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THIS CHAPTER IS A GINNY/HARRY CHAPTER. I HAD A FEW REVIEWS ASKING TO DEVELOP THEIR RELATIONSHIP MORE, SO I THOUGHT 'WHAT THE HELL?' AND HERE IT IS! ENJOY PEOPLES!



Not long after Hermione left her to get ready for her detention, Ginny sat alone in her room. She looked over at the muggle clock her father gave her. It was 9:00. By now Hermione would be at her detention.

That night Hermione had talked about Ron. Ron this. Ron that. She wished Hermione would quit talking about her stupid brother long enough so that she could get in a word about Harry.

She lay back in her bed. "Harry." She said aloud, letting the words slip off her tongue. She closed her eyes and smiled sweetly imagining looking into his beautiful green eyes.

Ginny's roommates came into the dorm room laughing and giggling. Of course they were talking about boys. They immediately stopped when they saw her. "Oh, Hi Ginny."

"Hi." Ginny got up and left the room. None of the fourth year Gryffindor girls liked her. They always stopped talking as soon as she entered a room. She never made any real friends. She always clung to the older kids.

Hermione was the only person who ever took any interest in her. She felt awful. Was it her fault no one liked her? All of her other family members had something great at Hogwarts. Bill, Charlie, and Percy were all prefects. Percy was even Head Boy, George and Fred were the class clowns, Everyone loved them, they were great fun. And Ron. He was popular, handsome, and his best friend is the famous Harry Potter.

Ginny trudged down the stairs. She was feeling terrible. The only person she had to talk to was serving detention.

As she stomped down the last few stairs everyone looked up. Ginny's usually pretty face was contorted. Her eyebrows were furrowed and her lips held an unusual pout. Some first years pushed her against a wall.

"Watch where you're going!" She said as she stomped across the room. She plopped down into a chair and folded her arms across her chest. She scowled as people in the room looked at her as though she'd gone nuts.

She looked down at her lap and started to play with her tattered second hand robes. "Gin?"

Ginny looked up and saw Harry. Her breath caught in her throat. She tried to say something but nothing would come out. Her face softened as she saw the look of concern on his face.

"Ginny.what's wrong?" He asked, as she noticed the concern that was in not only his face, but also his voice.

She shrugged her shoulders as her face turned red. "I don't know."



Harry looked at Ginny's face as it softened and turned red. "Do you want to talk about it?" He knew Ginny lied when she said she didn't know what was wrong.

He watched the young Weasley girl nodded her head. Her soft reddish hair shook as she did it. He looked into her light blue eyes. They were sad. They looked full of pain. "Did someone do something to you?" He felt a sudden, unexplainable need to protect her.

"No. It's not just one person. It's everyone." Ginny felt stupid the second she'd said it. He probably thought she was a dork.

"What happened?" His face looked as concerned as it had before. Ginny felt better knowing he didn't think she was a loser.

"Nobody likes me, Harry. Everyone has friends, but me. Except Hermione. Even though all she ever wants to do is talk about Ron."

Harry smiled. Ron told him earlier that day that he was going to tell Hermione about how he felt when they were at detention.

"What are you smiling about, Harry? You think it's funny that I have no friends?" Harry snapped out of his thought and looked into Ginny's pathetic face.

"No that's not it. I care. Now, go on." Harry told her.

"Well. I was just saying that even the first years push me around. I'm three years older than them."

"Ginny, just because one first year bumped into you doesn't mean, they're all against you,"

"I hate my life. You don't understand. You don't have to live in the shadows of every single one of your siblings. Charlie is so successful. Bill is handsome, everyone says he has the looks of the family. Percy is the smart one. Mum always tells me I should be more like him."

"Ginny, your mum says that to Fred, George, and Ron, too!" Harry interrupted.

"I know. Fred, George, and Ron are the three worst though. The twins are always teasing me and making fun of me. They always play jokes on me. Just this morning, they put a spell on my wand so that whenever I put a spell on something, it would backfire onto the closest person. It turned Snape's hair blue. I got 30 points taken off of Gryffindor."

"I'm sure they didn't mean to get you into trouble for it. They thought it would be funny."

"Don't stick up for them." Ginny looked at Harry with a serious expression on her face. Harry nodded as the portrait hole burst open. A blue haired Angelina Johnson entered the room.

"THAT IS NOT FUNNY YOU TWO! I'M SICK OF THIS! FRED, YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT ME GOING TO HOGSMEADE WITH YOU THIS WEEKEND. I'LL BE TOO BUSY LOOKING FOR THE COUTER CURSE FOR YOUR STUPID PRANK." She said pointing to her hair,

"Wait! Angel! It was a joke! You know. Ha Ha?" Fred climbed the stairs after his crush.

George walked past the spot where Harry and Ginny were sitting. "Serves you two right."

"Oh, shove off, Ginny." George said shoving his hands into his pockets.

"Do you want to go somewhere else?" Harry asked her as he looked at her new hurt expression. She always took it so seriously when her brothers told her to go away.

Ginny looked at him surprised. She blushed before nodding. "No one is up in my room. I know girls aren't supposed to be up there, but if you won't tell neither will I." He flashed Ginny a charming smile before standing up and leading the way to his dorm.

Ginny walked into Harry's dorm as he picked things up off the floor and shoved them into a piled in the corner,

She looked at him. He blushed for the first time since she met him. "Sorry 'bout the mess."

Ginny smiled and sat down at the end of a bed. "That's okay."

A few minutes of awkward silence passed before Harry started. "What were you saying before Fred and George came?"

"Well, I was just saying that Ron has friends. He's so popular. Everyone likes him. And besides he's got you as a best friend." Ginny blushed and looked away from the boy she's liked for almost the past five years.

Harry looked over at Ginny. He was surprised at her, He knew that she liked him, but he also knew she'd never actually admitted it. The old shy Ginny, was hatching from her cacoon into a beautiful young lady.

For the first time since Harry met her, he saw her as a girl. Not just as Ron's baby sister. She certainly wasn't a baby. Today he had seen her wear her heart on her sleeve. She poured herself out to him.

Harry took a step closer to Ginny, who was now standing. "I should go." Ginny stood up and turned to leave his room.

He reached out and grabbed her by her elbow, turning her back around, "No. Don't." He stood only inches from her face. His eyes darted around her face. He looked to her eyes for some sign of how she was feeling. The only resemblence to an emotion he saw was fear,

"Can I kiss you, Ginny?" He didn't even realize what he was asking. It was as if he weren't speaking for himself. Someone else was running his brain. Not that he could complain.

"I.I. I don't know. how. I.mean.I've never..." she whispered as she looked into his eyes. As much as she wanted to she knew he would be disappointed. She'd never kissed anyone before.

Harry looked into her eyes. The same look of fear was in her eyes. "Are you scared?"

Ginny nodded slowly, never breaking her eye contact. "Of what?" he asked.

"You. Me. Us. Kissing."

"Which one?" Harry asked surprised at her honest reply. Usually her reply was along the lines of 'I don't know.'

"All of the above. If I kiss you, you'll only be disappointed." Finally breaking the eye contact she looked down at her shoes.

"Hey." He said causing her to look back up. "You'll never know, unless you try."

"I guess." Ginny shrugged her shoulders. He wasn't going to let her leave without a kiss. She admired his persistence.

"So?"

"So." Ginny looked up into his eyes. They were laughing. Just like she always pictured the first time they would kiss. Everything was perfect. She nodded her head, and he leaned so their lips would touch.

She tilted her head as their lips met. Her head screamed to hold him. She wrapped her arms around his neck. Her fingers played softly with the little hairs at the nape of his neck, sending shivers up his spine.

Their kiss deepened. Building passion was being released from Ginny. It was better than she ever imagined. Maybe she was just imagining it.

Finally needing air they pulled apart from their kiss, both breathless. "How was it?" Ginny asked shyly after catching her breath.

"I'm not sure. Maybe I could tell you if I could have another one?" He smiled playfully wrapping his arms around her waist pulling her closer to him. Their lips touched again, Harry's smile on his face the whole time.

Harry's hands ran up and down her back. The second kiss was even better than the first. If every kiss was better, he didn't think he ever wanted to stop. She sure was a good kisser for someone who had never done it before.

Harry was so caught up in the kiss he didn't notice the person standing in the doorway.

"HARRY!"

The kiss ended abruptly as both Gryffindors looked in panic towards the door. Both realizing how much trouble they were in.

SOORY EVERYONE. I KNOW THAT WASN'T AS LONG AS I PROMISED, BUT OH, WELL. ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGISE FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION. I TRIED MY BEST TO MAKE EVERYONE IN CHARACTER. I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT GIN, EXCEPT SHE SEEMS LIKE A LONER, AND I ALSO NOTICED SHE'S VERY EMOTIONAL. ANYWAY, I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED! ALSO THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WISHED FOR ME TO HAVE A NICE VACATION. I DID!!