Chapter 10- The Aftershock

Have you ever seen a river ragin' in the spring

Rushin' down a mountain fast as anything

Well, if you can picture that wild water

That would be her, only deeper

Have you ever seen an eagle soaring high above the trees

Circling the world below the epitome of free

Then you could imagine how I feel when I'm beside her

Only higher

I'm flying, I'm falling, I'm floating

And all I want to do is hold her

Closer and spend every day that passes

Thinkin' up new ways to love her more

If you've never had a vision

Of what the perfect love would be

Just close your eyes and dream a dream

That just gets sweeter, that would be her- Joe Nichols

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A/N: He he! Love the reviews! ::Throws cookies to reviewers:: Well, thanks so much! I love getting reviews.... ::sniff:: WELL! Anyways! Thanks again! R/R! Have really bad writers block... so just bare with me!

Disclaimer: I own parts of this plot. I don't own any characters but Krystin Radcliffe and Elizabeth Grint.

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Ron and Ginny just stood there, mouths agape as everyone took a bow.

Ginny burst into tears and ran from the Great Hall. Ron quickly ran after her, dumbfounded for one time in his life.

Ron caught up with Ginny and turned her around. "Don't waste your tears on him, Gin."

Ginny smiled slightly. "Well, maybre you should cry for 'Mione."

"'Mione..." Ron said slightly sadly. "C'mon..." He grabbed her hand and dragged her outside to the lake where Hermione and Harry were standing.

Hermione and Harry turned around as Ron and Ginny walked up to them.

"Ron... Ginny--" Hermione stopped talking at the look on their faces. "Ron! Please... just listen!"

"I'm listening." Ron said cooly, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Okay... see... Harry was just caught in the moment and--"

"Look, 'Mione, I don't need your excuses. I know it wasn't your fault. IT'S THAT BLOODY GIT'S FAULT! MY BEST FRIEND! I DON'T THINK!"

Ginny was crying, looking at Harry. "Harry... how could you?" she whispered before running away.

Ron glared one last time at Harry before running after his sister.

"Well... that could have gone worse...."Harry muttered, as Hermione left him too.

When she reached the common room, she was met by a certain mousy Colin Creevey.

"Hermione! Listen! I have an idea!" Colin said quickly, muttering his idea to Hermione.

Colin grinned and ran back into the common room, over to a ginger-haired Virginia Weasley.

"Ginny..." Colin said, sitting beside her. "Will you listen to me?"

Ginny nodded faintly.

"Okay... just listen.... Forget about that guy. Forget about the way you fell into his eyes. Forget about his charms." He handed her a picture of Harry, grinning lopsidedly. "Forget about the way he held you in his arms. Walking on air's obnoxious. The thrills;the jills; will make you nausas. And you'll never get enough. Just forget about love."

Ginny stood up and pushed Colin out onto the balcony where Hermione stood.

"She's buying it! Put some magic into it!" Colin said before rushing back inside. "Forget about romance." Ginny looked up from the picture. "Forget about the way your heart begins to dance." Hermione charmed a nearby mirror and Harry's face flashed on it, whispering Ginny's name. "Then you begin to blush, when he's spouting out some sentimental mush." Hedwig flew in and took Ginny's Potions homework and flew out onto the balcony and out over the horizon.

Ginny followed Hedwig and saw Harry out by the lake. His knees were against his chest and his arms on top of his knees. His head was buried in his arms. Her expression softened.

"Love really is revolting." Colin said, following her, while Hermione stayed hidden. "There's always too much fluff! Just forget about love!"

Ginny looked back at Colin."I had almost forgotten the way it felt when he held out his hand for mine. My heart all a flutter."

"Oh how I shudder." Colin said, shuddering.

"The first time we kissed!" Ginny said, turning around in a circle.

"It won't be missed. Forget about his touch."

"I can't forget about his touch!"

"Under the steam of things, it doesn't matter much."

"It matters so much!" Ginny said, running out of the common room and towards the lake.

Colin followed her. "You're better off on your own. A meal becomes a banquet when you eat alone."

"Love's full of compromises!" Ginny and Colin said together, reaching the front steps of Hogwarts.

"Don't you hate those big surprised." Colin said.

"A cozy rondezvous." Ginny said, walking towards the lake. "Candlelight for two. You're calling my dove! I can't forget about love."

Harry heard the last word and stood up, looking at her. "Oh... Ginny... I'm sorry and--"

"Harry--"

"I have to say this..."

"Harry! Shhh..." Ginny said, looking him in the eye. "I can't forget about my heart."

"I can't forget about my heart."

"I fell for you right from the start." Ginny said, smiling.

"I'm still falling." Harry said, picking her up by the waist and twirling her around.

"Whatever we may do. You are here for me and I'll be there for you!" Ginny said, hugging him.

"Be there to wish, to want, to wonder. To see the sun through rain and thunder." Harry said, kissing her forehead. " A cozy rondezvous"

"Yes please"

"Candlelight for two!"

"Oh geez! Enough is enough!" Colin said from behind them, being hugged by Hermione.

"We can't forget about love." Ginny and Harry said together, leaning in and sharing a sweet kiss.

Colin watched them with a revolted face. "That is so sickening sweet."

Hermione pushed him. "It's soooo sweeeet! It's not sickening!"

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A/N: Short, short chappie! I know! Well, my stories nearly done. Thanks! R/R!