Chapter 6:
"Who was that?" Ginny asked terrified that someone had caught them.
"It couldn't have been Ron, he would have pulled me off of you and start beating me up."
"I'll go look, stay here."
"Why?"
"Because if they just see me, then they might think they were just seeing things, but if they saw you too then they'd know we were, snogging." And Ginny giggled and left Harry alone in the room lying on the bed. He closed his eyes, thinking about what had just happened between him and Ginny and a sweet smile spread across his face. Ginny ran down the hall looking for anyone, and to her surprise, she found Hermione sitting in the common room, alone. Ron was nowhere to be found.
"Er, Hermione?"
"Ginny, was that Harry?"
"Was what Harry?"
"Ginny! That was Harry wasn't it, on your bed? You too were actually, making out! You were just making out weren't you? You weren't having sex were you?" Said Hermione with a weird smile on her face Ginny had never seen before, it looked concerned yet, mischievous, and almost giddy.
"Okay Hermione. Yes, it was Harry on my bed. Yes we were making out, and that's all. We weren't having sex." Ginny said a smile crossing her worried face. "Where's Ron?"
"Looking for Harry in the boys dormitories."
"You're not going to tell him are you? You can't, he'll just kill Harry!"
"Don't worry, I'm not going to tell him, but you will eventually right?"
"Yes, when Harry's ready."
"So how long have you too been doing that?"
"Not long, we just started, he kissed me in one of the corridors after the last class ended today, and then we came back here so we wouldn't be interrupted, but I guess we were wrong." Ginny said with the same dazed smile on her face.
"Ginny, you better get back to Harry, before Ron comes down and sees you down here. I'll cover for you, don't worry." And Hermione winked at Ginny as Ginny turned and went back up to Harry. When Ginny got back to her room, she found Harry lying on her bed, his eyes closed, and a sweet smile across his face.
"Harry," she said softly. He was asleep. It was almost 6 and he had fallen asleep. She went over to him smiling, kissed him gently on the lips and lay down next to him on her bed with her arms wrapped around him and her head on his chest, and she fell asleep too. Meanwhile down in the common room with Hermione and Ron.
"Hermione, Harry's not up there. I can't find him anywhere. Did you find Ginny?" Ron asked coming down the stairs into the common room.
"Yea, she was in her room taking a nap." Hermione lied.
"Oh, alright, well we should go wake her up, see if she knows where Harry is."
"No Ron!" Hermione shrieked. The common room began to fill with people doing homework and talking about weekend plans and about the dance coming up.
"What's up with you 'Mione?" Ron turned around puzzled.
"Nothing, but don't you think we ought to let Gin sleep. Maybe she's really tired, and I'm sure she doesn't know where Harry is. Let's check the library."
"No, Hermione, I want to check on Ginny, and besides, I need to talk to her about the dance coming up. I told Harry it was okay to ask her to it, and I want to tell her some things. Why are you being so weird Hermione?"
"Ronny, its just that, I wanted to be with you." Hermione said in her sweetest voice and she smiled at Ron with that smile that he couldn't resist.
"Mione, we've been together all day. Now, I'm going to get Ginny."
"Oh, Ron, let her sleep, come on! Please?"
"Hermione would you just knock it off, please. You're being really weird, and I don't like it."
Giving up that she couldn't stop Ron from going into Ginny's room, she practically yelled as the got closer to Ginny's room so as to warn her and Harry Ron was coming.
"OKAY RON, THIS IS GINNY'S ROOM WE ARE COMING UP TO NOW RIGHT NOW. OKAY IM TURNING THE DOORKNOB AND OPENING THE DOOR, RON!" Hermione yelled.
"Hermione! What are you yelling for, I thought you said she was asleep. Man I think the sun went to your head outside today." Just then, Hermione had opened the door and stood gaping at Ginny's bed. Ron pushed Hermione out of the way and stood with his mouth wide open gaping just like Hermione at his sister's bed. There, on Ginny's bed, was Harry, asleep, and Ginny with her arms wrapped around his body and her head on his chest, asleep. Ron walked over to Ginny's bed on the side where Harry was sleeping, and Ron tapped him on the shoulder. Harry rolled over and looked groggily at Ron trying to place who it was who had woken him up, then SMACK! Ron punched Harry in the face and had woken up Ginny. 'Oh shit,' Harry thought as he still lay on Ginny's bed, his nose bleeding again. Ginny had gotten up and was yelling at Ron and so was Hermione. 'Oh, shit this must have looked really bad. OW my nose!'
"Get up Harry!" Ron shouted. "I've got to talk to you! NOW!"
"Okay, Ron, listen, I know it looks bad, but it's not what you think." Harry started and got up level with Ron. They were about the same size now that had Harry had grown he was almost as tall as Ron and since quidditch had started Ron began working out and became more muscular.
"Oh, really?" SMACK! Ron hit Harry again this time Harry spun around and stood back to facing Ron.
"STOP!! RON STOP! LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Ginny was yelling trying to grab Ron's arm.
"GINNY SHUT UP! This is between me and Harry now. Hermione could you leave us alone?" Ron said trying to calm himself down but not being successful at all.
"No, I won't! I'm not going to let you beat up your best friend and make a complete ass of yourself before you know what's going on!" Hermione was now shouting at Ron. Ron ignored her and glared at Harry and raised his fist again ready to hit Harry again, then he paused, and said,
"Alright, Harry, explain." Through gritted teeth
Harry trying to stop his nose from bleeding sat down on Ginny's bed and Hermione came over and did a spell to make his nose stop bleeding.
"Thanks, Hermione." He said wiping his hands on his robes. Then he looked at Ginny wondering whether he should tell Ron the truth or not. But Ron caught his eyes and growled
"Don't look at her. Explain yourself."
"Alright," Harry said, sounding very tired. "Do you want to know how it first started or just this?"
"I don't care how it started because I know you probably did it, just tell me how you ended up sleeping with my sister."
"Okay, well after I asked you if it was alright if I asked Ginny to the dance I bumped into her in the corridor. She told me she liked me, and I told her I liked her back and we kissed." Harry flinched for fear Ron would smack him again, but Ron just stood there looking at him, obviously he was trying very hard to keep from hitting Harry, but he restrained himself nonetheless." "Then we came back to the common room, and I waited down there for about 5 minutes while Ginny came up here and changed clothes, then she called down and she was done and I came up to her room and we started kissing some more. Well one thing led to another and then we were both on the bed making out." Ginny was looking terrified behind Ron but Harry didn't dare look at her. Hermione was looking scared at how much rage Ron was in. She had never seen him like this before and she was scared for Harry. Ron, on the other hand couldn't control himself any longer and he flung himself on Harry, knocking him over and just started punching him all over and Harry's nose began to bleed again. Harry tried to get Ron off of him but it was no use, Ron wouldn't budge.
'Damn,' Harry thought, 'Ron's going to kill me now and in front of Ginny and Hermione. I knew it was a mistake to kiss-' Ron had done it.
"NO!!" Ginny shouting and she ran to Ron and started hitting him as hard as she could. "RON! How could you?!" and she kept hitting him and she began to cry and gave up and sat next to where Harry was lying on her bed, unconscious and she just kissed his lips softly, cried and lay her head on his chest once again. Hermione was just frozen with terror. She couldn't believe Ron had killed Harry. Ron, as shocked as Hermione at what he had done, fell to his knees and stared at his hands drenched in the blood of his former best friend.
10 minutes passed like and eternity in that room and it was nearly 7 now. When Ron got up and walked over to comfort Ginny. She pushed him away and silent tears fell out of her already red, puffy eyes.
"Gin," Ron began. I didn't mean too, I swear, I never meant to.to kill Harry."
Ginny still had her head on Harry's chest, and she was just about to remove it, when, Harry took a deep breath and opened his eyes looking around.
"Ginny?" he said coughing.
"HARRY!" she screamed and wrapped her arms around him in a big hug and he looked around saw Ron kneeling on the ground and he immediately pushed Ginny off of him. Ron looked up and saw Harry wasn't dead and he got up and walked slowly over to him.
"I.I thought I'd killed you, mate." Ron said looking down at Harry and giving him a small hug.
"Oh Harry!" Hermione tried to yell, but could barely find her voice, and she rushed over to give Harry a hug.
"Ginny," Harry began slowly, "This isn't going to work between us. I can't handle any more of Ron's beatings. This one nearly killed me. I'm sorry."
"Harry," Ginny said through her sobs, but Ron cut her off,
"Look, Ginny, Harry, I'm really sorry. It's just you're my best friend, Harry, and Gin is my little sis, and I didn't think you should be with her because, well, I don't want any guy to be with her. It's just you're my closest friend, next to Hermione, and I know how you are about girls and I was just trying to protect Ginny. But, well, now, I guess its okay if you want to date her, I'll keep out of it, I promise.unless you hurt her." He finished and half-smiled at them all.
"Who was that?" Ginny asked terrified that someone had caught them.
"It couldn't have been Ron, he would have pulled me off of you and start beating me up."
"I'll go look, stay here."
"Why?"
"Because if they just see me, then they might think they were just seeing things, but if they saw you too then they'd know we were, snogging." And Ginny giggled and left Harry alone in the room lying on the bed. He closed his eyes, thinking about what had just happened between him and Ginny and a sweet smile spread across his face. Ginny ran down the hall looking for anyone, and to her surprise, she found Hermione sitting in the common room, alone. Ron was nowhere to be found.
"Er, Hermione?"
"Ginny, was that Harry?"
"Was what Harry?"
"Ginny! That was Harry wasn't it, on your bed? You too were actually, making out! You were just making out weren't you? You weren't having sex were you?" Said Hermione with a weird smile on her face Ginny had never seen before, it looked concerned yet, mischievous, and almost giddy.
"Okay Hermione. Yes, it was Harry on my bed. Yes we were making out, and that's all. We weren't having sex." Ginny said a smile crossing her worried face. "Where's Ron?"
"Looking for Harry in the boys dormitories."
"You're not going to tell him are you? You can't, he'll just kill Harry!"
"Don't worry, I'm not going to tell him, but you will eventually right?"
"Yes, when Harry's ready."
"So how long have you too been doing that?"
"Not long, we just started, he kissed me in one of the corridors after the last class ended today, and then we came back here so we wouldn't be interrupted, but I guess we were wrong." Ginny said with the same dazed smile on her face.
"Ginny, you better get back to Harry, before Ron comes down and sees you down here. I'll cover for you, don't worry." And Hermione winked at Ginny as Ginny turned and went back up to Harry. When Ginny got back to her room, she found Harry lying on her bed, his eyes closed, and a sweet smile across his face.
"Harry," she said softly. He was asleep. It was almost 6 and he had fallen asleep. She went over to him smiling, kissed him gently on the lips and lay down next to him on her bed with her arms wrapped around him and her head on his chest, and she fell asleep too. Meanwhile down in the common room with Hermione and Ron.
"Hermione, Harry's not up there. I can't find him anywhere. Did you find Ginny?" Ron asked coming down the stairs into the common room.
"Yea, she was in her room taking a nap." Hermione lied.
"Oh, alright, well we should go wake her up, see if she knows where Harry is."
"No Ron!" Hermione shrieked. The common room began to fill with people doing homework and talking about weekend plans and about the dance coming up.
"What's up with you 'Mione?" Ron turned around puzzled.
"Nothing, but don't you think we ought to let Gin sleep. Maybe she's really tired, and I'm sure she doesn't know where Harry is. Let's check the library."
"No, Hermione, I want to check on Ginny, and besides, I need to talk to her about the dance coming up. I told Harry it was okay to ask her to it, and I want to tell her some things. Why are you being so weird Hermione?"
"Ronny, its just that, I wanted to be with you." Hermione said in her sweetest voice and she smiled at Ron with that smile that he couldn't resist.
"Mione, we've been together all day. Now, I'm going to get Ginny."
"Oh, Ron, let her sleep, come on! Please?"
"Hermione would you just knock it off, please. You're being really weird, and I don't like it."
Giving up that she couldn't stop Ron from going into Ginny's room, she practically yelled as the got closer to Ginny's room so as to warn her and Harry Ron was coming.
"OKAY RON, THIS IS GINNY'S ROOM WE ARE COMING UP TO NOW RIGHT NOW. OKAY IM TURNING THE DOORKNOB AND OPENING THE DOOR, RON!" Hermione yelled.
"Hermione! What are you yelling for, I thought you said she was asleep. Man I think the sun went to your head outside today." Just then, Hermione had opened the door and stood gaping at Ginny's bed. Ron pushed Hermione out of the way and stood with his mouth wide open gaping just like Hermione at his sister's bed. There, on Ginny's bed, was Harry, asleep, and Ginny with her arms wrapped around his body and her head on his chest, asleep. Ron walked over to Ginny's bed on the side where Harry was sleeping, and Ron tapped him on the shoulder. Harry rolled over and looked groggily at Ron trying to place who it was who had woken him up, then SMACK! Ron punched Harry in the face and had woken up Ginny. 'Oh shit,' Harry thought as he still lay on Ginny's bed, his nose bleeding again. Ginny had gotten up and was yelling at Ron and so was Hermione. 'Oh, shit this must have looked really bad. OW my nose!'
"Get up Harry!" Ron shouted. "I've got to talk to you! NOW!"
"Okay, Ron, listen, I know it looks bad, but it's not what you think." Harry started and got up level with Ron. They were about the same size now that had Harry had grown he was almost as tall as Ron and since quidditch had started Ron began working out and became more muscular.
"Oh, really?" SMACK! Ron hit Harry again this time Harry spun around and stood back to facing Ron.
"STOP!! RON STOP! LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Ginny was yelling trying to grab Ron's arm.
"GINNY SHUT UP! This is between me and Harry now. Hermione could you leave us alone?" Ron said trying to calm himself down but not being successful at all.
"No, I won't! I'm not going to let you beat up your best friend and make a complete ass of yourself before you know what's going on!" Hermione was now shouting at Ron. Ron ignored her and glared at Harry and raised his fist again ready to hit Harry again, then he paused, and said,
"Alright, Harry, explain." Through gritted teeth
Harry trying to stop his nose from bleeding sat down on Ginny's bed and Hermione came over and did a spell to make his nose stop bleeding.
"Thanks, Hermione." He said wiping his hands on his robes. Then he looked at Ginny wondering whether he should tell Ron the truth or not. But Ron caught his eyes and growled
"Don't look at her. Explain yourself."
"Alright," Harry said, sounding very tired. "Do you want to know how it first started or just this?"
"I don't care how it started because I know you probably did it, just tell me how you ended up sleeping with my sister."
"Okay, well after I asked you if it was alright if I asked Ginny to the dance I bumped into her in the corridor. She told me she liked me, and I told her I liked her back and we kissed." Harry flinched for fear Ron would smack him again, but Ron just stood there looking at him, obviously he was trying very hard to keep from hitting Harry, but he restrained himself nonetheless." "Then we came back to the common room, and I waited down there for about 5 minutes while Ginny came up here and changed clothes, then she called down and she was done and I came up to her room and we started kissing some more. Well one thing led to another and then we were both on the bed making out." Ginny was looking terrified behind Ron but Harry didn't dare look at her. Hermione was looking scared at how much rage Ron was in. She had never seen him like this before and she was scared for Harry. Ron, on the other hand couldn't control himself any longer and he flung himself on Harry, knocking him over and just started punching him all over and Harry's nose began to bleed again. Harry tried to get Ron off of him but it was no use, Ron wouldn't budge.
'Damn,' Harry thought, 'Ron's going to kill me now and in front of Ginny and Hermione. I knew it was a mistake to kiss-' Ron had done it.
"NO!!" Ginny shouting and she ran to Ron and started hitting him as hard as she could. "RON! How could you?!" and she kept hitting him and she began to cry and gave up and sat next to where Harry was lying on her bed, unconscious and she just kissed his lips softly, cried and lay her head on his chest once again. Hermione was just frozen with terror. She couldn't believe Ron had killed Harry. Ron, as shocked as Hermione at what he had done, fell to his knees and stared at his hands drenched in the blood of his former best friend.
10 minutes passed like and eternity in that room and it was nearly 7 now. When Ron got up and walked over to comfort Ginny. She pushed him away and silent tears fell out of her already red, puffy eyes.
"Gin," Ron began. I didn't mean too, I swear, I never meant to.to kill Harry."
Ginny still had her head on Harry's chest, and she was just about to remove it, when, Harry took a deep breath and opened his eyes looking around.
"Ginny?" he said coughing.
"HARRY!" she screamed and wrapped her arms around him in a big hug and he looked around saw Ron kneeling on the ground and he immediately pushed Ginny off of him. Ron looked up and saw Harry wasn't dead and he got up and walked slowly over to him.
"I.I thought I'd killed you, mate." Ron said looking down at Harry and giving him a small hug.
"Oh Harry!" Hermione tried to yell, but could barely find her voice, and she rushed over to give Harry a hug.
"Ginny," Harry began slowly, "This isn't going to work between us. I can't handle any more of Ron's beatings. This one nearly killed me. I'm sorry."
"Harry," Ginny said through her sobs, but Ron cut her off,
"Look, Ginny, Harry, I'm really sorry. It's just you're my best friend, Harry, and Gin is my little sis, and I didn't think you should be with her because, well, I don't want any guy to be with her. It's just you're my closest friend, next to Hermione, and I know how you are about girls and I was just trying to protect Ginny. But, well, now, I guess its okay if you want to date her, I'll keep out of it, I promise.unless you hurt her." He finished and half-smiled at them all.