A/N – Thanks to Heaven and Earth and IceAngel89 for reviewing. You guys are what keep my fingers typing! After this I won't be updating as often since I had already pre-written the first 3 chapters. I am currently writing the 4th but I'm sorry that the chapters will not be updated every other day. More like once a week maybe. So once again sorry about that but for now here is chapter 3!

3 – Secrets Revealed – 3

Later that day, Hermione and Ginny were sitting in Ginny's room while Ron and Harry were downstairs playing wizard chess. (Ron was winning, as usual). Sirius was discussing muggle antics with Mr. Weasley and Molly was making more cinnamon buns.

"Do you want to start another game?" asked Hermione as she shuffled the deck of muggle cards Harry brought for them.

"Well, actually, I was kind of hoping to talk to you about Harry." Said Ginny.

"Oh, ok." Hermione said as she lay back ready to offer any advice she could to her friend.

"Well…you know how yesterday when I was telling you about my feelings for him, and then, he walked in?"

"Yeah. That was awkward." Hermione giggled nervously.

"You can say that again." Ginny turned pink "But, well…I hadn't seen him for a while and then when I saw him then…it felt like I was going to explode if I didn't tell him how I felt. The only problem is that I don't have a clue how to do it. And I'm scared…" she trailed off as she envisioned herself spilling her heart out to the man she deeply loved only to have him tell her that she wasn't the one for him…

"Gin, I know how you feel." Hermione said putting her hand on Ginny's shoulder. "My advice to you is to tell him how you feel only when it feels right to. Only when it feels the way you felt yesterday…because then you will have no fear and if he doesn't feel the same way, sure you will be hurt, but you will at least feel better that you told him…Right?"

"I really don't know…I hope so…" There was a silence that seemed like forever until Ginny remembered what Hermione told her right before the boys had walked in. "Hey, so you said you had this problem too right?"

Hermione hesitated before answering. "Uh, yeah. I guess I do…"

"So…aren't you going to tell me about it?" Ginny said eagerly.

"Well, I guess I could…it might sound a little odd to you but…"

"Go on…"

"Well…it's…Ron…"

"What! Ron! You can't be serious, I mean…he's my BROTHER!"

"I know, I know…I can't explain why…It's just how I feel…"

"Well when was this 'feeling' brought to your attention?"

"Um…basically, I felt a connection the first time I saw him, but now that I'm older, that feeling of connection turned into one of desire and love…and possibly a little lust." She added with a giggle.

"Wow…I never would have guessed…you know, now that I think about it, you two would be great together. I can tell even from how you look at each other now…he probably feels the same about you. Just a guess though. He would never talk to me about this sort of thing." They laughed and started another game, each of them hoping their lives would play out as well as their cards.

Meanwhile

"Checkmate!" Ron declared, beating Harry at yet another game of wizard's chess.

"New game!" Harry said with determination to beat his friend.

"Alright, but it's not going to change anything." Ron laughed.

A couple moves into the game, Harry started thinking about Ginny again. She was one floor above him and he still had no idea how to tell her. Well if everyone's around us at all times what's the point anyway? He thought. No! No! What am I saying? I love her…I can't just ignore that…

"Your move mate." Ron said, interrupting Harry's thoughts.

"Right, sorry." He replied, moving a pawn diagonally three squares. Even if I did tell her, and she likes me back…what will happen next? We'll have to tell everyone. And what would Ron think? No doubt that Fred and George would forever tease me about it…-Who have I become? Why should I care who makes fun of me for loving someone? I'm just a complete mess, she'll never accept me if I keep thinking this way…

"You sure your ok? You seem off today."

"Uh…yeah…fine. Is it my move?"

"Yeah…" Ron still looked as though he thought Harry had a problem, but didn't ask him further about it. He pictured Ginny in his mind. Sweet and elegant…natural beauty… then he put himself in the picture, holding her hand and looking at her longingly…what he's always wanted to do. Then he pictured himself kissing her, soft and passionate. In his mind, she enjoyed it, in his mind, they were perfect…the only problem is that this was only in his mind…

"Your sure there's nothing wrong? I've already taken three of your pieces and you haven't noticed. Something bothering you. I can tell, so there's no point in hiding it." Ron said bringing Harry back to reality.

He sighed. "Ron…have you ever been interested in someone that you think you probably shouldn't be interested in?"

"You mean as more than just mates?"

"Yeah."

"Why?" Ron asked suspiciously.

"…Uh, well I just wanted some advice…"

"Oh? Is there someone I should know about?" he teased. Harry laughed with him although it was more of a nervous laugh. He could feel his face turning red and immediately regretted confiding in Ron at all.

"You see, It's kind of, uh, well…

"C'mon, spit it out already."

"It's Ginny…"Harry said softly. Ron's smile faded quickly.

"It's what?"

"Sorry Ron…"

"Yeah right!" he laughed. "Stop messing around and tell me who it really is."

"Really Ron. It's Ginny…" Harry said sounding offended.

"Oh… sorry. Well, uh…wasn't really expecting that…but Harry?"

"Yeah?"

"Why her?"

"I dunno…it just sort of hit me this morning that she was the one…Ron, I think I love her." Ron lay back onto the couch upon hearing this. This was one of those facts that he would rather not want to know.

"Well…what are you gonna do about it then?" he said sounding glum.

"I don't know about that part, I was hoping you could help me out with that. Although probably not since you don't seem to approve of this."

"I'm sorry Harry, I really am. It's not that I'm not happy for you it's just that I have similar problems of my own right now." Harry looked up and saw that Ron looked even sadder than before, almost as if he could burst into tears right there in front of him. "Just tell her when it feels right, ok?" Ron finally said. It didn't seem like he felt comfortable on this subject and Harry didn't want him to start crying because nothing could be more awkward than that so he just made another move in their chess game to change the subject.

"Check Mate! YES! I finally beat you!" Harry declared

"Shut up! It's only because you syked me out with all this love talk. I couldn't concentrate."

"Ok." Harry said but was still smirking to himself. The room suddenly became so quiet that Harry swore he could hear the wind rustle the tree's leaves outside.

A/N – So I hope you liked that! If you did review for me so that I'm pumped to write chapter 4. Trust me, I will NOT discontinue this story so be faithful in me and keep reading no matter how long it takes me to update and I will promise you to try and keep it within a month because it bugs me when people don't update within a month so I will not become one of those people! I PROMISE YOU! Lol

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