So You Do Like Her

                    Chapter Three

    Since Ginny had her O.W.L.s her fifth year, Harry found it hard finding time to spend with her. They had been going out for about three months and they still wanted to spend every moment together, so he decided that he'd help her study. Ginny thought he was more of a distraction than a help, but she didn't complain. He was a help a lot of the time, but she was still distracted by him. She was glad they never were in the library though, because they always ended up making a lot of noise. They seemed to laugh a lot together. The common room was good enough for them. Today, Ginny was working on a Potions essay on the properties of moonstone. Harry didn't think he could help her, so he decided to work on his Divination essay.     

    Ginny had a hard time not looking at Harry. She could tell Harry had trouble not looking at her. After resisting the temptation of Harry, Ginny finally finished her essay, without looking at him. Since her homework was finished, she had no reason not to look at her boyfriend. Harry was concentrating. [I]**It's so cute watching him make up tragedies for the week. He looks almost done. What is that? Does that say 'I love Ginny'?**[/I] . At the corner of the parchment, was written, in a handwriting that was definitely a girl's, "I love Ginny." Ginny smiled, then laughed. At this, Harry looked up.

    "What?" he asked, smiling at her laughter.

    After calming down, she asked, "Why, may I ask, do you have 'I love Ginny' on the top of your parchment in another girl's handwriting? I never thought I'd hear myself say that sentence."

    Harry reddened. "Padma found out we were going out, and thought it would be funny to write it there," he replied, looking down at the parchment. "Trelawney had left the room to get another crystal ball. Lavender dropped hers because she thought she saw left without a date to the dance. So, we were bored for about fifteen minutes. So, Padma wrote that on my parchment."

    Ginny laughed. "She's so superficial! Anyway, well, why didn't you use another sheet of parchment, or use a charm to get rid of it?" Ginny asked with a flirty smile.

    Harry shrugged and went back to his homework, smiling to himself. He knew exactly why.

    "Well, are you gonna turn it in that way? Who knows how Trelawney would react," Ginny said, causing Harry to look at her again.

    "I don't see why not, it's true. And I don't care how Trelawney will react," Harry replied, gazing into Ginny's eyes.

    Ginny was stunned. She smiled sweetly, then opened her mouth to say something, when Ron and Hermione came through the portrait hole, laughing. Ginny shut her mouth at once. She didn't want to say anything this private in front of Ron and Hermione. "Well, I'm off to bed. Good night," she said to the trio.

    "Good night, Ginny," Harry said to her as she traipsed up to her dormitory.

    “Night!” Ron and Hermione said.

    “Well, I’m going to bed, too. Ron are you coming?” Harry asked. He yawned and looked back at Ron and Hermione.

    “I’ll be up in a bit,” Ron replied.

    “Okay. Good night.” And with that, Harry went up to his bed.

    Ron and Hermione were now in the common room alone. **[I] C’mon there’s no Viktor Krum here to stop you! [/I]** “Hermione?”

    “Yes,” she said softly.

    “Aren’t you going to bed?” he finished lamely.

    “Not just yet.” She sat down in front of the fireplace.    

    “Well...then...would you...maybe...if you want...or if I’m not too late...maybe...gotothedancewithme?” Ron was now the color of a tomato.

    “Of course!” Hermione got up quickly and hugged him tightly. “I’ve been waiting so long!”

    “So have I,” he whispered. Then he pulled back, looked into her eyes and kissed her, so tenderly, that she almost fell, but Ron caught her,

    When they finished, they both smiled greatly.

    “Good night,” they said and ran up to their dormitories.