Chapter Eleven; Love and Kisses
After the game was over Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny walked back to Gryffindor common room together. "Great game," Ron began. "even though we lost. At least you tried." He told her.
"Thanks Ron, and after all we only lost by a couple of points." Ginny said when suddenly they ran into Brittany and her gang of thugs.
"Well, well, if it isn't little miss popular and her famous boyfriend the great Harry Potter." She said with a sneer.
"You leave him out of this, I'm warning you!" Ginny spat as she took a step towards her and withdrew her wand. "It was me who stole the quaffle away from you so don't blame him!" she snapped.
"Trust me, I'm not alright?" she questioned as she held out her hands and then pushed the tip of Ginny's wand away from her. "Everyone knows that he's all washed up now since he quit." She said as Ginny lunged towards her but Harry and Ron quickly grabbed ahold of her arms and.
"Ginny no! Stop it! She's not worth it!" Ron exclaimed as he held her back.
Ginny stamped her foot. "This isn't over, not by a longshot! You just wait! I'll wipe that smirk off your face when we win the talent competition!" she cried.
"Yeah, I highly doubt that." She began as she started to file her long pink nails that matched her scrunchie. I mean if you can't win a simple Qudditch match against us, what makes you think that you're going to win against The Dragonettes?"
"The Cheetah Girls are a bunch of worthless losers." A girl with long black hair tied up into a bun sassed.
"Now take it easy Kate, it's very hard to feel threatened by somebody who has less money than a house elf." Brittany said.
"That's it! Exomento!" Ginny shouted with a twisted flick of her wand. All of a sudden Brittany gasped while she let out a gigantic fart and felt something wet and stinky hit the bottom of her pants. Harry and Ron broke into a fit of laughter as Ginny grinned slyly. "Now who's the worthless loser?" she questioned before Brittany ran away beet red with embarrassment and the other girls hurried after her and Ginny just simply smiled proudly to herself.
Harry and Ron continued laughing while Hermione rolled her eyes. "Nice one Gin!" Ron laughed.
"Thanks." Ginny said as Harry grinned while she blew the tip of her wand before storing it back in her pocket.
The following weeks flew by and finally it was Halloween. Hermione was having a hard time learning how to balance The Cheetah Girls and her homework. "I'd never thought I'd see the day where you thought something was just as important as homework and studying." Ron said as he and Harry sat down at her table.
"I'd never thought I'd want to do anything else. I never realized how much I would love performing until I actually did it." She explained. "But my professors aren't holding back just because I'm somewhat of a superstar now. I've got my reverse metamorphosis exam tomorrow and my defense against the dark arts next week. Which reminds me Harry, I hope you drank your potion. The full moon's tonight." She said.
That's when Harry suddenly grew silent and pale and started to have a sickish feeling inside his stomach. "You did take it didn't you?" Hermione asked him.
"No, been rather busy." He admitted nervously.
"Doing what? Snogging my sister to death?" Ron asked him.
"No!" Harry cried. "I mean yes, but that was only part of it! I've had just as much homework as Hermione has!" he exclaimed.
"Well, it doesn't matter all that much as long as you stay inside." Ron told him as Harry nodded when suddenly Ginny sat down beside him as Hermione started working on her homework.
"Hey Hermione, happy Halloween." She began. "Are you writing a song?" she asked her. "No, I'm working on my potions essay about the youth formula." She explained.
"So have you got anything to do or are you just trying to scare us with that mask on your face?" Ron asked her as she narrowed her eyebrows and glared at him.
"Why even bother when you're a thousand times scarier than anything else inside this castle?" she questioned as Hermione shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"So Harry are you going to the Halloween party tonight?" Ginny asked him.
"Well I dunno, I'm not much of a dancer. I figured that we could use the time alone since the dormitories will be empty." He said with a knowing grin.
"Ooh!" Ginny squealed. "That's using your growl power!" she exclaimed as he grinned at her.
"You guys do know that I can hear you right?" Ron questioned them but neither of them were paying attention to him. Harry picked up Ginny and placed her down on his lap. He grinned as she let out a giggle and he planted a wet kiss on her cheek. "Uh, hullo?" Ron questioned again.
"Oh c'mon Ron let them be! They're just trying to show affection!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Besides, I was only joking. I've already got my costume." Harry said.
"Yeah well I hope to Merlin that you're going as a sandwich because you just made me lose my breakfast!" Ron snapped before he got up and left the table.
"What pixie went up his butt!?" Ginny cried as she pointed a thumb backwards towards his direction.
"Wish I knew." Hermione began. "You're so lucky Ginny, Harry really loves you and he's not afraid to show it." She said.
"Yeah but so does Ron." Ginny pointed out but Hermione just simply heaved a heavy sigh.
"I know he says he does, but I'm not really sure if he means it." She said.
"You're joking!" Harry exclaimed adjusting his hold on Ginny. "He's obsessed with you, he tells me all the time how much he loves you and wants to spend the rest of his life with you." He told her.
"I know, and that's the problem. I want him to act like it because apart from a few kisses, I've never actually seen it." She said before she closed her book. "Well, I better go. I'll see you around later Harry." She said before she got up from the table and left the room with Harry and Ginny watching her.