A/N: Not going to keep you all waiting any longer…but I am starting another story today, so I might only write 2 chapters for this story or so. I was up until 2 last night writing ideas down for another story, so I'm anxious to actually turn them into a story. Anyway, enough with my mindless crap, onto the story!!
Disclaimer: Must you people keep bringing this up! Nothing in this story is mine but the plot! *sobs*
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Hermione didn't even look like herself, and Harry caught himself staring at her a second longer than she should have. Her dress robes were a deep blue this year with glittery designs near the bottom, and her hair was swept up to the back of her head, and was no longer bushy but elegantly curled with ribbons and flowers weaved throughout it.
Ginny on the other hand had deep crimson robes, red enough to match her hair and the way her cheeks were when she blushed. Her hair, like Hermione's was at the back of her head and had curls sprouting out of it between ribbons and flowers. Harry guessed that they had done each other's hair that night.
Ron's mouth was still gaping open after they had said their hellos and how are you's. Harry held out his hand face up and Ginny put hers on his and they started walking through the common room and out the portrait of the Fat Lady. Harry looked back and saw that Ron and Hermione had done the same and were now following them holding hands talking a little bit as well. Noticing that he seemed to be ignoring Ginny he started having pointless conversation with her. The group of couples following them seemed to get bigger and bigger as they got nearer to the Great Hall.
When they got to the Great Hall the doors were already open but no one was going into the Hall. Noticing this, Harry pulled Ginny to the front of the group to see what was going on. Peeves was floating at the entrance holding water balloons that were full of what looked like gravy. Harry stepped back as Dumbledore came through and shooed Peeves away from the door.
The students began filing into the room and sitting down at the candlelit tables that were set for four. Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Ginny all found an empty table and sat down. After 15 minutes of sitting there and waiting for food Harry heard Dumbledore say 'Pork Chops!' to his plate. Remembering this was how it was at the last dance all the students placed their orders with the plates and the food appeared moments later. After idle chatting and eating the plates were cleared and the tables were pushed aside.
Harry heard a band start playing and looked up to see the Weird Sisters playing up on a makeshift stage. The song was very slow and he looked at Ginny who was looking at the couples out on the dance floor with a dreamy look in her eyes. He stood up and gave her his hand and led her out onto the dance floor. Dancing with Ginny was different from how it had been with Parvati two years before. No longer was he being led around, but it was he who was doing the leading. Instead of taking one of her hands and placing the other on her waist he put both on her waist as she had put both around his neck. Harry looked up to see Ron and Hermione dancing about a foot away from each other but still seeming to enjoy themselves.
When the song was over they all went over to the table again and sat down. Ron gave Harry a 'go take a walk but don't do anything stupid' look, and Harry asked Ginny if she would like to go out for a walk. She nodded and they got up and excused themselves from the table. They walked to the front lawn which had been decorated with fountains and bushes with flowers and it was all lit by little flames sitting on the branches of the bushes and on the fountains. Harry recognized these as pixies, probably the same ones that had been there two years ago at the last ball.
They found a bench and sat down on it, they seemed to be pretty far away from the castle and away from anyone else as well. Harry tried talking to her, asking questions, she wasn't nearly as easy to talk to as Cho or Hermione. Harry had asked her what animals Hagrid had the fifth years taking care of this year, and she told him that they each got to raise their own Nifflers and how their final exam would be how well they had trained them in getting gold that was buried. Harry laughed and thought 'just like Hagrid.'
They sat in silence for a few minutes when Ginny finally said, "Harry, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure Ginny, what about?"
"Well, I had a really strange dream the other night, about us sitting on a park bench like this one and we…we…" She stopped, Harry finished the sentence for her.
"We kissed."
She looked up at him and nodded. Harry had never noticed how innocent she looked, he looked down at her and smiled.
"Harry, this may be a forward question, and tell me if I'm being rude, but…have you ever been kissed?"
Harry looked at her and smiled again, and nodded. She looked away as if she had been slapped in the face.
"Why Ginny?"
"Well, I always wanted my first kiss to be from someone who never has been kissed before, just so that we could both always remember it."
"Ginny, you don't have to worry about someone not remembering it, whether it be me or not." He put his hand on hers and she looked back up at him.
"Thanks Harry, you always know what to say."
He smiled again and nodded, feeling the strongest urge to kiss her at that moment, but he knew that it would be rude. She seemed to read his mind though, and looked him straight in the eyes. He never noticed, but she had the prettiest blue eyes. He felt himself inching nearer and nearer to her, and she was doing the same. Her head gave a tiny nod as if saying it was okay, everything was going to alright. He tilted his head and closed his eyes. Their lips locked for a moment and Harry felt his mouth growing particularly dry. He pulled his head away and looked at Ginny in the eyes again, she was smiling.
"Well, we should probably go back and see if we can catch one last slow song before Dumbledore wraps it up." She whispered, not taking her eyes off of him.
Harry nodded and got up, his head still in a daze, he looked at his watch, it was already 11:30. They walked back to the Great Hall just as they heard the Weird Sisters striking up their last song, as Harry had hoped, it was a slow one.
When the dance was over and Dumbledore had wished everyone a Merry Christmas Eve and sent everyone off to bed Harry walked with Ginny hand in hand up to the tower. He hadn't seen any sign of Ron or Hermione since he had left though, and he was getting quite worried. Once they had reached the portrait of the Fat Lady they decided to say their goodnights in the hall, incase Ron was waiting for them in the common room.
Ginny hugged Harry and looked up into his emerald eyes, their lips met again in a longer kiss. He pulled his head back and wished her goodnight, hugging her again. They followed each other into the common room only to find Ron and Hermione sitting on the couch near the fire talking happily. Harry took a double take and noticed that Ron's arm was behind Hermione as if he was holding her. Ginny began walking over to them and Harry followed. After a bit of talking about the music and the dance, they bid their farewells and went to bed.
As soon as they were up in the dormitories Ron came up to Harry, "Thanks mate, for taking Ginny, I could tell she had a good time."
Harry nodded and then asked Ron, "So how was your night Ron?"
Ron laid back on his bed and stared at the ceiling sighing heavily but happily. "Well lets just say the dance got a bit boring for us, so we came back up here and…talked for a while." He gave Harry a sly grin.
"You were up here snogging her weren't you Ron?" Harry laughed.
"Well, not the entire time, but yes." He sighed again and began to tell Harry the events of the night.
"We both decided around 10 to come up and sit here because the music was giving Hermione a headache and we just wanted to spend some time alone. So we came up here and sat on the couch for a little bit and started talking, telling each other our dreams and ambitions and everything, it was great. Then I had been talking for a bit and she hadn't said anything and I noticed that she was staring up at me so I looked down at her. That's when she started moving closer to me, so I put my arms around her and I kissed her. It wasn't long or anything, just a short kiss on the lips. Then we just started snogging from there, and bloody hell, she's good at it too. Then we stopped and talked again, and she told me how she has started liking me and I told her the same." He ran his hands through his hair and gave Harry a sly grin. "Now, how about your night?"
Harry told him how they had gone out onto the grounds and talked, not even mentioning the fact that they had kissed. But he knew it was inevitable, he would have to tell Ron sooner or later.
And again, almost on cue Ron said, "Did you kiss her Harry?"
Harry nodded and waited for a reaction, "I see, well goodnight mate."
He looked at Ron as if he had been slapped, "You aren't mad?"
"Why would I be? I knew that it was going to happen, I'm just glad that she's happy."
Harry looked at Ron and said, "Okay, well goodnight Ron." And with that he laid his head on his pillow and fell into a sleep filled with dreams of Ginny.
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A/N: FLUFFY!!! Yay, hey sorry all you non-fluffy fans, but that's just the kind of writer I am! I did a long chapter, so I'm gonna do a HG/DM story now!! Teehee R/R it plz! And of course do the same for this story!
Natalie
Disclaimer: Must you people keep bringing this up! Nothing in this story is mine but the plot! *sobs*
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Hermione didn't even look like herself, and Harry caught himself staring at her a second longer than she should have. Her dress robes were a deep blue this year with glittery designs near the bottom, and her hair was swept up to the back of her head, and was no longer bushy but elegantly curled with ribbons and flowers weaved throughout it.
Ginny on the other hand had deep crimson robes, red enough to match her hair and the way her cheeks were when she blushed. Her hair, like Hermione's was at the back of her head and had curls sprouting out of it between ribbons and flowers. Harry guessed that they had done each other's hair that night.
Ron's mouth was still gaping open after they had said their hellos and how are you's. Harry held out his hand face up and Ginny put hers on his and they started walking through the common room and out the portrait of the Fat Lady. Harry looked back and saw that Ron and Hermione had done the same and were now following them holding hands talking a little bit as well. Noticing that he seemed to be ignoring Ginny he started having pointless conversation with her. The group of couples following them seemed to get bigger and bigger as they got nearer to the Great Hall.
When they got to the Great Hall the doors were already open but no one was going into the Hall. Noticing this, Harry pulled Ginny to the front of the group to see what was going on. Peeves was floating at the entrance holding water balloons that were full of what looked like gravy. Harry stepped back as Dumbledore came through and shooed Peeves away from the door.
The students began filing into the room and sitting down at the candlelit tables that were set for four. Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Ginny all found an empty table and sat down. After 15 minutes of sitting there and waiting for food Harry heard Dumbledore say 'Pork Chops!' to his plate. Remembering this was how it was at the last dance all the students placed their orders with the plates and the food appeared moments later. After idle chatting and eating the plates were cleared and the tables were pushed aside.
Harry heard a band start playing and looked up to see the Weird Sisters playing up on a makeshift stage. The song was very slow and he looked at Ginny who was looking at the couples out on the dance floor with a dreamy look in her eyes. He stood up and gave her his hand and led her out onto the dance floor. Dancing with Ginny was different from how it had been with Parvati two years before. No longer was he being led around, but it was he who was doing the leading. Instead of taking one of her hands and placing the other on her waist he put both on her waist as she had put both around his neck. Harry looked up to see Ron and Hermione dancing about a foot away from each other but still seeming to enjoy themselves.
When the song was over they all went over to the table again and sat down. Ron gave Harry a 'go take a walk but don't do anything stupid' look, and Harry asked Ginny if she would like to go out for a walk. She nodded and they got up and excused themselves from the table. They walked to the front lawn which had been decorated with fountains and bushes with flowers and it was all lit by little flames sitting on the branches of the bushes and on the fountains. Harry recognized these as pixies, probably the same ones that had been there two years ago at the last ball.
They found a bench and sat down on it, they seemed to be pretty far away from the castle and away from anyone else as well. Harry tried talking to her, asking questions, she wasn't nearly as easy to talk to as Cho or Hermione. Harry had asked her what animals Hagrid had the fifth years taking care of this year, and she told him that they each got to raise their own Nifflers and how their final exam would be how well they had trained them in getting gold that was buried. Harry laughed and thought 'just like Hagrid.'
They sat in silence for a few minutes when Ginny finally said, "Harry, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure Ginny, what about?"
"Well, I had a really strange dream the other night, about us sitting on a park bench like this one and we…we…" She stopped, Harry finished the sentence for her.
"We kissed."
She looked up at him and nodded. Harry had never noticed how innocent she looked, he looked down at her and smiled.
"Harry, this may be a forward question, and tell me if I'm being rude, but…have you ever been kissed?"
Harry looked at her and smiled again, and nodded. She looked away as if she had been slapped in the face.
"Why Ginny?"
"Well, I always wanted my first kiss to be from someone who never has been kissed before, just so that we could both always remember it."
"Ginny, you don't have to worry about someone not remembering it, whether it be me or not." He put his hand on hers and she looked back up at him.
"Thanks Harry, you always know what to say."
He smiled again and nodded, feeling the strongest urge to kiss her at that moment, but he knew that it would be rude. She seemed to read his mind though, and looked him straight in the eyes. He never noticed, but she had the prettiest blue eyes. He felt himself inching nearer and nearer to her, and she was doing the same. Her head gave a tiny nod as if saying it was okay, everything was going to alright. He tilted his head and closed his eyes. Their lips locked for a moment and Harry felt his mouth growing particularly dry. He pulled his head away and looked at Ginny in the eyes again, she was smiling.
"Well, we should probably go back and see if we can catch one last slow song before Dumbledore wraps it up." She whispered, not taking her eyes off of him.
Harry nodded and got up, his head still in a daze, he looked at his watch, it was already 11:30. They walked back to the Great Hall just as they heard the Weird Sisters striking up their last song, as Harry had hoped, it was a slow one.
When the dance was over and Dumbledore had wished everyone a Merry Christmas Eve and sent everyone off to bed Harry walked with Ginny hand in hand up to the tower. He hadn't seen any sign of Ron or Hermione since he had left though, and he was getting quite worried. Once they had reached the portrait of the Fat Lady they decided to say their goodnights in the hall, incase Ron was waiting for them in the common room.
Ginny hugged Harry and looked up into his emerald eyes, their lips met again in a longer kiss. He pulled his head back and wished her goodnight, hugging her again. They followed each other into the common room only to find Ron and Hermione sitting on the couch near the fire talking happily. Harry took a double take and noticed that Ron's arm was behind Hermione as if he was holding her. Ginny began walking over to them and Harry followed. After a bit of talking about the music and the dance, they bid their farewells and went to bed.
As soon as they were up in the dormitories Ron came up to Harry, "Thanks mate, for taking Ginny, I could tell she had a good time."
Harry nodded and then asked Ron, "So how was your night Ron?"
Ron laid back on his bed and stared at the ceiling sighing heavily but happily. "Well lets just say the dance got a bit boring for us, so we came back up here and…talked for a while." He gave Harry a sly grin.
"You were up here snogging her weren't you Ron?" Harry laughed.
"Well, not the entire time, but yes." He sighed again and began to tell Harry the events of the night.
"We both decided around 10 to come up and sit here because the music was giving Hermione a headache and we just wanted to spend some time alone. So we came up here and sat on the couch for a little bit and started talking, telling each other our dreams and ambitions and everything, it was great. Then I had been talking for a bit and she hadn't said anything and I noticed that she was staring up at me so I looked down at her. That's when she started moving closer to me, so I put my arms around her and I kissed her. It wasn't long or anything, just a short kiss on the lips. Then we just started snogging from there, and bloody hell, she's good at it too. Then we stopped and talked again, and she told me how she has started liking me and I told her the same." He ran his hands through his hair and gave Harry a sly grin. "Now, how about your night?"
Harry told him how they had gone out onto the grounds and talked, not even mentioning the fact that they had kissed. But he knew it was inevitable, he would have to tell Ron sooner or later.
And again, almost on cue Ron said, "Did you kiss her Harry?"
Harry nodded and waited for a reaction, "I see, well goodnight mate."
He looked at Ron as if he had been slapped, "You aren't mad?"
"Why would I be? I knew that it was going to happen, I'm just glad that she's happy."
Harry looked at Ron and said, "Okay, well goodnight Ron." And with that he laid his head on his pillow and fell into a sleep filled with dreams of Ginny.
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A/N: FLUFFY!!! Yay, hey sorry all you non-fluffy fans, but that's just the kind of writer I am! I did a long chapter, so I'm gonna do a HG/DM story now!! Teehee R/R it plz! And of course do the same for this story!
Natalie