The rest of the day was thoroughly uneventful for Harry and Ginny. Ginny had a huge pile of homework as all fifth years do with the imminent threat of O.W.L.S growing closer. Harry did not have as much homework as Ginny but his pile was not small by any means. They sat at the same table by the window doing homework. They sat for several hours barely speaking, just an offhand comment here and there. At the stroke of eleven Harry shut his books and rolled up all his parchment. He placed all the papers and books in his brown bag when he looked up he found Ginny doing the same. They cleared off the table and stood up together. Harry clasped Ginny's small hand and they walked slowly to the stairwell.

"I don't want to leave you", she whispered.

"Nor I you", Harry replied.

"Can I come to bed with you?", she said looking at him with pleading eyes.

"What", he said incredulously.

"I'll take that as a yes", she grinned.

They headed up to the boys dormitory after Ginny nipped up to her dorm to slip into some cotton nightclothes. She came back down and Harry's eyes almost popped out of his head. She was so beautiful like that. Her body was covered in the loose cloth that made her look very sexy. She giggled and they went up the steps and entered the door marked 6th years. Harry opened the door to see if anyone was awake. Neville was reading a book but Ron was nowhere to be found.

"Where's Ron?", Harry asked Neville.

Neville laughed and answered him, "we won't be seeing him till tomorrow. You can count on that".

"Oh good", Harry smiled, "Ginny you can come in."

Ginny crept into the room looking from Harry to Neville and she smiled slightly. "Hey Neville", she said.

Neville looked confused at first at the presence of a pajama clad girl in his room. Comprehension suddenly dawned on him and he rolled over in his bed shutting his hangings.

Ginny giggled and hopped onto Harry's bed. Harry at next to her and he was about to say something when Ginny cut him off. "Are you going to sleep in those", she said gesturing at his robes, "or are you going to put on your night things?". Harry looked uncomfortably at her and said:

"But with you watching?"

"Harry", she whispered in a low tone, "I've made love with you, It's not as though I'll be seeing anything new."

"Oh", he said, "right, right". He then recovered his red and gold checkered nightclothes. He hesitated before pulling off his robes. Ginny looked at his toned body that was covered only with a thin pair of ducky boxer shorts. Ginny giggled at the ducks, they were her favorite animal. He slipped on the Pj's and sat next to Ginny on his bed. Ginny smiled and lay down, Harry followed suit. He pulled the covers up to their chests and Ginny drew the hangings. She snuggled up to him and captured his mouth with hers.

They fell asleep like that, cradling each other in their arms. Harry woke up before Ginny, he was a light sleeper and he always was the first one to wake in his dorm.

His nose was nuzzled into Ginny's soft hair, it smelled like ginger and flowers. He lay there for a while, just thinking about his luck. He snagged a beautiful, smart, and clever girl. She had her faults, yes. But who wants a perfect lover? Not him anyway.

Harry uttered a deep sigh and Ginny stired. She snuggled her head more comfortably into Harrys chest. "Good morning", Harry uttered softly.

"Yes", she replied removing her head from his chest so he could hear her, "It is a good morning, isn't it."

"We need to get up before Ron does", Harry stated.

"I know", she sighed, " but it does make me want to."

Harry laughed and kissed her, "Come on", he smiled.

Ginny hauled herself up to sit next to her love. "I'll go quickly so as not to wake Ron, if he catches me he'll have a cow and think we had sex. Which will make him less than happy."

Ginny kissed his cheek, smiled, and left the room without a sound.

She hurried quietly down the spiral staircase praying that no one was awake at this hour. At the bottom of the steps she froze, literally. She was hit with a body freeze spell. The only difference between that and a body bind is that a body freeze spell will not let you fall down.

"So", the dark haired girl said nastily, "Were you up there with my Harry last night? You don't have to answer, I already know. Did you have sex? I wouldn't think so, as dim as you are I don't think you'd be stupid enough to have sex seven foot away from your brother. But the again, you did go at it on the quidditch pitch, so if your that stupid, I can't give you much credit can I? Oh well, soon I'll have all the answers I want from you. Then Harry will realize how much he loves me, and how much I love him. We'll get married, have kids, it'll be wonderful. Once I get you out of the way , we'll laugh about the meddling red head that was keeping us apart."

Ginny was scared, and rightfully so. Her attacker was circling around her laughing. "We need to be off Ginny I want some time to talk to you alone, plus I don't want Harry to see me like this."

The girl levitated Ginny and had her follow behind her, but she did so carelessly. Ginny bumped into statues and hurt her feet on steps. Oddly enough Ginny knew where she was going. She had been there just yesterday, it was the corridor she and Harry had snogged in. But instead of entering the oak door on the right the girl pulled out a gold key and entered the door on the left.

The girl had obviously not thought to tidy up the place. It was exactly the same as the Head Boy's room except there was a large HG over the fireplace, and there was a thick layer of dust covering everything in the room.

The girl sent Ginny onto the dirt ridden bed with the flick of her wrist. She then shot a spell at Ginny which bound her with ropes. Another Flick and Ginny could move again.

"Well", The girl said, " I bet you'll want to know why I brought you here?", she didn't wait for an answer, "because I want to get some things straight , and I want to know things, things only you could tell me." She laughed once more and paced the floor.

"So Ginny", she began, "Do you love Harry?" Ginny didn't answer because she was scared stiff. "Answer me!", she spat.

"Yes!", Ginny cried, "I love him, he's everything to me!"

"Not anymore", the girl laughed, "I left Harry a letter, from you of course, but it explains everything. How you don't really love him, and how you've been cheating on him for weeks with a certain Neville Longbottom."

Ginny looked devastated, how could this happen to her? This loon holding her hostage while she tries to make Harry think she doesn't love him. Ginny was crying on the inside, but in her exterior she would not let a single tear fall she would not give her the satisfaction.

"He doesn't even know your name", Ginny snarled. Her normally soft tone full of burning hate.

At that moment Ginny knew she had hit a nerve, and she silently celebrated her small victory. "That doesn't matter", the girl said hastily, "love knows no bounds."

"What is your name, by the way?", Ginny asked.

"Shut-up", She replied, "But if you really want to know my name is Sammy Thompson."

The girl then retrieved her bag and pulled out a small vile filled with a clear liquid. She clasped it in her hand and walked toward Ginny. She stopped and stared at Ginny, Ginny stared right back. Lina was right, Ginny thought, her eyes are freaky.

"I am going to ask you questions, you will answer me honestly. If you don't or won't I will give you this." She held up the vial, "You know what it is, it's veritaserum, truth potion. I've had it for years, but it should work all the same."

Ginny feared veritaserum, she knew too much about the Order and Voldemort for her own good. She didn't know what would happen if she leaked those secrets. Plus she would rather not reveal her deepest thoughts to a complete stranger. Not to mention this stranger was crazy.

"OK", Sammy started, "First question, how many times have you had sex with Harry?"

Ginny would rather not tell anyone that but she hastened to reply lest Sammy fulfill her threat of veritaserum. "Made love", Ginny corrected, "There's a difference but three times."

Sammy seemed generally surprised by this, "that's all? I thought it would be more, you're not lying are you?" Ginny vigorously shook her head.

"Alright", she went on, "do you think Harry loves you?"

"No", Ginny stated, "I know he loves me."

Sammy laughed and knocked Ginny down on the bed covering her with dust. "You need to get one thing straight missy, Harry doesn't love you. He loves the idea of you."


Harry dressed and woke Ron up, "Geroff you git", Ron mumbled almost incoherently.

"Tut, tut", Harry laughed, "I know you don't mean that. Get up, your girlfriends probably waiting." Ten minutes later Ron and Harry left the dormitory together . But much to Harry's dismay when he reached the bottom Ginny was nowhere to be seen. Hermione and Lindsay were sitting facing each other from across a table.

Harry walked up and greeted them, "Hey girls, where's Ginny."

"Not here", Lindsay replied, "but it seems she left you this." Lindsay handed Harry an envelope with his name written on the front in loopy writing, it said:

Dearest Harry

I am sorry I have led you on thus far but I can lie

no longer. I do not love you. I never have. I'm sorry I

lied . I must also reveal that I have cheated on you. I

Am even more sorry about that. It was Neville, I don't

know what I was thinking. Please leave me be for today.

I'm so deeply sorry.

Your friend,

-Ginny

Harry couldn't believe what he was reading. Ginny couldn't have written this, she loved him. But yet she was nowhere to be found. Harry looked from Ron to Hermione to Lindsay. He could feel tears welling in his eyes, then he left. He walked out of the portrait hole, to the entrance hall, out the large doors, and to the expansive lake. Even though it was nearing Christmas and everything was covered in a two foot layer of snow, Harry sat. He felt cold on the inside so the freezing cold air did not bother him. Harry sat there and let himself go. He wept freely. He felt betrayed, Ginny loved him. What kind of sick joke was she playing?

At that point the heard footsteps behind him. He turned and saw Lindsay trudging through the snow to get to him. She sat down beside him and wrapped her arm around him. "What's the matter?", she asked.

Harry turned toward her , his eyes were red and puffy and there were tears trickling down his cheeks. "Oh Harry", she began , "Let me see the letter." He handed it to her and she read it with a look of slight disgust. "Maybe she's just", she paused to think of something, "confused."

"Or maybe I'm a lousy person and a horrible lover", Harry said bitterly burying his head in his hands.

"No", she said sternly, "You're a good person. Ginny's just been going through a lot lately. Just go to breakfast and your classes. You two will probably patch thing up this evening."

"Where's Ron and Hermione?", he asked.

"They're uh, trying to find Ginny." Lindsay replied hoping this would not upset him. He seemed in a very delicate state at the moment.

Harry was crying no longer but tears still clung to his chin. Lindsay balled up her sleeve and gingerly wiped the tears away.

"There", she smiled, "no more crying."

He looked at her like he never had before. He stared into her blue eyes that were very beautiful. He leaned in towards her and paused.

"Your very beautiful, you know", He said.

Then he leaned in the rest of the way and kissed her.

A/N, I know I said I wouldn't even think about updating if I didn't have three reviews, well I only got two, but I got a new author alert so I guess that counts. Well here's the new chap sorry it took so long but I had to redo it twice to get it the way I wanted. Sorry, Hope it was worth it! So now all that's left is for you to review. I'm gonna go watch Cold Case. Anybody else like that show? Or CSI? Both two of my fav's. Well please RR! Thanx