(A/N – This is extremely important. If I get one more email which consists entirely of someone telling me to update immediately and which is writtenentirely in caps, I will delay on purpose. It is disrespectful. I update as frequently as I can, and if this isn't fast enough for you, stop reading it! If you are an author, you should know how difficult it is to update as often as you would like, and if you are not an author, you have no right to assume that you may understand.
I'm done ranting now.
Please enjoy the story!)

"Oh my god…Ginny look at this bathtub!" came Hali's voice from the bathroom of the hotel room.

"Um…Ron?" Ginny asked, scanning the room. "Why is there only one bed?"

"What? Oh…um…" Ron stumbled.

"One has been taken out for cleaning," Harry jumped in quickly.

"Oh…" Ginny raised an eyebrow but did not push the matter.

"We're so high!" Hali cried eagerly from the balcony.

"We can't take her with us," Ron said suddenly.

"What?" Ginny responded.

"Why not?" Adam jumped in.

"Because she can't find out about us. She'd find out somehow if she came," Ron answered.

"Why can't we tell her?" Adam pressed.

"Um…because it's illegal, maybe?" Ron rolled his eyes.

"So?" asked Adam. "Who's she going to tell?"

"That's not the point…" Ron trailed off.

"I don't think anything particularly bad could come of telling her. Adam's right, who is she going to tell?" Harry pointed out.

Ron was visibly angered by this but looked at Ginny out of the corner of his eye and said nothing about it. "Fine. Do what you want." He walked into the bathroom and locked the door.

Harry slumped. "Ron…" he walked over to the bathroom door and knocked. "Ron, let me in."

"Forget it, Harry," Ron responded. Harry sat down against the wall next to the door.

Adam gave Harry and understanding and reassuring smile. Ginny just looked confused.

"Ok…let's tell her." Harry stood as Ginny went into the small kitchen where Hali was admiring the stainless steel appliances and brought the awestruck woman back into the bedroom.

"Hali, we have something big to tell you, and you're probably not going to believe us at first, but you have to trust us, ok?" Adam commenced.

"We would never lie to you, Hali," Ginny said.

"Er…ok?" Hali looked slightly worried

o

Harry, Ginny and Adam explained all about the wizarding world to Hali. They answered all of her questions, and she seemed to completely believe them.

"Do you have any more questions?" Ginny asked her best friend.

Hali looked around at the people she was talking to and suddenly burst out laughing. "Oh, you guys had me so good! I totally almost believed you, too! That was great!" she continued her snickering until she realized she was the only one laughing. "Um…guys? Haha…ha? Oh…Are you, um, not joking?"

They all shook their heads.

"Oh…Ok…"

"Do you…believe us?" Adam asked cautiously.

"Um…yes. Yeah, I believe you."

"And are you going to tell anyone?" Adam enquired further.

"Of course not. I don't want you to get thrown in prison."

The trio breathed a sigh of relief. Harry wandered over to the bathroom door, which had remained closed for the entire twenty minutes since Ron had gone in. He knocked lightly.

"Ron?"

"What?" Ron replied loudly.

"Could you come out now? Please? I want to talk to you."

"I'm not talking to you in front of them."

Harry flushed slightly. "Could you guys, um, excuse us for a few minutes?" Harry glanced down at his watch and pulled out his wallet. "Go down to the lobby and get something to eat. It's nearly dinner time anyways. We'll join you soon."

He tossed his wallet to Ginny and turned back to the bathroom door.

As soon as the hotel room door clicked and locked, Harry knocked on the bathroom door again. "They're gone, Ron."

The door swung open and Ron's hand snaked out, grabbing Harry's and pulling him in before closing the door again. He sat down on the edge of the bathtub.

"I really didn't want to tell them. What if it gets out? It'll be all over the papers."

Harry sat down close to Ron and ran his hand over his back soothingly. "It won't get out, I promise."

"Everything we do gets into the papers," Ron sighed.

"I know. We've been really lucky that they haven't found out about us yet."

"Yeah…that won't last much longer. It's so unfair."

Harry smiled as his fingers entwined with those of the man sitting next to him. "Don't you think it's worth it, for what puts you in the public eye? You love playing professional quidditch, don't you?"

"Yes…"

"And you love me, right?"

Ron grinned, "Of course I do."

"Well then…" Harry trailed off. Ron leaned slowly towards Harry to kiss him, but Harry backed away.

"None of that now. They could come back any time."

"Just one," Ron breathed, his finger brushing against his partner's lips.

Harry sighed and gave in.

o

Ginny, Adam and Hali were sitting in a small, quiet outdoor café that adjoined the hotel. Ginny had a diet coke, Adam a bagel, and Hali a plate of French fries and gravy, with a large slice of chocolate cheese cake waiting to the side.

Harry's and Ron's hands parted just as they came around the corner to join the others at their table.

The waitress came over to take their orders.

"We'll share a plate of fries and a chocolate shake, please," Harry requested.

"And could we get an appetizer of chicken wings for all of us, as well, please?" Ron added.

"Sure," said the waitress. "It'll be right out."

"Why aren't you eating, Gin?" Harry asked after the waitress had left.

"I already ate today…" she replied quietly, obviously uncomfortable at the attention to her diet.

"Oh…well in case you haven't noticed, most people eat three times a day. Well, except for Ron. That's more like ten to fifteen times, but that's irrelevant."

"She doesn't eat much," Hali interjected. "So, when are we going to England?" she asked, changing the subject.

"We're leaving on Friday…so four days," Ron said.

"How are we getting there?" Ginny asked, happy that the topic of the conversation was off her.

"Well, we were going to apparate, but since we can't now, I guess we'll have to fly the muggle way."

"Ooo…I've never been on a plane before!" said Hali excitedly, licking the chocolate sauce off of her fork.

"Me neither," said Harry, and Ron agreed.

"What? Well then how did you get here?" asked Hali, confused.

"…We apparated."

At Hali's even more confused look, Ginny explained. "It means they basically disappeared in England and appeared here. By magic."

"Sweet! I wish I could do that." Hali said excitedly. "I could get out of anything. If someone didn't want to pay-"

Ginny coughed loudly, cutting her friend off.

"It would be convenient…" Hali said, defeated.

"It certainly is…" Ginny said quietly.

Harry and Ron exchanged a confused look but said nothing.

"Let's go clothes shopping," said Ron suddenly.

Hali's eyes brightened.