Chapter 8

Harry and Ginny jumped away from each other, both sets of eyes as big as saucers. "What do I do?" Harry hissed at Ginny.

"Ginny? Ginny? Are you, okay?"

"Get under the bed!" Ginny hissed back at him.

"Fine." Harry growled threw gritted teeth and went under her bed.

"Ginny?"

"Oh, yeah. I'm hear. Just a second."

"Harry! Come on." Ginny said pushing him under.

"I am! OUCH!"

"Ginny? Are you, okay?" Hermione asked worried outside of Ginny's dormitory door.

"Um, yeah. Just…uh…stumped my toe."

"Well, I'm coming in."

"NO!" Too late, Hermione was already coming threw the door. Luckily for Harry and Ginny, Harry was already crammed under her bed.

"Just checking how you are doing. Ron and I heard about Harry and you, and that you guys didn't have to go to classes today." Hermione sat down on the bed with Ginny.

"Umph!" Oops! Harry just made a noise. Hermione jumped off the bed.

"WHAT WAS THAT?"

"Got me, I think it was the, um…" Just then Harry pushed Errol from underneath her bed. "ERROL! Oops! Forgot he was still under there." Hermione looked disgusted.

"Oh, um. Ok." Hermione said looking uncertain at Ginny. "Are you ready to discuss your nightmare you had last night, yet?"

"No, not right now Mione. I'm fine. It was nothing."

"Didn't seem like nothing this morning."

"It's okay, really."

"Fine, Ginny. If you say so." Hermione glanced down at her watch. "Lunch is about to end, I've got to go to Transfiguration. Talk to you tonight." The door closed and Harry's feet came from underneath the bed. Ginny grabbed Harry's legs and pulled him out.

"You almost blew it!"

"Well, luckily for me you forgot that Errol was under your bed. How do you manage that?"

"He came in this morning when we were in Dumbledore's office. I found the letter on my bed. Sometimes Errol likes to go underneath the bed." Ginny said smartly.

"Don't understand why, it's a bit cramped." Harry said rubbing his back.

"Well, you do know it is your fault."

"No, it's not! We were both in here."

"True, but you followed me to my room, not the other way around." Ginny said grinning from ear to ear.

"Maybe, I wanted to follow you." Harry said putting his arms around Ginny's tiny waist and pulling her close.

"Really? And why would you ever want to do that?" Ginny asked slyly putting her arms around his neck to where their lips were inches apart.

"So, I could do this…" Harry said as their lips brushed each other as it went from a slow kiss to a passionate one. To where they both got butterflies in their stomach. Without, either of them noticing, Hermione came back in the room to bring Ginny some lunch. Hermione's eyes got huge and exited the room without either of them noticing.

"So that's their evil little secret is it? Harry better hope that Ron doesn't find out." Hermione said aloud as she skipped off to Transfiguration, not caring if she was late or not now that she saw that her friends were going to be okay.

"Mrs. Granger!" Professor McGonagall said astonished that Hermione had been late for class. "I'd have never thought, YOU would be late for a class. Especially in my class."

"First, time in five years." Hermione said with a grin that McGonagall wanted to snatch off her face.

"Today, we will learn how to transfigure your desks into a penguin." Hermione did what she was suppose to earned twenty points for Gryffindor, but didn't pay anymore attention to class. Hermione just tried to figure out how she was going to tell Ron. Or actually…how they were going to tell Ron.

A week later at dinner Ron couldn't help notice that every time he looked up Harry was looking at Ginny or vise versa. How for once Ginny didn't have any of that stupid 'up-make' stuff on her face.

Maybe that's why Harry kept looking at her, but it was a surprise to see her without that ruddy stuff on her face. Besides Ginny kept breaking out. Harry surely liked Ginny without as much as she'd been putting on, and Ginny didn't have any make up on either. They hadn't really talked since the day they kissed. Hermione had acting weird for about a week.

When the famous trio and Ginny reentered the Gryffindor Common Room they saw a bunch of people gathered around the bulletin board.

"Must be about the Hogsmede trip," Hermione said smartly.

Ron stood on the top of his feet and smiled, "Nope, Miss I'm-always-right-about-everything it's not, although we do have a Hogsmede trip this weekend. This flyer is about the Halloween Dance their having for fourth years and up."

"Halloween Dance?" Harry and Ginny said at the same time. Harry turned red and Ginny began to giggle.

"Duh! It's what the whole school's been talking about." Ron laughed

"Ha! Ron, now your wrong. Harry and Ginny were in Dumbledore's office the day the dance was announced that's why they didn't know." Hermione said in her usual I-know-everything tone of voice.

"Oh, yea." Ron said turning as red as his hair. " So, Harry who are you bringing." This caught Ginny's attention immediately.

"Can't tell you that. I haven't quite asked her myself yet. And you?"

"Hermione," Ron turned to her. "Would you go to the Halloween Dance with me."

"Oh, Ron. I'm so sorry I already told Neville I'd go with him."

"WHAT?" Hermione laughed at him, "Just kidding. Of course, I'd love to." Hermione gave Ron goose bumps.

"Well, Harry you better get on the ball and ask her quickly. You've only got two weeks until the ball." Hermione said smartly, kissed Ron on h is cheek and went upstairs to her dorm.

"WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?" Harry asked confused.

"She fancies me," Ron said and left to his dorm.

"Well, looks like they'll have fun," Ginny said disappointedly and looked toward the ground.

Harry lifted up her chin, like he had the day after their nightmare. "Would you be my date to the ball?" Harry's heart throbbing in his chest with a lump in his throat.

Ginny grinned from ear to ear, "Of course, Harry it would be my pleasure." Ginny wrapped her arms around his neck and he put his arms around her waste and pulled her near. Kissing her passionately, again. It was the most incredible feeling, kissing Ginny Weasley.

Although, Harry probably would not feel as amazing if he'd known that Ron was staring at the both of the from the staircase that led up to the Boys' Dormitories. Ron had come down to ask Harry if he'd done his Divination 'homework'. It was okay that Harry had asked Ginny to the dance, but HE'D KISSED HER! HIS BEST FRIEND KISSED HIS LITTLE SISTER! Harry and Ginny pulled apart. Harry was grinning from ear to ear, but Ginny had a look of terror on her face.

"Do I really kiss that bad?" Harry asked. Ginny shook her head, and pointed over Harry's shoulder. Harry turned around to see Ron, and Ron's eyes as big as saucers, mouth dropped to the ground, and fists clenched. How could Harry have been so stupid to kiss Ginny out in the open, in the middle of the common room?