A/N: Okay for the next few chapters I will not be bothering you with these at the beginning of each chapter. But thank you for your nice reviews, here is the next chapter, I want to thank the few people that have stuck with my story and reviewed each chapter. Thanks guys you rock... okay seriously here is the chapter:

Chapter 17

Hogsmeade Date

Recap:

As soon as they entered the room, Ginny did something very unpredictable. She let go of Harry's hand and ran towards the couch plopping down on it, as she did so she said,

" Ahh, finally I'm home,"

Ginny sat up and patted the part next to her motioning for Harry to join her, which he did, without hesitation. He slipped his arm around her neck and kissed her forehead gently. She smiled up at him and gently caressed his cheek, sending shivers up his spine. He was almost positive that she would kiss him then, but she didn't she just rested her head on his chest and said, " I love you Harry, more than anything,"

Without a seconds pause he replied, " I love you too Ginny,"

End of Recap

They sat like that for awhile, just resting there, and then it dawned on Harry. They still hadn't had their actual first date, they had eaten lunch together but at the time were not going out.

" Hey Gin, do you feel up to going to Hogsmeade tomorrow?" Harry said lifting his eyes from the corner of the room, which he had been staring at , and looking down at her.

" Yeah, sure, that'd be nice. To finally get out of this castle for awhile," she replied smiling and sighing a bit.

" Okay, so when do you reckon we should start planning the Valentines Day Ball? I mean it is in four days and we have planned nothing," he said thoughtfully

" Oh! That's right," Ginny began as she checked her watch. " Well, right now its only 8:30, and tomorrow is a Saturday, so we can sleep in. I suppose we could start now,"

" Alright, I'll get some quills and parchment and be right back," he replied as he stood up and walked off towards his room.

When he returned they began sharing ideas. And some of them sounded like great things to do at the ball. They finished the basic planning at 9:46, so they decided to take a break and go into the small kitchen to make a snack. Ginny went to the mini-fridge and began scanning the contents.

" Ohhh, strawberries, Harry! They put strawberries in here," Ginny exclaimed excitedly

Harry laughed and looked in as well then he noticed that there was also his favorite food in there, " Ohhh! They even put in grapes! I love grapes," Harry said as he pulled out the plate of grapes along with the plate of strawberries,"

" Looks like a good snack to me," she said laughing.

Ginny walked back into the common room and conjured up a T.V and DVD player, along with a few of her favorite DVDs. Hermione had been the one that had told her about TVs and DVDs, Ginny found them confusing but none the less, very interesting. She had also told Mr. Weasley about them and he had soon hooked up a few in their household.

She then slipped in her favorite romance movie, it was made a very long time ago, well actually only in 1970, it was also Hermione's favorite DVD. Hermione had notified Ginny of this movie and she had watched it, immediately falling in love with it. It was called Love Story ( A/N: OMG this movie is sooooo good, mom told me to watch it and I loved it. I suggest you watch it if you like fluff, angst, and humor!)

" What the bloody hell is that!" Harry asked as he walked into the common room carrying a plate full of strawberries, grapes, and a fruit dip.

" It is a muggle device, made for entertainment," Ginny began as she sat down on the couch in front of the T.V. " It is called a television, and that," she said pointing to the DVD player " is called a DVD player,"

Harry sat down beside her with a puzzled look on his face and then said, " Oh, okay then, so what does the..erm...boxy thingy do?"

" Television," she corrected, " Just watch you'll find out soon," Ginny said smirking at him, she knew that he would be fascinated with the whole television thing.

" Okay, what do I look at, the big box or the little box?" Harry asked

" The big one Harry," she replied laughing at his ignorance.

Ginny picked up the remote and hit the button that said 'play' on it. He watched her curiously as she made the screen move and sound seemed to be coming out of nowhere.

" Wha-" Harry began but got interrupted by Ginny

" This is a remote," she said as she held it up for Harry to look at, " It controls what the T.V does,"

" Oh, okay, hey look I think the erm.. show is starting, I think that is what you call it...," he said

" Yes, the show is starting," she said laughing at him again, he looked at her and smirked then pulled her closer to him, rapping his arm around her waist.

The watched the movie in silence,it ended at 11:50, Harry picked up the remote and looked for the off button, it took him about five minutes to locate it then he finally found it. He switched it off and then begun to stand up but noticed that Ginny had fallen asleep and was resting her head on his shoulder.

Harry didn't know if he should just let her lay there or take her to her room. He decided that he would try to take her into her room. He gently moved his arm around her neck, and took his other arm and supported her legs, then, carefully, he picked her up and headed towards her door. He looked at her door and then noticed that it was closed, so he shifted his arms about and then finally got one free, he jiggled the knob and the door creaked open loudly.

Harry glanced down at her, she had moved a bit but hadn't woken up yet. He walked over to her bed and pulled the covers back gently, he laid her down and tucked her in, giving her a slight kiss on the forehead he then left the room.

Harry put his hand on the doorknob and began to close it when he heard her say, " Where are you going Harry?"

She yawned and sat up, noticing that she was still in her day clothes she looked at Harry curiously and said, " What's going on here,"

He sighed and thought ' Great I just about killed myself getting her in here, trying to be so quite and then she wakes up! What the hell?'

" You fell asleep so I took you in here and then you woke up," he explained as he came over to her bed and sat down next to her.

" Oh, okay, well where were you going?" she asked again.

" Uh, erm, I was going to my room so I could go to bed," Harry said plainly, what kind of question was that?

" You mean you weren't going to stay in here with me?" she said smirking at him.

He smiled at her and blushed, eventhough she couldn't tell that he was blushing she knew that it had caught him off guard.

" Well, no, I didn't know you wanted me to, but if you do...," he said cockily.

" Yes, of course I do, I'm going to go get my PJ's on, so I'll be back in a minute," she said as she got up and went over to her wardrobe, pulled out a pair of pajamas and then went off to the bathroom.

Harry did the same, he went to his room and then changed into a pair of red and gold boxers with a white beater on. He came back into the room and found Ginny standing at her dresser taking out the clip in her hair. Harry looked her over as she did this, what he saw made him choke. She was wearing pair of gold shorts, and they were the shortest shorts he had ever seen, she also had on a lacy white top, and her hair was to her mid-back.

Ginny turned around and noticed that Harry was gawking at her, she smiled and thought, ' Hehehe, I know exactly what he is thinking'.

" I know I'm sexy so you can get that look off of your face," she said smirking at him as she walked over to the bed and laid down under the covers.

Harry turned bright red again and said, " What look, I didn't have a look,... okay maybe I did," he added noticing the eyebrow raise she had just given him.

" Why do you always have to be right?" Harry said as he climbed into bed and pulled her closer to him.

" Because," she said simply.

He laughed and smiled at her.

" G'night Harry, I'm really tired," she said as she yawned.

" G'night, my love," he said as he kissed her on the cheek.

" 'Night," she said one last time as she buried her head into his chest.

They both fell into a deep sleep within a matter of seconds.

The next morning.

Ginny woke up on a beautiful Saturday morning. She noticed that Harry was still asleep and was holding her close to him. She looked at him and admired his flawless face. Ginny stood up and stretched, she walked over to her wardrobe and picked out an outfit then went into the bathroom, showered, applied the usual make up, got dressed, and headed out into the common room.

When she entered the massive room she noticed that the T.V and DVD player were still there so she put them back into the magazine which she had conjured them out of and went into the kitchen. She looked at the clock and gasped, it read 12:00 noon, they had an hour until everyone would head off to Hogsmeade.

Ginny quickly fixed breakfast for them using magic and then went into the bedroom and woke Harry up.

She walked over to the bed and climbed over to where Harry was and began to speak to him, " Wake up Harry, it is morning. Our date is in an hour, and I have breakfast all ready for us,"

He yawned and looked up at her, then smiled and said, " Well, good morning beautiful. What time is it?"

" 12:00," she replied as she walked out of the room.

" Shit," He muttered as he followed her out of the room and sat down with her enjoying the eggs and bacon that she had fixed.

Once they had finished eating they both went to their own rooms, when Ginny reached her's she walked over to her wardrobe for the second time today. She rummaged through her wardrobe but found nothing, angered by this she went over and searched through her drawers, ... nothing.

' Damn all of my clothes, good clothes, are dirty. What to do... What to do... Aha, duh Ginny the magazine,' she thought to herself.

She walked over to her desk and searched through the messy drawers until she found her favorite fashion magazine. Ginny began flipped through the pages like mad until she came upon the perfect outfit. It was a pink striped keyhole tee shirt, a pleated denim skirt with a pink belt to match and a pair of white high healed sandals. She conjured up the outfit and tried it on, it fit perfectly.

Ginny picked out her favorite purse and went over to her mirror to apply her make up and do her hair. She magically curled her hair slightly, just so that it was wavy and then put half of it back in a white butterfly clip. She applied black mascara, 'Shimmering Pink' lip gloss, 'Flamingo' blush, and silver hoop earrings.

Ginny looked herself over once she was done and decided that she looked pretty good so she picked up her purse and walked into the common room finding Harry setting on the couch waiting for her. He was wearing a simple gold and red polo tee shirt with jeans on, and it looked like he had attempted to comb his hair down but instead gelled, making Ginny like it even more.

" You, look great Ginny," he said as he went over to the door and opened it for her.

" Thanks, you don't look to shabby yourself," she replied as she stepped out of the room.

Harry checked his watch, it read,12:47.

" It is 12:47 right now so we better hurry," Harry said as he took her hand and they started down the long hallway.

They talked about when the second game of quidditch was going to be, and how Harry was nervous about getting back onto the pitch. The first game had, of course, been against the Slytherins, and they won, 200 to 10 so Ginny didn't see why he was so worried. By the time they had finished this conversation they were in the Hogwarts court yard with the rest of the people that were going to Hogsmeade.

Professor McGonagall gave the usual speech and then they were off. When they arrived in the crowded Hogsmeade, they stood on the side walk mentally debating where to go, Ginny was first to speak up.

" So do you want to look around the shops first or do you want to go to the Three Broomsticks?" she said

Harry thought for a moment and then replied, " Well, why don't we go shopping for your dress for the Valentines Day Ball? And after that we can get something to eat at the Three Broomsticks,"

" That's a brilliant idea Harry! I totally forgot about what I was going to wear," she said sounding puzzled.

So they headed off for the Wizards and Witches House of Apparels to find a dress for Ginny and a suit for Harry. When they entered they decided to go their separate ways and then meet up at the check out line at 1:30.

Harry went straight over to where the suits were and looked around for about five minutes and then found the perfect suit.

It had a black jacket with a white shirt underneath, the tie was none other than a striped golden and red one. It came with black dress pants and shiny new black Oxfords.

He went up to the cashiers desk and sat down on the bench next to it waiting for Ginny.

Ginny had also found her outfit, but it took her fifteen more minutes than it took Harry.

She had picked out a turquoise beaded butterfly halter top gown with silver strappy heels. Ginny had already tried it on and noticed that it was a bit tight in the chest area so she fixed that with a simple spell and then headed towards the cashiers desk.

When Harry spotted her he stood up and said, " Are you ready to check out?"

" Yes," she replied happy that she had found the perfect outfit.

She set her outfit on the counter, opened her purse and began to search through it looking for her wallet. But she was stopped when she saw Harry's hand grab her's.

" Don't worry about it, I'm paying," he said smiling at her.

She gasped and said, " Are you mad? That dress costs 150 gallons! Not to mention the shoes,"

He shrugged and said, " It really isn't a problem I've got it,"

Ginny laughed nervously and replied, " Are you feeling okay? You surely are not saying that and meaning it... are you?"

" Of course I am," he stated. " Ginny please, I am your boyfriend, I should and want to pay for this for you. Really it is fine,"

" Oh, fine your not going to give up are you?" she asked

" Nope," he said smirking.

" 356 gallons please," the cashier said.

Ginny gasped and began to cough loudly. Harry looked at her raising his eyebrow and then started to laugh. He pulled out a sack of coins and handed the woman 356 gallons.

" You two have a nice day," she said as she handed them the bags.

" Thank you, you too," Harry replied as he took the bags from her. " Ginny are you going to be okay?" he joked

" Yes, I'm fine," she said laughing along with him. " Do you want to go to the Three Broomsticks now?"

" Sure, let me just transport these bags back to the common room," he said as he muttered a spell and the bags disappeared.

When they entered the busy Three Broomsticks they went to the very corner of the room and sat down at a booth, it was a rounded booth made for two to four people but they sat there anyway. A waitress soon came by so they began to order their lunch.

" How may I help you two?" she asked Harry

" Um, two butterbeers and... what would you like Gin?" he asked

" Um, I will have the chicken lunch," she said to the waitress who was scribbling this all down on a bit of parchment

" And for you sir?" she asked

" I will have the chicken lunch as well," Harry said as he sat down his menu and it disappeared out of his sight.

" Two butterbeers, and two chicken lunches, correct?" she confirmed checking off the things on her list.

" Yes," Ginny said smiling.

" Okay, your food will be with you in a few moments," the waitress replied as she turned on her heal and headed towards the door leading to the kitchen.

The couple sat there for a few minutes just looking around the bar when Harry suddenly reached across the table and put his hand on Ginny's. She looked up and smiled at him, scooting closer to him.

" Ginny, we have been going out for five months now. Do you realize that?" he asked as he slipped his arm around her shoulder.

" Yeah, and I don't think I have ever had a better boyfriend than you Harry," she replied.

Harry pulled away from her and reached behind him, pulling small bag out of what seemed to be know where. " I have something for you," he indicated. Harry pulled out a long rectangular box with golden writing on it which said:

For my one and only love.

He handed her the box and motioned for her to open it. She looked at him curiously and then did as she was told. Ginny opened the box and then clapped her hand over her mouth. Silent tears began to fall down her soft cheeks, there in the black velvet of the box was a long silver chain with a heart pendant hanging off of it. The heart was made of diamonds and had another heart in the middle of it made of solid silver.

She flipped it over and on the back of the smaller heart was small cursive writing that read:

Ginny and Harry, together forever.

Ginny looked up at him and rapped her arms around his neck, he put his arms around her waist and held her tight, not wanting to let go.

" Harry, it is beautiful, thank you so much," she said teary eyed

He pulled back and looked deep into her eyes and said, " Anything for you Ginny,"

Ginny looked at him longingly and leaned up, she gently pressed her lips against his. He kissed her back gently with all of the passion built inside him. The kiss was soft and passionate, gentle and loving. It was the best kiss that either of them had ever received, and that was because there was love there, not just a childhood crush, but from-the-bottom-of-my-heart type love.

Ginny slowly pulled away and smiled.

" Your a great kisser, Harry," she said as she began to laugh.

He loved her laugh, just the sound of it brightened his day. Harry smiled back at her and said cockily, " Yeah, I know, but you aren't too bad either,"

Ginny looked at him and rolled her eyes, but soon began to laugh again. Harry picked up the necklace and motioned for her to turn around. She did so and lifted her hair out of the way so that Harry could put it on her. Harry slipped the necklace on carefully, as if it were going to fall apart at any second and buckled it around her slender neck.

Ginny turned around and looked down at it, the necklace was beautiful. It set off her outfit perfectly, she was instantly in love with it and mentally promised herself that it would never leave her neck.

After they had finished eating they walked back to the castle, hand in hand. When they reached their common room they went straight to their rooms. Harry changed into his boxers and his beater and laid down after saying goodnight to Ginny.

Ginny entered her room and put on a red halter top and white shorts, she went over to her dresser and place the necklace carefully in its box. She was afraid that it would get ruined if she slept in it so she made sure it was in its box safe and sound. She went over to her bed and laid there for several minutes. But for some reason she couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned for over an hour. Finally she decided that this wasn't going to work, she had been away from Harry for an hour and had already missed him.

She tip-toed out of her room and walked silently across the hall, she opened Harry's door and walked quietly over to his bed. Ginny could hear his deep breathing so she knew that he was asleep. She pulled back the covers and crawled up next to him. Instinctively he pulled her close to him, still asleep. Ginny felt much more secure in his strong arms so she fell asleep in a matter of seconds, and didn't awake until morning.

A/N: 3,752 words! Wow, this is a record for me. I hope you all enjoyed this, they had their first kiss! Yay! Make sure to review! Because that means I will update sooner.

Lissy