Authors note: the bold in the pervious chapter came directly out of Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban. I may do the same for future chapters. Normal font is my version of every thing. The following chapter means I can miss a good chapter.

Harry slammed himself down on the small couch in the corner of the common room. Ginny looked up from the piece of parchment she was writing on.

"Bad day?" she asked

Harry looked at her and a small smile formed at the corner of his mouth causing Ginny's heart to take a dozen flips. "You can say that" he said.

Ginny edged closer to Harry abandoning her potions homework. "If you tell me yours I'll tell you mine" she said

Harry's smile grew "only if you share those chocolate frogs you're hiding" he said

"Fine, but I only have this one left" Ginny said pulling out the chocolate frog behind the red cushion and tossing it to Harry.

"Thanks, well where to begin? At breakfast the Slytherins mocked me about passing out round the dementors" Harry grumbled biting into the frogs leg.

"The gits! No one can help what they do round the dementors, dad went to Azkaban a few years back for a visit and he came back all shaky" Ginny said

"Yeah your brothers mentioned that as well. Me, Ron and Hermione went to divination, it seemed all right at first. Ron said I was going to be happy but suffer. (Ginny giggled at that) then Trelawney said I had the grim and was going to die." Harry said finishing the second leg.

"You what! Our uncle Bilius saw a grim and died twenty-four hours later!" Ginny squealed.

"Yeah Ron mentioned that, Hermione thought it was foolish. Do you know she's taking two or three classes at the same time?" Harry asked

Ginny nodded "I don't see why she has to do muggle studies"

"Well anyway went to care of magical creatures. Hagrid introduced these hippogriffs, they were so fascinating, and I got to ride one. Then Malfoy had to go ruin it."

"What did he do now?" Ginny asked

"He insulted buckbeak the hippogriff I rode on" Harry said bitterly

"The git! You're not supposed to insult a hippogriff." Ginny said

"Yeah well buckbeak broke his arm. To make matters worse me, Hermione and Ron went to see Hagrid and after we calmed him down he yelled at me for being out of the castle. I mean come on I doubt Sirius Black is going to come in any minute" Harry said.

"It must be annoying having random people acting all over protective over you" Ginny observed. It was at this moment Harry realised that he had his arm round her shoulder.

"Yeah, it is." Harry said enjoying the moment "it must be hard for you to have six older brothers. They got to be overprotective"

Ginny turned to face Harry. She suddenly became aware how close they were. "I can fight my own battles and they know it" she whispered.

Harry leaned in a little closer, trying to get the guts to kiss Ginny. She looked so pretty in the dim light. Her hair seemed like it was on fire, her brown eyes were sparkling and her lips seemed so soft…..

"HEY HARRY, YOU'RE COMING OR WHAT?" Ron yelled standing at the bottom of the boy dormitory stair case.

"Err yeah, just a minute Ron" Harry called back. He turned back to Ginny who moved away from him "goodnight Ginny" he said

"Night Harry" Ginny said

Harry went off with Ron and as soon as Ginny knew he was in his dorm she screamed into a cushion.