I'll Be There

I'LL BE THERE

CHAPTER 2:

Enter the Mind of Harry

Harry stormed off after his encounter with Draco Malfoy. He normally didn't lose his cool that easily to Malfoy. Harry wondered what it was that he was feeling. He wanted to know why his feelings were so raw and why he was so easily agitated by a bit of teasing from Malfoy. "I wonder why everything is like this!" Harry screamed to nobody in particular as he walked into the Gryffindor common room. He proceeded into his dorm and flopped onto his bed. He managed to lift his upper body and draw back the curtains so that he was enclosed in his bed as he once was in his tiny closet back at the Dursley's. Harry stared at the top of his bed trying to think things out. Why was it that he got so steamed? The scene kept replaying in his mind. Ron kissing Hermione; nothing new there. He got used to seeing that a while ago. Seamus holding Ginny. Ahhh... there is something new there. He would have to get used to that one. Malfoy teasing him because Ginny was with Seamus and not himself. *Ginny and me? Yeah, right. That's one thing I would never suspect. Never.* Then he stormed off in a fit of blind rage but he still couldn't put a finger on the one event that had really made him tick. Harry's thoughts were abruptly interrupted as his bed curtains were drawn back and a tiny figure with bright red hair popped into his vision and onto his bed.

"Harry! How are you? I was worried about you after you stormed off like that," the voice of none other than the subject of one of his many thoughts, Ginny Weasley, said.

"Er, I guess I am okay Gin. I didn't realize I got so mad and I am really not sure why either."

"That's okay."

"Yes, well I don't remember asking you if it was okay with you or not when I lost my temperament but I will ask you this now, please get off of me!" Harry joked.

Ginny giggled but didn't budge, "Not until you tell me why you got so irritated with Malfoy before!"

"Hey! Not fair!" Harry found himself laughing, which he hadn't done in a while with Voldemort constantly on his mind and all.

"Fine, fine. If you do not want to tell me what happened, I guess I can remove myself from you now, but next time I don't know if you will be so lucky."

"Yeah, well you have a new chap to straddle now. Remember our friend Finnigan?" Harry watched as a smile played onto her face. Her eyes were twinkling almost as brightly as her red hair. Harry reached up and pulled a loose tendril of her fiery locks behind her ear, "Now if you wouldn't mind?"

"Of course," Ginny lifted her body off of Harry and unwrapped each of her legs to sit beside him.

"So, what else brings you here?" Harry mentioned, slightly embarrassed now that the fun and games were over.

"I just wanted to see how you were doing. A relationship between friends and all. You know how that is like," Ginny laughed and rested her head on Harry's shoulder as she let out a loud sigh.

"Ah, tough day I presume. Too much snogging with Seamus got you tired, eh?" Ginny slapped him on the leg holding back her urge to laugh. "That's probably why you are here with me right now; not to see how I am, but because Seamus had something to do. Is that right my friend?"

Ginny gasped. "Never! You think I would take advantage of you like that Harry Potter!"

"But of course you would. I am no more than Harry Potter... not your *Irishman*"

At this Ginny let a small sound of sarcasm exit her lips, "Hmpf! Only Harry Potter my arse!" She placed her hands at her hips with a distasteful smile curling at the corners of her mouth. "We'll see if that day ever comes," she turned her head and made a move to exit Harry's bed.

"And where do you think you are going Miss Weasley? Leaving Harry Potter all alone again. I thought that you were going to come here to cheer me up," Harry said as he made a grab at her waste pulling her back to him.

Ginny squirmed, "You know Harry, you are terribly flirtatious now that Seamus and me are together. And yes, I did come here to cheer you up and I feel that I have fulfilled my duty, so until next time Harry!" With this Ginny gave him a kiss on the cheek and left his dorm. Harry watched her leave and felt a frown make its way upon his face.

"So that's it, Harry assumed as he was sure that Ginny was back in the Gryffindor common room, "I am in love with Ginny Weasley."

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Ginny left Harry's room terribly confused. Why was Harry so chummy around her now? If that wasn't flirting that she saw from him then someone hit her with an Avada Kedavra right away. *Oh well, nothing to worry about now. I am going to see Seamus now!* Ginny found herself skipping at the thought of seeing Seamus. *Hmm... I wonder what he's thinking about now* After this thought managed to escape her mind, she felt two arms circling her as she turned the curve.

"Miss me?" Seamus asked as he pulled her closer to him.

Ginny smiled, "Of course. I was actually just thinking about you." She stood on her tiptoes, wrapped her arms around his neck and brought his face down to hers as she kissed him gently on the lips. Seamus pulled away first.

"Wow, I just love the way that you greet me after you miss me."

"You should talk! You are going to give me a heart attack next time you sneak up on me like that!" Ginny giggled. She found her conversations amusing and loved the way that they would endlessly tease each other.

Pulling her closer, Seamus interrupted her thoughts, "Staring again? What are you so intent on this time, Miss Weasley?"

"This time, how about every time? Those enchanting eyes, your gorgeous sandy hair, your sexy smile, and everything else about you! Honey, there is nothing that I am not staring at!"

"Woah, control yourself Miss We. I don't want to see you get yourself into the kind of predicament where no control is involved, if you know what I mean," at this, Seamus winked and kissed her lightly on her forehead, her nose, her chin, and ended with his lips meeting hers. He pulled away, "You know where that can go and what kind of trouble that could bring."

Ginny felt tingles up her spine every time Seamus kissed her or talked to her for that matter. Her laugh was uncontrollable and Seamus caught on. *Oh, why does he have to laugh? Does he know what that does to me? That sexy smile. The way the corners of his mouth curl up. His sandy hair falling into his eyes. Why does he do that! Damn! I love this guy!* Ginny decided that she wanted to end this somewhere else knowing that Hogwarts hallways weren't exactly the right place to try and get some privacy with your boyfriend. She smiled and tired to regain control of her body by leaving Seamus' arms hoping that he would follow. He didn't. As a matter of fact, he didn't even let her go.

"Your plan of leaving isn't working on me Miss We, we are not through yet," Seamus took her hand and rotated her body back into his own taking her body into his hands, kissing her with all the passion that he could muster in a school hallway. Ginny was shocked and to Seamus' liking kissed him back with an equal amount of passion and feeling. When the kiss broke off their breaths were few and shallow. They stood their gazing into each others eyes each one not wanting to interrupt the passionate moment that they had just shared. Not knowing what to do, Ginny exhaled and let her body mold against her Irishman's, resting her head on his strong, broad shoulders. Seamus tightened his grip around her body and they stood in the corner of the hallway content with each other and their lives at the given moment, both unaware that they were being watched.

***

"Yeah, I can't believe that my sister is being forced into a relationship with Pus Finnigan! I mean who would ever have known. At least it saved me the shock of what to do when my best friend and little sister came to me and told me they were dating, but still! That didn't happen, and this did. To be perfectly honest with you Harry, I always thought that you and Ginny would end up dating, but Seamus here, nope. Not a chance in the world would I have put my galleons on that one," Ron was moving his hands animatedly not knowing that Harry's focus was on nothing but that of his sister anyway. Harry continued to watch Seamus and Ginny. He felt his eyes start to burn and his head start to blur. His focus was leaving him and he couldn't understand anything that Ron was trying to say. Jealousy overwhelmed him to the point at which he couldn't bare to look at her any longer. *How could I have been so stupid, Gin. I always knew that you loved me, but I never knew that you would be like that... with him! I wish, I wish, I .... don't know!* His thoughts were blacked out when he felt a hard slap against his back.

"Owww! Ron, you stupid git! Why did you?" Harry stammered.

"Because you weren't listening to a bloody thing that I said! Now, Harry, let's grow up and stop watching others doing their *dirty* work. Go get your own girlfriend!"

"Yeah, well you know I still never like to see you and Herm get your 'dirty work' done and it doesn't make it any easier with your sister and Finnigan!" Harry shouted and took off once again. This time, Ginny and Seamus weren't so unaware of the fact that they were being watched. Harry made quite a seen of himself and everyone saw his retreating figure going back to the tower.

"Yeah, that's right Harry. Go blow off some steam and talk to me when you are alllllll better," Ron, a little taken back by all this, said to the place where Harry was previously standing. "Guy needs to relax a little."

Seamus and Ginny, now fully alert and attentive of the situation in front of them, and Ron stood in silence wondering what exactly it was that could make Harry Potter so mad. Even You-Know-Who didn't anger him that much. The new fit of rage that Harry was experiencing was something that not even the people who new him best would have ever expected from him.