Disclaimer: No matter how much I keep telling myself that I'm JK I can never be her. So you'll know I do not own any of the characters mentioned and I do not make any sort of profit out of this. Not even that… *sigh*
Author's note: Oh my lord... Chapter 9 already?! Oh my… Having fun though, guys? I can't thank you all enough for all of the reviews. You have no idea how much I love hearing all the warming thoughts you have about this. And now, since you all have been so kind and in peace with that I do not update so often (*coughsandlooksataspecialperson*), I present to you: Chapter 9!
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Ginny threw herself in an armchair back in the common room once the five of them had finished their little "show". She was practically glowing. She had a wonderful time standing in front of all those people. It was like getting this big adrenaline rush.
"Oh my god", she sighed happily. Harry sat down in a chair opposite her and nodded in agreement.
"Tell me about it", he muttered. As much as he really hated to be the center of attention, he had actually found that being close to Ginny there had made him calmer. He hadn't blushed one time. He had first been a bit moody at Ron for not letting him in on that he knew Ginny and Dean wasn't together, but then he realized that he had probably known that Harry knew too, and it would have spoiled all the fun.
"It was really a kick!" Ginny went on. She got this absent stare in her eyes, and Harry smiled at it. He couldn't seem to get himself to stop staring in her brown eyes. He didn't even notice that Dean, Hermione and Ron were discussing the 'show'. Harry saw how her eyes twinkled. They seemed to grow deeper and deeper the longer he looked into them. He never wanted to stop.
"Harry?" Hermione's voice called him back to the Gryffindor common room. He shook his head and looked surprised at the four of them who were looking strangely at him. Had he dozed off or something?
"Yes?" he asked, oblivious to the fact that Hermione had asked him a question. Ginny seemed amused because she bit her lip not to grin openly at him, but he could still see a smile linger in the corner of her mouth. He was almost drifting off again, thinking about another nice asset Ginny possessed when Ron coughed. He jerked his head back towards them. "What?"
Dean looked away, obviously trying to keep himself from laughing too. Ron grinned at his best friend. Hermione only rolled her eyes and repeated her question. "Did you know about Dean and Ginny?"
"Mhm…" Harry said avoidingly. Hermione gave up and rolled her eyes. It was clear that Harry had other things in his mind.
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Ginny wondered what Harry was thinking of. He looked so pleased. She frowned. She could have sworn that his eyes lingered at her. Her heart seemed to have noticed it too, it skipped the next beat (or two). She mentally cursed it. "Come on. Be reasonable. He likes Cho; he always has and always will. You're just Ron's baby sister!" But another voice spoke to her in a softer tone. "But would he give you those smiles? He doesn't give them to anyone but you." Ginny couldn't argue with that. She had received a few melting smiles from Harry this past week. Whether it would be in the halls between classes or in the common room at the evenings doing their homework. Her heart raced every time she got one of those smiles. And she hadn't seen him flash them to someone else. It was like he saved them only for her.
She only listened halfly when Hermione, Ron and Dean went on discussing the event earlier. Somehow Ron had found out. She was sure that Harry hadn't said anything, and she hadn't told anyone else. Could Dean have told someone? "No", she immediately shook the thought away. He had been just as eager to do this as herself.
She looked curiously at Harry. Did he know that every word Ron had spoken was true? No, of course he didn't. Then he'd be avoiding her. Suddenly Harry obviously became aware of Ginny's gaze. He looked into her eyes, down to her heart, and gave her one of those smiles. She looked away, hiding her reddening cheeks.
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"You stupid git!" Harry scolded himself. He had sensed that someone was watching him and found himself under Ginny's gaze. He felt a fluttering sensation somewhere around his stomach. He had been thinking about her. He had been throughout this week. His dreams had all been about her, every awaken thought surrounding her flaming hair, chocolate brown eyes that you completely drowned in or her warm and kind personality. And she had caught his doing it again, even though she didn't know he was thinking about her. She didn't, did she?
As a result of thinking about her, he gave her that smile he saved for her. And now she had turned away from him. "You shouldn't keep doing that! You're only embarrassing yourself!" his mind told him, but he just couldn't help but to smile at Ginny.
Ever since he had gotten those images of a girl, with flaming red hair and big, brown, innocent eyes, standing in a field with nothing but a stick and a string of rope and still managing to look so utterly happy, he had known. He had known that the person he wanted to fill Sirius' hole in her heart had been none other than Virginia Weasley. Ginny.
Harry had sort of always known that Ginny was the one, but always found something that told him otherwise. But now he was sure. He wanted Ginny as his own. And it had been hard to see with together with Dean this past week, even though he had known about their situation. There had been that little doubting voice in Harry's mind. What if they realize that they really like each other? That they want to stay together? The thoughts had made Harry lie awake at night, unable to get images of Ginny and Dean off his mind. It should be him who was sitting there with Ginny, heads close together, whispering and laughing. He had felt a hint of jealousness creep over him every time they sat together, going through details one more time, when who should say this and when who should do that.
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Authors note: Well… That was a quick one.
maria, are you satisfied now? You got your fluff. At least a bit of it.
I just love that, when they think about each other in silence. Ah… You just wanna squish them!
Next chappie up soon… If I manage to get my mind to work with me and not just write that Ginny and Harry proclaims their love to each other and come running in each others arms. ^_^ But isn't that what we are all waiting for?