Okay, so she had let him win. What else was she going to do? Beat him badly? She could have easily; he wasn't much of a challenge. But he was Harry Potter, and so she had let him win. Not by much, so the game would last a little longer, but she still threw the game in the end.

Harry and Ginny would get together and play chess almost every night after that, and every time Harry got a little better. Soon Ginny wouldn't even have to let him win, he'd be able to do it on his own.

She was thrilled at her luck. Ginny Weasley was now considered one of Harry's closest companions- along with Hermione and her brother, Ron. Hermione loved having Ginny hanging out with them- even though Harry and Ron were great, she'd missed having a close female friend. Ron was another story.

He was not at all pleased with having his little sister hanging out with himself and his two best friends. Or the fact that she was in love with Harry.

Ginny returned to the common room one evening early, partly to get away from Colin. Now that she had her new friends, she didn't really want to be seen with someone like Colin. At least not when Harry was around. She knew of Harry's annoyance with Colin and Dennis, and so she tried to steer clear of them from now on.

At first, Colin was very hurt at losing his best friend and secret crush. After awhile, though, he merely accepted the fact that Ginny was only his friend when Harry wasn't around. That's just the way it was now. If Harry was in sight, then he was pushed in the background. And he didn't do anything to stop it.

Ginny sat on the couch, shuffling through some Charms notes. Harry, Ron, and Hermione hadn't come back from dinner yet, so Ginny just sat and waited for them. She couldn't really concentrate on studying, for the anticipation of waiting for Harry was just too great.

She immediately turned around as she saw the portrait hole open. She smiled at she saw her brother come out, but her smile turned to a frown when she saw that Hermione and Harry were not behind him. "Where's Harry?"

"Still eating," Ron said shortly.

"Well, why didn't you wait for him? And Hermione?" Ginny asked, confused.

"Because," Ron said slowly, "I wanted to talk to you."

"Really? What about?"

"Don't look so innocently at me, Ginny."

Confusion was clearly written across her face as she told him, "I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about."

It was then that Ron got really mad and Ginny saw the Weasley temper let loose. "Lay off Harry, all right? He doesn't like you!"

Ginny tried to close her ears; she didn't want to hear this. "What do you mean he doesn't like me? We play chess almost every night! We're good friends now!"

"You know what I mean," said Ron. "He doesn't like you the way you love him. He doesn't love you. He just thinks of you as my baby sister. And that's all you're ever going to be to him. You hardly even know him! Playing chess with him a few nights doesn't make you best friends!"

"You're just jealous! Besides, why would he tell you if he liked me? I am, after all, your 'baby sister.'"

"I'm his best friend!" yelled Ron. "I think he'd tell me!"

"You're wrong!" Ginny retorted, not even realizing that someone else had entered the room at this point. "He wouldn't tell you! You're too overprotective of me! He knows you wouldn't approve! But here's something you can't do anything about- I love Harry!"

Ginny's face was bright red, and she was breathing heavily. Her slightly wavy red hair was now a mess around her face due to her rage. She finally looked Ron in the eyes, but he was no longer looking at her. Instead his focus was on a figure across the room.

There stood Colin Creevy, fighting to hold back the tears. The last words Ginny had spoken echoed in his ears: "I love Harry."

Ron finally broke the silence. He said softly, "Gin, you don't even know what love is."

"Of course I do," she replied, careful not to look at Colin. "Besides, why would you be the one to tell me about love? You don't know what it is either."

The look of anger was washed away from Ron's face, and at this point he looked almost sad. "Ginny, there's a lot you don't know right now. Even about me. Just trust me." He sighed and exited out of the common room.

There was a long, uncomfortable silence between the two remaining people in the room- Ginny and Colin. Glancing down at his shoes, Colin finally spoke. "You really love Harry?"

Ginny didn't respond. Of course she loved Harry! Her brother just didn't know what he was talking about. She had loved Harry since she was ten years old. "Yes, I do," Ginny answered him defiantly.

"Then how do you define love?" It was not a question Ginny was expecting. Frustrated, she didn't answer it, but stormed out of the room and upstairs to her small bedroom.

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A/N: Now Ron has a secret too... I promise we'll find out more about that later. And I don't want you guys to not like Ron for being so hard on Ginny, just trust me on this one! Ron is my favorite character, and I don't want him to be disliked!

I feel like I'm always apologizing... maybe that's because it's taking me so long to get these chapters out! Well, midterm week just finished, so I was really busy with school work. So, has anyone been watching American Idol? Tuesday night I'm voting for J.D. Adams... I dunno about you guys, but he seems good. And when ever Clay is on... vote for him!! He is so good!! Okay, enough of me going on with my American Idol chatter!

Thanks to my reviewers: mad, Clara, Googooliebokee, Dana Dancer, Lee Weasley, and Ginny Drama!

Dana Dancer- Thanks so much for visiting my site! I'm really glad you liked it. And yes, I have heard about the fifth book coming out... I am so excited!! I know it's going to be great.

Lee Weasley- Yeah, that was a pretty creepy ending... it gave me the shivers! I will try and get around to reading your new story.

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