Chapter Ten

Musk and Flowers

'Sure,' he said and walked into her room as he did he noticed she was only wearing a black silk robe with a hot pink sash.

As she shut the door and turned around, the pink sash loosened and the black robe opened to reveal a black thong and bra. He gulped as her intentions became clear.

'I want you Harry, and I know you want me. So, why don't we do something about it?'

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'Harry?' Cho said moving closer to him, 'I have wanted you since I saw you downstairs. Couldn't you tell?'

He looked down to find her finger trailing across his chest.

'All you have to say is one simple word,' her finger trailed down to his abdomen. His breath hitched and his lungs were filled with a musky smell that was her perfume, it tasted cheap and nasty.

'Say yes Harry,' she breathed into his ear as her finger became her palm which turned downwards and slid further down towards his crotch.

'No.' he said suddenly and stopped her hand.

Cho drew her face back from his and stared into his eyes, shock riddling her features.

'No?' she said, 'you are saying no? To me?'

'Yes, I am saying no. This isn't right Cho, you know it isn't.' he pushed her hand away, a little rougher than he intended and began to tie her robe back together; Cho pushed his hands away.

'Why isn't it right?' she hissed, 'I am single, you are single. What's wrong with blowing off a little steam?'

'I just don't think we should use each other like this,' he said apologetically.

'Oh, Harry,' she said smiling softly, 'but I don't mind being used, I find it rather pleasurable.'

She sashayed over to him again allowing her robe to fall to the floor.

'Cho I don't want a relationship right now,' Harry said backing away from her slightly.

'Then we don't have to have one, nothing wrong with being friends with benefits, right?' She was getting too close to him for his liking, as was the wall behind him.

'But that would get awkward, wouldn't it?' he said, looking for any excuse to slow her down.

'Not if you don't want it too,' she said, as she did she reached around to under her bra.

'Shit! I'm err- I don't play for your team,' he cried, pride forgotten. He was panicking now, feeling like a rabbit in headlights looking for a way to escape. Cho stilled for a moment with her head cocked to one side. Then she laughed.

'The tent in your robes says otherwise,' she nodded towards his crotch, 'you know I can sort that out.'

'IM STILL IN LOVE WITH GINNY!' he shouted as her bra straps began to be lowered.

'What?' she whispered, her hands quickly pulling her bra straps back up her arms.

'I still love Ginny, I can't do this. I don't even know why I am in here.' He gazed at the seductress he had struck dumb.

'Im sorry,' he said before pushing past her and leaving the room.

Outside he lent against the hard wood of the door.

Why did I do that? Or even contemplate that? He thought to himself as he breathed in the clean air outside her room. I love Ginny, what is wrong with me?

'I tried to hard to hide us,' he said aloud.

I tried to hard.

Suddenly it was clear to him what he needed and desperately wanted.

'Ginny,' he breathed.

Without any hesitation he was running up a flight of stairs down the hall and to her bedroom door. Here he did hesitate. How was he supposed to apologise for well, everything?

Well it won't help standing here, he thought. And so raised his hand and knocked on the door. He only had to wait a couple of seconds for the door to open and there she stood. Looking beautiful in her pale blue robe with a light pink sash.

'Hi,' he smiled nervously.

'I told you I didn't want to talk to you Harry,' Ginny said crossing her arms.

'I know, and I understand why.' He said.

'You, do?' Ginny asked lifting her chin slightly and assessing him narrowly, 'and why is that?'

'I shouldn't have allowed Cho into my group; it gave her the wrong impression. I shouldn't of flirted to keep up with the pretence-'

'So you admit, you flirted with her,' Ginny flared.

'Yes. I flirted, and it was stupid, I was stupid. I shouldn't have pretended to debate whether to sleep with her or not with Ron. I have behaved like a huge oaf. I'm meant to be with you,' he said all of this earnestly and looking her in those chocolate brown eyes of hers. She smiled slightly at his confession and he decided he had better keep going. 'You're my little fiery tornado Gin,' she laughed a little at this, looking down. He moved closer to her and lifted her chin so that her eyes stared into his. 'You bring excitement and joy wherever you go. You're so enthused and spontaneous that sometimes it's hard to keep up with you, but that's something I love about you. My life is pretty exciting anyway, but it's all in a bad way. You Ginny, you bring the good kind of excitement into my life. I can't let that go.'

'You really hurt me Harry,' she whispered.

'I know Gin, and I am so so sorry. That was never my intention,' he said reaching up and touching her face with the back of his hand.

'Nor mine, I'm sorry I told you that we were practically over.' Ginny said reaching up and taking his hand. 'And I'm sorry for that, and for swearing at you repeatedly.'

'Ditto Gin,' he said smiling in response to her own. 'We have both been pretty dumb.'

'I love you Harry,' she sighed leaning into him.

'I love you too Ginny.' He replied.

'Lets never argue again,' Ginny said into his chest.

'Well at least for a day,' Harry chuckled.

'Lets make it two, I like this better.' Ginny whispered.

'Okay two days.'

They stayed like that for a moment with Harry smelling the sweet flower shampoo in her hair and smiling happily.

'Just think how good the aftermaths of arguments will be when we finally have sex.' Ginny murmured.

'Why?' Harry asked.

Ginny pulled away from him slightly and looked up at him with a mischievous twinkle in her eye.

'Duh, make-up sex.' She smirked.

'I don't need sex Gin; I am more than happy with this till your ready.' Harry said simply.

'Really?' she asked.

' Really, really.'

'But what about blowing off steam or whatever?' she said tilting her head slightly.

'We can do that without having sex Ginny.' He said smiling down at her and raising his eyebrows.

'Ah I see,' Ginny said, 'well would you like to blow of some steam?'

Harry didn't reply with words, instead he kissed her and in his kissed he poured all the love and affection he felt for her into it.

'Guess that's a yes,' she said breathlessly when the pulled apart.

'No Ginny, that's a hell yes.'

Laughing Ginny pulled him into her room and shut the down.

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Hello. I had some negative responses about Harry's behaviour in the last chapter. As you can see, it was planned. All guys and girls can be idiots when they are in love, and I wanted to bring an element of realism to Harry and Ginny's love story instead of the usual lovey dovey rubbish. Relationships can break over anything and I want to show that the relationship they have is not unlike any other normal relationship despite the turmoil they are put through at least every day.

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