Birthday Surprises Chapter 49

Usual disclaimer: Not mine, don't sue. Please. Wish it were mine though. Ah, if only. Lolly, xxx.

Harry and Sally met after breakfast the next day, kissing and cuddling in the Entrance Hall. Ginny felt a surge of irrational jealousy as she and Reilly passed unnoticed. Her hand went to the bracelet he had made for her, as if assuring herself that it was real.

"Hey, come on, don't get hung up on it." Reilly whispered.

"Easy for you to say." Ginny muttered.

"Just forget about her - Harry's too nice a bloke to fall for the wicked hag of the hills."

"They're forty percent compatible."

"Is that it? You said...three hundred and twenty was it?"

"Yeah." Ginny said, feeling a rush of warmth to her cheeks.

"Well then. You have nothing to worry about." Ginny smiled reluctantly, and they both headed off towards class.

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"I have to go." Harry said.

"Why?"

"I have to go and get the kids before class."

"Is that Parvati still trying to help you look after them?"

"Yeah - she's doing her best, but Leah's just...a little temperamental with strangers."

"Still, I can't believe that they did that - I mean, just assume that you'd not mind someone helping look after them."

"Well...I don't know. It wasn't as if they did it on purpose." Harry shrugged.

"Right. Well, I'll see you after classes then?"

"Yeah, ok." Harry said, kissing her again before running back up to the Tower, where the triplets were sleeping peacefully, watched over by Dobby.