Oh my gosh, it's chapter forty! Only ten more chapters to go and it's kind of scary.
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40. Kiss
WednesdayHarry and Ginny have shared too many kisses to count over the years. There was that triumphant first one, in full view of the common room; there were hundreds at Hogwarts, full of sweetness and light; there was a very desperate one, in Ginny's room on Harry's seventeenth birthday; there have been many in the years since, some passionate, some affectionate, and some simply loving. None, however, were like this one.
They are sitting on the couch in silence; Ginny is reading the Prophet and Harry a long case report. Suddenly, he feels it being tugged out of his hands.
"Hey," he protests. "I was reading that."
"I have to go to a meeting about next season," says Ginny softly. "I'll come back tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay," he says, expecting her to stand up and leave, but instead she leans close and presses her lips to his. It is slow and tender, almost uncertain; it has only been a few weeks since they last kissed, but it feels like a lifetime. Harry revels in the taste of her, familiar yet exotic, and his very essence thrills at the closeness.
Soon Ginny deepens their embrace, shifting so that she is straddling his waist, and he responds eagerly. Her fingers tangle in his hair and he wraps his warm arms around her, pulling her tight against his body, and she smiles against his mouth—finally, things are right.
When she must pull away, she does so with regret. "I love you," she whispers.
So maybe not Exciting with a capital E for most of you ... so sue me. I find kisses exciting.
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