Chapter 13
"Be right there!" he yelled down the stairs.
Ginny got him a glass of apple juice before he finally ran down the stairs tying on a tie.
"What's for breakfast?"
"Pancakes, and cottage cheese," she answered casually.
Harry contorted his face. "Cottage cheese?" he asked.
"I've been craving it all morning."
"Are you all right?"
"Of course! Never been better!"
"Ah HA!"
Ginny was worried. He'd figured her secret out way too soon! She'd wanted it to take at least a day!
"What?" she said shakily.
"I just remembered where I'd left my organizer." he said starting to get up.
"Finish your breakfast first?" she half asked.
"Alright. You're gonna make a great mom whenever you actually have a baby."
He shoveled down his food and took off.
"Sooner than you think." she muttered as he stepped out the front door.
"Ron! Why are your Chudley toys on the display shelf?" Hermione yelled while trying to suppress a laugh.
"They're not TOYS! They're collectibles!"
"They're action figures!"
"They're collectible action figures!"
"They're JUNK!"
"Fine! I'll move them!" Ron walked down the stairs and took the action figures down.
"Thank you," Hermione said kissing him.
"I'll be sure to put them back on the shelf in the morning, so we can do this again."
"No you WON'T!" she said laughing.
"Unless you take them from me."
"Then I'll just have to do that, won't I?" she said tickling him.
"Yeah." Ron said taking off through the house.
"No running in the house!"
"You'll have to stop me!"
Hermione took off after him. He stopped around the entryway corner, hid his 'collectibles' in the closet, and waited for Hermione to come tearing around the corner. He stood there waiting for about 10 minutes. He looked carefully around the corner to find Hermione staring him in the eyes.
"How'd you?"
"Your footsteps stopped genius. That generally means you stopped moving your feet."
"That was low!"
"You'll have to get me for it!" she said running back to the kitchen.
Ron tore off after her. He went through the den, and into the kitchen, and then he took off up the stairs. He ran down the hall. He heard a door open downstairs and turned around. He ran back down the stairs, through the kitchen, through the den, and into the hall. He kept going to the guest room. He heard a door slam in the upstairs so he turned and ran into the den. He never got there though, all of a sudden, Hermione popped in front of him, catching him around the middle. He was still running too fast, and they both fell in the floor.
"Hey! No apparating! And I thought I was chasing you!" he said looking her in the eyes.
"So, I changed your imaginary rules." she said grabbing his waist a little tighter, pulling him closer to her. She then proceeded to kiss him. He promptly returned the favor.