A Different Beginning

A/N: I'm awake waiting for Pottermore's clue thingy to come out. I hear it'll be until like 5 AM in US, so I might be up for the next 4 hours. I decided to upload this chapter cause I need something to do. I'm not too confident on this chapter, but I made it anyways. I had written I-Pod, and like 5 seconds ago I remembered the I-Pod came out in like 2001, (pshh it's not like i googled it because I want this story to make sense for you guys, thats just silly. Oh the things I do, I even looked up whatever the heck a mega drive was) You really don't have to read what I'm writing, but if you do, you'll know that the next chapter will be longer and it'll take a while before I'm satisfied with it. There will be references, and feelings that at the moment are simply platonic. I have also decided that Harry and Ginny will be together for the Yule Ball, but I'm not saying when they do get together. Hope you like this chapter. Please review, it means a lot to know how much you like/don't like this story, any suggestions, etc... Thanks :)

A Summer Filled with Fun

Harry looked out his bedroom window to see Ginny and Selena flying around on brooms, laughing merrily. Harry ended up being grounded for not going to a teacher, and endangering his life. Harry understood his mother's reasons, but couldn't help but feel it was unfair. He had just prevented Voldemort from returning. As Harry watched from the window, he took notice that Ginny wasn't showing off her freedom, unlike his sister, who flew by his window multiple times, performing flips and dives, making him wish he was out there as well. Sighing, Harry returned to his potions essay. At least Ron had been forced to do more chores than usual, so he wasn't the only one with punishment. He looked around his room, wincing at the bare spots on a desk. His mother had taken away his CD player, TV remote and mega drive, which was actually pretty new. Harry just had a case full of books he already read, a useless TV, and his schoolwork available to him for the next week. He couldn't even go play outside, and couldn't come out of his room to hang out with Ginny when she was over. It half irritated him that she had come over to see Selena, but he knew if he were free, they would be playing together.

Finally having enough of being stuck in his room, Harry opened the door and crept out. In the living room, Remus was reading a book while Sirius was channel surfing. Harry walked into the kitchen and out the back door. He ran to the broom shed, grabbed his Nimbus 2000, and flew up to where Ginny and Selena were. When they saw him, Ginny smiled and waved, while Selena put her hands on her hips.

"You're not supposed to be out," she said, 'You're a week early."

"Come on, lighten up," Harry said, "Besides, I'm almost done with all my homework, I need to stretch my legs."

"Whatever," Selena rolled her eyes, 'Come on Ginny, let's go to my room." She flew down and put her broom away. Ginny smiled apologetically and followed. Harry was shocked, and a little hurt. The Ginny he remembered would never pass up and opportunity to hang out with him. Harry flew around in circles for a while, and then went back down to the ground. Looking up, he saw his mother standing before him.

"Don't bother, I'm going back to my room now," Harry sulked, and trudged into the house.

"What's the matter?" Lily asked, catching up with her son.

"Nothing," Harry said.

"If it were 'nothing', you wouldn't be acting this way," Lily pointed out.

"It's Ginny, alright," Harry turned around, his green eyes flashing, "She's hardly said a word to me, and spends all her time with Selena. I'm happy they're friends and all, but what about me? She could at least say 'hi', or 'what's up'."

"Harry, first off, you are grounded, so she really couldn't, "Lily started.

"Yeah, but since when has she followed every single rule?" Harry growled. Lily sighed, and left Harry alone to sulk. Harry heard her talking to someone, but didn't bother to look around. He felt a hand on his shoulder, and looked up to see Ginny, close to tears.

"Harry," she said, "You're my best friend, you think I would forget about you?" Harry just started at the ground, not responding.

"Wow, and after all this time I was afraid you would forget about me," Ginny's voice was heavy with hurt.

"I would never-" Harry protested.

"Harry, I thought about you everyday, worrying you had a new group of friends, and it would never be the same," Ginny continued, 'That all I would become is 'Ron's little sister'."

"Ginny, I…" Harry trailed off, "Look, I didn't mean it, I guess I'm just upset about being grounded for preventing the worlds most evil wizard from coming back."

"Is that what everything is about?" Ginny asked gently.

"It's just not fair," Harry said through gritted teeth.

"Your parents are doing this because they love you, that's all," Ginny said. Harry looked up, and sighed.

"I think something happened, that made you think, which made you get all irritated at everyone," Ginny said.

"Yeah, I was just thinking that if my mum didn't love me so much, I would've been dead," Harry replied. Instead of answering, Ginny pulled him into a hug. An idea flashed through his brain, and he started to tickle her.

"Harry," Ginny shrieked. She then proceeded to tickle him until he raised his hands in surrender.

"See, no one beats me," Ginny stuck her tongue out at him. Laughing, Harry stood up, pulling her with him. He stared into her chocolate brown eyes and poked her.

"Tag," he whispered, and ran off. Ginny took off after him, determined to win.

Hours later, Harry and Ginny collapsed on the couch. They were both wearing silly grins, and panting.

"So Harry, what do you want for your birthday?" Ginny asked, putting her feet on his lap.

"I don't know, just being with my family and friends is enough," Harry replied, moving her feet back down to the floor.

"Too humble," Ginny muttered, and rested her head on his shoulder.

"No," Harry protested.

"Yeah, you are, you don't have any kind of present in mind," Ginny pointed out.

"That's not true," Harry said.

"Then why don't you tell me what you want?" Ginny asked.

"Because I feel like that will make me look like somewhat of a spoiled brat, picking out exactly what I want," Harry replied.

"See," Ginny laughed.

"I never can win, can I?" Harry groaned.

"Nope, but you can try," Ginny closed her eyes. Soon, the steady breathing told Harry she had fallen asleep. Watching the fire that was slowly dying out, Harry drifted off to sleep. James, Lily, Sirius, Remus and Selena then walked in and saw them. Lily and Selena smiled, while Sirius ran to get a camera.

"Sirius," Lily hissed, "Let them sleep."

"Just one picture," Sirius begged.

"James, control him," Lily ordered.

"Sirius, make sure you get it in HD," James told him. Lily growled, hit James and Sirius on the head, and left. Selena smiled, she knew her brother and Ginny would eventually get together, and Ginny even admitted to a crush. She was just a littile boost in the right direction.