Chapter 9:

Boys Dormitories:

"So, Harry, how're you and Ginny doing?" Ron asked Harry as one of Ron's knights stabbed one of Harry's pawns in wizard's chess.
"Oh, er, good." Harry said awkwardly, not wanting to tell Ron about what he and Ginny had been talking about. "How are you and Hermione?"
"Good. Actually, I'm ready to take our relationship to the next level, you know what I mean?"
"Yea. Well what's the problem?"
"I don't know if 'Mione is ready too or not. I think she is, but I don't want to do anything to extreme and frighten her or something."
"Yea, well Ginny was telling me that Hermione wants the same thing, she's just afraid to say anything because she thinks she'll scare you away."
"Oh, really. This is going to be a wonderful night indeed. Don't wait up for me after the dance." And Ron winked and check mated Harry and the game was over.
"Er, Ron?" Harry asked fearfully.
"Yea?"
"Well, before I do anything with Ginny, I just wanted to make sure you were ok with it. I mean, I don't think I could handle another one of you beatings."
"Eh? Like what?"
"Well, me and Gin were talking, and I asked her if she wanted to, you know have sex."
"You what?!"
"Listen! Before you hit me, she said she didn't know, and I told her that I didn't want to. At least, not yet. Because I wasn't ready."
"Ok," Ron said more calmly than Harry had expected. "Well, I told you I'm gonna try and stay out of ya'll's relationship. And its kind of hard when you tell me these things."
"I know, but I didn't want to do anything, without knowing that you were ok with it. I mean this is all really weird, you dating our best friend and me with your little sister. And I don't want to ruin anything with any of us over something like this."
"Harry, I'm glad we had this talk. You can do whatever you want, if she lets you. But if she says no, or sounds unsure or is unsure whatsoever, don't."
"Alright, thanks Ron." And they got up and got dressed for the dance.

Girls dormitories:

"Hermione, it's Ginny, can I come in?"
"Yea sure, what's up?"
"Well, me and Harry were, er, snogging, and we got to talking about sex."
"Oh?" Hermione said glancing away from the mirror she was looking in to look at Ginny. "And?"
"Well, he asked me if I wanted to and I said I didn't know. Then he said that he didn't want to because he wasn't ready. Did he really mean that he wasn't ready or did he just not want to do it with me?"
"Oh, well he probably meant what he said. And he was probably afraid of what Ron would do if he found out. Don't take it so seriously, if it's meant to happen between ya'll it will happen."
"Ok, I guess you're right. Well what about you and Ron? Are you going to anytime soon?"
"Oh." Hermione said blushing. "Well, I don't know, I would like to, but I don't know how he feels we haven't really talked about that much."
"Well, you know Hermione, you shouldn't take it so seriously, if it's meant to happen between ya'll it'll happen." Ginny said imitating her friend. And they both giggled.
"Your dress looks great Ginny, if Harry didn't want you before now, he sure will after seeing you tonight. Could you zip up my dress?"
"Yea, thanks Hermione. You look really good to. I don't think Ron will be able to resist you. In fact, I know Ron and he won't be able to resist you. Good luck tonight Hermione. Are you ready?"
"Yea, let's go, we don't want to keep our dates waiting." She said smiling. And they walked downstairs to the common room with their arms loosely held in others to meet their gorgeous dates.
"Wow, they look good don't they?" Harry whispered to Ron as Ginny and Hermione came down the stairs. And they both strode over to their dates and they walked down to the Great Hall for the dance.
"You look great, Miss Weasly." Harry whispered in Ginny's ear as he kissed her neck softly and escorted her to a table and they sat down across from Ron and Hermione.
"Well, thank you Mr. Potter. You don't look to bad yourself." Ginny said smiling to her date.
The dance went smoothly and everyone enjoyed a great time. The food was wonderful and just about every danced at least once, including the Professors. Professor Dumbledore stood and spoke.
"Well, everyone, this has been a most enchanting evening, and I hope you all sleep good tonight, and I am very sorry to say, that you must all return to your common rooms now, for the dance is over. Good evening all" And with the bustle to the door, Hermione, Ron, Harry, Ginny, and one other couple sneaked off into a secluded corridor for each of the rule breaking couples.

Cupboard one:

"Hermione, er, do you want to take our relationship to the next level?" Ron asked nervously.
"I would love to Ron." Hermione said with the biggest smile on her face. And they began kissing all over.

Cupboard two:

"Draco, take me now. I want you to so bad it's been so long since the last time we did it." Said Pansy Parkinson to her boyfriend Draco Malfoy.
"Right now Pansy?" Came Draco's drawl of a voice.
"Yes! Right now I can't take it any longer."
"Alright, fine." And they made love to each other in the cupboard.

Cupboard three:

"Ginny, I love you."
"I love you too Harry." She said smiling, happy that they were alone. Then Harry put his arms around her waist and held her close kissing her sweet lips as she wrapped her arms around his neck and began ruffling through his hair with her fingers.
Professor McGonagall had been expecting students to be hiding in empty classrooms or cupboards after the dance, but she never expected the pairs that she found that night.
"Mr. Weasly! Miss Granger! Honestly, I expected more from prefects such as yourselves. Do you not remember that little chat we had previously this year?" Ron and Hermione pulled away from each and just stared at Professor McGonagall.
"Um, we er, were just inspecting this cupboard for students not in their common rooms." Ron said very quickly hoping she hadn't seen the two of them making out.
"A very likely tale, Mr. Weasly, but I caught you both red handed. Now follow me." They followed Professor McGonagall out of the cupboard and down another empty corridor. With a wave or her wand, all the doors on the corridor opened and as they approached the first cupboard,
"Mr. Malfoy! Miss Parkinson!" Came Professor McGonagall's loud yell. "Zip yourself up Mr. Malfoy! I expected better of you two. Prefects, just like Mr. Weasly and Miss Granger. Honestly, I don't know what it is about you kids today."
"Were they?" Ron whispered to Hermione, as they couldn't see inside the cupboard.
"I think so." Hermione whispered back to Ron and Professor McGonagall spoke again.
"*SIGH* Follow me as well you two." She said and they walked along another empty corridor. With another flick of her wand, all the doors opened along that corridor and they walked across the corridor and didn't find any other snogging couples. They did that too at least 3 more corridors without finding anyone. Just as they reached the corridor where Professor McGonagall's office was, all the doors opened, and the first open cupboard they reached, Professor McGonagall yelled again,
"Mr. Potter! Miss Weasly! I never would have expected this of you two. Follow me into my office with the others."
"The others?" Harry asked confused.
"Oy! Harry!" Ron said seeing Harry come out of the cupboard. "Join the club. She found us too." They all walked into Professor McGonagall's office and they sat down as she looked at them all through slits in her eyes that were ever so narrow. Then she spoke.
"I am very disappointed in all 6 of you. I really expected more from you bunch. I'm that for your actions, I'm going to have to give you all detention." Moans came from everyone.
"You will each serve three nights of detention starting Monday night at 6 o clock after dinner. Bring parchment and quills, you will all be doing lines. Mr. Malfoy and Miss Weasly, you will be serving your detentions with Professor Snape in his classroom in the dungeons. Mr. Weasly and Miss Parkinson you will be serving your detentions with Professor Flitwick in his charms classroom. And Mr. Potter and Miss Granger, you will be serving your detentions with me, in my transfiguration classroom. I'm also going to take five points from each of you for being out of your common rooms after hours. Now if you'll follow me. I'm going to escort you all back to your common rooms." They all walked slowly after Professor McGonagall first down to the dungeons to the Slytherin common room then all the way back up to Gryffindor tower to the Gryffindor common room. Ginny and Hermione went each to their separate dormitories and Harry and Ron made they way up to theirs.
"So Ron, did you and Hermione er, do it?"
"No, we were about to, but the McGonagall came in and ruined it. But I guess it's good she came before we did it and not in the middle of it. Like she did with Malfoy." Ron said smirking.
"Ya'll walked in on Malfoy and Pansy doing it?!" Harry asked excitedly.
"Yea, it was hilarious the way McGonagall said 'Zip yourself up Mr. Malfoy'." Ron said laughing at the thought.
"Oh, man. I wish I could have been there." Harry said as he pulled on his pajamas and got into his bed. "Well, goodnight Ron."
"G'night Harry."