Ginny and Luna we're headed to their classes together after breakfast as they were one to do these days.
The two had grown very close over the summer after both made it through the DoM debacle and from then remembering how close they actually lived to one another when not in school.
While, there were no EXACT words to describe the quirky starry-eyed blonde, Ginny found her to be a good and loyal friend and that was enough for her.
As they walk, they hear someone exclaim and the sound of books and various other items crash to the floor.
"Oh let me help you!" Ginny knows that voice without having to look.
They stop for a moment and watch Harry and Hermione start scrambling to pick up all her things off the floor after her bag has clearly ripped.
"Thanks Harry, I was hoping it would make it until this weekend for me to get a new one." She huffs.
"No problem, I'm surprised you just don't have a quarterly preorder set up for this yet." He teases her.
She glares at him but takes his hand anyway as they rush to class.
"They're so cute. I hope they figure it out soon."
Ginny is confused.
"Figure what out?"
"That they're in love with each other obviously." Luna's tone never changes as she starts walking again.
Ginny has to catch up after being frozen for a few seconds. They're going to be late so there's no time to ask her to clarify right now.
She doesn't need to ask her later to clarify she finds. Even though she didn't hear a single word during class it's ok. She can just borrow Luna's notes later.
Meanwhile, she's figured it out herself. It really was obvious. Harry and Hermione were in love with each other.
And she suspected that one, if not both of them, had no clue.
She feels almost silly for not realizing the signs earlier.
How many times did they just stare at each other having silent conversations no one could decipher? How many times had they fallen asleep next to each other in the common room? How many times was it just the two of them walking casually hand in hand? How many times has one of them hexed any person who dared insult the other? How did THEY not know. It's
SO obvious.
Luckily for Ginny, she had moved on from her obsession with Harry well before this blatant fact hits her in the face. It might have hurt her too much at any other time.
That still doesn't stop her however from watching their every move though now. And with almost every move the fact is confirmed.
The other fact that is also extremely clear was that they are both never going to acknowledge it.
She's not sure yet if it's obliviousness or willful ignorance on either of their parts.
Ginny decides that, as two people she loves dearly, she wants them to be happy. Clearly though, they aren't going to pull the trigger themselves. So she will.
She needs a plan.
She's also going to need some major backup.
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"What's this all about Gin? We've been waiting for like thirty minutes!"
Of course it would be Ron to be the first to complain.
She tries, and fails, not to roll her eyes instantly.
"I already told you RON, we can't start until everyone is here."
No sooner as the words leave her does the door of the Room of Requirement swing open and the last of them make their way in.
"Sorry! Professor Sprout kept me way longer than expected! I got here as quickly as I could." Neville apologizes frantically, clearly trying to catch his breath.
Ginny cuts off whatever sarcastic thing was about to come out of her brother's mouth instantly.
"No worries Neville, it's not like I gave much of a notice to anyone." Ginny waits until he takes a seat to continue.
"Alright Gin what are we all doing here then?"
"If you would would stay silent for at least two seconds I could tell you RON." She snaps back at him. While he doesn't say anything in return, his eyes narrow in her direction.
She returns the look then continues.
"I'm going to just say what I think we all know so we can just skip to the solution as quickly as possible."
"Harry and Hermione..." She doesn't even get to finish the rest of her sentence before the groans from almost all the attendees fill the room.
"I'm so tired of them honestly!" Lavender clearly already had an opinion on the matter. Her tone makes Ginny realize maybe SHE was actually the last to know.
She takes stock of the rest of the room and everyone seems to already know what her point was going to be.
Lavender and Parvati start whispering in each other's ear. Dean and Seamus give each other a knowing chuckle.
Luna is Luna. Her face doesn't change in any way.
Neville smiles knowingly but says nothing.
"What in the bloody hell are you going on about?" Of course it'd be Ron who would be the actual last person to not know.
Before Ginny even has time to fully chastise her brother, she is stopped by a voice.
"They're in love." No one can say Luna isn't straightforward at least.
Ron's face freezes somewhere between a jaw drop and widen eyes. Once he finally starts coming to, his mouth just opens and closes for a second.
"IN LOVE?!" Ok, it's now extremely clear Ron didn't know.
Everyone other than Luna starts snickering at him.
Ginny continues.
"Yes Ron, haven't you been able to tell? They're clearly in love!" She gives him a moment as he repeats his earlier actions for a few more seconds.
"Y-you think they're in love? Like...with each other?" He finally asks, almost rhetorically, as his brain begins to process what he's hearing.
"Of course Ronald, they probably have been for years." Luna replies calmly but without judgement.
"Exactly right Luna! Now we need to figure out what we're going to do about it since clearly they won't. Unless you all want to wait around while they pretend for the rest of our foreseeable futures?"
They all remain silent.
"Right then. So let's get to planning."
Ginny found her group of troops more easily than she anticipated. This might be easier than she originally thought.
This plan better be good.
"There's no way they're in love!"
Oh Ron.
