A Sudden Realisation

So. Harry and Ginny are going out again. I must say, I'm happy for them. Course, there was this moment in which I wanted to Polyjuice myself into my little sister and take her place. But that's a bit crazy.

And it sure takes sibling rivalry to a whole new level.

Want to hear something funny? Harry and Ginny went out for 5 months. But that's not what's funny. What's really funny is that during all those months, they never kissed.

Poor Harry. It must've been like torture.

Not that I wanted him to simply get on Ginny, mind you. And certainly if I had been living in my girlfriend's house, and my girlfriend had six older brothers, I wouldn't have tried anything.

But, honestly! Five months! No action!

I, on the other hand, was getting plenty at the time.

She was in Ginny's year - another Gryffindor, of course. Her name was Erika Anderson, and in many ways she was absolutely perfect for me. She was tall, of course - a boy with my height can't date short girls. We went out for about.. seven months.

God, what a bitch.

But, you know what, she is not important. I have moved on, I don't need her anymore. And I am not bitter in any way towards her.

So, yes. Back to Harry and Ginny, and their current state of going out. I suppose you need background information.

Harry broke up with her about two months into school, our fifth year - Ginny and Erika's fourth.

That horrid wench.

Ginny was completely devastated. Keep in mind she's pretty much fancied Harry since her first year. Her state of devastation was completely understandable. If Harry broke up with me, I'd be rather upset. Of course, I didn't fancy Harry then. Don't you remember? I woke up and started fancying him.

If only it were as simple as that sounded in my head.

But, it's okay. Harry deserves to be happy, and my sister's a nice girl.

They kept going to Hogsmeade together after they broke up. You'd think that once they had broken up, they'd stop acting like a couple. But apparently that thought never occured to them. It was completely obvious to not only me, but the whole entire world, that Ginny still fancied him. It was Harry that made it all confusing.

As the resident best friend, I'd have to give him advice on what to do. Ginny kept pursuing the idea of getting back together, and he didn't want a girlfriend. At the time, of course. It's obvious he now feels otherwise.But back then, definitely not.

He'd be all, "Ron, what do I do? Your sister's a nice girl and all, but I'm so busy this year, classes are getting harder, and we haven't even started to prepare for O.W.L.s yet, and of course I've got quidditch, and I haven't any time for a girlfriend. It would be rather unfair of me to go out with Ginny, and then have to stand her up all the time because of quidditch, or studying, or.. you know, other things." And I'd ask him what things, because I was rather curious. But then he explained that he just didn't like her anymore.

So then it made sense why he broke up with her.

But also as the resident closest brother, I'd have to also give her advice on how to get over Harry. Course, like the whole of Gryffindor Tower, I wanted them together.

She'd be all, "Ron, what do I do? Your best friend's just so nice, and gorgeous, and we had such a good time going out, and I don't know why he had to break up with me. Do you know why he broke up with me? He said he didn't have time, and he didn't want to have a steady commitment that he couldn't give enough attention to." And then I'd tell her, yes, that's exactly why. But then she'd be all, "Ron, does that mean that he doesn't like me anymore? Or does he still like me, we just aren't going out?"

And then I'd say that I had to go to the bathroom.

So, yes. Let's see. They broke up somewhere in the middle of October. And the whole waking up thing, realising that I fancied Harry, that happened in early January. Yes, that's right. That's about when I decided Harry was better suited with another Weasley, and I don't mean mum -

Okay. That's right nasty.

... You know that by "another Weasley", I meant me, right?

Like that will ever happen, though.

So, yes. Hogsmeade outings. Wasn't just an isolated event, though. They just kept going together, and it was awfully awkward around them. They would be all touchy, and doing all those couply things that couples do.

Honestly. They even kissed a little. Two weeks after they had broken up, too!

Harry: "I don't know why I went along with it... she kissed me first. And we had never exactly gotten around to doing it while we were going out - Ron, you know that I mean snogging, not doing IT, stop giving me that glare. So, yes, what was I supposed to do? Getting kissed by a pretty girl isn't exactly my idea of a bad time. And you know that if all of a sudden, Erika came up to you and kiss -"

Me: "She was pretty good looking, wasn't she?"

Harry: "She was indeed. Better looking than Ginny -"

Me: "Are you saying that you think my sister's ugly?"

Harry: "Didn't I just say about two minutes ago that I think she's pretty? That's why I went along with it and kissed her back! If she was completely rat-faced, I would've been like, 'excuse me, violation of the personal space.'"

So I suppose I can't blame Harry for going along with the whole kiss thing. And he's right, if Erika did go up to me and ask me for a quick kiss and grope -

Not that she would. A true scarlet woman, that one.

Ginny: "Ron, he kissed me back! He likes me, he really does! We're going to get back together and get married in the countryside, and have little red-haired children -"

Me: "You're not PREGNANT, are you?"

Ginny: "Don't be silly."

Me: He didn't do anything else to you, did he?"

Ginny: "Ugh, I'll go talk to Hermione about this. Never mind."

I felt rather bad for Ginny, it was awfully mean of Harry to kiss her back. You know, leading her on and all. So I convinced him to tell her that he didn't fancy her anymore. Course, there was the problem of dodging the whole kiss issue. It wasn't as though Harry could just say, "Yeah, well, I really don't like you anymore. But you kissed me, and you know we never did THAT, so I thought I could try out the whole snogging thing. And if it happens to be with someone that still fancies me, that's just a strange and eerie coincidence."

Actually, Harry did want to say something along those lines.

And then I smacked him, and he decided against it.

I really don't understand him sometimes. It was so inevitable that they would get back together.

It just wasn't at all inevitable that I would start fancying him myself.

Course, I can't let this get in the way of my role as the resident counselor to both halves of the pair. I owe it to both Harry and Ginny, seeing as one is my best friend and the other is my little sister.

Damn, I wish I could get paid for being their therapist.