Ron waltzed into the common room with Hermione on his arm. They had been walking around the school kissing and occasionally talking, but only occasionally. They had tried to go out on the grounds, but the biting cold had made them retreat quickly to the warmth of Hogwarts. Ron had thought about what Harry had confined in him. His best mate was going to propose to his little sister, the first female Weasley in many generations. He was worried about one thing in particular though. His parents. He was very sure it would take an incredibly large amount of persuasion for his mum and dad to even consider their daughter getting engaged a good thing.

In his opinion it was a good thing. This surprised him, he would have thought he would have been outraged and would try to convince Harry he was crazy and that he should go see Madam Pomfrey. But he didn't. At the time he didn't even think of saying those kind of things. He had been slightly confused at first, but he had surprised himself when he told Harry that he was happy for him and that he would defeat Voldemort. It was the first time he had even said Voldemort's name.

But should he tell Hermione? He didn't think that was really his place. But Hermione was very perceptible and knew he was hiding something. She wouldn't ask outright. No girls were all sneaky like that, but she must have asked him about ten times if he was okay. He wasn't sure if he could keep this secret. But he had to, Hermione would have a panic attack. She would scream and holler and have an absolute breakdown. She would scream things like, "But they're so young, Ginny's in 5th year! Do you hear me 5th year! Mr. And Mrs. Weasley are going to have a complete cow! Oh My Goodness! Are you serious! No You are Not! They cannot get married! No! I Don't care! I'm telling Ginny!" Ginny could not find out. That was the absolute worst thing he could do as Harry's friend.

As He and Hermione walked into the common room he saw his little sister curled up in the arms of his best mate. He couldn't help but smile. How odd was it that his best mate would end up with Ginny and he would end up with Harry's best friend. It was complicated, but that was the way he liked it. He was happy, like he had been before. But hadn't been this happy since long before the Department of Mysteries. 'It must be hard to be Harry', thought Ron. He used to be jealous of him, but now he wouldn't take his place for anything. He loved his life and he loved Hermione. He was happy. Hermione was jabbering something about how happy she was that Ginny was back and well. Ron was barely paying any attention. He was thinking about the direction his life was taking. He was quite pleased with this path he was on. He was scared of what was to come though, he wasn't sure if he would survive this second war they were coming into. No one really knew if they were going to live, but nobody said anything about it. They kept a strong front and that was it, you fought, you might die, you might not. But if he did die it wouldn't be the worst way. He would die for something he believed in. He would die for the war, for Hermione, For Harry, For Ginny, For his mum and dad, for anyone in his family. Anything he loved really.

He hadn't realized it but he had led Hermione to his dorm. "Do you want to sleep here?" He said slowly. "With me that is?"

Hermione leaned in and kissed him. That was good enough answer for him.


Ginny woke first. But gave no indication of doing so. She just breathed in the smell of Harry, she loved that smell. Mainly because she loved Harry, everything about him was perfect in it's own way. She snuggled into his chest and felt him rustle a little bit. The fireplace was still roaring, the houselves had obviously put some more timber on it during the night. She leaned up and started kissing the sleeping Harry, other than the morning breath, it was nice. He woke up almost immediately and kissed he back. "Good Morning Beautiful", He said sweetly.

"Hi", She said softly giving him another peck on his lips. "Do you want to go get breakfast?" She asked without any real conviction.

"Not really", Harry said pulling Ginny down onto him and into a kiss. Ginny started giggling and rubbing Harry's chest.

"mmmm", Harry groaned with pleasure. He then felt Ginny's hand creep down to the zipper on his trousers. He tilted his head back in pleasure and put his hand on Ginny's rear end. Ginny chuckled with happiness. She had the power to turn Harry into a bowl of jelly. She reveled in the fact. She stood up and took Harry's hand in hers. She then led him up to their dorm. Harry sat down expectantly on his bed and Ginny climbed on top of him. She pulled the blanket on top of them and unbuttoned Harry's pant's. At what she did next Harry groaned in excruciating pleasure. He had a huge smile on his face, Ginny zipped his pants and kissed Harry.

After about twenty minutes of hardcore snogging Ginny froze. She thought she heard two voices giggling. "What is it?" Harry asked. Then Ginny heard the laughing again.

"Do you hear that?" Ginny said looking around nervously. Though pointlessly as Harry's hanging's were drawn. They didn't want anyone to walk in an see them doing…anything.

"Yeah", Harry replied. "Is that…Is that Hermione?" Ginny listened again.

"Yes, I think it is." Ginny answered wondering why Hermione was laughing. Ginny pulled the hanging's on the bed and at the noise, the laughing stopped. But she saw the hangings on the bed next to Harry's rustle a bit. She got up, leaving Harry looking quizzically at the hangings. She walked over to the bed and pulled the Hanging's open. What she saw made her turn around quickly. Her brother and Hermione were partially naked on top of each other, and worst of all. They were shining with sweat.

"I'm so sorry!" Ginny exclaimed, then she rushed out of the room. With Harry closely at her heels. She sat down on the couch with a unhappy image ingrained into her skull. She shook her head and tried to rid herself of the thought. Harry sat down next to her, looking just as rattled. It bothered her that her brother had been doing…that, in the same room that she had been giving Harry…that.

"Did you see them?" Harry asked pointlessly.

"Yeah", Ginny said with a uncomfortable look on her face. In less than ten minutes Ginny heard footsteps. She turned around to see Ron and Hermione walking tentatively down the staircase. They ambled over to where Harry and Ginny were sitting together closely on the red and Gold couch.

"Err…Hi", Hermione said with forced cheeriness.

"yeah...uh...hi", Ginny responded. Both Ron and Harry were looking anywhere else but each other.

"So um yeah…what's up?" Hermione asked rigidly.

"Ahh , nothing", Ginny said nonchalantly.

"Okay I'm not gonna beat around the bush, You saw Ron and I, Uh…anyway. Let's just try to forget about it?" Hermione said looking from Harry to Ginny.

"Yeah that sound good." Ginny said nodding her head.

So far neither Ron or Harry had said anything, they just stared at the floor. Then Ron suddenly spoke.

"You know why we were up in the dorm. Why were you up there?"

"Um", Ginny said.

"Ahh, well", Harry spoke.

"Well you could probably imagine, I mean. I don't think we need to spell it out." Ginny said shifting around nervously.

All of a sudden Ron was overcome with understanding and a look a disgust stole his features.

"Oh", Hermione said. She them began to grin. "Well isn't this incredibly awkward."

"Yeah", Giggled Ginny.

Ron and Harry shifted uncomfortably, when Ginny spoke again. "Why don't we just go down to the great hall and get some breakfast eh?"

Hermione nodded and took Ron's hand and Ginny felt Harry's palm on the small of her back. While walking They separated and Harry found himself next to Ron. "What were you and Ginny doing?" Ron said as though a part of him really didn't want to know.

"I could ask you the same thing?" Harry retorted, walking determinedly ahead.

"Yes well even so", Ron said slowly.

"Does it really matter?" Harry whispered shaking his head.

"Yes! I really would like to know!" Ron said stressfully.

"Well if it really does matter, we were. Well we ya know, she was giving me…well I imagine you can take it from here", Harry said looking at the floor.

"Oh", he said, "Why? Did you ask her to or something?"

"Well No, We woke up and she just did it. I guess she wanted to, I didn't ask her", Harry replied.

"Hmm", Ron said.

They arrived at the great hall and sat at the table where Hermione and Ginny chatted animatedly about Christmas. Ginny couldn't wait, she didn't have any idea what she was going to get Harry for Christmas. She didn't have a lot of money to spend, but she thought she would go to Diagon alley with Hermione. Dumbledore said she and Hermione could go as she was not well enough to go to Hogsmeade that Saturday. They were leaving in about an hour and she had yet to tell Harry. She doubted as to whether Hermione had told Ron either. Twenty minutes later they were done with their breakfast they went back to their dorm. Ginny Then announced that She and Hermione were going to Diagon alley to shop. They went up to their dormitories and dressed into scarves and hat's with bright colored bobbles.

Ginny kissed Harry softly and Harry was secretly happy she was going. It would give him some time to think of a way to ask Ginny to marry him. It still hadn't sunk in that he was actually going to do this. Ask a girl to marry him. He reveled in the pleasure of it. He had no intention of getting married in Hogwarts. He doubted it was allowed, but it would be nice to have Ginny with him always.

Ginny went up to Dumbledore's office where he handed Hermione and herself a small amount of floo powder and told them that they should return before six o'clock so they would not miss supper. Ginny assured him they would be back and not to worry as they would not get into any trouble. With a twinkle in his eye, Dumbledore bid them farewell. Ginny threw the powder into the roaring fireplace and climbed in.

"Diagon Alley!" Ginny said without hesitation as the warm flames licked her ankles. They she was overcome by the spinning and whirling of the flames. She had traveled by floo powder an innumerable amount of times but she still detested it. She flopped unceremoniously out of the fireplace into the leaky cauldron. A few seconds later a disheveled Hermione landed on top of Ginny.

"Oops", Hermione said picking herself up.

"That's ok", Ginny said breathlessly.

Ginny picked herself up and immediately began to immerse herself into shopping. She and Ginny chatted animatedly, while shopping at every store she thought looked interesting. They went into "Thalia's Tidbits" and Ginny felt like a kid in a candy store. She bought a set of gobstones for Lindsay, a box of self writing quills for Ron, and a beautiful knit shawl for Hermione. She was looking around the store one last time when something caught her eye. It was a necklace, Silver with a emerald set in diamonds with amethyst accents. She literally melted. She tenderly ran her finger over the stone and a curious sensation ran through her whole body.

Her finger glowed blue and she couldn't help feeling extremely powerful and her wand which lie in her robe pocket quivered.

"Ahh I see you have discovered the wonders of that necklace", said a voice from her rear. She whipped around to see a bent old woman with kind face gazing upon her.

"Yes, well I think so", she replied. "But I'm not sure what it does exactly, I mean it just made me feel very powerful when I touched it."

"Well that is one of the wonders of this piece of jewelry. It will make a witch or wizard feel powerful and be more powerful, It causes the wand to be stronger, more accurate, and unbreakable. It will tell you the condition of your loved ones. If you touch the Emerald and speak the name of your loved one you will immediately know how they are and what condition they are in." The woman spoke gesturing towards the necklace.

"Thanks", Ginny said longingly. Her heart ached for the jewelry. But she had to think of others, plus she had spent half of her money already. Ginny walked away, not noticing Hermione poking her head around the end of an aisle.

Hermione and Ginny then went into a shop with the name "Trinkets and Things". She was looking though the crowded little aisles seeing many cute trinkets but none she could give Harry. Then she came upon a beautifully carved ebony box. She opened the lid and gasped. Inside was a sparsely furnished room. She waved her hand under the box and could not believe that there really was something I there.

"Believe it", said a old man to her left.

"It's really there?" She asked.

"Yes", He laughed. "It really is. The spell to get in is 'Indentium' the spell to get out was 'Outendium'.

"Ahh I wish I could afford this", she sighed. "My boyfriend would love this."

"Who is your friend m'dear?" He asked kindly.

"Harry, Harry Potter", She said quietly.

"Ahh I see, this would be a Christmas present I imagine?"

"Yes"

"I'll sell it to you for a sickle and a knut."

"Are you serious?"

"Yes , quite I have had the box in my shop for years. I have a feeling it would do the young Mr. Potter some good to have somewhere to relax." The old man said.

Ginny turned out her pockets to find a sickle and paid for the box with a huge smile on her face. This was going to be a great Christmas.

A/N-I am so so incredibly sorry about how long this took, I had track, my computer crashed, and i was sick. There those are my excuses. But Anywhoo REVIEW!

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