Just Old Friends

Chapter 17: The morning after

The room began to spin faster and faster until… looking up Harry wiped his mouth the strong after taste lingering on his dry lips.

Instantly the curtains flew open and light poured into the once dim room. He yelped as his eyes shut against the morning rays. A soft laugh crossed into his mind and squinting he looked towards the window. He could make out the figure of a woman standing there, the outline told him that.

"Close them."

"No. Serves you right, Harry; turning up drunk out of your mind, I bet you don't even remember what you said to me."

Never mind what he said he still couldn't figure out who he had said it to. Reluctantly he pulled the covers off of himself and put his foot out of bed straight into…

"Yuck!"

The laughter sounded again this time sounding like one of those muggle drills used on the road. He winced, he felt like Dudley had driven over his head in a lorry.

The sound changed as a quick cleaning spell was said and he looked up as his eyes adjusted to the light. What he saw brought a small smile to his face.

The woman in front of him had been somebody he had yet to see again, although according to her he'd seen her last night.

Outwardly very little about her had changed. She stood straight, not slouching to make herself shorter. She wore a basic pair of muggle jeans with soft cream boots and a brown T-shirt with cameral coloured writing saying 'Give me chocolate and I'll be nicer'

Her hair was short, falling to her shoulders in a soft, layered look. It was darker than before; no longer the striking red of the Weasleys but that tainted with brown. He knew instantly she was using a charm on it.

Her eyes though were wide; the brown reflected the light as her small lips curved into a smile. She was checking him out. With a grin in his voice he spoke up.

"Like what you see?"

The famous Weasley blush spread to her cheeks enhancing the freckles that played across her nose.

"If you wore more than just boxers, I wouldn't have anything to look at."

She was trying to cover up her embarrassment and he decided to let her off the hook due to one fact, he could see the hangover potion she held in her left hand.

Bending down he lifted up a pair of black trousers and slipped them on.

"Happy now?"

She nodded slightly and stretched her hand out to him.

"Hermione made you this before she left for work."

He happily took it gulping it down in one mouthful. He wrinkled his nose and winked at Ginny before heading to the bathroom. He left the door open and headed straight for the sink picking up his toothbrush.

In the mirror two reflections looked back at him and he knew that she wanted him to apologise for what he was uncertain.

"I don't remember, okay Gin."

Now she grinned as she wrapped her arms around herself. She waited for a few moments and then smirked as he suddenly remembered what he had said.

He had chatted her up, tried to convince her to join him in bed. A blush spread to his own face as he turned to meet her eyes.

"You should have hexed me."

"You were drunk."

"Still if you hadn't have known me, you would have hexed me."

"But I do know you."

She shrugged her shoulders in the way she use to when she wanted to drop the line of conversation. He took the hint.

"Where's Ron?"

"At Hogwarts, he has to convince the seventh years that they want to be Aurors. He was going to wake you but I told him not to. After all this was what only the second time you've had anything stronger than Butterbeer. He's forgotten how he use to get."

"Want some coffee?"

With a nod they headed down to the kitchen. He quickly put on the muggle style kettle Hermione had insisted on and pulled two mugs down. He added the coffee into the mug then filled the water.

Placing them on the table he added cream and sugar to his allowing Ginny to add her own. They sat in silence for a few minutes until…

Thanks guys so here's the next chapter, I'm not to sure of this one but hey it was needed. Thanks for all the nice comments

Kris