July 10, 1995, 12 Grimmauld Place

I talked to Hermione first thing this morning. I told her everything that I had been feeling about Riddle this summer. Basically, I told her everything that I had written down in here. She listened intently, nodding and truly paying attention. She told me that if I ever needed to talk about anything, she would always be right there for me. God, Ron is so lucky to have a girl like that fancy him.

Yes, ladies, gentleman, and children of all ages! I, Ginevra Molly Weasley, age fourteen, of the Burrow and Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, have genuine proof that Hermione Jane Granger fancies my older brother, Ronald Bilius Weasley. After nearly five YEARS of speculation, the truth has finally come out!

Hermione told me this morning that she's fancied Ron ever since her third year. I was just itching to tell her that Ron's fancied her since the middle of second year. But I promised Ron that I wouldn't say anything to her, so I kept my lips firmly sealed. I bet you ten Galleons that they're going to get together this year. I've always wanted a sister…

Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm thinking a little too far ahead in the future. But I just know it's going to happen sooner or later. It's not a matter of IF, but a matter of WHEN.

I made Hermione swear that she wouldn't go telling Mum or Ron about my nightmares. Mum's got enough things to worry about, and Ron will just go into over-protective brother overdrive.

Speaking of over-protective brother overdrive, Ron almost found out about Michael this morning! Michael's owl delivered my letter to Ron's room this morning, and he almost opened the envelope! I dove for the letter when Ron came into the kitchen this morning, holding up the envelope that said "Dearest Ginny" on the outside. God, my face must have been bright red when I grabbed it out of his hands! He asked me who it was from, and I said that it was from one of my friends at school. Mum glared at him, and he sat down for breakfast without another word.

Sirius asked Hermione and I if we wanted to help him sort through his mum's old things this afternoon. Mum told us to be careful. I was expecting to see a whole bunch of tacky clothing and beat-up old jewelry, but Sirius's mum definitely had a good fashion sense!

All three of us were sitting down on the floor in Buckbeak's/Sirus's mum's bedroom, sorting through clothing, jewelry, books, and practically everything else under the sun. It seemed that Sirius had a hilarious story for each thing that we picked up. A few times, Mum came upstairs to tell us that she could hear his laughing all through the house, and that it was disturbing the portrait of Mrs. Black. Sirius put a Silencing Charm on the door so that his dear old mum wouldn't start shrieking again.

I wasn't even paying attention to anything that I was sorting until I came across a medium-sized wooden box. It had to be the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. The lid was carved with colored designs of flowers and butterflies that were charmed to swirl around whenever the box was opened. The box itself was lined with soft velvet all along the inside, and a beautiful melody played when the lid was opened.

Sirius saw me staring at it in my hands, in awe, and he told me that it was his mother's old jewelry box. She used to keep necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and rings in there when she was alive. Just when I was going to put it in the pile to throw away, Sirius said that I could keep it, as long as it was okay with Mum.

I swear, I bolted out of that room with the box faster than the speed of sound! Mum was in the kitchen, making lunch, and I breathlessly asked her if I could keep it. She agreed with a smile. Normally, I'm not so girly that I would go crazy over a jewelry box, but…it was just amazing!

I'm going to keep this journal safe inside the box. It fits snugly in velvet. There's a keyhole on the lid. I'll have to ask Sirius later if there's a key that goes with the box.

Once or twice, Kreacher came into the room, searching for things that he could save. When Sirius held up a pair of his mum's dirty old bloomers, Kreacher made a desperate grab for them. Sirius tossed them across the room and forbade Kreacher to go anywhere near the bloomers. Of course, Kreacher couldn't obey a direct order from his master, so he exited the room, muttering insults underneath his breath all along the way. Again, Hermione begged Sirius to be kinder to Kreacher, but Sirius shrugged her off and launched into a story involving a pair of his mother's old dress shoes.

I would have never expected that I would have so much fun sorting through an old woman's possessions with an escaped convict.

After lunch, we finished helping Sirius. We threw out most of the things, but Kreacher managed to steal a few silver necklaces out of Sirius's strong grip. We spent the rest of the time grooming Buckbeak and feeding him dead rats. Okay, so Sirius and I did most of the feeding, because Hermione refused to touch the dead rats.

Dinner was rather uneventful. Tonks was there again, and Hermione and I starting requesting faces for her to morph into. One of them looked exactly like Draco Malfoy in that picture of him as a baby! I must ask Sirius if I can have the picture. Can you saw "blackmail"?

There's another Order meeting tonight, and Fred and George are busy trying to duplicate the remaining pairs of Extendable Ears, so I guess I'll have to go without any Order news for tonight.

Oh. Hermione's asking me if I want to say anything to Harry, since she's writing him another letter. Eh, I'll just tell hello, how's his summer going, you know, the usual. I'm OVER Harry, remember? I can just see you shaking your head. Oh well.

I'll write more tomorrow. Maybe I'll manage to get that baby picture of Malfoy!

Goodnight!

-Ginny


Yes, I must say, that chapter was much longer than the last one. I'm not on a deadline tonight, and I'm in a fantastic mood. My best friend just returned from her vacation in Colorado, and I intend of spending three hours on the phone with her.

I'd like to thank my lovely reviewers: Morei Sky, uasoccerbear08, Jazipan, Kelso the Great, and prongsgurl202113. You guys are awesome! Keep on reviewing!

So, how did you like this chapter? I just HAD to put in that little bit about Hermione confessing her true feelings for Ron to Ginny. I just couldn't resist. I can't wait till HBP comes out! There had better be some awesome RHr moments in there, J.K.!

I'm trying to fit in some Sirius/Ginny bonding moments here and there, because I believe that they probably talked often when Ginny was staying at 12 Grimmauld Place.

So, tell me how I did, and please review! Thanks so much!

-Rox