Enchanted Love

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story, although I can think of a few I would love to own! This is for entertainment purposes only.

Story: It's Hermione's 7th year at Hogwarts, and now that Lord Voldemort has been defeated, she has time to think about her life. She begins a forbidden relationship with Remus Lupin, but soon finds another man enchants her thoughts. Sirius Black isn't dead, and is now teaching.

A/N: This chapter is more about Harry and Ginny. Please take some time to review!

Chapter 5 - On The Way Down

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'cause on the way down

I saw you

And you saved me

From myself

And I won't forget

The way you loved me

On the way down

Almost fell right through

But I held onto you

'On The Way Down' Ryan Cabera

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"Ginny?" Harry said softly as he sat down beside her in the library. "Hermione sent me to check on you."

Ginny's heart sank. He only came because Hermione asked him to. "I'm fine Harry." she replied, picking the book she was reading back up.

Harry bit his bottom lip as he watched the redhead reading. He didn't really know what to say to her, this was worse than trying to talk to Cho during his fifth year.

"So…." he started, voice shaking.

Ginny looked up at him, one finger twirling a piece of her hair. "Harry are you okay?" she asked, hoping she sounded relaxed.

"Oh, yes. I'm fine." he stuttered. "Do you want to go for a walk?" he managed to ask.

"Sure." Ginny said, packing her bag up. She swung it over her back and they made their way outside without speaking.

"So….Hermione looks a lot happier than usual." Ginny stated, pointing to her friend standing with Ron and Neville beside one of the fountains.

"Yeah…" Harry replied.

Ginny glanced at Harry again. "Lovely weather, isn't it?" she asked.

"Yeah…." Harry said again.

Ginny stopped walking and turned to Harry. She took a deep breath. "Do you want to go to the Halloween Ball with me?" she managed to choke out.

Harry starred at her for a moment, feeling the heat in his cheeks. "I would love to." he finally answered.

Ginny blushed and looked down. Harry reached over and took her hand as they began to walk again.

"What should we dress as?" Harry asked her.

"I don't know. I'm really excited that we get a Halloween Ball. I sent an owl to Fred about it, and he said Hogwarts has never had one before." Ginny said.

"It is going to be fun." Harry replied as they walked over to join Hermione, Neville and Ron.

Ron raised his eyebrow as he noticed Ginny and Harry holding hands, but an elbow in the side by Hermione kept his mouth shut.

"What's going to be fun?" Neville asked.

"The Halloween Ball." Ginny answered.

"It is going to be great, isn't it?" Neville said, his face red.

Ron began to laugh. "Neville asked Luna to the Ball, and she agreed!" he said between giggles.

"That's really great Neville." Hermione said, turning to Ron. "I don't know why you are laughing. I heard Lavender asked you to the ball this morning and you said yes." she stated.

"Lavender? She's interesting." Ginny replied. "Who are you going with Hermione?" she asked her best friend.

Hermione sent a tumble of curls shaking as she moved her head. "I'm going alone." she replied.

"I'm sure someone would go with you Hermione." Neville said.

"I want to go alone, I think it will be better that way." Hermione replied, smiling to herself.

"Here comes Luna." Ron said, pointing to the blonde making her way towards Neville.

Neville quickly jumped up and walked towards her, waving back and Ron.

"I'm going to the library." Hermione said, grabbing her bag and smiling at everyone. "I'll see you guys at lunch."

"The library on a Saturday?" Harry said after Hermione had walked away.

"That's our Hermione." Ron replied, blushing as Lavender walked up.

Ginny smiled at Harry. "Do you want to walk some more?" she asked shyly.

"Sure." Harry said, leading her away from Ron and Lavender. "How are your classes going?"

"Wonderful. I love Charms now. Professor Lupin is a much better teacher. Of course Professor Black makes Defense Against the Dark Arts fun. I just can't wait to be able to dump Potions." Ginny said.

"Don't we all…" Harry said with a laugh. He stopped then and turned to Ginny.

"Ginny…" he said, brushing a piece of hair away from her face. "I wanted to thank you."

"For what Harry?" she said.

"For being there for me. You may not know it, but you gave me strength when things got rough." Harry said.

Ginny tried to hide the tears forming in her eyes. "Your welcome." she whispered, drawing all the courage in her seventeen year old heart, she leaned up and kissed Harry.

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Thank You:

BrennaM - Thank you for being a wonderful reviewer! I am glad to see your responses. I know Sirius growls a lot, but he's a dog sometimes, so he's gotta growl. Besides, I think that would be a sexy noise coming from Sirius!