Chapter 6

Harry woke up. He was in a chair. He couldn't remember when he fell a sleep. Sun was hitting from the big windows in a hospital wing. His neck hurted because of sleeping in a chair. Wrappers of candies were on the floor and he had his potions notes in his hands.
He blinked few times and then saw a beautiful view. Ginny was curled up in a bed, sleeping with her red hair all over the pillow.
He was just staring at her for a few seconds. Then he realized that what he is doing is creepy and started to look for something that would keep him busy. He started to throw all the wrappers in a trash can. And there were a lot of those.
When he was picking the ones from Ginny's bed, he was really careful that he doesn't touch her. He knew what would be the result of touching her.
When he cleaned up everything, he saw her warm, brown eyes opening.
"Good morning." She said.
"Good morning, Sleeping beauty." He said. He already told her that she is gorgeous, that shouldn't be weird.
"You stayed here the whole night?"she asked, while stretching her healthy arm and getting into a sitting position.
"I apparently did." He said. "I think that we lost the track of time. I should probably go. But, I will come back later."
"See you. And thank you. For staying with me and helping me with studying." She said. He smiled at her.
"Anytime." He said and left. He went to the great hall. It was eight o'clock in the morning. Breakfast was still on. He found Ron and Hermione and sat down with them.
"Harry, where were you?" Hermione asked.
"I stayed with Ginny." He answered while taking some pancakes.
"Why?" Ron asked, concerned.
"Because she asked me to." He answered.
"What were you doing? The whole, bloody, night?" he continued.
"We were studying and lost the track of time." He explained.
"Ron, they were studying." Hermione said, when she saw his facial expression. "He asked me to get her potions notes, so calm down."
In the afternoon, he went back to the wing.
Luna was with her.
"Oh, hey, Harry." Luna said. "It is nice to see you."
"You too, Luna." He said. "How are you, Ginny?"
"Better, thanks. I will be able to go to classes tomorrow. And I am going to rock that exam." She said. It is true. She knew everything so well last night.
"I am going to leave you alone." Luna said. "See you later, Ginny. Bye, Harry."
"Bye." He said and took his spot.
"So, how are you?" she asked.
"I am good. Kind of scared of Ron, though." He admitted.
"Really? Harry Potter, boy who fought You-know-who several times, is scared of my stupid brother?" she said. He smiled.
"I would rather be fighting a monster than dealing with overprotective, older brothers, right now."
"I kind of understand that." She said and shrugged.
"Do you know when will madam let you go?" he asked.
"Probably soon." She said. "My hand is not hurting anymore and I can kind of use it." She stretched it out.
"That is good. I can't wait for summer, so we can play together. I think that you will be a great quidditich companion."
"I can't wait to play with you, too." She said.
Madam Pomfrey came in.
"You seem fine." She said when she looked at Ginny. "You can go."
"Thank you, madam." Ginny said. She easily got up.
"Goddamn, I need a shower." She said.
"Let's go." He said.
They were standing in a common room again.
"Thank you for staying with me the whole night. And helping me with potions." She said. "And for the sweets."
"It is the least I can do. Are we studying again? We can do it tomorrow. And we can do it after school beside the lake. Or we can go to the library again if you want. Or we can stay in the common room." He was getting tongue-tied. He hated himself.
"Beside the lake sounds good." She said. He let out a breath. "You are really cute when you are nervous." She kissed him on a cheek. He could feel his cheeks turning red. "You are so sweet." He was so overwhelmed. She told him that he is cute and kissed on a cheek.
"Thank you." He said. 'Really?' he thought. 'That is the best thing that came to your mind? Idiot!'
He tucked her hair behind her ear. He did not have any clue where did he found the courage to do that.
"See you." She said.
"See you." He said back and watched her walk away with her hair bouncing on her back.
"You really like her." He heard. It was Hermione.
"No, I don't." he denied.
"Harry, you really think that you can lie to me?" she asked. And she was right. It is impossible to lie to someone like Hermione.
"Okay, I really like her. I mean just look at her. She is hilarious, really smart, nobody can mess with her, she is amazing at quidditch… And, I know you are a girl, but look at her. She is so gorgeous." He had a déjà vu from yesterday when he was talking with Luna.
"And I thought you liked Cho?" she said, more to herself than him.
"Please, don't remind me of that. God, I was such an idiot!" he said.
"Well, you now know that you can't really handle emotional girls. But, I do think that you have chances with Ginny." She said.
"You really think that?" he asked. He already felt his confidence raising.
"Yeah. Just find some courage. I am rooting for you two." She said.
"Thanks, Hermione."
"Anytime. Now, help me hide these hats for house elves!"