A/N: You will have noticed that I split the NEWTs by days as best I could. I don't think it was ever mentioned what NEWTs were really like in the HP series. If they were please let me know so I can correct the mistake as soon as I am able. I'm sorry that the chapter is a little longer than the others. Please let me know if its long enough or if in the future you would like them a little shorter or a little longer. I apologize if I overlooked any spelling or grammatical errors. Please read and review this and future chapters. I would appreciate it. Critiques would be great via private messaging.
Well, now on with the story. I hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters. They are entirely JKR's.
Chapter 25: Dreaded NEWTs
The following weeks went by at a whirlwind as eight friends tried to keep up with the classes, homework, and studying for their NEWTs. The day before the NEWTs was suddenly before them. When they were all done studying, the had made arrangements a few weeks before with Hagrid, who had now awaken, to have a picnic just outside his hut. The girls were carrying blankets while the boys were carrying huge baskets full of food that had been prepared by the house elves in the castle.
"Well, hello thar" said Hagrid with a big smile as he stood at the door of his hut with Fang at his side.
"Hagrid!" screamed the girls and then all dropped the blankets to go give Hagrid a hug.
"Oh great, there they go off screaming again" said Ron as he put down the basket with food and covered his ears.
"Hagrid, it sure is great to see you up and about. We thought we would have lost you when you got poisoned." said Harry as he smiled at the thought of all the girls hugging Hagrid all around.
"Feel good to be up an' abou' meself" and the girls finally left Hagrid to go put the blankets down and to set the food out for them.
"The whole school was pretty worried Hagrid. We thought you were going to be a goner" said Seamus nodding his head as he remembered seeing Hagrid in the hospital wing.
"Food is ready!" shouted the girls and they all went to sit down to eat. Harry and Ron brought out one of Hagrid's stools for him.
"Why thank ye boys" said Hagrid as he saw Harry and Ron set the stool for him.
"No trouble at all" said Harry with a smile.
"Now how did the fer of ye go about findin' those phoenixes?" asked Hagrid with a questioning look on his face.
"Well, Madam Pomfrey had needed some more of the phoenix tear potion so we got permission from professor McGonagall to go to the apothecary in Diagon Alley. The owner was a friend of Madam Pomfrey's. When we got there, he was dead" started Harry.
"Yeah, but we found a piece of parchment that said Bodmin Moor in his hand. The problem was that we didn't know where or what that was" said Ron as his eyes went wide at the difficulty of the discovery.
"We searched every book in the library. We even got permission from professor McGonagall to look at books in the restricted section and we found nothing" said Hermione with a small look of dismay.
"We did remember though that Yorkshire was a place full of moors so we thought we would look over there" said Ginny and she took a sip of pumpkin juice before continuing, "as it turned out, we were looking in the wrong place. We eventually found out that we had to go to Cornwall. There is a small place there with moors as well"
"We asked a local and he directed us to the moor" said Harry and he took a bite out of his sandwhich.
"We discovered that Bodmin Moor is the tallest moor in Cornwall. Just as we drew near to it, we ran into the caped master and his crusaders. In my opinion, they looked a little like death eaters. Well, at least they reminded me of the death eaters. Not that they are not lurking about because they still are." said Hermione and she bit into her apple.
"We ended up fighting the caped master and his crusaders. Harry managed to drive them away and we were able to enter the moor. Inside it was an entire maze. Worse than the maze at the Tri-Wizard Tournament if you ask me. The clues were all in ancient runes. Some that we hadn't even seen in our ancient rune classes. Thankfully Hermione recognized them and we were able to move through the maze." said Ginny
"Well, that's my Hermione, smart and all" said Ron as he smiled and gave her a small peck on her cheek and there was some catwhistling heard. Ron turned away from Hermione in amazement and said, "Oy!" spoke up Ron, "that's my fiancé you're all catwhistling at". Everyone laughed at his comment.
"Anyhow, wha' happen'd in the maze?" asked Hagrid, looking very interested in the adventure that the foursome had gone through.
"We had to fight a quintaped, an acromantula, fwoopers, salamanders, just to name a few" said Harry and he took another bite out of his pear.
"I h- hate acromantulas, th- they are h- huge spiders" stuttered Ron, noticing that he had been traumatized since his second year at Hogwarts.
"Speaking of acromantulas, the one we ran to was Aragog's mum" said Hermione and she took a sip of her pumpkin juice.
"Aragog's mum yer say?" said Hagrid and there was suddenly a frown on his face.
The eight friends looked at each other and noticed that Hagrid still got sad at times at the fact that Aragog had died.
Hagrid sniffed and wiped a tear off of his face and ate another sandwhich in one bite.
"Say yer righ' these here sandwhiches are good" said Hagrid as he tried to put a small smile on his face.
"You should of seen the elves, when we told them that we were having a picnic with you, they put every possible food from the kitchens into the baskets. Another pumpkin juice and sandwhich and we would of had to levitate these baskets" said Seamus as he rubbed his arm.
"Aw, poor dear" said Luna as she tried to kiss his sore arm away and there was more catwhistling again.
"Well, it looks like the sun is coming down and the 8 of yer be 'er be goin' ba' to the castle fer dinner" said Hagrid.
"We had a wonderful time eating and talking with you Hagrid" said Hannah and she stood up to give Hagrid a hug. Everybody followed afterwards to do the same. They then proceeded to fold up the blankets, put things away in the baskets while Ron and Harry took Hagrid's stool back to his hut. In the meantime, Ginny was standing on the side and petting Fang. When they were done packing and putting things away, Harry looked up to see where was Ginny and went to her.
"You know, fang was a great companion during the times that I had to go into the Forbidden Forest" said Harry as he also petted Fang and he began to slober their hands.
"Don't ever remind me about it. I dreaded those times" said Ron as he too came over to give Fang one last petting as well.
"Well, the important thing is that all of that is now behind us Ron" said Harry as he looked up from Fang to Ron.
"Yeah, and I sure am" said Ron.
"Come on you lot, it's time to go and you will remember to scourgify your hands before eating dinner" said Hermione with disgust at the look of Fangs slober all over their hands. They did the scourgify spell and the 8 friends headed up to the castle for dinner.
After dinner, the foursome headed back to the head student tower. They sat on the comfortable couch and chairs as they looked through the window across the black lake. Everything was quiet and calm as the red and orange hues shown through the window and the foursome started to wind down for the evening. Suddenly there was a giggle coming from Hermione.
"Ronald Weasley! Behave yourself" said Hermione as he tried to hike his hand up Hermione's gray pleated skirt.
"Mmmm, how can I with such a beautiful and smart little witchling next to me?" said Ron as he started to nuzzle Hermione's neck.
Harry and Ginny turned their looks towards Ron and Hermione and the looked back at each other and smiled at the thought of what might happen. It didn't take long before Ron took Hermione in his arms and carried her up to her room.
"Ronald Weasley! We have to rest! We have NEWTs early tomorrow morning!" said Hermione as she wiggled in Ron's arms.
"Ah that's my little witchling, always thinking about getting good notes" said Ron and a moment later Harry and Ginny heard the door to Hermione's door close.
"Who would every think that those two would ever hit it off" said Harry as he smoothed his fingers through Ginny's soft hair. Harry lay down on the couch and then lay Ginny in front of him and he continued to let his fingers go through her hair and took her scent in as well.
A few minutes later there were loud moans and groans coming from Hermione's room. Harry and Ginny turned to look at each other and smiled and then they giggled. Suddenly, Harry's hand stopped playing with Ginny's hair and it made it's way down to Ginny's neck, down her arm and then let his fingers gently linger to her hip. His hand moved lower and it started to hike Ginny's skirt up and past her thigh and up to her hip. He caressed her hips with his fingertips. Just barely to cause shivers to go through Ginny's body. He began to nuzzle her neck and breathed deeply to take in her scent. Harry's tongue very gently moved up and down Ginny's neck. This time making her moan. Ginny turned around and kissed him full on the lips. Ginny was quick to let her hands move down to Harry's pants and he gently grasped her hands. She gently pulled back in confusion.
"Ginny as much as I would love to be doing this, we can't. We need our rest and besides, I have a very busy schedule this week. I not only have to go take NEWTs but I also have to go monitor the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year students during their examinations. I am going to need my energy Gin. I'm sorry love. I will make it up to you this weekend. Shortly before we leave Hogwarts. How is that? I will make it extra special" said Harry looking hopeful into Ginny's gentle looking brown eyes.
"Alright Potter, it better be good then" said Ginny and she spanked his bum and with much hesitation she got off the couch. She suddenly turned around and asked, "It's okay if we keep each other company in bed?" she said pouting her lips.
"Alright, but you have to behave yourself Weasley. I'll be up in a few minutes" said Harry taking in the last minutes of rest before the NEWTs. Merlin only knew that if he went up to bed with Ginny, he would see her exquisite body and give into it and go on the whole night making love to her. During this time, he couldn't let his greatest weakness deprive him of the much needed rest.
Monday NEWTs
The following morning the foursome were up early and headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Hermione still had her potions textbook with her in order to review some last minute notes.
"Hermione, you didn't need to bring your potions textbook with you. I'm sure you will do just fine" said Ron and he gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"Ron, I need to pass my NEWTs. I don't want to fail and the only way to do that is by studying. You know that" she said and shook her had at Ron's passiveness and smiled.
When the foursome were done eating their breakfast they went for a walk by the edge of the black lake. Hermione just sat down under one of the trees and continued to review for her NEWT with her potions book.
"Poor Hermione, she has got to learn to relax some time" said Harry as he held Ginny in his arms as the turned their heads from the black lake and looked in Hermione's direction.
"Yeah, but, I'm sure she's going to be the one with the highest marks again. as ususal" and they both smiled before sharing another kiss. There kiss was interumpted a few minutes later when Hermione reminded them that it was time to go back to the Great Hall to take the NEWT.
The four of them headed back to the Great Hall. The Wizarding Examinations Authority officials were at the front of the hall. The long tables had been transformed into individual desks. All the seventh year students walked in to the Great Hall. Ron already looked so nervous that he was fidgeting his hands quite a bit. He was so jumpy that when Hermione came to give him a good luck kiss he screamed and jumped. The other students turned to see what it was and Ron turned red in embarassement.
"Poor Ron, these things make him so nervous" said Gin.
"Yeah, I'm sure he will do fine" said Harry and then he turned to Ginny and said, "good luck love, I'm sure you'll pass" he gave her one last quick kiss on her cheek and the parted to find seats in the Great Hall. The other seventh years were nervous and others were calm. The officials looked up and made their announcement.
Good morning ladies and gentleman. As you may have already been informed, we are from the Wizarding Examinations Authority. We will be administering your NEWT potions exam today. You will have until 11:30 to complete the entire exam. You will see a cauldron, vials and several options of ingredients before you. Your potions will have to have the correct color and consistency in order for you to pass your NEWT. It is also up to you to answer the necesary questions according to the discovery you find with the potions that you will have made. The other portion is the written portion. We wish you all good luck. You may now begin your examination.
All the students took out their exams from the enclosed envelope and started to write away. Quills started to flutter at the top. The sound of quills going into the ink bottles could be heard all over the Great Hall. Harry gave his 7 friends a quick look around the hall. Neville seemed to be doing fine, Seamus was scratching the back of his head while thinking, Hannah had the tip of quill in her mouth and her eyes towards the charmed ceiling, Luna was writing away more gracefully than ever, Ron was still fidgeting so much in his chair that the official had to ask him to stop tapping his foot, Hermione was writing away furiously. It looked like she was writing a thousand words per minute with her quill. Then last but not least, he looked at his beloved Ginny. As if she could sense it, she looked up and quickly smiled back at Harry before going back to writing on her test. Harry went back to his test and continued to write. An hour later he was done with the written portion. Hermione had finished a few minutes before him. It looked like she was also half way finished with the required potions. Harry was surprised at how swiftly he had been able to answer his potions NEWT and to correctly perform his potion. He owed his success to Hermione's constant nagging about studying. He and his 7 friends had finished their potions exam several minutes in advance. A few students were trying to add a few minor details to the potions exam. Suddenly the official ran the small bell and all students looked up.
"Please stop, the examination has concluded", with a wave of their wands, the tests went back into the envelopes and the vials were neatly tied to ther envelope. As soon as all the exams were collected, the students were excused and they left the Great Hall.
Harry was among the first students to walk out of the Great Hall. He looked around to see if he could find Ginny. Suddenly their eyes met and they smiled to each other. Ginny ran to his arms and he swung her around and then he put her down and gave her an amorous kiss. They heard some catwhistling from other seventh years and they blushed.
"So, how did it go love?" said Harry as he put his forehead to hers as he put his fingers through her smooth red hair, taking a deep breath of her scent.
"It actually went well. I think all those long days and nights of study along with Hermione helped, despite having been out for that little adventure of ours" and she kissed him on the lips.
"I'm glad to hear that." just as Harry said that, their other 6 friends came to join them.
"Blimey and we have a charms NEWT after lunch." said Ron as he put his nervous fingers through his hair.
"There, there now Ron. I'm sure you did fine" said Hermione before giving him a quick peck on the cheek.
"Why don't we have lunch next to the black lake, I could use some fresh air" said Neville as he looked down at Hannah and they all agreed.
"Alright, why don't we blokes go to the kitchens and get the elves to pack us some lunch baskets and you girls get some blankets" said Seamus.
"Alright" said Luna in her dreamy voice and the girls left to go get some blankets.
Before she walked away, Ginny blew a kiss to Harry and he pretended to catch it in mid-air and put it to his lips. Ginny smiled in response and turned away to go get the blankets with the other girls.
An hour and a half later, the 8 friends were back in the Great Hall taking their charms NEWT. As usual, they sat and did more writing. This time after the writing portion, students were taken to isolated corners of the Great Hall behind aparated walls to be tested on several charms with their wands and then they were allowed to leave the Great Hall. Hermione as usual left early and then she was followed by her 7 friends. They all went to their respective common rooms to relax before going down to dinner. Ron was still jittery and shaking when they reached the head student tower.
"Ron, are you feeling alright" asked Hermione as she put her arm around him
"Yeah, I'm f- f- fine" he sai as he walked up the stairs.
"Ron, you don't sound fine. You should go lie down a bit" said Ginny as looked in her brother's direction with a look of concern.
"I'll b- b- be ok- k- kay" said Ron this time from the top of the stairs.
"Come on Ron, if you're not fine by the time you get up for dinner, I'm taking you to the hospital wings" said Hermione.
Once inside Ron's room, Ron became very open with Hermione.
"M- M- Mione, I- I- I d- d- don't know, I c- c- can't stop sh- sh- shaking" said Ron as he curled up into the fetal position on his bed and Hermione lay down behind him.
"I suppose your nerves got the better of you. You have to learn to relax Ron." she said and she kissed his head before putting her head down on the pillow behind him. She put her arm around and gently rubbed Ron's arm while he still continued to shake.
An hour later Harry and Ginny came knocking on Ron's bedroom door.
"Come in" said Ginny as she sat up against the backboard of the king-sized four poster bed.
"How's Ron doing?" asked Harry as he walked in holding on to Ginny's hand.
"I think he is going to need to go to the hospital wing. He's still shaking" said Hermione with a frown on her face.
"He'll be alright. I'm sure of it. If he could manage his nerves while we were hunting those horcruxes, I'm sure he can handle his nerves for the NEWTs." said Harry.
"Here Hermione, let me help you get him to the hospital wing" said Ginny as she come on the other side of the bed to help Ron get up.
"G- G- Ginny, it's n- n- nothing, I- I- sw- sw- swear" said Ron trying to convince Ginny.
"Ron, you don't know when to quit do you? Come on, let's go see Madam Pomfrey. In a few minutes you will thank Hermione and I" said Ginny as she put her arm around Ron's back.
A few minutes later the four of them walked into the hospital wing, looking for Madam Pomfrey.
"Madam Pomfrey, Ron here needs your help. He hasn't been well since he took his NEWTs this morning." said Hermione as she helped Ginny settle Ron on an empty bed.
"So what do we have here Mr. Weasley. Looks like you can't stop shaking can't you?" said Madam Pomfrey as she looked over Ron.
"R- r- really M- M- Madam P- P- Pomfrey, I- I- I'm f- f- fine" said Ron while still shaking.
"Oh dear, it looks like your nerves have been affected by your nervousness for the NEWTs. All you need is some calming draught and dreamless sleep potion for this week while you take your NEWTs and you will be just fine" said Madam Pomfrey. She left to get the necessary potions and came back with two bottles. Madam Pomfrey gave Ron a small dose of the calming draught and within minutes he was feeling better and he had stopped shaking.
"You feel better Ron" said Hermione as she put her arm around him.
"Yeah, I feel better 'Mione" said Ron as he smiled down at her.
"Well, at least you sound much better" said Ginny smiling at her brother.
"Why don't we go to dinner and you can get a few bites to eat. It'll do you some good" said Harry.
"Yeah, good idea mate" said Ron jumping off the bed and taking the bottles with him.
"I'm glad you look better Ron. You had me worried there for a minute." said Hermione and she pulled Ron into her arms.
"I'm fine my little witchling" whispered Ron into her ear and she smiled as she rested her check against his chest. They pulled apart and the four of them walked to the Great Hall for dinner.
That night the four of them sat down in the head student common room and went over their notes for their Defense Against the Dark Arts NEWT. They even practiced the moves with their wands without saying the spell. Hermione had continued with her Arithmancy studies so she took on the extra load of studying for ther Arithmancy NEWT. They reviewed their textbooks a little while longer and then went to bed.
Tuesday NEWTs
Harry opened his eyes and noticed that his bed was still dark. He noticed that his curtains were drawn closed on his bed. He remembered closing them the night before so the morning light wouldn't bother him. He wanted to get as much peaceful sleep as he could. He moved the curtain on his side of the bed and looked down at Ginny at his side. The castle was so drafty that she had put on her warm pajamas before going to bed. The light was shining in on Ginny's fiery hair. Merlin, when Ginny was at his side and asleep, was enough to arouse his shaft. That is just what Harry felt and he felt his shaft grow by just looking down at Ginny sleep. Her arm was on his chest and her long hair cascading on the pillow. He didn't want to wake her. She truly was a sleeping beauty by his standards. Unfortunately, he knew that if they didn't wake up, they wouldn't make it on time to breakfast and they needed to eat something before studying a few more notes before preparing for their Defense Against the Dark Arts NEWT.
"Sleeping beauty? Time to wake up love" said Harry as he stood up on one elbow and then leaned down to gently kiss Ginny on her cheek. Merlin, she looked so peaceful in her sleep that it was a crime to wake her up.
"Mmmm, I don't want to wake up. I want to stay here in bed with you" said Ginny while yawning and then smiling up at Harry.
"I know love but, we have to get up to go to breakfast. We can do that over the weekend and just sleep in bed when we are done with our NEWTs. How does that sound?" he said looking lovingly into her big brown eyes.
"That sounds wonderful. You're on Potter" and she got up from bed with much reluctance.
Later that afternoon Harry and Ginny ran into Hermione after having done her Arithmancy NEWT.
"So how did your Arithmancy NEWT go Hermione?" asked Ginny.
"I don't know. I think it was a disaster. I think I should of studied more last night" as she frowned down at her plate during lunch.
"Oh, don't fret my little witchling. I'm sure you got more than outstanding marks on your NEWT" said Ron as he kissed the top of Hermione's head.
"And now we have to go off to our NEWT for the Defense Against the Dark Arts" and Hermione was now just shoving the food around her plate.
"My 'Mione, you have to eat something. You can't go in to take a NEWT on an empty stomach" said Ron and he helped her by gently feeding some food into her mouth. Hermione smiled and made an effort to eat a little more food off her plate.
"That's my little witchling, be a good girl and eat your food" and Ron put his hand over her left and as he watched her put more food into her mouth.
The foursome ran into their other 4 friends in front of the black lake and they walked by the shore for a bit before reporting to their next NEWT.
"You all ready for your DADA NEWT?" said Seamus thoughtfully.
"I think I am. At least I think I remember what I need to know" said Neville with a small chuckle.
"You'll do just fine Neville. Don't worry at all love" said Hannah and she gently squeezed her boyfriend's hand.
Hermione looked down at her watch and said, "Alright everybody, it's time for you know what" and they all groaned with frustration.
The 8 of them reported to the Great Hall. The four corners were once again covered by walls for the practical part of the DADA exam.
"Welcome students to your Defense Against the Dark Arts NEWT. For the first hour you will be doing the written part of the exam. Then there are two parts to the practical. The first one is dueling and it includes disarming your oponent and using protection spells. Afterwards behind those walls, you will be tried out with other spells and see how you will repel them with your wand. Once you have completed the second practical part of your Defense Against the Dark Arts NEWT, you may leave." said the official.
Ron started getting nervous so he took a small swig of his calming draught. Within minutes he was doing well.
"Alright, you may all now take out the written part out of the envelopes in front of you." said the official. Everybody took out their exams and started to write away once more.
Naturally Harry and Hermione got through the exam quickly and they were back at the head student common room.
"Well, that's that. At least we are now done with the DADA NEWT" said Hermione sighing as she sat in one of the comfortable chairs.
"Who ever new that they would be so tiresome." said Harry sitting with his head back and he closed his eyes.
A few minutes later Ron and Ginny walked in through the portrait hole.
"Oh Harry, I don't know about you but, I'm so tired. It's only Tuesday. I don't know how I will get through the rest of the week" said Ginny sitting on Harry's lap and laying her head on his shoulder. He put his arms around her and kissed her on the lips.
"Well, I had to sit in through a final exam this morning and now I have to sit through another one before dinner with the 3rd years" sighed Harry.
Later that night, Ginny was reviewing for ther History of Magic NEWT on Harry's bed. She had pieces of parchments with notes written all over her side of the bed. Harry walked into his room and fell on his side of the bed.
"I agree with you Gin with what you said earlier, I have no idea how we are going to get through the rest of this week. I'm already so worn out with so much studying, monitoring students during their final exams and taking NEWTs. I wish the weekend was already here." and he closed his eyes.
"Oh poor Harry Potter, he has fought Voldermort and now he's worn out of studying and taking NEWTs?" she said with a big grin on her face and then giggled. Suddenly Harry grasped her hand and pulled her down on top of him.
"Ginevra Molly Weasley, are you making fun of "The Chosen One" he said as he looked seriously into her brown eyes as he held her head with his fingers in her silken fiery hair.
"Um, I don't think so..." she said responding with an innocent tone in her voice.
"Ah ha! So you are! You know what the punishment for that is?" he said as he looked at her with playful deep green eyes.
"No, what is it?" pretending to look worried.
"TICKLES!" and he turned them over where she wound up under him as he tickled her endlessly.
"No Harry... ha ha... stop it! ha ha... hee hee...no... ha ha" as she laughed out loud with glee.
"You asked for it Ginevra Molly Weasley and now you must attain yourself to the consequences" he said as he kept tickling her endlessly.
"No more... Harry!... he he ... ha ha... stop... ow... my stomach hurts..." as she tried to cover herself with her hands from Harry.
"That's entirely the purpose Weasley, he he" said Harry with a devilish laugh.
Suddenly his fingers accidently touched her breast and he stopped tickling her. They stare into each other's eyes for what seemed like the longest time. Harry broke the stare and he brought his lips slowly and close to hers. He nuzzled her lips endlessly as she tried to move her lips up to his and he moved away. Then he finally kissed her with full force. He heard her moan into his mouth as his hands moved through her fiery scented strands of red hair. Their fiery kiss lingered for a long time and then Ginny's hand moved down to explore Harry's chest. Her hand then proceeded to move down to his belly and then down to his shaft. She discovered that it was already at its full length. However, Harry gently grasped her hand.
"Harry, what's the matter?" she said searching his eyes for his reason to pull back.
"Gin, you know that if we go there, I won't be able to stop and we still have a lot of studying to do for our History of Magic NEWT." and he gently pulled away from her and sighed as he tried to normalize his breathing.
"I thought you wanted to do it" said Ginny as she looked down at her hands.
Harry opened his eyes and looked at the frown on Ginny's face. "Ginny, please understand me, I want to do it more than anything but, we have a lot of studying to do. Like I promised you on Sunday. This weekend I will make it up to you. We can even stay in bed all day and order breakfast to the common room if you like or even up here to the room." and then he saw Ginny look up at him with a small glimpse of hope.
"Do you really promise?" now looking at him with pleading eyes.
"I promise sleeping beauty. Now let's see what you were studying before I came in here" and he took a couple of the parchments from the bed that were now wrinkled.
Wednesday NEWTs
The Great Hall had been cleared and now was prepared for the History of Magic NEWT.
"Welcome students to your History of Magic NEWT. You will have 2 and a half hours to complete 3 4-page essays in response to the questions on the essay questions. Good luck. You many now withdraw your exams from your envelopes" and the sound of opening envelopes could be heard through the Great Hall. The sunlight shone through the large windows as students wrote away. Within an hour, some were beginning to shake their hands because either they had become too sore or stiff from so much writing. Harry looked up at Ginny and she caught him looking at her. She started to move up her skirt and pretended to scratch her thigh. Harry's eyes went wide. He quickly and discreetly looked around to see if anybody else was looking. Nobody else was looking. They were all too busy and concentrating on writing their essays. Harry discreetly looked back at Ginny and this time she showed him more of her thigh as she licked her lips. When Harry looked closer, he noticed that Ginny wasn't wearing any knickers at all! Harry tried to focus again on his essay. Merlin, he was thankful that he was almost done writing his last essay. He wrote a few more sentences and dipped his quill in the ink bottle again. He took advantage of this moment to look in Ginny's direction again. This time Ginny was swinging her hair to her back. He swore that he saw the whole hair swing thing move in slow motion. Merlin's beard, she was making it difficult for him to control himself and he felt his shaft grown in the middle of a NEWT! He was thankful that he had his robes on and he used them to cover his shaft. Ginny saw this and she gaped her mouth at what had happened to Harry and silently giggled before going back to her NEWT.
When Harry finished his NEWT, he was concentrating hard in reducing the size of his shaft. By the time that the officials had called he had succeeded in reducing its size. Outside the Great Hall, Harry caught Ginny by her wrist.
In a low voice he said, "Ginny, what do you think you were doing in there?"
"Oh, but, what do you mean Harry?" said Ginny innocently.
"Come now Ginny. You know perfectly what you were doing to me in there and none other than in the middle of a NEWT!" he said.
"Oh that" Ginny now pretending to finally remember, "I was just having a little fun. You know how dull those NEWTs can sometimes be" and she winked at him.
"The worst part is that you weren't even-" and Harry looked around to make sure that nobody could hear him, "you weren't even wearing knickers".
"Harry Potter, you sure have quite an imagination" said Ginny as she arched her eyebrows.
"Gin, come with me" said Harry and he pulled her along with him.
"Where are you taking me Harry?" said Ginny with a questioning look on her face.
"It's what I have been dying to do since I saw you inside that Great Hall" said Harry.
A couple of minutes later, Harry had brought them to the Room of Requirement. Within moments the door appeard before them. Harry opened the door and he led Ginny inside.
As soon as he closed the door, he put Ginny against the wall, he lifted her gray pleated skirt and wrapped her legs around his waist. He didn't hesitate to drop his gray pants and boxers. He put his shaft into Ginny's entrance and started to pump into her fast and hard.
"Oh Harry! You bad boy! uh, uh, uh UH!" as Ginny moaned started to moan with every strong thrust from Harry.
"You... are... the... bad... girl... Gin... tempting... me... like that" and he started to groan as he began to feel Ginny's wetness around his shaft.
"I... oh, oh, oh, didn't... do... oh, oh, oh... do-" and Harry kissed her hard on the lips before she could finish.
Harry started pushing harder and faster as the urge rose inside him with every shiver.
"Oh Gin! You are... irresistaBLE!" as he groaned loud.
"Hard Harry!... HARDER!... yes... yes... oooh... mmm" Ginny continued to moan with every thrust.
"Oh Gin... UH!" Harry's groan was so loud that it echoed in the room.
"What... ever... happened... to the weekend?" said Ginny between shivers.
"Gin... when... I saw.. you pull up ... your.. skirt... and lick... your... lips... like... that... I wanted to... throw you... there... and take you... uh, uh, uh... mmm... Oh Merlin!" he said in between hard thrusts.
There was was one last thrust from Harry and they both came with one loud moan in unison.
Harry finally came to rest his head on Ginny's shoulder and as soon as their breathing calmed down, he put Ginny down and she put her skirt down as he pulled up his boxers and pants.
"Wow, Harry" said Ginny while she was still panting and quickly fixing her hair.
"Ginny, when I saw you in that Great Hall, you have now idea what I felt. It couldn't wait until the weekend. I just had to have you" while Harry lowered his head.
"What's wrong Harry?" said Ginny as she lifted his face towards hers.
"Oh Gin, I'm sorry if I was harsh on you. It was not my intention to be like that on you but, when I saw you in the Great Hall, I had to have you" his eyes looking deeply but also in a lovingly way at hers.
"No Harry, you weren't harsh and don't ever think that you did something wrong. I had gone on for days without making love to you and I wound up flirting with you and well... the rest we know" and she smiled.
"Oh Gin, I'm so lucky to have you. What did I ever do to deserve you?" and he kissed her more gently on the lips this time. Their soft kiss lingered on for a while and then he pulled away. "I meant what I said Gin, I will make it up to you this weekend when the NEWTs are over."
"Alright Harry" she smiled and put the back of her hand against his cheek.
"Let's go Gin, we have to go eat dinner. You sure know how to make me work and appetite" at this they both laughed and then they walked out of the Room of Requirement.
Harry and Gin had their fingers laced together when they walked into the Great Hall.
"There you are! Where have the two of you been?" asked Neville.
"Oh just walking around" said Ginny and she turned and smiled at Harry.
Harry and Ginny sat down next to each other and their plates started to fill up with food. Their silver gobblets also filled up with pumpkin juice.
"Did you realize that we just have our Herbology and Transfiguration NEWTs tomorrow and we are finished?" said Hannah.
"Oh wow, that is true Hannah. I have been so busy studying here with Hermione that I didn't even notice that. Did you all notice that" said Ron looking back at his friends and they nodded as a small smile started to come across their faces.
"Yes, that may be true for the seven of you but, I have an Ancient Runes NEWT tomorrow" said Hermione and she started to go over her notes in her head.
"Hermione, please relax. We have to relax every once in a while you know" said Ginny and she took a sip of her pumpkin juice.
"I'll do that when I'm done with my NEWTs" and she went back to reviewing her notes as she took another bite of food and started to chew it slowly. Ron nodded at her and went back to eating.
"Why don't we go and give it one more last study in the library for tomorrow" said Seamus.
"That would be a good idea." said Harry and he sat back after finishing his food.
That night, the 8 friends stayed in the library until Neville looked at his watch and he said, "Bloody Hell! Look at the time! It's almost 11!" and they gasped and quickly got their things and left for their respective dormitories.
Harry was already dozing off when Ginny got under the covers with him.
"Good night my prince" she said.
"Night my sleeping beauty" he said and he put his arm around her and she put her head on his chest.
Thursday NEWTs
That night, Harry tossed and turned. Harry could not understand why he had a whole bunch of dreams. At first he dreamt that he was fighting Voldemort again. Then he was dreaming of the little escapade that he and Ginny had in the Room of Requirement. Just as he was about to thrust her in his dream, he heard a voice wake him up.
"Harry! come on, we have 40 minutes to get dressed and to go eat breakfast!" said Ginny as she ran back into the bathroom to brush her teeth and then ran back out to put on her blouse, jumper, and skirt on. Harry sat up and noticed that Ginny was only in a bra and knickers.
"Aww, no playing during NEWTs today? You have knickers on. No fair Gin!" said Harry pouting his lips.
"Harry, stop being a bad boy and get out of bed and get dressed!" and by then Ginny already was tying her tie.
Harry got up in seconds and charmed himself clean and dressed and then he said, "Done!" and he grinned at Ginny as he looked from behind her on the mirror.
"Very funny Harry" and then they grabbed their school bags and headed down to breakfast.
The Herbology and Transfiguration NEWTs were the toughest yet. In Herbology students had to find what plants were used for potions, which one had medicinal uses, which were poisonous and so forth. The essay was twice as long as the History of Magic NEWT.
The Transfiguration NEWT was practical and written. It was the most exhaustive of all NEWTs and all the students were so tired that they all nearly went to their dormitories to sleep. That is all except Hermione who stayed up studying for her Ancient Runes NEWT.
That evening the 8 friends went down to dinner to celebrate the completion of their NEWTs examinations. There was a lot of chatter. Some students were still trying to cram for their Diviniation and Ancient Runes exams.
That night most students went to their dormitories with the pleasure of getting a good rest without the worry of taking NEWTs. Hermione on the other hand would have to get up early to go to her Ancient Runes NEWT.
Friday NEWTs
Harry had pulled the curtains to his bed closed again. He wanted to sleep in as much as he could with Ginny. If they slept through the whole day, they were going to do that. They had had a very exhausting week.
On the other side of the head student tower, Hermione got up for the last time to go take her Ancient Runes NEWT. Ron was still dead asleep on his bed. Hermione kissed him on the forehead and left to go eat breakfast and to take her NEWT.
Several hours later, Hermione went back to Ron's room. To her amazement, Ron was still asleep on the bed. Having finished with all her NEWTs, Hermione took off her clothes and left herself in her bra and knickers and got into bed with Ron and quickly dozed off to sleep.
"Mmmm" came out of Ron's mouth and he pulled Hermione closer to him. When he noticed, she was only wearing a bra and knickers.
"Hermione? Hermione! You were supposed to go take your Ancient Runes NEWT!" he said as he saw the time on his watch.
"Shush Ron! I'm trying to sleep. I already went and took it. Go back to sleep!" and she turned around and pulled the blanket up to her chin. Ron smiled at his little witchling, he cuddled closer to her, put his arms around her and fell asleep again.