**** Updated 18th May****


It had been two weeks since Harry's birthday and things were still tense, Ron and Hermione had managed to stay away from the burrow as they were busy moving in all their things into their new flat. And because Ginny wanted a quiet affair for her birthday, away from the burrow, Ron and Hermione's Party celebrating their new home was the first time Harry and Ginny crossed paths with the other couple since their heated arguments. The couple's flat was fairly big for such young owners and it was neatly presented with modern furniture, clearly Hermione's work. Ron was sitting on the sofa with his brothers surrounding him, all having a laugh with a glass of firewhiskey in hand, while Hermione was in the separated kitchen with all the women, few had some sort of alcoholic drink while others had a cup of tea. Ginny of course was not happy with this arrangement much preferring to talk of quidditch with the boys, and would scarcely call it a party, Harry however was even more unhappy as it meant he would have to leave the safety of his girlfriend and Hermione. Without them around Harry was as good as a defenceless creature surrounded by flaming red haired wolves.
Hermione took the gift of the couple and ushered them into the kitchen, for which Harry was thankful. It wasn't that he was scared, of course he wasn't he fought against one of the most feared wizards in history and won, Harry Potter was brave, it was just his bravery lacked whilst around his girlfriends older brothers.

"So Ginny, how was your birthday? I haven't seen you since Harry's, we have some catching up to do." Said Hermione, Ginny was about to answer when she spoke to Harry .
"Oh and Harry, I've been dying to know what Ginny gave you for your birthday as it was such a guarded secret. I told Ron it must have been something to do with Ginny getting into the Holyhead Harpies, because it's just been released. Oh Ginny 2 weeks is far too long not to see each other you turned 18 and got an amazing job within the time we've had apart, Ron was absolutely gob-smacked when he found out. Congratulations by the way." Two weeks and Hermione was ready to go off completely, she was clearly being starved of girly conversations for which she had grown accustom to since her and Ginny had become close friends.

"Thanks Hermione and yeah I got Harry the latest Firebolt for his birthday, it came with my contract but since the broom Harry got me for my 17th is still modern, I wanted to keep it, plus it was from Harry." Ginny smiled at Hermione, she then turned to Harry,
"Harry, sweetie, why don't you go talk to Ron, boast about your new broom you've been dying to do it since you got it." And with that Harry knew he was no longer welcome in the kitchen. Harry gave Ginny and longing look then slowly departed and headed into the living room. As Harry entered he was very aware that he was the only non-Weasley there, this made him feel even worse, he sat down next to George on the smallest sofa opposite and out of reach of Ron and Bill, however that didn't stop them from giving him death glares.

"Hey Harry, haven't seen you in a while, would you be happening to avoid someone at all?" George said with a smirk as he glanced over to Ron and Bill's direction. Harry cleared his throat then decided to try and take everything lightly, he did not want to get in another argument with Ron.

"Of course not George, you know me can't stay away from you redheaded bunch, I've just been really busy that's all." Harry replied politely with as much humour as he dared. Ron looked like he might say something spiteful and was trying very hard to keep his mouth shut, Bill looked the same however he looked like he would blurt it out any minute. But before either of them could hurt Harry with words or a well aimed punch from Bill, Percy spoke up. His curly hair was very short so you could barely see he had curls at all, his face looked tired and Harry knew it was because he was having trouble with a new trainee he was to look after, the kid couldn't tell his broomstick from his wand, however overall Percy looked very happy, happier than Harry had seen him in years.

"Well gentlemen, I must be off I have an engagement I can't miss so if you'll excuse me. Lovely seeing you Harry, sorry I couldn't stay and chat but I'm sure we'll end up in the same social circle again. Father will you tell mother I've left I really can't be late, this is very important to me... uh I mean in an academic sense that is… you know work, work, work. I wouldn't possibly have time on my schedule for extra-curricular activities, that wouldn't be feasible." Percy was going red and started to mumble.

"eh-hem Perce, your date? Now you wouldn't want your lady friend to be waiting for you, would you?" Bill said with a snigger. Percy went even further red at his older brother's comment and just spouted words that didn't really make a sentence.

"I …date… not… argh...she you...um…ineedtogonow." And with that he left.

"Percy on a date! That's like Charlie being in love with someone who isn't a dragon!" Arthur gave his oldest a stern look.

"Now, now Bill lets not be mean. If Percy has a date that's fine I dare say everyone else here is in some sort of relationship. Don't tease him, I mean it George."

"I wouldn't dream of it father!" George replied with a fake hurt look while Bill was still chuckling. The dynamics of the room had cooled down and was much more relaxed, but that didn't stop Bill giving Harry a god awful look and Ron sitting out of his line of sight. Harry mostly kept to the company of George or Mr Weasley and a bottle of firewhiskey hoping it would relax him. The evening progressed and Harry got slightly too drunk for Ginny's liking. It became extremely apparent once the women had joined the men in the cosy living room.

"GIN! Sit here" Harry exclaimed patting his hand on the free space next to him. Normally Ginny would automatically sit there and Harry wouldn't need to call her. She knew that and so did he. That was her first sign. Several people looked funny at Harry's out- of- character action but didn't press it further.

"Where's Percy dear?" Molly asked her husband, however it was George who replied.

"Haven't you heard dear mother? He left quite promptly to attend his date with a lady friend." This started off a conversation involving the whole family. Meanwhile Harry was being over-touchy with Ginny, not that she minded, Merlin she loved it when he displayed affection in front of people provided it wasn't too much, but Ginny knew her boyfriend was drunk. Over-feely Harry equalled drunk Harry. She took his hand and whispered in his ear.

"Come Harry you need to drink something other than firewhiskey, come with me." Positive Harry wouldn't really care where she was taking him, she lead him into Ron and Hermione's guest room that was full of boxes, shelves and a petit double bed. She made sure he'd lied down on the bed and didn't get up before she ventured to the kitchen to get a glass of water. She met Hermione in the kitchen making several teas and coffees for her family.

"Hi, we wondered where you and Harry got off to. I've got to say you were about a minute away from suffering Ron and Bill's wrath." She said.

"Yeah well I don't bloody care what they think we're doing Harry is clearly drunk, no thanks to my brothers. I just need to make sure he drinks some water and then we should probably go home, or he'll do something he regrets, like kissing me in front of everyone." Her last sentence had turned sour, she didn't want to sound annoyed at Harry, she was annoyed at the whole situation and the immaturity her brothers show.

"Harry loves showing you off to people, I just mean that he isn't ashamed of you, he loves you, but you know how your brothers are, Harry respects them a lot and well he feels guilty even when he shouldn't. Merlin, Harry will still feel guilty on your wedding day, Gin." Ginny laughed at this and replied while she filled a glass.

"Wedding? My brothers will kill him before we have the chance. Harry is a glass of firewhiskey away from jumping on me. I just need to get him feeling well enough to floo or apparate then we will go home."

"Since when has Grimmauld Place been your home?" Ginny gave Hermione a cheeky smile and left to tend to her drunk boyfriend.


By the time Ginny got back to Harry, he had his shoes off and was just staring at the door. When she entered Harry jumped up and walked to few steps to meet her. She looked into his eyes that showed mischief and laughter and told him to drink to water. "No" was all she got.

"Harry! Please drink the water you'll feel better." Ginny huffed.

"Not until you give me a kiss" he replied cheekily. She raised her eyebrow at this. Ginny would like nothing more than to spend time with her boyfriend just messing about having fun and kissing, but only in private, this was not.

"Look Harry once you've drunk this we can go home and you can kiss me all you like." By this point Ginny was on her tip toes, her lips close to Harry's, the glass in one hand her other on his chest. And then Harry did something Ginny knew she was inviting, he kissed her hard and wrapped his arms around her waist. She knew it was stupid, they had plenty of time to do it somewhere other than her brother's flat, but drunk Harry was a very good kisser. Ginny let the glass drop, spilling water everywhere, luckily it didn't smash. Ginny moaned into his mouth and he hitched one of her legs on his hip. She replied by wrapping her arms around his neck, messing his already scruffy hair. Neither one knew how it progressed so quickly but the next thing they knew both of Ginny's legs were around Harry with her back up to the wall, right next to the door. It could have been minutes or hours she didn't know, Ginny completely lost herself in Harry. All she could think about was his lips, his hair, his neck and how badly she needed to kiss it, his hand on her bum and waist. She wanted flesh on flesh but before she could lift his shirt completely off Ron came storming in followed by a red faced Hermione. Harry's shirt was half way up his chest, Ginny's dress was hitched up and both looked redder than the Weasley hair, their lips were swollen and Harry had a love bite where his neck met his shoulder.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING POTTER! GET-OF-MY-SISTER-NOW!" Ron wasn't angry he was absolutely furious, Ginny had never heard him scream so loud. Hermione dared not intervene worried what Ron would say. Harry looked completely embarrassed and extremely guilty, he slowly let Ginny down, pulled his shirt down and stepped away from both Ron and Ginny. Ginny flattened her dress and walked to the bed where her wand was, she picked it up and turned to face her brother. Harry had the same idea and pulled his wand from his back pocket, the dose of Ginny seemed to have brought him back to reality however it could have been the rude interruption. His eyes seemed more alert and ready for a death eater if necessary. Ginny knew her brother, she knew the cruelty his could use so she took action and used the silencing charm on him, then protego to make sure he wouldn't physically choke her boyfriend. She took a deep breath walked closer to Harry and took his hand, he squeezed her hand in reassurance.

"Right Ron, I'm not going to drop the charms until I'm confident you won't kill or hurt Harry. Look, I'm sorry we did that, it was rude and shouldn't of happened but Harry was drunk and one thing lead to another, you can't blame Harry is what I'm trying to say. It's your bloody fault anyway! If you hadn't pressured Harry, he wouldn't have drunk away his commonsense. You knew you were going too far, you were ALL being HORRIBLE to him! And I'm not talking to you, Bill, George or even Percy for that matter until you all tell Harry you're sorry for purposely terrorising him to the point where he feels guilty when he holds my hand!" Ginny barely raised her voice and look stern the entire time. "Hermione do you have you anti-apparation charms up yet?"

"No" Hermione weakly replied.

"Thanks, can you please tell mum and dad we've left because of Harry or whatever reason, I don't really care. Anyway sorry about that Hermione."

"No it's fine I'll be talking to Ron, believe me." She then turned to Ron and pointed at the door for him to leave. Harry looked solemn.

"I'm really sorry Hermione, I'll see you at work if I can survive the hang-over or embarrassment." He smiled and turned to Ginny.

"You ready Gin? You better do it I'm still a bit dizzy." She tightened her grip on his hand and thought of her destination. Grimmauld place, her home with Harry, well almost, she was a few weeks away from moving in but it had been her home for most of the holidays. She doubted her and Harry would do anything for the rest of the night but his company was all she needed, that and his strong arms around her to forget about her worries. Harry was always brilliant at that.