Disclaimer: and again…everything having to do with Harry Potter belongs to the great JK Rowling…except for my plot line!
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Harry turned around to see Ginny standing at the bottom of the stairs in a night gown a bit too thin for the winter weather.
"Oh Harry!" She said, turning crimson again and running over to a chair that had a blanket strewn over the back of it, covering herself up.
"Ginny! What are you doing down here so late?"
"I have half the mind to ask you the same thing! But I couldn't sleep."
"I was just about to go up to bed, Ron just left."
"Oh, well then goodn…" She was stopped by a clap of thunder that made her jump.
"A storm in this season? Never would have seen that coming."
"Yeah, I know, its w..OH!" She jumped again, terror in her eyes as another clap of thunder filled the silence in the common room.
"Ginny, are you scared of the storm?"
"Well, yes kind of."
Harry raised an eyebrow, "Kind of?" Another jolt of thunder shook the empty glasses sitting on the table next to Harry.
"Well, okay, very scared. Harry, would you stay down here with me for a bit? Until the storm dies down?" She asked, giving him puppy dog eyes that he couldn't resist.
"Yeah, I guess I could, I'm really not that tired." He took a seat on the couch by the nearly extinguished fire and Ginny sat down next to him.
They sat for a while and talked about the dance, then silence overcame them. Harry jumped almost as high as Ginny had when the first thunderbolt hit, when he felt her head on his shoulder. He looked down to see that she was sleeping soundly. He noticed that the thunder had stopped after a few more rumbles when they had sat down.
"Strange," he whispered, "There has to be a reason that there was no rain only…" He stopped and saw the reason, Peeves. He was floating up in the top corner of the room watching the two sitting there, trying not to burst with hysterical laughter. Harry knew that he could make noises like that, and figured that he must have done it to scare Ginny.
"Peeves!" He half whispered, half yelled, making the ghost go into another hysterical fit of silent laughter and float out of the room. Ginny stirred but didn't wake up, and Harry tried to nudge her off of his shoulder, but it was no use at all. 'I guess I'll just have to sleep here tonight and hope that no one comes down before we wake up,' he thought.
He pulled the blanket up a bit further on Ginny and got comfortable and fell into a sleep, again plagued by the dream with Ginny in the park. But this time, he actually seemed to enjoy it.
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Harry woke the next morning quite early, but he was glad he did. He nudged Ginny and she woke up, and rubbed her eyes sleepily.
"Oh Harry, we must have fallen asleep last night, I guess the storm was over after we fell asleep."
Harry nodded, he didn't have the heart to tell her that she was just afraid of the mindless antics of a ghost. "We should probably go back to the dormitory's before someone comes down and sees us like this."
As if on cue a sleepy Ron walked into the common room and screamed, "OY! What are you two doing down here?! Were you down here all night?!"
Harry stood up and Ginny hurried to cover herself with the blanket. "Ron chill out! I was going up and Ginny came down and asked if I would sit with her until the storm was over."
Ron looked out the window, "There was no storm last night."
Harry explained about Peeves' and with every word Ginny turned a deeper shade of crimson.
Ron sat down on the couch beside Ginny and put his face in his hands and began running his fingers through his hair. Finally he looked up at Ginny.
"Nothing happened, right?"
"No, nothing Ron, we were talking and I must have fallen asleep and my head rolled over onto his shoulder." Harry nodded vigorously.
"Well, okay, just promise me that nothing is going to happen between you at this dance, that's only one more thing I need to worry about."
Harry and Ginny looked at each other then at Ron, and said simultaneously, "We promise."
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A/N…well, yes you know now that this is going to get fluffy, and that I'm certainly not going to not let anything happen between Ginny and Harry *wink wink* just to warn u though, it will get pretty fluffy b/c that's just the kind of person I am, I'm gonna try and write the 5th chapter tonight so that it will be posted by tomorrow
Thanks to all who reviewed!!
Natalie
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Harry turned around to see Ginny standing at the bottom of the stairs in a night gown a bit too thin for the winter weather.
"Oh Harry!" She said, turning crimson again and running over to a chair that had a blanket strewn over the back of it, covering herself up.
"Ginny! What are you doing down here so late?"
"I have half the mind to ask you the same thing! But I couldn't sleep."
"I was just about to go up to bed, Ron just left."
"Oh, well then goodn…" She was stopped by a clap of thunder that made her jump.
"A storm in this season? Never would have seen that coming."
"Yeah, I know, its w..OH!" She jumped again, terror in her eyes as another clap of thunder filled the silence in the common room.
"Ginny, are you scared of the storm?"
"Well, yes kind of."
Harry raised an eyebrow, "Kind of?" Another jolt of thunder shook the empty glasses sitting on the table next to Harry.
"Well, okay, very scared. Harry, would you stay down here with me for a bit? Until the storm dies down?" She asked, giving him puppy dog eyes that he couldn't resist.
"Yeah, I guess I could, I'm really not that tired." He took a seat on the couch by the nearly extinguished fire and Ginny sat down next to him.
They sat for a while and talked about the dance, then silence overcame them. Harry jumped almost as high as Ginny had when the first thunderbolt hit, when he felt her head on his shoulder. He looked down to see that she was sleeping soundly. He noticed that the thunder had stopped after a few more rumbles when they had sat down.
"Strange," he whispered, "There has to be a reason that there was no rain only…" He stopped and saw the reason, Peeves. He was floating up in the top corner of the room watching the two sitting there, trying not to burst with hysterical laughter. Harry knew that he could make noises like that, and figured that he must have done it to scare Ginny.
"Peeves!" He half whispered, half yelled, making the ghost go into another hysterical fit of silent laughter and float out of the room. Ginny stirred but didn't wake up, and Harry tried to nudge her off of his shoulder, but it was no use at all. 'I guess I'll just have to sleep here tonight and hope that no one comes down before we wake up,' he thought.
He pulled the blanket up a bit further on Ginny and got comfortable and fell into a sleep, again plagued by the dream with Ginny in the park. But this time, he actually seemed to enjoy it.
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Harry woke the next morning quite early, but he was glad he did. He nudged Ginny and she woke up, and rubbed her eyes sleepily.
"Oh Harry, we must have fallen asleep last night, I guess the storm was over after we fell asleep."
Harry nodded, he didn't have the heart to tell her that she was just afraid of the mindless antics of a ghost. "We should probably go back to the dormitory's before someone comes down and sees us like this."
As if on cue a sleepy Ron walked into the common room and screamed, "OY! What are you two doing down here?! Were you down here all night?!"
Harry stood up and Ginny hurried to cover herself with the blanket. "Ron chill out! I was going up and Ginny came down and asked if I would sit with her until the storm was over."
Ron looked out the window, "There was no storm last night."
Harry explained about Peeves' and with every word Ginny turned a deeper shade of crimson.
Ron sat down on the couch beside Ginny and put his face in his hands and began running his fingers through his hair. Finally he looked up at Ginny.
"Nothing happened, right?"
"No, nothing Ron, we were talking and I must have fallen asleep and my head rolled over onto his shoulder." Harry nodded vigorously.
"Well, okay, just promise me that nothing is going to happen between you at this dance, that's only one more thing I need to worry about."
Harry and Ginny looked at each other then at Ron, and said simultaneously, "We promise."
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A/N…well, yes you know now that this is going to get fluffy, and that I'm certainly not going to not let anything happen between Ginny and Harry *wink wink* just to warn u though, it will get pretty fluffy b/c that's just the kind of person I am, I'm gonna try and write the 5th chapter tonight so that it will be posted by tomorrow
Thanks to all who reviewed!!
Natalie