Disclaimer: Harry Potter is not mine, although I wish it were.

"Hermione!" Ginny jumped up from her seat on the couch to hug the closest person to a sister she had, who Mr Weasley had just picked up from her house. "Ron! Get down here, Hermione's arrived!"

Ron bolted down the stairs to receive a hug from Hermione after Ginny.

"How was your holiday?" he said, grinning, a blush creeping up his face.

"Well, the past two days? Mum had a good nag that I never was home on the holidays, so I had to promise to write every week and come home for Christmas," said Hermione.

"Yeah, well, the fun starts now," said Ginny. "I have so much to tell you!"

"How much happens in two days?" asked Hermione.

"Hermione! I haven't been able to tell anyone for two days!" said Ginny, pulling at her friend's arm. She seriously needed to talk to another teenage girl apart from her reflection.

"But Hermione," wailed Ron, pulling at her other arm. "We have to talk about…" His voice trailed off suggestively.

"Erm," said Hermione, looking from Ron to Ginny and back. "Ron, I'll go with Ginny first. She's been stuck with no girl to talk to but her mum-"

"And Fleur!" interrupted Ron.

"Okay, I'm definitely going with Ginny," said Hermione.

They went up to Ginny's room.

"Well, what is Fleur doing here?" asked Hermione.

"Phlegm," Ginny started, making Hermione laugh, "is marrying Bill next summer."

"Oh, gosh!" said Hermione. "There's no justice in this world, is there?"

"And, Hermione, I'm sorry, but Ron's just head over heels for her," said Ginny sympathetically.

"Why are you sorry?" asked Hermione, though there was a hint of something other than calmness and humour in her voice.

Ginny shrugged, inwardly rolling her eyes.

"Well, anyway, guess who's coming over tomorrow," said Ginny, smiling.

"Dean! Oh my goodness," said Hermione. "What time?"

"Two to four," said Ginny.

"And how're you going to handle your brothers?" asked Hermione.

"Well, I was wondering whether you could, sort of, keep Ron occupied," said Ginny tentatively

"Sure," said Hermione. "But what about Bill, and your parents?"

"Well, don't know why, but Mum's completely fine with it, dad'll be at work, Bill, hopefully, will be at work," said Ginny, biting her lip.

"And Fleur?" asked Hermione.

"The cow better not ruin it," said Ginny.

Dean Thomas was, in Ginny's opinion, not a bad boyfriend. He was cute, funny, nice, appreciative of Ginny and considerate, everything Ginny wanted in a guy. Okay maybe not everything. So he didn't have messy black hair, or green eyes, and he wasn't a hero, but Ginny still had a soft spot for him.

At two seconds past two on Tuesday, the doorbell rang. Ginny rushed to the door and opened it to find Dean…and Bill.

"Hey Ginny," said Bill. "Er, this young lad here was outside our door. Know him by any chance."

"Oh, ha ha," said Ginny sarcastically. "Hey Dean."

Bill raised his eyebrows.

"Why're you home so early, anyway?" asked Ginny before he could speak.

"Well, the Burrow's intruder alarm went off and Dad sent me home to check on you guys," said Bill.

"We have an intruder alarm? And it sounds at Dad's office? Oh Merlin," said Ginny. "Come in Dean, sorry."

"Hang on," said Bill. "What is he-"

"Goodbye Bill, I bet you have heaps of work to do," said Ginny cheerily, shutting the door in his face. She turned to Dean. "Did he give you a hard time?"

"I think if you hadn't saved me he would have," said Dean. "Er, where's Ron?"

"You can't honestly tell me you're scared of Ron," said Ginny with a laugh. Dean looked sheepish. "Hermione's got him busy."

"When you say busy…" asked Dean.

"No, not yet, sad, isn't it?" said Ginny.

"Oh, hello Dean," said Mrs Weasley, walking up to them. "Would you like something to eat or drink?"

"Oh, no thankyou Mrs Weasley, I just had lunch" said Dean politely.

Aw! Thought Ginny He knows how to talk to his girlfriend's mum! How sweet!

"Well, you to be good," said Mrs Weasley, bustling off to do the laundry.

"'Course we will," said Ginny. "Define 'good', though," she added in a whisper.

Ginny gave Dean a quick kiss.

"D'you want to go for a walk or something?" asked Ginny.

"Yeah, alright," said Dean

Ginny checked quickly that Bill was, in fact, at work with Mrs Weasley's clock and then went outside with Dean. She gave him a proper kiss.

"So what have you been up to?" asked Ginny as they walked on the green grass to wherever.

"Missing you," said Dean, putting his arm around her shoulder and giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Aw, you been anywhere interesting?" asked Ginny

"No," said Dean. "Muggles can't really have too good a holiday in just four days. Things aren't really that quick. It actually takes us time to get there too."

"Is it alright, being part of a Muggle family?" asked Ginny.

"Yeah, it isn't all that bad, I get the best of both worlds," said Dean.

"Let's just hope that Dad doesn't meet you. He loves Muggles," Ginny told Dean. "Gives Hermione and Harry a right time too."

"Is Harry here? Doesn't he come here often?" inquired Dean. They were by the woods, beyond where they usually played Quidditch.

"I think he might be coming over later," said Ginny.

"Oh, okay. He went through a tough time last year," said Dean

"Oh my gosh, yeah, I can't believe Umbridge is still at the Ministry," said Ginny exasperated. "I mean, she nearly used an Unforgivable Curse on Harry."

"She gives Snape competition," said Dean.

Ginny laughed. She heard two familiar cracks nearby.

"Oh, Merlin," whispered Ginny. She hid behind a tree and hugged Dean's back to her chest. "Don't move."

"So, you mean, Ginny's going out with some guy named Dean?" asked Fred.

"Ron owled us the other day," said George. "Merlin that woman, I swear."

"I don't think Mum'll let us talk to her about it though," said Fred.

"Those gits," said Ginny as the twins entered the Burrow.

"How many brothers have you got?" asked Dean. "I can never keep up."

"Six," said Ginny, "and they get bloody annoying."