The next day in the great hall Harry was greeted by the giggles of several girls, as was Ginny. Harry started to think that maybe the photo might have been published, but Ginny, who had totally forgotten all about the photographer, was a little distressed by this sudden, unexplained behaviour. As Harry sat down at the table, Hedwig swooped in and landed on his empty breakfast plate; she carried a short note from Ron, and- Harry's sense of foreboding increased- a magazine. The note from Ron looked like it had been scrawled in a hurry.

Hey mate,

Mum thought you'd better see page 3 of 'Witch Weekly.' It seems that the photo has come out, embellished by another Rita-Skeeter-type journalist. Look after Ginny, she'll need it.

Ron.

Harry walked over to Ginny and told her that he needed to see her in his office. A storm of giggles erupted around the table, making Ginny blush; Harry was too distracted to care. Ginny, very confused by now, followed Harry to the third floor. When they had both gone into Harry's small office and Harry had locked the door, they sat down side by side and read.

Harry Potter - Teacher or Teenager?

We at Witch Weekly have followed Harry Potter, 18, through many stages of his eventful life. We saw him last after his defeat of he who must not be named and received his job as a teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He was, in fact, heard telling a close friend that he wished that "now it's all over that the media would just leave him alone." But now Harry has another reason to be in the public eye.

Sources say that Harry Potter became engaged to his friend's sister Ginerva (Ginny) Weasley, 17, in August this year, and is planning to marry her in July. Miss Weasley, however, is still at Hogwarts completing her seventh year, and some students fear she may be abusing her relationship with Mr Potter to achieve her own ends.

"She uses her physical attraction to lure Prof. Potter," says student Romilda Vane, 16. "She throws him looks and it simply drives him wild. After all, he may be a teacher, but her is still only eighteen."

Lavender Brown, an ex-Hogwarts student who was in Harry's class says, "we all know about the Harry - Hermione Granger - Viktor Krum triangle in Harry's fourth year. Hermione is a pretty girl, but is always striving to achieve her own ends. A year later it was Cho Chang, another beautiful, smart, and driven person. Now it's Ginny Weasley, and I know she will use him just like the others."

Is it third time lucky for Harry Potter? Or is Ginny Weasley just another pretty face who wants to pass her exams? Just yesterday this photograph was taken showing the two very close together, Ginny with her arm around Harry's waist, and his arm around her shoulders. Is this girl using Harry's infatuation to her advantage, or is it really love? We hope, for Mr Potter's sake, it really is.

Ginny read through the article twice and then burst into tears. Neither she nor Harry knew what to say. Harry just pulled her towards him, and Ginny lay her head on his shoulder and sobbed. Then Professor McGonagall walked in, apparently unaware of the fact that the door was locked. Her face seemed unusually soft as she looked at Ginny.

"I'm sorry Miss Weasley," she said, conjuring up a chair and sitting down in it, "I know it will be hard. But unfortunately there is not much we can do. Maybe I could try banning the magazine," McGonagall mused.

"Ah, no, Professor, I don't think that's such a good idea," Harry put in. "Remember when Professor Umbridge banned The Quibbler? By the end of the day, the whole school had read a particular article."

"Hmm… I see your point, Harry. I can't see anything else to do but act like nothing has happened." McGonagall frowned. "They can't make much of a scandal out of that."

"Okay, but since I have a free lesson this morning, could I please have Miss Vane sent to my office?" Harry's expression hardened as he spoke.

"She just doesn't give up, does she?" Ginny mumbled, wiping away her tears.

"Yes, I will send Miss Vane to your office in regards to the article, but am I missing something here?" McGonagall asked shrewdly. When Harry looked to embarrassed to speak, Ginny answered for him, speaking in a very matter-of-fact tone.

"In Harry's sixth year Romilda was very taken with Harry," she said, her expression betraying nothing. "She tried everything to get his attention, even resorting to trying to give him a concealed love potion when Slughorn's Christmas party came about. I went to that," Ginny reflected, "it was a bit boring, really, with only Dean and the other Slug club members around. Professor Slughorn invited me this year too. Anyway," Ginny got back on subject, "Hermione overheard Romilda and her friends planning the love potion plot, and warned Harry not to eat the Chocolate Cauldrons given to him. My greedy brother ate them instead," Ginny momentarily smirked, "and he was all worried about whether or not Romilda knew he existed. But when Harry and I got together later that year she looked like she wanted to murder me, and since she heard that we are engaged, Romilda has been trying to attack me every time I turn a corner."

"That's news to me," Harry murmured quietly.

"It's not important," Ginny said, "but I have a feeling that Cho Chang will be mixed up in this media murder as well."

"How did you reach that conclusion?" Harry asked interestedly.

"Well, she expected she could ignore you for almost three years, then sail in and claim you;" Ginny explained patiently- men could be so thick sometimes- "but you just told her that she can't. I expect for a person like Cho, that isn't a nice feeling."

"Why can't it ever be the quiet girls, Harry?" Professor McGonagall asked weakly. "Out of all the girls that have passed though Hogwarts, you had to pick the two most scheming and vengeful."

"I didn't ask for Romilda to be crazy!" Harry said heatedly.

"And Cho?" It was Ginny, and she had backed Harry into a corner.

"I was fifteen," Harry said lamely.

"I was eleven when I picked," Ginny said, "and I stuck to my choice, unlike someone else!"

"But I'd hardly call your 'choice' sensible," Harry retorted with a grin. The bantering went on, accompanied by an occasional remark from an amused McGonagall, and so Harry and Ginny were both in lighter moods when the bell rang.

When Ginny and McGonagall had left Harry's office, he saw one of Romilda's friends walking by.

"Vanessa," Harry called to the short, blonde-haired girl, "I want you to take a note to the teacher you have this lesson." Writing quickly, Harry sealed the short not with a tap of his wand and sent Vanessa off to class.

Romilda did not take very long to show up. Banging open the door she said indifferently,

"Hello, Harry."

"Good morning Miss Vane," Harry grated, "and this shall be your only warning that I am a teacher. Next time you address me with the absence of 'sir' or 'professor' I shall give you a detention."

"Yes, sir," Romilda sneered. She and Malfoy could almost have been related. "I sent a letter to my mother's friend at Witch Weekly, by the way, if you sent me in regards to my contributions."

"Do you enjoy telling lies about your teachers, Romilda?" Harry asked through gritted teeth.

"I just feel people should be allowed to hear the truth, Professor," the sixth-year retorted.

"You seem to have an odd definition of truth, Miss Vane," Harry told her smoothly, "and that issue needs to be resolved. Let's see... today is Monday the 28th of November, and I think three weeks should do it. I want to see you in my office every night at seven thirty until the 19th of December. You may go back to Herbology now," Harry said with a note of finality, and Romilda stalked from the room.