CHAPTER 1
September 9
"You have GOT to be kidding me! Who's bright idea was it to make the seventh years do a…a musical." Ron Weasley exclaimed as he looked at the newest post on the Gryffindor bulletin board located in the common room.
"Honestly, it's not as if anyone is forcing you to try out Ronald." Hermione Granger stated.
"Oh, so I'm to believe that you and Ginny aren't going to force Harry and me into trying out with you two."
"Ginny probably wont be able to try out she's not really a seventh year."
"She got booted up another year did she not? How or why beats me it's not as if she's THAT smart. But hey Dumbledore must know what he's doing. I'm sure they'll let her try out. Speaking of Ginny wear is she?"
"Right here oh brother of mine," Ginny stated climbing into the common room.
"What are you two looking at?" She asked coming towards her brother and his girlfriend. Ron only pointed to a sign on the bulletin board that read:
All seventh year Gryffindors and Slytherins
Wishing to try-out for the musical Tarzan
Should come to the Great Hall on
Saturday, September 16 at 2:30
We will also need first year boys for
The role of young Tarzan
"Well we all have to try out of course! I mean Hermione and I can sing pretty good and you Ron, well you're not too shabby, and Harry can't be that bad." Ginny said.
"When have you heard me sing!"
"It's called you, the shower, and a bottle of shampoo for a microphone Ron." Ginny and Hermione sniggered as Ron blushed furiously. Just at that moment Harry Potter came stumbling down the stairs coming from the seventh year's dorms.
Holy smokes he even makes tripping down stairs look sexy beyond reason! Ginny thought seeing her best friend/ crush beyond reason come down to join them for lunch. Ginny and Harry had been best friends since her fourth year. The two had become considerably closer since the disappearance of Harry's godfather Sirius Black. He had fallen behind a mysterious curtain in the ministry of magic, many believed he wouldn't return but the two had an ounce of hope left within them that maybe just maybe he might return one day. Ginny couldn't deny her feelings for Harry after all he HAD saved her life, but that was when it was just a silly school girl crush. Ginny soon realized the difference between when she was infatuated with the idea of Harry Potter and being infatuated with Harry Potter himself. She had heard the legend of The-Boy-Who-Lived, she had been rescued by him, and she had thought that his lightning shape scar was the cutest thing on him except his piercing green eyes of course. But now, now Ginny didn't think twice of him being the boy, scratch that the man. Who she, her brother, and Hermione had helped, defeat Voldemort the year before. She was thankful for him rescuing her from the chamber of secrets only five years before, and the scar she now admired was on the back of his hand that read.
I must not tell lies.
"Hey sleepy head, decided to wake up for lunch, did you?" Ginny asked casually, praising herself for not blushing.
"Erm, yeah. He he." Harry laughed nervously smoothing down his hair. Standing before him were his three favorite people in the world (minus Sirius of course). His three best friends Ron, Hermione, and Ginny. Ginny however, was much more than a best friend she was an obsession some might say. Every waking moment Harry thought of her how beautiful she was, how smart she was, how witty, how, how amazing overall. Today she looked extra amazing her straight red bob was in a twisty thing that made a top section of her hair look like a backwards "v" pinned to her head, she had a Gryffindor gold polo on, and a short jean skirt on with flip flops. She looked stunning as usual.
"So what do you think Harry you think you'll try out?"
"Hm? Oh yeah, totally!" Harry replied to Ron not really knowing what he was putting himself up to.
"I didn't know you could sing Harry" Hermione said with a very amused expression upon her face her eyebrows arched high.
"Wait. What exactly did I just say yes to?"
Ginny laughed and explained to him about the auditions while they headed towards the Great Hall for lunch. When they seated and had started to eat Harry saw Draco Malfoy strut into the Great Hall flanked with his cronies. "Do you reckon Malfoy will try out it did say Gryffindors and Slytherins right?"
"I'm sure he will, probably just try to get the lead so he can gloat and kiss me." "What?" Harry sputtered making pumpkin juice fly into an innocent Neville Longbottom's hair.
"Well I am trying out for Jane, the lead, and Jane and Tarzan have a rather passionate kiss." Ginny and Hermione giggled at the red-head's statement. Harry and Ron shared puzzled looks. Harry however had made his decision he was going to do everything in his will power to make sure he got the role of Tarzan. "Why do you think the auditions are only open to Gryffindor and Slytherin and seventh years no less." Ron questioned.
"I asked McGonagall and its some tribute to us, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are having their own musical sometime in the spring. They plan on making a really big deal out of the plays they plan on having paparazzi and they're starting a newspaper following the plays and the actors in it and everything" Hermione exclaimed getting rather excited at the idea of being treated as a celebrity. "Three guesses who the head paparazzo will be" Ron asked looking at Colin Creevey and his younger brother Dennis who were taking pictures of anyone that would look at them. The four snorted and headed back up to the common room to start on their homework so they wouldn't have any the rest of the weekend. After about an hour Ginny and Hermione started laughing uncontrollably. "Erm, are you two okay?" Harry asked tentatively. The girls nodded gasping for breath. "Mental those two are" Ron muttered under his breath.
"Should... should we tell them?" Hermione asked regaining her breath. Ginny nodded her head subsiding in laughter.
"Well, you remember in July that day when Ginny and I kind of disappeared the whole day, and when we came home we just said you guys hadn't looked hard enough?" Hermione started while the boys nodded and sat on edge to find out what really that very strange day back in July. "Well, Ginny and I well we kind of flooed to Manhattan in New York, for the day, well actually it was night but whatever."
"Wait you went to America!" Ron exclaimed.
"No Ronald didn't you know there's a New York in Scotland, duh in America!" Ginny told her brother wondering how in the world he could be so stupid. "Anyhoo, well we went to a Broadway show and well it was Tarzan and it was sooo amazing. You should have seen them flying around the stage!" Hermione exclaimed retelling her tale to her best friend and boyfriend. "That still doesn't explain the burst of laughter" Harry wondered aloud. "Well, we were kind of wondering how funny it would look to see you two flying around on ropes acting as monkeys." Ginny snorted.
"We don't even know if we'll make it though I mean try-outs are next week I can't sing next week!" Harry said.
"And why not? Got to warm up your vocal chords?" Ginny asked while hitting Harry playfully. He blushed and Hermione and Ron snorted at the sight of the two before them so obviously in love with each other. The four of them hung out the rest of the day talking about the upcoming auditions and homework and well anything that came to mind. Finally the day was coming to an end and the four went to their respective rooms for the night. Their final thoughts before they dozed off to sleep:
I have to be Tarzan. Harry
That was a really good snog. Ron
I have to get Jane. Ginny
That was a really good snog. Hermione
