The clock stuck 9, nine loud rings coming in perfect rhythm one after another until finally stopping. The room became silent now, except for the sound of falling water coming from the next room over. The rooms' only occupant currently is twenty two year old Harry Potter, sprawled on the bed occasionally glancing over at the door to the bathroom where his girlfriend of six years was at the moment, taking a shower. His looks however, weren't of lust or love for his girlfriend, but of nervousness. For tonight he was going to do something very difficult. He was going to break up with her.

As he looked back on the last couple of years he thought of how great Ginny had been. How much she helped him in seventh year, and how he had helped her get through the death of her brother Fred at the hands of the death eaters. Needless to say they'd been through a lot together, and Harry greatly appreciated her, but he just couldn't be with her anymore. For another had taken her place in his heart. A certain bushy-haired young woman.

For as long as he could remember, she had been right there next to him. She was there for him much longer than Ginny had. Hermione was his life line as well as his best friend, he didn't know how he could have managed through school or the fight against Voldemort without her. After the war she had begun dating their other best friend Ron Weasley. But after a year or so their interest in each other waned until they finally broke it off. Luckily, they got through it on good terms and were still great friends to this day. Hermione didn't even really mind when Ron began dating Luna Lovegood, who were now engaged to be married and happy as ever.

In the last two or so years, Harry began developing feelings for his friend, but denied it and tried to convince himself that those feelings were friendly and nothing more. But as time went on those feelings grew, until he could deny it no longer: he was in love with Hermione Granger.

Now here he was, about to have a very difficult conversation with his soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend. The tense atmosphere lifted slightly when Harry heard the water turned off and Ginny step out of the shower. 'It's now or never Potter' he thought to himself.

He sat up in his bed and waited to hear the door open and Ginny soft voice call out to him.

"Hey handsome" she said sexily.

He looked her up and down, she was not dressed except for a towel wrapped tightly around her slim body, and she was still wet from her shower. Normally he would find this sight very appealing, but not this time. He cleared his throat nervously.

"Um…Ginny, I need to talk to you." He began.

Ginny's expression faltered a bit but she came over and sat down next to (and very close) to Harry. "What is it darling? You need another back rub?" She asked huskily.

Harry sighed; he could tell that this was going to be a lot harder than he thought.

"Um, Ginny…" he trailed off.

"Yes love?"

"Um, Ginny...you know how sometimes when you start something you're really confidant that it'll work out?"

A confused look crossed Ginny's face, "I guess" she answered slowly.

"Well...sometimes, those things just…don't work out." Harry finished, wondering if Ginny understood him, and by the dark look on her face, she did.

"Harry, what are you saying?" She growled.

"I'm saying that...this isn't working out Ginny, I want to break up." Harry said, finally uttering the words he'd been planning to speak for quite sometime now.

Now Harry had not expected Ginny to be keen on the idea of breaking up. He knew that she would be upset, and probably yell a lot. But Harry did not expect her to draw back her hand and smack him hard on the face before grabbing her wand from the nightstand.

Harry recoiled from her sudden attack in shock. He turned back to face her only to find himself at the opposite end of her wand. He put his hands up in surrender and stepped back a bit.

"Ginny, I think you need to relax." He started.

"Don't you tell me to relax Potter" she screeched. "You can not break up with me!"

"Ginny please, you have to understand, I do love you but like a sister, I-"

"Oh I get it, there's someone else isn't there? Who is it? Is it that Chang girl again? Or one of the Patils?" Ginny demanded furiously.

Her behavior was starting to scare Harry "Ginny please calm down and we can discuss this rationally."

She ignored that, "Wait, I know, its Hermione isn't it? You think that now that my brother has dumped her that she'll come to you. Well I'm not going to stand for this you are my boyfriend not that little sluts"

Harry nervousness vanished at that and turned to anger. He ripped the wand from Ginny's hand before she could do anything. She tried to hit him again but Harry was prepared this time. He caught her hand in mid swipe and held it. She struggled but Harry didn't let go. He thought that if he did she would try and get away and do something stupid.

"Now listen Ginny, you're right, it is someone else and that someone is Hermione, but don't call her a slut. I'm not your property Ginny, you can't just order me to love you." He explained firmly.

She didn't answer him, she wouldn't even look him in the eye.

"Now like I said before, I do still love you, but like a sister. I'll always value your friendship, I just can't be with you anymore. I know your upset with me fight now, but eventually you'll get over it and find someone else."

She still wouldn't answer, but she seemed to have calmed down, he slowly released her wrist and dropped her wand on the bed. She didn't speak or move but Harry knew she was listening. He sighed, he really didn't want it to end this way.

"I'm going to go now. I'm sorry Ginny." Harry said.

He turned away from her and walked out the door. Before stepping through the threshold he turned back to see if she had followed him. She hadn't. He lingered for a moment before stepping out and closing the door behind him.

Meanwhile, Ginny hadn't moved an inch since Harry had walked out the door. Her hand balled into fists and her eyes flared with rage. At that moment, something inside the mind of Ginevra Molly Weasley snapped.

"I'll get you back my darling, even if it kills me...or you."