The Kiss

(A/N: Okay, so you've all been waiting for the next chapter. Sorry, I was in Windsor for a few days, then I couldn't think of what to write. But I thought this chapter would be the one where everyone finds out. So enjoy!)

Harry, Ron and Hermione bolted down the hall, twisting and turning through pillars and students. Ginny screamed louder and louder as they got closer and closer. As they passed Neville, he gave them a funny look and soon heard Ginny himself, running behind. Dean was the next person they passed, and he tried to say hello to Hermione, but she ignored him, so he followed the four friends. Soon, Dean, Neville, Harry, Ron and Hermione made it to the 3rd corridor, and they all stood and stared.

Ginny was standing in the middle of the corridor, her face as red as her hair and her eyes flaming. She had shakey fists and her feet were firmly planted on the ground. Parvati and Lavender stood behind her with wide eyes at the five friends.

"HARRY!" Ginny screamed."YOU KISSED HERMIONE!"

"Uh oh.."Harry whispered to himself and Hermione stood wide-eyed at Ginny beside Harry and Ron.

"Um, Ginny, can we explain everything?"Hermione asked. Ginny snapped her angry glare from Harry to Hermione."PLEASE DO! PLEASE TELL ME WHY YOU KISSED MY BOYFRIEND!" Ginny snapped.

"Wait, you kissed Harry when you were going out with me!"Dean said to Hermione with a scowl. Hermione bit her lip and looked from Ginny to Harry to Dean.

"Can we please go talk about this somewhere else, just the four of us?" Harry asked, frowning at Ginny. The colour came back in her face and she loosened her fists."Fine, pick where."

Harry led the three Gryffindors down a hall and closed his eyes, thinking. Soon, a tall oak door with a brass handle appeared beside him. He opened the door and led them in, closing and locking it behind him. Inside the Room of Requirement was a desk with many tea cups and cookies. In the back of the room was a small circle of four squishy chairs facing a large window with a window seat for two. Harry led them to the back and sat on the window seat, followed by Hermione who sat beside him. Ginny and Dean seated theirselves into two chairs facing the window seats.

"Okay, let us explain,"Harry said. He glanced at Hermione, but she nodded to you, and he sighed.

"Okay, well, Hermione and I have been dating you two for a bit, well, very short for you Dean, but for me it was a long time. And after our first year of dating, I started to see things differently, Ginny. I saw Hermione from a different point of view. Not as a friend, but as a girlfriend sort of."At this, Harry took Hermione's hand and twined their fingers, making Ginny glare angrily at Harry and then Hermione.

"Also, when Harry saw me as this, I realized I see him the same way, as a boyfriend, and that's what I wanted him to be. I only went out with you, Dean, to get over Harry. But it didn't work. It only made me want him as my boyfriend more and more,"Hermione said and looked at their two ex's. Ginny made a small sigh and stood up, walking towards Hermione. She smiled.

"Take good care of him," Ginny said and hugged Hermione. Then, she walked up to Harry with a water bottle that was beside her.

"Harry,"she said and threw the water in his face."That's for cheating on me, but enjoy her." She walked off and walked out the door. Dean sat in his chair and looked up at both of them with wide eyes.

"Hermione,"he said."You only went out with me to get over Harry?"he asked.

Hermione nodded.

"I see,"he said and got up too, walking out the door and down the hall with Ginny. Harry wiped his face with his shirt and turned to Hermione.

"That's it then,"he said and smiled. Hermione smiled and nodded."We're going out?"she asked. Harry smirked and leaned close to Hermione so their noses almost touched and he used a hand to brush her hair back gently, tucking it behind her ear.

"We're going out now,"he said and leaned closer, his lips barely touching Hermione's. Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck loosely and kissed him slowly, and the two sat in the privacy of the Room of Requirement, embraced in each others arms, with soft candles glowing and the peaceful crackle of the fireplace.

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Ron raced up to Ginny and Dean and grabbed their shoulders."So? What happened?"he asked hurriedly. Ginny glanced at Dean and then looked at Ron.

"They dumped us,"she said."And they're going out now,"Dean finished.

"That's great!"Ron exclaimed and Ginny looked angrily up at Ron."Oh, well, not for you too, but for Harry and Hermione yeah. What, er, if you two hooked up?" At this, Ginny looked at Dean who looked back at her and both shrugged.

"It's possible..."Dean started.

"Then wicked! You two go on, make out, snog, anything you want to do, just do it do it now!" Ron said and pushed the two into a coat closet, running to the Room of Requirement. He sneaked up to the oak door and peeked through the keyhole to see Harry and Hermione making out on the window seat.

"Way to go!" Ron shouted by accident and snapped his hands over his mouth, whispering "shit".

Hermione lifted her head and saw Ron's eye peeking through the keyhole. She wiped her mouth and got up, opening the door and staring down at Ron.

"What the hell?"she said. Ron blushed madly and ran off, running into a pillar and falling back. Hermione laughed and turned to Harry.

"Help me carry him to the Hospital Wing,"she said.

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