HANG ON! THIS IS REALLY FLUFFY TOO!

Harry pulled out of the kiss. He practically pushed Lauren away, regretting it almost instantly. Adrenaline shot through his system once again and made him feel extremely tensed. Shooting a glance towards Lauren, he saw that she seemed as wary as he did. She stood briskly, ready to run.

On Lauren's face was an expression of disgust and awareness. Harry's heart fell and landed somewhere in his jumble of intestines. What if she was disgusted about the fact that people couldn't even be alone at Hogwarts? Quickly, he pulled her back down and made her sit. She fought to stand again, but Harry leaned down and whispered in her ear, "If you stay down it'll seem more casual. No one will expect it to be anything less. Or more."

Lauren's eyes twinkled and she grinned at him. Harry's heart jumped back up to his throat. He smiled back. So this was going to stay their little secret. For now, at least. He made himself a little more comfortable on the window seat.

The door swung open wider. A girl's voice could be heard shouting, "Come back down here, Ron. I've got to show you something!"

The person at the door shut it and walked back down to the common room sighing and muttering to himself.

"Ginny!" Harry whispered, sighing just barely.

"Who? Oh yeah, the girl with the red hair."

"Yeah. That was her calling Ron back downstairs. Thanks Ginny, even though you can't hear me."

Lauren giggled. She kissed Harry's lips again. "I told you I liked you."

"You did?" Harry said.

"Didn't I?" Lauren replied, raising one eyebrow.

"Not that I know of."

"Okay, then; I'll say it now. I like you, Harry. In a boyfriend-girlfriend kind of way. I think you're really cute. In fact, I'd really like to go out with you if you want to. But that's just me."

Harry was shocked. Was Lauren kidding him, or did she really like him?

Then, his trail of thought shifted. If she did like him, it was sort of a good thing. After all, Harry himself like Lauren that way. But what if she was just another 'fan of the celebrity'? No, she wouldn't have kissed him so many times already just to impress him. Harry made up his mind.

"Well, you know what, Lauren? I sort of like you, too. Even before I knew what you looked like. Yeah, I know that's weird." Harry couldn't believe how easy it was to talk to Lauren about his feelings for her. If only she'd been around last year for the Yule Ball! "Remember at dinner today? I was so flustered I could barely think! All I could think of was words to describe you: your hair, your face, and, um, your body." Harry added quickly, "I think Ginny was worse than me, though."

Lauren smiled. "Really? You like me back?… Sorry to say, but it's sorta obvious that Ginny's got it in for Brian… My bod, huh? Isn't it fab?" She stood up and twirled giddily. Suddenly, she lost her balance. Harry stood up and caught her. She landed face up in his arms. Harry smiled, bent down, and kissed her. Lauren stood up and kissed him back. She held his arms up cha-cha style, and dragged him around the room in a made up cha-cha. She and Harry giggled while dancing, stopping about thirty seconds later and falling on to the floor, kissing.

Then, yet again, the door opened.
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this is really stupid.