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The next few days were quite uncomfortable for Harry and Ginny. More and
more people were finding out about their 'relationship', and non seemed too
surprised. Everyone who knew just shrugged and walked off with a knowing
look in their eyes. They kept up with the lovey dovey routine around
everyone else, but when they were together there was definitely a problem
between them; they no longer seemed to be as close as they used to be.
Harry thought Ginny was just still being a little mardy from loosing the
bet, but Ginny thought it had something to do with the kiss. They hadn't
kissed again since that day only hugged, held hands etc. This was causing
quite some tension between them and neither knew how to deal with it. It
was one late stormy evening when Ginny and Hermione were left alone in the
common room to talk.
"So Ginny I can not believe you and Harry are finally going out! This must be a dream come true for you!" Hermione smiled at her best friend,
"Yeah it definitely is!" She lied.
"So when did it happen again?" Hermione enquired,
"Well it was in the common room after you and Ron had gone to bed one night. He just kinda admitted he really liked me and that was it." Ginny was getting good at this lying game.
"Oh right because Harry said it was when you were up in the astronomy tower late one night. He said how beautiful you looked and how he knew it was now or never..." Hermione couldn't help but give a smug grin.
'Dam it' Ginny thought, that would have been more romantic and realistic. 'Why didn't I think of that?'
"Well I can't really remember you know everything's just been moving so fast over the last few days." She lied again.
"Oh right well I would of thought you would remember that, seen as you've been waiting forever for Harry to confess his love for you." There was that smug grin again.
'Where's this going?' Ginny thought, she obviously knew something!
"Hermione what do you know?" Ginny had to ask,
"Nothing, what would I know?" Hermione too was lying now.
"Hermione come on I know you know something. You've just questioned me and got two completely different stories and your not suspicious." Ginny sighed it was obvious she knew about the bet.
"Hang on I was meant to be making you confess!" Hermione laughed,
"Well why don't you tell me what you know and lets see if we can get at least two stories to match." Ginny laughed too.
"Okay well that night after Ron and I went up to bed I remembered that I'd left my charms essay down here. So I said goodnight to Ron and headed back down the stairway to hear yours and Harry's voices discussing me and Ron. I heard all about the bet and what you were both going to risk if you lost. Well I went storming up to Ron and told him everything." Ginny sighed at this she was in trouble now.
"And we decided that we should just act normal. It hurt us that everyone else was betting on our stupidity as I remember Dean calling it, and now so were our closest friends. A friend and sister that we knew would be sticking up for us and not letting us find about any of the bets. Quite a few people know why you and Harry are suddenly together, but not too many. We decided Lavender shouldn't know as we thought it best for you two to explain it to her. Or at least let Harry get a little revenge." Hermione couldn't help but grin evilly here.
"Ron's still quite mad with you both. He's done something that I think will near enough do what Voldemort never did. What will happen will near enough frighten Harry to death. But I can not tell you what it is. Ron doesn't even know that I've told you all of this." Hermione seemed to beg at this last bit.
"So hang on are you and Ron really together?" Ginny suddenly asked,
"Oh yes what you heard really happened and I've never been so happi."
"Hermione how could this happen. You and Ron knew all along whilst I've been trying to think of a million lies to tell you both about us being together. And what is he going to do to Harry? Tell me Hermione I need to know!" Ginny demanded,
"I can't Gin, Ron would kill me!" Hermione sighed,
"Hermione what is it? I have to tell Harry!" Ginny now seemed to be begging,
"Why Ginny? Why should you tell Harry? If you ask me you seemed to have got the worst part of the deal. Harry thinks he has it made with you walking around on his arm. All he's glad about is that he's got one over on Lavender! He doesn't care that he's hurting and using you, and don't say that he isn't because I know he is. Harry kissed you and you felt every old feeling come rushing back and what did he feel.nothing! Harry needs to understand that feelings aren't there to be messed with, I know he's still angry with Lavender because of what she did.but he can't dwell on it forever Ginny. He's just being a big prat and unfortunately he's got you wrapped right round his little finger." Hermione was now fuming, it seemed to Ginny that she had been waiting to say this to her for a while now. Before she knew what she was doing Ginny was yelling back,
"HOW DARE YOU HERMIONE! HARRY HAS HAD A REALLY TOUGH TIME LATELY, AND HE JUST FEELS THAT HE HAS TO DO SOMETHING TO SOMEONE TO GET A LITTLE REVENGE. HE'S EXPECTED TO KILL VOLDEMORT AND SAVE US ALL, AND HE HAS TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL LIVE. I ADMIT HARRY HAS BEEN A BIT OF A GIT, BUT WHO CAN BLAME HIM, LAVENDER WAS SUCH A COW TO HIM, AND ALL HE WANTS IS A BIT OF REVENGE. HE HAS TOO MUCH BOTTLED UP INSIDE AND NOW HE'S TRYING TO LET OF A LITTLE STEAM."
"YOUR LYING GIINY! YOU KNOW THAT'S ALL FALSE! YOUR JUST TRYING TO PROTECT HARRY BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM TO MUCH TO ACCEPT THE TRUTH."
That was it Ginny was running, the last thing she heard was Hermione yelling through the portrait hole to come back. but she didn't she didn't want to be around Hermione at the minute. Everything she had just said was true, she did love Harry again, she wanted to protect him. But then also Hermione was right to say that Harry didn't care for her feelings, he was just happy because he looked good and was hurting Lavender. Ginny ran and ran until she thought her legs would drop off. She collapsed on the Quidditch pitch and sobbed, it was raining hard now and the storm was getting dangerous. Ginny didn't care though, Hermione was right and she was wrong. How could she ever think that Harry could love her as she loved him? He was only looking out for himself, and now Ginny hoped that whatever Ron had planned would knock some serious sense into Harry.
Okay guys over a thousand words, is that better for you ;) I just wanna say thank you for all off your great reviews! Thanks also to those who said they would check through the spellings for me. I really appreciated it but I now have my new comp so I'm sorted. Thank you Emma for some inspiration your being a great help! My own personal muse.he he! Keep on reviewing guys! Until next time.
"So Ginny I can not believe you and Harry are finally going out! This must be a dream come true for you!" Hermione smiled at her best friend,
"Yeah it definitely is!" She lied.
"So when did it happen again?" Hermione enquired,
"Well it was in the common room after you and Ron had gone to bed one night. He just kinda admitted he really liked me and that was it." Ginny was getting good at this lying game.
"Oh right because Harry said it was when you were up in the astronomy tower late one night. He said how beautiful you looked and how he knew it was now or never..." Hermione couldn't help but give a smug grin.
'Dam it' Ginny thought, that would have been more romantic and realistic. 'Why didn't I think of that?'
"Well I can't really remember you know everything's just been moving so fast over the last few days." She lied again.
"Oh right well I would of thought you would remember that, seen as you've been waiting forever for Harry to confess his love for you." There was that smug grin again.
'Where's this going?' Ginny thought, she obviously knew something!
"Hermione what do you know?" Ginny had to ask,
"Nothing, what would I know?" Hermione too was lying now.
"Hermione come on I know you know something. You've just questioned me and got two completely different stories and your not suspicious." Ginny sighed it was obvious she knew about the bet.
"Hang on I was meant to be making you confess!" Hermione laughed,
"Well why don't you tell me what you know and lets see if we can get at least two stories to match." Ginny laughed too.
"Okay well that night after Ron and I went up to bed I remembered that I'd left my charms essay down here. So I said goodnight to Ron and headed back down the stairway to hear yours and Harry's voices discussing me and Ron. I heard all about the bet and what you were both going to risk if you lost. Well I went storming up to Ron and told him everything." Ginny sighed at this she was in trouble now.
"And we decided that we should just act normal. It hurt us that everyone else was betting on our stupidity as I remember Dean calling it, and now so were our closest friends. A friend and sister that we knew would be sticking up for us and not letting us find about any of the bets. Quite a few people know why you and Harry are suddenly together, but not too many. We decided Lavender shouldn't know as we thought it best for you two to explain it to her. Or at least let Harry get a little revenge." Hermione couldn't help but grin evilly here.
"Ron's still quite mad with you both. He's done something that I think will near enough do what Voldemort never did. What will happen will near enough frighten Harry to death. But I can not tell you what it is. Ron doesn't even know that I've told you all of this." Hermione seemed to beg at this last bit.
"So hang on are you and Ron really together?" Ginny suddenly asked,
"Oh yes what you heard really happened and I've never been so happi."
"Hermione how could this happen. You and Ron knew all along whilst I've been trying to think of a million lies to tell you both about us being together. And what is he going to do to Harry? Tell me Hermione I need to know!" Ginny demanded,
"I can't Gin, Ron would kill me!" Hermione sighed,
"Hermione what is it? I have to tell Harry!" Ginny now seemed to be begging,
"Why Ginny? Why should you tell Harry? If you ask me you seemed to have got the worst part of the deal. Harry thinks he has it made with you walking around on his arm. All he's glad about is that he's got one over on Lavender! He doesn't care that he's hurting and using you, and don't say that he isn't because I know he is. Harry kissed you and you felt every old feeling come rushing back and what did he feel.nothing! Harry needs to understand that feelings aren't there to be messed with, I know he's still angry with Lavender because of what she did.but he can't dwell on it forever Ginny. He's just being a big prat and unfortunately he's got you wrapped right round his little finger." Hermione was now fuming, it seemed to Ginny that she had been waiting to say this to her for a while now. Before she knew what she was doing Ginny was yelling back,
"HOW DARE YOU HERMIONE! HARRY HAS HAD A REALLY TOUGH TIME LATELY, AND HE JUST FEELS THAT HE HAS TO DO SOMETHING TO SOMEONE TO GET A LITTLE REVENGE. HE'S EXPECTED TO KILL VOLDEMORT AND SAVE US ALL, AND HE HAS TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL LIVE. I ADMIT HARRY HAS BEEN A BIT OF A GIT, BUT WHO CAN BLAME HIM, LAVENDER WAS SUCH A COW TO HIM, AND ALL HE WANTS IS A BIT OF REVENGE. HE HAS TOO MUCH BOTTLED UP INSIDE AND NOW HE'S TRYING TO LET OF A LITTLE STEAM."
"YOUR LYING GIINY! YOU KNOW THAT'S ALL FALSE! YOUR JUST TRYING TO PROTECT HARRY BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM TO MUCH TO ACCEPT THE TRUTH."
That was it Ginny was running, the last thing she heard was Hermione yelling through the portrait hole to come back. but she didn't she didn't want to be around Hermione at the minute. Everything she had just said was true, she did love Harry again, she wanted to protect him. But then also Hermione was right to say that Harry didn't care for her feelings, he was just happy because he looked good and was hurting Lavender. Ginny ran and ran until she thought her legs would drop off. She collapsed on the Quidditch pitch and sobbed, it was raining hard now and the storm was getting dangerous. Ginny didn't care though, Hermione was right and she was wrong. How could she ever think that Harry could love her as she loved him? He was only looking out for himself, and now Ginny hoped that whatever Ron had planned would knock some serious sense into Harry.
Okay guys over a thousand words, is that better for you ;) I just wanna say thank you for all off your great reviews! Thanks also to those who said they would check through the spellings for me. I really appreciated it but I now have my new comp so I'm sorted. Thank you Emma for some inspiration your being a great help! My own personal muse.he he! Keep on reviewing guys! Until next time.
