A/N: I'm so sorry for the late post, but we had exams this week and I
haven't had any time to write. Most of this chapter was done, but I
couldn't finish it until now.
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Chapter 6: First Date
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Sep. 24
We just got back from our first date in Hogsmade. It was so much fun. It went even better than I thought was possible. When I first asked Ginny she was ecstatic, so I was even more determined to make it as romantic as possible. I made all of the preparations ahead of time. I even ordered flowers to come to my room right before it was time to leave. We had come back early from supper claming that I had to make up some quidditch plays to learn during practice and that Ginny was going to help me since she was such a good strategist. I went to my room to get the cloak, map, and flowers.
When we got to Hogsmade we were able to take off the cloak and got to The Three Broomsticks. We found our seat and ordered something to eat before we started a real conversation. We were talking about everything before I asked her if it was OK to tell her family about "us" now. She said "Sure, but why the change of heart?" so I explained that I just couldn't hide it anymore. I need to be able to show my love, not just feel it. Plus I need someone to talk to about this anyway. Its just not fair that she can have Hermione and I can't have anyone, so I can have Ron once we tell him, and he gets over being mad at me. We finished supper with pleasant conversation.
When we got back to the tower the common room was empty, or so we thought. At the foot of the staircases I gathered my courage and managed to kiss Gin on the check before she went off to bed. It was then that I saw someone stand up from the sofa near the fire. I looked over and guess who I saw? The one who I was dreading talking to the next day was staring at me with hatred in his eyes. Ron glared at me and asked if that was who he thought it was.
"It depends, who do you think it was?" I asked. "Where were you with my little sister??" He asked, his voice starting to get louder. "In Hogsmade." I responded. "Why the hell are you dating my sister? What gives you the right? Why didn't you even tell me? Am I not important enough to you or something?" He asked at almost a yelling level. "I didn't tell you because I knew you'd act like this!" I replied. "For your information I was going to tell you tomarrow, but obviously I don't have to do that anymore."
.It was then that Ginny and Hermione came down. They had perfect timing because Ron was just about to beat me to a bloody pulp. Hermione ran over to take control of Ron and Ginny came over by me. Hermione convinced Ron to stop yelling before he got in trouble, but he decided that he wasn't going to talk to me anymore since I had neglected to talk to him. It was about that time that he stormed upstairs to the dormitories. Hermione left Ginny and I alone as she went back upstairs to bed.
Ginny just sighed and said "I guess that was to be expected, although I didn't really expect it to happen tonight." "I know. I guess it's not such a good idea to sleep in the dormitory tonight is it. I guess I'll sleep on one of the couches. You should probably go back up to bed, it is kind of late." I replied. "Oh no I'm not. I'm going to stay right here with you. Its not very fair to leave you here with no one to protect you from my evil brothers, especially once Fred and George find out. I wouldn't doubt that Ron has told them already and they are plotting something horrible for revenge." "Oh gee thanks for the comfort. I feel so much better now that I know I have three angry older brothers after me instead of only one." I responded.
We got comfortable in side by side armchairs and talked our self to sleep. I didn't wake up until it was too late. Fred and George were standing over me trying to stifle their laugh. I knew they had done something horrible to me, but I couldn't tell exactly what. They left and headed back to their rooms before I tried to find out what they had done to me. I couldn't figure it out until I tried to wake up Ginny and tell them. I couldn't touch her. It felt like there was an invisible wall surrounding her. I figured out what they had done. They put a spell on us, so we aren't aloud to touch. I woke her up by whispering to her and told her what her brothers had done. I told her that it would be gone in a day or two so she shouldn't get too mad. I didn't tell her that I wasn't really sure about when it would go away so I let her go back to sleep. Which I did as well.
Breakfast that morning was interesting to say the least. I had the twins laughing at me the whole time, and Ron scowling and remaining silent. I know the twins were telling all their friends what they had done because they looked over at me and burst into uncontrollable laughter. After I finished eating I went over by them, and asked how long it would last. They burst into laughter all over again, and between breaths managed to get out "about a month." I walked back over to Ginny and said, "You have my permission to kill them now." So what does she do, goes to the common room and waits for them to come back. When they finally did, they were pushed roughly onto the couch before her Weasly temper got the better of her.
"What right do you have to control my life? We did nothing wrong. We both happen to like each other, and although you all may think that I'm too young to date, no one else does. I'm not much younger than Ron is, and you twins let him date. Why can't I? Besides, you have no right to do anything to Harry just for liking me; it's not as if he's Malfoy or anything. Or would you rather me go out with him? No, good, I didn't think so. Besides, he's your friend, you can trust him. Fred, George, you two ARE going to take off what ever spell you put on him, and Ron, you ARE going to start talking to him again, and you wouldn't be mad at him for going out with me. He's your best friend for Christ's sake.
"But." they all tried to respond at once.
"Don't talk back, do it NOW!!!" she yelled.
They all shut up after that. The twins came over and lifted the spell before Ron came and apologized for blowing up at me. I have to go now. We have Quidditch practice.
-H.J.P.
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Sep. 24
Dear Diary,
I can't believe it. My brothers are such gits! Well I guess I should tell you what happened before I get to that. A couple of days ago Harry asked me if I wanted to go on a real date in Hogsmade with me, so of course I said yes. We used his invisibility cloak and marauders map to get there through this one passageway.
It was so sweet because he had given me flowers before we left, and then when we got there we had a secluded table so we couldn't get caught. It was very romantic with a candle in the middle of the table and everything. He said that he was going to tell my brothers about "us" tomorrow. I was skeptical, but figure it'd be better than letting them find out some other way.
After we got back to the common room he said goodnight and gave me a kiss on the check. I was so excited I walked in a daze up to my room until I heard Harry and Ron going at it below. I ran to wake up Hermione and together we ran to break up our boyfriends. Hermione ran to keep Ron from punching Harry out cold.
Ron went off to the boy's room determined not to talk to Harry. That is so childish. I haven't seen anyone pull that since my second year. Hermione went up to her room to leave Harry and I alone.
I started to talk. I had a plan. I started by saying that it was to be expected, but not quite so soon. He suggested that he sleep on the couch because it wouldn't be safe to be near Ron and the moment, let alone sleep in the same room. And then he suggested that I go up to my dorm and get some sleep. This was exactly what I wanted. My plan would work. I replied that I would stay down here with him so I could protect him from my 3 angry brothers. Then I suggested that Ron was probably telling the twins and they were plotting something really bad for revenge. He stated that he was much more comforted now that I had informed him that he had 3 angry Weasley's after me, not just one.
It wasn't quite what I wanted but it was fun all the same. We fell asleep in side-by-side armchairs. We talked ourselves to sleep. I didn't even hear the twins hex Harry, but I guess Harry did. Harry had tried to wake me up to see if there was anything wrong with him, but he found out that he wasn't allowed to touch me. He realized that's what they had done, and woke me up by whispering close to my ear.
He told me what they did, and I was about to go and kill them that minute, but Harry assured me that it would be okay, and that I should get some sleep. At breakfast that morning awkward stares were being thrown our way from the twins and their friends who were laughing hysterically, and from Ron who was glaring out of the corner of his eye.
Harry finished eating and calmly walked over to the twins who stifled their laugh as Harry started to talk to them. They said something and burst into even more laughter as Harry walked back and sat down with a few short words that explained all. "You can kill them now." I took the hint and went up to the common room to wait for them to come. It was a Sunday so we didn't have classes. I knew they'd be up sooner or later. They came up together and I pushed them onto the closest couch. I started yelling at them, and I admit I let my Weasley temper get away with me, but it worked. I spoke my mind, well, I yelled my mind. I told them that they had no right to tell me what to do. That they shouldn't do anything to us because we didn't do anything wrong, we just both like each other a lot. There's nothing wrong with that. Besides, they let Ron date Herm. and he's only a couple of months older than me. Then I told the stupid, childish, twins that they had to lift whatever hex they put on Harry, and that my childish stupid, git of a brother Ron had to start talking to Harry again.
They were all stupid enough to try and talk back. That's when I got really mad. I screamed "Don't talk back, don't NOW!" That got them going. They all did what I said. I was so proud; they finally learned not to mess with me when I'm mad at them. Time to go to quidditch practice.
-Ginny
Chapter 6: First Date
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Sep. 24
We just got back from our first date in Hogsmade. It was so much fun. It went even better than I thought was possible. When I first asked Ginny she was ecstatic, so I was even more determined to make it as romantic as possible. I made all of the preparations ahead of time. I even ordered flowers to come to my room right before it was time to leave. We had come back early from supper claming that I had to make up some quidditch plays to learn during practice and that Ginny was going to help me since she was such a good strategist. I went to my room to get the cloak, map, and flowers.
When we got to Hogsmade we were able to take off the cloak and got to The Three Broomsticks. We found our seat and ordered something to eat before we started a real conversation. We were talking about everything before I asked her if it was OK to tell her family about "us" now. She said "Sure, but why the change of heart?" so I explained that I just couldn't hide it anymore. I need to be able to show my love, not just feel it. Plus I need someone to talk to about this anyway. Its just not fair that she can have Hermione and I can't have anyone, so I can have Ron once we tell him, and he gets over being mad at me. We finished supper with pleasant conversation.
When we got back to the tower the common room was empty, or so we thought. At the foot of the staircases I gathered my courage and managed to kiss Gin on the check before she went off to bed. It was then that I saw someone stand up from the sofa near the fire. I looked over and guess who I saw? The one who I was dreading talking to the next day was staring at me with hatred in his eyes. Ron glared at me and asked if that was who he thought it was.
"It depends, who do you think it was?" I asked. "Where were you with my little sister??" He asked, his voice starting to get louder. "In Hogsmade." I responded. "Why the hell are you dating my sister? What gives you the right? Why didn't you even tell me? Am I not important enough to you or something?" He asked at almost a yelling level. "I didn't tell you because I knew you'd act like this!" I replied. "For your information I was going to tell you tomarrow, but obviously I don't have to do that anymore."
.It was then that Ginny and Hermione came down. They had perfect timing because Ron was just about to beat me to a bloody pulp. Hermione ran over to take control of Ron and Ginny came over by me. Hermione convinced Ron to stop yelling before he got in trouble, but he decided that he wasn't going to talk to me anymore since I had neglected to talk to him. It was about that time that he stormed upstairs to the dormitories. Hermione left Ginny and I alone as she went back upstairs to bed.
Ginny just sighed and said "I guess that was to be expected, although I didn't really expect it to happen tonight." "I know. I guess it's not such a good idea to sleep in the dormitory tonight is it. I guess I'll sleep on one of the couches. You should probably go back up to bed, it is kind of late." I replied. "Oh no I'm not. I'm going to stay right here with you. Its not very fair to leave you here with no one to protect you from my evil brothers, especially once Fred and George find out. I wouldn't doubt that Ron has told them already and they are plotting something horrible for revenge." "Oh gee thanks for the comfort. I feel so much better now that I know I have three angry older brothers after me instead of only one." I responded.
We got comfortable in side by side armchairs and talked our self to sleep. I didn't wake up until it was too late. Fred and George were standing over me trying to stifle their laugh. I knew they had done something horrible to me, but I couldn't tell exactly what. They left and headed back to their rooms before I tried to find out what they had done to me. I couldn't figure it out until I tried to wake up Ginny and tell them. I couldn't touch her. It felt like there was an invisible wall surrounding her. I figured out what they had done. They put a spell on us, so we aren't aloud to touch. I woke her up by whispering to her and told her what her brothers had done. I told her that it would be gone in a day or two so she shouldn't get too mad. I didn't tell her that I wasn't really sure about when it would go away so I let her go back to sleep. Which I did as well.
Breakfast that morning was interesting to say the least. I had the twins laughing at me the whole time, and Ron scowling and remaining silent. I know the twins were telling all their friends what they had done because they looked over at me and burst into uncontrollable laughter. After I finished eating I went over by them, and asked how long it would last. They burst into laughter all over again, and between breaths managed to get out "about a month." I walked back over to Ginny and said, "You have my permission to kill them now." So what does she do, goes to the common room and waits for them to come back. When they finally did, they were pushed roughly onto the couch before her Weasly temper got the better of her.
"What right do you have to control my life? We did nothing wrong. We both happen to like each other, and although you all may think that I'm too young to date, no one else does. I'm not much younger than Ron is, and you twins let him date. Why can't I? Besides, you have no right to do anything to Harry just for liking me; it's not as if he's Malfoy or anything. Or would you rather me go out with him? No, good, I didn't think so. Besides, he's your friend, you can trust him. Fred, George, you two ARE going to take off what ever spell you put on him, and Ron, you ARE going to start talking to him again, and you wouldn't be mad at him for going out with me. He's your best friend for Christ's sake.
"But." they all tried to respond at once.
"Don't talk back, do it NOW!!!" she yelled.
They all shut up after that. The twins came over and lifted the spell before Ron came and apologized for blowing up at me. I have to go now. We have Quidditch practice.
-H.J.P.
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Sep. 24
Dear Diary,
I can't believe it. My brothers are such gits! Well I guess I should tell you what happened before I get to that. A couple of days ago Harry asked me if I wanted to go on a real date in Hogsmade with me, so of course I said yes. We used his invisibility cloak and marauders map to get there through this one passageway.
It was so sweet because he had given me flowers before we left, and then when we got there we had a secluded table so we couldn't get caught. It was very romantic with a candle in the middle of the table and everything. He said that he was going to tell my brothers about "us" tomorrow. I was skeptical, but figure it'd be better than letting them find out some other way.
After we got back to the common room he said goodnight and gave me a kiss on the check. I was so excited I walked in a daze up to my room until I heard Harry and Ron going at it below. I ran to wake up Hermione and together we ran to break up our boyfriends. Hermione ran to keep Ron from punching Harry out cold.
Ron went off to the boy's room determined not to talk to Harry. That is so childish. I haven't seen anyone pull that since my second year. Hermione went up to her room to leave Harry and I alone.
I started to talk. I had a plan. I started by saying that it was to be expected, but not quite so soon. He suggested that he sleep on the couch because it wouldn't be safe to be near Ron and the moment, let alone sleep in the same room. And then he suggested that I go up to my dorm and get some sleep. This was exactly what I wanted. My plan would work. I replied that I would stay down here with him so I could protect him from my 3 angry brothers. Then I suggested that Ron was probably telling the twins and they were plotting something really bad for revenge. He stated that he was much more comforted now that I had informed him that he had 3 angry Weasley's after me, not just one.
It wasn't quite what I wanted but it was fun all the same. We fell asleep in side-by-side armchairs. We talked ourselves to sleep. I didn't even hear the twins hex Harry, but I guess Harry did. Harry had tried to wake me up to see if there was anything wrong with him, but he found out that he wasn't allowed to touch me. He realized that's what they had done, and woke me up by whispering close to my ear.
He told me what they did, and I was about to go and kill them that minute, but Harry assured me that it would be okay, and that I should get some sleep. At breakfast that morning awkward stares were being thrown our way from the twins and their friends who were laughing hysterically, and from Ron who was glaring out of the corner of his eye.
Harry finished eating and calmly walked over to the twins who stifled their laugh as Harry started to talk to them. They said something and burst into even more laughter as Harry walked back and sat down with a few short words that explained all. "You can kill them now." I took the hint and went up to the common room to wait for them to come. It was a Sunday so we didn't have classes. I knew they'd be up sooner or later. They came up together and I pushed them onto the closest couch. I started yelling at them, and I admit I let my Weasley temper get away with me, but it worked. I spoke my mind, well, I yelled my mind. I told them that they had no right to tell me what to do. That they shouldn't do anything to us because we didn't do anything wrong, we just both like each other a lot. There's nothing wrong with that. Besides, they let Ron date Herm. and he's only a couple of months older than me. Then I told the stupid, childish, twins that they had to lift whatever hex they put on Harry, and that my childish stupid, git of a brother Ron had to start talking to Harry again.
They were all stupid enough to try and talk back. That's when I got really mad. I screamed "Don't talk back, don't NOW!" That got them going. They all did what I said. I was so proud; they finally learned not to mess with me when I'm mad at them. Time to go to quidditch practice.
-Ginny
