A/N: I got some really good responses for last chapter which made me very happy. So just wanted to thank you...Although Aphrodite you made some really good observations soo I'll answer them. Sorry about the confusion, but yea Ernie's eyes are meant to be blue not hazel...I beleive i was trying to research what colour are Ginny's eyes ( which are chocolate brown) but yeaa i guess i got confused. So the change has been made, thanks to you. Also, I wanted it to be Ernie, because I wanted it to be someone REALLY different and smooth and sauve. And Neville is still a bit kiddish and overly friendly...I just couldnt imagine him as the character I wanted to make. Although it was a quite good idea...thank you

Surprises Surprises

Hermione and Ron were sitting in front of the fire after meeting Harry. Hermione rested her head on his broad shoulder.

"Ron?"

"Hmm…?"

"What should we tell Ginny?"

"The truth…she'll get shocked and not in a good way, if she suddenly see's Harry back to school. But we shouldn't let her know about today."

"Ok, but we should tell her the other things today. What do you think?" she looked at his face, to see his expression.

"Yeah", he ran a hand through his hair and then gave a wry smile "it's not going to look good…"

Before Hermione could so much as nod, the portrait door of the common room swung open and a blazing Ginny stomped in.

Upon a glance of her, both Ron and Hermione stood up awkwardly. Ginny gave them a weird look before crossing her arms and fixing them with a steely glare.

The look on her face was no different from the glare of the fire.

"So…" she asked in a dangerously calm voice, "have anything to tell me?"

Ron gulped quite visibly.

There's no way she already knows, he thought.

When they didn't reply, Ginny prodded, "Hermione?" who had taken to cowering behind Ron.

"We have no idea what you're talking about." Ron decided to speak for the both of them.

"Oh yeah?" sneered Ginny "hmm maybe…this will get those memory juices flowing" and she pulled out a crumpled parchment from her pocket.

Ron and Hermione stared at it for a second before Ron brought himself to get it and unfold it.

Hermione peered at it from over Ron's shoulders.

"The Marauder's Map?" she gasped.

"He came here?" Ron said in disbelief, deciding not to play dumb anymore.

"No duh!" answered Ginny sarcastically.

Ron was getting pretty angry at his friend now.

He had to go and do something as stupid as this, didn't he? Couldn't stop himself, the prat.

Hermione finally walked to Ginny and got her to sit on one of the armchairs, in order to calm her down.

"Look…" Hermione started, "you guessed it. Harry was here tonight. We met him at Hagrid's Hut, just now, but this wasn't our plan…you know, him coming to see you…"

"The jerk", Ron seethed, "I'm gonna beat him to a pulp. Why can't he just stick to the plan? He's-

"How come I'm never in on these plans?" interrupted Ginny.

"Don't be silly, Gin…" glared Ron.

"What I'm not fit to be a part of the Golden Trio, eh? Anyway", she got up "next time you meet your friend, tell him if he has the balls, he meet me face-to-face instead of stalking me in that dratted cloak of his."

She was about to leave, when Hermione nervously touched her shoulder to stop her.

"Speaking of which…" she began feebly.

"What there's more?"

Hermione nervously exchanged a glance with Ron and said, "Harry's coming back…"

"To meet you guys?"

"No, back to Hogwarts" Ron spoke this time.

Ginny's legs gave up and she collapsed on the same armchair.

"What? Now?"

Hermione nodded "He starts Monday."

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It was Ginny's turn to be dumbfounded. All the past memories of her and him in Hogwarts started flashing in her head.

She had seen him for the first time at Platform 9 ¾. Even then without knowing his name, she had wanted to talk to him. He had intrigued her. Of course him being the Chosen one and all, just added to his appeal. In her first year, he had saved her from Tom Riddle and had battled with the Basilisk, never once thinking about the risks involved. She was after all, just his best mate's sister, who had a silly school girl crush on him, nothing more. After that incident, although just 11 her crush had grown into a deep respect for Harry Potter. In her third year, she had so badly wanted Harry to ask her to the Yule ball but he had been too busy lusting after Cho Chang. Even after in her fourth year, in the brief time that she had been going out with Michael Corner, everyone had assumed she was over Harry, but she wasn't. But she had gotten over blushing or being tongue-tied whenever Harry was around, but yet he failed to notice her. She had joined the D.A. to show Harry, that she was more than the usual Weasley package. It had gotten her closer to Harry, when they talked about being possessed by Tom Riddle. She had also helped him find Sirius which had possibly gotten her noticed. She as Fred had said was going through boyfriends so fast just to get Harry's attention. To show him that she was after all dateable. She remembered in her fifth year, when Harry had invited her to Hogsmeade with him, Ron and Hermione and she had to turn him down because she was going with her then-boyfriend Dean Thomas. She had thought Harry was just being a gentleman inviting her along, but she remembered his frowning face when he'd seen her and Dean at Madam Puddifoot's. It had made her heart lurch. Later, she had been disapproved by him and Ron when she was caught snogging Dean and the look on Harry's face…she would never forget it. She then remembered the time Harry had kissed her for the first time in the common room, after the game. In front of fifty people, including Ron. It had felt like a dream.

"It's been like…like something out of someone else's life, these last few weeks with you," Harry had said when he had broken up with her at Dumbledore's funeral. She hadn't said anything then but if she had then she would have said, "These last few weeks have been like a dream-come true." She remembered when she had snogged him senseless in her room at the Burrow on his 17th birthday and would have done more, (although they were still separated) if Ron hadn't interrupted them.

Realizing that her eyes had closed, reliving the moments, she opened them. She noticed that Ron and Hermione were now sitting together staring at her expectantly.

She got up slowly, "I think I'll sleep on it."

"That went well" Ron said.

"Pfft"

"I'm gonna kill Potter!"

"Well if you ask me, it's sort of…sweet, he wanted to see her", Hermione shrugged.

"What? Are for real? If you ask me –

Hermione covered his mouth with her hand and said, "Save it Ronald, I'm going for a patrol, want to join me?"

She walked towards the portrait door.

"Girls", muttered Ron before following her.

Harry apparated back to his room. Feeling tired, suddenly, he lay down on his bed. His wand poked him on the back and he reached behind to take it out from his pocket, looking for his map at the same time. Not finding it there, he decided to check his front pockets. Nope not there either. What?

With a jolt he got up. Oh crap! It had probably fallen out of his pocket, where he would never know now. He fell back on the bed face down.

Great! He thought. Only when the pillow started to stop his air circulation did he turn over on his back, his thoughts swirling around the redhead he had just seen.

He had better start packing soon…

End notes: I know Ginny's thoughts are really long, but I had to show that Ginny misses Harry the same way he does. And they are all true... I mean they actually did take place in the books...Hope you liked it...=)