A Christmas to remember..

By Rinni-a.k.a Cruciatus.

Disclaimer: We all know who the characters belong too, the Goddess who is J.K Rowling not me..

Author's Notes: I've written some fic's before and have gone the wrong way about things, so here is my first fic where I am going to explain exactly what you will be reading in hopes to stop those flamers a little.

This is a fic about Hermione and Ginny, Girl-On-Girl, Lesbians Basically, so if you are offended by that, please don't read this fic.

As this is about Hermione AND Ginny, they will be higly OOC, and of course the entire story will be AU, by saying this I hope to warn people of the differences between my fic and the real stories.ok.clear? Then take a read.

Chapter One: Hidden Feelings

Hermione Sat on the comfy armchair beside the roaring fire in the Gryffindor common room, She was waiting for her friends to arrive and to talk to someone about a secret she had been hiding.

Various members of Gryffindor filtered out the common room with their trunks and bags in tow. It was the first day of the Christmas holidays and Hermione had decided to stay at Hogwarts instead of going home.

She had told her parents that, being as she was about to sit her N.E.W.T's she would need to stay at school and attend the various revision classes that were being held to ensure she would get the best possible marks in her exams. Of course, being Hermione, this was one of the reasons, the other was one that Hermione wasn't known for, and that she couldn't tell her parents with the same ease.

She had gone and fallen in love, so hard that she wanted to stay in Hogwarts rather than go home and do revision(which would be just as beneficial as staying at school) to be with this person, and to reveal her true feelings to them. When she had heard that person was staying she immediately had put her name down on the list of students who were staying for Christmas also.

Hermione wasn't sure how or when she had fallen in love, but all she could think of was this person, and what it would be like to actually be with the person. It was so intense that she had stopped fully concentrating on her lessons due to her thoughts of romance.

She consciously smoothed her clothes down and raked a shaking hand through her hair, when she saw some people enter the common room. She rose from her armchair and went over to them.

Harry, Ron and Ginny had also spotted Hermione and went to meet her as she was walking towards them.

"So here we all are for a fun-filled, or should I say revision- filled Christmas at Hogwarts.yay for us"Harry said in a dull voice.

"Yes I guess so, isn't that why all of us are staying though?"She glanced at Ginny briefly."The 7th years I mean.."She added on seeing Ginny.

"I guess-I mean, you me and Harry are here for revision, and Ginny.."Ron looked at his sister as if he had just noticed she was with them."Ginny?Why are you staying anyway?"He asked obviously confused."I thought you loved mum's Christmas dinner.?"Ginny shuffled a little and smiled nervously.

"Well I uhh.just thought I'd spend a Christmas here at Hogwarts, to see what it was like, and I fancied catching up on all my work anyway.."She started blushing.

"Ah.. fair enough, well Ron and I are going to go down to the hall to grab something eat, do you guys want to come?"Harry asked cheerfully.

The girl's looked at each other strangely for a moment before quickly turning away.

"Uh yes ok then, I can start my work later.."Hermione said in her normal voice, but with a strange look upon her face.

"Yes I'll come too, I want to do some work later too."Ginny said also in her normal voice, but with a hidden expression.

They all walked down to the great hall together, Ron and Hermione talking or rather arguing about the normal stuff, and Harry and Ginny walking silently, behind them.

As they entered the Great Hall Hermione turned to Ginny.

"I'm going to the common room after lunch to get some work done, do you want to come with me?It should be pretty quiet in there, everyone who is staying will probably be mucking around in the snow"Hermione said shaking her head at Ron and Harry's nods of agreement on her mentioning mucking around in the snow.

Ginny nodded, and, as only Hermione seemed to notice, blushed a little at the offer.Hermione's heart leapt at the sudden shyness.

"I know I will be mucking around, hey Harry, how about a snowball fight after lunch? Seamus and Dean are staying too, we can find them and go head to head!"Ron said sounding excited.

"Ok then, lets just eat something now though, because I'm starving."Harry added as his stomach rumbled, demanding food.

The group sat at their normal places and ate some sandwiches and had a goblet or two of Pumpkin juice before going their separate ways.

"I'll see you guys later then"Hermione said to Ron and Harry as they walked outside to the grounds.

"Yea, see you, and uh have fun with the work!"Ron said cheekily.

Harry also said goodbye, the girls walked up to the common room in a awkward silence.

When they got inside the common room they found it empty except for Crookshanks who rubbed itself up Hermione's leg in greeting before doing the same to Ginny.

"So, what work do you need to do, Ginny? Do you need any help?"Hermione said to Ginny.

"Oh, I'm ok thanks, plus you need to revise, its way more important than me.." Ginny said not meeting Hermiones eyes.

Hermione thought to herself, how her revision and Ginny were both important to her, Ginny more so before nodding.

"Ok then I'll just go and get my notes and I'll be back ok?"Hermione said quickly running to the girl's dorms to get her stuff

Ginny who already had her bag with her work in sat down at the nearest table and began to get her books,parchment and quill's out. She also retrieved a pink notebook out, which was her diary.

After her unfortunate experience with Tom Riddle's diary she had decided to make her own diaries from now on,just in case.

She opened up her diary and quickly jotted down some stuff before, on seeing Hermione's arrival dropping it into her bag.

"Hey, I didn't know my notes would be so heavy!"Hermione said as she placed her various notes on the table, almost entirely taking up all the room.

Ginny only laughed slightly before opening her potions book and reading it with great interest.

Hermione also began reading her notes, they both sat in silence, awkward silence, until Ginny realized she had left a book in her dormitory and stood up, unaware of knocking over her bag and spilling its contents, and went to fetch it.

"I'm just getting my book.."Ginny mumbled

"Ok then.."Hermione said, noticing a pink notebook on the floor, which had obviously came out of Ginny's bag.

She casually picked it up and opened it, on the first page it read;"Virginia Weasley's diary-Keep Out!". She knew it was wrong and deceitful but she just had to know how Ginny felt, so she turned the page and flicked through the book, scanning for her name.

So far into the diary she came across a love heart drawn in colour, in the centre, Hermione saw with a rush, was her own name, her heart started beating forcefully and she quickly turned the page, glancing over shoulder for Ginny.

She found a page with her name on it and quickly read it, it said:

Dear diary,

I can't help my feelings any longer, I need to let them show true, I am in love, not with a guy, but with a girl, the girl who I considered a older sister,Hermione Granger, I can't help how I feel, I just love her so much, I could burst, I want to kiss her, hold her, be with her, its all I think about.

It is affecting how I act around her too, and I think she may have noticed, I blush whenever I talk to her, I avoid her because I can't stop myself from acting shy, its terrible, but I can't help it.

Ron mentioned that most of the 7th years are deciding to stay for Christmas, so I am going to also, in hopes that Hermione is, I expect she will, she has done before, and if she does I can finally come clean to her, whatever the consequences, I need to tell her before its too late.

I'd better go now, Ron has just turned up.

Luv Ginny,

Xxx

Hermione closed the book, her head in a daze, her heart pounding so strongly against her chest it might rip her open.

"She likes me too?"Hermione thought to herself"She actually likes me too?!"She repeated in a trance, as if she couldn't believe what she had read.

She heard footsteps behind her and froze. Slowly, book in hand she turned to see who it was, already knowing who it would be.br
"Ginny..i" Hermione said to a crimson-faced Ginny, who had seen the diary in her hand.



Harry and Ron walked back up to the common room an hour later after having a particularly strenuous snow-fight.

"Y'know Harry, I think I need to tell you something."Ron said his ears turning a little pink. "About, love, and stuff."His ears had deepend in colour, to a shade of red. Harry smiled a little and stopped walking.

"You might want to tell me before we get to the common room, remember, Hermione and Ginny are in there.." Harry said warningly"I'm sure you don't want them hearing do you?"He added.

Ron shook his head."No way"He agreed."You see I think I have fallen for someone, and I don't know what to do."Harry smiled."What?"Ron asked in a hushed voice.

"Let me guess, you like Hermione?"Ron's ears looked like they were so red they were giving off heat.

"Uh, how did you know Harry?"He asked in a whisper."Is it that obvious?"Ron questioned desperately.

"Oh not really, its just that, I know you so well, I guess I can tell."Harry said reassuringly.

"Do you think I stand a chance?"Ron asked, almost fearing the answer.

"I don't know, I mean she seems to serious to want a boyfriend now, in out N.E.W.T's year, you might want to wait until we leave school.but that's just my advice, you should do what you think.."Harry said truthfully. Ron sighed.

"I guess I should wait, I really don't think she'd have any spare time for me, what with revision and all." Ron said sadly.

"Ron?"Harry said, this time it was his turn to blush a little on his cheeks.

"Yes?"Ron knew it was Harry's turn to reveal something.

"I like someone too."He said blushing crimson.

"Ginny, right?"Ron said effortlessly.

"What?! How did you know?!"Harry said disbelievingly.

"I can tell mate, just like you can with me"Ron said slapping Harry affectionately on the back."Looks like we got ourselves into a mess eh?"Harry nodded.

"What should I do though?"Harry questioned.

"You should tell her, I mean she's bound to like you, she always has secretly, I'm sure she'll jump at the offer!"Ron said almost in a angry tone.

"Ron.if Hermione was Ginny's age, it would be easier, but I guess you should just do what you feel you ought to, and I'll do the same.."Harry said ruffling his hair.

"Maybe we should go and see Hagrid instead of going back to the common room, I feel a little awkward going in there now, don't you?"Ron said, glancing at the painting of the Fat Lady.

"Yea, good idea..lets go and see Hagrid..Take our minds off our love-lives.."Harry said."Or lack of,love-lives"He added after a thought.

~TBC~ BAuthor's notes- Well there you have it, the first chapter, sorry for the crapness of it all, but it was written in a hurry, please review!! Next chapter coming soon entitled "The Truth at last"-Ciao! Luv Rinni