Chapter 16

Surprisingly enough, there wasn't much that happened that holiday.

You would think that since it was the Triwizard Tournament and with a bunch of foreigners in Hogwarts there was meant to be some controversial event that would be known for all eternity.

There was of course the usual mistletoes, who were flying around Hogwarts created by Fred and George, and forced people that walked beneath them to kiss each other. George had though cast a spell on them so they wouldn't react if Harry was the one going under one.

If you were hoping (like some of the students) that there would have been anything like the previous years, you would have been disappointed.

But for Harry and George it was wonderful.

They had spent their Christmas very quietly.

Hermione had gone back to her parents to spend Christmas in Spain, which made the atmosphere in the common room good again.

She and Ron had been at each other's throats since the ball. Hermione was demanding him to apologize and Ron was calling her a traitor. Harry had tried to make them speak again but with no success.

The trio had been tested earlier that year and now none of them knew if they ever could go back as they were before that year.

George saw how sad that made Harry and tried to talk to Ron and Hermione himself. None knows how he did it but they all agreed that they wouldn't yell in front of Harry and that Hermione would spend her Christmas with her parents, so both she and Ron could get some time off from each other.

Another thing, which made this Christmas calm, was that no psycho came after Harry.

Dumbledore had put different kinds of spells and charms around Gryffindor's common room and the rooms of the students, to detect any kind of dark magic or anything that could possibly harm them.

However that didn't make George stop for being a protective lion around Harry, since there were fewer eyes to watch Harry around Christmas time and it didn't help that both of them knew that out somewhere in Hogwarts was the one who had poised Harry.

Dumbledore didn't like it either.

Somehow the person who was responsible was still around his school but there was no trace of him or her.

Snape had his eyes everywhere and Mad-Eye Moody was watching Harry extra carful as time went on.

Besides that, the holidays were uneventful.

Well almost…

It pretty much started at the day when all the students were leaving and Harry and the Weasley's (besides Ron) were at the footsteps too the entrance to say good-bye to Hermione and their friends.

She kept looking behind them as if she hoped to see Ron comedown the stares and say good-bye to her. He didn't and Harry saw that she became sadder. He hugged her tighter and she waved too them and disappeared.

Then Cedric came up to them and asked if he could borrow Harry for a few minutes, George glared but nodded and Cedric took Harry by the hand and they went away from the crowed.

"So Harry, do you remembered the day when you told me about the dragons?" he said and Harry nodded, "Yes what about it?" Cedric smiled, "I am truly grateful for that and now I'm in debt too you" he said.

"Oh… No, it's not necessary" Harry said, "I thought that it was unfair that everyone knew about them except you…" he said and Cedric shook his head.

"It doesn't mater how long you try to say that, I'm still in debt too you!" he said and smiled again. He got now much closer and whispered into Harry's ear.

"Go to the prefect's bathroom with your egg and take a bath! You will know what to do with it then" he said and winked.

"Anyway I should go an meet with Cho and my friends! And by the look of your boyfriend I would say he thinks so too" he said and Harry turned around to see George's angry glare at Cedric. He became embarrassed when Harry and Cedric looked at him and turned his eyes to Fred who was giggling.

"Yeah maybe" Harry said and laughed a little.

"Okay, see you soon Harry!" Cedric said and was about to go when Harry realized something.

"By the way, Ced!" he said and Cedric turned around. "Have you… You know… Told her?" he asked and Cedric realized what he was talking about. He shook his head slightly, "No not yet…" Harry nodded and Cedric was about to leave when he turned around again.

"Could you, you know… Help me when I come back?" he asked and Harry smiled and nodded. Cedric smiled in relief and waved and then he too disappeared.

When Harry got back to George, Fred and Ginny he turned George's head towards him and gave him a deep kiss. George was surprised but deepened it more by hugging Harry around his waist.

There was a cough from Ginny, "Maybe you shouldn't do that in front of the whole school, you know!" she said and they broke apart and they all went to their common room.

…

After that day Harry had the thought of what Cedric had said but didn't know when he should go to the prefect bathroom. He knew he should do it as soon as possible so he can focus on preparing for the next task. But there was one thought, which made him red then the reddest tomato.

Should he ask George to come too?

It was Christmas day and they were exchanging presents.

They all got the traditional Weasley shirts and different kinds of pies and sweets from Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Harry got a new set of chess players from Ron, new notebooks and a book of the greatest Aurors in the world from Hermione, some weird stuff from Hagrid which Harry almost didn't even dared to opened since it moved by it self.

George gave him different kinds of chocolate, which he had bought in Hogsmeade. It was the best he could and Harry got very happy which made George's disappointment (of himself) go away.

Harry was too, disappointed of himself.

He didn't know what to give George and felt very bad until he got an idea.

George looked confused when Harry gave him a letter while he blushed heavily. But when he opened it he understood why and blushed as well.

"Oh…" was all he said and looked at Harry who looked as if he wanted to run away of embarrassment.

"Hey what did you get?" Fred asked as he came towards them and neither of them could react quickly before Fred had snapped the letter away from George and started to read.

"Let's see…" he said as Harry and George both said at the same time, "NO!" but it was too late.

As Fred read it his eyes became wider and he too started to blush.

"What's that?" asked both Ron and Ginny and pooped at each side of Fred too see what he was reading but Fred turned around quickly.

"Oh nothing!" he said laughing, " It's was just a blank peace of paper! Nothing interesting at all!" he said and made it to a ball and threw it to George who caught it.

Ron and Ginny looked disappointed and got back to their own presents.

Fred however turned around and stared at Harry in awe.

"Harry…" he said quietly so Ron and Ginny didn't hear, "Wow!" he said and got huge grin on his face and went up to his room to laugh.

Both George and Harry turned to each other both embarrassed of what happened.

"So…" George started, "Are you sure, Harry?" he asked and Harry was now not sure. He wanted to have George but to know that his brother knew…

Harry shook his head and straightened himself and looked at George with confidence.

"Yes... What, are you ashamed?" he asked challenging and George raised an eyebrow before he started to laugh.

"No" he said and smiled, "Well a little embarrassed but otherwise I'm actually exited" he said and bent down to Harry's ear, "I see you tonight!" he said seductively which made Harry shiver in a good way.

First I have to apologize for being away for such a long time! I don't know what happened but I just got stuck and didn't know how to proceed. I think this is the tenth attempt to write a new chapter and even though it's short the story is going forward :)

Don't know when the next chapter will be out but hopefully soon since we can all guess what Harry wants from George ;)

Again sorry for the delay and happy reading! :)