Chapter 2

He was so confused. It has been a long time since he had really opened to someone. And that was Ginny of all people.
He knew that he was in a bad position. But he couldn't control himself. He wanted to be alone all the time. He thought that nobody wanted to hear him out. But, truth is that he did not let anyone to hear him. He was just being angry.
He was so grateful that she showed up. They never really talked alone to each other. When he was talking to her, Ron and Hermione were always around. But this... She showed that she cared. Maybe she wasn't crushing on him anymore, but she still cared. They have known each other for years. Weasley's, basically, see him as a part of the family.
When she said all those things, how a lot of people care about him, he looked at her. And he realized something. He wasn't talking to shy, scared, little girl he saved in his second year. In front of him was this confident, brave, mature, smart, beautiful, young woman. That was the first time he actually saw how gorgeous she is. Fire and gold in a form of a girl. He needed to tell her that. And she even called him good looking. He was never so confident in his looks. She was also a great in quidditch. He saw her playing and she really loves that. And she makes some great moves.
"Harry?" he heard a voice that snaped him out of his thoughts. He was sitting with Ron and Hermione at a table in common room. There was a potion's book in front of him. He forgot that he was studying with them.
"Where did you go?" asked Ron.
"I just have a lot on my mind." He said defending himself.
"If you were thinking about her…"
"God, Ron, get over it!" Hermione interrupted him. "She was messing with you! Stop making a big thing out of a joke." It has been a day and he really thought that Ron will just reset in the morning. But, no. The joke was very funny and he needed a good laugh. And he knows that Ginny loves messing with Ron. And Ron will get over it. Maybe.
And he really needed to thank Hermione. If she didn't interrupt, he would need to come up with some excuse. He was thinking about Ginny.
Next day, he saw her while she was going to a class. He walked towards her.
"Ginny!" he called. She turned around and gave him a smile.
"Oh, hey, Harry." She said politely. "What's up?"
"Nothing." He said. "Just going to a class. I just wanted to ask you, do you want to study with me today? In a library? You don't have to come if you don't want to. Just your finals are coming, I have O.W.L's and I was thinking…"
"Yes, of course." She said. Thank God, she said yes, because if she let him continue, God knows where would he finish. He felt like random words were just coming out of his mouth.
"We could go after dinner?" He suggested.
"Okay. See you there." She said and went to class. He almost forgot that he also has a class to get to. He saw Hermione's hair and ran toward her.
"What was that?" Hermione asked.
"What was what?" he asked obliviously.
"Why were you talking to Ginny?" she asked.
"Nothing important." He answered as calmly as he could.
"Then why are you so red?"
"Hermione, you are my best friend and you are brilliant, but I hate when you are this pushy." He said."Okay. I will not tell Ron." She said. That was important.
In the evening, he was sitting in a library with a transfiguration book and a parchment in front of him. He was taking notes. He realized that just looking around and waiting for her will just make time slower.
Somebody took the parchment from his desk. He looked around, thinking what is Malfoy doing in a library. Instead, he saw that Ginny was holding his parchment paper while laughing.
"Okay, give it back." He said. She gave it back.
"It is so funny when somebody take you out of your thoughts." She said, while sitting in a chair beside him. "What are you studying?"
"Transfiguration." He answered. "Every night, I am studying different subject."
"Hermione really influenced you, didn't she?" she asked.
"It is just organization. And I am just taking notes. I would recommend it to you too."
"Okay." She said and took out a book from her backpack. "I have a Divination homework to do."
"I can't wait for the next year just so I don't have those classes." He said.
"Oh, believe me, I hate it to." She said. "But, I can't choose."
"I am kind of sorry for professor Trelawney, though." He admitted. "I never really liked her, but she didn't deserve that."
"Nobody deserves Umbridge's terror." Said Ginny.
"I guess so." He said and shrugged.
"Okay, so we should get to this." Ginny said, making a valid point. Everybody is stressing over Umbridge so they shouldn't be talking about that when they have a lot of studying to do.
After half of hour, he saw that the librarian was a sleep.
"I was hoping for that." He said.
"What?" she asked. He checked once more and then took out a box of Honeyduke's chocolate bars out of his backpack. They had 'principal approved' stamp on it.
"Those are my favorite!" she said. He smiled, pleased with himself. He saw her eating those a lot of times in The Burrow. He put out one bar and gave it to her.
"I know you love these and we need some energy." He explained. She kissed him on a cheek. He felt his cheeks turning red. And they say that girls are complicated… Well some just need favorite sweets.
It was one of the better evenings he had in a long time. He was eating sweets and laughed at Ginny's jokes. He wasn't thinking about Voldemort and he wasn't seeing Sirius when he was closing his eyes. He missed laughing with someone.
They decided that it is time to go to bed. They still had some time before curfew. But, he was having his cloak in a backpack just in case.
They got to the common room on time. There were still some fight years studying. And Fred and George checking if fake images are going.
"I had a good time." She said, standing in front of doors of girl's dorm.
"Me too." He said, looking at his feet. "Can we do this again tommorow?"
"I have the practice, but I think I can make it." She said. "If you bring chocolate bars, of course." They both laughed at that. And then went to bed. And Harry wasn't dreaming about Sirius dying after a month.