Harry's Special Xmas

Yawns Im dead tired after writing this chapter... haha! It was actually a whole lot longer but i think this was the best I could do in about 3 hrs... I really need to know u guys opinion on how the plot of the story is going after you read this ya...

Enjoy the read... Im off to sleep now... Zzzzzz

Disclaimer: If these characters belong to me, and I'm rich as hell... I'll probably buy Daniel Radcliffe and call him as my own.. He's such a hottie...

Chapter 4:

It was mere days to Christmas and everyone left at Hogwarts was feeling very Christmas-y indeed. The corridors of Hogwarts were decked in festive colours and the Great Hall was as usual,spectacular. The huge Christmas tree, decorated with every single Christmas ornament you could ever imagine was hanging beautifully on it. The smell of the Christmas trees, the sparkle and twinkle of light that were reflected from the Christmas ornaments all added to the beauty of the Great Hall. Professor Flitwick was indeed a fantastic decorator,thought Ginny as she walked towards her usual seat for breakfast. She looked around for Dean who was supposed to be saving her a seat but there was no sight of him except for ... She grinned. A messy raven haired boy was eating his porridge quietly as he stopped occasionally to write on a piece of parchment. It was the perfect cue for Ginny to disturb this old flame of hers.

"BOO!" She said loudly into Harry's ears before sitting herself down next to him. As expected, the poor boy was so shocked that he coughed out the porridge from his mouth, splattering a few of it on his parchment.

"Jesus... Ginny!" Harry coughed as Ginny handed him a goblet of pumpkin juice. He gulped it down as Ginny giggled at the sight of him.

" Haha! Served you right! Mum always said never to eat and write at the same time...Look, let me clean up your parchment for ya..."

Before Ginny could reach it, Harry immediately grabbed it, a panic stricken look on his face. "NO. It's alright.It's ok. It's nothing really." He said quickly as he held on the parchment rather tightly, and grinned a sheepish grin to a very curious Ginny.

"Oh really... Ok... If that's the case... Hey Harry,look over there, Professor Mcgonnagal is calling out to you..." Within seconds, Harry turned to look towards the teachers' table. Big mistake.

Ginny stood on the bench and quickly snatched the parchment from Harry and before Harry could even react,she was already reading it,scanning her eyes eagerly across the parchment. The laughter in her eyes begin to turn into something that was unprecedented.

"Ginny.. Come on. Quit playing around.. That's.. That's private.."Harry said as he tried to get back the parchment. But Ginny was turning her body away from Harry and continued to read the parchment, the laughter in her eyes slowly dimming...

She slowly turned towards an embarrassed Harry and held out the parchment towards him, who immediately took back his parchment and sat down and didn't really wanted to face Ginny. He wasn't angry, just very very embarrassed..

" That was the most beautiful thing anyone could have ever written. I didn't know that you can write songs. Another addition to your repertoire." Ginny said sincerely, as she looked at Harry.

"I'd appreciate if you... sigh.. just don't tell.. Don't tell anyone.." Harry said as he finally looked at Ginny.

"Is it for someone..someone special? "

Harry didn't immediately reply. At the corner of his eyes, he saw Hermione, Dean and Ron ,walking towards their benches, talking animatedly. Hermione and Dean were laughing at Ron who unfortunately was wearing a pair of different coloured socks.

Before he could answer, Hermione plopped down next to him and ruffled his hair,making it even more messier,before greeting him and Ginny.

"Hey Harry, hey Gins...Whassup.. Gosh.. I'm really hungry.. Mind if I take a bite," she said as she scooped some of Harry's porridge into her mouth.

Harry was glad to have the distraction. The last thing he wanted was Ginny to find out.

Ginny was giving a smug grin as she looked at Harry and the others. Harry groaned. No, this wasn't happening.

"Guys,listen up.. You know, I got a splendid idea. We got only 2 days left to Christmas and here we are doing nothing much. What do you feel about having a mini party for ourselves? We probably have a Christmas lunch and dinner in Hogwarts, but let's say after dinner we have our own little rendezvous? With entertainment from every single one of us of course,"she said,zeroing in on Harry. Harry shifted in his seat uncomfortably,looking away from Ginny.

"That's a brilliant idea baby! But only the few of us? Can't we invite,you know the rest?" Dean said.

"Yeah, that's like... About 8 more persons to invite anyway..." Hermione said glancing around the Great Hall.

"We can even invite some of the teachers if we want."Ron said as he nodded towards the teachers table.

"WHAT? No!"

"What for?"

"Eww..Snape in our party...I don't think so Ron."

"No way!"

"Alright,alright..Just a suggestion... no need to get nasty."

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The rest of the morning and afternoon was spent discussing the details of the party, who was in charge of what and who was going to hand out the invites to the other remaining Gryffindors, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs. No Slytherines of course, they were smarter than that.

The gang knew they could always trust Ginny to be the perfect party planner.Articulate with every single details pertaining to the party, she knew exactly the place to hold the party; the Rooms of Requirements of course. Not only it saved them time from decorating the place up, it was the perfect place to hold one hell of a party without any interference of any kind including Filtch and Snape. In the case of food and beverages, Ron and Dean were smart not to tell Hermione that they had employed the help of Dobby and his other elves friends to be their official caterer.

"Tick.Tick.Tick. Yea. The essentials of the party are all taken care of." Hermione muttered as she took a glance at the list she and Ginny had came out with. Ginny initially didn't realised they needed a list until Hermione begged her to let her come out a list for them. Harry smiled at the sight of Hermione and Ginny squabbling over it; typical Hermione. Hermione and her lists. Inseparable. He grinned at an image formed in his mind;Hermione fretting over the number of things they had to do in order to defeat Voldemort. The image of Hermione ticking off a list of Horcruxes was simply funny and morbid at the same timethat he just had to laugh.

"What's so funny Harry?" Hermione said, she said as she sat down next to him in the common, exhausted with the day's activities. Ron was grumbling in one corner about Dean and Ginny as usual. Both of them had excused themselves out of the room and Ron, being the overprotective brother he usually was,couldn't stand the fact that other people were entitled to go out with her.

"Nah,just..just thinking about you I suppose.." He said without much realization of what he had said. Oops, too late! Ron,on the other had given quite a queer look when he said that. Woah.I gotta be extra careful..

Hermione laughed and snuggled closer to her best friend. "Oh really? That's a surprise..And why are you laughing at the mere thought of me?"She folded her arms and looked at Harry, a questioning smile on her face.

Oh shit.

"Nah, he's probably thinking of your old crush, Professor Lockhart and how to lay a big fat kiss on him!" Ron interfered, as he threw in more logs into the fireplace.

"Hey!!! I'm not!" Harry replied,irritated with Ron's answer.

"LOCKHART??Really? Since when did you have the hots for him Harry?" Hermione laughed, a sound that Harry has grown to love these past few weeks.

"Ya... I recently discovered his deepest darkest secret.." Ron said and he sat next to Harry, fluttering his eyelashes ridiculously and put his arms around Harry in a seductive way.

"Urgh.Stop it Ron.You are making puke," Harry said as he rolled his eyes and added," I am NOT GAY like that teacher of ours ok. I like girls. Period."

"Awww..too bad.. I was beginning to have the hots for ya...And you know, since we are bunking in the same room... It ain't such a bad idea...You know, I'm sexy..." Ron said in a "sexy" voice that Harry found absolutely revolting.

"Oh Ronald..." Herrmione joked.

"Oh yeah, how would you know... I bet you can't be half as sexy as I am,'Mione" Ron said in a mocking tone as he playfully flipped his imaginary locks behind, and fluttered his eyelashes. Harry couldn't control his laughter. The sight of Ron's face was too much.

A bad idea to challenge Hermione, he thought as he laughed at Ron's pathetic attempt of a catwalk in the middle of the common room,strutting his stuff, flipping his hair,pouting his lips and swaying his hips jerkily from side to side.

"Hey.. I can if I want to. Trust me Ronald," Hermione said as she folded her arms,angry at Ron's comment.

"Ok,come on.. So prove it then... Here... Right now..."

Harry looked at the both of them. Oh oh. As much as he thought that Hermione looked very cute when she was angry, he didn't really like the idea of a full frontal battle between 2 of his closest friends.

Hermione was reluctant to answer to Ron although Harry must admit she was looking quite pissed and murderous.

"Well, Hermione.. What are we waiting for? It's just dear ol' Harry and me. Come on then. I bet you can't even do it. Never spoke to Krum in that way huh?" Ron teased as he continued swaying his hips this way and that.

The tension in the room was undeniable and Harry was quick to jump to Hermione's defences. "Cut her some slack Ron. Cut it out."

Harry glanced at Hermione. A determined look was on her face.And..She looked as if she was contemplating something. Oh – oh. This was not good.

"Very well then Ron. You want sexy. I'll show you sexy..." Hermione said with an angry look shot at Ron. She removed her elastic band that was holding up her ponytail and shook her hair this way and that ,making it become even more bushier and more ruffled; a look that made Harry gulped. An out –of- bed look that was clearly running havoc on Harry's hormones at the moment. Before Ron could even say anything, Hermione shot him another look that immediately silenced him. Harry was caught in between, literally. With Hermione right next to him and Ron right in front of him, he couldn't even go anywhere even if he wanted to.

Hermione took a big breath, cleared her throat before saying," Watch and be surprised Ronald Weasly." She said.

What happened next definitely caught Harry and Ron by surprise. Hermione grabbed hold of Harry's maroon Gryffindor's tie and pulled it forcefully towards her so that his face was merely an inch away from Hermione. Lowering her eyelids almost halfway close, she gave Harry a sexy look ,making his heartbeat pumped even faster. " I'm sorry Harry but I just gotta do this."

Sorry? This was the closest kind of body contact he ever had with Hermione,not counting the dreams he had the nights before.All he could do was the moment was to keep his hands to himself.

" I think I heard Ginny speaking to Dean this way..." She leaned in closer to Harry, playfully twirled her index fingers on a single lock of Harry's hair. One palm was placed upon Harry's chest as her fingers continued to twirl his hair.

"Hey baby... You wanna go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend. We can have a little fun, if you know what I mean..." She said with an un-Hermione like voice, low and very very very sexy.Her index finger trailed a path from Harry's scar, rubbing it slowly and then moved down his nose and lingered upon his lips,tracing it carefully. Her other hand continued it's teasing journey,rubbing Harry's forearm,making Harry feel as if he had just died and gone to heaven. From the corner of her eyes she saw Ron standing,arms folded, clearly unimpressed.

That's it.I had enough of this crap. So I'm not sexy enough for him huh, like those girls he dated huh Well well well.. He just have to find out this way then. She leaned forwards for the final kill.

With a silent prayer,she moved her face forwards and placed her lips upon Harry's, her one arm around his neck, another placed upon his chest. She merely expected the kiss to be a short and quick one but the feel of Harry's soft lips against hers was...Electrifying. And the amazing thing was that she felt Harry moved forward, putting pressure upon her lips, a delicious unexpected thrill running through her body. He was definitely kissing her back,gently and oh so softly. She pushed herself forwards too, grazing her chest against his. Gosh. This feels really good. She closed her eyes at the amazing feeling and felt herself surrendering to the short moment,her arms tightening bit by bit around his neck and felt herself emitting a soft moan...She wanted it to go on and go on...Oblivious to the surroundings , she felt her heart going into overdrive until...

" What are you guys doing?" Ginny's voice broke the magical moment. She opened her eyes, and untangled herself from Harry's embrace. She managed to see that Harry's eyes were half closed and she felt her heartbeat pounding in her ears. She saw Ginny and Dean at the common door, Ron open-mouthed and silent, Dean with a funny amused look upon his face and Ginny.. Ginny's face was one of shock that Hermione knew she had never ever seen before

She felt like she wanted to sink herself in the biggest black hole she could find. Tying back her ponytail, she couldn't make herself to look at Harry. Luckily, it was Dean who broke the silence.

"Errr...Anyone up for a late night of marshmallow roasting and Butterbeer?" he said nervously.

"Don't mind us. We were just playing a game, when things got out of control. Way out of control..." Ron said in a funny voice.

Not turning back to look at the others, Hermione merely kept her mouth shut, face burning with shame, and walked out of the common room, much to the surprise of everyone.

It was then that Harry finally managed to find his voice. "Wait... 'Mione...Hermione!" But she was out of the door...

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The crackle of the fireplace accompanied Harry throughout the night as he sat by the fireplace all by himself. Thinking about the events that had just occurred that very evening. The look on Ron's face was tearing him apart yet, he knew there was something that kept bobbing up to the surface everything time he tried to think about how to talk to Ron.

He had shared a kiss with Hermione.

Or rather, she was the one who kissed him.

But, duh, you kissed back...

The feel of her lips against his was... Perfection. He didn't expect her to go as far as she did.But he wasn't complaining. He remembered the sweet taste of heaven that was Hermione's lips... Him holding her tight,her arms around him.. It was perfection.. The moment he saw Hermione leaning forward,her lips moving in onto his, he knew he couldn't resist it. He could have stopped her right there and then but he was just too...Curious and eager...He remembered the scene that occurred after the incident

--Flashback--

Back in their dorm.

"So you must have enjoyed it huh?" Ron said as he stared Harry down.

Harry didn't want to lie to his friend but he knew honesty wasn't the best policy at the moment. He merely kept quiet, adjusting back his tie before merely giving a shrug.

" Oh come on Harry. My eyes don't lie. You clearly enjoyed that," Ron said tensely.

"You knew how I felt about her and you still went on with it..."

This time Harry couldn't take it. He knew it wasn't fair of Ron to say that.

" Look, it wasn't me who started it and you very well know it Ron. And about your feelings, how the hell am I to know what you feel? The way you treat her, kissing just about every girl who's within close proximity with you,how do you think she'd feel about that? You don't treat her right and here we are talking about how I SHOULD KNOW HOW YOU FEEL?!"

Ron's ears became red, a clear danger sign but Harry didn't feel intimidated. He just knew he had to get this straight once and for all.

"Well... I'm just figuring things out! You knew... and you stil..."

"Look Ron, I'm gonna say this once, and I'm not going to say it again. I...I... I dunnoe why but I've come to have feelings for Hermione. There. I said it. Are you happy now?!" Harry said, glaring at Ron. He knew it was harsh but he knew he couldn't take it anymore. He got a lot to deal with already and the least he could do with his life now was to solve those solvable ones first.

Without giving another thought, he merely walked out of the dorm, leaving behind a very much silent Ronald Weasly.

--Flashback--

He gave a loud groan, rubbing his temples. Why God Why could have you granted me with a normal life?

Sitting here in the common room, right on the same couch that Hermione had kissed him hours before didn't help him much. Cursing to the heavens above,he headed out of the common room. Maybe a walk in the freezing grounds will soothe out his soul.

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Hermione was still out in the grounds. In fact she was in the Room of Requirements all by herself. She had asked for a place to hide temporarily,away from all prying eyes. And before she knew it, a normal looking door appeared right before her on the seventh storey corridor and she immediately sneaked inside.

A simple canopy bed, a large self of books greeted. Her kind of solitude. She took off her robes and when she was only wearing her underwear, she laid down on her bed.. Her mind thinking.

Thinking.. Thinking about her very 1st kiss. With Harry James Potter...

At the thought of the kiss, she found herself closing her eyes... A tingle spread from her toes to the rest of her body.. She knew it was unexpected. But still, the electrifying feel of Harry's lips against hers made her weak in the knees. Her heart started to beat faster... She closed her eyes and for the very 1st time since like forever, Harry's face emerged instead of Ron. She traced her own lips with her fingertips at the mere memory of it... Her first kiss... Who could have known it could be that explosive...

Harry's green eyes..Harry's soft perfect lips..The cheeky grin of his. And now, the feel of his sexy lips against hers... Argh!!

But she couldn't deny that something was stirred in her.. She felt hot when Harry kissed her. The kind that Ginny was always talking about...

Maybe she should stop thinking and running away.Yes, Hermione, grow up. It was just a kiss.

She took back her robes, wore it and decided that her bed was waiting for her in her dormitory. She will deal with this in the morning...

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The incident left quite a stain the next morning. Ginny and Dean were the only ones talking in their usual seats,eyeing their friends carefully and trying their best to act normal. They were smart enough to avoid any PDA around Ron, who in fact has turned into a very irritable person overnight. Harry on the other hand was nowhere to be seen and Hermione was acting as if nothing had occurred the night before. She ate her cereal quietly,not showing any kind of response at all to Ron's stares.

In fact, she looked calm and normal. While she read the newspaper quietly while eating her cereal, Ron on the other hand, who was seated across her was struggling with something.

" Hermione..."

"Yes,"she said cooly as she finally looked at Ron, who was now,looking quite uncomfortable.

"I just... I just wanna say..."

"Yea?"

"I'm sorry for making you do that last night,I was putting pressure on you for a stupid thing and I feel bad and I wanna apologize coz I feel it wasn't appropriate and it's wrong and I know you shouldn't be doing that and ..." Ron rambled on,beads of perspiration on his face as he said it.

A silence followed. Hermione simply looked at the boy. She knew it was killing him to say it. But a part of her was enjoying it, surprisingly. Serves him right.But she didn't really know what to say to Ron. She stole a glance at Ginny seated next to Ron, hoping that Ginny would help her out in the situation. Ginny saw the look and immediately stood up.

" So admit it then." Ginny intervened, as she looked at Ron, folding her arms, a smug look on her face.

"Errrr...admit what ?" a clearly nervous and embarrassed Ron said, looking at Ginny and Hermione.

"Admit that she's hot and you think she's sexy then. I mean that's why she did the whole hoopla right?"

"Err..."

"No, you don't have.." Hermione said, her cheeks turning slightly pink. She felt a little sorry for Ron who was looking so uncomfortable,it was as if he was being confronted with a thousand spiders.

"Hermione,you're hot and sexy. " Ron said suddenly, his face the same shade as his hair,his eyes not quite meeting Hermione's.

Dean whistled and Ginny clapped her brother on his back, laughing. Hermione on the other hand was so shocked with the revelation that she blinked her eyes a couple of times,not saying anything else.

"Well, took ya long enough big bro. She is and always will. And she probably think the same thing about you too if you get my drift..."Ginny said happily.

"GINNY!!!" Hermione was aghast at what Ginny had said. But Ginny as usual, being the smart witch that she was in these kind of matters , simply got off her seat .

"Come on,Dean...let's leave these 2 to settle their matters," Ginny said as she took hold of Dean's hands and pulled him up. " We got a rocking party to plan, and I need your help in choosing the best music. Maybe you can show me some of your muggle Cds."

Ron and Hermione was left by themselves, clearly still embarrassed by each other. Hermione looked down towards her plate and continued eating, not really knowing what to say. A couple of minutes went by and surprisingly, it was Ron who spoke out first.

"You didn't have to do that yesterday. I.. I was just playing with ya. I..I... always knew you to be ...ahem...pretty."He said nervously and he bravely looked up from his breakfast and stared into Hermione's eyes.

Was her ears deceiving her?Was that an actual compliment from Ronald Weasly She looked into Ron's eyes expecting to see amusement and laughter in his eyes but there was none. There was a sincerity in his eyes that she never thought she would ever see.

Blushing, she simply smiled and continued to eat. My my... Look what she's done... Ronald Weasly has finally noticed her...But what about her Harry? A tiny voicie within her said...

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Harry was staring at the landscapes around him as he stood on Hogwarts bridge, connecting the Great Hall tower to the owlery. The scenery was as usual breathtaking and it was the perfect remedy for his confused mind. He was simply thinking when suddenly someone called out to him.

"Hey Harry!' Dean Thomas called out to him. Harry turned reluctantly towards him. He resisted his urge to just ignore and rolled his eyes at Dean but he couldn't quite do so. He didn't know why but there was something about Dean that annoyed him. Ever since he dated Ginny, he was acting like a proud dickhead, having gained access to the hottest girl on Hogwarts grounds. Not that Harry was jealous or anything. His instincts were usually right and he kinda had a feeling that Dean was always fooling around with Ginny and the look that he gave her wasn't one of real affection. It was always one of desire and lust. And it made Harry angry to think that Dean was treating Ginny as a play thing.

"Hey, don't need to look so pissed.But hot night yesterday huh?" Dean teased Harry. Harry simply shrugged.

"Anyways, tomorrow's party gonna be great. Found some CDs and such. The music's gonna be great... And regarding tomorrow's performance, do you need any help? I mean Ginny said you're gonna perform a song or something... I can play the guitar and piano so.. If you need..."

'WHAT?I'm not singing!"

"Dude, you are.. It's in the itinerary that Ginny and Hermione came up with yesterday."

No, this was not what he needed at the moment.

"Come on, it's Xmas... Anyways, I bet Hermione want to see you perform after your ahem... your performance with her yesterday..." Dean laughed.

Hermione.Gosh. Hermione... After last night,all he could think about was her... Maybe he should...After all he already had a few songs he'd written about her.. And after his fight with Ron yesterday, he just gotta make his move before... the unthinkable happens...

"Alright then.."

"Atta boy, Harry! So the boy who lived is gonna be the boy who rocked the stage tomorrow!Woohoo!"

No Dean...The boy Who Lived is gonna be The boy Who Gets The Girl...

Haha... So how about that??? Ron VS Harry? I was quite reluctant to have them fight in this chapter but then, i couldnt help it...So.. DING DING DING.. Let's have them boys enter the ring and let the battle begin...

Oh ya... Ginny's got a hot scene with Harry in the next chappie...Trust me... u'll love it...

yawn I'm tired... Hey read/review... All I want for Xmas is reviews!!!