~**-Girl Talk-**~

After the incident, Ron and Hermione sat there and talked for what seemed like hours, they talked about school, Harry, and Quidditch, well . . . Ron talked about Quidditch, for ages but, Hermione listened.

After an hour of talking about Quidditch, Ron was in the middle of talking about Adain Lynch, a Quidditch player, when Hermione started to doze off.

She was half leaning, resting her head on Ron's shoulder when Ginny came in.

Her eyes opened wide, "Ron! what are you doing in my room?" Ron groaned, leave it to Ginny to ruin everything.

Ron scooted over a little, letting Hermione slide onto her pillow, she then curled up and continued to sleep.

Ron stood up, ignoring the half smile on Ginnys face, walked off to his own room where he too fell asleep.

He woke up the next day, early in the morning, hearing the sounds of the gnomes outside, giggling as they tiptoed through the garden, and the sounds of the old ghoul in the attic, groaning somewhat louder than usual, making a huge racket by banging on the pipes.

Ron stumbled out of bed, shook his head to rid of his sleepiness, and walked to the door.

Across from his bedroom, was Ginny's, he could here her and Hermione waking up, obviously by the sounds of the gouhl.

" urgh,"said Ginny, she looked up,"That bloody ghoul really needs to get a life you know? going around all day, moping and banging on the pipes, honestly-" she got cut off bye the sound of Hermione laughing.

Ginny turned to Hermione," What?" she asked, tilting her head to the side, Hermione laughed and shook her head.

"How can a ghost 'get a life?',"she said, looking at

Ginny, smiling," After all, when someone's dead, you cant just go and 'get a life, after all, remember when-", she was cut off by Ginny laughing," HERM! Its a figure of speech! you dont have to take everything seriously and turn it into some big huge complicated speech."

Hermione narrowed her eye brows," Well, sorry, I was just saying that if-"

Ginny stood up,"Okay, okay, Herm, chill, um.. do you think I could talk to you for a sec?" she asked sitting down next to Hermione,"uh... sure Gin. . ." She said, looking at her with curiosity," Whats up?" How can I ask her this? Thought Ginny, It isn't a big deal at all, but, oooh I just have to know!

Just tell her slowly, dont jump right into the subject she told herself.

" Um.. Do you like my brother?" she blurted out.

Oh, great, great going Ginny, what a way to talk it out.

Hermione looked simply horrified," uh, well, what-what do you mean exactly, like? of course I like him, we've been best friends since our first year!"

Ginny rolled her eyes," you know Herm, like like him." she smiled slightly, watching Hermiones eyes widen.

"GINNY! what makes you think that? we're just friends, that's all!"

Ginny grinned," Thats not what it looked like last night.

Hermione cringed,"Uh.. well, you see, its just.. well.."she stammered. Ginny laughed,"It's all right Herm, I know, I think its cute! The only girl I'd be happy with dating my brother is you. .. "

Hermione smiled and tilted her head slightly to the side, thinking," Yeah... it isn't to bad to admit, is it?" she turned to Ginny suddenly worried," I dont think he likes me though Gin!"

Ginny smiled," I wouldn't be to sure about that, come now, lets go to brekkie,"She stood up and left to go downstairs.

Hermione sat there for a few minutes, in daze. Could it be true he might... he might really fancy me too? She thought smiling to herself, I guess all I have to do is wait ... .

Hermione took her time getting dressed.

She put on her new out-fit her mum bought her when she went to the states earlier that summer, a white halter top with a pair of khaki capris.

She messed around with her hair a little, pulling it in buns, bunches, and experimenting with a bunch of new styles when Ginny came back , "Herm, brekkie's been ready for awhile now, mums wondering if you even want any..?"

Ginny stepped back and looked Hermione over," What are you wearing?"she asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice.

Hermione smiled nervously and looked down at her outfit," Its just some clothes my mum bought me when she went to the states... does it look bad?" she asked with slight worry and curiosity.

Ginny smiled and shook her head," Nope, looks great, c'mon brekkie's getting cold."

Hermione turned to the mirror one last time to look at her image.

She didn't look bad, she decided, her figure has changed alot over the summer, she is no longer a skinny looking geek, she had gotten the 'womanly' curves that she has always been jealous of when she saw Parvati or Lavender, and she was getting more 'fuller' in that certain area, she looked great.

She leaned over in the mirror, ignoring Ginnys comments,'Really, just come down stairs or Fred and George are going to eat all the food,' Her hair was getting more smoother, less bushy and frizzy, and was getting a more golden brown tint to it, when she smiled she had slight dimples on either side of her mouth, little did she know, a certain Weasley found those adorable.

She sighed and walked to the door, turning once to check her image once more before going downstairs to brekkie.