They met at their usual, poorly-lit corner table. As usual, Harry had arrived first and bought two drinks, allowing Ginny to head straight to him and miss the bar. He was squinting in the direction of the pub door, and brightened as she came over. "Hey, Ginny."
"Hey yourself. How was your day?" She took the available seat.
"Oh, you know. Full of paperwork. No interesting cases, thankfully. Was yours any good?"
"Sure. Though Gwenog managed to lose the quaffles earlier, and we spent half an hour searching the training zone before she found them in her locker!"
Harry laughed out loud at that, his hand going to his mouth. "Blimey. It's a wonder she's such a good quidditch player with that level of attention to detail." His hand shifted towards his collar, which he adjusted slightly.
"Maybe it's thinking of the tactical details which distracts her from such things," she responded, smiling fondly at the thought of her team captain, before a memory from the morning disrupted that train of thought. She added lightly, "There's another thing though. Ron asked me this morning how long we've been together."
Harry rolled his eyes. "Why does everyone always think that?"
"Apparently we were seen making out after Charlie's wedding last Saturday."
Harry stared at his drink, in silent contemplation, before finally looking up. "Yes… I suppose that would do it. It was honestly quite hard to persuade people we were just there as friends even before that. Do you think they're seeing something we aren't?"
Ginny started, not expecting him to have taken the idea seriously. "Well… you are my best friend. And you can assume we are somewhat attracted to each other, given what happened when I invited you to the wedding on Saturday. Weird that it's never happened when drinking at the pub though."
Harry shrugged. "I guess it's a different kind of drinking, at a wedding…" he tailed away. Ginny watched him as he prepared himself to speak three times, each time stopping at the last moment. She smiled affectionately, knowing that this discussion had taken them to places neither had expected on arrival.
"Let's take a walk along the dock. This really isn't the place for this"
They exited, both silent as they wondered what might come next for them.