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CHAPTER ELEVEN: TOGETHER AT LAST

Ron was the first to break the silence. There was a question on his mind that was boring a hold through his mind, and after ten minutes of watching Harry and Ginny sit there he had to ask. "U-hmm," Ron cleared his throat so that he didn't just abruptly break the silence. "I think I'm asking the question that we all want the answers to." He looked around the room, trying to read some of the faces, and when he could finally look at both Harry and Ginny, he asked, "Who attacked you?"

Ginny thought about it for a moment before answering, "I don't know. It was too dark to see clearly."

"Same goes for me," Harry said.

"Well what about voices? Did you recognize any of them?" Bill, who was nodding to everything that Ron said, had a few question of his own. "I mean, between the two of you, you should have an extensive memory of Death Eaters' voices. If it was them." He said the last sentance quietly.

"I can't really put a thumb on any of the voices," Ginny said. "My head hurt so badly and they didn't really talk. They just laughed inbetween curses."

Bill was about to ask another question, but Harry inturrupted with a thought that he had. "Besides that, most of the Death Eaters' that either Ginny or I have come up against are back in Azkaban." There were nods all around the room to Harry's point.

"Alright, I've think that we 'all' have had enough excitement for a lifetime, tonight. It's time that everyone goes back to their rooms, and that these to take a sleeping potion."

"Madame Pomfrey, I'm not at all tired, and I really don't feel like sleeping..." Harry didn't feel like sleeping. He had been sleeping for the past week and going back to sleep just made him worry about not waking up again.

"Harry, I do not have the energy, nor do I have the patience to argue with you," she just sighed, seeing his determination not to go back to sleep, and noticing Ginny's as well, "You both may remain awake for another hour while I prepare a fresh batch of the potion, but after that I will have no more arguments." A slight smile came to Madame Pomfreys face as she turned to leave the room, "Or I will tie you both back down to your beds, are we clear?"

"Yes Ma'am," they both chirped.

"Fred, George, Percy, Bill, Charlie," Mrs. Weasley said, "Why don't we all leave and let Ron, Ginny and Hermione bring Harry up to speed on the past week." This wasn't a request. It was a patent Molly Weasley 'Do it or I'll have you wishing you never were born,' order. Most people thought of Mrs. Weasley as was one of the kindest and genltlest of people. But, get catch her when she was sleep deprived and you really would wish that you were never born. Her children could verify that as a fact, and all of them that were summoned turned and left after bidding 'Goodnight' to the ones who were allowed to stay.

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"Not to sound like a prat," Harry said after the four of them were left alone, "But your mum really scares me sometimes, Ron."

"You don't live with her," Ron said back, thinking about some of the times when he got into trouble.

Hermione just laughed at him, "Neither do you while you're at Hogwarts." Seeing the look on Ron's face suddenly made Hermione wish that she hadn't said anything. The last time that she had proven Ron wrong, she ended up being sat on. "Ronald Weasley," she said, running to the other side of Harry for protection, "you stay away from me!" Ginny and Harry just laughed.

"So, what is going on between you two?"

"NOTHING."

"Sure, what do you think, Harry?" Ginny had an odd smile on her face. "Do you think it's nothing?"

Harry walked around to the other side of the bed and took a good look at Ron, "I can't be sure, yet." He had the same smile. Without warning, Harry was whispering something into Ron's ear.

Within moments Ron's face turned red, from cheek to ear. Ginny and Hermione just looked on and laughed as Ron tried to hide his embarassment from the girls, promptly beating him up. All you could hear between hits to the arm, was Ron grumbling, "I'll get you Potter."

"Ow, Ow, OW! Ron, remember who just woke up in the hospital here." Hermione just kept laughing, but Ginny regained her evil grin.

"Well, Harry, what's your decision?"

"It's not nothing to Ron," he said as he looked at Hermione, "but I think that Hermione here needs a test as well."

Hermione knew exactly what was coming and ran from where Harry was coming from to Ginny's side. "Stay away from me Harry."

Ginny gave a quick wink to Harry, "Oh, don't worry, Hermione," she said, quickly getting to her knees and putting her fists up into the air, "Harry won't dare come near you while I'm here." Only Hermione didn't see it coming. Ginny grabbed her around the shoulders, and quickly said something that only the two of them could hear.

Without hesitation Hermione was scarlet and it was Ron's turn to laugh. "That settles it." Ron stopped laughing.

"Gin, what's settled?"

Ginny just rolled her eyes, "You are so dense sometimes."

"Will you two just tell me!" Ron said.

Ginny just stared at her brother, dumbfounded. "What? Do you need it spelled out?"

Harry looked at her, "Ginny, think about who you are talking to."

She rolled her eyes again, and started slowly telling Ron the obvious, stopping to point and draw pictures in the air with her hands. "You...and Hermione...are meant...for...each...oth..er!"

"Ginny, I think you fell down those stairs and hit your head harder than you think."

"Hermione, don't try to deny it! You know it's true."

"Harry...you, you know," Ron was trying to keep his face from matching his hair, but Harry couldn't help butting in.

"That you and Hermione are mad for eachother," Harry said, "You have been since the second year."

"We have not!"

Harry just mocked the face that Hermione made, "Ron, you even 'ate slugs' for her." Ron ran a hand through his hair.

But before he regained his voice, Ginny spoke up, "And Hermione," she said, "why did you think that Ron was gonna kiss you earlier?" But instead of answering, she just turned. "Come on! Are you two ever gonna grow up?"

"Yeah," Harry said, "You can face Death Eaters, but you can't face eachother?"

"Well," Ron said, "That's different."

"Oh come off it Ron," Ginny said, "You are in LOVE with the girl. I heard from Bill what happened after Harry and I were found."

"What happened?" Harry became confused and frustrated, not being told what he slept through.

"They were snogging outside in the hall." Ginny said.

"Virginia Weasley We Were NOT!" Ron screamed at her in shock. "I was just comforting 'Mione, you kno..." he said, totally in denial.

"The only way someone who loves her could." Ginny didn't realize the reason why Ron let himself be cut off. She wasn't looking. Ginny foolishly closed her eyes to keep from rolling them, but when she opened them, she gasped. Harry had the same expression. "Get a room," was all that Harry could say, without closing his mouth.

"Get out of this room." Oops. That wasn't Ginny speaking, although Ron and Hermione wished that it was. "You heard me! It's been an hour, and my patients need their rest. So out, out with you!"

How embarassing! Sharing your first kiss, and having the school nurse walk in on you. Just imagine the shade of red that those two turned. Not to mention the tint of purple Ginny and Harry turned from laughing so hard.

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A/N: Question 1: Who started the term SNOGGING? Was it Rowling?

Question 2: For future refrence, Did Rowling write that Head Boys/Girls get private rooms? Or was it a FanFiction thingy?

I don't have a great memory. Oh well! DON'T FORGET TO SNIZZLE!

[Oh yeah, sorry the chapter is so short....I went to a musical...Thought that it was gonna be only 1.5 hours....nope! 3 HOURS LONG!!!]