Sorry I didn't update earlier! I went somewhere for the weekend, and didn't have my laptop :( But I'm back with it now. Anyway, hope you like the chapter! Please Review! :)

Hogsmeade

To both Harry and Ginny, it seemed to take forever for the weekend to arrive. But it finally did, and Harry found himself a bit nervous. He was going to sneak into Hogsmeade, with his girlfriend, and they couldn't be caught. That was easy though, right?

Ginny was excited for the date, but was also a bit nervous herself. She had never been in a relationship before, and she didn't want to mess up what they had. She wasn't sure how to act at first, and pondered over it for a while, before she came up with the answer. Just be yourself. She thought. Yes, Harry liked her for her, and she liked Harry for Harry.

Saturday, the day everyone was going to Hogsmeade, Harry walked down to see Ron and Hermione off. They both kept glancing guilty at him, knowing he couldn't come. They kept asking if he wanted them to stay, but he waved them off, assuring them he would be fine. They said goodbye, and left for Hogsmeade with everyone else. Harry quickly headed up to the Gryffindor Common Room to meet Ginny, and then head to the secret pasage way to sneak into Hogsmeade. He had his invisability cloak hidden under his robe.

Harry entered the common room, and locked eyes with Ginny, subtlely nodding for her to follow him out of the common room. He went out through the portrait, and a few seconds later Ginny came out and smiled at him.

"Ready?" He asked softly.

"Of course." She smiled, and Harry led the way to the thrid floor, where the statue of the one eyed witch, which opened up into the secret passageway, was. Ginny follwed him closely, wondering just how they got into Hogsmeade from here, since Harry hadn't explained.
Harry stopped in front of the statue, and glanced around to make sure no one was around or coming. After making sure, he took his wand out and tapped the statue, while whispering "Dissendium." Ginny watched in increasing curiosity as it opened to reveal a passage way.

"And this leads to Hogsmeade?" She asked in awe.

Harry nodded. "I'll explain while we walk." He said softly. He took out his invisabilty cloak, causing her to get an even more pronounced look of awe on her face. He laughed. "Come on." He said softly, gesturing for her to come closer so he could put it over both of them. Ginny moved close to Harry, and he draped the cloak over them. They entered the passage way, starting the walk to the cellar in Honeydukes.

"So, where exactly in Hogsmeade does this lead?" Ginny asked softly.

"It leads to a trap door in the cellar of Honeydukes." Harry explained. Ginny nodded in understanding.

As they walked, Harry felt his hand brushing lightly against hers. He gathered up his courage for a few moments, before he gently grabbed her hand. He felt releived Ginny didn't pull away, and that she held his hand back. He couldn't help smiling to himself in happiness for a moment.
As they neared to door, Harry spoke. "Watch your head when we get up here, cause you never know when- ow!" Harry yelped, as he ironically hit his head on the door. Ginny tried not to, but she laughed. Harry blushed, rubbing his head slightly.

"Are you okay?" Ginny said, trying to stop laughing.

"Yeah I'm fine." Harry said embarrssedly, but was chuckling a bit himself.

After they had both quieted down, Harry causiously opened the door, looking around to see that thankfully, no one was in the cellar. He helped Ginny out of the passage way, then closed the door. He made sure the cloak was covering them both, before they silently made there way up the stairs. Harry eased the door opened, and they quickly slipped into the store without anyone noticing.

Honeydukes was a bit crowded, and Harry knew it probably wasn't a good idea for them to stay in there at the moment. They would be back later anyway.

"Come on." Harry whispered to Ginny, gesturing toward the door. Ginny nodded silently, and they made their way to the door, weaving around people. They reached the door, and successfully got outside. Harry was thankful they had the cloak over them, because unlike the day before, it was much colder.

Harry led him and Ginny over away from the people around so they wouldn't be bumped into while they talked.

"Where do you wanna go first?" He asked her softly.

Ginny was happy to be in Hogsmeade, having heard a lot about it from her brothers, but never having been there herself. She thought a seccond for a moment before she answered Harry.

"Zonko's?" She said a bit shyly.

Harry smiled. "Sure." He said softly, liking her choice. He nervously took her hand again, and felt releived when she smiled at him. Smiling back, he started walking with her to Zonko's joke shop. Zonko's thankfully didn't have too many people in it. Dispite being popular, most people saved this shop for one of the last things on their trip.

Harry grinned fondly as he took a look at Ginny's face, which showed pure excitement and happiness. The way her eyes seemed to be trying to take in everything at once, lit up dreamingly... He could have looked at her so happy all day, but knew he couldn't.

"Come on, lets look around." He suggested softly, smiling at her.

"Alright." She said softly, unable to keep the excitement she felt out of her voice.

Harry grinned, and they kept holding hands as they moved to different parts of the store. Harry enjoyed looking at the happiness on Ginny's face more than he enjoyed looking at the items on the shelves. He still couldn't beleive everything that had happened. Who would have ever thought he would fall for Ginny Weasley? Who would have ever thought, he would actually get together with her, because she liked him back? Who would have thought, he would be holding her hand as they snuck into Hogsmeade? He couldn't beleive it honestly, but here he was, with her.

They spent some more time in Zonko's, before they left and headed to another store. Then to another. Both Harry and Ginny were having a wonderful time, so wonderful, that Harry knew in the back of his mind, it couldn't be that easy.

After going to a few stores, Harry suggested they go see the Shrieking Shack. Ginny agreed eagerly, and they walked from the groups of people, reaching the fence that was around the Shack a few minutes later. They both stopped, holding hands and looking at the Shack.

"Do you think its really haunted?" Ginny asked curiously.

Harry shrugged. "I honestly don't know." He said truthfully. Ginny nodded, and shifted her gaze from the shack to Harry. Harry felt GInny looking at him, and shifted his own gaze to her.

Ginny smiled gently, and Harry returned the smile. He only moved his gaze from her to look around them, and he saw nobody anywhere near. He looked back at Ginny, and knew that under the cloak, he couldn't see her as well as he could if it was off...

Harry took a risk and started to move the cloak off of them. Ginny caught on to what he was doing, and helped him take it off of them. They laid the cloak on the fence, then looked back at each other. Harry could see Ginny a lot better now, and Ginny could see Harry better now too. They moved closer to one another, and since Ginny was just barely shorter than him, they were almost staring into each others eyes.

Suddenly, they both leaned in, and were kissing. Ginny reached up and put her arms around Harry's neck, and Harry gently wrapped his arms around her. They stood like this for a minute, sharing blissful kisses. So caught up in each other, they almost didn't notice someone was coming.

Harry heard the footsteps and talking first, and quickly moved from Ginny, breaking off the kiss. Ginny was almost hurt for a second, bu then realized why he had pulled away as she too heard the people quickly aproaching. Knowing that neither Ginny or himself were supposed to be in Hogsmeade, he scrambled to get the invisabilty cloak. Ginny helped him get it off the fence and they were trying to put it over themselves, but they weren't doing it fast enough.

They could see the people coming almost close enough that if they looked, they would see Harry and Ginny easily.

"This way!" Harry whispered hurriedly to Ginny, taking her hand and pulling her quickly toward some nearby trees. The cloak was only half around them, and he knew they would never get it ccovering the both of them fast enough. As they quickly scrambled for the trees, the cloak was starting to tangle at their feet. A few feet from the consealment of the trees, Harry tripped over the cloak, and Ginny fell with him. Panicking, Harry took her arm, and started scrambling backwards toward the trees. Ginny's heart was racing, and she quickly scrambled along with Harry.

They reached the trees, and threw themselves behind one that had a large trunk, where they wouldn't be seen. No sooner had they reached the trees, that the people came into view, standing almost exactly where Ginny and Harry had been standing. His heart pounding in his chest, Harry glanced around the tree to where the people were, and saw it was Ron and Hermione. Harry was now ten times more thankful they had hid in time, if those two had saw him and Ginny... he shuttered at the thought.

Harry looked at Ginny, who was tangled in the cloak beside him, and had obviously just saw who they were now hiding from.

That was close. She mouthed to Harry, still trying to calm her breathing.

Too close. Harry mouthed back, his heart finally starting to slow down.

Ginny leaned back against the tree, not even wanting to think about what would have happened if they hadn't hid in time... She felt Harry grab her hand gently, and she happily held onto his hand.

Harry leaned back agaisnst the tree as well, figuring they would have to stay here till Ron and Hermione left. He didn't wanna risk moving, even if they got under the cloak. Knowing Hermione, she would hear the movement, and get suspicious.
Ginny timidly leaned her head on Harry's shoulder, and Harry couldn't help but smile and gently squeeze her hand.

-Ron and Hermione-

"Ron, I could have swore there were people here a minute ago." Hermione said.

Ron sighed. "I didn't see anyone Hermione." he said. Honestly, he thought she may have been right about someone being there, but he wasn't sure, and he wasn't about to have a discussion about it with her.

Hermoine sighed now, she still was really sure somebody was here, but let the matter go. It didn't concern her, right?

-Harry and Ginny-

Harry and Ginny sat against the tree for about ten minutes, before Ron and Hermione finally left. He made sure they were quite far away before he spoke.

"They're gone." he sighed in releif to Ginny.

"Finally." Ginny groaned.

Harry untangled the cloak from them, and stood up. Ginny stood up as well.

"Sorry about tripping...you didn't get hurt, did you?" He said in concern.

"No I'm fine." Ginny said reasuringly. Ginny sighed, the reality of how hard hiding was going to be starting to hit her.

"I suppose, this hiding thing is going to be a lot harder than we thought." Harry said, practically voicing Ginny's thoughts.

Ginny nodded in agreement. "But we can do it, right?" she said softly.

Harry smiled. "Of course we can." He said confidently. Ginny smiled back, and they draped the cloak over them, successfully covering them both.

Harry looked at the time, and knew they should be getting back. "Come on, we need to get back to Hogwarts." He said softly.

"Alright, lets go." Ginny said with a smile.

Harry and Ginny walked back to Honeydukes, and slipped inside. Moving around people, they made their way quietly to the door leading to the cellar. After making sure no one was looking, Harry led them quickly into the cellar and down the steps to the trap door.

They held hands and made there way through the tunnel, coming out of the statue. Harry took the cloak off them then, bundling it up and hiding it under his robe. They reluctantly let go of each others hands, knowing someone could see them anytime in the corridors now. Ther both started walking back to Gryffindor Tower.

"I had a lot of fun, thanks for taking me there Harry." Ginny said softly. And it was true, it had been one of the best times of her life.

"Your welcome. I had a lot of fun too." Harry smiled.

They soon reached the portriat, and looked at each other.

"I'll talk to you later Harry." Ginny said softly, smiling at him.

"Yeah, talk to you later." Harry said back, smiling as well.

Ginny reluctantly went into the common room, going over to her friends. They attacked her with questions of where she had been, and she lied easily to them, saying she had been in the library doing homework. They seemed to except this answer, and she smiled to herself.

Harry entered the common room and went up to his dorm, and sat on his bed. He smiled to himself as he replayed the day with Ginny in his head. Besides them almost getting caught by Ron and Hermione, the day had gone wonderfully.

A short while later, everyone started returning from Hogsmeade, including Ron and Hermione. He met up with them in the common room, and when they asked him what he did while they were gone, he lied and said homework. They seemed to thankfully except the answer, and both started talking about Hogsmeade.

Harry now realized it would be harder than he thought to hide his relationship with Ginny, but he knew they could do it...couldn't they?