Ok, hehe, this is the last chapter, I hope you have all enjoyed it, and please, don't kill me after you've read it :)


Ginny raced back up to the castle. If she was going to do this, she was going to have to do this now. She hoped she wouldn't run into anyone on the way. She especially didn't want to run into Ron. This was most definitely not the time. She didn't know if she was right, but she was trying to ignore the possibility of being wrong.

For the second time in as many days she ran straight into someone, and for the second time in as many days it turned out to be Harry.

"Whoa Ginny, what's the rush?"

"Oh, oh nothing."

Harry eyed her suspiciously but decided against pursuing the matter. "Ginny I think we need to talk."

"Harry, I'm sorry, not right now."

"Please Ginny it needs to be now."

Harry was being adamant and Ginny figured that the easiest way to get rid of Harry would be to humour him. Otherwise, he'd keep bothering her, or follow her, probably both and she really didn't want that. "Ok Harry, what is it?"

"It's about us. Ginny, I love you. I never stopped loving you. I only broke up with you to protect you, you know that right?" Ginny simply nodded and stayed silent. "I know you feel the same. I can tell by the way you look at me and the way you kissed me last night. I know I've been a bit of an ass about all of this but I don't want to lose you. Please Ginny come back to me?"

'Dammit! What do I say to him.' Ginny decided that she would tell him the truth, a part of the truth anyway.

"Oh Harry, you're so sweet, and you're right, I do love you, but not like that. I am really sorry. I thought I did and last night. Last night was really nice Harry, but it didn't feel quite right for me. I missed you, but I missed you more in the way I miss my brothers when I haven't seen them for a while. I wanted to love you the way you love me Harry. I tried really hard to love you in that way, but I just don't. I have never, ever wanted to hurt you."

"Oh yeah right, yeah, um, ok, yeah. Ginny, is there someone else? I didn't really think you'd just wait for a year, or longer for me to come back to you."

"Harry, this has nothing to do with whether there is, or isn't someone else. I'm just not in love with you Harry, and I don't think I ever have been. I know it's harsh, but I'm not going to lie to you about it. You were so high profile in the magic world and I idolised you from a very young age. I thought that was love, but after getting to know you, and spending time with you, it became more like a brotherly love and I didn't realise that until recently."

"How recently?" Harry looked dejected.

"I don't know Harry. It was a slow thing. I didn't wake up one morning and realise it. I don't know what more I can say to you."

"Can I change your mind?"

"Harry please, this isn't something you can switch on an off. I'm sorry."

"But I love you Ginny. With all my heart I love you. Give it a chance. Give me a chance. Give us a chance, please." Harry was begging her now and she wished she found it endearing, but he was just annoying her, and she had things to do.

God Harry. Listen to me," Ginny didn't want to be harsh but she could think of any other way. "I am not interested in dating you."

Harry cut her off. "Yet."

"What?"

"You might not be interested in dating me yet, but you might in the future."

Ginny made a loud frustrated noise. "Harry. No! Not now, not ever. You're like my brother. It would be like me dating Ron. That's just wrong and yuck on so many levels. But you know what. You are as bad as him. He won't listen to Hermione and you're not listening to me. Let it drop Harry, I still want to be your friend but if you don't I will never see you again."

Harry looked like a fish. His eyes were wide and his mouth was opening and closing.

"If you have nothing more to say, I'm going on my way."

Harry stood staring at her, so she spun around and walked away. 'What is with these guys? What part of 'I don't want to be with you' don't they get?'

He didn't follow her but she had the feeling that he might be standing there, stock-still, for quite sometime. Right at this moment though, she couldn't care less.

Ginny was feeling incredibly frustrated by the time she reached the hospital wing. She'd been going over and over her conversation with Harry. As well as the conversation she'd overheard Hermione and Ron having.

"Ginny?" She heard her name spoken softly.

Her pace had slowed at the sound of her name. She locked eyes with the owner of the voice. They were the most gorgeous brown eyes she's ever seen. Her heart started racing as she got closer to the other girl.

Praying to anyone that would listen to her that she hadn't gone out of her mind, and she hadn't got this wrong, she leaned down slowly and kissed Hermione. It was only a short kiss and she lifted her head after only a second.

"Not going to run away on me this time?" Hermione said quickly and teasingly.

Ginny shook her head and sat down on the edge of Hermione's bed. "You don't hate me?"

"Damn no. Why would I?"

"Lets see, because I just kissed you."

"I'd be more likely to hate you if you ran out on me again Gin." She placed her hand over the younger girl's.

"Then I won't run away again. I've been doing some thinking 'Mione."

"Yeah? About what?"

"That day last year after we won the Quidditch Cup."

"Oh..."

"Yeah, I remembered how you had run out of the common room. I though it was jealousy over Ron and Lavender, but it wasn't was it?"

Hermione shook her head but didn't respond.

"I saw you glaring at them minutes before you ran out, though I saw you look at Harry and I just before you did."

"I'd actually just turned to look at Ron with Lavender after looking at you two, I must have still had the same look on my face. I was wondering what was so wrong with me, that no one wanted to be with me."

Ginny held Hermione's face. "There isn't anything wrong with you." Ginny kissed her again, it was nice and it felt right. A feeling she'd never had when kissing a guy. "I promise there is nothing wrong with you, it just took me a while to realise what, and who I truly wanted."

"Me?"

"Yes you! I had thought you were dead and that I had lost you. I would have died myself if that had happened."

Hermione started to wriggle around.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?"

"Sitting up, what does it look like?"

"No you're not." Ginny put her hand on the older girl's shoulder and pushed gently. "Lay back down."

"No! I want to sit up!"

"No! Lay down!"

"Dammit Ginny, why are you being so stubborn?"

"Me? You're the sick one. You're being stubborn, you should listen to me."

"I'm ok, I just want to sit up, I'm not asking to 'do a dance'."

"Deja Vu."

"Hmm?"

"Deja Vu. I dreamt this last yesterday."

Hermione arced an eyebrow and smirked. "You dreamt this?"

"Yes."

"And what happened after that in this dream of yours?"

"Well, er, I helped you sit up."

"Then help me sit up dammit." Hermione laughed.

"Fine then." Ginny scowled. She bent down to allow Hermione to put her arms around her neck and Ginny was able to pull her up. "There, better?"

"Yes, much." Hermione didn't move her arms from the other girl's neck. "This is very much better. So after that?"

Ginny blushed and didn't answer. Hermione was trailing small circles on the back of her neck.

"Please tell me?"

"Um, we kissed."

"Is that all?"

"Pretty much and then Ron woke me up and kicked me outta the room."

"Ron woke you up?"

"Yeah. The ass. Can we just forget about Ron for the moment?"

"I think we can." Hermione put some pressure on the back of Ginny's neck and pulled her into her and they kissed. Slowly at first and then quicker as it deepened.

When they finally pulled apart from one another they were both breathing hard.

"This is most definitely much better," Hermione stated softly "and you haven't run away from me again."

Ginny nuzzled Hermione's neck, "and I won't ever again."

"What are we going to do about Ron?"

"He think you two are together."

"We're not!"

"I know that 'Mione. Like I said, can we please forget about Ron for now?"

"Ok, Ok. Just kiss me then."


FIN :)