Chapter 12: The Overheard Conversation
The next few weeks went by uneventful.
Steven was learning more then he ever dreamed he
would and he noticed that Hermione talked about Harry to Ginny a lot aswell.
Steven had a plan to help Harry out.
He was sick and tired of listening to Harry trying to sort
out his feelings about Ginny and he was pretty sure that Harry
was sick and tired of Steven thinking of ways to talk to Hermione.
On a rather cold night towards the end of September
Steven decided to introduce Harry to Mr. Filtch or atleast the
Mr. Filtch that Steven got along with so well.
They headed down to his quarters at 8:00 PM and when they
arrived Harry was surprised to see a very comfortable room,
free of all the chains in his office and instead a lovely blooming rose wallpaper.
In one corner there was a bed like in the dorms,
in the far end of the room there was a fireplace with roaring flames shooting from it.
Harry sat down on one of the 4 chairs that was engraved with shooting stars. Steven sat down next to a chair that looked like it was made for a cat, Harry reminded himself it probably was. "So Steven" Mr. Filtch began "What did you want to see me about?" Steven smiled and said "Well one reason is to patch things up between you and Harry. I know you don't get along with most students and Harry is very trusting so you really don't have to keep things from him. You know like you don't keep things from me." Filtch smiled and said "You are right Steven he is very trusting. In his 3rd year he found out that I was a squib and didn't tell a soul." Harry then spoke up "I know that you must put up with a lot here and that it is hard to do your job because of that. I go though the same thing you do every summer. I am forced to work for the dursleys, and they don't pay me. I'm sorry if I added to your hard time with your work." Harry had always known that both himself and filtch had something in common but he thought it was best to keep it to himself. Then Steven said "The other thing that I was wondering ... how can I put this ... have you heard Ginny or Hermione talking about either one of us? Hopefully in a good way." Filtch smiled and said in a teasing manor "What kind of good way?" both Steven and Harry blushed and Harry finally said
"I want to date you, good way." Filtch then laughed and Harry
and Steven turned a darker shade of red finally Filtch said
"I can't tell you that. But you can find out. I also won't tell
you how to listen to people without being there." Harry was crushed
by this news and so was Steven. Filtch then quickly got up from his seat and
said "Well time for you two to go busy day tomorrow.
Also here is a book that I RECOMMEND that you read."
Then as filtch pushed them out the door he threw a book to Steven and slammed the door.
Harry was as shocked as Steven about how fast he threw them out.
Harry then said as they neared Gryffindor Tower "So what book did he give you?"
Steven the looked down to the book and read "Charms to help your cat help you."
Harry then broke into a wide smile, "Steven, Filtch just helped us
more then I could have ever dreamed possible." Steven looked at Harry
like he was insane and said "How exactly?" Harry then said "Filtch is always
able to tell when someone is doing anything wrong when he isn't around.
But you know who is around? His cat. I say we open that book up and find out
how we can see and hear though your cat. Then we will know what they think of us."
Steven who was just starting to understand what
Harry meant broke into a smile even wider.
The next night they looked though the book and found what
they were looking for "The Animal Eyes Charm." Steven began in a whisper
"is a very simple charm in do.
All I need to do is tap Spooky on the head with my wand then
do the same to myself and tell Spooky where to go and then I will
see though her eyes and hear though her ears. So lets give it a try."
Harry nodded excitedly he would finally know if Ginny still had feelings for him.
Steven proceeded to tap his cat on the head with his wand and then told Spooky
"Go into the girls dorm and find Ginny Weasly and stay by her
at all times until I say so." Spooky, being a very smart cat nodded and
took off out of Harry's dorm and into the common room. Steven could already
see from his cats eyes and could hear from her ears. When Spooky entered
the girls dorm she found that Ginny was talking with Hermione spooky got in
close so Steven could hear them.
Steven was able to make out the sound of Ginny crying and say
"I really hoped that Harry would fall for me this year but I know it's not
going to happen." Hermione then said "You never know it just might. Just give
it one more week ok Gin?" Then Ginny said "Yeah all right."
Back in the boys dorm Steven broke the charm off and told Harry what he heard.
At that moment Harry grabbed his invisibility cloak and said "I will be in the
common room and I will wait for Ginny to come down.
I just can't wait up here all night." Steven nodded and went to sleep.
Harry walked down to the common room under his invisibility cloak and
sat in an armchair that overlooked the stairs to the girls dorm.
Harry was thinking about what he was going to do when he seen Ginny in the morning,
"What will I say? Maybe You know isn't it funny Gin about how
brooms fly and stuff also did I mention that I'm in love with you? NO NO NO
I can't say it like that. It has to be romantic and smooth."
As the hours passed Harry thought of the perfect way to express himself.
He walked up to his dorm and put away his invisibility cloak and took out his
family album and a picture of ginny he had cut from a family picture the
Weasleys had given him. and then he walked back down to the common room and
waited for her to show up. Finally early in the morning she walked down from
the girls dorm and Harry said "Good Morning" very nervously. She smiled at him
he then said "Could you come over here for a moment?" She looked at him for a
minute and came over. He looked her in her eyes and thought "She is so beautiful
I don't know how I ever could have not loved her." Ginny said
"What do you want Harry?" Harry then asked her to sit down and he said
"There is something I have been meaning to tell you for a while now ...
I wasn't sure if you felt the same way so I held off for a while."
His heart was beating like a very fast and so was hers
"Ginny I think it is fair to let you know that I have ... I love you."
Ginny blushed almost as much as Harry was already. She hugged him very tightly
and he gave her a soft kiss. Harry then knew that he was
the most luckiest guy in the world. When they broke apart Harry said
"I really care for you and I want you to have this."
Harry then handed her a picture that looked like many it was made from many pictures.
On it there were all of Ginny's family and Harry's parents looking
over at Harry and Ginny who were at that time holding hands and smiling.
Harry said "I used a melding charm to make some pictures become one.
Do you like it?" Ginny said "I love it. But not as much as I love you."
She said as she quickly surprised him with a kiss that made him blush and smile.
The next few weeks went by uneventful.
Steven was learning more then he ever dreamed he
would and he noticed that Hermione talked about Harry to Ginny a lot aswell.
Steven had a plan to help Harry out.
He was sick and tired of listening to Harry trying to sort
out his feelings about Ginny and he was pretty sure that Harry
was sick and tired of Steven thinking of ways to talk to Hermione.
On a rather cold night towards the end of September
Steven decided to introduce Harry to Mr. Filtch or atleast the
Mr. Filtch that Steven got along with so well.
They headed down to his quarters at 8:00 PM and when they
arrived Harry was surprised to see a very comfortable room,
free of all the chains in his office and instead a lovely blooming rose wallpaper.
In one corner there was a bed like in the dorms,
in the far end of the room there was a fireplace with roaring flames shooting from it.
Harry sat down on one of the 4 chairs that was engraved with shooting stars. Steven sat down next to a chair that looked like it was made for a cat, Harry reminded himself it probably was. "So Steven" Mr. Filtch began "What did you want to see me about?" Steven smiled and said "Well one reason is to patch things up between you and Harry. I know you don't get along with most students and Harry is very trusting so you really don't have to keep things from him. You know like you don't keep things from me." Filtch smiled and said "You are right Steven he is very trusting. In his 3rd year he found out that I was a squib and didn't tell a soul." Harry then spoke up "I know that you must put up with a lot here and that it is hard to do your job because of that. I go though the same thing you do every summer. I am forced to work for the dursleys, and they don't pay me. I'm sorry if I added to your hard time with your work." Harry had always known that both himself and filtch had something in common but he thought it was best to keep it to himself. Then Steven said "The other thing that I was wondering ... how can I put this ... have you heard Ginny or Hermione talking about either one of us? Hopefully in a good way." Filtch smiled and said in a teasing manor "What kind of good way?" both Steven and Harry blushed and Harry finally said
"I want to date you, good way." Filtch then laughed and Harry
and Steven turned a darker shade of red finally Filtch said
"I can't tell you that. But you can find out. I also won't tell
you how to listen to people without being there." Harry was crushed
by this news and so was Steven. Filtch then quickly got up from his seat and
said "Well time for you two to go busy day tomorrow.
Also here is a book that I RECOMMEND that you read."
Then as filtch pushed them out the door he threw a book to Steven and slammed the door.
Harry was as shocked as Steven about how fast he threw them out.
Harry then said as they neared Gryffindor Tower "So what book did he give you?"
Steven the looked down to the book and read "Charms to help your cat help you."
Harry then broke into a wide smile, "Steven, Filtch just helped us
more then I could have ever dreamed possible." Steven looked at Harry
like he was insane and said "How exactly?" Harry then said "Filtch is always
able to tell when someone is doing anything wrong when he isn't around.
But you know who is around? His cat. I say we open that book up and find out
how we can see and hear though your cat. Then we will know what they think of us."
Steven who was just starting to understand what
Harry meant broke into a smile even wider.
The next night they looked though the book and found what
they were looking for "The Animal Eyes Charm." Steven began in a whisper
"is a very simple charm in do.
All I need to do is tap Spooky on the head with my wand then
do the same to myself and tell Spooky where to go and then I will
see though her eyes and hear though her ears. So lets give it a try."
Harry nodded excitedly he would finally know if Ginny still had feelings for him.
Steven proceeded to tap his cat on the head with his wand and then told Spooky
"Go into the girls dorm and find Ginny Weasly and stay by her
at all times until I say so." Spooky, being a very smart cat nodded and
took off out of Harry's dorm and into the common room. Steven could already
see from his cats eyes and could hear from her ears. When Spooky entered
the girls dorm she found that Ginny was talking with Hermione spooky got in
close so Steven could hear them.
Steven was able to make out the sound of Ginny crying and say
"I really hoped that Harry would fall for me this year but I know it's not
going to happen." Hermione then said "You never know it just might. Just give
it one more week ok Gin?" Then Ginny said "Yeah all right."
Back in the boys dorm Steven broke the charm off and told Harry what he heard.
At that moment Harry grabbed his invisibility cloak and said "I will be in the
common room and I will wait for Ginny to come down.
I just can't wait up here all night." Steven nodded and went to sleep.
Harry walked down to the common room under his invisibility cloak and
sat in an armchair that overlooked the stairs to the girls dorm.
Harry was thinking about what he was going to do when he seen Ginny in the morning,
"What will I say? Maybe You know isn't it funny Gin about how
brooms fly and stuff also did I mention that I'm in love with you? NO NO NO
I can't say it like that. It has to be romantic and smooth."
As the hours passed Harry thought of the perfect way to express himself.
He walked up to his dorm and put away his invisibility cloak and took out his
family album and a picture of ginny he had cut from a family picture the
Weasleys had given him. and then he walked back down to the common room and
waited for her to show up. Finally early in the morning she walked down from
the girls dorm and Harry said "Good Morning" very nervously. She smiled at him
he then said "Could you come over here for a moment?" She looked at him for a
minute and came over. He looked her in her eyes and thought "She is so beautiful
I don't know how I ever could have not loved her." Ginny said
"What do you want Harry?" Harry then asked her to sit down and he said
"There is something I have been meaning to tell you for a while now ...
I wasn't sure if you felt the same way so I held off for a while."
His heart was beating like a very fast and so was hers
"Ginny I think it is fair to let you know that I have ... I love you."
Ginny blushed almost as much as Harry was already. She hugged him very tightly
and he gave her a soft kiss. Harry then knew that he was
the most luckiest guy in the world. When they broke apart Harry said
"I really care for you and I want you to have this."
Harry then handed her a picture that looked like many it was made from many pictures.
On it there were all of Ginny's family and Harry's parents looking
over at Harry and Ginny who were at that time holding hands and smiling.
Harry said "I used a melding charm to make some pictures become one.
Do you like it?" Ginny said "I love it. But not as much as I love you."
She said as she quickly surprised him with a kiss that made him blush and smile.