Harry slowly opened his eyes the next morning. His eyes widened as he picked up his glasses and put them on. There were a whole bunch of presents at the foot of his bed, and on his bedside table, too!

"Wow" Harry whispered in amazement. As Harry started to reach for one of his presents, he nearly had a heart attack. The Weasleys, Hermione, Lupin and Sirius all jumped up at the same time, yelling, "Surprise!"

Harry gripped his chest and grinned at everyone. This was definitely going to be a fun birthday for him.

"Hi everybody!" he said, looking around at everyone.

Sirius came over and gave Harry a big hug, and Mrs. Weasley did the same.

"Open your presents, Harry!" said Sirius, glowing.

Harry grinned at everyone, then realized someone wasn't there. "Where's Ron?"

"Oh" said Hermione, giggling. "He's in a pink bunny costume for some reason, and when we asked why, he shook his head and turned red. It perfectly matches the ensemble."

Harry looked at Ginny, and she grinned evilly. Harry chuckled to himself.

"Well, I'm not opening my presents without Ron being here" Harry announced.

Everyone heard a groan from outside the door and Ron trudged in, pink bunny suit and all. He looked furiously at Ginny, and she merely smiled at him, as though she had nothing to do with this. Fred and George looked at each other and then started singing, "Ronald, the Easter Bunny!"

Stupid Ginny. She just did this to make fun of me in front of Hermione just to get a good laugh. I can't wait for break to be over. Something tells me this is just the beginning.

Ron sighed. "Shut-up. Ginny wanted me to do this, and since she's my little sister, I did what she wanted. Harry, stop staring at me like that. Just open your presents so I can look like myself again."

"But, Ron" said George, about ready to roll on the floor, "you look spectacular in that outfit. I suggest you wear that at Hogwarts."

The room erupted with laughter. However, Ron stood with his head held high and didn't run. Harry looked at him with pride. Ron didn't always show it, but he could be really brave if he wanted to. Hermione was smiling at him, realizing this too, but then realized he was looking at her and shrugged the smile off.

Harry ended up with a dragon's tooth which actually was proved to be a good protection charm from evil from Sirius, a very nice dagger which had a wooden carved handle from Lupin, a scarf with snitches in red background from Dobby, a rabbit's foot from Hagrid (Hermione shuddered at it and Harry put it away so she wouldn't have to look at it), an interesting stone called a phoenix ore which glowed an emerald and supposedly had special powers of warning you if evil was close, an updated version of Quidditch Through the Ages from Hermione with a real practice snitch which had a limit to how far it could go, and from Ginny a miniature dragon toy which really had a mind of it's own.

"He won't bite" Ginny reassured him.

They had all headed down to an amusement park for the day. Harry had never been to one, so he was very excited. Of course, they had to have 'muggle money,' so Harry helped Mr. Weasley with that. Everyone was dressed like a muggle, which wasn't very difficult for Hermione and Harry, but Mrs. Weasley didn't like the idea of wearing a flowery dress. Mr. Weasley buttered her up into going in it.

"Alright, but don't think I'll do this every day. I'm doing this for Harry."

It was the middle of the day and everyone had split up to go on whatever they wanted and when, and Harry was with Ron, Ginny went with Hermione, and so forth. Harry looked at a ride with three loops and went very fast.

"Ron, how about this one?" he said, looking excited. But Ron wasn't listening. He was staring off into the distance.

"Make sure I never make a crazy deal like that with Ginny again" Ron said sadly. "That was really embarrassing."

"But you kept your head held high and kept going" Harry pointed out. "See? You belong in Gryffindor."

"Who am I kidding?" Ron groaned. "Hermione will never love me. This isn't working. Nothing-"

Oh my. There she is. The radiant angel of the world.

"Ron?" Harry asked. He saw where he was looking and understood. There was Hermione and Ginny. Harry suddenly realized he was staring at Ginny. He blinked and shook his head.

Okay, when did I start getting a crush on Ron's sister? When? Maybe it's just some stupid summer thing. But-

"Um, Harry?" Ron said, suddenly realizing he was staring at his sister.

"Right" Harry said, blinking. "Let's ask if they wanna come with us on that ride."

Ron suddenly looked sick.

"Ron, if we don't do this now-"

"It's not that" Ron said, shaking his head. "It's the ride. I think I'd throw up."

"Okay, how about the Ferris wheel?"

"Sounds good."

"Let's go."

They walked up to Hermione and Ginny. They grinned.

"Hello" they chorused.

"Hey. You guys wanna go on the Ferris wheel with us?"

"Sure" Hermione said as Ginny nodded.

They headed over in line, and after about five minutes, they were in front. Ron suddenly realized something.

"Harry, look at the sign" he whispered urgently.

It read:

1 The Super Duper Fast Ferris Wheel

2 The Fastest Ferris Wheel in the WORLD

"And there's more" Ron said, looking a brilliant shade of green. "There is just room for two. Well, I guess it's now or never."

Harry bit his lip. He didn't mind a fast ride, but he knew he wouldn't be sitting next to Ron on this one. This was just nuts. Crushes could be so weird.







I'm sorry I got this up so late, guys. I got sick, and I couldn't get onto the computer. I promise the next part will get up faster then this one did! And it will be good.... ;)