[Author's Note~~~ Ahhhh ff.net screwed me over last night!  It kept posting my seventh chapter of Between the Two (my other fic) to this fic instead of What a Girl Wants Ch 7… it was really pissing me off! But by the looks of it, it works now. Sorry for all of those I confused. Thanks to everyone for the reviews. I'm going to wait one more chapter to do review-thank-you's! Hope you enjoyed Chapter seven… this one's going to be fun, too!]

'So if you call my name
You know my heart you claim
I'll be right here
By your side
Through thickness and through thin
You know my love you win
I'll be right here
By your side

Boy when you come to me I'm just in my head
Of how glad I am to be with you and
You just don't know how special you are to me
Can't you see we're meant to be, oh yeah
If you ever doubt my love
Don't fear, I'm right here for you
My heart belongs to one and only you
I could never want another

So now you know how I feel, baby
You have brightened up my world in every way
Share your feelings, with me baby
You can tell me anything
Keep me close to your heart, darling
You'll be close to mine
One thing that makes me happy
Is spending time with you, baby yeah'

-'By Your Side' – Christina Aguilera

Chapter 8

            "Wow, you look absolutely amazing." Ginny smiled. Harry had told her that six times and they hadn't even left the common room.

            "You don't look too bad yourself," Ginny's smile grew even wider as she adjusted the top of Harry's black robes. He was wearing all black, but it suited him well. Nothing frilly like Ron had to wear a few years ago. This time, luckily Ron was wearing all black also but with a maroon tie. "Where's Mione?"

            "She forgot something…" Ron said, beaming.

            When Hermione came down the stairs, all three of them stopped in their tracks and stared. She was wearing an enchanted dress robe that turned different shades of the rainbow, from pink to purple to blue to yellow. She had her hair down, falling loosely around her shoulders, curled at the ends, but the rest was straight and very tame. She had sparkling diamond earrings that happened to match her clear high heels.

            "Oh my, goodness." Ginny said under her breath. Hermione just smiled her perfect teeth at Ginny and walked over to Ron, linking her arm in his.

            "Ready to go, honey?"

            Ron just stood there, unable to move. A couple minutes past before Hermione started laughing.

            "Oh, come on, guys. We're going to be late!" She exclaimed and began pulling Ron towards the portrait hole.

            "You just always have to outdo me, don't you Mione?" Ginny said playfully with a smirk.

            Hermione laughed and they dragged both men out of the common room. Walking down the hall, Ron kept tripping.

            "What's wrong, Ronniekins?" Ginny asked in a baby voice, causing Hermione to laugh.

            Ron gave her an evil glare. Ginny turned back around to walk next to Harry as they entered the Great Hall which was decorated with a large Christmas tree that stood to the roof and was filled with enchanted ornaments with pictures of varied students on them. The room was decked out with red ribbon and garland, and Ginny noticed the random mistletoe that was floating all over the place.

            The band, the Weird Sisters, started up and Harry pulled Ginny onto the dance floor.

            Ginny leaned her head against his shoulder as they swayed to the music.

            "Ginny, you know what you said to Hermione back there?"

            Ginny didn't reply and shook her head slightly against his shoulder.

            "How she always had to 'out do' you?"

            Ginny nodded this time, still not bringing her head up.

            "No one here could out do you if they tried," Harry said sweetly into her ear as his rested on hers.

            Ginny smiled against his shoulder.

            The song ended shortly afterwards and Harry and Ginny stepped off the dance floor.

            "Hey, Ginny, look at that." Harry looked to see a very large piece of mistletoe floating above them.

            Ginny grinned as Harry looked back down at her. Harry's face leaned into hers and she responded, closing her eyes and pushing her lips against his.

            After a moment, they noticed a few people watching them.

            Ginny turned bright red, but Harry didn't.

            "Stop staring, I know she's beautiful." Harry said sharply at all of the by-standers which scattered. Ginny laughed and playfully hit him on the chest.

            The next moment, Harry spotted Ron and Hermione coming towards them.

            "Ginny, Hermione, you want some refreshments?" Harry asked, being the perfect gentlemen.

            "I'd like," Ginny paused. "A glass of punch."

            Hermione nodded in agreement.

            "Punch it is," Ron said as he and Harry turned quickly to go for the refreshments.

            Ginny and Hermione began chit-chattering when Ginny glanced over to see Parvati and Draco whispering to each other across the hall.

            Hermione noted Ginny's attention was somewhere behind her and she turned around to see Parvati and Draco making out under the mistletoe.

            "Where are the professors when you need them?" Hermione said with a distained tone.

            "I'm going to kill her!" Ginny exploded and rushed toward Parvati, her hands clenched into fist, as they had been when she'd hit Draco this morning. She escaped Hermione's attempts to hold her back and she was quickly approaching them.

            "Oh, look who it is? Mrs. Pothead." Parvati sneered at Ginny.

            Ginny's fist made contact with Parvati's right cheek bone and Draco took a step backward.

            Parvati recovered quickly and lurched at Ginny. Parvati caught her by the hair and began pulling at it. Ginny fell backwards, Parvati on top of her. Now there was a crowd of students around them as they rolled around on the ground ripping at each other's hair and dresses.

            Harry looked up from the refreshment table and noticed there were a crowd of students gathered around some type of commotion. He looked around for Ginny, and when he didn't spot her, he knew exactly what was going on. He dropped the punch and ran towards the crowd that was now yelling "FIGHT!"

            He struggled to reach the middle of the commotion and tried to pull Ginny off Parvati.

            "Miss Weasley! Miss Parkinson!" A familiar voice rang out.

            Harry was a bit taller than the students around him, and over their heads, he spotted Professor Snape briskly walking towards the gathered students.

            Hermione and Harry finally pulled Ginny off of Parvati as Professor Snape arrived in the middle of the crowd.

            "What is this all about?" He asked looking from Ginny's messed-up hair, and Parvati's ripped dress.

            "I… uh…" Ginny started.

            "She attacked me!" Parvati yelled. The hall was now silent.

            "I did not!" Ginny exclaimed in response, Harry and Hermione still holding her back by both arms.

            "I have witnesses!" Parvati spat.

            "I was provoked!"

            "I do not care to find out who started what first, all I saw was both of you… erm… fighting, if that's what you want to call it. That is not allowed at Hogwarts' and I am both assigning you detention tomorrow night!" Snape continued after a small pause. "With me!" He briskly turned and left the hall.

            "Come on, Gin. Let's go for a walk." Harry whispered into her ear.

            "Wait, I've got to see what Parvati does to Draco," Ginny replied, smiling. Harry was surprised to see her smile considering she'd just gotten detention.

            "DRACO MALFOY!" Parvati's voice boomed over the hall that was beginning to whisper again.

            Draco hadn't been part of the fight. Every since that morning, he hadn't wanted to get close Ginny if he could help it.

            Ginny smiled at Harry.

            "HOW COULD YOU JUST STAND BY AND WATCH THAT?" She shouted, pointing her finger at him.

            "Uh…" Draco responded.

            "UGH!" Parvati exclaimed before hurriedly exiting the hall.

            "Sorry, I just had to see that." Ginny smirked up at Harry as they began dancing again. Hermione came by quickly, tapped Ginny's hair with her wand, and now Ginny's long red hair was flowing down her back as it usually did. Ginny gave Hermione a quick smile over Harry's shoulder as Hermione and Ron began dancing next to them.

            Harry leaned down to whisper into Ginny's ear.

            "I love you."

            At that moment, Ginny knew she'd never felt so good before. In his arms, dancing to the music, hearing him say those magic words… nothing compared. Ginny had never been so happy before in her life.

[Author's Note~~~ Ahh, so short! I'm sorry!!! Okay… I am in desperate need of suggestions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next song will be 'Stripped'! PLEASE REVIEW, I LOVE YOU!!!! –Hannah Holt]