Harry knew that Ginny had had a crush on him since his second year but he had never felt that way back. He felt that it would be wrong to date his best friends sister. However his situation called for drastic action. He very much liked being on speaking terms with Ron again that he hoped beyond hope that he wouldn't hate him for this.

"Well Hermione I better go ask her" he said as he started up the staircase. All of a sudden the staircase turned into a slide and he was forced to slide back down. Ginny came sliding down a few seconds later giggling. "Why were you trying to come up the staircase?" She giggled "to see you" he mumbled in a barely audible whisper. "What do you want to see me for?" She asked "well I was wondering if you would go to the ball with me?" He said it slower this time as to not embarrass himself in front of the whole common room. Ginny was now blushing furiously as was he. "Yes I will go with you." Harry felt a huge gasp of relief leave him and realized how much stress he had been holding in. "So meet me in the common room at 30 till?" He asked. "Sure." She said.

"What are you laughing about?" He asked Hermione who was having fits of laughter. "You really tried to go up the staircase? Have you never read Hogwarts a history? Hermione you know full well I've never read that and never will. Well" she replied. "Boys can't go up to the girls staircase unless accompanied by a girl. The founders felt as though girls were more trustworthy than boys." Harry felt enraged at the unfairness of this but then he thought of something. "Wait you said I could go up there if I was accompanied by a girl. You could have told me and gone up there with me!" She then started giggling again which Harry found very annoying.

It was the day of the ball and he still hadn't told Ron about going with his sister. He couldn't work up the nerve to do it out of fear for losing his friend again. He supposed that he would find out when Harry opened the ball. He was practicing dancing the whole day so that he didn't make a fool of himself in front of the whole school. He was starting to become very nervous as the ball grew closer. At an hour before he was supposed to meet Ginny he went inside to get ready and put on his dress robes.

He went down to the common room a few minutes early and waited for Ginny. He was starting to wonder where she was and Then realized he was still 20 min earlier than he had said. When she finally came down the stairs Harry gasped inwardly. She was stunning. She had her ginger hair tied in lots of elegant knots and was wearing a light pink dress with no back, and a very pretty diamond necklace. Harry was suddenly very happy that he had chosen her as a partner and wondered why he had not asked her sooner and not as a last resort. "Shall we head down to the ball?" She asked. Harry was suddenly aware that he was staring at her and quickly closed his mouth. "Yeah sure" he said.

Once they got down to the entrance hall he asked her "do you think Ron will be ok with us going together? He might be but it's not his decision to make." She replied. That may be so he thought but he really didn't want to lose his friend again. "Potter!" He heard. He turned around and mcgonnagle was rushing toward him. Potter the dance starts in 5 minutes, you need to go with the other champions." Harry and Ginny went and stood by cho and Cedric and krum and... "Hermione?" She was so beautifully stunning with her hair all sleek and a blue dress that Harry thought was quite revealing for Hermione at least. The dress was split at the leg and Harry could see her entire thigh and he thought the dress was a little low hanging at the neck as it exposed quite a bit of her cleavage. She was very pretty. "Hi Harry" she said. Then the music struck up. The 4 champions moved on to the dance floor and started dancing. Harry let Ginny do most of the work as she seemed to have quite a bit more practice than him. He had his hand on her bare back and he suddenly came to the realization that she must not be wearing a bra. This for some reason sent shivers down his back. He could see cho dancing with Cedric. She was very pretty as well. Her long dark hair swirling as they moved. He looked past them and saw the last thing he wanted to see. Ron was staring at him and Ginny with a scowl on his face. His worst fear had come true. He had lost his friend again and did not know if he would get him back this time.

Harry and Ginny danced for quite a while and When Ginny finally stated that she was tired he could not have been more relieved. "I'll go get some drinks." He said. "You wait here." He wandered over to the bar to order some drinks where Ron was unfortunately waiting. "First your name comes out of the cup and you didn't tell me how and now your messing around with my sister huh!" Now was his only chance to try and talk some sense into his friend. "It's not like that Ron we just went to the dance together as a last resort, I didn't think you would have a problem with it." Didn't think id have a problem eh', we'll maybe if you'd asked me first I wouldn't have but it's too late now." I never want to speak to you again."

Harry got the drinks and walked solemnly back to Ginny. "He's mad at you isn't he?" She asked. "Yeah" he replied. "Well don't let him ruin our night ok, I'll talk to him and tell him that I can make my own decisions and it's not up to him. Let's enjoy ourselves for the rest of the night."

It took about and hour for Harry to forget about Ron but with enough bribing from Ginny and Hermione joining them not to later on he was able to have some fun and dance some more. At one point the weird sisters did a three person dance at witch Ginny and Hermione insisted they do which was actually quite fun but very tiring. At around 12:30 they all went outside started to walk around. Hermione also promised to talk to Ron which made Harry feel slightly better. As they were walking they found fluer and roger Davies in the bushes at which they quickly moved on as it looked like they were about to get it on. "You know I never really thought about people having sex at Hogwarts." Ginny said. "But I suppose it happens all the time with the castle being so big with so many teenagers in it and what not." Yeah" Harry said. "He was suddenly thinking of him and Cho in some empty classroom in the school kissing when he heard hagrids voice. "The moment I saw ya I knew." They heard madam Maxime reply " knew what agrid'" this did not seem like a very good conversation to walk in on but it was either stay and listen or go back across fluer and Davies and he definitely didn't want to do that so they hid themselves In the bushes. It was very cramped with both Hermione and Ginny in there and he after some time of trying to tune out hagrids voice by focusing on the awkwardness of their position in the bush he realized that his hand was pressed in between Ginny's bare back and Hermione's right breast. He had never really thought of Hermione as more than a friend but he had never felt or even seen a girls boob before. This however was a problem for him at the moment because he felt something start growing in his pants at his realization and prayed beyond hope that neither of them would notice as it would only make the situation more awkward as Ginny was practically on top of him and Hermione beneath him. Eventually they heard madam maxime yelling and both of them walking away. "Did you Hagrid was half giant?" Asked Ginny. "Well I knew he must be." Replied Hermione. "How did you know that?" Asked harry. "Well I figured it was the only explanation" Harry who had never thought about hagrids size was internally beating himself for his stupidity. "Let's get back to the common room." He said. He very much wanted to tell Ron what he had heard but then remembered they weren't speaking anymore.