A/N: Sorry its been so long, but I had a small case of writers block and now I'm back in action. I hope you enjoy the story.

Chapter 8: Halloween Ball ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Oct. 15,

Yesterday Dumbeldore announced the Halloween ball. It is a costume ball where everyone has to dress up as a famous couple. We are going to go on a trip to Hogsmade to buy costumes next week. Gin and I are going together of course. I don't have any idea of who we are going to go as. Maybe Gin does. I'll have to ask her tomarrow.

Ron and Hermione are going together which was obvious as they are still going out. I think they are going as Romeo and Juliet. Its kind of funny because Ron has no idea who they are and knowing Hermione she will make him read the play or something. Ron would love that. Yeah, right.

I was talking to Ron last night. He was telling me that he is going to have a real date with Hermione when we go to Hogsmade and asked (very painfully) if I wanted to go to take Ginny and make it a double date. I asked if Hermione had put him up to it, but he clamed that he needed me to help plan it, and that Hermione didn't even know about it yet. Then he added that he had to get over the fact that he didn't want any one to date his little sister. He said that he'd rather have me date her than anyone else. I was happy enough with this answer so we started to plan the special day.

We decided that in the morning after breakfast we would go to get our costumes and get that over with. Than we would go to one of the restaurants in Hogsmade. I am very glad that I got out extra money this year from my Gringotts account. Looks like I'm going to need it. We are hoping to take the girls to the nicest restaurant in Hogsmade. I hope the girls will appreciate it. We want to do something after lunch. Maybe we will let the girls choose what they want to do.

After we planned the day in Hogsmade, I asked Ron if he thinks that he loves Hermione. He thought about it for a while before answering, "I guess so. I've never really thought about it before." I asked him how he knew so he replied that he just knew. It was a feeling that he had. He couldn't be positive but he thought that the feeling of joy everytime he sees her and how he thinks about her all the time should mean that he loves her. If id doesn't then he didn't think he'd ever know what love is. I thought about it and responded that that was how I felt about Ginny. He said that he thought so otherwise I wouldn't be stupid enough to date her. That's why he's letting me take her on a double date with him. He went on to say that he thinks that Ginny loves me as well, so he can't really stop us from that and he might as well not even try.

I guess I do really love her. But what if she doesn't love me back like Ron says? What if she doesn't feel the same way? What if she breaks it off? My heart would be broken. Well I don't have to worry about that right now do I? All I can do is hope that she loves me in return.

I wonder how anyone knows when they're truly in love, or when things should happen. Do you just know? How do you know if someone loves you in return? I should ask Sirus if he was ever in love. Maybe he can help me. I wonder how my parents knew. What they went through before they were sure about they're love and they decided to get married. Do you just know or what? I wish I had someone to talk to about this. I mean I have Ron, but he's going through this at the same time as me. He can't really help me at all with the questions I have now, because he probably had the same ones. If all else fails, I can always ask someone who's been married for a long time. Mr. or Mrs. Weasly. Granted that would be a little weird considering I'm dating their daughter, but they would tell me what it really feels like to be in love. I'll have to owl Sirus and see what he says. I don't think he's ever been married though.

Ginny's so lucky. He has so many people she can talk to. She has her brothers who have been through lots of this stuff already. She can talk to her mum and dad. They've been through this when they where our age. I wish I could talk to my parents. Even just once.

-H.J.P. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ October 15,

Dear Diary,

We are going to have a costume ball for Halloween. I'm so excited. Dumbledore announced it yesterday. Ron and Hermione are going together, as are Harry and I. I think Harry and I should go as Godric Grifindor and Rowena Ravenclaw, the founders of the schools, and original heads of the houses. That would be fun. Harry would make a perfect Grifindor.

On the weekend, we are going to Hogsmade to buy our costume. I might have to owl mum for some extra money. Speaking of owling mum, I got an owl back from her as a reply from my previous letter. I owled her about Harry. I asked her what love feels like, and how you can be sure that it's real. I told her how I feel about Harry. She said that true love is when you always think about hi. He has to be your friend and he can make you laugh. He makes you happy even when you are sad and can't be cheered up by anyone else. You should even be happy when thinking about him. You know its not puppy love if this feeling never fades.

She asked me how long we have been dating and exactly how far we have gone. That was typical mum question. She then said that Ron had sent her a letter saying that we had gone all the way and that Harry was treating me badly. I assured her that no such thing was going on. The only thing we've done is shared a kiss. Then I told her that I am going through all of those symptoms of love that she had described. The only thing I didn't know about yet was the everlasting love. That takes a while to make sure its there. I asked her what I should do. How fast should I take it? Should I tell him I love him, or wait until he makes the first move?

I'm so glad I have mum to talk to. She can be a little overbearing at times, but she gives good advice and she has been through all of this, several times. Right now I'm glad I'm the youngest because mum knows how to describe it and now she's more lenient with me. I can always ask Charley about love if mum's advice fails. He's engaged now so I know he could help me. He even met her when he went here. I feel so bad for Harry who has no one to talk to. He's going through so much and he has to do it all himself. The closest thing he has as a family would be Sirius or his friends. Hogwarts is his home. I bet if it were up to him, he would live here. The only one he can really talk to is Sirius or Ron, maybe me or Hermione, but I'm not sure a guy would be comfortable talking to a girl about that. Oh well. I hope he finds someone he can talk to.

-Ginny

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A/N: Sorry things are going so slow. I have idea's for the next 2 chapters and then for random chapters in the middle, but not for what is going to come immediately after this. If you have any ideas please leave them in your review.

In case you were wondering where I got my definition of true love from, my mom gave it to me. She always told my "you should marry your best friend." Eventually she put together a whole list of what true love is. Oh and happy late valentines day. This was my first valentines day with a boy friend. We couldn't really do anything because I was sick and he had to go out of town for the weekend but we got to spend time together after school. Any way, please review.