That night Fred , George, and Ginny created a plan that would go into action the night before they went back to Hogwarts. In the meantime Fred would spend as much time with Hermione as possible, which proved to be a difficult task due to Ron. He was guarding her in a way that a Hungarian Horntail would guard their egg. It drove Fred insane and at one point he finally said "Why don't you let the poor girl breathe?"
Ron glared at him and said "I would, but I'm afraid someone will kidnap her again." Then walked out of the room.
Right now Fred and George were sitting in their room trying to perfect a product they liked to call 'Nosebleed Nougat' Right now George was bleeding out of his ears instead of nose. They cleared that up when they heard their mother's shrill voice calling them downstairs.
George changed his shirt quickly because of the blood stains on it and together the twins apparated downstairs. Ron, Hermione and Harry were all downstairs and didn't even flinch when the twins appeared out of nowhere. They were getting used to it by now. Mrs. Weasley gave the twins a stern look telling them her disapproval of using magic everywhere they went.
They grinned sheepishly before standing in line with the other three and saluted her. She chuckled, despite herself, and told them "This house really needs to be cleaned so today you will all be cleaning and-" She looked closer at George and Fred swore to himself when he saw a bit of blood on the side of George's face.
"Have you been working on more products?" Mrs. Weasley screamed. There was no point in lying because she already knew they were.
She flew upstairs and came back down with her arms full of unfinished products. She went to the trash and threw them all out. She came back fuming with anger and continued what she began explaining before. "You guys will all work in pairs. "Harry and Ginny can work on the living room. Ron and George can work on third floor bedrooms, and Fred and Hermione can work on cleaning the spare room on the fourth floor. Maybe she'll knock a bit of sense into you." And with that she stormed out of the room to get the cleaning supplies.
She came back and gave everyone the cleaning supplies, the worst of it to Fred and George. But right now Fred couldn't be happier. Mrs. Weasley had inadvertently paired Fred up with the person he wanted to work with most. He and Hermione walked up to the fourth floor in a comfortable silence. When they got there they began cleaning.
Five minutes into it Hermione said "Thanks for the book. It was great."
Fred smiled and said "Anytime." A couple of minutes later Fred said "So how's paradise with Ickle- Ronny?"
Hermione tried to stifle her laughter and said "Eh. He's getting better. A couple days ago I was ready to curse him into oblivion with the over protection."
Fred tried to hide his grin as he said "What a shame your underage." Hermione elbowed him and Fred laughed.
They continued working like that for a couple more hours.
Meanwhile downstairs in the living room Ginny and Harry were working in a not so comfortable silence Even though Ginny had gotten control of her crush on Harry it was still awkward being alone with him. Harry knew that Ginny had had a crush on him, but he wasn't sure if she still did.
"So…" Ginny said awkwardly. "I'm glad you didn't get kicked out of school." She mentally kicked herself at the stupidity of that comment.
Harry chuckled and said "Me too." Harry looked over at Ginny out of the corner of his eye. She had grown up a lot the past couple of years. She had a new confidence about her that was never there before. She had grown a back bone. Her hair fell a little past her shoulders and her brown eyes sparkled in a similar style that Fred and George wore.
Ginny was looking at Harry too. His raven black hair fell right by his emerald eyes. Those eyes were filled with sorrow that was hard to even comprehend. He had been through so much in his life that Ginny couldn't even begin to fathom it.
"Im sorry!" she blurted out. Harry jerked and stared at her in confusion.
Her ace was reddening as she realized how crazy she sounded. "I'm sorry about everything that has ever happened to you." You are the greatest person I know and you don't deserve any of the crap that has happened to you. I'm not trying to pity you or anything! I just wanted to tell you sorry because you are one of the greatest people I know….and…." Ginny was at a loss for words. She didn't know what made her say that, but she did and that's all that mattered right now.
Harry stared wide eyed at her feeling completely shocked. Ginny had just called him one of the greatest people she has ever known and Harry felt proud of that. Before he knew what he was doing he grabbed her hand and said "Thank you, Ginny."
He stared into her eyes for a second and he saw a girl who really, really liked him. And he realized he really like her. This was different than his little crush on Cho Chang. Despite not realizing until now, Ginny had always been there for him, and that's what caused him to do what he did next.
He leaned closer and closer to her until their lips finally met. Ginny froze in shock but quickly recovered. This continued for about a minute until they heard the door open and a little gasp.
"Ginevra! Harry James!" Mrs. Weasley yelled.
Harry jumped up and said "I'm sorry!"
Mrs. Weasley gaped at him and then burst out into laughter. "Harry, dear." She said through her chuckles. "I'm just so excited! I knew you two would end up together."
Both Ginny and Harry stared at Mrs. Weasley as she happily hummed to herself and left the room.
"Well that was odd." Said Harry.
Ginny laughed and said "Now where were we?" and wrapped her arms around Harry and snogged him senseless.
