"Ginny, I can't believe he proposed!" Hermione had just heard about Harry proposing, and she was pretty excited.
"Yeah, and our house is ready to move in so once we're out of school, we can get married and move in." Hermione was happy for her friend, but she wished Ron would grow up and be as responsible.
"Me and Ron got back together when you were gone." Ginny's eyes widened.
"He came to his sense for once! I'm so happy for you two!" Ginny had been getting congratulations since she had gotten back. She was happy the first few hours, but after three days of being back, it was starting to tick her off. They had started to get back into their school schedules, but they knew it was going to be a while.
Months passed quickly as Harry, Ginny, and Hermione went through school. Things were easier after the war. When Easter came around, they stayed at the castle. Their parents would be mad, but they were all taking their N.E.W.T.S soon, and had to study. The testing dates were drawing near as May came to a close. The week of the tests drew closer, and Harry and Ginny were taking a break from studying.
They ran down a hall together, before Harry turned and back her up against a wall.
"Harry, what if someone comes by?" He kissed before laughing.
"Then we'll tell them to fuck off." Ginny laughed and kissed him again. She grabbed his hand and pulled him into a tiny closet, away from everyone. They spent a good portion of an hour in there, before Hermione came looking for her friends.
'I can't believe they would blow off studying. They even know that they should be studying. The tests are so close. I wish Ron were here. He probably wouldn't be that much help, but I would like to see him.' Her mind was so full of thoughts that she could barely think straight. She walked through the halls, ignoring the time before going to find somewhere to be alone, and not be caught for being out of bed so late.
She walked hall after hall, before turning a corner and hearing someone running towards her.
"Hermione!" Someone whispered frantically. She turned to see Harry and Ginny running towards her, smiles on their faces. They caught up with her before Harry grabbed her arm and pulled her with them, dragging her with them.
"Harry? Where are we going?" Ginny shushed her.
"We need to hide. Mrs. Norris saw us and she ran to get Filch, so we ran, but the corner we turned down had a bunch of teachers standing there, so we had to run the other way, but we were about to turn again and then Filch was there so Ginny had some instant darkness powder on her and now there is a bunch of angry teachers looking for the people who threw it." He sounded out of breath when he finished it, possibly from running around and saying all of that quickly.
"So? Your Harry Potter. I think you're allowed to roam the school at night." He grinned.
"Even if I was, me roaming the school is trouble. So right now, we should hide." Hermione looked puzzled.
"Why were you two out of bed anyway?" Ginny grinned.
"Why do you want to know?"
"The way you say that makes me not want to know." They ran through the corridors, slowly making their way back, before they stopped on the seventh floor.
"The Room of Requirement. Let's just go in there." Hermione frowned.
"I don't know why you guys are so worried. Let's just go back and-" Ginny shushed her.
"We'll tell you when we're in there." Harry got it to open, frantically thinking, and they ran in, Hermione still confused.
"So why are we hiding? And don't say what you said before." Harry started to laugh, and Ginny was already giggling.
"Okay okay. So we were walking in the halls, and we went into this room, and we were in there for like, an hour, and in comes this Hufflepuff prefect." Ginny started to giggle again. Harry picked up the story while she started to laugh, Hermione still confused.
"So he saw us in there, and he started to yell at us. Then he notices me and says 'Harry Potter? You-Know-Who isn't back right?' and he starts panicking. This is when Ginny starts cracking up, and he runs. So we run after him, and he's just gone. So we just forgot about it and Filches cat runs up to us, meowing. So we run, and she runs the other way. This is when we ran into all of the teachers, who were freaking out about Voldemort being back, and the the Hufflepuff kid sees us and goes there." Harry started to crack up, so Ginny took the story over again, still giggling.
"I had some instant darkness powder on me, so I throw it before anyone sees us, and all of the teachers are really mad by now, thinking that the kid was pulling a prank, so we ran, and found you and pulled you in here." Hermione looked at both of them and started to laugh.
"That kid is in so much trouble. And you two deserve detention. But I won't because your my friends." They all were cracking up and before long, they heard someone through the wall.
"I think that we should go and tell them what happened." Harry looked at her.
"Hermione, that is a horrible idea. Why don't we go and say we were studying and lost track of time, so we are walking back to the common room." Ginny smirked.
"How about we just stay in here?" Harry shook his head.
"No. I don't feel like sleeping on the floor. Let's go." They opened the door, trying not to act suspicious, and immediately had Professor McGonagall and Professor Tonks stop them.
"You three! You-Know-Who isn't back, is he?" Ginny looked away, hiding a laugh with a cough.
"Um, no. We just got back from practicing our magic in the Room of Requirement but we lost track of time." Professor Tonks narrowed her eyes.
"A Hufflepuff prefect said he saw you and Ms. Weasley out of bed, and told us that You-Know-Who was back." Ginny shrugged while Harry and Hermione glanced at each other.
"Well, I hope you three study earlier, and we wish you good luck." The trio nodded and headed towards their common room, Ginny cracking up the whole way there. When they got back to the common room, they all burst out laughing.
"You two aren't allowed out after dark. And I'm not lying for you guys anymore either." They were all still grinning ear to ear, even though Hermione was trying to be serious.
"You have to admit, it was pretty funny." Ginny started to laugh and Hermione shook her head.
"That kid might have lost his badge. In the morning, you are apologizing to him." Harry looked shocked.
"You should also! You didn't rat us out!" Hermione grinned.
"Whatever. And yes, it was pretty funny."
The next morning they had all went down to breakfast with each other, and headed to the Hufflepuff table, quickly finding the prefect boy.
"You? What do you want? He isn't back, is he?" Ginny looked at Hermione, on the brink of laughing.
"No, we came to apologize. We hope that you didn't lose you're badge. If you did, we'll admit the whole thing." He shook his head.
"I promise I won't tell anyone." Harry nodded and the trio walked away. Harry looked at Ginny, who was silently laughing, thinking about last night. Harry shook his head, and that sat down to start the day.
"I don't think I passed. Do you guys think you passed? I mean, I studied everything." Harry raised his eyebrows.
"Hermione, we all know that you passed everything. Stop making us feel guilty we didn't study as much as you." She still looked worried. They had just finished their last test, and Seamus, Harry, and Hermione were waiting for Ginny. She arrived five minutes later, looking quite bummed about her test.
"Well, I failed that." Harry grinned.
"It's charms though. How can you fail charms?" She huffed.
"The examiner was a git. I probably failed too." Seamus stood up from sitting against the wall. He grinned.
"The only person who is surely going to pass is Hermione." They all grinned, and she smiled. They walked around the school, meeting up with Neville, Luna, and Dean. They had been walking by the lake, laughing and joking around, when a familiar voice greeted them.
"'Ello ery'body. 'Ello 'Arry, Hermione." Hagrid was walking towards them, but he had stopped to greet them.
"Hey Hagrid. We haven't seen you for a while." He nodded, looking at all of them.
"I remember bringing you kids across the lake when you were younger. Been what, 7 'ears now?" Harry nodded.
"We've grown up. Me and Ginny are getting married, we've already got our stuff moved in. Ron's moved out, and everyone else here is starting their lives. We grew up fast." Hagrid looked shocked.
"You 'an Ginny are gettin' married?" Ginny smiled and nodded.
"You guys really 'ave grown up fast." They all chatted with Hagrid for another minute, before splitting up into tiny groups.
"You know, Hagrid is right. We have grown up fast." Ginny looked from Harry to Hermione.
"Well, we had to. We're ready to take on the rest of the world now." Hermione smiled at them, agreeing.
"Let's just hope that the world is ready for us."
So yes, the ending is cheesy, but I'm not changing it. I am uploading 2 chapters in 1 night, but that is because of the amount of chapters that I have ready for you guys. I hope everyone is enjoying this, and there will be more to come soon. -Jemma