The Hogwarts express had been traveling for a little over an hour now and Ginny was feeling quite content to sit in Harry's arms while talking and laughing with everyone. Luna was filling them in on her father's latest discovery.

"The Balgonds live mostly in the Canadian north so that's most likely where I'll be spending most of the summer."

"Well let us know how that goes then," Ron said humoring her. Neville on the other hand looked fascinated and Ginny couldn't help but fantasize about the two of them getting together. It had been quite a year for couples; her and Harry, Tonks and Lupin, Bill and Fleur, not to mention that Ron and Hermione seemed to be getting on rather well. She smiled to herself at the thought of all the devious ways she could set up Ron and Hermione.

"What are you smiling about Gin?" Harry asked teasingly. She only smiled at him as if to say 'I know something you don't know,' which only peaked Harry's interest.

"I think you better tell me,"

"And why's that?"

"'Cuz if you don't I'm gonna do this!" and with that he began tickling her sides playfully. Ginny was extremely ticklish and started screaming and laughing.

"Ah no! Harry!" she yelled, but he continued. Everyone in the compartment was watching with laughter, Ron was narrowing his eyes as if her were in pain and tried to take his mind off it by talking to Hermione.

When Ginny realized she no longer had Ron's attention, she whispered into Harry's ears during a break in the tickling attack, "I want you to touch me gently."

Harry immediately stopped and stared at her. Then slowly, with a horror struck expression on his face turned to look at Ron. Unfortunately Ginny had said it louder than intended and the entire compartment had heard. They all stared back and forth between Ron and Harry. It was an extremely tense moment. Finally Ron simply shrugged and broke the tension. Harry sighed with immense relief but tensed up again when he noticed Hermione watching him the way she had been doing at breakfast.

"Ginny," Hermione said.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"I need to go to the bathroom, why don't you come with me."

Ginny took the hint that Hermione wanted to talk about something private and wordlessly got up and followed her out into the hall. Hermione found an empty compartment and locked the door behind them, muttering a silencing charm.

"So, tell me everything!" Hermione commanded, excitement dancing in her eyes.

"What are you talking about?" Ginny asked confused.

"Oh come on, Ginny, its obvious!" Ginny just stared at her questioningly.

"You and Harry slept together!" Silence filled the compartment and Ginny stared at Hermione wondering if there were any way out of this situation, but she knew Hermione was too smart and she sighed.

"Yeah, we did," she admitted. Hermione squealed with joy and put her arms on Ginny's shoulders.

"You have to tell me, everything!" Ginny sighed as if annoyed but then her glee overcame her and she smiled up at Hermione.

"Oh, Hermione, it was so wonderful!"

"I'll say," Hermione replied, "You look like someone put a cheering charm on you!"

Ginny giggled and continued on.

"We ran into each other last night in the room of requirement. He was brooding and I was looking for somewhere other than Gryffindor tower to sleep and one thing lead to another…"

Hermione looked like she could burst with joy for her friend.

"Oh, Gin, I'm so happy for you!"

"Thank you!" Ginny said still smiling as if she'd slept with a hanger in her mouth.

"You did use protection though, right?" Hermione asked.

"Of course!"

They left the compartment and headed back to the one they had been in with the others. As they walked Ginny said, "You CANNOT tell Ron about this, EVER! He will KILL Harry before You-Know-Who even gets another chance!"

Hermione laughed but said, "Well I don't know. That 'touch me gently' thing you said before, he seemed ok."

But just as the words left her mouth they slid open the compartment door to find Ron and Harry wrestling each other on the floor. Neville and Luna were pushed back as far as they could into the corner and away from the struggling boys.

"Petrificus Totalus!" Hermione yelled at them both. Both boys immediately froze in the wrestling position, neither looked very comfortable as Ron had his elbow dug into Harry's side and Harry's left foot was up under Ron's chin.

"What the hell is going on!" Ginny yelled at them

"Ron made his feelings about your previous statement clear just after you left," Luna said having calmed down but still holding onto Neville who didn't seem to mind. Ginny seethed with rage and looked down at her brother, even through the spell; he shuddered at the look she gave him.

"What I do or do not do with MY boyfriend is none of your business, Ronald," she said putting extra emphasis on his full name which he hated.

"It would be fitting to leave you like this for the rest of the trip but frankly, it looks as if it would be hard to disentangle Harry from you if you stay that way so I'll let you up. Finite Incantatem."

Both boys groaned as they slowly pulled themselves up off the floor. Ginny ushered over to Harry and helped him to his seat.

"Poor Harry," she cooed to him shooting her brother another evil look. Ron spent the rest of the trip sulking, oblivious to the fact that Hermione had placed a comforting hand on his arm.

When they finally pulled into King's cross station and began collecting their luggage Ron approached Harry.

"Sorry mate, it's not my place, just… you know," he muttered, embarrassed.

"It's ok. I understand," Harry replied apologetically. Nothing further needed to be said, it was behind them now.

"I'll see you in a few weeks I guess," Harry said to Ron shaking his hand. Hermione gave Harry a hug and Neville and Luna both said there farewells. Now came the hardest part.

He turned to Ginny and saw she was smiling at him.

"We're not saying goodbye Harry," she said matter-of-factly.

"We aren't?"

"Of course not! I'll see you in a few weeks! Maybe sooner if I can manage it," She winked at him and placed a soft kiss on his cheek and ran through the barrier.

He stared after her for less than 2 seconds before running after her and grabbing her arm before she could reach her waiting family. He pulled her into a passionate kiss which lasted at least a minute before he looked up past her and saw all her brothers glaring at him, Mr. Weasley pretending he had not seen anything and Mrs. Weasley with tears of joy in her eyes. Ginny looked in the direction Harry was staring and laughed. She gave him another quick peck on the cheek before running over to rejoin her family.

Harry raised his arm in a good bye wave and set of towards the Dursleys, one last time.

AN: Hoped you liked that. Took me a while to figure out what I would write for this chapter. I need to think a bit about how I'll do the next chapter but it will probably be up by tonight or tomorrow. It's summer so I have nothing to do and I'm really enjoying writing this! See you all next time!