Authors Note: Last chapter! Are we sad? Er, no...this is just a story. Good to see we all have lives then! Anyway, I'll probably be starting a new longterm story in a little while, in the meantime I like getting reviews on my oneshots, which are always a bit deeper than this. Check them out if you want something to read which I'm told is decent enough, and I know has correct spelling. Very short one just to round the chapter off.
Chapter Seven - Chess
The day before they were due to go to Diagon Alley to collect school supplies, Ron and Harry sat between two trees playing wizard chess. Three of Ron's pawns decided to gang up on Harry's queen, and began beating her brutally.
"Hey!" Harry exclaimed, "What are they doing? That must be against the rules!"
Ron grinned, "This is one of Fred and George's 'Make Absolutely Sure You Win At Wizard Chess' sets, I'm testing it for them - it's far more violent."
As two of Harry's own pawns helped carry the queen away, he smiled, "Cool. I like it."
Ron looked around to see the pairs respective girlfriends making their way slowly to the bottom of the garden, and he shook his head in disbelief at his luck, remembering the miserable state with which they had entered their summer break just a few weeks earlier. It was true that Harry was still quieter, less humorous, but in comparisonwith two weeks ago, the positive effect Ginny had had on him was clear.
"What the hell happened to us mate?"
Harry leaned back against the tree as the two girls joined them, Ginny kissed him on the cheek and leaned against him as he put an arm around her. Hermione and Ron simply sat next to each other, it was still too new for them. Theysat closer than they would have otherwise though, and Hermione let her hand rest on his knee, Harry was unsure if she'd noticed or not.
"I dunno." Harry said in answer to Ron's question, "Summer does funny things to your head."
Then the chess set exploded.