The Great Hall was full of excitment and conversation. All of the new students had just been sorted and the feast had begun.

But through all the busy chatter, one boy sat quietly. Partially hidden by wisps of jet black hair, his emerald green eyes scanned the crowd.

He was searching for something, for someone. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the beautiful girl's face framed by

flowing, red hair. Ginny.

"She's gorgeous," He muttered to himself.

"What, Harry?" Ron asked, hearing his friend. "Who's gorgeous?"

"Huh? No one!" Hary said blushing. Ron rolled his eyes.

"You haven't been youself recently, Harry. If I didn't know better, I'd say you've got it bad for some girl. Now, being your best friend, I'd also

say that I have a right to know who this lucky lady is!" Harry sighed. He wanted to tell Ron, he really did. The fact that no one knew was

killing him. He needed to get it out in the open..but not yet.

"I'll tell you later tonight in the common room, okay? I promise."

"Fine," Ron agreed.

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The two boys sat alone in the dark common room. It was late and everyone else was asleep.

"Have you seen Malfoy yet?" Harry questioned, trying everything he could to avoid the topic of his earlier promise.

"No, I have not been blessed with the king's presence today," Ron said sarcastically. "Oh well...better luck tomorow!" They

both laughed, but after the laughter came a long silence. This silence gave Ron time to think, and he finally remembered why he was

there.

"Oh!" He exclaimed. "You promised to tell me who you are just dying to snog!" Harry's face burned with embarrassment. How could

he tell Ron that the person he was dying to snog was his very own sister? He didn't have much of a choice though, seeing as Ron

was never letting him leave until he knew. He took a deep breath.

"I'll tell you but you can't get mad," Harry hesitated. "It's...Ginny." He waited for Ron to start yelling but that never came.

Ron simply replied, "You can't have her."

"Listen, Ron, I know it's kind of weird to have your best friend want your sister but I can't help the way I feel about her! I'd feel much

better if I knew you were okay with it...." Harry pleaded.

"No, no, it's not that!" Ron shook his head. "If anyone deserves to date Ginny it's you! You are perfect for eachother...that's not the

problem.The problem is my Mum and Dad. They don't really like the idea of their only daughter going off with a boy. Even if that boy

is the Great Harry Potter."

Harry laughed. "That's the only problem? We're all here at Hogwarts...they're back home. How are they going to find out if no one

tells them? We can just keep it a secret. This isn't such a big problem."

"I guess you never heard about what happened with her last boyfriend..." Ron stated sadly. When Harry shook his head, Ron

continued. "This time last year, Ginny met a boy in Hufflepuff. They were about the same age, and shared a lot of the same intrests.

Little by little, she started falling for him, and he fell for her, too. But before he asked her out on a date, she made the mistake of

writing to Mum about it. Mum and Dad had a very serious discussion and in the end decided that it just wasn't right for their

only daughter to be dating yet. They did make an agreement though that they were sure would work to their benifit. They wrote

Ginny back telling her that she wasn't allowed to see this boy romantically.. Well, Ginnydisregarded this letter and figured she just wouldn't tell her parents anymore.

She had been going out with the Hufflepuff boy for about a week when her skin began to turn green whenever she saw him. It was the oddest thing.

She'd get a glimpse of him and her skin would become green in a matter of seconds. This embarrassed her, but she didn't think much of it and continued to see this boy.

Another week went by and things started to get worse. Now, everytime she saw him, she would vomit until he was gone. She couldn't

go on like this so she dumped her boyfriend and wrote back home asking Mum and Dad if they knew what was going on. They responded and told her that they

had put a spell on her to make sure she wouldn't be dating. There was one compromise to this, though. If her best friend had a boyfriend,

the symptoms of this spell would disappear and she would be able to date. My parents obviously aren't stupid. They knew that her best

friend was..."

"Hermione." Harry finished. He sat dumbfounded for a minute thinking of everything he had just heard. Everyone knew that Hermione

wouldn't be dating for quite some time. She was too focused on work to even look at a boy, anyways. Ron looked concerned.

"Harry? Are you okay?"

Harry thought for a minute more before he was struck with an idea. "I've got it! You can take Hermione out on a date...it'll be perfect!"

Ron twisted his face. "Are you mad? Hermoine would never date me...she's my best friend! I'm sorry, Harry but that idea isn't going to work."

Harry furrowed his brow. "I guess you're right. But then who can we get to be Hermione's boyfriend?"

This time it was Ron's turn to come up with an idea. "Harry, I know! You've got plenty of money, right?"

"Well...I wouldn't say I have plenty, but I do have money..."

"Great! Now who is the greediest person we know who would do anything if there was money and a hot girl involved?"

The greediest person Harry could think of was Malfoy, but Ron couldn't be trying to say what Harry thought he was...

"Ron, are you telling me that it's a good idea for us to pay Malfoy to take Hermione out on a date just so that I can go out with your sister?

That's the craziest thing I've ever heard! Not to mention selfish, too!" Harry spat.

"No, no...I remember Hermione telling me one time that she saw right through Malfoy's 'tough guy' appearance and that deep down

she saw he had the 'potential to be a decent guy,' " Explained Ron, doing a particually funny impression of Hermoine. "So you see,"

he continued, "It wouldn't be that selfish because Hermione wouldn't be suffering with him. This might turn out just as good for her

as it will for you!"

Harry sighed. Ron's idea did sound great. It sounded perfect, even. Something wasn't quite right though. He couldn't figure out what

was so wrong with it, he just knew that something didn't work.

"Listen, mate, do you want Ginny or not?"

Harry blushed at the mention of her name. Ginny. Such a beautiful name for such a beautiful girl. He did want her more than anything

and if this was the only way to do it, he didn't have much of a choice.

"Okay," Harry agreed. "I'll do it."

"Great!" Ron smiled. "Now all we have to worry about is getting Malfoy in on it, too..."