"Good Morning", Harry said sweetly.

"It's Christmas Eve Harry", Ginny said looking around blinking wildly.

"Yes, yes it is", he replied kissing her forehead. He didn't need a reminder. This was going to be a day he remembered for the rest of his life. This was the day he would become engaged. Hopefully, she didn't have to say yes. 'What if she said no' Harry thought sadly. 'No', he thought, 'Don't think like that'. He tried to will himself not to think of the negatives. It was disheartening to think of asking her if he thought she would say no.

"What do you want to do today?" Ginny asked softly.

It was time for him to make his move, tell her about his plans. "Well I thought maybe we could have dinner tonight. Like a really fancy one, in the astronomy tower. I've got it all planned out, do you want to?"

"Yeah that sounds nice", she said. "Like real fancy, should I dress up?"

"If you want to, I'll wear dress robes if you want me too." He replied nonchalantly.

"That would actually be really nice", she smiled. "I don't get to dress up very much."

"Okay", he said. "Meet me at the tower at six o'clock."

"Alright", she smiled.

"Why don't we get up and get a move on?" Harry suggested mildly.

Ginny nodded and pulled herself out of Harry's twin bed. Harry pulled himself out as well. They went down to the common room, and sat by the fireplace waiting for Ron and Hermione to make an appearance so they could all go to breakfast together. After about twenty minutes Hermione and Ron came down the steps of the boys dormitory hand in hand. "Apparently", Harry whispered. "Ron and Hermione had an interesting night as well."

Ginny giggled and took Harry's hand in hers. "Not necessarily", she contradicted. "They aren't like us, they like keeping they're clothes on."

"I like keeping my clothes on!" Harry said.

"I suppose, but I don't", she giggled.

"You're horrible", Harry smiled.

Ginny bickered playfully with Harry all the way down to breakfast with Hermione and Ron trailing not far behind.

Ginny sat down with Harry at her left and Hermione sat down directly across her and Ron beside her.

"I am absolutely starving!" Ron said suddenly.

"Can't tell you're a Weasley can you?" Harry said chuckling.

"Hey I can't hide it when I'm hungry." Ron said giving his shoulders a quick shrug.

They dug into salted eggs and toast with marmalade, Harry also had grits which all the others turned their noses at immediately.

"They're good ! Why won't you try them?" Harry said.

"They do not look like something I should actually eat." Ginny explained.

"Well they're good and you should have an open mind about food ." Harry said.

"Alright", she said hesitantly. "Give me a bite of them." Harry took his fork and dug them into the pile of steaming white grits on the plate before him.

"Not a big bite!" Ginny warned. Harry dumped half the grits off the fork and planted the remaining amount in Ginny's mouth. She chewed slowly and an expression of disgust grew ever more present on her face.

"These. Are. Disgusting." She said after swallowing reluctantly.

"Well to each his own", Harry said happily digging his fork into the grits and eating gratefully.

Ginny shot him a face of disgust and ate her eggs. She had no toast, as she still couldn't eat any since being poisoned in that manner.

Harry finished his grits and set his fork down with a pang. "Hermione", Harry addressed.

"Yes", she said raising her eyes from the bacon she had been playing with.

"I need to talk to you when we get up to the dormitory", Harry said in what he thought was a casual manner.

"What about?" She said, not noticing that Harry was trying to keep the whole thing low-key.

Ron knew. Harry was going to tell her about proposing to Ginny. He was grateful to, he didn't know how much longer he could take her constant nagging . 'Ron are you alright?' 'Ron do have something you want to tell me?' 'Ron you know you can tell me anything.' It was horrible. How much could one bloke take?

Ron nudged her ever so lightly in the ribs. "Ow Ron", she said. "What was that for."

So much for him being the one who couldn't take a hint. "I'll tell you up there alright?" Harry replied.

Ginny was getting a slight suspicion that her brother new something she didn't and that Harry was planning something. And she was determined to find out what that something was.


"Ginny come with me", Ron said as Ginny was trying to climb into the portrait hole after Hermione and Harry.

"No I need to go in there", she said shortly.

"No you need to come with me", Ron replied.

"I'm going in there", she repeated.

"No you're not!" Ron said once again.

"Yes I am!" she exclaimed.

"No. You are not!" Ron yelled back.

"Yes I am!" she hissed.

"Look", Ron said exasperatedly. "Do you really want to find out about something that you shouldn't find out just yet?"

"Yes!" she said with the maturity of a five year old.

"No You don't! You know you don't, so stop being childish and come with me." Ron said trying with all his might to sound like Hermione. A feat which he was accomplishing.

Ginny let a loud huff and crossed her arms stolidly across her chest, but relented at trying to get into the portrait hole.

"Good", Ron said pleased with himself. "Why don't we go for a walk?" Ron suggested.

"I suppose", she said trying to give off an air of anger.

They walked back down to the entrance hall and started off down a narrow corridor which is still used but not very often. Many things were running through Ginny's mind. None of which were very exciting, just thoughts of a teenage girl. 'What am I going to wear tonight?' She thought to herself.

"So Harry and I are going to have dinner on the Astronomy Tower tonight." Ginny related trying to get a conversation started.

"Really?" Ron said with clearly fake surprise.

"Yes", she said smugly. "But you already knew that. Don't try and lie and say you didn't."

"Well…"Ron hesitated. He wasn't quite sure where this conversation was going.

"I love him very much, you know that right?" She said dreamily.

"Yeah…" He was slightly worried as this was how the conversation between he and Harry had went regarding him proposing.

"Do you think you and Hermione will be together forever? I mean get married eventually?" Ginny said in an odd sort of way.

"I dunno", Ron replied. He wasn't quite sure what state of mind Ginny was in. He never had had a conversation like this with Ginny before. They always talked like brother and sisters do. 'Where's the soap!' 'Did you steal my broom again!' ' Why do you always eat all the chocolate frogs!' They had never talked like, like friends.

"I hope we will. I love her very much as well."

"Yeah", She answered smiling. "I think Harry and I will stay together forever as well. I mean I haven't a clue what the future holds but we've been through so much already. I don't think I could love him anymore than I do now."

"Yeah", Ron said with a slight smile.

"What are you smiling about?" she said curiously.

"Nothing", he said quickly.

"Tell me!" she said playfully.

"Alright", he said , "I was imagining Hermione, naked, in a field of wildflowers."

"Eww!" Ginny laughed. "That was not what you were thinking."

"Would be nice though", he said laughing.

Ginny gave him a playful shove and the hall was fit to burst with all their laughter.


"So what do you need to talk to me about", Hermione said.

'Not one to beat around the bush now is she?' Harry thought. "Well before I tell you can we go someplace more, err, private?" Harry asked raising his left eyebrow.

"Okay", Hermione said. "Your dorm?" she suggested.

"Yeah", he responded.

They climbed the spiral staircase and entered Harry's dorm. Harry carefully checked to see if anyone was in their beds of for some odd reason hiding in there.

"Alright then", he began, "Not quite sure how to tell you this but I'm going to have to. I'd rather you hear about it before I do it rather than after."

Hermione who was not usually one to jump to conclusions rose up from where she was sitting on Neville's bed and started talking. "Oh no! You're going to break up with Ginny! Oh you can't ! It would just break her heart!"

"Settle down Hermione", Harry said patiently. He took hold of her hands and coaxed her to sit back down onto Neville's bed. "Look it's nothing like that, quite the contrary actually."

"Sorry", she said wit a little giggle, "I don't usually count my chickens before they hatch."

Harry laughed. He hadn't heard anyone say the little cliché in years. Not since he had believed himself to be a muggle and his parents dead by a lethal car crash. "Yeah I guess you did. But anyhow what I'm about to tell you is very important, for many reasons. First of you cannot, absolutely mustn't tell Ginny what I'm about to tell you. Second, don't flip out. I've thought this through and I'm not changing my mind. Can you do that?"

"I think so, well I'm positive I won't tell Ginny. But I cant promise you anything on the 'not flipping out' part." Hermione said smiling.

"Okay, well here goes", Harry took a deep breath. "I love Ginny very much, you know that and so does everybody else. I will never love anyone the way I love her. Never. So I have decided. To. Ask her. Ask her to marry me."

Harry waited for the impact of Hermione's words trying to knock some sense into him. Instead he felt a different impact. Hermione had launched herself on him.

"Oh Harry That's Just Wonderful! I can't believe it! Oh Harry I knew you'd find the right person. Oh how are you going to do it? When? Where? Oh Harry I'm just so excited!" Hermione was squealing with mirth, and jumping up and down occasionally stopping to give Harry huge hugs.

"So you don't think it's stupid?" Harry asked tentatively.

"Oh of course I think it's stupid!" Hermione burst out. Harry was confused and looked at Hermione until she finally continued.

"But that's what love is Harry! Stupid, haven't you heard, only fools fall in love?" Hermione squealed and began dancing again.

She was right. He was a fool, and he hoped he stayed a fool for the rest if his years.


Ginny sat in her dormitory on her bed befuddled. What was she going to wear? Hermione was in her room trying to find something she could wear.

"Well how about this?" she asked holding up a set of moldy green dress robes.

"Ick", she grimaced, "Those things are so old and ugly."

"But", she protested, "Red-heads always do look so lovely in green."

"They also look lovely in blue", she reasoned pulling out a slightly less moldy set of robes.

"True but I have a insider tip on what Harry's wearing and I think you should go with the green", Hermione said waving her wand precariously.

"Alright!" She said defeated.

"Put them on", Hermione said waving her wand at Ginny's robes.

Ginny slipped into the robes and brought herself into view of the mirror. "Ughh!" she exclaimed. " I look like I've been put in a moldy sack!"

"Well kinda", Hermione laughed.

"Not helping!", Ginny said.

"Oh I bet I could fix that", smiled Hermione.

"How", Ginny said spinning around to face Hermione.

"Well I read about this spell, I haven't tried it yet. But I could possibly try it on you. It's supposed to turn what your wearing into something beautiful." Hermione said flicking her wand and watching red and gold sparks fly out of it.

"Okay…" Ginny said warily.

"Stand back", Hermione ordered.

"Why?" Ginny asked nervously.

"For dramatic effect" She said in a silly way.

"Wardrobium!" Hermione said. Her wand pointing at Ginny. A long snake-like thing shot out of her wand and wrapped itself around Ginny's entire body, It glowed purple for a moment and then disappeared. When it left Ginny gasped.

She was cloaked in a beautiful emerald green dress with rhinestones covering the entirety of it making her shimmer with each movement. It was floor length and open back. The fabric was tied around her neck and opened into her chest with a deep v-neck. She also found she had a shoulder wrap on her arms and it was fringed on both ends.

"Ginny", Hermione gasped. "You, you look beautiful."

"Thanks", Ginny said open-mouthed. "I can't believe how beautiful this dress is though."

"I do good work", Hermione gloated.

"You're awful", Ginny laughed. "Now Miss does good work, why don't you pull out another trick and do my hair and makeup."

"Well I do have a spell for the makeup , but no such luck for the hair. I'll have to do that by hand", smiled Hermione.

Hermione did her makeup in a snap but the hair took much longer. Instead of the usual straight hair, Hermione said she was going high class and curly tonight. Hermione pulled out this long tube like thing that she called a curling Iron. Ginny soon found out not to touch the 'curling Iron' when it was hot. It had a plug on it but Hermione said she had charmed it to work without electricity.

For about forty-five minutes Hermione tediously curled her hair. She wouldn't let her see it as she was going either. She also had this horrible knack of spraying her hair with this nasty sticky stuff after each curl.

"There!" Hermione said delighted. "All finished."

Ginny turned to face a mirror and spoke, "Oh Hermione this is just great! You are the best friend a girl could have."

"Well" she said. "Lindsay's a good friend too."

"Yeah", Ginny agreed, "We haven't had time to talk much since the incident."

"What about at night? You share the same dorm?" Hermione said inquisitively.

"True but I've been err, busy, the last few nights." Ginny said giggling.

Hermione laughed, "You really are a hoot."

"Thanks I suppose", Ginny said slightly confused.

"You should get going" Hermione advised.

"Yeah I'll go", she said.

"Oh Harry left you this", Hermione said whipping out what was obviously the invisibility cloak as Ginny could only see half of Hermione at the moment. "He said you probably wouldn't want to go trouping around the Castle in a dress."

"He was right", Ginny grinned. "Thanks for everything Hermy." She gave her friend a quick hug and then disappeared under the invisibility cloak. The last thing Hermione saw was a bit of green fabric fluttering out the dormitory door.


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