Chapter Seven

Something More

Ginny ran her hands through her crimson hair as Ly took a seat opposite her. She smiled up at her friend.

Ly watched Ginny as she read. There was something enticing about the girl. In the three months since she had arrived there, Ly found herself desperate to please her. She had always been that way, desperate to please everyone. She felt it so much more now with someone she liked.

But was it something more than that? Did she like Ginny as more than a friend?

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"Merry Christmas!"

Ly gave a shriek as Ginny jumped on her bed. She fell out of the bed and glared up at the hyper red head.

Ginny giggled and Ly sighed inwardly. She couldn't resist Ginny. Since the notion had first entered her mind a month ago, Ly couldn't get it out of her head, that maybe she liked Ginny as more than a friend.

"Come on! We have presents!"

Ly laughed and watched Ginny bouncing around. She was starting to get the beginnings of a female's body and Ly couldn't help feel a bit more attracted.

Ginny and Ly raced down the stairs to where the few other girls of their tower waited for them. Fleur Delacour yawned as Collette Valjean rolled her eyes. Ginny tore into her presents. She had one from each family member plus one from that Ly recognized as being from her father.

Ginny reached the one from her father and gasped at the beautiful potions set. Ly opened a similar set from her father and sighed. She got one every year. Sure she was good at potions, but she didn't really like it. Ginny did though.

Next she opened a present from some one named Mione. Ly laughed as Ginny hefted the seven hundred page volume of the history of Beauxbatons. Ginny sighed. "Doesn't she know we have it here?"

Ly opened another present from her father. This was a set of quills.

Ginny opened a cheap set of earrings from a guy named Harry. The kind of thing you'd find in Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade. She was betting on the second. Sure they were cheap, but it was the thought that counted.

Ly opened her present from her Harry. She smiled. It was an inexpensive necklace of the same make as Ginny's earrings. She smiled and put it on.

Ginny laughed. "I guess guys can't shop for girls, no matter where they come from."

Ly held her breath as Ginny reached for the present she had gotten her. Ly opened the one Ginny had gotten her.

"Oh Gin!" She gasped at the elegant ring from her friend. "It's fantastic!"

Ginny blushed and shrugged. "I just used a little transfiguration."

Ginny opened her present and laughed. "Thanks Ly, it's beautiful." Ginny lifted the ornate mistletoe hair clip out of the box and speared her hair with it. As she did so, Ly leaned forward and kissed Ginny.

She pulled back, blushing. "Tra-tradition."

Ginny leaned forward and repeated the kiss. This one lasted longer. "I don't think tradition had anything to do with it."

"God, get a room!" came a voice in French.

Ginny and Ly looked over and smiled at Fleur. "Sorry!"

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Ginny was putting her things away before she joined Ly down stairs when an owl fluttered to the window. She opened it and the beautiful creature dropped a green wrapped present in her hand.

Hesitantly, Ginny opened it. Her breath caught in her throat.

Inside the pale velvet, lay a silver and emerald Celtic necklace. It had to have cost hundreds. She looked through the box, but all she found was a beautifully scripted note.

Merry Christmas, Ginny.