Alright, so Harry got Ginny a kitten. I wrote a list of my favourite name
suggestions for my kitty and picked one out of a hat because that is the
only way I would be able to choose one. In the end the one I choose I felt
didn't fit with what I wanted so I had to pick about 7 times (there was
only 7 in the hat anyway. Heehee) and I still have two. Enjoy the latest
instalment.
Luv sexy seeker.
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CHAPTER 4
The kitten stared at Ginny through its bright green eyes and mewed. Ginny stared right back. "Oh, my god." Her mouth fell open and her mind was unable to form any words. After a minute, Harry, still holding the kitten started laughing at her. Ginny was jerked out of her stupor by the sound. "He's - he or she?"
"He." was stated plain and simply by Harry.
"Aww. He's perfect. Can I hold him?" she turned her eyes from the kittens to Harry's with her eyebrows raised.
Harry laughed again. "Of course you can. He's your kitten." He walked over to her, smiled. As he reached her, he grabbed the kitten, who had decided to climb up his arm. He put the kitten into Ginny's hands. She held it up in front of her face and it stopped struggling, stared at her, mewed and stretched it's paw towards Ginny's face. "So what are you going to call him?"
Ginny sighed, her eyebrows still raised. "I don't know. He's too cute for just an ordinary name. Don't you think?"
"Definitely. After all he belongs to you." Ginny looked up at him and giggled.
"Wow Harry. I can't believe that you're giving me a kitten. Thank you so much." Ginny stood up, put the kitten on the oversized chair and gave Harry a hug. Harry hugged her back and she felt some tears prickling the back of her eyes.
"Ginny?" Harry questioned when she had sat back down to play with her kitten. Harry had brought a load of toys for it as well. This included a furry mouse, some plastic fish and a tall scratching post with lots of different levels. "can you explain to me why you got so upset earlier? You know with Ron and Hermione and everything." His voice trailed off.
Ginny whimpered. She opened her mouth, twirling the mouse around the kittens head while he tried to grab it. After a minutes silence he spoke. "What they have, they are so besotted by one another. You can really tell how much they're in love. I don't have that with Dean. Don't get me wrong, I like what we have. We get on really well, he's cute, funny, kind, everything a great boyfriend could be." Ginny got a mischievous look in her eyes. "He's not too bad at snogging either, but don't tell Ron I said that. He'd murder Dean. Dean's great. Much better than with Michael but I - I don't really know how to explain it." She stopped twirling the mouse after the cat's claw caught her finger. She sucked it for a second, looked up at Harry. "I'm sorry. That's not much help is it? All I know is that me and Dean won't last forever. Ron and Hermione, they will. I want to be in love with someone. I want to know that they love me back and I want it to last forever." Harry was listening intensely to what she was saying.
"You'll have that eventually, but, hey, you're only fifteen. You've got your whole life to live. Ultimately you'll meet someone that will love you and cherish you forever. Because if one thing's true, then it's that you bloody well deserve it."
Ginny smiled at Harry through her tears. "Thank you. . . Am I being selfish? I am, aren't I? Oh god, I can't believe I yelled at them for being in love. Oh I bet they hate me now. I'll never be able to go back to the tower. Help Harry." She wailed.
"Hey. It'll be fine. I'll bet Ron and Hermione are sat in the tower worried about you. It's not like you to get upset like that. They're your best friends for god's sake. They never hate. Okay. Never think that." Harry got up and hugged her again.
There was a knock at the door. "Wonder who that is." Harry said. Ginny watched him as he moved towards the door to open it. When the out swinging entrance was no longer closed, Harry came face to face with Professor Dumbledore.
"Hello Professor." He managed through shock.
"Harry. This is a pleasant surprise. And Miss Weasley. Happy Birthday. How has your day been so far?"
"Thank you professor. It's been - interesting for lack of better words. She giggled.
"Did you receive many wonderful gifts?" his eyes twinkled as hwe spoke. "That's always the best part of the day."
Ginny giggled again. "I agree. Definitely the best part. And I got the most wonderful gift of all." She walked to the cardboard box and pulled out her kitten. Harry, who had by now shut the door, started blushing.
"Oh how wonderful. He's precious. Mr Potter, what a wonderful friend you are." Harry blushed further. "Does he have a name?"
"Not yet. I don't want anything too ordinary you see. Have you any ideas?" Ginny felt slightly anxious. Maybe because she had never been in a personal conversation with the headmaster before, as Harry had many times.
"Hmm. I can't say I'm an expert at thinking of names for pets. Sorry but I don't think I can help you there." He laughed, his eyes sparkling harder than before. "I take It Hagrid' not around. Hmm. Oh well, I'll just catch him at dinner. I have a lot of work to do so I'd best leave -"
"Smudge!" Ginny yelled having not been paying attention to the headmaster. "Humph. Or Dusty. I can't decide." She wailed. Harry and Dumbledore looked at her, clearly amused. "sorry." She said sheepishly.
Dumbledore laughed. "See you later." He smiled through his whole face and walked through the door. Harry watched him go, looked back at Ginny with raised eyebrows and burst out laughing.
Ginny stared open-mouthed at him. Then her mouth curved into a smile and she started laughing too. "What a nice input to the conversation" he stared to lugh again.
"Shut up. That was so embarrassing. I can't believe I did that." She was laughing so hard her sides hurt. Then she looked at the kitten, who was staring up at them through wide eyes, like they'd gone mad. The sight of a face that adorable made them gush and laugh again.
Minutes later, both taking deep breathes, Harry had stopped laughing. They calmed down and Harry looked seriously at her. "Come on. We should go back to the tower. We need to put Smudge or Dusty there before dinner."
"And I need to talk to Ron and Hermione." They gathered all of their things and the cat toys from another box along with the cat litter and food. Harry carried that box and Ginny shut Smudge or Dusty in the other where she cast a warming charm on it to stop him from getting cold on the walk up to the castle. She opened the door and the walked back through the deeper, still falling snow.
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A/N: My longest chapter so far. Actually it's not, because I've just finished writing Chapter 5 and that one is about a page longer. I will post that one up in one week. What did you think of this one though? I want your opinions on the cat names. I like Smudge and my sister likes Dusty so we had a huge row over it.
I wasn't too sure about the Dumbledore bit but I wanted a way to make this chapter longer. I think I might have gone a bit out of character for Dumbledore. I don't know.
I can't wait to write more to this story. I can't wait to read your reviews so you'd better get to it. It's my favourite part so REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!
Luv Sexy Seeker
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CHAPTER 4
The kitten stared at Ginny through its bright green eyes and mewed. Ginny stared right back. "Oh, my god." Her mouth fell open and her mind was unable to form any words. After a minute, Harry, still holding the kitten started laughing at her. Ginny was jerked out of her stupor by the sound. "He's - he or she?"
"He." was stated plain and simply by Harry.
"Aww. He's perfect. Can I hold him?" she turned her eyes from the kittens to Harry's with her eyebrows raised.
Harry laughed again. "Of course you can. He's your kitten." He walked over to her, smiled. As he reached her, he grabbed the kitten, who had decided to climb up his arm. He put the kitten into Ginny's hands. She held it up in front of her face and it stopped struggling, stared at her, mewed and stretched it's paw towards Ginny's face. "So what are you going to call him?"
Ginny sighed, her eyebrows still raised. "I don't know. He's too cute for just an ordinary name. Don't you think?"
"Definitely. After all he belongs to you." Ginny looked up at him and giggled.
"Wow Harry. I can't believe that you're giving me a kitten. Thank you so much." Ginny stood up, put the kitten on the oversized chair and gave Harry a hug. Harry hugged her back and she felt some tears prickling the back of her eyes.
"Ginny?" Harry questioned when she had sat back down to play with her kitten. Harry had brought a load of toys for it as well. This included a furry mouse, some plastic fish and a tall scratching post with lots of different levels. "can you explain to me why you got so upset earlier? You know with Ron and Hermione and everything." His voice trailed off.
Ginny whimpered. She opened her mouth, twirling the mouse around the kittens head while he tried to grab it. After a minutes silence he spoke. "What they have, they are so besotted by one another. You can really tell how much they're in love. I don't have that with Dean. Don't get me wrong, I like what we have. We get on really well, he's cute, funny, kind, everything a great boyfriend could be." Ginny got a mischievous look in her eyes. "He's not too bad at snogging either, but don't tell Ron I said that. He'd murder Dean. Dean's great. Much better than with Michael but I - I don't really know how to explain it." She stopped twirling the mouse after the cat's claw caught her finger. She sucked it for a second, looked up at Harry. "I'm sorry. That's not much help is it? All I know is that me and Dean won't last forever. Ron and Hermione, they will. I want to be in love with someone. I want to know that they love me back and I want it to last forever." Harry was listening intensely to what she was saying.
"You'll have that eventually, but, hey, you're only fifteen. You've got your whole life to live. Ultimately you'll meet someone that will love you and cherish you forever. Because if one thing's true, then it's that you bloody well deserve it."
Ginny smiled at Harry through her tears. "Thank you. . . Am I being selfish? I am, aren't I? Oh god, I can't believe I yelled at them for being in love. Oh I bet they hate me now. I'll never be able to go back to the tower. Help Harry." She wailed.
"Hey. It'll be fine. I'll bet Ron and Hermione are sat in the tower worried about you. It's not like you to get upset like that. They're your best friends for god's sake. They never hate. Okay. Never think that." Harry got up and hugged her again.
There was a knock at the door. "Wonder who that is." Harry said. Ginny watched him as he moved towards the door to open it. When the out swinging entrance was no longer closed, Harry came face to face with Professor Dumbledore.
"Hello Professor." He managed through shock.
"Harry. This is a pleasant surprise. And Miss Weasley. Happy Birthday. How has your day been so far?"
"Thank you professor. It's been - interesting for lack of better words. She giggled.
"Did you receive many wonderful gifts?" his eyes twinkled as hwe spoke. "That's always the best part of the day."
Ginny giggled again. "I agree. Definitely the best part. And I got the most wonderful gift of all." She walked to the cardboard box and pulled out her kitten. Harry, who had by now shut the door, started blushing.
"Oh how wonderful. He's precious. Mr Potter, what a wonderful friend you are." Harry blushed further. "Does he have a name?"
"Not yet. I don't want anything too ordinary you see. Have you any ideas?" Ginny felt slightly anxious. Maybe because she had never been in a personal conversation with the headmaster before, as Harry had many times.
"Hmm. I can't say I'm an expert at thinking of names for pets. Sorry but I don't think I can help you there." He laughed, his eyes sparkling harder than before. "I take It Hagrid' not around. Hmm. Oh well, I'll just catch him at dinner. I have a lot of work to do so I'd best leave -"
"Smudge!" Ginny yelled having not been paying attention to the headmaster. "Humph. Or Dusty. I can't decide." She wailed. Harry and Dumbledore looked at her, clearly amused. "sorry." She said sheepishly.
Dumbledore laughed. "See you later." He smiled through his whole face and walked through the door. Harry watched him go, looked back at Ginny with raised eyebrows and burst out laughing.
Ginny stared open-mouthed at him. Then her mouth curved into a smile and she started laughing too. "What a nice input to the conversation" he stared to lugh again.
"Shut up. That was so embarrassing. I can't believe I did that." She was laughing so hard her sides hurt. Then she looked at the kitten, who was staring up at them through wide eyes, like they'd gone mad. The sight of a face that adorable made them gush and laugh again.
Minutes later, both taking deep breathes, Harry had stopped laughing. They calmed down and Harry looked seriously at her. "Come on. We should go back to the tower. We need to put Smudge or Dusty there before dinner."
"And I need to talk to Ron and Hermione." They gathered all of their things and the cat toys from another box along with the cat litter and food. Harry carried that box and Ginny shut Smudge or Dusty in the other where she cast a warming charm on it to stop him from getting cold on the walk up to the castle. She opened the door and the walked back through the deeper, still falling snow.
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A/N: My longest chapter so far. Actually it's not, because I've just finished writing Chapter 5 and that one is about a page longer. I will post that one up in one week. What did you think of this one though? I want your opinions on the cat names. I like Smudge and my sister likes Dusty so we had a huge row over it.
I wasn't too sure about the Dumbledore bit but I wanted a way to make this chapter longer. I think I might have gone a bit out of character for Dumbledore. I don't know.
I can't wait to write more to this story. I can't wait to read your reviews so you'd better get to it. It's my favourite part so REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!
Luv Sexy Seeker