Disclaimer: I don't own it… sadly.

A/N: Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry! I've been uber-busy lately, so I'm going to update A Night in California really soonish so that its over and done with! This fic is my real love :) I just cant resist Sethie! :3 Thanks for the reviews! Here's the next one :)

Chapter 8: Honeydukes

Seth groaned angrily as he considered smacking his head on the wall. Hard. This was certainly not the time for his hair to be uncooperative! He was about to go into the Great Hall for lunch, and his hair was completely atrocious! Of course, this was in his opinion, so naturally, his hair was perfect to an outsider looking in.

Seth fumbled with the dial on his candy red hair straightener. Lunch was just about coming to a close, which meant that Seth was going to be late. So Seth once again was to be found hiding in the Muggle Studies classroom straightening his already straight hair--without permission.

Footsteps sounded on the other side of the classroom door. Seth cursed under his breath as he hastily continued with his hair, not willing to give up and go to lunch with "wavy" hair. Just as he grabbed another strip of jet-black hair, the door flew open.

"So yeah, I was like, 'Harry is sooo cute' and she was like--" the chattering dark-haired girl suddenly stopped talking as she saw Seth standing right in the middle of the classroom.

"Ugh! I should have just used the other outlet that was hidden over in the corner…" Seth murmured to himself under his breath.

But the girls paid no attention to his mutterings as they slowly formed an ever-closing circle around him. The dark-haired girl spoke.

"Aren't you Harry Potter's brother?" she asked eagerly, still advancing on Seth.

"Err--"

"Of course he is, Romilda!" a blonde girl spoke to her dark-haired friend. "Just look at him, and you can tell!"

"Yes, of course Lavender. I can't believe I even had to ask," Romilda said kindly to her friend, whose name was obviously Lavender.

"So, Seth is it?" Romilda asked, looking quite menacing to Seth, even though she was younger than him.

Seth merely gulped as his eyes darted around, looking for the best way to escape. He saw the door ahead of him, but the girls were blocking the way. So, Seth did the only thing he could do-- he held on to his precious hair straightener for dear life.

"So, Sethie," Romilda said in a sickeningly sweet voice, batting her eyelashes at him. "Is it true that your dear brother is seeing someone at the moment?"

"Where were you this whole time?" Seth asked incredulously, still not moving a muscle, his arms wrapped protectively around his straightener. "Seriously? Did you not see him with Ginny at the feast? It was kind of hard to miss them, to be honest."

Romilda's eyes narrowed.

"I'm sorry, but I just found it hard to believe that a guy like Harry would go out with a girl like Weasley," she spat out the name, looking like someone had just offended her.

Seth was feeling very uncomfortable at this point. He wasn't exactly the best at dealing with girls. And they were looking at him expectantly. What am I supposed to say? Seth thought quickly.

xxx

Harry and Ginny were well on their way to the one-eyed witch statue when Ginny suddenly stopped. She was staring at the map with a slightly worried expression on her face. Then, without warning, she ducked out from under the cloak and took off along the corridor towards a classroom Harry had never been in before.

Harry swung the cloak off of him, and ran after her. After he caught up with her, he stopped, clutching a stitch in his side. She is a fast runner…

"Ginny, what--?" but Ginny cut him off with a quick "Shh!"

She pointed into the classroom before turning around to him.

"Put the cloak back on!" she whispered hurriedly.

Harry obliged quickly, without a word. He knew enough from Ron and her older brothers to not disobey Ginny. As he threw the cloak over himself, Ginny disappeared into the classroom.

xxx

The classroom door burst open just as Romilda was about to ask Seth another question about Harry. Seth squealed quite girlishly at the sight of Ginny. He was rescued!

"Vane, Brown," Ginny said curtly, glaring at Romilda and Lavender in turn.

"Weasley," the two girls spat in unison. They had gotten along quite well, despite being in different years.

"Do you mind telling me what you where doing to poor little Seth here?" Ginny asked, nodding at Seth, still clutching his straightener like it was a teddy bear. He looked quite childish, standing there all vulnerable.

"Nothing," Romilda said automatically.

"It was not 'nothing'!" Seth proclaimed throwing his arm in the air for dramatic effect.

Ginny looked at the girls expectantly.

"Whatever," she said after a few moments of silence. "I don't even care anymore. Come on, Seth."

Ginny held out her hand to Seth and he took it, looking back and making a face at Romilda and Lavender behind Ginny's back as they walked out of the Muggle Studies classroom.

xxx

Ginny climbed out of the portrait hole leading out of Gryffindor common room. She had just dropped Seth off after letting him grab a quick sandwich from the Great Hall for lunch. He just couldn't bear facing those girls again.

"Harry?" she whispered, felling around for her invisible boyfriend. "You can take the cloak off now!"

Directly in front of her, Harry appeared out of thin air. He looked at her strangely.

"Why exactly did I have to put the cloak on?" he asked her curiously.

"Well, I reckon it wouldn't have turned out well if Vane and Brown saw you, so…" she shrugged. Harry smiled gratefully at her. She smiled back as he took her hand.

"To Honeydukes?" he asked after he checked if people were around.

"To Honeydukes!" Ginny said happily as Harry threw the cloak over them once more.

They hurried down the hall together towards the one-eyed witch statue for the second time that day. When Harry and Ginny reached their destination, Harry took out his wand and tapped the witch's hump while he muttered "Dissendium!" Ginny watched as a small hole appeared in the witch's sloped back.

Harry ducked out from under the cloak and quickly motioned for Ginny to do the same. Harry jumped through the hole and slid down a long slide. Ginny heard him call out to her softly, so she hastily followed.

Ginny slid down the chute and landed on something. She realised at once that it was Harry.

"Oh-- I'm sorry!" Ginny apologized. Harry smiled.

"Not a problem…" Harry said, getting up after Ginny picked her self up off of him.

"Where are we?" Ginny asked, looking around her as her eyes adjusted to the light. They were in a small tunnel. Harry looked around.

"We are in a tunnel that leads to Honeydukes's cellar. We just follow this passageway and we're there!" he replied, pointing up the passage way. Harry lit his wand and checked the map. "Yes. You got the cloak?"

Ginny nodded. "Yup!"

"Then lets go," Harry said, taking the cloak and stuffing it into his pocket. "I'm bloody starving."

Ginny giggled as she too lit her wand. She fell into step beside Harry as they continued up the tunnel. After a while, Harry reached out and took her hand.

xxx

"Are we almost there?" Ginny asked, panting slightly after about half and hour in the tunnel.

"Yeah," Harry said checking the map. "It's just up these steps."

Harry turned to look at her. She looked pretty worn out, so he smiled and turned around and crouched down a bit.

"What?" Ginny asked, confused.

"I'll carry you," Harry said, over his shoulder. Ginny giggled but climbed onto his back nonetheless. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he held onto her legs and stood up.

They climbed the steep flight of stairs, Ginny's face buried in Harry's neck and messy hair. Her breath on the back if Harry's neck sent shivers down his spine. He smiled softly.

Harry reached the top of the stairs and pushed up on a trapdoor. Harry peered over the top and looked around. Ginny strained her neck trying to see as well.

"Okay, no one's here. I think we are okay," Harry said in relief. "But just in case lets sneak out the basement door and come in through the front…"

"Okay," Ginny replied softly.

Harry set her down next to him and helped lift her out of the tunnel and into the sweetshop's cellar. Harry climbed up next to her and took out his cloak. He covered them with it and closed the trapdoor, making it blend in to the hard wood floor.

"Let's go."

Harry and Ginny made their way up the stairs of the cellar and slipped into the main store. Thankfully, no one saw the door open of its own accord, so the couple slowly inched back to the hallway leading up to the flat above the sweetshop. They slipped out the back door located at the end of the hallway and took off the cloak.

"Thank Merlin," Ginny said. "It was getting stuffy under that cloak…"

Harry smiled at her and agreed. He took her hand in his, twining their fingers together. They walked around the shop and entered into the front door. A faint bell jingled as they entered the slightly crowded sweetshop for the second time.

"Harry!" Ginny whispered. It had just occurred to her. "What if someone notices we're students and reports the school?"

"Nah, I think we'll be okay," Harry said, shrugging. "Older ladies tend to… How do I put this?… Well lets just say they let me get away with things."

"Harry James Potter!" Ginny chided playfully. "How dare you use your adorable charm on anyone other than your darling girlfriend?"

Harry grinned, kissing the top of her head.

"Well, in my defence, I am using it so I can spend time with my darling girlfriend," Harry said, smirking his trademark smirk that made Ginny's knees go weak.

"Fine," Ginny caved. "But next time you aren't getting off so easily!"

"Of course."

Ginny leaned up and kissed him on the lips. She patted him on the head.

"Good boy," Ginny said, turning around to start pursuing the shelves stocked full of candy.

xxx

Harry and Ginny left Honeydukes, their arms laden with bags full of candy. They threw the cloak back over themselves and navigated their way back into the tunnel and to the castle (Harry was levitating the bags in front of them).

They were about to head up to the common room, but instead, Harry suddenly changed courses. Ginny looked at him curiously. He smiled at her in a way that made her heart flutter, and butterflies erupted in her stomach.

"I reckon we can get more privacy at the lake," Harry said, blushing a bit. Ginny looked up at him and grinned.

"That's a wonderful idea, Harry," Ginny said, wrapping her arms around his waist as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders.

"There!" Harry suddenly pointed to a secluded spot along the edge of the Black Lake.

Ginny smiled, finally able to live out her dream she had had since she was 12--to have a romantic date with the boy of her dreams… that includes all of her favourite candies, too!

A/N: There you go! Sorry! I'll update a lot sooner now that school is almost out. I'll post the last chapter of A Night in California soon so I will be able to just focus on this one. The Triwizard gets started up in the next chappie, but in this chapter I felt like writing some quality Harry/Ginny fluff. Hehe the next one will be much longer.