"Ginny!" Hermoine said. Harry looked up; he had buried his head in his arms as he sat near the fire thinking about Ginny and her actions after he had...you know...
He lifted his head just in time to see Ginny run up the stairs to the girl's dormitory, then Hermoine run after her.
Ron sat down in the armchair beside Harry. Harry didn't move. He just kept looking at the stairs, as if he thought Ginny would come back down at any moment.
"Girls, eh Harry?" Ron gave a slight chuckle, but then noticed the intent and frustrated look on Harry's face.
"Harry," Ron asked cautiously, "are you alright? And do you know what is wrong with Ginny?" Harry slowly turned his head to look at Ron. He didn't say anything, but the look told Ron that something major had happened, though he had absolutely no idea what it could be.
"You know, Ron," Harry said, "I am kinda tired, so would you mind if I just go to bed?" He began to walk toward the boy's room. He turned around to look at Ron before going up the stairs. "Sorry...I...I just don't feel like talking, that's all..." His voice trailed off and Ron could tell his friend was distrought.
Harry left the common room. Ron faced the fire and tried to think of what could be wrong with his friend.
A few minutes later, Hermoine came out of the girl's dormitory and took the armchair beside Ron--the one Harry had left vacant.
"So...do you know what is wrong with Ginny?" Ron asked.
"Well," Hermoine began, "I talked to her, at least I tried to. I mean, she cried a lot and talked a lot about how she didn't know what she was feeling. But I wasn't quite clear on the details. Ron, your sister is a very complex girl."
"Ginny?" Ron replied, somewhat doubting Hermione. "My Ginny? Complex? Why do you say that?"
"Well, I don't know, but she seems like she is going through a lot right now. She wouldn't tell me everything, of course, but what I understood tells me that she has a lot on her mind."
"Really..." They talked a lot about Ginny that night, but Hermoine hadn't quite understood the girl's problem that night in the dormitory...