Chapter two.
Ginny stared in amazement as Ron plonked himself down on the sofa next to Hermione and put his arm round her shoulders. She didn't even protest!
"Um, Ron? What are you doing?" Ginny asked as Ron turned to look at her, ears going pink. Hermione pulled out a necklace Ginny had never seen before and started to fiddle with it. As Ginny looked closer, she could see it was a Hippogriff. Realisation dawned on her.
"Hermione, that necklace, Ron gave it to you didn't he? Are you guys going out?"
"Well, we might be," said Hermione with a cheeky grin.
"They are," said Harry, coming into the room and sitting next to Ginny, "I saw them kissing in the field yesterday night.
"OH MY WORD! You were spying on us?" Hermione yelled in mock outrage, jumping up and striding towards Harry.
"Yeah. What you gonna do?" Harry said, relaxing back.
Ginny blushed slightly as Harry turned to her, smiled and winked.
"What am I going to do?" moaned Ron, just as Fred and George came in.
"About what, little bro?" Fred said as Hermione sat down next to Ron.
"They're going out. He asked her last night. I think he meant how he was going to hide it from you and George," Harry said, smirking again.
"Ooooh! I wonder how long he was going to be able to hold out on us, George?" Fred said, stoking his chin.
"No more than 1 day, Fred," said George, grinning mischievously at Ron.
Ron groaned again and leant back against the edge of the sofa.
"Dinner's ready!" called Mrs Weasley, and everyone went into the kitchen to sit round the table. Mrs Weasley put a big pot of soup on the table and a huge plate filled with warm rolls.
"Mmm, that smells really nice!" Harry said, looking with longing towards the soup. "What kind of soup is it?" he asked, looking at Mrs Weasley.
"Chicken, dear," Mrs Weasley beamed, "and you help yourself. You're way too thin. And that goes the same for you, Hermione. You must have been starved!"
"Oh no, Mrs Weasley, I'm not starved, but thanks all the same!"
Everyone dug in happily and in no time at all, all the soup and bread had gone.
"Now everyone, the reason I only made soup is because I've made something very special for dessert." She hurried out to the kitchen and while she was gone, Ginny said to Harry and Hermione,
"It's chocolate gateau. Whenever she makes soup, it's always chocolate gateau."
Fred, George, Ron and Mr Weasley all nodded happily. Suddenly Mrs Weasley came bustling back in and put a covered tray in the middle of the table. She uncovered it with a flourish and revealed a large chocolate gateau with custard poured over it.
"Oh Mum, you've never done custard with that before!" Ginny exclaimed in astonishment.
After dinner, Ginny and Hermione went up to their room, as did Ron and Harry, seeing as it was very late.
When they were in their pyjamas and ready for bed, Ginny sat down on Hermione's bed and said,
"Well? How did he ask you out? I want all the details!" Hermione blushed, and began,
"When Harry supposedly went back inside and left us two out there, Ron said that he had got me another present. Then he handed me a box, and inside was this charm!" She held out the necklace she had been playing with all day. "As I took it out, a note fell out. Here, read it," she said as she handed Ginny the note.
"Oh, that's so sweet! It's really unlike Ron to do that! Well, come on, what happened then?" Hermione blushed harder and said in a voice hardly any louder than a whisper,
"I kissed him as a way to say yes."
"Oh, why can't that happen to me? I get stuck with no-one, while you get the guy of your dreams!"
"How do you know he's the guy of my dreams?"
"From your face when you play with that necklace or look at him."
The next day Harry and Ginny were playing Quidditch against Ron, Fred and George. It was one-sided because Fred and George had thought that Harry and Ginny were such good Quidditch players that they needed someone else. For example, Ron! Hermione was refereeing, seeing as how she hated broomsticks with a vengeance, and didn't see the point of Quidditch. Harry and Ginny won by 20 points even with an unfair disadvantage! After the game, Ron and Hermione went off into the town, and Fred and George went off to work on their new Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. Harry and Ginny played against each other, taking turns of the Firebolt. Up in the air again, they saw Ron and Hermione coming back from town. Harry flew over to Ginny, nudged her, and said:
"Considering they've only been going out for one day, they look very close don't they?" Ginny replied:
"Yeah! I wonder if that happens to everyone, cos they certainly weren't like this before!" Ginny turned away slightly as she felt a blush rising on her cheeks.
"Shall we go and surprise them, by flying up behind them and suddenly laughing?"
"Yeah! That would be so cool!" Ginny said, smirking as a way to hide the faint blush that, annoyingly, was still on her cheeks.
"Can your broom be quiet?" Harry asked, eyeing the old Cleansweep dubiously.
"Yes!" Ginny said indignantly, starting to swoop down to where Ron and Hermione were walking, hand in hand. Harry shrugged and swooped down after her.
"3, 2, 1…" Harry whispered in Ginny's ear as they closed in on them.
"BOO!" Harry and Ginny shouted in unison.
"AAAAAAGGGHHHH!" Hermione screamed, turning round, seeing Harry and Ginny almost falling off their brooms with laughter.
"THAT WAS NOT FUNNY!" she shouted, as Harry and Ginny landed, suddenly serious. Ginny sniggered. Harry looked at her curiously, and she nudged her head in the direction of Ron. He was silently shaking with laughter, as Hermione kept raging on about heart attacks and dangerous fun.
"Um, Ginny?" Harry whispered looking tentatively at Hermione.
"Yes?" she whispered back, still slightly sniggering.
"I think taking off now would be the best idea we've had."
"I agree!" whispered Ginny, taking a discreet step forward and slipping her broom slowly between her legs. Harry followed her lead, and soon they were both ready for takeoff.
"Hermione?" Harry said.
"What?" Hermione raged, still fuming.
"We have to put our brooms away, so, bye!" At that word, Harry and Ginny kicked off simultaneously, racing into the sky, Harry controlling the Firebolt carefully so he didn't abandon Ginny with his superior broom.
"GET BACK HERE!" Hermione yelled, waiting a second before storming over to Ron and saying,
"Right, let's go. We're going to the broom shed now."
"But, we, I, oh fine, whatever," Ron sighed, trudging after a fuming Hermione.
"Hey! We did it!" Harry said as they touched down, high-fiving Ginny.
"Yeah! We did, didn't we?" she giggled, as they put their brooms down. Their hands touched briefly as they placed their brooms next to each other, and Ginny blushed bright red as Harry coughed and turned away. Ginny heard a rustle of material, and turned round, only to get a full view of Harry's bare back. She blushed even more furiously, and spun round again.
"H-H-Harry," she stammered, fighting against the giggles that were threatening to come out of her mouth, "what on earth are you doing?"
"What? Oh, I'm just hot, that's all. I man, we've been flying all morning and it gets really hot. You of all people should know that," Harry smiled, seeing the edges of red on the backs of Ginny's ears.
"Well, yeah, but…"
"Look, Ginny, if it makes you uncomfortable, then I'll put my shirt back on, no problem." Harry said, wondering what was wrong with him, as he wanted Ginny to turn round right this moment.
"Well, I, it, I mean, I don't know whether it makes me uncomfortable. You just do what you want." Ginny stuttered, hoping he wouldn't put his shirt on. She heard another rustle of material and slowly turned her head round, only to feel disappointment when she say that Harry had put his shirt back on.
"Oh, thanks Harry! I guess it was making me a little uncomfortable!" Ginny giggled, turning her whole body round, and making for the door. Harry blocked her way with his arm, and as she started to say,
"Harry, what on…" she was cut off. Harry had suddenly felt the greatest urge to kiss her, so he did. As he slipped his arms around her waist and she draped her arms around his shoulders, the door burst open. Engrossed as they were, Ginny and Harry didn't hear it, but when Hermione stopped, gaping, Ron saw what was happening and gagged. This time, Harry and Ginny heard it. They broke apart, looked at the door, and let go of each other hastily, and as Harry stood stock still, staring at his feet, waiting to hear what Ron would say, Ginny went bright red and pushed past Hermione and ran back to the field as fast as she could, hiding under the same tree that Hermione and Ron had the other night.
"Well." said Ron, clearing his throat and making Harry look up at him. "I never knew you felt that way about Ginny, but, well, I suppose if you must."
"Thanks mate!" Harry sighed, relaxing.
"Um, Harry? Don't you think you should go after her?" Hermione said, fiddling with her charm.
"Um, yes, yes I should." Harry said, walking past Ron, who was now grinning. He looked around him, and saw a small figure under the tree in the field. Running towards it, he saw his assumption was right. The figure was definitely female and had bright red hair. It was Ginny.
Sitting down next to her, he said,
"Ginny, are you OK? I shouldn't have done that should I? I'm sorry. I won't do it again…"
"No, Harry, it's not you, I'm glad you did that, cos I would never had had the courage to make the first move, it's just, I'm a little bit embarrassed. I'll get over it, but your own brother catching you kissing someone!"
"Well, speaking of that, Ron doesn't mind, he told me."
"Oh! Yay!" Ginny giggled, hugging Harry. As they pulled apart, Harry murmured,
"Ginny."
"Harry."
As they leant towards each other, and kissed, Hermione sighed.
"Well, Ron, I think we've all finally done it! Harry got us together, and we got them together!"
"Yes, yes, yes, but can we go now? Watching your little sister kissing your best friend is king of disturbing."
"No-one's making you watch Ron," Hermione giggled, turning and walking back with Ron.
"Please don't. You sound like my mother." Ron sighed and clutched Hermione's hand as they headed towards the back door, grinning.