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Ginny and I ended up spending hours in the library over the next few days. Researching the spells we would need to use on Ron (and his clothing) was a lot more difficult than I'd imagined. I don't think I'd ever voluntarily spent that amount of time in a library in my entire life. It made me admire all of the work that pranksters like Fred and George and my dad and the rest of the Marauders must've put into things.

"This is a lot of work," I sighed. At least I got to spend some time with Ginny though. All of this drudging through ancient texts we'd snuck out of the Restricted Section of the library was worth it.

"Oh Harry," Ginny said as she looked up from her book, "You really don't have to help me. I know how awfully boring this is turning out to be."

I hadn't realized that I'd spoken aloud.

"It's all right," I said quickly before she got the idea that I didn't want to be here with her.

Ginny frowned and looked at me a little suspiciously.

"I suppose we can pack up for now," she said. "I have Charms soon anyway."

I felt slightly disappointed as Ginny began to gather all of her things. Why had I complained? A sudden thought occurred to me.

"Ginny, we're still meeting here again tonight, right?"

Ginny stood up with books in hand and smirked at me. I loved when she had that mischievous look in her eyes. Plus, that slight grin let me know that she was still going to have me help.

"Actually," she started, "I think it would be better if we met in the Room of Requirement from now on."

"Why? What's wrong with the library?"

Ginny laughed and I wondered if I'd missed something.

"Haven't you noticed," she finally said, "How interested Hermione's been in our schedules lately?"

Truthfully, I hadn't. I'd been too busy staring at Ginny most of the bloody time. I had to stop that.

Ginny was waiting for an answer, so I just shrugged.

"Well, she's suspicious of how much time we spend together lately."

I wasn't surprised. Hermione had probably figured out that Ginny was planning on getting back at Ron too. I didn't see what that had to do with me helping Ginny or our working in the library.

"So?" I asked.

"So, our dear Hermione thinks that we are using this as a place to conduct our indiscretions." She placed heavy emphasis on the word indiscretions and it made me blush. Was I that obvious?

"So Room of Requirement from now on, all right Harry?"

I nodded and wondered why she was so calm about all of this. After all, it wasn't that much different than what Ron had said, was it? Except that Ron's comment had involved flirting and Hermione's was...well, seemed to be, something more.

I looked up at Ginny and couldn't help but imagine the possibility of doing something more than flirting with her. Kissing her maybe.

"Snogging in the library," Ginny exclaimed as she started to walk away, "imagine that!"

I nearly fell out of my seat.

"Harry, where are you going?"

I stopped abruptly in the corridor when I heard Hermione's questioning voice. I turned to face her, hoping this wouldn't take long. I'd told Ginny I would meet her in the Room of Requirement after Potions.

"I just have some things to do," I finally said.

Hermione looked at me suspiciously. I wondered where Ron was, thinking that maybe he could distract her somehow, but then I remembered that he'd bolted from the classroom right after Potions ended. I tried to suppress a chuckle at the image of Ron's robes announcing "Snape is a git" in bright pink lettering.

"What sorts of things?" Hermione asked.

"Just, er...things." I'd been about to tell her I was helping Ginny with some research, but then I remembered what she thought Ginny and I were really doing. And that made me think about doing what she thought we were doing.

"Nice blush, Harry." Hermione was grinning at me. "Tell Ginny I said hi."

"I'm not going to see Ginny!" I burst out as she started to walk away. "It's not what you think! Stop laughing!"

I frowned as Hermione threw up a hand in a half-hearted wave and her laughter echoed in the corridor.

"That's just great," I muttered before starting to head down the corridor. Hermione thought that Ginny and I were together and she was wrong. And, unfortunately, I wished she was right.

I tried to push all thoughts of Ginny out of my head as I walked. It was surprisingly difficult. I hadn't realized how much space she had taken up lately in my thoughts. Think of something else, I told myself, think of something else.

It didn't exactly work. I thought about today's prank and ended up thinking about her.

Ginny really was brilliant. And if I hadn't known that she was going to put the charm on Ron's robe, I never would've seen her do it. She'd waited until Ron was turned to talk to Hermione and then she'd slipped her wand from her sleeve and whispered the carefully constructed charm.

The look on Ron's face had been classic. I started laughing again just remembering it.

I saw that the door for the Room of Requirement was already there, which meant Ginny was already inside. Wait 'til I tell her about Potions.

"Oh, you should've seen it Ginny!" I said as I entered the Room. "Ron's face got bright red after he saw the message on his robes and Snape looked ready to kill. Hermione fixed the robes straight away for Ron so no messages about her, but I think that it still worked out rather well anyway. He's about to explode."

"Well, what happened with Snape?"

"Oh, a lecture, twenty points from Gryffindor, and a detention. Nothing he hasn't had before."

"I wish I could've been there," Ginny sighed.

"Yeah," I agreed. I wished that she could've been there too. That's the one problem with Ginny being a year behind us. She's not there when things happen in class. I like it better when I can share a laugh with her when something funny happens.

Ginny seemed all concerned about the detention, but I told her it was nothing to worry about. I couldn't believe she'd never had a detention before. I mentioned that it was very Hermione of her, and she got it into her head that we should give Hermione a detention.

After an hour of planning Hermione's upcoming detention, I was still wondering how Ginny had talked me into this.

"You know," I said as the two of us walked though the portrait hole of Gryffindor Tower, "I never thought I'd be giving Hermione a detention. On purpose that is."

"Just think of it as an early birthday present," Ginny grinned, "It's one of those things that's for her own good. She won't realize it at first and will probably be really mad, but once she and Ron start snogging she won't care."

Ginny's bluntness always took me by surprise.

"You're quite a girl Ginny Weasley."

"Thanks," Ginny said quietly. I could almost swear that she was blushing. "You're not so bad yourself."

We'd stopped at the foot of the stairs. I smiled at what suddenly seemed like the best compliment I'd ever received. Ginny was looking really pretty today. She had her hair up in some haphazard updo and a few strands were threatening to fall in her face. She took a step closer to me and I stopped breathing. Our bodies were almost touching. She put a hand on my shoulder and I gasped and remembered to start breathing again. Ginny and I had never been this close in real life. She leaned closer and for a split second I wondered if she was going to kiss me. Instead she leaned towards my ear and I felt her breath against the side of my face.

"We make quite a team don't we?" she whispered.

I nodded.

"Sweet dreams Harry."

I was in too much of a daze to do anything but stand there and watch Ginny run up the stairs. After a few minutes of standing there like an idiot, I drifted over to the couch and sat down. I was going to have to figure out how to tell Ginny that I liked her. She had been flirting with me again, right?

A/N: I hope you all liked this chapter! The next one involves Hermione getting a detention. And for those of you that were worried that Harry isn't too concerned about messing with his two best friends, he's simply distracted by his feelings for Ginny and a little slow on the uptake. You'll see! I can't wait to hear from all of you.