Again…they character belong to the wonderful J. K. Rowling….the story is mine.

Harry heard the door to the Great Hall open and then softly close. He grabbed his wand and spun around.

"Easy there Harry. You could do some damage with that thing."

Harry shoved his wand back into his pocket.

"Well let's see Ginny. I have had a few people try to sneak up on me in the past you know? It never fails to be prepared."

"I wasn't sneaking up on you Potter." Ginny grinned as she stepped closer to Harry. "Besides, aren't you supposed to be hiding? If this is your idea of being unseen, then you aren't doing that great of a job. I'm surprised Hermione hasn't found you yet."

"Oh really? Well it looks like I'm not the only one bad at hiding. What are you doing in here anyway?"

"I saw you come in here and I decided to follow you."

"Hmm, we aren't supposed to be hiding together." Harry said looking at Ginny. The soft light of the torches on the wall illuminated her face ever so slightly making it easier for Harry to see just how beautiful she really was.

"Oh well" Ginny said slyly as she shrugged her shoulders. "Looks like I just broke the rules of the game."

Harry laughed. He had a feeling that Miss Weasley knew exactly what she was doing and he was glad she did. Harry took another step toward her.

"You know, this would be a good time for us to talk."

"About what?" Ginny inquired trying to act like she didn't know where the conversation was going.

Harry caught her. She wasn't stupid. She knew exactly where this was going.

"Come on Gin. You know what about. You know as well as I do that if Ron had not interrupted us the other day, our friendship would be on a totally different level right now."

"Ok Harry. I admit that Ron came at a bad time. But what I want to know from you is…" Ginny asked as she reached out and let her fingers trace the muscles on Harry's arm "what exactly you would have done if he hadn't interrupted us."

Harry breathed in deep.

"This."

Harry slid one arm around Ginny's waist and pulled her in as close as he could get her. Placing his other hand on the back of her neck, Harry brought his lips crashing down onto Ginny's. He had had enough of this tension that had been building up between them these past few days. He wanted Ginny and by the way he was kissing her; there left no doubt in Ginny's mind as to how he felt. Ginny felt his tongue tease the bottom of her lip, daring her to open it. She obliged and moaned softly as Harry pushed his tongue heatedly into her mouth. She had wanted this from Harry for a long time, and now that it was finally here, Ginny was going to savor every moment of it.

Meanwhile elsewhere in the castle…

Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were slowly making their way along the dungeon corridors up to the main floor. Draco was tired of Potter and his friends. They thought that they were going to have a nice, friendly game of hide and seek tonight, but he was going to make sure that it was anything but that. Draco knew that Potter, Granger, and Weasley were in on the game, but who else? The golden trio had added a new member as of late, so he was sure Weasel's little sister was somewhere out there too. Add in Longbottom, Finnegan, Thomas; he was positive they wouldn't want to be left out. That made too many boys compared to girls, so those other two Griffindor wenches, Patil and Brown were most likely hiding out there as well. If he found anyone else, then that was just a bonus. Malfoy was tired of always being bested by that house. Sure he was intelligent, cunning, and incredibly handsome. Most people at Hogwarts knew that, but then those high and mighty Griffindors always ended up doing something brave or (yuck) noble, so then people seem to forget about Draco and his qualities. He had grabbed his two henchmen (as everyone liked to refer to them as) and went in search of Potter and his friends. He had a few tricks up his sleeves and was going to need their help. He couldn't wait till he found his first victim….

Back at the broom closet…

"Pa..Pa..Parvati" Neville stammered. "What are you do…doing in here?

Parvati smiled at Neville. He was cute when he was nervous, she thought to herself.

"Aren't you going to invite me in?" she asked.

"Ok. Do you want to come in?"

Parvati giggled. "Yes."

Neville held out his hand to help her.

"Thank you Neville. You are always such a gentleman."

Even in the darkness of the broom closet, Parvati could tell that Neville was blushing.

"Ohm so…have you seen Hermione yet? I mean I would have thought she'd have found someone by now."

"You would think so." Parvati said as she closed the closet door behind her.

Neville felt a large lump form in his throat. He had never been alone with a girl like this before. He could feel his hands start to sweat.

"Neville?" Parvati asked.

"Yeah?"

"Do you mind me hiding with you for a while? I was getting lonely being by myself. I thought that maybe I could keep you company while we wait for the game to end."

"Oh…okay." Neville stammered once again. "I don't mind, but why here …with me? Why not go find Lavender? She would probably make better company."

"Well, I'm pretty sure that about now, Lavender already has company, if you know what I mean."

Parvati could tell Neville was blushing again.

"And to answer the other part of you question. I wanted to be with you, Neville." She scooted closed to him and put her hand on his thigh. "I really always have…"

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