Chapter 6
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Harry slowly walked back up the stairs (too slowly, in fact, the staircases moved no less than 3 times as he walked up them), comtemplating what had just happened.
'I kissed Ginny. Lord, I kissed Ginny,' said a voice in Harry's head.
'Well, she started it!' said another.
'And you kissed her back!' the first voice retorted.
This continued until Harry finally reached the entrance to Gryffindor common room, where Harry realized that, kudos to Ginny, he had no idea what the password was. So he slumped against the Fat Lady's portrait and waited for someone to come up.
After 15 long minutes, he finally heard footsteps nearing the common room.
Looking in the direction of the footsteps, he saw that they belonged to Ron and Hermione, both giggling, Hermione's hair a bit more messy than normal.
They both approached the portrait and Harry stood, startling Ron and Hermione.
"Oh, my goodness!" Hermione cried. "We were just out, you know, patrolling. Prefect duties," she explained, far too quickly.
"I didn't ask," Harry said, grinning to himself.
While Ron didn't catch on that Harry knew the two were a couple in his giddiness, Hermione did. Her eyes pleaded with him not to tell anyone, and he relented.
Hermione smiled at him, but then turned on him and began her interrogation.
"And where, might I ask, were you?" Hermione asked.
"The bathroom, you know. Sudden, frequent urges." Harry said devilishly.
Hermione rolled her eyes, and Harry asked the two if they could they please open the door.
The trio, much to the Fat Lady's distaste, then woke her, gave her the password (sugar quill), and entered an empty common room.
"Oh, my stars!" Hermione cried. "It's nearly 11:30! We don't want to be late for class tomorrow! Goodnight, Ron, 'night, Harry," she said, scuttling off to her bedroom. Ron, looking thoroughly disappointed that Hermione left, rounded on Harry.
"Frequent, sudden urges?" he asked.
"Right, where were you?"
Harry looked away, staring at a button on the couch.
"Promise you won't get angry? And that I can ask you a question after?" asked Harry.
"Oh, all right," grumbled Ron.
"I was with Ginny."
"WHAT!" screamed Ron.
"Shh!" whispered Harry.
"Let me finish. She pulled me off as we were leaving the Great Hall and you went to show the first years the way. She brought me to this room, you could, I don't know, see into each of the common rooms." Harry took a breath.
"So I was looking into the Gryffindor common room, and I see Dean Thomas alone. With another girl, snogging away. Ginny saw it."
Ron looked like he could kill Dean Thomas.
Harry quickly continued, dreading, however, the end of the story.
"And then, I don't know, Ginny got real close to me. and.er. she." Harry stumbled.
"She said something like, this'll show him. and she kissed me."
((A/N I know it's the opposite way, but for Ron's reaction it needs to be in this order))
Ron looked like he could faint. He lied back on the couch, mumbling to himself.
"Thomas. curse the git. best friend. little sister.."
"If it's any consolation, Ron, I don't think she even like it. It was just to show Dean up, I think."
Ron shot daggers at Harry, who remained silent for a moment.
"Hey!" said Harry, remembering for the first time his part of the deal.
"I get to ask you a question now."
Ron glared at Harry, but relented, and sat up.
Harry raised a questioning eyebrow at him.
"So, when were you planning on telling me that you and Hermione are a couple?"
More Not-So-Shocking Revelations and Terrible Titles
Harry slowly walked back up the stairs (too slowly, in fact, the staircases moved no less than 3 times as he walked up them), comtemplating what had just happened.
'I kissed Ginny. Lord, I kissed Ginny,' said a voice in Harry's head.
'Well, she started it!' said another.
'And you kissed her back!' the first voice retorted.
This continued until Harry finally reached the entrance to Gryffindor common room, where Harry realized that, kudos to Ginny, he had no idea what the password was. So he slumped against the Fat Lady's portrait and waited for someone to come up.
After 15 long minutes, he finally heard footsteps nearing the common room.
Looking in the direction of the footsteps, he saw that they belonged to Ron and Hermione, both giggling, Hermione's hair a bit more messy than normal.
They both approached the portrait and Harry stood, startling Ron and Hermione.
"Oh, my goodness!" Hermione cried. "We were just out, you know, patrolling. Prefect duties," she explained, far too quickly.
"I didn't ask," Harry said, grinning to himself.
While Ron didn't catch on that Harry knew the two were a couple in his giddiness, Hermione did. Her eyes pleaded with him not to tell anyone, and he relented.
Hermione smiled at him, but then turned on him and began her interrogation.
"And where, might I ask, were you?" Hermione asked.
"The bathroom, you know. Sudden, frequent urges." Harry said devilishly.
Hermione rolled her eyes, and Harry asked the two if they could they please open the door.
The trio, much to the Fat Lady's distaste, then woke her, gave her the password (sugar quill), and entered an empty common room.
"Oh, my stars!" Hermione cried. "It's nearly 11:30! We don't want to be late for class tomorrow! Goodnight, Ron, 'night, Harry," she said, scuttling off to her bedroom. Ron, looking thoroughly disappointed that Hermione left, rounded on Harry.
"Frequent, sudden urges?" he asked.
"Right, where were you?"
Harry looked away, staring at a button on the couch.
"Promise you won't get angry? And that I can ask you a question after?" asked Harry.
"Oh, all right," grumbled Ron.
"I was with Ginny."
"WHAT!" screamed Ron.
"Shh!" whispered Harry.
"Let me finish. She pulled me off as we were leaving the Great Hall and you went to show the first years the way. She brought me to this room, you could, I don't know, see into each of the common rooms." Harry took a breath.
"So I was looking into the Gryffindor common room, and I see Dean Thomas alone. With another girl, snogging away. Ginny saw it."
Ron looked like he could kill Dean Thomas.
Harry quickly continued, dreading, however, the end of the story.
"And then, I don't know, Ginny got real close to me. and.er. she." Harry stumbled.
"She said something like, this'll show him. and she kissed me."
((A/N I know it's the opposite way, but for Ron's reaction it needs to be in this order))
Ron looked like he could faint. He lied back on the couch, mumbling to himself.
"Thomas. curse the git. best friend. little sister.."
"If it's any consolation, Ron, I don't think she even like it. It was just to show Dean up, I think."
Ron shot daggers at Harry, who remained silent for a moment.
"Hey!" said Harry, remembering for the first time his part of the deal.
"I get to ask you a question now."
Ron glared at Harry, but relented, and sat up.
Harry raised a questioning eyebrow at him.
"So, when were you planning on telling me that you and Hermione are a couple?"