"Oh. Seamus," said Ginny as she passed him going through the common room the next morning. "I was thinking, do you want to go for a walk later?"

"Um, sure," he said.

She smiled. "Great, see you outside at four then?"

He nodded and she proceeded to her first class.

"Hi," said Ginny as she approached Seamus who was already waiting in front of the large oak doors. He smiled, pushing his hands deeper into the pockets of his cloak.

They began to walk, the February air turning their breath to white whisps of fog in front of them.

"So," said Seamus. "You wanted to talk?"

Ginny nodded. "Well, you see…" she began.

"Does this have to do with you and Harry?"

She nodded again. "He told you?"

"Yeah."

"Well, you see… last night I was pretty upset…"

"That's understandable."

"Well, so I was talking to Liza…"

"Uh-oh."

Ginny looked up to see Seamus grinning. "Go on," he said.

Ginny smiled. "And, well, she suggested that the best way for me to get through this would be to date some other guys…" She trailed off and looked up at him.

"I see. Gin, are you sure you wan to be saying what you're saying?"

Ginny looked up at him from beneath her eyelashes as she had seen Liza do so many times. "Oh, I'm very sure," she said.

Seamus stopped walking and starred down at her. "Stop trying to be Liza," he said, then started walking again.

Ginny was a bit puzzled, but hurried to catch up to him, a slightly hurt expression playing over her elfish features.

"I'm sorry Gin," he said, "I only mean that you don't have to act like her to get people to like you. I mean, Liza's great, but," he looked at her, "so are you."

Ginny smiled and tucked her orange hair behind her ear. "Ohh…" she breathed softly.

"Now that's more like my Gin&Tonic," he said, grinning at her. "So, you were saying…?"

She blushed. "Yeah…"

"Dating other guys…?"

"Uh-huh…" She grinned at him. "What do you think?"

"Well, I think it depends which guys you're going to date. Anyone particular in mind?"

"Maybe…"

He grinned. "It's cold out here. I think I'm going up to my room… everyone else should be gone this time of day…" He winked at her.

She nodded slowly. "Well, I think I'll stay out here for a few more minutes…"

"Well, it's been nice chatting." He held out his hand and she clasped it. He leaned over and kissed her cheek, then let his breath pause by her ear for a tiny second.

Ten minutes later, Ginny was climbing the stairs up to the boys' dormitories; if anyone stopped her she would just say she was looking for Ron.

She knocked timidly on the door. "It's open!" Seamus called.

He sat on his four-poster, but stood up, grinning, when Ginny entered. "Well, hello," he said.

"Hi."

Seamus moved towards her and she let the door close behind her.

"Harry," said Ron, "I know I'm your best friend and I'm supposed to help you with these things, but I'm sorry. My moral fiber prevents it in this case."

"C'mon, Ron! I need your advice!"

"Ok Harry, you really want my advice? My advice is to dump her and go back to Ginny. You know, the one who really cares about you, who has cared about you for how long now--?"

"Ok, ok, I get the point. I'll ask Hermione."

"Yeah, you do that."

Turning to leave the room, Harry noticed that the curtains of Seamus's bed were drawn.

"Seamus?" he called.

Ginny's eyes were wide behind the curtains. She shook her head frantically, gaining a slight creak from the bed.

"Seamus?" Harry asked again, taking a step closer.

'Answer him!' Ginny mouthed.

Seamus shook his head.

Another step thudded closer.

"Uh, yeah?" croaked Seamus.

The steps stopped.

"What are you doing?"

"Oh, I was just taking a nap…"

"Oh. Are you alright?"

"Yeah, just haven't been getting much sleep lately, thanks to Ron." His slight grin was apparent in his voice.

Ron blushed, but smirked smugly. "Sorry about that," he said, "but you know, it's hard to keep Liza quiet."

"I dunno, most of what I hear is this male voice going 'Oh Liza! Oh my god!'"

"Don't be jealous," said Ron.

"Who's jealous?"

"Oh shut up!"

Seamus laughed.

"Well, sorry if we woke you, we were just leaving," Harry spoke up.

"Yeah, Harry has to find someone who cares," said Ron.

Harry rolled his eyes. "Nighty night!" called Ron as they left.

Seamus and Finny heard the door close. Ginny let out a breath. "Oh my god," she breathed. "I thought I would die."

Seamus nodded. "Yeah, that was… that was pretty bad."

"Besides the fact that I heard stuff about Ron that I never, ever, wanted to hear, what if they had opened the curtains?"

"Well, we could've said that your shirt caught fire…" He grinned and she shoved him playfully, giggling. He shoved her back and landed on top of her. He leaned down, and just as their lips brushed, the sound of the door opening yet again met their ears.

"Seamus?" This time it was Neville.

Seamus groaned. "What?"

"Harry and Ron said you were trying to sleep, but I really wanted to ask you something…"

"Can't it wait?"

"Well, I guess it can… sorry…" he sounded rather forlorn.

Ginny raised her eyebrows reproachingly at Seamus. He sighed, "What is it Neville?"

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