There For You
Chapter 6: Love Bite
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Ginny and Harry finished their little snog session and sat next to each other in a peaceful quiet. Harry looked at his watch and turned to Ginny.
"It's time for din-," but he stopped mid-sentence, staring at Ginny with his mouth open. She looked at him curiously.
"What is it?" An amused smile came to his face and he motioned to her neck. She touched it and felt something hurt when her fingers landed on it.
"Ow," she said. She pushed on it and realized what it was. Harry started laughing and Ginny ran to the mirror across the room (No idea if a mirror is in there but there is now!). Her eyes widened and she turned so her neck faced the mirror as much as possible.
"Harry that's a hickey! You gave me a hickey! I didn't even realize it when you were there that that could happen. I mean I knew it could but I.I didn't just now!" Harry was lying on the couch, laughing his head off. She glared at him.
"This is not funny! What am I going to do? Ron's going to kill us! Hermione hasn't even gotten one yet! Everyone will tease us! Stop!" Harry took a breath to calm himself but he found this very funny. He, after all, didn't have the hickey, she did.
"Why don't you put some makeup on it? Won't that cover it up?" Her face lit up.
"You're right! Oh Harry you're a genius!" Just then the door opened and Ron and Hermione entered the room. Ginny clapped her hand to her neck and tried to look innocent. Her eyes were wide however and the others noticed.
"What's wrong Ginny?" Hermione asked. Harry snorted and began shaking from the laughter he was trying to hide. Ginny gave him a death glare but he couldn't stop. Ron and Hermione looked between them. A thought came to Hermione and she walked towards Ginny.
"Does your neck hurt or something?" she asked. Ginny shook her head quickly.
"Nope it's fine!" she said, her voice unusually high. Hermione came closer and pulled Ginny's hand off before she could move. Ginny's mouth opened and Hermione giggled. Ron's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates and he gasped in horror. He faced Harry angrily.
"You gave my sister a hickey! How dare you! She's only fifteen!" Hermione found the situation rather amusing like Harry.
"Well," she giggled, "I guess we know what you two do when we leave you alone!" She laughed and Ginny smiled slightly.
"I suppose it is pretty funny," she said turning to look at it in the mirror again. "And it's not even that bad. Harry suggested I put makeup on it."
"Harry thought of that? I'm surprised you didn't," Hermione commented.
"Well, I was a bit shocked to find it and my brain wasn't really working properly." She ran up to her room to cover it up and Hermione sat down across from Harry who was being chewed out by Ron though he didn't seem to be arguing back. He kept grinning at Ron while he yelled.
"My sister is only fifteen years old Harry! She isn't our age! You can't just leave love bites on her! I haven't even done that to Hermione!"
"Oh so Ginny and I can only do what you've done with Hermione?" Harry laughed. "That's stupid! Ginny is not a baby and she is just as mature as we are. Probably more mature than you and I are sometimes." Ron shook his head.
"No, she's too young for hickeys! I forbid you to give her another one!" Harry raised his eyebrow and grinned.
"Oh yeah? Well I think that's between me and Ginny. It's our business." Ron's ears turned red.
"She's my sister and I have to look out for her!"
"Well, she's my girlfriend and I do look out for her! A hickey is not an infectious disease that will make her die a horrible death! And I probably won't give her another one anyway but you have no right telling us what we can and can't do." Ron opened and closed his mouth trying to think of a retort.
"Oh give it up Ron," Hermione said. Ginny came down then and showed them her neck. You couldn't tell anything had been there. She grinned at them and Ron sighed.
"Thank goodness," he breathed. Hermione rolled his eyes at him and Harry stood up.
"There, all gone. Now it's time for dinner. Lupin might be here by now!"
"No, Dumbledore said he would get here at seven. It's six thirty," Hermione told him. Harry sighed disappointedly. He shrugged.
"Oh well. We can go down anyway. Come on." He put his arm around Ginny's shoulders and Ron scowled at them. He followed them quickly leaving Hermione behind.
"Well fine. I'll just go by myself," she huffed. A moment later Ron ran back in and pulled her out the door.
As they walked down, Ron watched Harry and Ginny closely. Hermione tried to take his mind away from them.
"So how was Quidditch practice?" she asked.
"Fine."
"Have you asked the twins how to get rid of Malfoy's purple hair? Eventually, it has to go."
"Fine." He wasn't paying attention to anything she was saying.
"Viktor asked me to marry him and I accepted. I'm leaving tomorrow so we can elope."
"Fi-," he started but realized what she said. "What?" She laughed.
"There I got your attention! Leave them alone. Everything's fine. You can't see it anymore and he said he wouldn't give her another one. Quit watching them." Ron glanced at them once more then looked away. He walked the rest of the way in silence, occasionally looking up at them but Hermione kept poking him when he did.
"Ow!" he hissed the last time she did it. "That hurts!" She rolled her eyes.
"Oh please. Boys are such babies. Now stop it!"
"Stop what? I have to watch where I'm going! They're walking in front of us! I can't help it!"
"You aren't paying any attention to where you're going! You just walked through Nearly Headless Nick!" Ron looked back and saw Nick glaring at him as the distance grew between them. He wondered what that weird feeling had been. They finally reached the Great Hall and found a place to sit. Ron and Hermione noticed Lavender and Seamus sitting together a little ways down the table. Her hair was back to normal and he was lipstick-free. Ron and Hermione exchanged amused smiles and Seamus looked over at them. He smirked at them and they laughed.
Dinner came soon after. Lupin hadn't arrived yet but Dumbledore said he would be there within half an hour. Malfoy still wasn't there but that was probably better. Other students had noticed but no one knew Ron had done it except Harry, Ginny, and Hermione. People would talk about it and laugh while Ron grinned to himself as he listened. Colin and Dennis Creevey kept saying how brilliant the person was who had thought of the prank. Ron yearned to tell everyone it was he who had done it but knew he would get in a lot of trouble. Ron changed the subject to the upcoming Quidditch game to avoid spilling the truth to his classmates. It was the final game and it determined who would win the Quidditch Cup (I know I totally messed up the order and timing of the games but oh well. I don't know exactly when and in what order they're played and the game I put in here will be kind of long and pretty eventful. It'll be the only one I have in this story 'cause I have other stuff I want to put in. Hope you guys don't mind.). After Malfoy had beat up Ron and threatened Hermione and Ginny, the team was determined to win. They had one more week to practice before the game took place on Saturday.
Halfway through dinner, the doors opened and Lupin stepped in. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny waved enthusiastically at him and he gave them a warm smile. He walked up to Dumbledore and shook his hand. He took a seat beside him and set up a plate of food. Harry was anxious for dinner to end so he could talk to Lupin but didn't think he should walk up to the staff table. Everyone finally finished and the teachers left the hall. Lupin motioned for Harry to follow him and he told the others he would see them later.
"Hello Harry," he said happily and they shook hands.
"Hi! How are you?" Harry asked as they headed to Lupin's office.
"Very good and you?"
"Great!"
"I'm very glad to hear it. Now I know you have class tomorrow and I need to unpack my luggage but I wanted to talk to you for a moment if that's alright," Lupin told him as they neared his door. Harry nodded and they entered his office. He offered Harry a seat and sat across from him. He crossed his fingers and leaned forward in his chair, reminding Harry of Dumbledore.
"I am very happy to be here again," he began. "I know some students and their parents will be less than enthusiastic after what happened three years ago and I am ready to deal with that. I will assure the students that my condition is under control and they are in no danger. I am much more cautious than I was that night. Has anyone expressed concern at my return?" Harry looked down. He nervously scratched his head and nodded slightly. Lupin smiled.
"Don't worry Harry. I'm not upset. I fully understand the worry some might have. I don't want you making a big deal about defending me though. Promise me you won't?" Harry looked up at him.
"I don't anyone saying bad things about you!"
"It is not uncalled for. I used very bad judgment when I didn't take my potion. I deserve whatever criticism I am given. But don't fight with anyone about it. Though I am glad you have become so much like your father, I don't want the defensive nature you inherited from him to get you in trouble on my behalf." Harry opened his mouth to object but Lupin raised his hand.
"Please don't argue with me about it. Just try to keep your feelings under control or don't let yourself be too angered by what you hear. Now there is one more thing I wanted to tell you. You are not of age to join the Order so I cannot give you very much information but I wanted to warn you. Voldemort is planning something. We do not know what yet but we do know that something is going on. Don't be surprised if anything happens sometime in the next few months. We have no idea what is being planned or when he will act again but it will happen. I just wanted to prepare you. That is all I can say." Harry wanted to press him on the subject but knew he wouldn't answer. He nodded and looked at him solemnly. Lupin nodded back and stood. He walked to the door and opened it. Harry stepped forward.
"I'm really glad you're back Professor." Lupin smiled.
"Thank you Harry. See you in class tomorrow." They said good-bye and Harry headed back to Gryffindor Tower. As he walked he wondered what Voldemort could be planning. He hadn't felt Voldemort's emotions any time that year. He had had a few Occlumency lessons with Dumbledore at the beginning of the year but his feelings at Sirius's death made it impossible for him to make any progress. Dumbledore decided to allow him more time to heal before they started again. Harry hadn't felt any hatred when Dumbledore would look at him like last year and never had images of what Voldemort could see anymore so Dumbledore thought it would be alright to stop lessons for a while. As soon as he did he was supposed to tell Dumbledore and they would begin again. Harry told the password and entered the common room. The others had stayed up to wait for him and he sat down on the couch next to Ginny.
"So what did he say?" she asked. He relayed their conversation and Ron stared at him wide eyed as he tightened his hold on Hermione. Ginny slid her fingers in Harry's and layed her head on his shoulder.
"I wonder what he's going to do," Hermione said. Harry shrugged.
"I'm sure there's a million things he could do."
"A million bad things," Ron said quietly.
"That's what I'm afraid of," Harry sighed and pulled Ginny into a hug.
Author's Note: So what'd you guys think about the hickey? I thought that'd be hilarious if one of them got one. I'm glad Lupin's back. That'd be awesome if he was DADA teacher again in the real books but I have a feeling J.K. is going to have a new one every year like she has. So, some upcoming things in the story: Lupin's first week back, D.A. lessons, Gryffindor/Slytherin Quidditch game, another fight (I like writing them), and some news from Voldemort. Next chapter will be up in a couple of days about Lupin's first week and the first D.A. lessons then the Quidditch game will be the chapter after that. Bye!
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Chapter 6: Love Bite
Author's Note: Hi guys! Thanks for the reviews! I'm glad you like the story so much! You guys make my day! Thank you!
Ginny and Harry finished their little snog session and sat next to each other in a peaceful quiet. Harry looked at his watch and turned to Ginny.
"It's time for din-," but he stopped mid-sentence, staring at Ginny with his mouth open. She looked at him curiously.
"What is it?" An amused smile came to his face and he motioned to her neck. She touched it and felt something hurt when her fingers landed on it.
"Ow," she said. She pushed on it and realized what it was. Harry started laughing and Ginny ran to the mirror across the room (No idea if a mirror is in there but there is now!). Her eyes widened and she turned so her neck faced the mirror as much as possible.
"Harry that's a hickey! You gave me a hickey! I didn't even realize it when you were there that that could happen. I mean I knew it could but I.I didn't just now!" Harry was lying on the couch, laughing his head off. She glared at him.
"This is not funny! What am I going to do? Ron's going to kill us! Hermione hasn't even gotten one yet! Everyone will tease us! Stop!" Harry took a breath to calm himself but he found this very funny. He, after all, didn't have the hickey, she did.
"Why don't you put some makeup on it? Won't that cover it up?" Her face lit up.
"You're right! Oh Harry you're a genius!" Just then the door opened and Ron and Hermione entered the room. Ginny clapped her hand to her neck and tried to look innocent. Her eyes were wide however and the others noticed.
"What's wrong Ginny?" Hermione asked. Harry snorted and began shaking from the laughter he was trying to hide. Ginny gave him a death glare but he couldn't stop. Ron and Hermione looked between them. A thought came to Hermione and she walked towards Ginny.
"Does your neck hurt or something?" she asked. Ginny shook her head quickly.
"Nope it's fine!" she said, her voice unusually high. Hermione came closer and pulled Ginny's hand off before she could move. Ginny's mouth opened and Hermione giggled. Ron's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates and he gasped in horror. He faced Harry angrily.
"You gave my sister a hickey! How dare you! She's only fifteen!" Hermione found the situation rather amusing like Harry.
"Well," she giggled, "I guess we know what you two do when we leave you alone!" She laughed and Ginny smiled slightly.
"I suppose it is pretty funny," she said turning to look at it in the mirror again. "And it's not even that bad. Harry suggested I put makeup on it."
"Harry thought of that? I'm surprised you didn't," Hermione commented.
"Well, I was a bit shocked to find it and my brain wasn't really working properly." She ran up to her room to cover it up and Hermione sat down across from Harry who was being chewed out by Ron though he didn't seem to be arguing back. He kept grinning at Ron while he yelled.
"My sister is only fifteen years old Harry! She isn't our age! You can't just leave love bites on her! I haven't even done that to Hermione!"
"Oh so Ginny and I can only do what you've done with Hermione?" Harry laughed. "That's stupid! Ginny is not a baby and she is just as mature as we are. Probably more mature than you and I are sometimes." Ron shook his head.
"No, she's too young for hickeys! I forbid you to give her another one!" Harry raised his eyebrow and grinned.
"Oh yeah? Well I think that's between me and Ginny. It's our business." Ron's ears turned red.
"She's my sister and I have to look out for her!"
"Well, she's my girlfriend and I do look out for her! A hickey is not an infectious disease that will make her die a horrible death! And I probably won't give her another one anyway but you have no right telling us what we can and can't do." Ron opened and closed his mouth trying to think of a retort.
"Oh give it up Ron," Hermione said. Ginny came down then and showed them her neck. You couldn't tell anything had been there. She grinned at them and Ron sighed.
"Thank goodness," he breathed. Hermione rolled his eyes at him and Harry stood up.
"There, all gone. Now it's time for dinner. Lupin might be here by now!"
"No, Dumbledore said he would get here at seven. It's six thirty," Hermione told him. Harry sighed disappointedly. He shrugged.
"Oh well. We can go down anyway. Come on." He put his arm around Ginny's shoulders and Ron scowled at them. He followed them quickly leaving Hermione behind.
"Well fine. I'll just go by myself," she huffed. A moment later Ron ran back in and pulled her out the door.
As they walked down, Ron watched Harry and Ginny closely. Hermione tried to take his mind away from them.
"So how was Quidditch practice?" she asked.
"Fine."
"Have you asked the twins how to get rid of Malfoy's purple hair? Eventually, it has to go."
"Fine." He wasn't paying attention to anything she was saying.
"Viktor asked me to marry him and I accepted. I'm leaving tomorrow so we can elope."
"Fi-," he started but realized what she said. "What?" She laughed.
"There I got your attention! Leave them alone. Everything's fine. You can't see it anymore and he said he wouldn't give her another one. Quit watching them." Ron glanced at them once more then looked away. He walked the rest of the way in silence, occasionally looking up at them but Hermione kept poking him when he did.
"Ow!" he hissed the last time she did it. "That hurts!" She rolled her eyes.
"Oh please. Boys are such babies. Now stop it!"
"Stop what? I have to watch where I'm going! They're walking in front of us! I can't help it!"
"You aren't paying any attention to where you're going! You just walked through Nearly Headless Nick!" Ron looked back and saw Nick glaring at him as the distance grew between them. He wondered what that weird feeling had been. They finally reached the Great Hall and found a place to sit. Ron and Hermione noticed Lavender and Seamus sitting together a little ways down the table. Her hair was back to normal and he was lipstick-free. Ron and Hermione exchanged amused smiles and Seamus looked over at them. He smirked at them and they laughed.
Dinner came soon after. Lupin hadn't arrived yet but Dumbledore said he would be there within half an hour. Malfoy still wasn't there but that was probably better. Other students had noticed but no one knew Ron had done it except Harry, Ginny, and Hermione. People would talk about it and laugh while Ron grinned to himself as he listened. Colin and Dennis Creevey kept saying how brilliant the person was who had thought of the prank. Ron yearned to tell everyone it was he who had done it but knew he would get in a lot of trouble. Ron changed the subject to the upcoming Quidditch game to avoid spilling the truth to his classmates. It was the final game and it determined who would win the Quidditch Cup (I know I totally messed up the order and timing of the games but oh well. I don't know exactly when and in what order they're played and the game I put in here will be kind of long and pretty eventful. It'll be the only one I have in this story 'cause I have other stuff I want to put in. Hope you guys don't mind.). After Malfoy had beat up Ron and threatened Hermione and Ginny, the team was determined to win. They had one more week to practice before the game took place on Saturday.
Halfway through dinner, the doors opened and Lupin stepped in. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny waved enthusiastically at him and he gave them a warm smile. He walked up to Dumbledore and shook his hand. He took a seat beside him and set up a plate of food. Harry was anxious for dinner to end so he could talk to Lupin but didn't think he should walk up to the staff table. Everyone finally finished and the teachers left the hall. Lupin motioned for Harry to follow him and he told the others he would see them later.
"Hello Harry," he said happily and they shook hands.
"Hi! How are you?" Harry asked as they headed to Lupin's office.
"Very good and you?"
"Great!"
"I'm very glad to hear it. Now I know you have class tomorrow and I need to unpack my luggage but I wanted to talk to you for a moment if that's alright," Lupin told him as they neared his door. Harry nodded and they entered his office. He offered Harry a seat and sat across from him. He crossed his fingers and leaned forward in his chair, reminding Harry of Dumbledore.
"I am very happy to be here again," he began. "I know some students and their parents will be less than enthusiastic after what happened three years ago and I am ready to deal with that. I will assure the students that my condition is under control and they are in no danger. I am much more cautious than I was that night. Has anyone expressed concern at my return?" Harry looked down. He nervously scratched his head and nodded slightly. Lupin smiled.
"Don't worry Harry. I'm not upset. I fully understand the worry some might have. I don't want you making a big deal about defending me though. Promise me you won't?" Harry looked up at him.
"I don't anyone saying bad things about you!"
"It is not uncalled for. I used very bad judgment when I didn't take my potion. I deserve whatever criticism I am given. But don't fight with anyone about it. Though I am glad you have become so much like your father, I don't want the defensive nature you inherited from him to get you in trouble on my behalf." Harry opened his mouth to object but Lupin raised his hand.
"Please don't argue with me about it. Just try to keep your feelings under control or don't let yourself be too angered by what you hear. Now there is one more thing I wanted to tell you. You are not of age to join the Order so I cannot give you very much information but I wanted to warn you. Voldemort is planning something. We do not know what yet but we do know that something is going on. Don't be surprised if anything happens sometime in the next few months. We have no idea what is being planned or when he will act again but it will happen. I just wanted to prepare you. That is all I can say." Harry wanted to press him on the subject but knew he wouldn't answer. He nodded and looked at him solemnly. Lupin nodded back and stood. He walked to the door and opened it. Harry stepped forward.
"I'm really glad you're back Professor." Lupin smiled.
"Thank you Harry. See you in class tomorrow." They said good-bye and Harry headed back to Gryffindor Tower. As he walked he wondered what Voldemort could be planning. He hadn't felt Voldemort's emotions any time that year. He had had a few Occlumency lessons with Dumbledore at the beginning of the year but his feelings at Sirius's death made it impossible for him to make any progress. Dumbledore decided to allow him more time to heal before they started again. Harry hadn't felt any hatred when Dumbledore would look at him like last year and never had images of what Voldemort could see anymore so Dumbledore thought it would be alright to stop lessons for a while. As soon as he did he was supposed to tell Dumbledore and they would begin again. Harry told the password and entered the common room. The others had stayed up to wait for him and he sat down on the couch next to Ginny.
"So what did he say?" she asked. He relayed their conversation and Ron stared at him wide eyed as he tightened his hold on Hermione. Ginny slid her fingers in Harry's and layed her head on his shoulder.
"I wonder what he's going to do," Hermione said. Harry shrugged.
"I'm sure there's a million things he could do."
"A million bad things," Ron said quietly.
"That's what I'm afraid of," Harry sighed and pulled Ginny into a hug.
Author's Note: So what'd you guys think about the hickey? I thought that'd be hilarious if one of them got one. I'm glad Lupin's back. That'd be awesome if he was DADA teacher again in the real books but I have a feeling J.K. is going to have a new one every year like she has. So, some upcoming things in the story: Lupin's first week back, D.A. lessons, Gryffindor/Slytherin Quidditch game, another fight (I like writing them), and some news from Voldemort. Next chapter will be up in a couple of days about Lupin's first week and the first D.A. lessons then the Quidditch game will be the chapter after that. Bye!
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Sexy seeker: Thanks! I'll definitely try to get in some more H/G but there's so much to write! I don't know how J.K. does it! There are tons of things I would have liked to include in this like something about Luna and some other stuff but I can't handle writing all that!
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