It's not just a bet anymore!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the J.K. Rowling characters, just Adrian as of now.
Summary: Harry Potter makes a bet with the Weasley brother. They bet him that he can't date Ginny for a whole month. Harry decided to take them up on the bet. But what if Harry winds up falling for Ginny. What happens when Ginny finds out?
Ginny awoke the next morning to Hermione tossing and turning in her bed. When Hermione finally opened her eyes she had tears behind them, "What's wrong?" Ginny asked her gently.
Hermione sat up and looked at Ginny, "Nothing just a dream."
Ginny gently rubbed her friends back; "About?" she probed
"Ron." Hermione looked into her friends brown eyes. "I dreamt that he broke up with me."
"Girl," Ginny said smiling gently "you really love my brother."
Hermione just nodded. A soft knock drew their attention to the door. Adrian poked into the room, "Good morning ladies." Adrian said with a wide smile.
"Morning." They both greeted him.
He looked at Hermione who still had tear in her eyes. "What's wrong?" He asked her.
Ginny nodded, telling Hermione that it was okay to tell him.
"I just have a feeling that Ron wants to break up with me." Hermione said closing her eyes finally letting a tear escape.
Adrian wrapped her into a warm friendly hug, and somehow it seemed a little better. Ginny smiled, she knew that would make Hermione feel better. For some reason whenever Adrian held her in his arms she always felt better and she could tell it had the same affect on Hermione. "Come on, let's do something fun to get your mind off of such a thing."
"What are you suggesting Mr. McCoy?" Hermione said smiling.
"A swim Ms. Granger." Adrian said pulling her up off the bed and then Ginny. "I'll meet you girls by the lake."
"Is he serious?" Hermione asked.
"Of course." Ginny said peeling off her shirt and finding her bikini. "Come on girl. Get ready."
Adrian walked into the kitchen and greeted Mrs. Weasley with a kiss. Harry and Ron looked up at him, "Morning." He said greeting them.
"Morning." They said together a little less enthusiastically. Adrian couldn't help but smile. He knew they were jealous because, well Harry because Ginny was his best friend and Ron because he and Hermione had hit it off as soon as they met.
"Would you like something to eat, dear?" Molly asked Adrian,
"Oh no!" Adrian said covering the pot she had just opened. "I can't. The girls and I are going swimming. You know what they say you mustn't swim right after you eat."
Molly laughed, "Fine."
The girl came running into the kitchen with their hair flaying behind them. Hermione was wearing a red bikini. Ginny on the other hand wore something a little more vivid. Her bathing suit was black with yellow, pink, blue, and orange polka dots. "Ready?" Ginny asked.
"Yes Ma'am." Adrian pulled his shirt over his head revealing a rippling six pack and large biceps.
Hermione looked at Adrian and almost fell over with delight. Not only was he gorgeous but also he had a body to die for.
Ginny looked at Hermione and couldn't help but laugh, "Stop showing off!"
"I'm not!" Adrian said. "Ladies shall we go that way?" Adrian said flexing his muscles as he pointed to the back door, "Or that way?" He asked as he switched position yet still flexing his muscles while he pointed to the side door.
Ginny's hand went straight to his rock hard abs, "No flexing allowed when I hit you."
"And why not. You hit way to damn hard for me to be able to take it while unflexing." Adrian said
"Unflexing isn't a word." Hermione said laughing.
"It could be." Adrian argued with her.
Ginny laughed at the two as Adrian pouted. He then proceeded to stomp out of the house.
It was then that the girls noticed Harry and Ron had been there, watching them the whole time.
"Morning guys." Ginny said brightly.
Harry had that jealous look in his eyes and Ron had the same one as well. Ginny couldn't help but laugh. Ginny went over to Harry and kissed him on the lips lightly. "Want to come out with us?"
"No it's fine you can spend time with your best friend." Harry said trying to be sensible about the whole thing. He knew he wouldn't like it if it was the other way around. If perhaps Harry wanted to spend some time with Hermione and Ron alone and Ginny got mad.
"Okay baby." Ginny said kissing him again. This time though Harry held onto her a little longer than intended and kissed her more deeply. Letting her know that she was his.
"Ron?" Hermione asked. "Would you like to come?"
"No." Ron said curtly.
Hermione didn't know why she bothered. Of course he didn't want to come. Hermione held her tongue though; she was not about to start a fight with him right now. It was too early for a fight; it would ruin the rest of her day.
Ginny grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the door where Adrian was waiting for them. "That doesn't mean anything." He said to Hermione who looked as if she was about to cry. He gently put an arm around her.
"You know maybe you guys should go by yourselves, I'll only bring the mood down." Hermione tried to turn around but Adrian prevented her from doing so.
"Oh no." Adrian said, "You're not going to go sit in your room and cry. I won't let you." Adrian picked Hermione up off the ground.
"Adrian!" Hermione yelled loudly.
Adrian walked towards the lake, Ginny laughing gleefully by their side.
"Put me down Adrian." Hermione yelled.
"If you insist." Adrian tossed Hermione into the cold lake. Her shrill filled the air and Adrian jumped in right after her, then Ginny followed.
Ron and Harry watched the scene from the window. Harry looked at Ron, "Mate, don't get mad. You put her in this position."
"What?" Ron asked his head whipping to her side.
"Come on you never spend time with her Ron. She needs to seek love somewhere else." Harry said.
Ron got up from his chair and walked up the stairs. "Harry, I treat her just fine."
"No you don't. You feel guilty Ron." Harry said as they entered Ron's room.
"Well don't you?" Ron asked his best friend as he tossed himself onto the bed.
Harry looked down at his hands. He did to some extent feel bad but having Ginny made it all better. Every time he was with Ginny he seemed to forget why he was with her and just felt the feeling of overwhelming love when he was with her. He was glad now that he knew what that feeling was that he felt every time she was near him. He was happy that he was in love. But at times like this when he was all alone he had time to think and that when he felt guilty.
Fred and George walked out of the house and into the backyard where Ginny, Hermione and Adrian were enjoying each other's company. He saw Adrian dunk Ginny under the water and before she came up Hermione managed to dunk Adrian as well.
They looked at one another and came to a silent agreement. "Hey you guys enjoying yourselves?"
Ginny looked up and laughed, "Yeah, do you guys need something?" She asked wearily. She knew they were up to something she could tell by the look in their eyes.
"Nope." The twins said at the same time. "Your boyfriends didn't want to join you?"
Hermione shook her head no.
The twins both looked at Ron's window and then said something under their breath. They thought the bet would make those two come to realize their feelings for the girls. But they were avoiding them, so obviously it was not something that was going to happen. Now they realized it was probably a stupid dare.
"What?" Ginny said rising out of the lake and covering herself in a towel. She rubbed the towel over her body collecting the extra water that was dripping from her. Adrian and Hermione had gone back to their own private conversation.
"What Gin?" Fred asked his sister.
"We didn't say anything." George said with an innocent smile.
Ginny looked over at her friends in the lake and walked over to her brothers. "What are you two mumbling about over here?" Ginny asked menacingly.
Fred and George felt a surge of fear shoot through them. Ginny was exactly like their mother and their mother was very scary. Now they came to realize that if Ginny ever found out about this she would kill them. Without looking at one another they both came to another agreement. Ginny could never find out about the dares.
"Gin, we're not mumbling about anything." Fred looked at his brother. "Well George we should get back to the shop, we have a lot of work to do."
As they disappeared back into the house Ginny knew they were lying. They did not have anything to do at work, they were trying to hide something from her and she sure was going to figure out what it was. Ginny looked over her shoulder and called over to her friends, "I'm going to go see if Harry and Ron want to have lunch with us."
"Okay." She heard Adrian and Hermione call back.
Ginny bent down by her things and pulled one of her big tee shirts which had been handed down to her form one of her brothers- this one was Bill's. Ginny closed the door behind her silently. As she made her way up the stairs and closer to Ron's room she heard their hushed voices come form inside the room. Ginny knew she shouldn't do it but she couldn't resist.
Ginny looked around the hall to make sure no one was around and leaned her ear onto the door. Their voices cleared up and the first she heard was Ron's.
"I don't think I can do this anymore, Harry."
"What do you mean?" She heard Harry's voice ask her brother's. "Do you mean be with Hermione?"
"No I mean lie to Hermione. They way your lying to Ginny." Ron said his voice rising with every word he spoke.
'What is Ron talking about?' Ginny thought to herself as she further leaned into the door to make sure she didn't miss anything.
"I'm not lying to Ginny." Harry said matching Ron's voice as he defended himself. "I love Ginny, Ron!"
"I know you do." Ron said his voice softening, "But don't you feel guilty about the whole thing? I know I can't look at Hermione without knowing the reason we're together I based on some stupid game!"
"Ron." Harry said trying to calm his best friend down. "If Ginny and Hermione never find out about the dare we'll be fine."
Ginny suddenly felt her knees go weak. 'The only reason Harry dated me is because of a dare?' she asked herself. Ginny had to hold onto the doorframe to keep from falling over, she couldn't believe this.
"Just don't act like you can't stand to be around Hermione and they won't figure it out Ron." Harry took a deep breath. "They can never know Ron, it would destroy our relationships with them."
Ginny felt the tear behind her eyes finally fall onto her face. Harry had only dated her because of a dare. A dare! And she had acted so stupid. She should have seen it. She should have noticed how that he was playing her. Her heart got the best of her and she believed a lie. She wanted to run away to forget this whole thing. Maybe she could pretend she didn't hear it. But what was the point of living a lie. Harry didn't like her the way she liked him. Hell Ginny was in love with him and he had only done this because of a dare.
Mustering up all the courage she could, Ginny opened the door to Ron's room. The guys looked up at the opened door and stared into Ginny face. A look of fear ran through them. Then realization hit them as tears fell down her face freely- she had heard everything they had said.
A/N: Here's my attempt at a cliffie. What will Ginny do and say? You're just going to have to tune in next chapter to find out what happens. Don't forget to review!
Volleypickle16: Thank you for your review and I'm glad that you loved the chapter.
Lourdes: Yes Harry did finally realize his feeling for Ginny but everything just got messed up for him didn't they. And well next chapter Ginny will get her word in. I'm glad you liked the last chapter and I hope you enjoyed this one. Thank you for your review.
Silvercrystal77: Yeah but we all knew he loved her except Harry- it was about time he figure it out though. I'm glad you liked the last chapter and I hope you like this one. Well Adrian is quite an attractive guy, it's only logical that even Hermione would swoon over him. Thank you for your review.
Zeldagrl436: Yup Harry finally realizes he's in love with Ginny. Thank you for your review.
Sapphireshine: I'm glad you liked that chapter and I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much. I actually heard that Ginny's full name is Ginevra- but I'll look into and let you know. Thank you for your review.