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I hope you reviewed if you liked this story enough to come back. Just kidding I don't really care if you review though I would like it. This chapter will be somewhat light and fluffy, nothing into the action/adventure as of yet.
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The Final Battle Trilogy Part One
"Did the twins put you up to this?" Ginny demanded as they broke apart.
"No but I can understand why you'd think that. I don't know when it happened but I just started getting these feelings, wanting to protect you, trying to stop you from getting hurt…at first I wrote them off as brotherly but some things I imagined were not exactly…" Harry began slowly.
"Harry James!" Ginny seemed scandalized.
"I'm just saying I started to realize that the feelings I held for you were nothing like Ron's and tried my hardest to stop them. For two reasons only one of which I will share with you." Harry told her putting an arm over her shoulders and bringing her closer to him.
"What was it Harry?" Ginny asked nervously.
"I was afraid of what Ron would say…" Harry was quickly cut off.
"I do not care what my prat of a brother thinks of this relationship all I care about is you Harry James so you will not voice your thoughts anymore. At least not if they center around him…" Ginny said defiantly.
"Still I believe this will all go along smoother if I ask your dad first or at least tell him before we tell your brothers, so that way we have your parents blessing before your brothers try to beat me up." Harry laughed at the look on Ginny's face, "Not that it matters what they think because how I feel about you won't change."
"Good." Ginny kissed him slowly but it was a kiss that lasted a little longer than the last…
"Harry! Ginny!" Arthur Weasley's astonished voice could be heard.
"Daddy!" Ginny broke away from Harry and hugged him thankfully.
"Hey pumpkin." Arthur said frowning at Harry.
"Mr Weasley I wanted a chance to talk to you before Ginny and I…but we were stuck in the elevator and it happened so fast." Harry mumbled quickly.
"Fast, eh? You were in there 6 hours, hope that's not all you did." Mr. Weasley said disgruntled.
"Daddy!" Ginny protested to his comments. How dare her father treat her like a little girl, she was 16 and perfectly able to take care of herself.
"No sir, you see it happened once and I told Ginny that I would like to speak to you first but then I evidently seemed to say something that pleased her and…" Harry trailed off.
"Yes ladies do like to sneak a kiss every once and awhile." Mr. Weasley confided forgetting Ginny was there. Harry could see Ginny just behind her father imitating gagging and making retching noises while Tonks laughed.
"Sir may I have your permission to date your daughter?" Harry asked suddenly and Ginny immediately stood up straighter.
"It's Arthur to you son and you two may do as you wish although I can't say I'll be helping you any when it comes to my boys. Go with Tonks she'll take you back, I'll be home in an hour. Tell Molly won't you Tonks?" Arthur said taking off.
"Wotcher Harry, Ginny, we'll take the floo down in the atrium." Tonks announced and they got in the lift.
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"Harry! Ginny!" Mrs. Weasley cried as they stepped out of the fireplace, "When I heard you were stuck in a lift and all by yourselves." Mrs. Weasley threw Tonks a reproachful look.
"Don't be hard on Tonks Mrs. Weasley she couldn't have known it would break down and…" Harry started. He hoped Mrs. Weasley wouldn't start treating Tonks like she treated Mundugus after he had left Harry on his own.
"Oh I know she couldn't have done anything." Mrs. Weasley snapped and she began roughly chopping veggies on a cutting board, the muggle way. She hated that there was no one to blame for what had happened to Harry and her baby, it was an accident though and through. She was truly glad they were back but anxious to know what they were up to as she could tell they were up to something.
"Mum, what's up?" Ginny said crossing to where she stood. Ginny was seriously worried about her mum, Molly Weasley loved Harry Potter and Ginny had never heard of her angry with him.
"Nothing honey I'm just glad you're alright." Molly said and she turned to harry, "I'm sorry dear."
"It's alright Mrs. Weasley." Harry said patting her arm.
"It's Molly dear, now you two run along." Molly hurried them away.
"Come on harry you can push me on the swing." Ginny grabbed him by the hand and led him away.
"Wait a minute…did they just? Are they?" Molly looked severely confused. Were her daughter and Harry…?
"I think so, that's what it seemed like when we got caught them kissing in the lift." Tonks laughed at the look on Molly's face.
"They were what?" Molly asked outraged.
"Arthur already talked to them and it seems like he approves." Tonks began.
"Oh. Of course it's Harry, he won't hurt her." Molly seemed comforted to Tonks, so Tonks told her Arthur's message and left quickly.
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"Hogwarts letters!" Hermione yelled before breakfast the next morning. No one was in the kitchen with her however so she was reading on her own it seemed. She had been thinking, about how Harry and Ginny were going out, she wasn't supposed to know and they didn't know she did but Hermione had got them kissing yesterday on the swing when she had gone there to read. Honestly she though that Ginny's parents must know because they kept looking at Ginny and Harry and then sharing a secret look last night at dinner. Now Hermione's only worries were the following; how would the Weasley brothers react and what would she do now, as the only one without a boyfriend? Actually that's not true, well it is but Neville doesn't have a girlfriend either.
"Bloody hell." Hermione's thoughts froze as a shiny badge fell out of her envelope, she stared.
"What's up Mione?" Ron asked entering the room.
"Mione?" Harry asked walking over to her and waving a hand in front of her face.
"I got head girl." Hermione stated slowly.
"Amazing." Ron said sarcastically, "Knew you could do it."
"Great job Mione, but why do you look so upset?" Harry asked worriedly.
"Because the head boy is Draco Malfoy." Hermione said.
"So, we knew it would be." Harry said looking from Hermione's panicked face to Ron's wide-open mouth.
"Don't you remember what I told you when we found out your parents were head boy and girl?" Hermione asked exasperated.
"The head boy and girl share a dorm…" Harry's mouth went wide.
"Exactly." Hermione put her head in her hands.
"What's going on in here? Don't tell me ickle Ronny got head girl." Fred joked seeing the badge on the table and putting a hand on Hermione's shoulder, "Congrats."
"Thanks, but I have to share a dorm with Draco Malfoy." Hermione said.
"Why on earth would you have to do that?" Molly said entering the kitchen and starting breakfast.
"Because he's head boy…and I'm head girl." Hermione's voice was not very enthusiastic.
"Head girl! Oh congratulations! We'll have to have a party to celebrate and don't you fret I'll take care of everything. Oh get that look of your face Dumbledore wouldn't have done it if he didn't think you could handle him." Molly rushed from the room.
"She has a point." Fred agreed grabbing a piece of bread and shoving it in his mouth as he walked out of the room.
"I guess so, I mean it's not like we're sharing a room, just a common room and I can spend all my free time in Gryffindor house still, there's a passage way from the head girl room to all 7th year girl dorms. I'll only find out how to get into Gryffindor of course so I can visit lots." Hermione got her cheerful demeanor back and began reading the booklist.
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"Hermione will you do my hair?" Ginny knocked on the bathroom door where Hermione was currently doing her own make-up.
"Yeah, but who are you trying to impress wearing my clothes, having me do your hair and makeup?" Hermione asked.
"No one. Who's there that you don't already know?" Ginny shrugged uneasily.
"No one who's there that you wish knew you better?" Hermione raised her eyebrows suggestively and laughed at the look on Ginny's face. Hermione was being evil and conniving, she knew that but she needed Ginny to tell her that she and Harry were going out so she was no longer assuming it. Hermione grabbed her wand and got ready to do Ginny's hair; She waved her wand and said a complicated spell causing pieces of hair to go wherever she wanted them.
"Don't make it to fancy." Ginny said.
"I won't, I'm just taking hair and clipping it back without the hazard of clips. It takes a while but it looks great." Hermione said, "Guys really like it."
"What do you know? What did you see?" Ginny hung her head.
"Harry and you at the swings yesterday. I didn't want to say anything but you looked so cute together and I wanted you to tell me about it." Hermione confessed.
"You can't tell Ron or Fred or George or Bill but especially not Charlie!" Ginny said throwing herself onto her bed.
"And why not?' Hermione asked sitting down beside Ginny careful not to crumple her skirt.
"Because Charlie is the most over protective, loser of a brother ever! And the rest of them aren't much better." Ginny sat up and looked at Hermione.
"Ginny please, they all love Harry and they'll be happy for you eventually now let me do your make-up. Oh and just so you know I think you're much better than Cho Chang." Hermione and Ginny laughed.
"There you look great." Hermione announced. Ginny was in a pair of really cute tight jeans that were white washed on the butt and knees. Her top was Hermione's it was really low cut and was a little longer than the average top; it was purple with white flowers on the bottom.
"Really? You too." Ginny smiled and looked at Hermione's outfit. Hermione was wearing a skirt that fell five inches above her knees, that was all black and ruffled out. Her shirt was really simple it was a white wife-beater style ribbed tank top.
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Hermione and Ginny entered the kitchen to the sound of lots of people clapping, Hermione blushed and looked at the ground as Ginny joined in. After the applause was over and everyone went back to what they were doing Hermione and Ginny went over to join Harry and Ron.
"Close your mouth." George suggested laughing at Fred, "She's too young for you."
"She's only two years younger and it's not like that she just looks good tonight that's all." Fred said looking away.
"Yeah and the slacked jaw just let's everyone know that you think it." George laughed again.