Despite popular belief, Young Mr. Potter was not an idiot. He knew that he had been less than the perfect Gentleman to Little Ginny, but he had hoped that he hadn't come off as down right mean. It appeared that he was wrong.

He hadn't wanted to be mean; in fact all he wanted was to be as nice as possible to Little Ginny. But a certain he-who-must-not-be-named had once again gotten in the way. What can I say, after sixteen years, it had become a bit of a habit. But even though you-know-who wouldn't let them be together, that doesn't mean that Harry had forgotten how wonderful it had been to be down by the lake with Little Ginny. Or in the Great hall with Ginny. Or how all around wonderful it was to just be with Ginny. Especially now that it seemed she would never want to be in his presence again.

He knew that the he was reason for Little Ginny being absent the first part of the evening. He had felt completely responsible for Ginny unwillingness to participate with the family, and it had certainly not helped his conscience when Little Ginny ran upstairs, seething from her brothers' comments.

"Well that was rude." was all anyone had time to say before the screaming started. With every person that Ginny mentioned, all heads seemed to swivel in that person's general direction. But all eyes were trained on Potter when the screaming ended. He knew what they were thinking, and he would be lying if he said he weren't thinking it to. "How could he be so cruel?" not even Young Mr. Potter himself had the answer to that. He knew why he had needed to end things with Little Ginny. He knew that he had to try to protect her, but he could not for the life of him understand how he could gather up enough strength to hurt someone that he supposedly cared so much about. He had not thought that there was that much strength in the world.

He sprung out of his seat when he heard that Little Ginny's screaming fit was over. He raced up the stairs, not sure what he was going to do when he got to Ginny. He was unsure whether to take Ginny in his arms and beg for her to take him back, or if he was going to list the reasons why they could not be together one more time. True, Young Mr. Potter was not an idiot, but that was not to say the he had it all figured out. All he knew was that he had to see Ginny, had to…just be with Ginny. He knew they couldn't be together but, at least they could talk. They could try to figure out what to do, since they would have to be in each others presence. Yes, they should talk about this, Young Mr. Potter concludes as he takes the stairs. Talk about what they were feeling, about how they should cope. And they should definitely talk about how he was in love with her. Wait. What? Talk about how he was WHAT?

This revelation came as a shock to Young Mr. Potter, after all, didn't I just say that he didn't have it all figured out? It was because of this sudden epiphany that Young Mr. Potter came to an also sudden holt right in front of Little Ginny's door. It was because of this epiphany that Good Old Hermione opened the door and came face to face with a stunned and speechless Mr. Potter.

"Dear Merlin, Harry, do you really think its best for you to be here right now?"

Harry wasn't sure of anything at the moment. He wasn't sure of where he was much less sure of where he should be. All he knew for sure was that, apparently, he loved Little Ginny. Oh, and he knew one other thing too. He knew that she should know that he loved her as well. It was then that his senses came back to him, and he remembered where he was, and what Good Old Hermione had just asked him.

"Yes Hermione, I do." Young Mr. Potter said in somewhat of a determined trance. "Also Hermione if you could leave us alone for a minute, there is something I want to tell Ginny." And with that Young Mr. Potter went into the room with the weeping Little Ginny, leaving good Old Hermione to stare after in wonder. After a Shrug and an Eye Roll, Good Old Hermione did exactly what Harry had asked, hoping that for once in his life, please, let him know what he was doing.

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okay, so i think the story is only going to have maybe one or two chapters left, so i can keep it short and sweet. just like this chapter. im srry about the length, by the way, but i didn't really know what else to add to this chapter. anyway i hoped u like it. please review!