A:N/ Sorry it took me a while to update mixture of writer's block and laziness. I know how this is gonna end it's just everything leading up to the end that kind of bores me, alas you do not know what will happen so I must write. Anyway ON WITH THE SHOW!
Full time rehearsals had started up and everyone was doing spectacular. The school had hired one of the best wizarding orchestra's in the world, the cast was acting at their best, the scenery had been made beautifully, "monkey lessons" as Ron called them were going exceptionally well, and everything was perfect, except for the actors. Nothing was wrong to conflict with the show, NO that would be horrible. But their emotions were going haywire. Harry spent every waking moment thinking of the kiss Ginny had given him every night before bed.
What is that supposed to mean? Does she like me like I like her? Or is it just a totally platonic kiss best friend-to-best friend? Well if it was that she would have done it before right? Ugh just stop thinking Potter.
He would go to practice, give it his all, and get all of the energy drained from his body what with the 4 hour practices three times a week consisting, of singing, acting, putting the two together, flight training, fight calls, "monkey lessons", yoga, everything to make this play "perfect beyond your dreams' imagination" as Snape put it. But after practice his thoughts would roam to Ginny Weasley.
Ginny was faced with the same problem as Harry. Every moment she thought of him, even during practices. She had been yelled at and threatened by Snape, to be kicked out of the show. She however, knew otherwise, she was the best Jane; Snape (who was taking the whole musical a little TOO seriously) wouldn't dare take her out. She was also one of the vocal trainers. Her job was to work with the soloists and people with duets. She got them to release their emotions into the songs. Getting them to dig deep and use personal memories to make the song extra magnificent. Ginny was pretty pissed when she found out that she wouldn't be working, and that Hermione, the other vocal trainer, had signed up to work with Harry saying, that she would thank her in the end.
Whatever the hell that means.
Ginny worked with Alexander, Ron, and Hermione. Hermione worked with Harry, Crabbe, Neville, and Ginny. Ginny was also stuck on the thought of how she was amazed how she could kiss Harry James Potter every single night before bed time. Ginny couldn't complain though, at least during practices they hadn't started "the kiss". The kiss to end all kisses as Hermione and Ginny had named it. When they had gone to see the play in July, it was the most passionate kiss the two girls had ever seen in their lives. It was breathtaking the way Josh Strickland took Jenn Gambatese in his arms and just….well kissed her!
Oh well, today was a new day and she would be working on For the First Time, with Harry today at rehearsal. That alone worked the two teenagers' nerves down to the core. You see For the First Time was a pretty passionate song. It was when the two (Jane and Tarzan) realized they were in love. Shortly after the song "the kiss" was to take place. First up on the agenda for today's rehearsal was vocal training. The two made their way down to the theatre wing in a somewhat awkward silence; mostly they were too nervous they would say something stupid. When they reached the Vocal Training room, Hermione was standing there looking very giddy.
"You know I'm kind of scared to be in here while Hermione is looking at us like that" Harry whispered to Ginny out of the corner of her mouth. Ginny snorted and Hermione looked even giddier if that was possible.
"Okay you two if you will please get out your music books and turn to page 23, we can begin" Hermione stated with a huge smile plastered across her face.
"Yes ma'am Mr. Ma'am!" Ginny yelled receiving a death glare from Hermione and a huge smile from Harry.
"Okay well what I want you two to do is sing the song first like you did at auditions. Simple, no?"
The two proceeded to sing the song beautifully. And if Hermione wasn't a perfectionist she would have let them go with a thumb's up. However, Hermione was a perfectionist AND she knew that her two best friends could actually use their emotions in this song.
'Cause I mean who are they fooling they're in love with each other.
"Okay Harry go into the soundproof booth and look over the song will you?" Hermione asked, and as Harry left she was staring at a nervous best friend. "What's wrong Ginny?"
"Me! Oh nothing. Only that I have to sing THIS song with the love of my life and not be able to pounce on him and snog him senseless when I'm done singing said song!" Ginny shouted, and clamped her hands over her mouth realizing she had just let her biggest secret slip.
"HA! I knew I could get it out of your first! Who just won 2 galleons! I did!"
"You were betting on my love life! What kind of best friend are you hm?"
"It was Ron's idea?"
"Bloody git." Ginny mumbled.
"Okay now that I've gotten you to express your true feelings for Harry this song will be super easy for you to sing. Let's look at the first verse shall we? Okay so it says:
This affection I feel is hard to understand
It's not the way I planned
My world is changing
Now that's easy to release your emotions into, your pretty confused about how you feel about Harry am I right?" Ginny nodded. "'Kay and its probably safe to say you never thought you would be in love with Harry right?" Ginny nodded again. "This is so much easier than I thought it would be. Okay now I want you to just read the rest of the song your parts only, verse by verse, and tell me how it pertains to your situation with Harry."
"Wherever I turn it's his face I see
Looking back at me
And in my eye's I can't disguise
The affection I feel is getting the better of me.
'Kay well that part, Every where I go Harry really is there except when I go to sleep but even on my bed I have pictures of him everywhere. And obviously my eyes are giving away something seeing as RON of all people figured it out.
Oh, for the first time, it's not a dream
Oh, for the first time, it seems so real
That I want to remember every moment
That I'm there beside him
And he gently takes my hand
This is fairly easy. Well in my dreams there's always someone there and we are so happy together and you can tell we're in love and it happens every so often and his face is always clouded but a while ago his face turned into Harry. And well it's not like I want to forget any of the time I spend with him, but he never takes my hand but hey that's what acting is for.
So here I am feeling things I've never felt
And all because of him
My world is changing
Everything that I do
I do to catch his eye
Oh, and I won't deny
I stand here guilty
'Cause this affection I feel
Has gotten the better of me
I am feeling things I've never felt, I mean I get butterflies every single time I look at the kid, wait man's face. My world is changing, but that's just because I'm getting older. Everything that I do I really do, do to catch his eye, I'm not gonna try to cover that up I mean who doesn't want their love of their life to watch them?" Hermione smirked at that comment because for the past five minutes Harry had been staring at Ginny through the soundproof booth. "And it's no joke that loving him has been screwing with me, you've been at practices. Snape yelling at me every ten minutes to pay attention to my surroundings."
"Ginny that's because you were almost hit by Alexander while he was practicing his scene with Ron."
"Is it my fault Harry was standing less than thirty feet from me without his shirt on! NO! Anyways…
So, for the first time
Can this be love?
Oh, for the first time
I know it's real
And with him I feel so completely
Uniquely like no other
As he gently holds me close
Well this is the first time for me to ever be in love and I know in my heart when I'm around him I wouldn't want to be with anyone else for the rest of my life. And when he hugs me, whoa baby! Don't even get me started I could stay in his arms forever and die a happy woman!
But wait a minute, what am I saying?
I've never thought on a scale so grand
But these emotions racing through me
Tell me I must tell me I can
I'm finding who I am
You heard me earlier, I'm thinking about marriage you and I both know that I was never the little girl staying inside and planning her wedding. But still when I get those feelings I'm so sure of everything y'know?
'Cause for the first time
I have no doubts
Oh, for the first time
I understand
Yes, for the first time
I realize that all the things
They said would happen
Well, they're happening to me
Every time I'm with that man
Every time I'm with that man
Well the first verse doesn't really go with my situation but then the second one. You have told me countless times all the "symptoms" of falling in love and how extraordinary it is to be in love. And before all of this I was just like pfft. But now, they are happening to me every time I'm with Harry and I like it 'Mione, I like it a lot." Ginny concluded.
"That was beautiful Ginny." Hermione said tearing up, as she jumped up and hugged her best friend like there was no tomorrow.
"Get a grip on it Hermione jeez la weez! Well now what?"
"Okay well trade spaces with Harry and we'll sing it once more after I'm done with him."
"Okay, Oh and Hermione? Thanks, for everything." Ginny hugged Hermione and went to switch spots with Harry.
Oh jeez, she's coming over here! Don't look at her pretend you've been looking over the song. AGH she's opening the door, play it cool Potter!
"Hey lovely, it's your turn have fun" Good job Gin didn't even blush!
"Yeah okay" Harry said stumbling out of the booth. So much for playing it cool.
"Hey Harry did you look over your part?" Hermione asked with a knowing smirk upon her face.
"Why yes, yes I did" No I didn't I was staring at Ginny the whole time I'm not even sure what this song is about.
"Really? Last time I checked Ginny's backside wasn't the song."
"You er, saw me then?"
"Yea, so what's the deal with you and Ginny?" Hermione asked prying to get him to open up just as easily as Ginny had.
"Nothing! I mean she's my best friend but that's it! Oh who am I kidding? I love her 'Mione! You hear me I Harry James Potter am in love with Ginevra Molly Weasley, who just so happens to be my best friend! Are you happy now!" Harry shouted.
"Very, now let's move on shall we? Okay well with you it's gonna be a little harder than with Ginny. She had actual stanza's you just have little onesies but that's okay you can still make them really emotional and powerful. Okay so your first line is.
She's turned my whole world upside down.
So after your little, erm, outburst earlier if I said that Ginny has been messing with your life a little I wouldn't be lying would I?" Harry shook his head. "Okay well now read the rest of your lines out loud and then after each line tell me how they apply to you and Ginny."
"I wonder if she feels the same
As I feel?
Has gotten the better of me.
Well I do wonder if Ginny feels the same as me, why wouldn't I? And then yea it's safe to say she's gotten to my head.
Oh, for the first time
Can this be love?
Ooo, for the first time
It's real
Completely
Ooh she is like no other
Holds me close
Hermione that doesn't really make any sense."
"Your right well look over at Ginny's part and it will make more sense."
"Okay, so yea this is love what I'm feeling at least I'm pretty sure it is. No one else has ever made me feel this way. Like, I want no need to pounce on them and snog them senseless. What!" Harry asked referring to Hermione's outburst of giggles.
"Nothing, just remembering something Ginny said, go on."
"Okay? She is like no other no one is as witty or beautiful or good at Quidditch as Ginny she's amazing!
I've never known
Ooo these feelings
I've never felt these things
I'm finding who I am
Like I said earlier I've never had these feelings for Ginny or anyone else for that matter, and it's a good thing. I love her more than anything else on this planet. I can't think of spending my life without her by my side.
'Cause for the first time
These things she does
Oh, for the first time
I'm trying to understand
For the first time
I realize that
Something strange happened
Happening to me
Every time I'm with…
Every time I'm with her
Could I be that man?
Pretty self explanatory there. Except there's the whole part of 'Could I be that man?' Hermione can you answer a question?"
"Depends on what it is.. But shoot"
"Who did Ginny use as her motivation?"
"That is something that Ginny needs to answer, not me."
"Oh, okay well what now?"
Hermione laughed. "You and Ginny are so alike it scares me at times. Go and get her and you two will sing it again"
Holy smokes! He's coming over here look cool, calm, and collected. Oh, who am I kidding who can I be any of those when Harry is coming over here? Don't blush don't blush. Oh crap, he's talking what is he saying? Stop thinking Gin.
"…you ready?" Harry asked.
"Wait, what did you just say?"
"I said Hermione wants us to sing the song again are you ready?"
"Oh yeah!" Hermione snorted into her paper cup and received a death glare from Ginny.
"Okay, well you two did absolutely fantastic today, but before you go I want you guys to sing the song again. Now remember everything we talked about and let your emotions take over you while you're singing." Hermione said leaning back in her big comfy leather chair waiting what she thought would be an extraordinary performance.
The two sang the song thinking of everything Hermione had told them. It was extremely powerful and at the end of the song they were both panting for breath. It had been magical. No joke, when Hermione said to let their emotions take over, they had. And in doing so they tapped into their magic and some things were askew. Hermione's chair had even flown back a couple of feet.
"WOW" All three of them said.
"Well that's about all for today, let's go to the rest of practice shall we?" Hermione said, still shooken from the performance.
Later, right before the four best friends headed up to their rooms. Ginny was giving Harry his nightly kiss when Harry surprised the both of them.
"Hey Gin? Who…who did you use for your "inspiration" or whatever today at practice?" Harry asked Ginny after the kiss. To say the least Ginny was surprised, but was reminded by her brain not to look a fool just standing in the middle of the common room not saying or doing anything.
"All in good time Mr. Potter. All in good time." Ginny said heading towards her dorm.
Their final thoughts:
All in good time? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Harry.
Harry and Ginny should just snog each other already. Wait! What kind of a big brother am I? Ron.
All in good time? How lame can you get? Ginny.
I won four galleons! Who's amazing! Hermione's amazing! Hermione.