Into Their Own Hands

by MusicalLuna1

Harry and the rest of the Weasley clan are sick of Ron and Hermione's fighting flirting so they decide to take matters into their own hands.

7. Chapter 6: Ack!

A/N: Woohoo!!!! Final chapter!!!! XD

And it's a pretty good 'un I think. It's eight pages long too! A nice treat for the ending.

Um.... I think that's all.

Oh. Keep in mind, that this is EXTREMELY MUSHY AND CORNY. IF YOU DON'T

LIKE THAT, RUN AWAY, FAR, FAR AWAY!

You have been warned!!!

Also, I accidently forgot the entire first page of the last chapter, so if you haven't read

that, you might want to go back and read that real quick. Things might make a little more

sense. XD

Anyway. Enjoy the story!

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"Hermione! What are we doing?" Ron asked as she knelt on the landing

in front of the twins' room, pulling him down beside her by the collar.

She was craning her neck to see downstairs.

"Shhh," she hissed, putting a finger to her lips. "We have to find the twins

without Harry seeing us."

Ron blinked. "Why?"

Hermione rolled her eyes, "So they can help us!"

"Ohhh"

Hermione glanced down the stairs and her eyes widened when she saw

Harry headed their way. "Come on!" she hissed and yanked him over to

the twins' door. "Alohomora!" The door unlocked with a soft click and

she threw it open, shoving Ron in first and following quickly behind. She

then kicked the door shut and the lock clicked back into place just a

moment before they heard Harry's footsteps pass on the stairs. Ron stared

wide-eyed at her.

"You're acting like an SWA, Hermione!" he said, sounding impressed.

She raised an eyebrow. "A what?"

"An SWA!" At Hermione's blank expression he rolled his eyes and

elaborated, "A Secret Wizarding Agent!"

Hermione continued to look nonplussed. "A what?" she repeated.

Ron sighed in exasperation. "A Secret Wizarding Agent. There are tons of

comic books about them! They fight crime and dark wizards and go on

secret missions They use all sorts of neat gizmos and spells!" he explained.

"Oh" Hermione nodded, smiling slightly in amusement. Ron loved his

comics "Come on. We should be able to find them without Harry

interfering now."

Ron started following her out when suddenly something hit him. "Hermione,

how did you get the door unlocked?"

She looked at him oddly, "What do you mean?"

"Well we've never been able to open it with 'Alohomora' before. We've tried

a thousand times," he said.

Hermione grinned and flicked a lock of hair over her shoulder. "Oh. It's not hard

really. They've just altered the spell a bit so you have to say it and tap a certain

spot o the door.

"Where?" Ron said eagerly, peering at the door closely.

She smiled. "I won't tell you. Now come on."

Ron began to protest but Hermione caught his hand and brushed her lips against

his cheek in a light kiss. "Come on!"

Ron's eyes had glazed over and he looked rather dazed as she began towing him

out of the room, checking cautiously that Harry wasn't there. Finally as Ron came

back to his senses, he gave a silly grin to the back of her head and squeezed her

hand lightly. She glanced back and smiled at him. He sighed happily, letting her

lead him down the stairs. Merlin, he was lucky He would have to thank Harry

after they got through thoroughly embarrassing him.

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The first people Hermione and Ron encountered were Charlie and Bill, who were

sitting in the living room playing a game of chess.

"you think he'll ever talk to him again?" Charlie asked, carefully studying the

board.

Bill nodded, "Oh sure. It'll take him two or three months, but yeah. He and Harry

are too good of friends."

"Queen to E3. True, but Ron can-"

Bill frowned, "Char? What is it?" He turned, and almost immediately his eyebrows

went up. "Ah."

"Have you seen the twins?" Hermione asked, ignoring the expressions on their faces

and looking around. Ron grinned sheepishly at his eldest brothers; his hand was still

clutched in Hermione's.

"Er-they were in the kitchen ten minutes ago" Charlie said, still staring.

"Are you two?" Bill stopped, not wanting to jump to any humiliating

conclusions.

Ron grinned his ears reddening. "Yeah"

Both Bill and Charlie immediately broke into grins.

"Brilliant!"

"So it worked!"

Ron's eyes narrowed. "You were in on it too?"

They exchanged a glance. "Erwe all were," Bill said.

"Bloody We're the only ones who had no idea?" he said, looking

exasperated.

Charlie grinned, "Pretty much."

"Why are you looking for the twins anyway?" Bill asked curiously.

Hermione smiled and spoke up. "We've decided to repay Harry with a thank

you gift."

Again, the brothers split into similar grins. "Oh really? Can we help?" Charlie

asked eagerly.

Ron rolled his eyes, "You two will do anything for a bit of excitement, won't

you?"

Bill grinned, "Sure thing."

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A few moments later, they had found the twins in the kitchen discussing certain

items in hushed voices. Now they were thoroughly involved in listening to

Hermione's plan. They were positively delighted, to say the least.

"We want to embarrass Harry and make him feel a little guilty," she explained. The

twins exchanged a wicked grin and Hermione immediately elaborated. "BUT, we

don't want him hurt. And we want to get he and Ginny together. Any suggestions?"

Fred and George looked at each other. "The potion you think?"

"Closet box?"

"Purple."

"Perfectly. You read my mind, my dear brother."

"Quite perfectly."

"Every time he opens his mouth?"

"Every time."

"Absolutely spiffing."

"Absolutely corking."

"Absolutely spiffingly corking!" they exclaimed simultaneously.

The others rolled their eyes, having been lost quite a while ago. "What are

you two going on about?" Ron demanded.

They turned back to them, grinning, and George began, "We have this

potion."

"Yes, this potion."

"A purple potion."

"A potent purple potion."

"In our-"

"Knock it off you two! Tell us what it does!" Bill said impatiently. Both twins

sighed and shook their heads, but they continued.

"All we have to do-"

"Is pour the potion-"

"Into ickle-Harry's pumpkin juice-"

"Tomorrow morning-"

"And suddenly ickle Harry-kins-"

"Can only spout what's on his mind-"

"At that very moment-"

"That very moment."

"So, should our dear Ginny-"

"Dear, dear Ginny"

"Happen to wear something-"

"Flattering-"

"Harry will be only able to say-"

"How lovely she looks-"

"If that's what's on his mind-"

"And we all know it is."

"It's positively brilliant."

"Positively."

(A/N: Is anyone else dizzy yet? O_o)

Ron sat back, looking impressed. "You know, for once, I think you're

right. It's brilliant." He grinned at Hermione. "It'll be perfect."

Hermione grinned and nodded. "I knew they would come through."

The twins beamed.

"Wait, wait, wait this is going to embarrass the daylights out of Ginny

too. She won't have any idea what's going on and if Harry's spouting all

this out of no where, she won't know what to think," Charlie said.

Bill nodded. "Right you are, Charlie. We should find her and let her know

what's going on so she'll be prepared."

"Agreed," Ron replied, nodding as well. Then he paused. "Speaking of

finding, where's Perc?"

"Oh, he's off doing some thing for the Ministry. Left early this morning. Before

Mum was even up," Charlie answered.

"Ahhwell then, shall we find Ginny?"

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Ginny stared around the table at them all, her face scarlet. They couldn't be serious.

According to what they were telling her, tomorrow morning, Harry would be

unable to stop himself from making comments about her. She had always wanted

to hear compliments and flirtatious comments from him, but she had never dreamed

they would come from a situation like this Although, she figured she should have

known better, knowing her brothers. She sighed. She had only one fear

"So Gin? What do you think?" Ron asked eagerly.

"I'lldo it" she said quietly. Then she looked up, her brown eyes bright. "But if I

get hurt, I'll never forgive any of you!"

Ron grinned, "No problems there, Gin. He's madly in love with you. Don't worry."

Ginny nodded. "All right. Just remember"

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The next morning, Harry and Ron both woke at the same time. Ron proceeded to

ignore Harry completely, just as planned, despite several attempts on Harry's part

to talk. When they finally descended, still pajama clad, the others were already

gathered in the kitchen, still in their pajamas as well. Harry tried once more to talk

to Ron as they sat down for breakfast, but still, Ron refused to acknowledge him.

He finally gave up, thinking miserably as he noticed that Hermione seemed to have

adopted the same attitude, that the next few months would be very lonely indeed.

Unfortunately, he was soon distracted by a certain redheaded girl who sat directly

across from him and was wearing a pajama outfit that consisted of merely a

spaghetti strapped top and short shorts in a lime green color. Her pale shoulders

and the elegant bones in her neck made him nervous. However, she was his only

source of companionship. "'Morning Gin" he murmured.

She looked up from her plate and smiled a little, "'Morning Harry. Sleep well?"

He sighed and shook his head. "Ernot really. Too much on my mind" She

nodded sympathetically. Harry swallowed, his throat was suddenly dry, and he

quickly took several gulps of his pumpkin juice. He didn't notice that everyone at the

table glanced at him as he did so, some even exchanging brief grins. Harry frowned.

The juice had tasted slightly oddbut he supposed it were just his morning breath.

He hadn't brushed his teeth yet. He sighed and glanced around the table, searching

for the butter dish. It was sitting just beside Ginny's elbow, which drew him to look

up her arm and further up to her chest (here he blushed) and then on to her face

which was concentrated on her French toast. He opened his mouth to ask for the

butter and- "Ginny, may I please have a hug?" his eyes widened, "I-I mean-may I have

a kiss?" He clapped a hand over his mouth, his face quickly coloring as the other

occupants of the table turned to stare at him. What was going on? All he wanted was

the butter! Why was he saying all these things?!

Ron was frowning at him. "What are you trying to pull Harry? Another set up

plan is it?"

Harry shook his head, "Ron, no-your sister's gorgeous." Again he covered his mouth

with his hand, looking horrified. Ron was beginning to look angry, while Hermione

looked startled, Ginny looked rather confused, the twins were laughing hysterically,

and Bill and Charlie were attempting to mask amusement with disapproval.

"Stop acting like a stupid prat, Harry! And don't talk about my sister like that!" he

growled, standing.

Harry merely looked afraid. He had no idea what was going on. It was as though he

couldn't control his own mouth. He had to answer Ron though. He began lowering his

hand and as he did he glanced at Ginny. He then blurted, "Merlin, I'd love to kiss her!"

Again his hand went to his mouth, and looking mortified, he leapt up and fled the room

as though it were on fire. As soon as he was gone, the others burst into laughter. Ginny

giggled along as well, flushed with happiness.

"Well Gin, I'd certainly say he likes you" Bill said as his laughter faded.

Fred and George suddenly exchanged a glance. "Er, did we mention how the potion

has the be counteracted?"

Ron's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean? It's not just going to wear off?"

Again, they exchanged a look. "Erno."

Ron shot to his feet, glaring down at them. "What has to happen?"

"Well"

"Fred" Bill said in a warning tone.

They cringed. "Erthey have to kiss. Or else she has to slap him."

"She what?!"

"Fred! George!" Hermione cried.

"Well it's not that bad" George murmured.

"And if she do-"

"Not that bad?!"

Ginny sighed. She needed to go find Harry. She snuck out of the kitchen, leaving her

brothers to argue until they were blue in the face. She found Harry quickly, he was

standing in the living room peering into a mirror on the wall and looking very

distressed.

"Harry?"

He jumped and turned sharply, blanching as he saw her. Before he could stop himself-

"You have beautiful eyes." His face reddened and he covered his mouth.

Ginny blushed slightly and stepped toward him. "HarryI need to explain something"

Harry however, was not focused on what Ginny was saying. He was focused on the lips

the words were coming out of, the face where the lips delicately perched, and the

beautiful eyes he had just complemented. Merlin, she was beautiful. He could look at her

all day. He mentally shook himself trying to fend off the thoughts that were beginning to

ebb away at his control. Her skin looked so soft and smooth A pale, creamy white

that made her fiery curls and her warm brown eyes, and her cinnamon colored freckles

stand out. He loved her freckles. They were sprinkled all across her face, most

compactly around the bridge of her nose and her cheeks. He could even see a few

trickling down her neck and on her chest. He swallowed and bit his lip, tearing his eyes

away. He shouldn't be thinking about that. He couldn't be thinking about that. Ginny was

Ron's little sister. She was practically his little sister. 'But not really' a little voice

whispered in the back of his mind. He cringed. He looked up again to see Ginny still

saying something to him and as he looked at her, with her curls falling about her shoulders

and a light blush on her cheeks as she looked sheepishly to one side of him, a sudden

burst of courage rushed through him and he stepped forward, gently taking her chin in

his hand and drawing his lips to hers.

Somewhere inside him, the un-spellbound him shouted, 'WAIT A SECOND!'

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"I hope you're not mad Harry They were just trying to play a little trick on you

and-Harry?" she gasped when he suddenly stepped forward and lightly grabbed her

chin. A moment later he had ducked his head and his warm, soft lips were caressing

hers oh-so-tenderly and she thought she would collapse, her knees weakened so

quickly. And then, it was gone. She opened her eyes trying desperately to reorient

herself and noticed Harry backing away quickly, flushed and looking horrified,

embarrassed, and petrified all at once. However, a little part of him also looked rather

pleased.

He glanced at her and words began spilling out of his mouth. "I'm so sorry-Gin I don't

know what happened-I couldn't help it-I don't know-"

She took his hand and he flinched, carefully avoiding her eyes. "Harry, it's okay" she

said earnestly. "It was a potion. Ron and Hermione did it to get back at you. It made

you only say what was on your mindapparently act what was on your mind too" she

said sounding slightly amused.

He looked stunned. "They did what?"

Ginny rolled her eyes. "You heard me. They obviously wanted to embarrass you. Which

worked. And get us together" she said more quietly. "Has that worked too?"

Harry met her eyes, surprised, and his breath caught. He didn't think he'd have been able

to turn her down even if he'd wanted to with the look she had on her face just then.

"'Course it did" he murmured. She squealed happily and threw her arms about his neck

hugging him tightly and he grinned, blushing slightly. This was a lot less awkward than it

had been with Cho

"We missed the whole thing!" one of the twins' voices rang through the room.

"This is all your fault Ron!" the other said, irritably.

Harry and Ginny looked up in time to see Ron glare at them both and stick out his tongue.

"Whatever. You were the two idiots who 'forgot' to tell us about certain other side effects

to the potion!"

"Well you never mentioned that kissing was out of the picture!" George argued.

Harry rolled his eyes and said loudly, "So I take it you and Hermione are an 'item' now

Ron?"

Ron looked up, distracted from his argument. "Huh? Oh. Yeah." He grinned. "And

you?"

Harry grinned as well, still a little pink. "Yeah"

"Just remember Potter, you're dating our little sister, and Charlie works with dragons.

Don't make those two things have to interact," Bill said.

Charlie nodded, "Exactly. You hurt her, we hurt you. Permanently."

"Bill! Charlie!" Ginny shrieked in embarrassment. "Stop threatening him!"

Bill brushed her shrieks off. "Oh hush Gin. This is important for him to know."

Ginny let out a growl of frustration and turned her back on her oldest brothers who

smirked at one another. Ron immediately started up his argument with the twins again

and Hermione rolled her eyes and scurried over to Ginny and Harry, pulling Ginny

aside to discuss the details of the attachment. Harry reluctantly let her be led away

and watched contentedly as she giggled and whispered with Hermione.

Life was finally getting good.

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Stay tuned for the Epilogue...that should satisfy all of you fluff-n-stuff worshippers. XD