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"What? Harry's Back?"
Ginny woke the next morning with a massive hang over. There seemed to be a poorly directed high school band playing inside her head. She just wanted the percussion section to stop; she thought she might be able to handle the rest. She tried to drown those unmerciful drummers in the shower, but the sound of water hitting the tub just added to it. When there was a knock on her bedroom door her head fell off and shattered. Thank Merlin she had another one. But then it was Merlin that had her feeling like this.
"Come in" she answered the knock weakly.
"Good Morning, Sunshine!" Parvati Patil, one of Ginny's three flat mates, bounced into the room. "I brought you something." She stated entirely to bubbly for Ginny's mood right now. "Dean told me how drunk you were at the club, so I made you a potion."
Ginny sighed in relief and reached out her hand for the hangover remedy that her and her flat mates had perfected a long time ago. She drank the whole glass in one gulp. Instantly the drummers stopped playing, her body stopped aching, and her head shrunk down to it's normal size. "Thanks, Parvati, I owe you one."
"Don't worry, I will collect some day!" Parvati smiled at her as she walked out of Ginny's room and into the kitchen. Ginny followed her to grab breakfast.
"Morning, Gin, how was your night?" Padma, another one of Ginny's flat mates and Parvati's sister, asked her. But it wasn't Ginny who answered.
"Oh, Gin had an interesting night. Didn't you Gin?" Parvati asked.
"What are you talking about? It was fun, but we just went to Merlin, nothing all that exciting." Gin replied as she put milk on her cereal.
"Nothing interesting my arse! Harry was there and according to Dean you two danced with each other all night." Parvati told her grinning
"What? Harry's back?" Came the sleepy voice of the forth flat mate, Lavender Brown.
"Yea, he is," Ginny told her. "He got a desk job at the ministry so he is living in London now. But I don't know what Dean is talking about, we danced to a couple songs, but I wouldn't say all night."
"Sure you wouldn't" teased Padma, "You were too drunk to know how long you two might have been dancing." Ginny just blushed at these words because they where true enough. She remembered dancing with Harry, and feeling like she wanted to jump him in the middle of the dance floor, but she couldn't really remember any of the details.
"Well this is interesting news to wake up to," Lavender put in. "Ginny's life just got really interesting." She added as she smiled at Ginny.
"What are you talking about? My life didn't get interesting just because Harry's back. We're friends, Lavender, it's not like we are going to start some torrid affair or anything." Ginny defended herself. What were her flat mates thinking?
"Oh, it is going to get interesting, you two haven't lived in the same country, let alone city, since you broke up and we all know that both of you were devastated after that event, so we were just wondering how you were going to handle it." Parvati said with a gleam in her eyes.
Ginny rolled hers. "Honestly, that was seven years ago. We are both over it. Friends. What part of that do you not get?"
"Yea, after the war, when you told him that you didn't want to be with him, he was miserable, and I heard that it took him over a year to get over it. History does repeat itself Gin!" Lavender told her.
Ginny just shook her head. "You three need more going on in your lives if you are this interested in the non-going-on events of my life. So, what are you guys doing today?"
"I have to meet my mom for lunch and then a day of shopping." Lavender stated. "I think I might start my Christmas shopping."
"Christmas shopping?" Padma stared at her shocked. "It's only October."
"Yea, but if I start early, then it's not such a madhouse in December" Lavender said defensively. Padma, Parvati and Ginny all laughed at her.
"Well, I don't know about today, but I got a date with Dean tonight." Parvati said. "He is taking me to a new restaurant, so it should be fun. Maybe I should go buy a new dress for tonight. One that will have him drooling." She said smirking.
"Yea, I'll go with you," Padma put in. "Do you want to come, Ginny?"
"Not today, I need to clean my room and then I am going to meet Hermione, Ron and Harry for lunch."
"You're meeting Harry for lunch?" Lavender asked her suspiciously.
"No, I am meeting Hermione and Ron. Harry will just happen to be there. Actually she was quite insistent that I come. I wonder what she has planned."
"Who knows with that girl? Lunch with the golden trio," Parvati put in, "They don't usually include outsiders in their get together's, Gin."
"I don't know; the four of us used to hang out together a lot." Ginny defended.
"Yea, but you were dating Harry then." Lavender smirked. "Oh I got to get moving or I will be late, later!" She added as she dashed out of the kitchen.
Ginny soon found that she was the only one in her flat. She should really clean her room. She had spent so much time the last month on making the team that she had ignored her room. But now that she had made it, she couldn't put it off any longer. Although, she thought, it was Saturday, and she did have tomorrow off as well. She decided her room can wait and spent the morning reading witch weekly.
When Harry walked into the Leaky Cauldron at 12:35 he knew that Hermione was going to tell him off for being late, but he didn't really care. He had gotten caught up in a group of fans outside of Gringots. He considered himself lucky to be only five minutes late. He spotted Ron and Hermione tucked into one side of a booth in the corner. Ginny was sitting on the other side talking happily. Harry headed over and slid into the booth next to Ginny.
"Hey guys! How are you feeling this morning, Ginny?" Harry asked
"Oh, I feel great, Parvati made me a potion." She answered brightly. Harry smiled at her.
"What are you talking about?" Ron demanded. "Did you two go out last night?"
Ginny laughed. "Honestly Ron, we didn't go out together, I went to Merlin with the team and Harry was there with Seamus, Neville and Dean. We ran into each other."
"Oh, okay." He shot Harry a questioning look. "I thought you said you didn't have plans for last night."
"I didn't, but after you left Seamus wrote to see if I wanted to join them." Harry replied casually. There was a lull in the conversation as the waitress came by to take their orders. When she left Harry continued, "So, how was your date?"
Ron turned instantly red. However, Hermione answered, "Oh it was so great! And you two won't believe it!" She pulled out her left hand and wiggled her fingers. A ring sat on her third one. "Ron and I are getting married!"
The scream that came from Ginny made Harry swear. He didn't think he would be able to hear out of that ear again. But he smiled at his friends! "So, she actually said yes." He said to Ron over Hermione's and Ginny's excited voices.
Ron grinned like an idiot and nodded. "Well congratulations! I know that you two will be very happy together! A toast then," Harry said as he raised his glass and Ginny, Hermione and Ron followed. "To you two, that you will stop fighting long enough to shag once in a while!" Ginny laughed and even Hermione let out a little chuckle.
"Thanks Harry, I hope the one you have to give at the wedding will be a little less crude then that." Ron told him.
Harry's face went blank. "What do you mean? Why would I have to talk at your wedding?" He asked dumbfounded. He hated giving speeches.
"Well it is tradition for the best man to give a toast." Ron stated matter of factly.
Harry gapped. "Best Man?" he asked.
"Oh yea, I guess I should ask you, so how bout it?"
"Umm…Sure," Harry smiled at Ron who smiled back.
"Boys" Hermione muttered at them as their food was served. They all dug in.
"Harry, you can't possibly be surprised by this; you two have been inseparable since you were eleven." Ginny reminded him, obviously surprised that Harry had been surprised to be asked.
"Well, it's not really something that I thought about, but he does have tons of brothers." Harry said in his defense.
"Please Harry, you are his brother too." Ginny tossed back.
"Whatever Gin, I was surprised."
Hermione smiled at the couple. Like the rest of the family she wanted them to end up together, but she was more subtle about it. "Ginny," she started, "would you be my Maid of Honor?"
"What?" Ginny yelled. "You want me to be your Maid of Honor? Oh, Oh of course I will!" She screamed as she reached across the table to hug Hermione.
"Why so surprised Ginny?" Harry asked.
"Oh, shut it you." Ginny told him. The rest of lunch passed in a blur of wedding plans. Harry didn't really pay attention because he not only didn't know the types of flowers they were discussing, but he really didn't care to know. Ron wasn't all that interested either, but he was paying attention anyway. Probably didn't want to start a fight with Hermione, Harry thought. When lunch was over, they got up to leave.
"See you at the Burrow tomorrow, Harry." Ron called to him.
"Yea, I'll be there."
"You better be, or mum will kill you for not coming and me for not forcing you! Later!" Ron yelled as he and Hermione disapperated.
"Wow, she really agreed to marry him." Ginny stated from next to him.
"Yea," he answered. "Well, I hope she knows what she's getting into."
"Oh, I think she does. She is a pretty smart witch."
"Yes she is. Hey, the ministry is making me go to that ball thing next weekend so I have to head over to Madam Mulkins to get new dress robes. If you don't have any plans, do you want to come with me?"
"I am going to be going to that too, maybe I will find a new dress."
"Why are you going to be there?"
"Oh, the whole family gets to go to those Balls. Kinglsey insists on it."
Harry smiled, he hated Balls, especially Ministry Balls. But if Ginny was going to be there, it might be an interesting night.
Inside Madam Mulkins, Ginny picked out several dress robes for Harry to try on.
"My, my," She angled her head approving when he came out of the dressing room. "You do clean up well, Ace. You look good, all sturdy and sexy."
"They're just robes."
"Not on you they're not." She resisted licking her lips, barley. "How does the waist fit?" she asked as she reached down to check. However, her eyes never left Harry's.
He grabbed her hand, yanked her close to him. He had been feeling the sparks all day and it was getting to him. He didn't know what he planned to do when her eyes turned from surprise to wanting. But he would never find out.
"How is it going in there?" Madam Mulkin called out as she came around the corner. Harry and Ginny jumped apart. "Oh, that looks great on you Mr. Potter."
"Thanks. I think I will take it. I'll just go change."
When he left Ginny let out the breath that she didn't know she was holding. Damn him, making her want him again. What was she going to do about all this sexual tension between them? If she didn't do something soon, some innocent passerby was going to get a shock from it. But she smiled when she thought about the desire she had just seen in Harry's eyes. She knew he felt this tension too. As she waited for him, she couldn't help but wonder what it would feel like to have that hard body pressed on top of her.