Chapter 15

During herbology, Harry observed the way that Ron and Hermione looked at each other. It was different than before. Almost like they shared a secret.
"Ron… can I ask you something…"

"Sure Harry"

"Last night… you and Hermione didn't…."
"Harry! Of course not! We've only been dating for 3 days!" Ron screamed/whispered at him.

Harry laughed and realized it was silly of him to think that.
"Good" he said, digging into a plant.

"Why… is that what you did last night"

"No!"

The two laughed at the awkwardness. They both realized as long as they'd been friends, they'd never talked about sex before.

"Which one of us do you think will do it first?" Ron said, looking somewhat serious, which alarmed Harry a bit but he laughed it off anyway.
"Ron, are you trying to make a bet with me that you'll shag Hermione before I shag your sister cause something about that just seems wrong"

"Well I was talking about Parvati… but now upon stating that I realize that she was not who you were with last night… Harry! Did you sleep with my sister again?!"

"I didn't mean to…" What a lame thing to say.
"What did you trip and fall and land under her covers?"

"Ron… come on now, she was upset… she said she hadn't slept since I was there, and I just felt it was the right thing to do… please don't be mad"

Ron narrowed his eyes at Harry and then shrugged. "I just don't want her getting hurt, I know you care for her Harry, but she doesn't even know about Parvati…. And what would Parvati think of all this."

Harry rolled his eyes. It was the thought that had been embedded in his mind all morning.

Ron patted Harry on the back, "You need to find a way out of this mate… find someone for Ginny or something of that sort"

"That's not entirely a bad idea Ron but I don't really have time to be scoping out boys for your sister, I have enough problems of my own." He laughed.

"Understood" Ron said, grinning at Harry but half looking at Hermione again. That boy certainly did have a short attention span.

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When it came time for lunch, Parvati walked into the great hall and didn't sit with Harry. He wondered why but figured that something good probably happened in a class and she was all about gossiping about it with Lavender as the two usually did. But when she got up to leave, she didn't even look his way… Harry got up and followed her into the hallway.

"Parvati is something wrong?"

Parvati raised her hands to him.
"Well, you didn't say hello to me at lunch, I was wondering if something was wrong."

"You tell me Harry"

Ugh, Harry was so not looking forward to playing adolescent mind games with girls but he put it aside as another part of growing up and decided he was just going to work around it and try not to displease anyone. Something Harry always seemed to do.
"Is this about divinations class?"

"Maybe" Parvati said, folding her arms.

Harry sighed, "Is this about this morning?"

"Maybe" she was now avoiding looking at him and Harry decided he had been going about Parvati all wrong.

"Why don't you tell me what's on your mind then"

"Can't you figure it out."

"Parvati I'm not a mind reader"

Parvati just stood there looking at him.

"Nope see, trying, can't read it" he joked and she finally cracked a smile.

"Come on, why don't we take a walk outside and you can tell me why you're so angry with me."

They began to walk out of the castle. "I'm not angry with you Harry, I'm just… confused and wondering where all this is going."

"What do you mean"

"Well… we started out well, and then got progressively more flirtatious, but lately you've just seemed distant… and I feel like this is going nowhere, almost like you've lost interest in me"

"Parvati, look" he said, taking her hand, "I'm gonna be totally honest with you now."

Parvati looked a little nervous, like she didn't want to hear what Harry was about to say.

"When I started to like you, I was somewhat involved with someone, but I don't have the same feelings for her anymore that she might still have for me… but she's going through a tough time right now and I need to be there for her, but it doesn't mean that I want to give up on us, me and you, I really do like you Parvati".

Harry was really nervous saying this to her and he could feel his hands shaking a bit.

"Ginny" Parvati said solemnly, looking at the ground.

"Yes…. And if you were to believe any of what Trelawney said, it would be Ginny that was the female causing disturbance in my life, not you"

"You mean it?"

Harry nodded and smiled at her and she suddenly looked so happy that it made him even happier than he already was to get all that off his chest.

Parvati flew into a hug with Harry and it felt so good to him to have her in his arms, close to his body. Much different than the feeling he got when close to Ginny. No doubt, it was sexually arousing to be close to any girl like that, but with Parvati, it was different, if felt right and like the last piece of a puzzle had suddenly been snapped into place.

Harry pulled back from the hug and took Parvati's face in his hands.

"You make me smile so much, you know that?" he whispered to her, right before he leaned in and clasped his lips with hers. Harry could feel the butterflies in his stomach float up through his body and out through his lips. It was like his head was spinning. This was certainly not the effect he got when he kissed Ginny. When he kissed Ginny, everything in his mind went blank and he felt as though this is what he had been missing. But he now realized that it was just the kiss that he had been missing. The female figure in his life. This was different. This particular kiss was everything he had been missing. He suddenly felt strange that he had gone so long without her.

They finally broke away and just looked at each other. "That felt so right" Harry said out loud, not meaning to.

Parvati smiled though, he could tell she was equally as excited about their lip locking as he was. They looked around to see several Hogwarts students staring at them, some giggling and pointing. Harry didn't care. He had what he wanted now.

~Well Tears from the moon, that one was for you!! Haha I like them together so much, sorry to all you Ginny/Harry fans out there! But don't fret… we haven't seen the last of her! Oh and that surprise is still to come! … don't forget to review!!!