A.N. Oh dear! I am so sorry it's been this long since I last updated! I hope you all haven't given up on me! I really haven't meant to. I won't keep rambling because I know you just want to get to the story!

WARNING: There is some rather teenage content in this chapter. Nothing TOO bad, but I just thought you all should be forewarned. There is some heavy making out and some second base action, but not detailed.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. If I had enough money to do the backstroke in, do you really think I'd be writing fan fiction?

Chapter 5: The Loooooooove Chapter

Ginny and Harry were talking quietly downstairs. Rather, Ginny was ranting, and Harry was listening.

"Oh! I just can't believe they won't get over being cowards and kiss each other already. They're supposed to be in Gryffindor, aren't they?!" Ginny said emphatically.

"I know, love," Harry said. "But why does this bother you so much?"

"Because I know what it's like to long for someone you love and feel you can't have them." She said, not catching she'd used the "L" word.

"Who are you talking about?" Harry asked nervously; they had never said they loved each other before.

"You, silly!" Then it dawned on her that she had just told him she loved him.

"You love me?" This was not going as planned: He wanted to tell her in a different way. There was going to be jewelry and a nice candle-lit dinner and everything.

Then Ginny did something a little strange for her. She looked up into Harry's green eyes, and nodded sheepishly. Ginny was never sheepish. "I've always loved you."

"I love you, too." Harry said, caressing her cheek with his hand. He brought her face up to his, and they shared a fervent kiss.

HARRY POTTER

Hermione and Ron stopped laughing and were looking at each other. They moved closer together, and soon their faces were inches apart. Ron tucked a strand of Hermione's wet hair behind her ear, and brushed his lips against hers gently. Hermione stared into his eyes, and cocked her head sideways. She smiled and kissed him hard on the lips, their kiss bursting with emotion.

There was a spark between the two of them that was quite unlike any other. It was like going into a dreamland as they were kissing. His hands were on her waist and her hands were on his neck. It didn't matter that she was too short for him and she needed to crane her neck to kiss him. It didn't matter that they were in swim suits in the middle of Hermione's mothers' sparklingly clean kitchen. All that mattered was that they were together, sharing a beautiful and passionate kiss.

They finally broke apart, their breathing heavy. Ron smiled down at her, feeling euphoric. That was the best thing I've ever gone through.

"Now that's what I call a kiss." Hermione said, smiling at him.

HARRY POTTER

Unbeknownst to Hermione and Ron, Ginny and Harry had been snogging as well. As his hand wandered too far north, Ginny pulled away. "Too fast," She said.

"OK," Harry said, happy that she loved him.

"I'm sorry. I don't mean to be a prude," Ginny said.

"Ginny, you're not being a prude. It's perfectly fine to have boundaries." Harry said, marveling at the fact he could tell her he loved her any time he wanted.

Ginny smiled. We have never got past first base. It would be fun to try something…new. "You know, maybe it wouldn't be so bad if you --," She took his hand and made it cup her breast. His eyes got wide and she kissed him on the mouth.

There was a certain twitch in Harry's "downstairs" area after quite a while of kissing and other things, and thought it was best to halt things before they went too far. The both of them were not ready for such things.

HARRY POTTER

"You know, I reckon it's good you kissed me first, because I am a firm believer that the woman should never make the first move." Hermione said a half hour after their unbelievable kiss. The two teenagers were sitting on the couch, holding hands and watching the television.

"Woman shouldn't make the first move." Ron said, and Hermione giggled. She all of the sudden felt a giddy, elated feeling, and really didn't want it to go away.

After a few minutes' comfortable silence, Ron spoke up again. "Does this make us together?" He said nervously.

"Do you want us to be boyfriend/girlfriend?" Hermione said, her soaring spirits coming to an abrupt halt. Here it comes. The big 'let's just be friends' bit. I can't believe I was stupid enough to think that he would want to be my boyfriend.

"Well, yeah. Do you?" He asked, looking at her.

"Yeah," Hermione said excitedly. They both broke into huge smiles, and Ron kissed her blithely.

A.N. I know to its disgustingly short, but I wanted to get them together and get an update for you all. There will be some really fun stuff in later chapters. Maybe some partially illegal acts, definitely more fluff, and a kind of a sort of bad thing with one of the couples. I hope I didn't offend anyone with the second scene between Ginny and Harry.