Ginny and Harry, on the other hand, were always hyped up after every match, and so they would dance together in the middle of the common room, rather provocatively, laughing and kissing.
Ginny had not mentioned the proposal Harry had been thinking about, and Harry hadn't either. She had looked at him oddly with a wide smile on her face for awhile, and Harry had tried to avoid her eyes for a few days, but otherwise, their relationship had not taken any further steps forward. Ginny was fine with this, they were way too young, but just the thought of Harry thinking about that step in their relationship made her have odd, giddy, expressions toward her boyfriend.
Catriona and Lavender had formed some sort of team of their own to try to win over Ron, or at least get him to break up with Hermione. They had flirted, dressed provocatively, which wasn't exactly much of a change of routine for them, and even made up lies about Hermione, that of course no one, especially Ron, ever believed.
The group of girls that Harry had seen at the tryouts had added a few new members to their giggling posse, and were trying to sabotage the relationship with Ginny and Harry, in many of the same ways Catriona and Lavender had.
It was now December and the students were getting ready to go home for the Holidays. Harry could not wait for Christmas at the Burrow. He had written to Mrs. Weasley that he wouldn't want to intrude, but upon reading the stern response back from her mother, Ginny had hit him on the shoulder and scolded him for being so, well, Harry.
He was more than ecstatic to spend it there for many reasons. One, he would be with the Weasley's plus Hermione, and two, the only thing Harry had to worry about was the siblings of his girlfriend. All Weasley brothers would be there, which when Harry thought about this, made him sick to his stomach. He may have gotten Ron off his back, but there were still four others to worry about.
Ginny was very excited as well, and had not actually remembered that all her brothers would be spending their holiday at the Burrow. The teenagers would not be having there own rooms like they did over the summer, due to the extra people around the house, much to the couples' dislike.
Ginny was now sitting on the couch in the common room with her suitcases next to her. She was waiting for Harry, Hermione, and Ron. It had taken her about ten minutes for her to pack, since she merely threw her clothes and other belongings into the suitcases with magic. Harry however was taking his precious time folding his clothes neatly by hand, instead of magic. Lately, Harry had taken to being neat and organized, which was the exact opposite of how Ginny was.
Hermione had, of course, used magic to pack, although it was neater than Harry's was even when he was doing it by hand. Ron had even beaten Ginny in completing the task of throwing everything in to his bags. This was the reason Hermione was taking so long because she had made Ron repack, by hand none the less. Ginny had had the pleasure of overhearing Hermione murmur into his ear that she would 'repay him later,' after which Ron hurriedly went into his room with her to pack.
Ginny was getting impatient. Though she loved staying at Hogwarts, she couldn't wait to see her family. She put her arm on the armrest of the couch she was sitting on and began rapidly tapping her finger on it. She was growing even more impatient by the minute and so she jumped up from the couch and went to see if Harry was almost ready.
"Harry?" She said, coming toward the door. When she was in the doorway she stuttered, "Ha-a-a-ry!" For the sight she saw was a marvelous one. Harry was shirtless and lifting his bag over his head to check if there was anything else on the floor. Though he was still rather skinny, his muscles were more defined due to the Quidditch practices, and he definitely had filled out even more than he had been at the beginning of the year.
He put down his suitcase and looked in her direction. His eyebrows were knit together in puzzlement and his head was cocked to one side. She must have looked dumbfounded because he asked, "You okay?" He raised his eyebrows and with a flick of his wand he cast a spell to see if there were any belongings of his that he had not packed yet. As he was looking at Ginny a sock flew out from under his bed and hit him in the face. Ginny laughed and he grinned. "What's so funny, Ms. Weasley?" Harry said jokingly. He took a few steps toward her.
She tried to respond but she couldn't manage croak out any words. Harry made the same expression as before and asked, "Seriously, are you okay?"
She shook her head, trying to come out of the daze she was in. "Yeah, I'm fine." She looked around his room and asked, "You ready?" He nodded and he sent his suitcases into the common room with a flick of his wand. Harry put his hands on his hips and looked around the room. He nodded his head, satisfied with his cleanliness. Ginny raised an eyebrow, "Harry, why don't you have a shirt on? You might need it since it is December." She said sarcastically.
Harry replied jokingly, "To make you want me." He flexed his muscles exaggeratedly. She laughed. Little did he know that having no shirt on actually did make her want him. He was completely oblivious whenever girls checked him out, and it seemed like he didn't even know he was good looking.
"Oh yeah, Potter? With that ego no one, including me, will want you. They won't even want to sneak into your room and wisk you away for a hot night of passion." She joked warningly. She whipped around and skipped to the common room and once again sat down on the couch.
Harry came out of the room with raised eyebrows. He said, "Well, with this body," he pointed to his torso, "No one can resist not wisking me away for a hot night of passion."
"I think not, Mr. Potter." She said in a business-like tone. "Because I can."
"I don't think it's possible." He said, mockingly being nonchalant. Harry sat down next to Ginny. She put her legs onto his thighs so that she was lying down on the couch.
She shrugged, "Maybe, maybe not." He smirked and put his hands on her hips and slid her towards him so that she was now sitting on his lap. She laughed, surprised that he was so strong. She put her arms around his neck and whispered, "Maybe not." She closed the short distance between them and kissed him on the lips. It ended soon after however because Hermione and Ron came out from Ron's bedroom, looking a little ruffled, but they had apparently finished what Hermione had made Ron do, because Ron and Hermione's bags flew out and landed next to the others.
Harry and Ginny's heads turned to the other couple and Ron looked distastefully at them, but didn't say anything. Ginny climbed off Harry much to Harry's displeasure, and said, "Finally! I've been waiting." She looked around the room and said, "Okay, I think we're ready. You guys ready? Good. Let's go. The house elves are bringing our stuff to the train right? Yeah. Good. Okay! Let's head out!" She said hurriedly, with an excited clap.
The other three looked amused and nodded their heads. Ginny ran over to Harry and grabbed his hand to pull him out. She started pulling him towards the portrait hole. "Come on, guys!" She said turning around to look at Ron and Hermione, who started walking, following Ginny.
As they were walking, or rather Ginny was speed walking while pulling Harry along, he looked back to see Ron and Hermione struggling to keep up. "Uh, Gin? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"I love Christmas!" Ginny said beaming.
Harry looked amused, "I can see that. But, shouldn't we wait for them?" He said pointing to Ron and Hermione. She shrugged her shoulders and kept pulling him. "Gin," he began. He rolled his eyes and stopped walking. Ginny, who was not expecting his sudden stop, almost fell flat on her face, and she would have if Harry hadn't been holding her hand.
"What-" She said, as Harry grabbed her and picked her up into his arms, so that her legs were draped over one arm. He turned around waiting for Hermione and Ron. He ignored Ginny's struggle. "What are you doing, Harry? Put me down! Bloody hell, Harry!"
They caught up with Harry and Ginny. Ron said, "Thanks, mate." Harry smiled and they began walking again.
"Harry!" Ginny complained. She gave up with her struggle to get Harry to let go and lay in his arms for a few moments. "You can't go two seconds without showing how big and strong you are, can you?"
Ron let out a loud laugh at what Ginny had said, and Harry looked at him amused. "I don't need to show it, Gin-evra. It just comes naturally." Ginny slapped on the head for calling her by her real name. He jokingly went on, "And I can't help that people are so attracted to me." Ron and Hermione laughed hysterically at this and even Ginny had a hint of a smile on her face.
Ginny wrapped her arms around Harry's neck and rested her head on his shoulder. As they rounded the corner to go get onto the Hogwarts Express, they saw a few of the girls that were obsessed with Harry. When they saw him holding Ginny, they sighed and looked longingly at Harry's muscles. When Ginny saw the depressed looks on their faces, Ginny laughed into his shoulder and the other three could barely keep straight faces.
Harry finally let Ginny down once they got to the train, but kept a hold of her hand so his excited girlfriend wouldn't run off. They got onto the train and found a compartment that they would stay in for the long train ride back home.
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Hope you utterly and completely loved this chapter. lol
Please review, and maybe give me some suggestions for upcoming chapters? wink I noticed the other day that I haven't put Hagrid into my story, and I'm not going to. If you really really love Hagrid, than... too bad. lol. I really don't like him as a character. I never have, never will. So... you'll just have to live without him. :
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