There For You
Chapter 13: Talks
Author's Note: Hi guys! I don't think most of you realized I finished chapter 12 but I did! You should read that and then read this because you'll be confused at this beginning part if you don't. Ok, happy reading!
Hermione woke the next morning and scratched her head, feeling her curly hair from the ball in place of the normal, bushy mess. She had taken it down before going to sleep but hadn't showered after the awkward moment in Ron's room. Remembering this, she shot up out of her bed. 'What was I thinking?' she wondered, frantically pulling on a huge, old jumper of her father's and a pair of sweat pants. 'I'm such an idiot!' She flew out of the room and ran to the boy's dorm, banging loudly on the door. A groggy Seamus opened it and eyed her strangely.
"May I help you?" he yawned.
"I need to talk to Ron," she said, peering in the door at his bed to find the curtain closed. Dean and Neville were snoring loudly. Harry opened his hangings slightly and frowned at her, obviously annoyed, before falling back asleep. Seamus rubbed his head, noticing his hair sticking up in several places.
"Oy (is this how you spell it?), Ron!" he yelled. "Hermione's here." A groan was heard from inside the curtain.
"Do you realize what time it is?" Seamus asked her. She shrugged. It hadn't occurred to her to look at the clock before rushing over.
"It's seven. In the morning. On a Sunday," he informed her, emphasizing the Sunday.
"Sorry." Ron opened his curtain and squinted at her.
"What are you doing?" he asked sleepily.
"Get up, we need to talk." She walked over, pulled him up by the arm, and dragged him to the door, barely giving him time to grab his robe.
"Now? Can't it wait until breakfast? Or even better, noon?" Ignoring his question, she navigated their way out of Gryffindor Tower and headed towards the staircase.
"We're going to a closet? Now?" he asked, recognizing the route they were taking.
"Not for that."
"Oh. Shame." They arrived and Hermione pushed Ron into the closet, firmly closing the door behind her. Had there been enough room, Hermione would have paced but settled on leaning against the wall.
"What's wrong with you? I know you wake up early but that usually means I can sleep." She took a breath and clasped her hands.
"Ron, what we did last night was.it was a mistake. We shouldn't have even started. I don't know why I didn't stop it sooner but I suppose it was a hormonal heat of the moment type thing. But what if we were caught? We would have gotten in so much trouble! We weren't even careful about it! We were in your dormitory where any of the boys could have walked in and they would have if we hadn't heard them. We didn't lock the door, we didn't discuss it, we didn't use protection, anything! I just don't want to make a mistake like that this early in my life and end up pregnant or something! It isn't that I don't love you or wouldn't want to in the future but-" Ron put his hand over her mouth and laughed.
"Shut up already! It's all right! I mean sure, I would have liked to have, you know, done it, I am, well, me, but I can wait. It isn't as big of a deal as you're making it." She looked at him slightly surprised and he removed his hand.
"Oh. Well, good, I'm glad." Ron chuckled again.
"Honestly, all you had to do was say, 'So Ron, about last night', and we could have talked rationally." She looked at the floor sheepishly.
"I didn't really think of that. So you're okay that we aren't going to.do it for awhile?"
"Yeah, it's fine. We'll do it eventually. You just tell me when you're ready." She nodded and sighed with relief.
"Thank you." He hugged her and kissed the top of her head.
"No problem."
"You can go back to sleep now." He shook his head.
"Nah, I'll go wake Harry and have a game of Exploding Snap."
"He didn't seem very happy that I woke him."
"He'll get over it," he replied, shrugging. "Besides, I'm only doing it so he won't become a lazy bum." Hermione snorted.
"Because you aren't one at all."
"Exactly," he grinned. He reached for the doorknob but she stopped him.
"So how were they last night? After I left? They weren't upset were they?"
"Upset? Far from it. They thought it was the funniest thing ever."
"Really?"
"Oh yes. I expect jokes about it for at least a month."
"Didn't you tell them nothing happened?"
"Please Hermione, they aren't stupid. Not to mention I put my robes on backwards." She laughed.
"Poor thing," she said teasingly stroking his cheek. Then a thought crossed her mind. "They aren't going to tell anyone, are they?"
"No, they said they wouldn't." She sighed with relief.
"Okay, now you can go wake Harry."
"And what are you going to do?"
"Watch you." He shook his finger at her.
"No, remember what I said? You need to do something different. Wouldn't you be studying by now? You can do that." She scowled but shrugged.
"Fine."
"Good, come on."
They left the closet and Ron went to wake Harry while Hermione headed to her room to get her homework.
Ron managed to drag Harry out of bed while the others slept peacefully, some quite loudly. They entered the common room to find Hermione seated on the couch spreading her work on the table in front of her.
"Hermione," Ron said.
"Hmm?" she asked innocently.
"Different activities doesn't mean you should stay where you can watch me."
"You didn't specify." He rolled his eyes and sat at the table nearby. Harry looked at him curiously but Ron shook his head, not caring to explain at the moment. Most of the day was spent in the common room playing games, studying, and talking. Ginny had joined Ron and Harry's game after lunch and Hermione went back to studying. A few minutes later, Lavender approached Harry and tapped his shoulder when Ginny was yelling across the room to Colin Creevey, answering a Transfiguration question. Beckoning him to follow her, Harry walked with Lavender to the portrait hole and out to the hallway.
"Harry, I sort of saw something last night during the ball," she began. His jaw dropped.
"You saw.what?"
"I saw you and that girl Cho Chang kissing," she finished hurriedly. He silently cursed himself. "And the only reason I'm bringing it up is that I know you haven't told Ginny because she would be furious. Harry, you have to tell her. If you don't, she'll find out from someone else like.like one of Cho's friends and be devastated. Were you even planning on telling her?" Harry rubbed his forehead.
"Not exactly," he replied. He had decided telling her would do nothing but cause pain-in more ways than one.
"Well, you have to. She deserves to know."
"Lavender, it isn't what you think-"
"Harry I don't want to know the details or anything. I just want you to tell her. It'll go over better if you do and get the opportunity to explain it to her yourself." She looked at the ground. "If you don't tell her by tonight.I'm afraid I will." He stared at her.
"You wouldn't!"
"Yes, I would! If Seamus had cheated on me, I'd want to know. First by him but if he wouldn't then someone else. So I'm giving you the chance to say it first."
"Lav-"
"You can't change my mind. Either you do it or I will. Very simple."
"Why were you spying on me anyway?" he asked angrily. She scoffed.
"Oh please, you think I have nothing better to do than spy on you? I was about to leave the loo when I saw you two snogging and waited until it was safe to leave. I wasn't going to say anything but when you didn't tell Ginny, I knew I had to talk to you."
"Look, Lavender, I-"
"Harry, all I ask is that you tell her by tonight. That gives you all day to figure out what you're going to say."
"Lav-"
"By tonight," she repeated before turning and reentering the common room. Harry glared at her back, resisting the urge to kick the wall as a group of second years passed him. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself and headed back to Ron and Ginny.
"Where did you go?" she asked as he sat beside her.
"Lavatory. Whose turn is it?"
Harry tried to find a way out of telling Ginny what happened with great difficulty. At the end of dinner he decided the only way to prevent Lavender from revealing his secret was distraction. There was one key person required.
"Seamus, I need your help," he whispered, pulling him off to the side of the hallway.
"Okay, what's with the whispering?"
"Don't ask questions, just do what I tell you. I need you to snog Lavender like it's the last time you get to see her for.I don't know, let's say a year. Do that until Ginny goes to bed. Start around say.10:45. Ginny will go to bed anywhere from 11:00 to 12:00." Seamus eyed him curiously, a smirk on his face.
"Snog Lavender until Ginny goes to bed, eh? You realize we'll be snogging for at least an hour?" He furrowed his eyebrows. "And I'm complaining because?"
"Thanks, mate," Harry said, patting him on the back.
"But why? What does Ginny have to do with it?"
"Hey save those lips for later. No questions." Seamus shrugged.
"Oh," Harry added. "If Lavender tries to leave when Ginny heads upstairs, stop her. Do whatever you have to. Hold her down, whisper in her ear, distract her in any way possible. She can't talk to Ginny. This is your mission. Do you accept it?" Seamus saluted him grandly.
"Will you tell me why after we accomplish this.assignment?" Harry shook his head.
"Sorry. If I told you, I'd have to kill you." Semaus laughed.
"Will do Harry, will do."
"Thanks, I owe you one."
"Nah, an hour of making out is payment enough."
"I understand."
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Seamus and Lavender sat together on the common room couch at 10:40 doing the Charms assignment. Harry 'sneezed' loudly in their direction. Seamus bent over the side of the couch to get a breath mint, ran a hand through his hair, and turned back to her, a sly grin on his face.
"Hey Lavender, have I ever told you how incredible you look by firelight?" He scooted closer to her, sliding his hand from her waist to the small of her back. She grinned as he kissed right below her ear then down to her neck.
"No but I'd love to hear about it." He didn't answer but instead held the back of her head while his lips traveled to hers.
Harry smiled. There was nothing to worry about. Lavender looked completely distracted. Turning his attention to Ron, he placed his feet on the table in front of him, leaned back in his chair, and crossed his arms over his chest.
"So where's your other half?"
"In bed." Harry laughed.
"Really? Whose?" Ron chuckled and rolled his eyes.
"Hers you pervert. She fell asleep on the couch earlier and I had Ginny take her up to her room. I would have except for the bloody slide it becomes. Damn, untrusting idiots who didn't have faith in boys."
"If you could go in Hermione's room, what would you do? You think they should have faith in you for that?"
"But we wouldn't do what you think. Yeah, we were close last night but she doesn't want to for now because we could get into trouble and stuff. She'll tell me when she's ready. And if she were to say she was ready while we were still here at Hogwarts, we won't do it in our room or hers. Too risky. We'll find some random room that no one goes to or the Room of Requirement or something."
"Excellent. Now I know what else our D.A. meeting place can be used for. My best friends shag place." Ron laughed.
"Sorry mate. Didn't mean to give you that to think about."
"Honestly Ron, you're going to scar me for life before I'm even seventeen."
"Just be thankful you didn't grow up with five older brothers. I'm already scarred enough for both of us."
"Wouldn't it be more like four older brothers to scar you? I mean, Percy doesn't seem that type." Ron snorted.
"Ha! Percy was as randy as any of them! You should have heard him talk about Penelope in his sleep. I went in to borrow socks once and heard things no twelve year old she ever be exposed to. Especially from a brother." Harry wrinkled his nose.
"But Percy is so.quiet and conservative. And rule-keeping." Ron shook his head knowingly.
"It's the quiet ones you have to worry about."
"Who's quiet?" Ginny asked, coming behind Harry.
"Percy," Ron answered.
"Yeah, so?"
"Quiet and horny." Ginny shuddered and nodded.
"Yes, it's disgusting. Ron even walked in on him while he was sleeping and-"
"I already told him. Well, not what Percy said but Harry understands," Ron interrupted her. Ginny pursed her lips.
"But you had to tell me as soon as I woke up what EXACTLY Percy said." Ron shrugged nonchalantly.
"I couldn't be the only one to suffer." She narrowed her eyes and whacked his arm forcefully.
"Ow!" he yelped.
"Serves you right! That was the most disgusting thing I have ever heard! Especially from Percy! Yech." Harry chuckled.
"Trust me Harry, if you knew what came out Percy's mouth unconsciously, you wouldn't think it was funny. Well, I'm going to bed. Good night." She kissed Harry's cheek and slapped Ron's arm again before heading toward the stairs. Harry looked over to Lavender and Seamus. They were still completely unaware of anything else around them. But a moment later, Ginny laid her foot on the first step causing it to creak. Lavender opened her eyes and tried to sit up. Harry stood up, trying to figure out what to do. Seamus attempted to hold her down but she pushed him right off the couch. She jumped up and ran to Ginny.
"Wait! We have to talk about something!" she said quickly. Ginny looked at her quizzically.
"Is Seamus okay?" Lavender nodded.
"He'll be fine. Come out to the hall with me." Harry ran up.
"Lavender! Ginny's tired and was about to go to sleep!" he told her accusingly. She scoffed.
"Oh shut up Harry. I gave you a chance but it's too late." She took Ginny's arm and pulled her to the portrait hole. Harry hesitated but finally followed them. The door closed and Lavender faced them.
"Are you going to tell her Harry?" He felt sick. She couldn't tell her, she just couldn't.
"Please Lavender, this isn't necessary." Lavender sighed.
"What's going on?" Ginny asked.
"Harry.Harry kissed Cho Chang last night at the ball. I saw them." Ginny gasped.
"What are you talking about?" She turned to Harry but he shook his head.
"No, I swear-"
"I was about to walk out of the loo and I saw Cho move to kiss him. He didn't step away, he didn't let go, he did nothing to prevent it. She held his shoulder and continued to kiss him. They finally let go and said something to each other then she walked away." Ginny had begun to breathe shallowly as she listened to Lavender, a few tears spilling from her eyes.
"Is this true Harry? And why is Lavender telling me? You weren't going to tell me were you? You just thought you could kiss Cho and get away with it? You thought you could cheat on me and be with me at the same time? Harry! How could you?" Her voice had started out dangerously low but she was now yelling at him in the middle of the hallway.
"Please Ginny, just listen to me. It isn't what you think. Yes, we kissed-"
"And you didn't stop it?!"
"Well what was I supposed to do? Push her into the wall?"
"Stepping away from her doesn't require force," Lavender told him.
"You shut up," he said pointing at her. "You've done enough already." She narrowed her eyes at him.
"Don't talk to me like that."
"Harry this isn't about Lavender anymore," Ginny said angrily. "This is about you kissing Cho, the girl who has been flirting with you for weeks. I've tried to ignore it but this is too much! And I can't believe you weren't going to tell me!"
"I just thought that-"
"Harry, you weren't thinking at all obviously!" Ginny turned and ran inside the portrait hole, leaving Harry and Lavender in the hall.
"This is all your fault!" he exclaimed.
"You can't blame this on me! Honestly Harry, I gave you all ay to tell her but you were determined to keep it a secret! This is your fault not mine! Or if you had stopped Cho in the first place, I would have told Ginny that but no! You let her snog you however long she wanted!"
"No, I didn't! I wouldn't have let her do anything! I let her kiss me that's all!"
"Well that was all it took! Everything was going wonderful with Ginny and now look what you've done! And I know you roped Seamus into this. You're lucky I don't tell Ginny about that. If she knew how intent you were on keeping this from her she'd be livid! She already is so I won't tell her."
"Well, thank you so much!" he said sarcastically. "Dragon dung!" The portrait hole swung open and he hurried inside. Ron came up to him, anger written all over his face.
"You cheated on my sister?" he asked, almost yelling. "How could you do that to her? You're my best mate!" His hands were balled into fists. He looked ready to strike Harry but held it back, pushing Harry instead. He exhaled loudly and crossed his arms.
"I can't believe you." Ron had almost knocked Harry over. Harry couldn't take it anymore. He pushed Ron back.
"No one will bloody listen to me!" he yelled at Ron. Ron narrowed his eyes and shoved Harry again. That did it. Harry jumped at Ron, knocking him over, and the boys proceeded to whack each other across the face, chest, and arms. Seamus ran over and pulled Harry off of Ron with difficulty. Ron rolled over and backed away. Harry stopped fighting Seamus so he let him go. Ron wiped his nose, glaring at Harry the whole time. Harry growled and ran up the staircase to the dorms. Ron shook his head and sat in a nearby chair. Hermione came down to the common room a moment later and upon seeing Ron, gasped and ran to him.
"Ron!" she exclaimed. "What on earth-"
"Please Hermione. Don't start."
"But what happened? This is what I was talking about! I can't leave you alone for a second!"
"Hermione! Sit down and I'll explain. Just stop yelling at me." She closed her mouth and knelt beside his chair. Taking her arms, he pulled her to his lap and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Are you okay?" she asked, staring at a small trail of blood from his nose. He wiped his hand across it and rubbed it on his shirt.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Harry's the one who's in trouble."
Author's Note: Ok, more Harry/Ginny fight, talking about the Cho kiss stuff next chapter. How was it? Ok, I hope. Anyone guess Lavender? Not sure why I chose her but I think it was an ok choice. All right, not much else to say. Bye!
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Chapter 13: Talks
Author's Note: Hi guys! I don't think most of you realized I finished chapter 12 but I did! You should read that and then read this because you'll be confused at this beginning part if you don't. Ok, happy reading!
Hermione woke the next morning and scratched her head, feeling her curly hair from the ball in place of the normal, bushy mess. She had taken it down before going to sleep but hadn't showered after the awkward moment in Ron's room. Remembering this, she shot up out of her bed. 'What was I thinking?' she wondered, frantically pulling on a huge, old jumper of her father's and a pair of sweat pants. 'I'm such an idiot!' She flew out of the room and ran to the boy's dorm, banging loudly on the door. A groggy Seamus opened it and eyed her strangely.
"May I help you?" he yawned.
"I need to talk to Ron," she said, peering in the door at his bed to find the curtain closed. Dean and Neville were snoring loudly. Harry opened his hangings slightly and frowned at her, obviously annoyed, before falling back asleep. Seamus rubbed his head, noticing his hair sticking up in several places.
"Oy (is this how you spell it?), Ron!" he yelled. "Hermione's here." A groan was heard from inside the curtain.
"Do you realize what time it is?" Seamus asked her. She shrugged. It hadn't occurred to her to look at the clock before rushing over.
"It's seven. In the morning. On a Sunday," he informed her, emphasizing the Sunday.
"Sorry." Ron opened his curtain and squinted at her.
"What are you doing?" he asked sleepily.
"Get up, we need to talk." She walked over, pulled him up by the arm, and dragged him to the door, barely giving him time to grab his robe.
"Now? Can't it wait until breakfast? Or even better, noon?" Ignoring his question, she navigated their way out of Gryffindor Tower and headed towards the staircase.
"We're going to a closet? Now?" he asked, recognizing the route they were taking.
"Not for that."
"Oh. Shame." They arrived and Hermione pushed Ron into the closet, firmly closing the door behind her. Had there been enough room, Hermione would have paced but settled on leaning against the wall.
"What's wrong with you? I know you wake up early but that usually means I can sleep." She took a breath and clasped her hands.
"Ron, what we did last night was.it was a mistake. We shouldn't have even started. I don't know why I didn't stop it sooner but I suppose it was a hormonal heat of the moment type thing. But what if we were caught? We would have gotten in so much trouble! We weren't even careful about it! We were in your dormitory where any of the boys could have walked in and they would have if we hadn't heard them. We didn't lock the door, we didn't discuss it, we didn't use protection, anything! I just don't want to make a mistake like that this early in my life and end up pregnant or something! It isn't that I don't love you or wouldn't want to in the future but-" Ron put his hand over her mouth and laughed.
"Shut up already! It's all right! I mean sure, I would have liked to have, you know, done it, I am, well, me, but I can wait. It isn't as big of a deal as you're making it." She looked at him slightly surprised and he removed his hand.
"Oh. Well, good, I'm glad." Ron chuckled again.
"Honestly, all you had to do was say, 'So Ron, about last night', and we could have talked rationally." She looked at the floor sheepishly.
"I didn't really think of that. So you're okay that we aren't going to.do it for awhile?"
"Yeah, it's fine. We'll do it eventually. You just tell me when you're ready." She nodded and sighed with relief.
"Thank you." He hugged her and kissed the top of her head.
"No problem."
"You can go back to sleep now." He shook his head.
"Nah, I'll go wake Harry and have a game of Exploding Snap."
"He didn't seem very happy that I woke him."
"He'll get over it," he replied, shrugging. "Besides, I'm only doing it so he won't become a lazy bum." Hermione snorted.
"Because you aren't one at all."
"Exactly," he grinned. He reached for the doorknob but she stopped him.
"So how were they last night? After I left? They weren't upset were they?"
"Upset? Far from it. They thought it was the funniest thing ever."
"Really?"
"Oh yes. I expect jokes about it for at least a month."
"Didn't you tell them nothing happened?"
"Please Hermione, they aren't stupid. Not to mention I put my robes on backwards." She laughed.
"Poor thing," she said teasingly stroking his cheek. Then a thought crossed her mind. "They aren't going to tell anyone, are they?"
"No, they said they wouldn't." She sighed with relief.
"Okay, now you can go wake Harry."
"And what are you going to do?"
"Watch you." He shook his finger at her.
"No, remember what I said? You need to do something different. Wouldn't you be studying by now? You can do that." She scowled but shrugged.
"Fine."
"Good, come on."
They left the closet and Ron went to wake Harry while Hermione headed to her room to get her homework.
Ron managed to drag Harry out of bed while the others slept peacefully, some quite loudly. They entered the common room to find Hermione seated on the couch spreading her work on the table in front of her.
"Hermione," Ron said.
"Hmm?" she asked innocently.
"Different activities doesn't mean you should stay where you can watch me."
"You didn't specify." He rolled his eyes and sat at the table nearby. Harry looked at him curiously but Ron shook his head, not caring to explain at the moment. Most of the day was spent in the common room playing games, studying, and talking. Ginny had joined Ron and Harry's game after lunch and Hermione went back to studying. A few minutes later, Lavender approached Harry and tapped his shoulder when Ginny was yelling across the room to Colin Creevey, answering a Transfiguration question. Beckoning him to follow her, Harry walked with Lavender to the portrait hole and out to the hallway.
"Harry, I sort of saw something last night during the ball," she began. His jaw dropped.
"You saw.what?"
"I saw you and that girl Cho Chang kissing," she finished hurriedly. He silently cursed himself. "And the only reason I'm bringing it up is that I know you haven't told Ginny because she would be furious. Harry, you have to tell her. If you don't, she'll find out from someone else like.like one of Cho's friends and be devastated. Were you even planning on telling her?" Harry rubbed his forehead.
"Not exactly," he replied. He had decided telling her would do nothing but cause pain-in more ways than one.
"Well, you have to. She deserves to know."
"Lavender, it isn't what you think-"
"Harry I don't want to know the details or anything. I just want you to tell her. It'll go over better if you do and get the opportunity to explain it to her yourself." She looked at the ground. "If you don't tell her by tonight.I'm afraid I will." He stared at her.
"You wouldn't!"
"Yes, I would! If Seamus had cheated on me, I'd want to know. First by him but if he wouldn't then someone else. So I'm giving you the chance to say it first."
"Lav-"
"You can't change my mind. Either you do it or I will. Very simple."
"Why were you spying on me anyway?" he asked angrily. She scoffed.
"Oh please, you think I have nothing better to do than spy on you? I was about to leave the loo when I saw you two snogging and waited until it was safe to leave. I wasn't going to say anything but when you didn't tell Ginny, I knew I had to talk to you."
"Look, Lavender, I-"
"Harry, all I ask is that you tell her by tonight. That gives you all day to figure out what you're going to say."
"Lav-"
"By tonight," she repeated before turning and reentering the common room. Harry glared at her back, resisting the urge to kick the wall as a group of second years passed him. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself and headed back to Ron and Ginny.
"Where did you go?" she asked as he sat beside her.
"Lavatory. Whose turn is it?"
Harry tried to find a way out of telling Ginny what happened with great difficulty. At the end of dinner he decided the only way to prevent Lavender from revealing his secret was distraction. There was one key person required.
"Seamus, I need your help," he whispered, pulling him off to the side of the hallway.
"Okay, what's with the whispering?"
"Don't ask questions, just do what I tell you. I need you to snog Lavender like it's the last time you get to see her for.I don't know, let's say a year. Do that until Ginny goes to bed. Start around say.10:45. Ginny will go to bed anywhere from 11:00 to 12:00." Seamus eyed him curiously, a smirk on his face.
"Snog Lavender until Ginny goes to bed, eh? You realize we'll be snogging for at least an hour?" He furrowed his eyebrows. "And I'm complaining because?"
"Thanks, mate," Harry said, patting him on the back.
"But why? What does Ginny have to do with it?"
"Hey save those lips for later. No questions." Seamus shrugged.
"Oh," Harry added. "If Lavender tries to leave when Ginny heads upstairs, stop her. Do whatever you have to. Hold her down, whisper in her ear, distract her in any way possible. She can't talk to Ginny. This is your mission. Do you accept it?" Seamus saluted him grandly.
"Will you tell me why after we accomplish this.assignment?" Harry shook his head.
"Sorry. If I told you, I'd have to kill you." Semaus laughed.
"Will do Harry, will do."
"Thanks, I owe you one."
"Nah, an hour of making out is payment enough."
"I understand."
* * * *
Seamus and Lavender sat together on the common room couch at 10:40 doing the Charms assignment. Harry 'sneezed' loudly in their direction. Seamus bent over the side of the couch to get a breath mint, ran a hand through his hair, and turned back to her, a sly grin on his face.
"Hey Lavender, have I ever told you how incredible you look by firelight?" He scooted closer to her, sliding his hand from her waist to the small of her back. She grinned as he kissed right below her ear then down to her neck.
"No but I'd love to hear about it." He didn't answer but instead held the back of her head while his lips traveled to hers.
Harry smiled. There was nothing to worry about. Lavender looked completely distracted. Turning his attention to Ron, he placed his feet on the table in front of him, leaned back in his chair, and crossed his arms over his chest.
"So where's your other half?"
"In bed." Harry laughed.
"Really? Whose?" Ron chuckled and rolled his eyes.
"Hers you pervert. She fell asleep on the couch earlier and I had Ginny take her up to her room. I would have except for the bloody slide it becomes. Damn, untrusting idiots who didn't have faith in boys."
"If you could go in Hermione's room, what would you do? You think they should have faith in you for that?"
"But we wouldn't do what you think. Yeah, we were close last night but she doesn't want to for now because we could get into trouble and stuff. She'll tell me when she's ready. And if she were to say she was ready while we were still here at Hogwarts, we won't do it in our room or hers. Too risky. We'll find some random room that no one goes to or the Room of Requirement or something."
"Excellent. Now I know what else our D.A. meeting place can be used for. My best friends shag place." Ron laughed.
"Sorry mate. Didn't mean to give you that to think about."
"Honestly Ron, you're going to scar me for life before I'm even seventeen."
"Just be thankful you didn't grow up with five older brothers. I'm already scarred enough for both of us."
"Wouldn't it be more like four older brothers to scar you? I mean, Percy doesn't seem that type." Ron snorted.
"Ha! Percy was as randy as any of them! You should have heard him talk about Penelope in his sleep. I went in to borrow socks once and heard things no twelve year old she ever be exposed to. Especially from a brother." Harry wrinkled his nose.
"But Percy is so.quiet and conservative. And rule-keeping." Ron shook his head knowingly.
"It's the quiet ones you have to worry about."
"Who's quiet?" Ginny asked, coming behind Harry.
"Percy," Ron answered.
"Yeah, so?"
"Quiet and horny." Ginny shuddered and nodded.
"Yes, it's disgusting. Ron even walked in on him while he was sleeping and-"
"I already told him. Well, not what Percy said but Harry understands," Ron interrupted her. Ginny pursed her lips.
"But you had to tell me as soon as I woke up what EXACTLY Percy said." Ron shrugged nonchalantly.
"I couldn't be the only one to suffer." She narrowed her eyes and whacked his arm forcefully.
"Ow!" he yelped.
"Serves you right! That was the most disgusting thing I have ever heard! Especially from Percy! Yech." Harry chuckled.
"Trust me Harry, if you knew what came out Percy's mouth unconsciously, you wouldn't think it was funny. Well, I'm going to bed. Good night." She kissed Harry's cheek and slapped Ron's arm again before heading toward the stairs. Harry looked over to Lavender and Seamus. They were still completely unaware of anything else around them. But a moment later, Ginny laid her foot on the first step causing it to creak. Lavender opened her eyes and tried to sit up. Harry stood up, trying to figure out what to do. Seamus attempted to hold her down but she pushed him right off the couch. She jumped up and ran to Ginny.
"Wait! We have to talk about something!" she said quickly. Ginny looked at her quizzically.
"Is Seamus okay?" Lavender nodded.
"He'll be fine. Come out to the hall with me." Harry ran up.
"Lavender! Ginny's tired and was about to go to sleep!" he told her accusingly. She scoffed.
"Oh shut up Harry. I gave you a chance but it's too late." She took Ginny's arm and pulled her to the portrait hole. Harry hesitated but finally followed them. The door closed and Lavender faced them.
"Are you going to tell her Harry?" He felt sick. She couldn't tell her, she just couldn't.
"Please Lavender, this isn't necessary." Lavender sighed.
"What's going on?" Ginny asked.
"Harry.Harry kissed Cho Chang last night at the ball. I saw them." Ginny gasped.
"What are you talking about?" She turned to Harry but he shook his head.
"No, I swear-"
"I was about to walk out of the loo and I saw Cho move to kiss him. He didn't step away, he didn't let go, he did nothing to prevent it. She held his shoulder and continued to kiss him. They finally let go and said something to each other then she walked away." Ginny had begun to breathe shallowly as she listened to Lavender, a few tears spilling from her eyes.
"Is this true Harry? And why is Lavender telling me? You weren't going to tell me were you? You just thought you could kiss Cho and get away with it? You thought you could cheat on me and be with me at the same time? Harry! How could you?" Her voice had started out dangerously low but she was now yelling at him in the middle of the hallway.
"Please Ginny, just listen to me. It isn't what you think. Yes, we kissed-"
"And you didn't stop it?!"
"Well what was I supposed to do? Push her into the wall?"
"Stepping away from her doesn't require force," Lavender told him.
"You shut up," he said pointing at her. "You've done enough already." She narrowed her eyes at him.
"Don't talk to me like that."
"Harry this isn't about Lavender anymore," Ginny said angrily. "This is about you kissing Cho, the girl who has been flirting with you for weeks. I've tried to ignore it but this is too much! And I can't believe you weren't going to tell me!"
"I just thought that-"
"Harry, you weren't thinking at all obviously!" Ginny turned and ran inside the portrait hole, leaving Harry and Lavender in the hall.
"This is all your fault!" he exclaimed.
"You can't blame this on me! Honestly Harry, I gave you all ay to tell her but you were determined to keep it a secret! This is your fault not mine! Or if you had stopped Cho in the first place, I would have told Ginny that but no! You let her snog you however long she wanted!"
"No, I didn't! I wouldn't have let her do anything! I let her kiss me that's all!"
"Well that was all it took! Everything was going wonderful with Ginny and now look what you've done! And I know you roped Seamus into this. You're lucky I don't tell Ginny about that. If she knew how intent you were on keeping this from her she'd be livid! She already is so I won't tell her."
"Well, thank you so much!" he said sarcastically. "Dragon dung!" The portrait hole swung open and he hurried inside. Ron came up to him, anger written all over his face.
"You cheated on my sister?" he asked, almost yelling. "How could you do that to her? You're my best mate!" His hands were balled into fists. He looked ready to strike Harry but held it back, pushing Harry instead. He exhaled loudly and crossed his arms.
"I can't believe you." Ron had almost knocked Harry over. Harry couldn't take it anymore. He pushed Ron back.
"No one will bloody listen to me!" he yelled at Ron. Ron narrowed his eyes and shoved Harry again. That did it. Harry jumped at Ron, knocking him over, and the boys proceeded to whack each other across the face, chest, and arms. Seamus ran over and pulled Harry off of Ron with difficulty. Ron rolled over and backed away. Harry stopped fighting Seamus so he let him go. Ron wiped his nose, glaring at Harry the whole time. Harry growled and ran up the staircase to the dorms. Ron shook his head and sat in a nearby chair. Hermione came down to the common room a moment later and upon seeing Ron, gasped and ran to him.
"Ron!" she exclaimed. "What on earth-"
"Please Hermione. Don't start."
"But what happened? This is what I was talking about! I can't leave you alone for a second!"
"Hermione! Sit down and I'll explain. Just stop yelling at me." She closed her mouth and knelt beside his chair. Taking her arms, he pulled her to his lap and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Are you okay?" she asked, staring at a small trail of blood from his nose. He wiped his hand across it and rubbed it on his shirt.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Harry's the one who's in trouble."
Author's Note: Ok, more Harry/Ginny fight, talking about the Cho kiss stuff next chapter. How was it? Ok, I hope. Anyone guess Lavender? Not sure why I chose her but I think it was an ok choice. All right, not much else to say. Bye!
Individuals:
Potterweasley: Partial fight, yeah. More is coming. Glad you liked!
Mione Weasley: Lol, sorry! I did as much as I could that day! But it's all finished now!
KrisKG: Thank you!
Harry-potter-luvs-me: Thanks! Glad you liked it!
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Hp/charmed obsessed: Ok.I didn't mean it that way. Do you mean because Hermione didn't want to leave him because she knew something would happen to him? Lol, that would have been cool but that wasn't it. Anyway, glad you liked!
HermioneClone: Thank you very much! I went as fast as I could!
Bella: Thanks! I love your fic too! I'm sorry again! Anyway, I was originally going to have Ginny walk in on them but decided I liked this way better. This way Ginny doesn't really know what happened but she knows they kissed and this hurts her a lot since he didn't resist and stuff so that's how I decided to do it. Hope you liked it!
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Duckymander: Thanks Samantha!
missprongs: Nope, not Ginny or Malfoy! Lol, if I weren't writing this, I would have thought Malfoy too!
Shortywithbrains: I'm really glad you liked it! Thank you very much!
Ali: I know, I'm so sorry! I know that was a terrible place to stop but I had to! Forgive me!
Cheese Diva: I know, evil Cho. But good Harry! Well, sort of. Kind of bad Harry. I love R/H too. They're the best to write! Yeah, I'm kind of busy but I'm fine, thanks for asking! (You have another one down further.)
Sexy seeker: Sorry it took awhile! I hurried as fast as I could! (You have another one down a bit further.)
Tanylou: Thank you so much! That's so nice of you! I'm glad you liked the prequel. I love writing R/H like that. It's just better when they're happy and loving! I really hope I am keeping them in character. I try!
Sexy seeker: Lol, glad you liked that line. Yeah, I know most Brits and Australians know what I'm saying but since HP is British, I want to keep it that way as much as I can. Usually I have no control over it though.
Lily106: I think everyone shares your opinion! Lol! I know, poor guy. Don't worry, he's okay. Lol.
Thekecmaster: Thank you very much! I'm so glad you like it! Thanks for letting me know about the Snorkack. It's so cool for you to say that you feel like you're in the scene because I try to write everything like that! Thanks! I'm so happy now!
Loli-chick336: Don't worry about it. Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it!
Cheese Diva: Thanks for reviewing again. I really appreciate it! I have no life either, lol. Not just because of this but also form dance but when I'm not at school, dancing, or with a friend, I'm on line reading fanfic! Which makes this more of an obsessive hobby for me. Anyway, I thought Gryffindor Studs would be funny. I laughed when I thought of it. So, did you have any idea it was Lavender? Don't ask why I picked her. Random person to know but oh well. My keyboard was ok after the 22 pages but my fingers were stiff and my feet fell asleep. Oh well. Glad you saw LOTR. I was awake through all of it the first time but not the second.