After they got into school, they all headed towards the Great Hall. Everything was beautifully decorated as usual. There were already a lot of students sitting so Harry, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, and Neville hurried to their seats. After everyone was seated Dumbledore finally stood up.
"Welcome, welcome students." Dumbledore beamed at them all. " It's good to see the new faces and the familiar students here yet again. Before we start eating out delicious feast, let me remind everyone that the Forbidden Forest is off bounds and that no male is to go into a female's room. That is all. Now, enjoy!" And with twinkling eyes he sat down. The food appeared on the tables and everyone started talking.
"Hey Harry, remember that story that you wrote last summer? You should show it to Ginny. She loves writing too."
"Ron! Shut up! I don't want to show it to everyone." He quickly said, blushing fiercely.
"You wrote a story? Oh Harry! Please let me read it! One of my favorite things to do is writing. Please?" Ginny said in excitement. She looked at him with pleading eyes until finally he relented. "Alright Gin, but only you. No one else." Ginny smiled happily.
Later,
after a hard day back and with tons of homework, everyone went up to
the common room and laid out their homework.
"Can I see it
now, Harry? I've been dying to read it all day." Ginny asked
impatiently.
Harry smiled and said, "Nope, not yet. Not until everyone else goes to bed. I don't want them reading it. They've been bugging me all day." Ginny crossed her arms and glared at Harry. "Fine. If that's the way you want to be." And she sat back and pouted. Harry just smiled and went back to his homework.
Finally everyone went to bed and it was just Harry and Ginny in the common room. Ginny jumped up, ran over to Harry, and plopped down right next to him. "Okay Harry, I'm ready."
"Well, I've actually decided to show it to you tomorrow. Sorry Gin." Harry tried to say it seriously, but was unsuccessful. He burst out laughing as Ginny stared at him in disbelief. "Oh you jerk!" She shoved him while he laughed. "Alright I'll show you!" Harry took the packet of paper out of one of his books and handed it to Ginny. She grabbed it from him and sat back to read it. Harry also sat back to wait for her to finish. He glanced over at her and couldn't help but notice how pretty she looked. He never really noticed it before but that could've been because he never got much of a chance to talk to her. But now that he actually did, he noticed what a wonderful personality she had. Ginny looked up as if she felt his eyes on her. She looked startled when she saw him staring. They locked eyes for a couple seconds till Harry said in a rush, "Just wanted to know if you liked it so far. You know, if your expression showed sadness, than you must think it's a pitiful attempt to write, but so far I've only seen you look thoughtful." He blushed and looked down.
"Oh. Alright." She laughed. "I really like it so far. You have a lot of talent in writing." She smiled at him and then looked back down at his story. He smiled and leaned back.