Disclaimer: I own the plot, Jeannette Lawrenceson, Nicole Pearson,
Michelle, Mark & their two kids, Charlie Johnson, Jeramy Ludwigon, Hope
Evans, Greg Martin, Laura Bell, and Thomas Spinnet.
A/N: Here's the Sequel to 'Order of the Phoenix' Harry's sixth year. Hope you all like it, there's another story to come out here soon as well that's a Sequel to this one.
Harry Potter and the Year of Changes
Chapter Thirteen: Strange Behavior, Getting Caught and Christmas Preparations
The two weeks in-between Ginny's birthday and the OWL exams went by quickly. The Gryffindor Quidditch team nearly killed Hufflepuff on the field, 360-100 by the time Harry caught the snitch. Harry canceled Quidditch practice until they returned from Christmas Holiday. Harry's mum was released from the hospital, but told to take it easy while she was home until the baby came. So Lily had to leave her job with the ministry.
Ginny and Harry were happily waiting for the Christmas Holidays when they could sleep in the same bed every night and make love without worrying about waking up someone else in the room. They were more in love than ever before, and getting closer every day.
Hermione and Jeramy were together all the time, it was rare to see them not kissing or hugging or holding hands at the least. Draco and Hope however were acting weirdly for them at least. Hope spent a lot of time alone in her dormitory, not wanting to see Draco. Draco was taking his aggression out on the Slytherin Quidditch team overworking them to death.
Finally it was the morning they were going to leave for Christmas Vacation. Draco came over to get Hope, and they left for the Carriages taking them back to the Hogwarts Express. Draco was carrying both of their trunks, and owl cages. Hope was carrying the small bags with their Muggle clothes in them. Harry and Ginny eyed each other suspiciously after they watched Draco and Hope leave.
Harry carried down their trunks, Ginny grabbed one of the owl cages and a small bag she'd packed with their Muggle clothes and a small lunch for the train that Dobby the house elf from the school had brought them. Hedwig and Fleur had gone back to the Weasley's the night before so they wouldn't have to drag them along too, and since the two had shared an owl cage nearly all summer they would be used to sharing one during Christmas too.
Hermione and Jeramy grabbed their things and came down after them. Neville was bringing Parvati with him for Christmas back to see his Grandma, and meet his parents who were finally well on their way to recovery from being tortured by the Death Eaters.
Draco, Hope, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Jeramy, Neville and Parvati threw their luggage into one compartment, and crammed into the next one. The entire way to the Station they laughed and talked about their plans for the holidays. Ginny was sitting on Harry's lap the entire time, giggling like crazy with the other girls. Hermione and Jeramy were sitting across from them cuddling, Neville and Parvati next to them were also cuddling.
Draco and Hope got up and left half way there to walk around for a little bit. Hermione looked at Ginny and Harry, Ginny shrugged her shoulders and said, "The two of them have been acting weird for almost a month now. Well, at least the little that Harry and I have seen them or any of you all for that matter. We've been rather busy ourselves," Ginny blushed after she said this.
Harry's grip around Ginny got tighter and he laid his head on her back. Hermione and Jeramy laughed, Neville and Parvati were paying no attention to anyone other than one another. Hermione spoke up to break the silence a few minutes later, "So what do you think is going on with those two?"
Ginny smiled, "I'm not really sure, they just seem to be really distant."
Everyone continued to talk about Quidditch and their plans for Christmas until they reached the station. Ginny and Harry said hello to Lily and Sirius before leaving with Bill and Charlie who had been sent to get them since Mrs. Weasley was busy back in the Burrow. Harry introduced Bill and Charlie to Lily, Sirius, Hope and Draco before they left.
On the way back to the Burrow Bill and Charlie explained that their Dad had gotten a promotion, and had taken over as head of the Muggle Artifacts Department of the Ministry. Molly was busy redecorating, and had finally gone up into Ron's room to clean it, and reorganize it for a guest bedroom.
They finally got to the burrow, where Molly was waiting for them. When they got there she gave them both hugs and told the four of them to make sure they de-gnomed the garden for her before dinner. Harry carried their trunks up to Ginny's room, she followed with the owl cages.
They settled into Ginny's room and before they went back down to help de- gnome the garden Harry grabbed Ginny and tossed her on the bed. Ginny giggled while Harry jumped on top of her and kissed her neck. She wrapped her arms around him and they kissed very passionately while Harry's hands slowly moved across Ginny's body. They kissed and caressed one another until they couldn't take it any longer, and then they made love to each other.
They'd just barely started getting dressed when Fred barged in the room with Katie Bell to say hello to them, and of course right behind them were George and his new girlfriend Allison Spencer. Of course they immediately knew what they had walked in on because Harry hadn't put his shirt on before they walked in, and Ginny was still laying in her bed with the incredibly messed up covers over her.
Ginny blushed and yelled at them to get out. Katie and Allison pulled Fred and George out of the room quickly. Ginny and Harry could vaguely hear Katie saying to Fred, "Stop being so upset about it Fred, we're doing the same thing every night and you know it."
Allison chimed in with, "George don't even start, I know she's your little sister, but she's not a little girl anymore."
Ginny and Harry quickly got up and went downstairs to help with the garden de-gnoming. Katie and Allison made it a point to pull Ginny aside at one point and talk to her about what had happened. Katie smiled at Ginny and said calmly, "Don't worry about it Ginny. Fred might have looked like he wanted to pound in Harry's face, but really he's got no room to talk. That and I would've pulled him out of the room before he'd laid a hand on him."
Ginny smiled back at Katie, "Well we were planning on waiting but a couple months ago one thing led to another and things just happened. I know Fred and George don't like it, but I'm not a little girl anymore, and it's up to me and Harry, not them."
Allison smiled at Ginny, "Please, you should hear the two of them talking to one another about this stuff. Katie and I are still trying to decide whether or not to kick THEIR butts over it."
They all started laughing and noticed that Fred and George were cornering Harry, who was busily chucking the gnomes out of the garden. Ginny gasped and ran over to Harry, getting in-between Harry and her brothers. Allison and Katie weren't far behind her, both of them yelling at Fred and George to wake up and smell the gillyweed.
Ginny pulled Harry inside so they could relax for a while, they sat down and talked with Charlie and his girlfriend, Lindsey Milton. Charlie and Lindsey worked together taming wild Dragons. Lindsey was nothing like any girl Harry had seen before, she had dark black eyes, and dark auburn hair. She was a little shorter then Charlie, and had a more devious grin than Fred and George put together. Harry thought she was beautiful, but when he looked at Ginny he saw someone far more beautiful than Lindsey.
Harry however hadn't realized how long he had been staring at Ginny, and Charlie started waving his hand in front of Harry saying, "Harry? Come back to us buddy. We all know you love Ginny but wake up Harry!"
Harry blushed and Ginny smiled as she said, "Charlie leave him alone."
Molly came in and announced dinner was on the table, so Ginny quickly got up and pulled Harry with her out into the garden for dinner. Fred, Katie, George and Allison were already sitting at one end of the table. Harry, Ginny, Charlie and Lindsey sat down across from them. Percy soon appeared with Penelope and her parents and the four of them sat down quickly. Everyone was busy talking away when Bill showed up with a few of his friends from Egypt that he introduced quickly as Linda, Jordan and Noel.
Arthur came outside, helping Molly with the few remaining items to bring to the table. Arthur sat by Fred, Katie, George, Allison, Harry, Ginny, Charlie and Lindsey while Molly sat on the other end by the others. Midway through dinner Fred stood up and demanded everyone's attention. Katie just looked up at him, and everyone quieted down. Fred took out a little box and knelt in front of Katie. Molly and Katie started crying and Ginny held Harry's hand. Fred smiled up at Katie, opened the box and said, "Katie, I love you with all of my heart and soul, and you would make me the happiest man alive if you would marry me."
Katie threw her arms around Fred and kissed him, still crying, but smiling too as Fred slipped the simple and small solitary diamond ring onto her finger. Fred and Katie hugged, and then everyone congratulated them, Arthur welcomed Katie to the family and made a crack about first Harry and now Fred both show him up on the way they asked. His joke made everyone bust out laughing at him. The rest of the night and week went by quickly, and soon everyone was in their beds and anxiously awaiting the next day, Christmas Eve. Katie's parents and sister Laura had joined the Weasley's in celebrating Christmas, along with Sirius, Lily, Hope, Draco, and Draco's mum.
A/N: Here's the Sequel to 'Order of the Phoenix' Harry's sixth year. Hope you all like it, there's another story to come out here soon as well that's a Sequel to this one.
Harry Potter and the Year of Changes
Chapter Thirteen: Strange Behavior, Getting Caught and Christmas Preparations
The two weeks in-between Ginny's birthday and the OWL exams went by quickly. The Gryffindor Quidditch team nearly killed Hufflepuff on the field, 360-100 by the time Harry caught the snitch. Harry canceled Quidditch practice until they returned from Christmas Holiday. Harry's mum was released from the hospital, but told to take it easy while she was home until the baby came. So Lily had to leave her job with the ministry.
Ginny and Harry were happily waiting for the Christmas Holidays when they could sleep in the same bed every night and make love without worrying about waking up someone else in the room. They were more in love than ever before, and getting closer every day.
Hermione and Jeramy were together all the time, it was rare to see them not kissing or hugging or holding hands at the least. Draco and Hope however were acting weirdly for them at least. Hope spent a lot of time alone in her dormitory, not wanting to see Draco. Draco was taking his aggression out on the Slytherin Quidditch team overworking them to death.
Finally it was the morning they were going to leave for Christmas Vacation. Draco came over to get Hope, and they left for the Carriages taking them back to the Hogwarts Express. Draco was carrying both of their trunks, and owl cages. Hope was carrying the small bags with their Muggle clothes in them. Harry and Ginny eyed each other suspiciously after they watched Draco and Hope leave.
Harry carried down their trunks, Ginny grabbed one of the owl cages and a small bag she'd packed with their Muggle clothes and a small lunch for the train that Dobby the house elf from the school had brought them. Hedwig and Fleur had gone back to the Weasley's the night before so they wouldn't have to drag them along too, and since the two had shared an owl cage nearly all summer they would be used to sharing one during Christmas too.
Hermione and Jeramy grabbed their things and came down after them. Neville was bringing Parvati with him for Christmas back to see his Grandma, and meet his parents who were finally well on their way to recovery from being tortured by the Death Eaters.
Draco, Hope, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Jeramy, Neville and Parvati threw their luggage into one compartment, and crammed into the next one. The entire way to the Station they laughed and talked about their plans for the holidays. Ginny was sitting on Harry's lap the entire time, giggling like crazy with the other girls. Hermione and Jeramy were sitting across from them cuddling, Neville and Parvati next to them were also cuddling.
Draco and Hope got up and left half way there to walk around for a little bit. Hermione looked at Ginny and Harry, Ginny shrugged her shoulders and said, "The two of them have been acting weird for almost a month now. Well, at least the little that Harry and I have seen them or any of you all for that matter. We've been rather busy ourselves," Ginny blushed after she said this.
Harry's grip around Ginny got tighter and he laid his head on her back. Hermione and Jeramy laughed, Neville and Parvati were paying no attention to anyone other than one another. Hermione spoke up to break the silence a few minutes later, "So what do you think is going on with those two?"
Ginny smiled, "I'm not really sure, they just seem to be really distant."
Everyone continued to talk about Quidditch and their plans for Christmas until they reached the station. Ginny and Harry said hello to Lily and Sirius before leaving with Bill and Charlie who had been sent to get them since Mrs. Weasley was busy back in the Burrow. Harry introduced Bill and Charlie to Lily, Sirius, Hope and Draco before they left.
On the way back to the Burrow Bill and Charlie explained that their Dad had gotten a promotion, and had taken over as head of the Muggle Artifacts Department of the Ministry. Molly was busy redecorating, and had finally gone up into Ron's room to clean it, and reorganize it for a guest bedroom.
They finally got to the burrow, where Molly was waiting for them. When they got there she gave them both hugs and told the four of them to make sure they de-gnomed the garden for her before dinner. Harry carried their trunks up to Ginny's room, she followed with the owl cages.
They settled into Ginny's room and before they went back down to help de- gnome the garden Harry grabbed Ginny and tossed her on the bed. Ginny giggled while Harry jumped on top of her and kissed her neck. She wrapped her arms around him and they kissed very passionately while Harry's hands slowly moved across Ginny's body. They kissed and caressed one another until they couldn't take it any longer, and then they made love to each other.
They'd just barely started getting dressed when Fred barged in the room with Katie Bell to say hello to them, and of course right behind them were George and his new girlfriend Allison Spencer. Of course they immediately knew what they had walked in on because Harry hadn't put his shirt on before they walked in, and Ginny was still laying in her bed with the incredibly messed up covers over her.
Ginny blushed and yelled at them to get out. Katie and Allison pulled Fred and George out of the room quickly. Ginny and Harry could vaguely hear Katie saying to Fred, "Stop being so upset about it Fred, we're doing the same thing every night and you know it."
Allison chimed in with, "George don't even start, I know she's your little sister, but she's not a little girl anymore."
Ginny and Harry quickly got up and went downstairs to help with the garden de-gnoming. Katie and Allison made it a point to pull Ginny aside at one point and talk to her about what had happened. Katie smiled at Ginny and said calmly, "Don't worry about it Ginny. Fred might have looked like he wanted to pound in Harry's face, but really he's got no room to talk. That and I would've pulled him out of the room before he'd laid a hand on him."
Ginny smiled back at Katie, "Well we were planning on waiting but a couple months ago one thing led to another and things just happened. I know Fred and George don't like it, but I'm not a little girl anymore, and it's up to me and Harry, not them."
Allison smiled at Ginny, "Please, you should hear the two of them talking to one another about this stuff. Katie and I are still trying to decide whether or not to kick THEIR butts over it."
They all started laughing and noticed that Fred and George were cornering Harry, who was busily chucking the gnomes out of the garden. Ginny gasped and ran over to Harry, getting in-between Harry and her brothers. Allison and Katie weren't far behind her, both of them yelling at Fred and George to wake up and smell the gillyweed.
Ginny pulled Harry inside so they could relax for a while, they sat down and talked with Charlie and his girlfriend, Lindsey Milton. Charlie and Lindsey worked together taming wild Dragons. Lindsey was nothing like any girl Harry had seen before, she had dark black eyes, and dark auburn hair. She was a little shorter then Charlie, and had a more devious grin than Fred and George put together. Harry thought she was beautiful, but when he looked at Ginny he saw someone far more beautiful than Lindsey.
Harry however hadn't realized how long he had been staring at Ginny, and Charlie started waving his hand in front of Harry saying, "Harry? Come back to us buddy. We all know you love Ginny but wake up Harry!"
Harry blushed and Ginny smiled as she said, "Charlie leave him alone."
Molly came in and announced dinner was on the table, so Ginny quickly got up and pulled Harry with her out into the garden for dinner. Fred, Katie, George and Allison were already sitting at one end of the table. Harry, Ginny, Charlie and Lindsey sat down across from them. Percy soon appeared with Penelope and her parents and the four of them sat down quickly. Everyone was busy talking away when Bill showed up with a few of his friends from Egypt that he introduced quickly as Linda, Jordan and Noel.
Arthur came outside, helping Molly with the few remaining items to bring to the table. Arthur sat by Fred, Katie, George, Allison, Harry, Ginny, Charlie and Lindsey while Molly sat on the other end by the others. Midway through dinner Fred stood up and demanded everyone's attention. Katie just looked up at him, and everyone quieted down. Fred took out a little box and knelt in front of Katie. Molly and Katie started crying and Ginny held Harry's hand. Fred smiled up at Katie, opened the box and said, "Katie, I love you with all of my heart and soul, and you would make me the happiest man alive if you would marry me."
Katie threw her arms around Fred and kissed him, still crying, but smiling too as Fred slipped the simple and small solitary diamond ring onto her finger. Fred and Katie hugged, and then everyone congratulated them, Arthur welcomed Katie to the family and made a crack about first Harry and now Fred both show him up on the way they asked. His joke made everyone bust out laughing at him. The rest of the night and week went by quickly, and soon everyone was in their beds and anxiously awaiting the next day, Christmas Eve. Katie's parents and sister Laura had joined the Weasley's in celebrating Christmas, along with Sirius, Lily, Hope, Draco, and Draco's mum.