Chapter Five: Secret Romance

Ron and Malfoy seemed to be enjoying their detention with Professor Crowley, which was strange because they had once thought of Professor Crowley as the geekiest guy on the planet. Crowley entertained them by showing them his old collection on anime comics. "Professor, these are amazing!" Ron exclaimed.

"No! Don't call me Professor! Call me Lil Crow Bow," Crowley said happily.

Ron and Malfoy raised one eyebrow and they both repeated, "Lil' Crow Bow?"

"Peace," Crowley said softly.

"Uhhh…sure…then please call me the Ronster Monster," Ron said sarcastically.

"Yeah, and you can call me Ickle Dracokins!" Malfoy said happily with no trace of sarcasm in his voice.

"Sure guys! Give me five!" Crowley said raising one arm.

"I am surrounded by preppy freakos," Ron said gloomily."

Meanwhile…

Ginny was sitting by the fire in the Gryffindor Common Room. She brushed Crookshanks' soft fur, while she waited for Dean to come back. Ever since Dean Thomas became her boyfriend, he rarely talked to her. Whenever they came close to an actual conversation, he suddenly remembered he had an urgent appointment. Today, Ginny asked him if they could go to Hogsmeade together that coming Friday. He suddenly announced he had to go see Professor McGonagall about his test score. He ran away while Ginny shouted after him, "But it is the second week of school and we haven't had a test yet!"

Dean just ignored her and ran away. Ginny felt miserable and cried all day. Hermione tried comforting her, but how long could Hermione just stand there and pat Ginny's back? Hermione had her own life to deal with…

Ginny sat staring at the fire, when suddenly, the door opened. It was Dean and he seemed clearly annoyed about something. He didn't notice her, so she decided this was the ideal opportunity to spy on him. She hid behind the couch, just peeking through, enough for her to see Dean, but for him, not to be able to see her. He was muttering, "What am I going to do? Should I tell her? What if she gets mad…?"

Dean paced around the room, walking back and forth, his hand on his chin. The door opened again, and Ginny noticed it was Padma. Dean smiled when he saw Padma, and he said, "Darling…you look gorgeous as usual…"

Padma giggled and said, "Oh Dean, come here and give this darling her goodnight kiss."

Ginny gasped, her eyes wide with shock, but she covered her mouth immediately. Dean and Padma looked at the couch, but they decided no one was there. The couple got closer and closer, until their lips touched…

"Padma, my dearest, let's leave this room and go somewhere private." Dean said quietly.

"Of course Deany…whatever you say!" Padma giggled.

When Ginny was sure they both left, she ran into her dormitory, fell onto her bed and sobbed. She stayed there crying until she was sure there was no more water in her left to cry. She wiped her tears and went downstairs looking downwards, but she happened to knock into someone. She looked to see who it was, and she saw that it was Harry. He seemed surprised. "Wow…I have bumped into two people already today…amazing…that's a record, it is," he said playfully.

"Oh Harry…" she said sadly.

"Ginny? Are you okay? What happened?"

"You promise you won't tell anyone?"

"Um…well that depends on what it is…you are not getting into drugs or anything, are you? Did Tom Riddle come back?!"

Ginny laughed and said quietly, "It's Dean. I was spying on him…"

Harry looked interested, and replied, "You did? Good going! Did you see him changing into his underwear or something?

Ginny sighed and responded, "What? No, I saw him make out with Padma Patil. You know, Parvati's Ravenclaw twin sister…"

Harry gasped. "WHAT?" he spluttered.

"It's true...I don't know why Dean--"

Before she could finish her sentence, Harry grabbed her and gave her a big hug.

Ginny was very surprised. Harry didn't usually behave like this with her. Actually, Harry never behaved that way. Their bodies were against each other for a long time until they heard a noise behind them…

"Ahem. I see you two are busy, so I should probably not interrupt. Oh well…I guess I just did…"

Ron was standing there with a look of glee on his face.

"Ron! There was nothing…going on…" Harry stammered.

"Of course there wasn't…uh-huh…sure," Ron said sarcastically.

"Come on Harry…time for bed …goodnight Ginny," Ron said again mischievously.

"Yeah, goodnight…" Ginny squeaked.

She ran back to her dormitory, and believe it or not, she was happy.

End of Chapter Five