Oh gosh guys I'm such a horrible person this should've been uploaded weeks ago, but I've been busy with school and finals and I somehow ended up with a social life and have been with friends a ton this summer but here it is! I know it's way short but I needed to introduce Ginny's feelings and I needed to kind of show what happened between Diagon Alley and the Midnight Meeting oooohh :P Yeah so here we go!
It had been great to see Luna again, Ginny thought. She had missed her old friend. And Harry, too. There was just one thing that bothered her – the way Harry and Luna were acting around each other. She knew they were friends, but recently they had been acting like more than friends, and it bothered her. She had liked Harry since that first day when Harry had arrived by flying car. True, she had dated other people, but she had always loved Harry. Always.
Now, sitting on the train, she looked at them, sitting opposite each other, talking and laughing, absorbed in conversation.
She scooted closer to Harry, and joined in their conversation. "-new professor," Harry was saying. "Slughorn. He'll be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts, of course."
"I wonder if he'll be any good," Luna said.
"He's gotta be better than Umbridge," Ginny added.
"Anyone would be better than that old hag," Harry said, laughing.
Ginny smiled, pleased that she had made him laugh. "True," she agreed.
The rest of the train ride passed quickly. Hermione and Ron joined them around one, and they all talked and laughed as the light outside the train slowly faded. Before they knew it, the train was slowing, and they were pulling into Hogsmeade. Ron and Hermione were leading the throng of students to the carriages, Hermione being bossy and Ron just tagging along. Hagrid was yelling, "Firs' years over here! Firs' years, follow me!" And then they were on the thestral-pulled carriages, on their way up the familiar pathway to the school.
Ginny was glad when her friend waved goodbye and went to join the Ravenclaw table. She would have Harry to herself now.
Back in her dorm after the feast, Ginny lay in bed staring up at the curtains. She had a plan. She and Harry would be together before the year was over. Somehow, she had to convince Luna to not go out with Harry. She had to convince Harry that he shouldn't be with Luna. And then, she had to get with Harry.
She would try out for Quidditch. Harry had been made captain, so she'd get to be around him more. Maybe he'd fall for her instead of Luna.