Second Thoughts

Tonkified27

A/N: Crazy story line. Sirius doesn't die, all is well! Percy isn't a huge Ministry Prat! The war is in the far distant future…and…No Umbridge! DADA teacher is…drum roll…CHARLIE WEASLEY! Personally I think that he would make a great DA teacher—THANK YOU TO My WONDERFUL REVIEWERS I changed my name to Tonkified27!yay me

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and friends is all thanks to Queen JK! I am obviously not her b/c then I would be rich and I wouldn't have to spend my summer writing small time fics. Because if I were Jo I would be spending my summer buying sugar quills, living off of the millions of dollars I'm making on HBP, and working in my spare time on Harry Potter 7 lol.

At Hogwarts, on a very snowy day in mid-December, one could be found in one of two places: either on the grounds having a snowball fight or in one's respective common room.

However, the One to whom this story concerns is found waiting outside of Professor Dumbledore's office.

Harry Potter had been sitting against the gargoyle of Dumbledore's office for the last ½ hour. He heard the bark like laughter of his godfather, Sirius, and the sound of footsteps. Harry quickly pulled away from the gargoyle and pretended to do something useful, like fiddle with his wand. The next moment the door swung open and the gargoyle stepped aside and a great black dog and a wise old wizard came out of the doorway.

"Professor Dumbledore, Sirius! How lovely to see you!" Harry said as innocently as he could.

"Yes, Harry," Professor Dumbledore said, "hello to you too, I do believe that there are two people waiting for you in the Gryffindor Common Room."

Dumbledore's bright blue eyes were shining.

"Err…yes Professor Dumbledore." Harry said. I think he knows that I was trying to listen…oops.

Harry set off along the corridor and up the staircases to the Gryffindor common room. It was times like this that he wished that the common room were on the 1st floor instead of the 7th.

Harry was just turning the corner when he ran headlong into someone and knocked them over.

"Oh…I'm really sorry!" Harry apologized. Then he looked down into the most beautiful hazel eyes he had ever seen. "Oh, its you Ginny, I'm sorry I didn't mean- I mean I- see its just that-…" Harry had, for the first time in his life, become speechless. They stared at each other for a moment before anyone spoke. "Its ok Harry I wasn't watching where I was going, I should be more careful." Was it just Harry or did Ginny just blush as she spoke. "So…" Harry said trying to sound cool after just knocking over the object of his affections. Until he realized that she was still sitting on the ground. Harry kneeled down to help her up and apologized again and again for running into her. Finally after about the 7,000 apologies Ginny punched Harry lightly in the chest and said, "Shut up, Harry!"

"ok" Harry said, still a little winded from the light touch.

"So… where were you going in such a hurry, Harry?" Ginny asked.

"I was heading to the…um…the common room, yah the common room."

"Oh," she said shyly, "wait why? I thought you were going to Grimmuld place for the holidays."

"Well, Sirius talked to Dumbledore, and we are both staying here for the holidays."

"That's great, Harry!" Ginny exclaimed. Then she turned her eyes downward and asked, "Harry, do you have a girlfriend or like a girl or anything?"

"Why Ginny?"

"Oh, Just curious, you know?"

"Ginny, there is something I need to tell you" C'mon, you are Harry Potter, the boy who lived, you have faced Voldemort more then most aurors. You are in bloody Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart! Just tell her that you fancy her!

"Um Ginny, do you want to take a walk with me, y'know around the grounds?"

"Sure Harry"

They started walking and talking. "Do you know where Ron and Hermione are?" Harry asked.

"Last I saw them they were snogging on the couch in the common room."

"Oh, they must really love each other…" Harry responded without much thought. He then realized that Ginny was no longer walking with him. He turned around to see where she was and got hit in the face with a very large and very wet snowball. He heard soft and gentle giggling. Harry looked around and saw that it was coming from a very beautiful Ginny Weasley. "Hey!" Harry yelled. Then Ginny ran, and Harry ran after her. After about 3 minutes of running, Harry had almost caught up to her. Then unexpectedly, she tripped and fell and Harry after her. They sunk into the snow, bodies pressed together, when Ginny mumbled something that sounded very much like, " 'Arry, geroff e". Harry rolled off of Ginny and she rolled over on top of Harry instead. Out of instinct, Harry put his arms around her waist and started stroking her back. She shivered. Harry pulled her closer and she obliged. Faces only an inch apart Harry whispered so that even the surrounding snow wouldn't be able to hear, "Ginny, I love you."

"Harry?"

"Yah, Gin?"

"I love you, too" Then Ginny leaned in to share her first kiss with Harry Potter, the boy-who-lived. Little did they know that up in Gryffindor Tower, two smiling faces were observing the couple in the snow.

"Ha, Ronnie! You now owe me 3 galleons and 9 sickles. Cough 'em!"

"But, Hermione, I don't have 3 galleons and 9 sickles!"

"You should have thought of that before you bet on your sister and our best friend,"

"But Hermione!"

"No "buts" You owe me money"

"Hermione, I wuv you."

"Fine, you don't have to pay me. But only because you're my boyfriend."

A/N: Don't you love cliffies? I don't either so im not going to make a cliffie! but I'm to tired to write right more rightnow and before I write the next one I want feedback so…….ill leave you to the reviewing. Luv ya! Tonkified out!