.
She smiled, and returned the side hug. "It's no problem, I'm glad you trust me enough to tell me about this." She smiled up towards him.
"Ginny can I bring you somewhere? I just found it and I thought it would be nice if I brought you there." Harry asked Ginny thinking about the Room of Requirement he had found the week before.
"Sure, but for not very long." She said checking her watch, realizing that there was only an hour before classes started for the day.
Harry walked her up to the entrance of the room of requirement. "Here we are" he said as they looked at a blank wall. "Think of anything you need"
She gave him a look of disbelief, before thinking of a lounge, a room to just sit and talk. She opened her eyes, and looked over at Harry, "Why am I staring at a wall?"
"It's not a wall." Harry said, "It's the room of requirement. Have you ever heard of it?" He asked as a black door showed up on the wall that was blank.
She laughed, "No I haven't heard about it, and how have you?" She asked, pulling on the knob of the door.
"I didn't until I found this place come in and I'll tell you more about it." He said as they walked inside the room. It had a fireplace on the right, and a navy blue sofa across from it. There was also a large bookshelf, and a trunk filled with lots of food. "It looks a lot different from the last time I was here" Harry added.
"Well every person is different right? So everything will be slightly different even if we all wished for the same thing." She replied, entering the room and sitting on the navy blue sofa.
"Exactly!" Harry said "So basically this room will transform into anything you need it to be. For example the last time I was here it was a bedroom." He explained to her.
"You were alone, right?" She said, thinking of the worst possible thing he could have need a bedroom for.
"Of course, Ron was snoring and I couldn't sleep so I took a walk around the castle and when I walked by here a door appeared and I found this" Harry said as he thought about what Ginny might have thought when he said bedroom.
She nodded, relieved. "Oh, he does snore loudly, doesn't he?" She laughed remembering back on what Fred and George used to do to Ron.
"Yes he does." Harry smiled as he sat next to her on the navy blue sofa.
She laughed, and tried to find something to talk about. She came up with nothing so she looked down at her hands.
"Is something wrong" Harry asked her as he put his hand on her knee.
She shook her head, "No...no everything is...fine." She said unconvincingly.
"I know something is bothering you, remember you can tell me anything. You know that right?" He said to her in a calm voice, but feeling very concerned.
She nodded, "I'm okay, I'll tell you if I need anything."
"Ok" he said, then kissed her on the cheek.
She smiled, and looked down at her watch. "Oh...I have class. I have to go." She stood up quickly, and ran out of the room. Not saying good-bye, or even that he was still there.
At lunch Harry looked for Ginny but couldn't find her. He asked Hermione, Ron, and Luna but they hadn't seen her. 'Is she ignoring me, did I do something or say something to her' Harry thought.
Ginny was sitting by the lake, looking out at the water. Silently, she picked up a rock, and tossed it across the lake. Harry started frantically looking for Ginny but couldn't find her anywhere. As he was walking down to Hagrid's he saw a lonely body next to the lake and decided he would go and see if it was Ginny. As he got closer to the body he realized that is was Ginny, but she wasn't alone. Ginny was standing with her back to Harry, and the other person. She continued to skip rocks on the water watching them bounce, oblivious to the figures behind her. As Harry kept getting closer he realized that the person with Ginny was Dean. Harry was furious; he thought that she was cheating, so Harry stormed off to the castle.
Ginny turned around, to see Dean. "Oh, hello Dean. Are you done borrowing my notes?"
"Yeah, thanks for that." Dean replied.
"No problem." Dean handed her the notes and walked back towards the castle. Ginny followed later on, wandering to the common room looking for Harry. She sighed, before going off to find Luna.
However Harry was in the room of requirement doing potions homework. But he couldn't focus because he was angry at Ginny for being alone with Dean and not telling him. Harry decided that he would go down to the great hall for some dinner. When he got there he found Hermione and Ron, so he sat and ate with them.
Ginny was sitting with Luna, talking to her. She saw Harry sit down, but she continued to talk to Luna.
Hermione looked at Harry and said "she's over there if you want to talk to her"
Harry looked at Hermione and sighed "I'll see you guys later" He got up and walked over to Ginny and Luna. "Ginny, um can I talk to you."
She looked up, "Yes, I'll see you later Luna." She waved, and followed Harry outside.
Harry took Ginny's hand and took her to the room of requirement. "I want to talk to you about something that has been bothering me all day." Harry said.
She nodded, "Okay what is it?" She was worried, she didn't know what was wrong.
"Well today you ignored me and you were hanging out with Dean."Harry paused for a minute, "are you mad at me?" He asked
She shook her head, "No, of course not. And I wasn't hanging out with Dean."
"Then what were you doing with him? We're you snogging going him?" Harry was getting angry.
She pulled away from him, "Of course I wasn't! He was returning my notes he borrowed!"
"Then why were you ignoring me all day. I couldn't find you anywhere and when I did you were with Dean by the lake." Harry said to her. He was calmer now that Ginny wasn't cheating on him.
"Dean was just giving me my papers, and I wasn't ignoring you. I was just thinking." She said taking another step back from him.
"They why did you run off so quickly the other day?" Harry asked her.
"I had to go to class Harry." distancing herself from him even more, there was a good five feet in between them now.
"Ginny." Harry said. He didn't want her to leave because she was mad at him but he just wanted answers. With every answer he got he had another question but it felt like she was getting angrier with every question. He knew he had to stop asking questions of she really would ignore him.
"What Harry?" She asked, sighing. She pulled her fingers through her hair.
"Never mind, I'm sorry Ginny." He said as he took a step towards her.
"No what is it Harry?" She said looking towards his feet. "I know you have more questions."
"No I don't. You know I love you right" Harry said. He honestly didn't have any more questions for her. All he wanted was for Ginny to love him back.
"I know that." She said looking up towards him.
Harry walked up to her and took her hands within his.
She smiled, and looked at their entwined hands.
Harry gave Ginny a small hug "I'm sorry that I got mad at you but I guess when I saw you and Dean together it just made me..." Harry stopped talking not knowing what to say next
"Jealous?" She asked, hugging him back.
"No more concerned." He said, while he was thinking 'yes, yes ok I'm jealous I'm sorry I can't help it' but he didn't want to admit it.
"Concerned about what?" She asked confused.
"Never mind, I don't want to upset you again" he said thinking about when he asked all of those questions.
She sighed, "You have to talk to me, or this will never work out."
"Concerned about you and Dean but I don't have to worry about that anymore." Harry smiled
"Do you trust me Harry?" Ginny asked.
"Yes I do with all of my heart and mind. Just in that moment though I was scared." Harry said happily.
She nodded, "Okay, good."
Harry pulled Ginny close to him and gave her a hug then very slowly kissed her on her soft, pink lips.
