A/N: CHAPTER FIVE! I hope you guys like! There's naughtiness in this chapter, no sex, just groping and kissing and whatnot!

Chapter 5

The Broom Shed and Announcements

All the Weasleys including Hermione were sitting at the table when Harry and Ginny finally got downstairs. Ginny hadn't really wanted to talk to Harry about anything in particular, she'd just said that pretty much to get rid of everyone so she and Harry could have a few moments alone.

"It's so lovely to have the whole family together for the night, isn't it?" Mrs. Weasley beamed around at them all. Everyone nodded, unable to speak for all the amazing food in his or her mouths.

"Mum? Why is the whole family together?" Fred asked after he'd swallowed. Ginny and Harry looked up from their plates, as did almost everyone else except for Ron and Hermione. Everyone had been wondering the same thing.

"You'll all find out tonight after dinner." Molly said.

"But mum—" George began.

"Nope, not telling. You'll find out after dinner." She repeated. They all sighed loudly and continued to eat. Harry felt a small hand squeeze his knee and jumped. He looked over at Ginny who was still eating. Her hand was on his knee, but she'd given no knowledge of it. Harry was very confused until he felt her squeeze his knee in a reassuring way. She started to move her hand up and inward.

Harry froze, his fork halfway to his mouth. He looked over at Ginny who was still pretending she had no clue why he was looking at her and avoiding his eye. Her hand had made its way to the crotch of his pants and was now stroking it. He could feel his face starting to burn and he also felt an erection making it's way to the surface so he quickly grabbed her hand. She was trying very hard not to laugh.

So she wouldn't be able to do it anymore, he put her hand on her lap, and then linked his fingers with hers. She gave his hand a small squeeze and he squeezed back. Everyone had almost finished eating by this time and Molly was already collecting plates and cups from the table with her wand and directing them to the sink.

"Okay, Weasleys. I've decided we're going to buckle down on the house today. Would all of you be dears and go into the sitting room so we can assign parts?" Mrs. Weasley asked them sweetly while all their plates drifted away from them. They all stood as one and made their way to various places in the sitting room.

Arthur was in his normal chair with Molly standing behind it. Charlie and Bill were both leaning against the fireplace. The twins were sitting on the top of the couch with Ron, Hermione and Percy on the couch beneath them. Harry was sitting in another chair with Ginny perched on the arm of it.

"Okay then." Mrs. Weasley conjured up a list with her wand and snatched it out of the air. "Hmm…let's see now. Fred, George, and Ron, you three will be de-gnoming the garden, Bill, you and Charlie will help your father in the garage and the attic.

"Percy, you and Hermione will be helping me around the house, and Harry and Ginny will be cleaning out the broom shed out back. Now, no magic, kids. I want elbow grease. This place should sparkle. I'm getting tired of it being so dirty. Now, if nobody has any objections we'll jus—"

"Muuum!" Ron howled. "Can't I help around the house too and Percy can de-gnome the garden?"

"Certainly not Ronald Weasley. You know you're good at de-gnoming and you're dreadful at picking up the house. I believe I made the list completely fairly." Mrs. Weasley said forcefully.

"Yes, you did, Mrs. Weasley." Hermione said with a meaningful look at Ron. He fell silent and didn't complain about his work any more after that. As everyone was trooping off to get to their work, Arthur and Molly stopped Harry at the door.

"We're trusting you Harry, dear." Mrs. Weasley said with a look at Ginny who was already outside.

"Of course." Harry said sincerely as he looked from Molly to Arthur. Molly nodded and Arthur clapped a hand to Harry's shoulder.

"Good man." He said. "Go on, she's waiting." He continued, waving Harry out the door. He smiled at the both of them, and then hurried to Ginny.

"What was all that about?" She asked him quietly.

"They're just worried." Harry said assuring his girlfriend.

"You do know that we really have to clean out the broom shed, right?" Ginny asked him as they headed towards it with an amused look on her face.

"Oh, do we? Damn." Harry said sarcastically.

"Ha, ha." Ginny said dryly as they entered the dark windowless shed and closed the door. It was hot and musty inside. Harry found a jar and used a spell Hermione had used a lot to trap fire in a jar. He set it on a shelf. It didn't give off much light, but neither of them was willing to have more. "Hmm…this is going to take a while. If only we had someone here who could use magic to do it?" She said, cocking her head at Harry.

"Gin, your mum said no magic."

"Yes, but she'd never know the difference." Ginny said, cocking her head the other way. Her hair caught the light from the fire and glowed brightly for a minute.

"I dunno…" Harry trailed off as he watched the gentle movements of her hair.

"Please?" She begged.

"Gin…"

"What do I have to do to convince you?" She asked, coming closer to him.

"Well…" He began. She stood on tiptoe and kissed him softly, placing her arms around his neck. "Um…" he started again. She quickly pushed her lips on his to silence him, working her tongue through his lips and caressing his. "Okay." He said breathlessly when they pulled apart.

He pulled away from her and waved his wand over the shed once and everything went neatly into place, all the dust and grime evaporated, leaving much more room than before. He turned back to Ginny and found her leaning against the door, twisting one of her curls in her finger. She pointed at his wand, then the door.

He placed locking, privacy and silencing charms on it, and then went to her. He slid his arms around her and she wrapped hers around his neck. He pushed her into the wall, kissing her. She kissed him back hungrily. He rocked his hips into her as they kissed. She moved her kisses across his jaw line and under his ear. He breathed deeply.

"Ooh, you like that, don't you Mr. Potter?" She said in a low voice.

"How can you tell?" He asked, whispering in her ear.

"You're pressed right up against me." She said with a small giggle.

"Aw, that's not fair." Harry protested.

"What?" She asked, pulling back to look longingly into his eyes.

"Well, at least when you're turned on the whole world doesn't have to know."

"Yes, but you know, don't you?" Ginny whispered. He responded by blowing softly in her ear. She shuddered in delight and moved her head to kiss him intensely. She ran her hands up under his shirt, his muscles rippling under her fingertips. He moved his own hands under her shirt and up her back. Her skin was silky smooth. He felt the back of her bra.

"Unclasp it." She mumbled huskily against his lips. He did so and she felt it loosen. He ran his hand to the front and paused. "What's wrong?" She asked, pulling back from their kiss.

"Can I?" He breathed. She nodded slowly and moved back in to kiss him. He grasped her soft breast gently in his hand and she drew in a sharp breath. He passed his thumb over her nipple and she kissed him harder. Suddenly she pulled away and took her arms out from under his shirt. "Gin?" He asked, afraid he'd upset her.

"Shh." She said, placing a finger to his lips. He saw her pull her shirt off, then she took her bra off the rest of the way and pressed her body to his again. Harry was sweating profusely by now; the summer heat wasn't the only cause of it.

"Get rid of the light." Ginny whispered into his ear, then kissed him under his ear again. He turned slightly, pointed his wand at the jar containing the flames and sent a spell at it. The jar broke and the flames vanished. Ginny jumped.

"What if they heard that?" She asked.

"Because of the privacy charm, all they can hear is us moving around, talking, and stuff being moved. To them it sounds like we're cleaning." Harry said in a rather deep voice. Ginny smiled.

"You're brilliant." She said, kissing him again. Harry trailed kissed down her neck and to her breast. She took in several deep breaths as he sucked a bit on her nipple. He kissed his way back up to her lips and she devoured his hungrily.

"We really need to do this more often, Gin." He whispered when they broke away.

"How long have we been in here, d'you think?" She asked.

"Lumos!" He muttered, and then directed the beam at his watch. "About half an hour at the least." He said to his topless girlfriend.

"We'd better get ready to get back." She said sadly.

"Why?" He asked, surprised.

"Because mum knows we always use magic some way or another and she knows that we hardy ever stay cleaning for more than forty-five minutes or so." Ginny replied, blinking in the light of his wand. Her lips were slightly swollen, as he was sure were his. Ginny bent over and got her bra. She put it on and then slipped her shirt on as well. Harry gazed at her for the longest time. She finally realized this.

"What is it?" She asked softly. He picked her up and twirled her around. She wrapped her legs around his waist and grasped his even untidier hair in her hands, then leaned down to kiss him again. He locked his arms under her bum so she wouldn't fall and kissed her back.

"I love you." He murmured against her lips.

"I love you too." She said back. "We'd better go." She added, letting herself slide slowly off Harry, who found this so enjoyable he could barely contain himself. She smoothed out the static in her hair that came from Harry grasping it. She headed for the door but Harry stopped her.

"Gin, it's not that simple for me." He said. She looked at him, confused. He looked down, and so did she.

"Oh!" She said, giggling.

"Ginny!" He said exasperatedly. She tried to stop laughing.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Harry, I'm really not trying to laugh. Think about something else. Um, think about…gnomes!" She said randomly. Harry stared at her. "I dunno!"

"No, no, it's working. Okay, I'm all good. Just let me fix this light bulb." He said, pointing his wand up at it. It disappeared and a new one fixed itself in its place and came on immediately, showering them in light. Harry pulled the light cord to turn it off, and then took the charms off the door. Ginny walked out first.

"Harry! Your hair!" She said.

"What about it?" He asked.

"It's sticking straight up!"

"So?"

"Sex hair, Harry! They'll all recognize it."

"But we didn't—" He began.

"They won't know that! Fix it." She pleaded. Harry pointed his wand at his hair; getting all the static out of it, so it lay flat, well, as flat as it would. "Thank you." She said. He stepped out of the shed behind Ginny and they set off towards the house.

"Now can we know what the big announcement is?" Fred whined from his seat at the table. Molly sighed.

"How many times do I have to tell you, Fred? After dinner, after. Not before dessert, after dinner."

"But you said nothing about desert!" George piped up.

"Well I made it anyway and you're both going to eat it and enjoy it!"

"Okay." They both said, cowering under Molly's fierce stare. Harry and Ron snorted into their bottles of butterbeer. Just then Molly summoned a large banana pudding. It came to rest in the center of the table and everyone made a grab for the spoon. Harry got there first and offered it to Ginny.

She accepted it with a smile and spooned some of it onto her plate. Soon the bowl was completely empty and everyone sat at the table with full stomachs, all wanting to hear whatever was going to be said. Mrs. Weasley ushered them all into the living room and they all sat in various places.

"Now, Ron and Hermione have an announcement they'd like to make." Molly told them all. All eyes shifted from Mrs. Weasley and instead fell on Ron and Hermione, standing nervously by the fireplace. Ron's arm was around Hermione's waist and she had her arms folded. Harry glanced at Ginny. By the look on her face, she knew what this was about just as much as he did.

"I," Ron began, but stopped nervously. Fred and George broke into applause.

"Excellent speech little brother!" Fred shouted.

"Absolutely marvelous!" George added.

"Boys!" Arthur said. They shut up and looked at Ron expectantly with exaggerated attention. He seemed heartened by his brothers making fun of him, if that made any sense.

"I have asked Hermione to marry me." Ron stated.

"And I have accepted." Hermione added. This was met by complete silence. Harry looked around. Ginny looked hurt, Bill and Charlie looked shocked, Fred and George looked like they really, really wanted to laugh, and Percy looked like he was torn in between being happy for his brother, and making fun of him, giving him a pained expression. Mr. And Mrs. Weasley looked stressed at the family's reaction, and Ron and Hermione looked crestfallen. Harry decided to break the awkward silence.

"Well!" He said loudly. Everyone snapped out of their daze. "That's great you guys!" He said with false enthusiasm, standing up and giving Hermione a hug and shaking Ron's hand. Everyone else seemed to think this was the right thing to do, and followed Harry's lead. Somehow the twins and Bill and Charlie had gotten Ron away from Hermione, who came over to Harry and Ginny and Percy.

"Hi guys!" She said.

"Hi." Percy and Harry said. Ginny pretended she hadn't heard.

"Ginny?" Hermione began timidly.

"Oh Hermione, how are you? Lovely announcement." Ginny said formally, carefully examining the bricks on the wall behind Hermione.

"Ginny, are you angry at me?" Hermione asked.

"Oh no, why would I be angry at you, I mean, you are my best friend. If I were angry with you I'd have told you. After all, we tell each other everything." She said, putting particular emphasis on the last word.

"Wow, I'm thirsty! Percy, come with me!" Harry said enthusiastically pulling Percy with him as far away as he could, knowing what was coming.

"YOU COULDN'T TELL ME?" Ginny shrieked.

"Ginny, Ginny please—" Hermione tried to say.

"I TELL YOU EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING, HERMIONE!" She continued.

"Nobody knew but your parents, Ginny!" Hermione insisted.

"BUT YOU COULDN'T TELL YOUR BEST FRIEND!" Ginny demanded.

"I told Ron I wouldn't—"

"Oh well, excuse me! If Ronniekins told you not to, of course you wouldn't!" Ginny said. And with that she hurried out of the living room and up the stairs. Hermione sat heavily on the couch, head in hands. Ron went to her and put a comforting arm around her shoulders.

Both Bill and Charlie looked very stunned, Fred and George were cheering Ginny and Harry still had a grip on the surprised Percy's arm. Mrs. Weasley started to follow Ginny. Harry let go of Percy and tapped Molly on the shoulder.

"Maybe I could go up?" He asked. She nodded gratefully and went back to sit by Hermione and Ron. Harry hurried up after his girlfriend. He spotted her door that was closed tightly. He went to it and knocked timidly.

"Ginny?" He called through it.

"Go away!" She shouted.

"Ginny, it's Harry." Harry said. The door opened and Ginny pulled him in, slamming the door behind him. She went over and sat on her bed.

"Can you believe that?" Ginny demanded, furious tears falling from her eyes. "I'm her best friend, practically her sister and she didn't even tell me that she was marrying my brother!" Ginny shouted angrily. Harry went and sat by her, wrapping her in his arms. She buried her face in his shoulder.

"I'm sure she just wanted to surprise you like everyone else. I doubt she did it to hurt you." Harry said softly as he stroked her hair.

"Oh I know she didn't! Now I feel horrible that I was that way to her. I should be happy for her! She'd be happy for me right? I don't know, Harry. I don't know why I do that." Ginny said, sniffling, still on his shoulder.

"Just apologize, love. She'll forgive you." Harry said, rocking her a little bit.

"I'll look so stupid." She said, shaking her head. Harry put a hand under her chin and forced her to look at him.

"Hey, listen, everybody down there loves you and they know you were just shocked when you yelled at Mione. They won't think you're stupid in the least." Harry insisted, giving her a soft kiss on her pouty lips. She smiled tearily up at him when they pulled away.

"How do you do that?" She asked softly.

"What?" He asked, wiping a tear away from her cheek. She held his hand on her face and leaned into it, eyes closed. After several seconds she opened them and looked at Harry.

"Make everything okay with just a few words." She said. Harry smiled at her.

"I don't know. But you do the same for me." He said truthfully. She smiled thoughtfully and raised her face to him, begging to be kissed. He leaned down and kissed her softly, but eagerly. He parted her lips with his tongue and she met it with hers.

Eventually they pulled away. Ginny stood up and pulled Harry up with her. They made their way downstairs. Ginny and Hermione stood looking at one another uncomfortably, then all at once, they both rushed forward and hugged each other.

"I'm sorry, Mione!" Ginny said.

"Me too, Ginny!" Hermione replied.

"When's the wedding?" Ginny asked.

"Oh not at least for another year. We want to be graduated." Hermione answered.

"Good, we have just enough time to plan." Ginny said. With that she grabbed Hermione's hand and they rushed upstairs. Ron walked up to Harry.

"Wow, they sure are somethin, aren't they?" He said, shaking his head fondly.

"Yeah…" Harry agreed, staring after Ginny.

A/N: Well, there's chapter five! Thank you guys again for your reviews! They keep me going!