Harry groaned and sulked as he dragged his feet back to Gryffindor tower after remembering the announcement that Professor McGonagal had made concerning the Yule Ball in a couple weeks time. He was glad it was Friday and lessons were over and was desperate for a weekends rest. His mind wandered around but his feet brought him to where he needed to be. He found himself in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady.

'Password?' She asked.

'Fairy lights,' Harry replied dully not looking forward to the coming events.

The portrait swung forward and Harry climbed through to the common room. He spotted Ron and Hermione by their favorite corner by the big chairs, fluffy cushions by the fire place. He hurried over, hurdled over one of the chairs and plopped down in the chair with an 'oomph'. Turns out Hermione and Ron were engrossed in a heated game of chess with what looked like Hermione beating Ron.

'Queen move to B5,' Hermione said with a smug smile, 'Checkmate'

'Damn and Blast,' spluttered Ron,'how did you do that?'

He turned his attention to Harry. 'What about the Yule Ball dates, eh? McGonagal said that the champions open the dance. Seems like you have no escaping,' Ron sniggered.

'Like you even have a date for the ball,' Harry retorted.

'Oh come on Harry, don't be so negative, you beat a Hungarian Horntail for crying out loud! Getting a date for the Yule Ball shouldn't be a fuss should it now? I'd say, 'better get a date quickly or all the good ones will be gone' like Fred and George said,' Hermione told him.

'I suppose you are right on that one Hermione,' Harry replied,' well, I'll be off then taking your advice. I'll see you at dinner!' He went upstairs to the fourth years dormitories to drop his bag off and he hurried back down out of the portrait hole. He turned left as bumped into a small red haired figure. 'Yikes!' Harry exclaimed. He looked and saw that it was the youngest Weasley he had bumped into. Ginny Weasley. He looked into those chocolatey brown eyes with golden specks. He was mesmerized by those beautiful eyes and her pale skin, red hair and freckles. He was quite close to her and could see all the freckles. He felt dazed and giddy with excitement. He licked his lips and leaned forward a tad. Ginny stammered and blushed.

'Erm, helloooo Harry,' Ginny said nervously

'Oh, hey,' Harry lamely said snapping out of his trance,' Listen, I'm about to go for a walk. Care to come with me?'

'Sure!' She brightly replied.

They walked out onto the grounds and wandered around the black lake. They sat down at a large oak tree by the black lake while watching the Giant Squid and talking about school, their childhoods and the Tri-Wizard tournament. Eventually the talk turned around towards the Yule Ball and Harry filled her in on the recent events of him sulking of not having a partner. When Ginny heard this she perked up in excitement hoping to be asked.

'It's ok Harry, I seriously doubt nobody would want to go with you! You're Harry Potter! The-Boy-Who-Lived, and you just beat a Hungarian Horntail for crying out-loud! Anyway, nobody's taking me and if nobody does I can't go because I'm only a third year, which means I can't go if someone else doesn't ask me and I really want to go,' she said hoping that the message would come across the way she intended it to.

Harry pondered for a while about what she had said. Then it hit him.
'Why not ask Ginny?! You know you have feelings for her Harry and she really wants to go! YOU FANCY HER! ASK HER POTTER!' rang in Harry's head. So plucking up his Gryffindor courage he said,' Ginny, would you be the honor of going to the ball with me?'

Ginny blinked at him and opened her and closed her mouth several times like a fish. 'Err, well, um, errr,' she stammered. She turned bright red and looked at Harry's eager face. She turned and tried to bolt away but Harry's excellent Seeker talents sprung into action and he grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him. 'Well?' Ginny looked up in those fiery emerald eyes. 'Uhm, wow Harry, this is a surprise, I never expected it. To answer your question, yes, I would love to,' she said. 'Brilliant! Now we need to get you a nice, beautiful dress, don't you think?' Harry said. He gave her a lopsided grin which made her giddy and distracted. 'Merlin, he's sooo cute when he does that,' she thought sighing. They continued their walk around the lake hand-in-hand back towards the castle. It had started to become dark and they watched the sun go down in the distance. Suddenly Ginny's stomach gave a large growl of hunger. She turned bright red as Harry grinned at her. He checked his watch and yelped,'Damn! It's an hour and half till curfew and dinners already over. I guess we'll have to eat in the kitchens,' he muttered. So he and Ginny entered the castle and made their way down to the kitchens and came to the door with the fruit bowl. He tickled the pear and it turned into a handle which he pushed. He grabbed Ginny's hand again and kissed it. Ginny was very suprised by Harry's romance but was pleased never the less. A house-elf trotted up to them while they sat down at one of the work tops. 'How is I able to help you?' She said. 'Hello, could you make something for us as we missed dinner?' Harry politely asked. Almost immediately a group of house-elfs came up to them with a large tray with a lot of food with consisted of bread, soup, meat, fruit, vegetables, sauce and rice.

Harry piled his plate with food and Ginny followed suite. The house-elfs returned to what they were doing. Harry and Ginny ate in silence for a while when Harry interrupted the silence between them. 'Erm Gin? I can't thank you enough for being my partner to the ball. You're a special person with a great personality and you're funny and cute,' When Harry said that Ginny turned a deep shade of red and Harry grinned,' I want to thank you for that,' he said. Harry licked his lips and leaned forward and kissed Ginny square on the lips. Ginny was taken by surprise but didn't hide it as she deepened the kiss. She parted her lips and Harry's tongue darted into her mouth twirling around hers. They engaged in a heavy fight of 'Tongue-Fighting' and Ginny broke the kiss as they could pass out from the lack of oxygen any second. 'Wow, that was amazing,' Harry panted. 'Agreed,' Ginny agreed. They leaned in for another passionate kiss when Ginny wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled herself closer. Harry twirled one hand in her hair and the other held her close to him. They broke the kiss and panted for breath like before. 'Ginevra Weasley,' Harry started,' I love you.' Ginny blushed slightly and smiled. 'I love you too Harry Potter,' she replied. They got up, thanked the elfs for the food, wrenched the door open and sprinted for Gryffindor tower. It was three quarters of an hour after curfew so they couldn't allow themselves to be caught. They reached Gryffindor tower panting but hadn't met any ghosts, Mrs Norris or Filch so all was well. 'Fair Lights,' Harry told the portrait of the Fat Lady. They climbed through the portrait hole and were surprised to find the common room near empty except for a few seventh years. They walked hand-in-hand towards the stairs and stopped at the bottom. 'Goodnight love,' Harry bode her and kissed her forehead. Ginny smiled and sighed. 'Harry's sooo romantic,' she thought.

Harry went up to his dormitory, slipped through the door and put on his pajamas an slipped into his four-poster bed. In the third years girl dormitory Ginny did the exact same. They both lied in bed staring at the ceiling thinking about each other. They both drifted asleep with content smiles on their faces.