"I feel like such a cheater" Ginny kept telling herself. How could she let Harry kiss her? How could she let herself kiss him back? This wasn't fair to Dean, this is not who she was. Why hadn't she stopped it? Why did she like? She kept asking herself all these questions but was afraid of dealing with the real answer.
The rest of the school day passed in a daze. She didn't see Harry for the rest of the day. She tried to not looking for him but couldn't help it. She didn't want to be caught off guard again. He had a habit of doing that she noticed. The next time she saw him, she was going to set him straight that he needed to stop or she would avoid him completely.
At dinner, Dean was sitting with her like usual, talking about oh, she wished she knew. She was so absorbed in her own thoughts, she just said "oh yeah?" & "right" when there was a pause in his chatter. He seemed satisfied until it was time to get up & head up to the common room.
"Did you hear me?" Dean asked. Getting up from the table.
"Yes sure" Ginny said, following his lead, assuming it was time to leave.
"Then what did I say?" he inquired.
"You said it's time to head up" Ginny replied.
"No, I asked if you want to go to Hogsmeade this weekend. What is wrong with you today?" he sounded annoyed.
"Oh sorry, yeah sure. What do you mean what's wrong with me?" Ginny asked.
"You think I haven't noticed how distant you've been since I've come back. Do I not interest you anymore?" he sounded hurt.
"No Sweetie. I've just had a long day" Ginny said quickly, rubbing his cheek with her hand. He didn't seem convinced but he let the topic go.
"Come on" he said, leading the way out of the Great Hall.
Ginny decided that until she went up to bed, she would give Dean her undivided attention. He deserved that at least that. When they reached the common room, they sat on a couch & she asked him all about his holiday. He talked about spending it with his parents & grandparents, going skiing & getting the broomstick he wanted, a Nimbus 2000.
She was beginning to feel calm again. This is what she wanted, needed, normalcy. She loved Dean, he made her happy & didn't play games. Harry on the other hand, wait why was she thinking about him? She decided to change her train of thought back to the present. Just as she decided to do just that, Harry walked through the portrait hole. He looked right at her & smirked. She did not like that look at all. What she liked even less was him heading straight towards them.
"Hey Dean" Harry said. He was leaned against the armrest by Ginny. What an awkward situation. She wanted to scream.
"Hey Harry" Dean replied.
"How was your holiday?" Harry asked. As Dean recited pretty much the same thing he told her, Ginny's heart started to race. She felt like Harry was doing this on purpose but why? She never led Harry on or did anything to him.
After Dean finished talking about his holiday, Harry said "Well we had fun too right Ginny?" he playfully punched her in the shoulder.
"Oh yeah?" Dean asked, "What did you guys do?"
"Nothing really, just hung out" Ginny said. When she said that, she knew that didn't sound too good.
"Like what?' Dean asked further, looking curious. At that moment, Neville Longbottom came over.
"Dean, you have to come over here & see this" Neville said, pulling Dean to get up.
"One minute" Dean said, trying to resist.
"C'mon before it's too late. Seamus found a new spell that multiples galleons" Neville pleaded.
"Fine" Dean said reluctantly & headed to the other side of the common to see what all the commotion was about.
"What do you think you're doing?" Ginny hissed at Harry.
"What ever do you mean?" Harry asked innocently.
"Oh c'mon, you're trying to break us up" Ginny said. She couldn't believe that Harry would do this. What kind of sick game was he playing at.
"Exactly" Harry said. He moved from the armrest & sat right next to her.