CHAPTER 5

HANGOVER HEARTBREAK

The next day Ginny and Hermione woke up first, as they didn't drink half as much as Harry or Ron. They crept quietly out of the bedroom leaving Harry and Ron sprawled out on the floor in exactly the same positions that they had collapsed into the previous night. They both made their way into the kitchen to have breakfast.

''So, Herm what are you going to do now?'' Ginny questionned her best friend.

''Do about what?'' Hermione replied temporarily forgetting what Ron had said the previous night.

''Ron!!! He said that he liked you. How are you going to act when you see him?'' Ginny shouted at Hermione, not believing Hermiones, laid back attitude.

''Oh my god, I totally forgOt.'' Hermione screeched, ''I don't know what to do, I'll just see how he acts to me I suppose.'' Hermione answered looking nervous. ''Anyway what are you going to do about Harry?''

''What do you mean, Harry never even said anything about me?'' Ginny said looking crestfallen, as she buttered her toast.

''Oh come on, we both know he was about to say Ginny.'' Hermione soothed her friend, while taking a bite out of her toast. ''He told me before that he thought you were pretty and he was starting to notice you in a different way.''

''Really!!! I'll just see how it goes then, same as you. But to make sure they act in the way we would like them to act I think we should really dress up for the rest of the holidays. What do you say?'' said Ginny getting excited.

''Ok, they aren't going to be getting up for ages, and when they do they'll be so hungover they won't even notice where we are, so this looks like a perfect shopping oppurtunity.''

''Great, I need some new muggle clothes.''

With that Hermione and Ginny finished their breakfast and quickly got dressed and headed off to do some serious shopping.

Meanwhile Harry and Ron lay in Hermiones bedroom, totally unaware of what they had admitted to the previous night, and what the two girls were planning. Harry lay sprawled out on the floor in only his black boxers, covered in broomsticks. His untidy hair was now ten times more messy and was sticking up at odd angles. His glasses were hanging from only one of his ears and he was drooling slightly. Ron, was laying in exactly the same position that he had passed out in, his flaming red hair was tangled and messy and was flopping into his face. He was snoring softly and muttering in his sleep. He had no blankets covering him and he lay there, his navy boxers on show to everybody who cared to look. (Hermione.)

It was coming up to two o'clock and Hermione and Ginny still hadn't returned from their shopping spree, but Harry and Ron were starting to wake up.

''What time is it man?'' Ron groggily asked Harry while he sat up clutching his head.

'''Bout two, I think.'' said Harry trying to focus his blurry eyes on his watch.

''What happened last night? I can't remember much?'' Ron said as he pushed Crookshanks away from him.

''I don't know mate, I think we passed out before we could embaress ourselves too much.'' Harry reassured Ron.

''Good!'' Ron sighed. Secretly thanking the lord that Harry hadn't heard his true feelings slip out, as they usually did when he was drunk. He would just pretend to Hermione that he didn't remember anything he had said that night and hope she would forget about it. She probably was disgusted by the idea of it anyway, he thought to himself.

Harry, also recalled everything about last night, well the parts of it he was actually conscious for, and he knew how close he had come to telling Ginny the truth, but he was glad he hadn't said eveything he was thinking outloud. Ron would've strangled him. He was glad he didn't tell everyone that he loved the way her shiny red hair reflected the sunlight, and the way her vivid green eyes sparkled when she laughed or the way he longed to kiss her full red lips...............

''Harry........HARRY!!!'' Ron was calling him. ''Well finally decided to listen to me then.''

''Sorry Ron, I was just....uh..thinking.'' Harry replied not looking into Rons eyes, if Ron knew the types of thoughts and dreams Harry had been having about Ginny recently he would most probably kill him.

''Well, you want to go down and have breakfast, and find Gin and Mione.''

''Sure!'' Harry replied, thinking that he was going to just act as though he hadn't said anything that night. It wasn't as if Ginny was going to like him anyway, she was still upset about Dean, or thats what Harry thought anyway.

But as they entered the kitchen Ginny and Hermione were nowhere to be found, instead they were met with a short note.

*Hey sleepy heads,

We decided to let you sleep, afterall you probably drank about five gallons of punch between you, bet you both have stinking hangovers. Anyway, while you two sleep away the day we have decided to go shopping, don't know what time we'll be back.

Sorry love you both,

Gin and Mione x x x x x

P.S The headache tablets are on top of the fridge!!*

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Ginny and Hermione were, having lunch in a small restaurant close to the shopping centre where they had both spent most of their morning. They both sat across a small table surrounded by lots and lots of shopping bags.

''I'm getting tired now.'' Hermione said in between mouthfulls of potato salad.

''Yeah, me too, just a few more shops after this and we'll head back.''

''Ok then, I wonder if the boys are up yet.'' Hermione asked Ginny.

''Probably it's almost half past two.'' Ginny replied before taking a sip of her orange juice. 'I wonder if they got our note.''

''Definately, it was on the fridge, and thats the first place Ron will have gone to.'' Hermione giggled.

''I know sometimes I wonder where he puts it all, I mean he eats about five times more than anyone else in my family and yet he isn't fat at all. It's not fair I mean if I ate half the amount that he did I'd be the size of a house.'' Ginny complained while finishing off her pasta.

''I know what you mean I have to watch what I eat, I didn't get this stunning figure overnight you know.'' Hermione said sarcastically.

''Shut up Herm, you have a gorgeous figure, now all we need to do is find dresses to show off both of our perfect bodies.'' Ginny said laughing. ''Come on lets go.''

''Yeah, lets go and shop 'til we drop.'' Hermione encouraged as they both gathered up their many shopping bags.

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When Hermione and Ginny got back that evening, they walked into Hermiones spacious living room to find Ron and Harry napping on the sofa.

''Awwww don't they look sweet.'' Ginny said with a mischeivous glint in her eyes.

Hermione, catching on to what Ginny wanted to do, draged her gaze away from Ron and muttered a simple charm, that set off a loud alarm, causing both of the boys to almost have heart attacks as they jumped up, wide awake to see both girls doubled up laughing.

''Oh real mature, Mione.'' Ron said sarcastically.

''Sorry, Ronnie but we couldn't help ourselves.'' Hermione said choking with laughter.

''Yeah, we had to wake the wikkle sweepy bunnies.'' Ginny joined in. ''Anyway how much did you guys drink last night?''

''Enough.'' Harry said, he definately looked worse for wear as he walked over to join his friends, hitting Hermione on the back as she continued choking.

''Well, it was fun wasn't it?'' Hermione asked looking nervously at Ron, once she had stopped choking.

''I dunno, I can't really remember much.'' Ron said as he sat back down on the sofa and switched on the T.V, trying to hide the blush that was tinting his cheeks, he knew full well what he had said the previous night but he couldn't bear to be rejected by her, he'd just have to carry on pretending he didn't know what he'd said, because Hermione would never want him in the way that he wanted her..

''How about you Harry, did you have fun?'' Ginny asked, hoping that he would say something about what he'd said.

''Dunno, I don't really remember that much either.'' he said as he sat down next to Ron and fixed his gaze on the T.V, trying not to look at Ginny, he didn't want to admit he liked her for two reasons. One Ron would definately kill him and two he wasn't even sure that Ginny would feel the same way and he was too scared of rejection to try and find out.

''Oh.'' sighed Ginny

Noticing the hurt look in her friends eyes Ginny grabbed Hermiones arm and dragged her up the stairs telling the boys that they were going to try on their new clothes, only to be met with grunts in reply, it seems as though Harry and Ron had got absorbed in the T.V programme they were watching. ''Pigs'' Ginny muttered under her breath.

Upsatirs in one of the spare rooms, Hermione and Ginny sat on the floor, looking thouroughly disappointed, their shopping bags lay abandoned on the floor by the door where they had been dropped as soon as the girls entered the room.

''I can't believe him.'' Hermione said trying to hold back her tears. ''He probably didn't mean anything he said last night. The drunken fool.''

''I know, and I would've thought Harry would've remembered something about it, I mean he wasn't even as drunk as Ron was.'' Ginny ranted. ''Do you know what, I think that they are lying and they remember exactly what they said last night, and they were just messing around.''

''What do you mean?'' Hermione asked a liitle scared by the angry glint in Ginny's eyes.

''Well I think that they probably thought it was funny to lead us on or something like that, you know what boys are like, and we were stupid to think Harry and Ron were different I mean all boys are the same, they are all insensitive pigs.'' Ginny carried on, finally reducing herself to tears.

''You know what Gin, don't think about it, we'll find a way to get them back, and they'll regret the day they ever crossed us, but untill then we need to act as normal, don't let them know that they have hurt us o.k.''

''Yeah o.k'' Ginny replied calming down a bit. ''They'll soon learn not to mess with us and they'll learn the hard way.''

(A.N Thanx again for all the gr8 reveiws, keep em comin. I am doing a few more chapters at the Grangers, then they'll be back at school that is where the fun really starts. Reveiw please luv ya all ice princess x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x)