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The next few days passed quickly for Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione. As for Harry and Ginny went out on dates practically every night. It was Tuesday, and they were due to leave Australia in a couple of days.
Ginny's birthday was tomorrow and they were going to be celebrating it in Australia. Harry had many things planned and much to his amusement, Ginny was still completely oblivious to all the plans that Harry, Hermione and Ron had made.
"Wake up sweetheart." Those were the first words that Ginny had heard on her birthday. As she slowly opened her eyes, she saw Harry's face next to hers and their foreheads against each other.
"Happy birthday gorgeous!" Ginny smiled. She'd thought that he might have forgotten. Guess he was perfect after all.
Harry smiled back as he moved his arms around her pulling her close; he brought her closer towards him and kissed her.
Magic held them fast, as their lips melded against each others, tongues entwined, their thoughts left them and their minds blanked.
A knock from the door jolted them out of their trance like state.
"Harry? Ginny? Can I come in?" Hermione's voice sounded from the other side of the door.
"Just a second Hermione, we're coming!" Ginny said hurriedly as she and Harry leaped out of bed and smoothed out their crumpled clothes and tangled hair in record time. Then they raced to the door and with one hand going around Ginny's waist, Harry opened the door.
Hermione looked taken aback by this sudden materialisation of Harry and Ginny but she recovered quickly. She grabbed Ginny and hugged her tightly.
"Happy Birthday, Gin." She told her.
As Hermione and Ginny went off chatting, Harry was more interested in Ron, who was giving him a suspicious look.
"Why are your shirt buttons messed up, Potter?" Ron suddenly asked, rising from his bed where he was lying down on earlier.
Ginny shot Harry a worried grimace and a wince over Hermione's shoulder. Harry looked down at his shirt and found that he had put his shirt buttons in a way that the second button was in the first hole; the third was in the second hole and so on.
"Oh…umm," Harry stuttered, thinking fast for an excuse, "I was uh…in the bathroom when I heard a knock and um…I thought Ginny was still asleep so I uh…rushed fastening the buttons of my shirt and must have done them wrongly." Harry rolled his eyes after giving this excuse and Ginny made a face. They both knew that this was a lame excuse and that nobody would possibly fall for it. However,
"Oh, cool mate. Want to use our bathroom to fix it?" Ron asked, astounding Harry and Ginny.
"Yeah, sure." He replied and breathed a sigh of relief as he stepped into Ron's bathroom to fix it.
After a fun day and a birthday celebration at the hotel with Hermione, Ron and a delicious chocolate cake, eaten, it was nearing the end of Ginny's birthday. Harry had told her to dress formal for her special birthday dinner and she was looking forward to it greatly. As night was falling, Ginny stepped out of the bathroom wearing a dress made of flowing chiffon, tied around the waist with a satin sash. Ruffled slightly at the top, it fell smoothly after the sash. It was strapless, finishing it off nicely with a sweep train. The dress was sunshine yellow and the sash around her waist was a purple grape colour. Almost unnoticeable, Ginny was wearing a pair of silver shoes with a purple shine to it.
Harry was astonished at how somebody could look so beautiful. He was dressed in black pants and a white shirt with its collar open. Harry put on his coat as Ginny gave him a smile. Together, they walked out of the hotel. Hand in hand, they started their walk down to the restaurant. Both of them had decided that a romantic walk would have been so much better than a car ride.
At the restaurant, the waiter took Harry and Ginny to their table which was on the top floor. It was a single table on a balcony that overlooked the seashore and the ocean. There was music playing which added to the romantic mood. Ginny had decided to relax and enjoy the evening without stressing about the expenditure. After giving their orders to the waiter, Harry and Ginny sat at the table, hands clasped with each others, across it, eyes staring into their partners, just wanting to savour the moment. Not before long, Harry broke the soothing silence around them.
"Hey Gin, I have something I want to say to you," he stopped and Ginny nodded as if to tell him to go on.
"Okay, I wrote this for you," He started once again as he pulled out a small piece of paper out of his shirt pocket.
"Her eyes are as brown as a chocolate bar,
Her hair as bright as a flaming red star,
I'm glad she is mine,
She's really divine,
The hero who conquered my heart."
Ginny's eyes were filled with tears but not because of hurt. She remembered back to her first year in Hogwarts and how she sent that stupid singing Valentine to Harry. She was beyond words. She was just so touched by the poem.
"You remembered," she said when she finally brought the words around.
"Of course I did! How COULD I forget?" At this Ginny simply had to glare at him with the famous hard, blazing look on her face as he chuckled softly.
"You're lucky you remembered," She said stoically although Harry knew better.
"Thank you though." She continued, smiling a little.
"What kind of boyfriend would I be if I forgot?" Ginny looked into the distance thinking hard. After a while she looked back at Harry.
"I guess we are boyfriend and girlfriend, huh? That makes you my third!" She giggled once she saw the glint in Harry's eyes and his mouth slightly ajar. Harry couldn't respond as their waiter arrived with their food.
After a scrumptious meal, Harry pulled a long silver box out of his coat pocket. Ginny's eyes widened and she giggled again, but this time resembling a little girl, eager to open her gift.
As soon as the box reached her hands, Ginny ripped off the wrapping gleefully. Her breath caught as she opened the box to find a gold and silver, intricately made necklace, with a small broomstick pendant hanging off it. Ginny stared at it in awe as her fingers gingerly touched the gold and silver broomstick. Harry took the necklace and removed it from the box before standing up to walk behind Ginny.
Immediately, Ginny understood his intentions and without thought, she lifted her hair up. As Harry fastened the clasp and when the cold pendant came into contact with her skin, Ginny felt a sudden rush of affection for Harry. She grabbed his hand that was pulling back now that it had fastened the necklace nicely around her neck. Harry leaned forward and gave her a hug, his cheek pressed against hers.
"Happy Birthday," He whispered softly into her ears.
Slowly he pulled back but not before giving her a peck on the cheek. Harry then paid the bill and offered Ginny his hand and together they walked out of the restaurant.
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