Chapter 18

That was settled. We would both go back to our rooms and change and everything...then we would meet each other back in the kitchen where the fireplace was. As I walked back to my room, I looked at my arm. I could only see the bandage and I wondered if I would forever see that burn mark on my arm.

When I was just about to enter my room when I changed my mind and set course to the Slytherin Common Room. One problem...I had no idea where it was. I never went there back in my school days. So...three options.

1. I could search around forever and not knowing if I went past the Common Room if I passed it;

2. Forget about seeing Lizz and come back later;

3. Find someone who does know where it is.

Okay...I was going to go with option three. I walked through the halls and looked for someone with a Slytherin badge on his robe. I found this boy...second year I think.

"excuse me...could you please tell me where I could find the Slytherin Common Room?"

The boy looked at me with pure disgust.

"Why would I tell you? If you would have any business in the Slytherin Common Room then the professors would have told you where it was...and even if I did tell you where it was...you would have nothing without the password and I'm not about to give it to the first person who asks" and then he left.

Ouch...those Slytherins are sharp!

"Why Weasley? Trying to get into the Slytherin Common Room?" I could hear Malfoys voice say behind me.

I straightened my back. "Well...I could make the remark of you being so very observant again...but who likes repeats anyhow?" I turned around.

"I certainly don't, so I wouldn't ask a Slytherin where the Slytherin Common Room is if you don't want a repeat of that answer again"

"Well then...I'll ask you since you are no Slytherin!"

Haha! Take that!

"Not very observant of you since that if I am no Slytherin...how would I know the password then?"

Okay...hadn't seen that one coming...but then...I saw the light

"You would know, because you are a Malfoy"

"True" he said and started walking. I followed.

"Could you take me to the Slytherin common room"

"No...your problem is not my problem"

He rounded a corner pretty fast and I could almost not keep up.

"Wait!"I reached out and grabbed his shoulder. He turned around so fast, grabbed my wrist and swung me to the wall. Aside from the fact that getting bashed into the wall hurts, Malfoy had grabbed my wrist and that hurted. I cried out in pain.

"Never...touch me again, Weasel" The way he said it...it scared the hell out of me.

"Do you understand?" He said, menacing.

I nodded my head vigorously and a single tear escaped my eye. I think it was that what startled him. As soon as his gaze flickered at my tear, he pulled back and released my arm. It was also then that he noticed the bandage around my wrist.

"What did you do to your arm?"

I stared at him in disbelief...did he actually believe that I was just going to answer him after what he just did? I turned around and ran away. On my way back, I came across Snape. I explained that I wanted to see Lizz and he graciously showed me the Common Room.

I talked to Lizz, explained everything. She was near tears when I told her and she hugged me very hard. We said goodbye and I went back to my room. I took a very quick shower, changed and walked back to Grimmauld Place.

I met Harry again in the kitchen and I could feel the tension grow as I stepped into the room. He looked breathtaking even though he was wearing clothes that were slightly bigger then they should be.

"Hey..." I said.

"Hey" he replied.

Silence...while smiling shyly at each other.

"Well...better get my polyjuice potion down..." He pulled out the same bottle that Dumbledore had given him and drained it entirely. We both waited for ot to take affect and after a few seconds...it did. Harry's face scrunched up in pain as he was probably feeling something very unpleasant...to put it nicely.

Then...he began changing...his hair changed to a more brown color. His eyes switched from green to bright blue. He grew slightly taller. The results were...(think drop dead gorgeous everyone :D) ...good! But I like the old Harry better. Not that the 'new Harry' wasn't handsome...I just like my Harry better...

Wait! I stopped my train of thought. Did I just call him MY Harry?...

"Well?" Harry said. "Dumbledore says it's from this boy on the other side of the world so no one would recognize me"

"It's...good...like the old you better though! It's kinda weird seeing you like this"

He grinned. "I know the feeling...but after a few times changing into him...I get used to it a bit"

"Where are we going?" Which is something I wondered since he asked me to come with him.

"I was thinking...Italy? It's nice there this time of year..."

My heart fluttered...we were going to Italy...I always wanted to go there sometimes...

"I could manage going to Italy" I said with a smile on my face that could blind the sun.

"Italy it is then...and of course...I know the perfect place to go"

(cue for Ginny to swoon...)

Harry grabbed some floopowder. "Okay...we'll go both at the same time...so why don't you just hold onto me"

Years of practising how not to blush didn't help me much at that moment. I could feel my cheeks flaming as I latched my arm around Harry and he did the same with me.

Harry shouted a name, but I didn't hear it. I was just too nervous to comprehend anything at that moment. As we both swirled in the fireplace...I started thinking...how come I hadn't noticed Harry before? He acted so differently when he just knew me as Ginevra...

We stepped out of the fireplace and I could just feel that this day was going to be great! We were at a small cafe and it looked very cosy. It was pretty crowded, but not overly. It was nicely decorated and I loved hearing the people chattering (although I couldn't understand a word they were saying).

"Where are we?" I asked Harry as we released each other.

"I though Venice would be quite nice to visit..." He replied.

Venice? More swooning on Ginny's part.

"Harry? Want to grab some food first? I haven't eaten since yesterday"

"Naturalmente signora, perchè non troviamo un posto per sederci?" (It means: Of course Madam, why don't we find a place to sit?...I translated it from the internet so I hope it's right)

"You speak Italian?" I said, amazed.

"No...but the boy I am doesn't...the potion is some new-age thing...I can speak Italian among things when I'm him"

"Wow.."

We found a place to sit next to each other and ordered something that I couldn't pronounce.

"Ginny?"

Sometimes...the way people say things...you can just hear what kind of thing they are going to say...like bad news or exiting...the way Harry said my name...made me curious...

"Yea Harry?"

"Did you know..." he trailed of.

Butterflies in tummy-alert!

"That...I kind of..."

"Kind of..."

He put his arm around me.

"Like you.." when he said that, he leaned in and kissed me.

It was perfect!