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Harry sat in the common room for several moments after Ginny left. Thoughts were whizzing round and round his head and he just wanted to tell them to stop and leave him in peace. This was far too difficult. Why did he even listen to Hermione in the first place? He was quite certain Ginny only saw him as a friend. This just clarified that for him.

Harry made to stand up when he heard the portrait door open and in walked none other than Hermione. Harry just stared at her, awaiting her to say something. When she didn't, he sighed heavily and shook his head before saying: "Nothing happened. She doesn't like me like that and she never will"

Hermione's eyes were full of sympathy as she crossed the room so she now stood infront of him. She then cupped his face with her hands. "You need to give it time. Don't expect to win her heart straight away. Rome wasn't built in a day"

Harry scoffed. "So what are you now? A poet?"

Hermione laughed. "No Harry. Not a poet. But seriously. Give it time. Ginny's always like you. She may not like you in the way you want her to right now but if we're honest here, you've never given her a reason to either." Harry arched an eyebrow in question. "She liked you for years when we were younger but you just pretended that she never existed." Harry was about to butt in and tell her that that was a lie, how ever Hermione beat him to it. "There are something's that are kept behind closed doors Harry, and mine and Ginny's conversations is one of those things. Ginny used to tell me how much she liked you, but how you just passed her off as Rons annoying baby sister." Harry felt a sudden 'pang' of guilt. How could he not have noticed that he was hurting Ginny? Ofcourse he didn't mean to. Half the time he did things before he had the time to think them through.

"Anyway" Hermione began, when she saw that Harry was day dreaming. "We have to get to class before McGonagal gives us detention."

Harry nodded. "Yep. Come. I'll race ya" He smirked evilly as he pushed passed her and out of the portrait hole.

"Hey!" Hermione yelled. "That's not fair. You're bigger than me" But she took off after him none the less.

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Harry reached the class room in record time grinning to himself that he had won. However, when he got there, he ran in through the door and hit something, or someone, sending them hurtling to the floor, with him on top.

Harry groaned and rubbed his head where it had smashed into the floor. He then looked into the eyes of the person he had hit.

"HERMIONE!"

Hermione grimaced, she too was rubbing a sore head, before she smiled innocently at him.

Harry pushed himself up off the floor, gaping at Hermione. "Hermione. How did you do that? Theres no Way you could have beaten me!" Harry whined.

Hermione said nothing as Ron approached from behind and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Don't underestimate my girl friend mate." He said, as he rested his chin on her shoulder. Hermione smiled sweetly at him.

Harry stood with a gapping mouth for a few moments, over come with shock as to how Hermione managed to beat him, before his face broke out into a smile and he laughed. "Yeah what ever. You cheated."

Hermione began to laugh, along with Ron. "Yeah. I did. But hey. So did you. You had a head start."

Harry, Ron and Hermione took up their seats at the back of the classroom when Harry asked. "But just how did you get here before me?"

Hermione smiled again. "Oh ya know. You may have the Maraunders Harry, but I manage to find my way around quite easily. There are a few passages that I know of that are not on that map"

Harry gaped. "No! Never!"

Hermione smiled. "Oh yes."

Ron laughed. "I think we have an honoree Maraunders member here Harry" He said, as he put his arm around her waist and kissed her cheek.

"I think so" Harry laughed.

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By the end of the day of lessons, the golden trio were nackered. They had been trying to transform each other into animals of their choice in transfigurations. Ron tried to turn Harry into a stag, but he ended up turning him into a beetle with antlers and Hermione was turned into a swan by mistake by Harry, although she didn't really mind as every one said how pretty she looked as one. Ron however was in hysterics laughing at Harry, consider he was aiming for something extremely ugly to get her back for cheating, but ended up making her look stunning. But no matter how fun it was, it took away all their energy.

After their evening meal, Harry decided to head up to his dorm. Hermione and Ron were occupying themselves elsewhere!

Harry sat on his bed. The dorn was empty of everyone. Where everyone was, Harry had no idea. He was currently flicking through the photo album that Hagrid had given him in first year. He was looking over one particular picture of his parents, as they stood by the lake in their final year at Hogwarts, wrapped in each other's arms and looking genuinely happy.

Harry was mindlessly fingering the picture, when the door silently opened and Ginny slipped in. Harry looked up and gave her a quick smile. "He Gin"

"Hey!" Ginny replied as she sat down on the bed next to Harry. "What are you looking at?"

Harry lifted the album up for her to see. Ginny smiled and nodded. Many a time had she caught Harry looking over his photo album, although she had never actually looked at it her self before. Ginny sat watching Harry for a moment, before he closed it and placed it down on the bed. He then looked up at her.

"So. What can I do you for?" He smirked.

"You can't do me for anything Potter." She smirked right back. "But I just thought id come up here and have a talk. We haven't talked for a while."

Harry nodded. It was true. They had both been extremely busy of late and hadn't found much time to talk.

"Well.." Harry began. "What did you want to talk about?"

"How about the up and coming game. Against Slytherin."

Harry nodded. "Ah yes. The game." He then looked skeptical.

"What?" Ginny asked confused.

"Well..... are you gonna be ok playing?"

Ginny still looked confused. "Yes Harry. Why wouldn't I?"

"Well..... its just...its Slytherin... and-"

"Harry" Ginny cut him off. "If you think that I don't wanna play against Slytherin because of what happened this morning you're wrong. I asked Malfoy out and he said no. Big deal. Now let's just drop it ok?" Ginny began to sound agitated.

Harry looked at her out of the slits in his eyes, not really believing that there wasn't more to the situation, but he let it pass. "Ok." Was all he said.

The pair sat and talked for a while longer before the door burst open and Seamus fell into the room. "Hey Harry, you've got to see this. Dean has managed to get his hand stuck down the plug hole in the boys bathroom."

Harry, trying not to laugh, unlike Ginny who was now rolling around on the bed in hysterics, asked: "And why was Deans hand down the plug hole in the first place?"

"Oh....well I told him I bet he could fit his hand down there. I mean, I didn't actually expect him to do it. But now its stuck." Seamus started laughing as Harry stood up from the bed. "Ok... I'll be down in a sec. I'll be right back Gin" he said to Ginny, before leaving the room.

Ginny sat on the bed on her own, twiddling her thumbs, before she noticed Harry's photo album sitting next to the pillow at the end of the bed.

She leaned forward and picked it up. Flicking through the pages, she smiled when she saw random pictures of Harry with his friend's. There was a picture of Harry, giving a piggy back to Ron, then falling over under the weight. Hermione was in the background laughing her head off. There was also a picture of Ron and Hermione kissing, with Harry and Seamus in the back ground, making gagging movements. She then turned to the next page, where there was a picture featuring her. She stood in the center, with a big goofy grin on her face, and Harry stood behind her, his arms wrapped around her waist. They looked like the perfect couple. She remembered the picture being taken. It was at the end of her 5th year. Just before they left school for the summer. Ginny smiled at the photo. She was so caught up in it, she almost didn't hear Harry run up the stairs. She quickly shut the book and put it back, just as Harry fell into the room, laughing his head off.

He walked over to the bed and collapsed on it. He regained his composure and faced Ginny. "Oh Gin, you should have seen it. Dean's hands still stuck. I left Neville and Seam trying to pull him out." Harry then began to laugh again. That's when Ginny stood up. She tapped him on the head and said: "Ok Har, I'll see you later."

"Yeah bye Gin" Harry managed to get out before he collapsed into giggles again!