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Before Harry knew it, it was the day before his birthday. He knew Ginny had something planned, but she blocked him out of her mind so he had no clue what it was. Dudley had gotten a car for his 16th birthday, and though the Dursleys had begun to accept him, he knew he probably wouldn't get a real gift, once again. ( not that he minded)

As Harry awoke on his Birthday, everyone was still in bed. No owls were waiting outside his window like they usually did, save one. Hedwig had a small package tied to her leg, so Harry went over to take it off. He ripped off the paper to find-

A dirty sock? He picked it up when all of a sudden he felt a familiar jerk behind his naval. It was a portkey. Harry landed in a dark room and scrambled for his wand. All of a sudden, the lights turned on and- "SURPRISE" everyone yelled. He was In the Gryffindor common room at Hogwarts and Ginny was rushing towards him.

"Happy birthday Harry!" she said with a smile. He was shortly led over to a pile of presents- a very large pile.

He dove into the pile, wrapping paper flying everywhere. He got a lot of defense books, as well as dark detectors, quidditch gear, a portkey necklace (a manly necklace that is), various sweets, some rock cakes, a card that sang shrilly ( your eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad….) courtesy of Fred and George, and a "Guide to the Teenage Witch's mind (from Ron of course).

Harry was just Happy to have all of his friends there. He saw Tonks sitting awfully close to Moony, and wondered if they had both realized they were right for each other yet.

Hermione came over to Harry. "Can I talk to you for a second Harry? I've got something to chow you and I think now would be a good time."

Harry followed her out the door and down to the dungeons. Was this some kind of joke? "Professor Snape has been letting me use the potions lab, and I've been doing some research. I've been looking for potions to block the unforgivable curses, and I think I'm onto something. This one, " she gestured to a bottle, " will hopefully be a cure to Crucio. I just don't know how to test it. Perhaps on Animals first, but I really need some help in this. Do you think you would be willing, when the time comes of course, to test it?"

Harry thought about it. "I'll do anything I can, Hermione." She smiled and hugged him. "I knew I could count on you Harry." she said before reaching up on her tiptoes and kissing his cheek. Together they walked back to the party, which was now in full swing.

"So what are we doing next?" Harry asked. They opened some wizard crackers, had a quidditch tournament, then came back for a little more butterbeer. "How about we play a drinking game?" Fred suggested. The teens sat around in a circle, after the some of the adults left. Fred, George, Charlie, Bill, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Tonks, Remus, and Harry were the ones left, and decided to play "I never", a drinking game in which a person would say something they've never done, then if someone in the circle has done it, then they have to take a drink. The twins even brought a truth potion to put in it so no one could lie.

Fred went first. "I've never kissed a quidditch player." George drank, Hermione drank, Harry drank, and Ginny drank. Her brothers jumped up. "GINNY!" they exclaimed. Ginny got an angry look on her face. "I'm 15 for Merlin's sake. I cant do as I please" she said, glowing golden slightly. "Just tell us," George said, " Was it Michael Corner?"

"Oh heavens no!" Ginny answered. Her brothers didn't look too happy about that. George asked, " What other quidditch player have you been kissing!" Ginny just smirked and passed the butterbeer.

Her brothers, though were determined to find out who she had kissed, sometime before the end of the night. Ron went next. "I've never worn a dress." Ginny, Hermione, and Tonks all drank (of course). But when the Twins drank, everyone burst out laughing.

"It wasn't intentionally." Fred said. " We lost a bet with Ginny…." Ginny looked quite happy at this, but kept her mouth shut. She went after Ron and said, " I've never kissed a member of another house." Harry, Tonks, Remus, Bill, and Charlie all drank. "AHA!" said Charlie, "He IS in Gryffindor, Ginny!"

He looked very proud of his discovery, but Ginny seemed unconcerned and rolled her eyes.

Bill who, as the oldest brother, felt an obligation to protect his little sister, finally came up with, " I have never kissed a red head." Harry knew there was no way around this now. As Hermione drank, blushing, the Weasleys burst out laughing. Fred said, " Finally got up the nerve, Ron?" As the cup came around to Harry, no one was watching, as they expected it to pass on around, but when Harry took a drink, 4 older brothers stared at him, mouths agape.

Ron, of course, knew and looked away, and Hermione was glaring at the four oldest Weasleys.

Harry could feel his face burning, and wondered what the reaction would be. Bill spoke first. "So this means you've either kissed Ginny, or -" he broke off smiling, " Ron?"

The reaction was instant. Everyone began laughing at the same time, except Ron, who was trying to hurt Bill, and Ginny who was still glaring daggers.

As soon as things had calmed down, Fred said, " So are you two… together?" Harry hesitated, then nodded. "Don't worry. Ron has already given me a talk.."

With that, the game was over, and everyone decided to spend the night at Hogwarts. As they sat around the fire, finishing off the remainders of the party food, Ginny made a request. " Could you guys not tell mom and dad yet… or anyone else for that matter. Its rather important. Harry sent Ginny a message in his mind. Your mom with have to find out soon. We are soul mates after all….

Ginny sighed and nodded. "Later" she muttered. Two minutes later, she was asleep on his shoulder. He didn't want to wake her, so he just leaned his head on hers and fell asleep as well.

The next morning, Harry awoke to a bucket of cold water poured on him. Ginny also gasped and jumped up. Fred and George were standing over them. "You could at least get a room and spare us…" Ginny pointed her wand at them. (They were allowed to do magic in the castle)

"Nothing happened and you know it." Ginny screamed. Fear flickered across their faces, as they realized that they were up against her Bat Bogey Hex, so they did the only thing they could; They bolted for the door, Ginny at their heels. Harry smiled to himself. He would probably find the twins later stuck up in a tree, with great flapping bogeys all over their faces.

10 minutes later, Ginny came back through the portrait hole, with a satisfied smile on her face…..

Hermione and Ron met up with them for a quick breakfast, and had some great news. "Dumbledore says we'll be able to stay at the castle for the rest of the summer. Our trunks are already here." Harry was excited by this. Sure enough, when he went up to his room, his trunk was already there.

There was a lot of free time, and the days went by quickly. Harry often just walked around the lake with Ginny. They went down to visit Hagrid, but his cabin was empty, and he was probably out on an order mission.

Before Harry knew it, he had gotten his Hogwarts letter, but he noticed that it was thicker than usual… it must be his owl results…

Before he could do anything, a mass of brown bushy hair tackled him . "Hermione! WHAT are you doing?" Harry asked. She was out of breath. She began to drag him.

"COME ON!" she said, " We have to open them together… NOW! I cant stand it any longer!" As soon as they had reached the common room, where Ron was already waiting, Hermione shoved both of them down on the couch. When her hands were free, she ripped open the envelope and-

"Oh my!" she said before running out of the portrait hole. Ron and Harry were confused. " Is that supposed to be good or bad?" Ron asked. Harry shrugged, and started at the envelope in his hands. He slowly opened the envelope.

Dear Mr. Potter,

Here are you OWL results

P practical T Theory

Defense against the Dark Arts- P- O/ T- O

Herbology- P- O/ T- E

Potions- P- O/ T- O

Transfiguration- P- E/ T- E

Astronomy- P- P/ T- P

Care of Magical Creatures- P- O/ T- O

History of Magic- P- D

Divination- P- D/ T- P

Charms: P-A/ T-E

total- 12 owls.

KEY-

O- outstanding

E- Exceeds Expectations

A- acceptable

P- poor

D- dismal.

You have also scored the highest on you Defense against the Dark Arts owl overall.

Congratulations

Harry couldn't believe it. 12 OWLS! He looked over at Ron. "WOW I've got 9 owls mate! How did you do?" Harry just handed over his paper without a word. Ron's jaw dropped. "How- What- Lets go find Hermione. So within seconds, they were out the portrait hole.

They found Hermione in Professor Dumbledore's office. She had a smile on her face. She ran over to them. " I got 14 owls! For the first time in almost 20 years! How did you do?"

" I got nine and Harry got 12." Hermione's eyes got wide. "WOW that's great for both of you!" She pulled them both into a big hug. They went down to dinner that night a very happy crowd.

AN: hope you liked the way I did the owl results…I know I'm not doing JK Rowling's ideas justice but all the same I TRIED! So for my efforts, please Review. To you people who read and DON'T Review……do it now and ALL will be forgiven!