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HB Prince: Year of Love
By DHobbit

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Category: Post-OotP
Characters:All, All
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fluff, Humor
Warnings: None
Rating: PG
Reviews: 309
Summary: *** The author has been reminded via the e-mail address on file that this story is listed as incomplete and has not been updated in over 2 years ***

This story starts at the end of Order Of The Phoenix. Although this story starts as the usual Harry/Ginny romance, I believe after several chapters, you will find that Ancient Dark Magic takes on a whole new meaning to our Harry and Ginny. Will Harry discover the key to the Half-Blood Prince?* * * *American Edition *** * * *
Hitcount: Story Total: 195816; Chapter Total: 3331





Author's Notes:
SUMMARY: Another night with Ginny - - - Harry and Ginny talk? - - - Hermione thinks - - - Two whole hours! ---------------




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Chapter Thirty-five Two Whole Hours

When Ron and Harry arrived back at the Common Room,
Neville, Hermione and Ginny were waiting for them. They all
sat around “Potter’s Corner” chatting. They all were tired.

“Ron and I are going to sleep out here one more night.
Hermione, you and Neville should sleep in your own beds
tonight,” said Harry.

“No, I’ll stay up with the little one too,” said Hermione.

“No, I insist that you go to your own bed tonight. Ron and I
can handle anything that should arise. There is no need for
both of you to sleep out here,” said Harry.

“I don’t think anyone should sleep out here,” said Ginny.

“Just one more night, Love,” said Harry.

“Ron will chaperone, right Ron?”

“Yeah, I got to go out for a little while, but I’ll be back early
enough,” said Ron. “In fact I’m going to leave now.”

“Ok, I’m going to go read my mail. Call me if you need me,”
said Neville.

“I’ll stay until Ron comes back,” said Hermione.

“There’s no need for that. We are just going to read or
something before we go to sleep,” said Harry.

Harry rose and went to his dorm, following Neville.

He gathered his and Ron’s blankets, pillows and his
bookbag.

“Night, Neville. Thanks for everything,” said Harry.

“Night, Harry. Are you SURE you don’t want me to stay with
you tonight?”

“I’m sure. Ginny is getting uncomfortable about everyone
upsetting their regular schedule. We’ll be fine. It won’t hurt
Ron to stay though,” said Harry.

“Harry, what exactly are you afraid of? With Ginny, I mean,”
said Neville.

“Ginny sometimes has nightmares about the Chamber.
Really bad ones. She screams. It takes a long time to wake
her. I seem to be able to get her back to sleep faster than
anyone,” said Harry.

“I can understand that. It must have been horrible for her,
and her being so young at the time,” said Neville. “No one
ever said who it was that was captured in the Chamber of
Secrets that year. I never thought about it being Ginny. I
think she has done remarkably well, considering what she
went through.”

“Yeah, but she is sensitive about having the nightmares.
She don’t really want people knowing about them. Although
we appreciate you helping, I think tonight she would feel
better with just Ron and me.”

“Yeah. I can understand, but you call me if you need me.”

“Will do,” said Harry.

With his arms full of blankets and pillows, Harry went back
to the Common Room. Hermione rushed over and helped
Harry with his load.

Ginny was up in her dorm.

“Harry, I don’t understand why you don’t want me to stay
tonight. I’m sure if Ginny needs anything that I would be
more apt to understand her needs,” said Hermione.

“No, Hermione, not tonight. Ginny is feeling uncomfortable
about everyone upsetting their schedule over this. Trust me,
she would be much happier if everyone slept in their own
beds. I am the one insisting that she sleep down here
tonight,” said Harry.

“I can at least stay until Ron comes back,” said Hermione.

“I don’t think you need to do that either. You look exhausted,
go to bed,” said Harry, patting her on the shoulder.

“I don’t think it would look right with you and Ginny down here
alone,” said Hermione.

“We won’t be alone. Look around, there are plenty of people
in the room. Go to bed,” said Harry, smiling.

Although Hermione didn’t want to leave Harry with Ginny,
she had already pushed Harry as far as she could. If she
insisted any more, they would probably argue. She didn’t
want to argue with Harry. She wouldn’t be able to win him
over by arguing.

Ginny came down in her yellow silky pajamas carrying her
things.

“Goodnight, Ginny. If you need anything, anything at all. I’ll
be right upstairs. “

“Thanks Hermione. No, I will be fine. I don’t understand why
we need to stay down here tonight anyway.”

“Because I said so,” said Harry. He grabbed her bundle and
set it on top of his. He decided not to set the sofas up for
sleep until Ron came.

Hermione watched as Harry sat down, placed a pillow on
his chest and pulled Ginny down resting her back against the
pillow. He carefully put his arms around her.

Dean and Seamus came over for a chat.
“So, why you all been sleeping down here?” asked Seamus.

“Ginny wasn’t feeling well,” said Harry.

“Why don’t she go to the hospital wing?” asked Seamus.

“She’s not that ill, but if she does, then Ron and I will take
her to see Madam Pompfrey,” said Harry.

“She looks fine to me. Mighty fine,” said Dean, grinning. “In
fact, I think maybe I should stay down here with her tonight.”

“Get out of here,” said Harry, grinning.

“Thanks, Dean. I appreciate your concern,” said Ginny,
smiling.

“Ron will be back soon enough. You want to stay down here
with Ron too?” asked Harry.

“You sure can ruin what could have been a heavenly night,”
said Dean.

“Keep it up and you’ll be the one going to see Madam
Pompfrey,” said Harry, grinning.

“Ok, I get the hint. Come on Seamus, at least we have
something to base tonight’s fantasy on,” said Dean.

Seamus and Dean crossed the room to talk to Lee Gordon.
He and Pavarti were laughing about something. They could
hear the names of Fred and George being talked about.
Every so often they would bust up laughing.

“I miss Fred and George,” said Ginny.

“Yeah. They were always good for a laugh or two. They
used to irritate Hermione to no end. Course they been
irritating ME all this year,” said Harry.

“They have? How?” asked Ginny.

“The Party, Harvest Ball, Christmas Ball, Valentines Ball.”

“What?” asked Ginny.

“Did you ever feel like maybe I was going to kiss you?” asked
Harry.

Ginny blushed. “Well... it did feel like it a couple of times,
but I thought it was all in my head.”

“No, and it wasn’t in my head after Fred and George got
through with me. ‘Forget Charm’. Hmmm... actually I don’t
think they used it for Valentines. I waited quite a while for
you down here that night. Thought maybe you would come
back down,” said Harry.

“Those RATS! I never even thought about that. For some
reason that night I wanted to take a shower. I couldn’t stand
it until I did. I should have suspected something!” said
Ginny.

Harry laughed. “Ya know, I think that we are going to have to
think of a payback for those two. Of course, we will never
be able to pay them back completely and of course they will
retaliate. But they need some serious payback.”

“You’re right. I’ll work on something,” said Ginny. “Harry,
you mean that you... a...”

“Yeah,” said Harry, giving her a squeeze.

“They’re dead meat!” said Ginny.

Hermione watched as Harry conjured a couple of quills, ink
and parchment.

“I thought we could play a bit of Hangman. It’s too noisy in
here to sleep yet.”

Harry wrote: I love you
Ginny wrote: I love you too.

Harry wrote: I want to kiss you.
Ginny wrote: Me too

Harry wrote: I want to kiss you passionately.
Ginny wrote: Me too

Harry wrote: I want to get close to you.
Ginny wrote: If you got any closer you would... OH! Ginny
blushed then giggled.

After a moment.

Ginny wrote: ?
Harry wrote: Lisa

Ginny wrote: ?
Harry wrote: Trouble

Ginny wrote: ?
Harry wrote: Cornered me. Sort of threatened me.

Ginny wrote: ?
Harry wrote: Ron. She said she would tell him things.

Ginny wrote: ?
Harry wrote: Don’t know. I warned Ron.

Ginny wrote: Does Ron care about her?
Harry wrote: He says no.

Ginny wrote: You?
Harry wrote: No! I told you before. Didn’t know her name
until the ball.

Ginny wrote: Did you kiss her?
Harry wrote: Yes and no. She kissed me. But I let it go on
longer than I should have.

Ginny wrote: ?
Harry wrote: Thought I could forget you. Didn’t happen.
She didn’t taste right. Didn’t smell right either.

Ginny wrote: Bad breath?
Harry wrote: Don’t think so. Just wasn’t you.

Ginny wrote: You answered that one correctly.
Harry wrote: It’s the truth.

Ginny wrote: I have a taste?
Harry wrote: OH YEAH ! =)

Ginny wrote: I love you
Harry wrote: I love you too.

Harry crunched up the parchment and tossed it in the fire.
They sat in silence for quite a while, watching the fire. He
was about to sneak a kiss when Ron showed up.

“Good timing, Ron,” said Harry.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Never mind,” said Harry.

* * * *
Hermione watched a little while. Until they were playing
some game, probably Hangman or Tic Tac Toe.

Harry insisted that Ginny sleep in the Common Room again.
Why? Why was he so protective of Ginny? Ginny doesn’t
really seem to like it when Harry tries to protect her. She put
up quite a fight in the Room of Requirements yesterday. But
she allowed them to sleep in the Common Room last night,
then again tonight. Why?

Even Professor McGonagal allowed it, that seems very
strange.

Harry calls her is girlfriend but he don’t really act like a
boyfriend. Is it because of Ron? He put up that pillow again.
Why does he put a pillow between them? Why is he so
particular about how he places his hands?

They don’t seem to talk very much. Sometimes they talk
about Quidditch, they can get animated when on that subject.
But mostly they only speak a few words to each other. Just
tonight, they spoke a few words, then they started playing
that game.

Something was not right about them. They were almost too
cautious. They didn’t act “natural”.

Harry has been acting strange all year. First he adopts Luna.
He started becoming big brother to Luna, then Ginny. As
though Ron was not enough brother for Ginny.

He insists that Luna, Ginny and Neville be included in
everything. He becomes a model student. Then he takes on
too much for the D.A.

He took over from Ron when Ginny was upset about
Hogsmeade. That was not like Harry at all.

He became far more serious than ever this year. After
Hogsmeade he was swamped with students. He was
working himself to death. Was he overworking to keep his
mind off Cho ? Has he ever addressed Cho’s death?

When Ginny didn’t have a date, he took her to the Harvest
ball. When Ginny choose the wrong date for the Christmas
Ball, he takes her to that one too. Ginny said something
about having to wear that red dress because that was the
point of them going together. Did he buy her that expensive
dress because Ron had expensive clothes and he didn’t
want her to feel left out? Did he take her to the ball just so
she could wear it ?

Then Ginny had that nightmare at Christmas. They all went
into another room to discuss something. The next day, no
one wanted to talk about that nightmare. What were they
hiding? Did the Weasleys ask Harry to protect Ginny? Did
he make them a promise? Is that why he is so protective?

Sometime during that Christmas break, they arranged for
Harry to go to the Valentines Ball with Ginny. Why? Nobody
makes a date that early unless they are dating. So why
make the date so early?

Neither Harry or Ginny acted right at the ball. There was
some kind of “under current”. Ron’s date was acting strange
too. Something strange was going on.

At the last two balls, the Weasley brothers were having
secret talks with Harry too.

Then suddenly, a month later, Harry asks Ginny to be his
girlfriend. She only sits with him during meals by invitation.
They don’t sit in the Common Room together very often. Of
course, there is always that pillow between them. That
doesn’t seem natural.

They take walks together, but don’t talk very much and
rarely kiss. There was that one kiss on their first day
together. After they had that big talk with Ron, they have
rarely been seen kissing, if they do, it is very chaste.

Something is not right about the whole thing. It’s as if their
dating is only for show. They are hiding something and it
looks like the Weasleys are involved.

If only Harry would confide in her. She could help protect
Ginny if she needed it.

Was Harry forgetting about Voldemort? Didn’t he realize that
Ginny will not be any help in that department? She could
possibly make things more dangerous.

Hermione sighed. Somehow she would make Harry realize
that she was probably the only one who could make his life
easier. She was, after all, the smartest witch of her age.


* * * *

The next few days were busy days. It was warming up so
Ron had them out practicing Quidditch every chance. Harry
was loving the freedom of his broom. He wanted to take
Ginny and fly away. He knew he would have to wait, but it
was tempting.

One evening, while Harry was sitting in his D.A. classroom,
studying, Dumbledore appeared. Harry was startled.

“Sorry Harry, I forget how startling that can be. I want you
to read this spell. Memorize it, then perform it,” he said as
he handed Harry a parchment.

Harry read it. He raised his eyebrow at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore gave him a most innocent look.

“I’ve taken the liberty of arranging a surprise for you. Take
this box and put it in your pocket,” said Dumbledore.

Harry put a little red box in his pocket.

“You have exactly two hours. Don’t be late,” said
Dumbledore as he handed him a little green box.

Harry felt the familiar tug behind his navel. He steadied
himself. He was in a dimly lit room. Ginny was standing
before him.

“Harry ! Dumbledore gave me this spell and handed me a
green box and a red box. I didn’t know what to think. I was
scared,” said Ginny.

“We have exactly two hours,” said Harry.

“Two whole hours,” said Ginny, dreamily.

* * * *
Harry arrived back in the D.A. classroom in exactly one hour
and fifty-nine minutes. He gathered his things and left for
the Gryffendor Tower. When he arrived at the Common
Room. There were several students still up doing homework.

“Where have you been?” asked Hermione. “I was getting
worried.”

“Studying,” said Harry.

“Did you finish your Transfiguration homework?” asked
Hermione. “I could help you if you need.”

“Yeah. All done,” said Harry. “Thanks.”

Hermione looked a little disappointed. “Are you all right? You
look tired,” she said.

“I’m am. Think I’ll turn in. Night, Hermione.”

Harry dragged himself up to bed. He was asleep before his
head hit the pillow.

The next morning at breakfast, Harry was starving. He piled
food on his plate and started cramming food in his mouth as
fast as he could.

“Harry! Slow down. You’re going to hurt yourself,” said
Hermione.

“Yeah. Right. Sorry, I lost control. I’m starving this
morning,” he said.

He looked down at his piled plate, then over to Ginny who
was sitting with her dorm mates. Has she ever looked so
beautiful? It then dawned on him why he was so hungry. He
pushed is plate aside and walked up behind Ginny.

“Good morning, Love. Meet me for dinner tonight?” he
whispered in her ear.

Ginny blushed then replied: “Morning, Love. Yes, I would
love to meet you for dinner. Meet me in the Common
Room?”

“Yes!”

* * * *
Ginny was very happy. She had needed that time with Harry.
They needed time to confirm their love for each other.
Dumbledore was right. It was very difficult to restrain herself.
To face this restraint every day was wearing on her.

When it was time to leave, Ginny had taken out the little red
box. It said to sit on the bed. She sat on the bed and held
the box. She appeared in her own dorm bed. That was an
excellent idea. She didn’t have to walk past anyone and she
would be able to tell anyone who asked that she had been up
in her dorm. She hoped that Dumbledore would use it
again. Hopefully in the near future.

Harry was perfect. Right away he said that he didn’t want to
talk about anything but their love for each other. They
probably should have discussed Riddle, Lisa and Hermione.
These were the problems that she seen coming. There were
plenty more problems they could have discussed. But
instead, Harry chose to keep their discussions only to their
love.

Hermione was a problem. She didn’t know if Harry realized
this yet, but it was coming. Ginny recognized the signs.
Hermione Granger was in love with Harry. That topic alone
could probably take several hours to discuss. He probably
would never believe it. It would be a very delicate subject to
bring up with Harry.

They didn’t discuss it, but there would be no annulment or
divorce when this was over. She would hold on to Harry with
her dying breath.

They only talked of their love for one another. It would have
been boring to anyone else, but to them it was the most
important thing in the world. Of course, they didn’t talk a lot,
but they expressed their love to perfection. She sighed.

* * * *
The time he spent with Ginny last night was wonderful. He
knew they should have “talked” about many problems
surrounding them. But he felt that expressing their love was
more important. They had so little time alone together.

Getting away from listening ears, they were free to express
their love. They spoke only words that lovers say in their
most intimate moments. They both needed that. It has been
hard to control himself all this time. He was always tempted.
Last night he had no restraints. It was a freedom that could
not be passed up. Her shy, yet knowing, smile told him all
he needed to know.

Although Dumbledore probably only gave them that time to
talk freely. It was more important to them to express their
love and they did that to perfection.

He needed to talk freely to Ginny. There were things they
needed to say. They would have to figure that out later. So
for now they would have to resort to talking between the
lines. The Hangman game seemed to be a good way to talk
without ears listening. He would be using that tactic in the
near future.

He wondered about Hermione. Was he getting the wrong
vibes from her? She had that “look” that told him that she
was interested. That can’t be right. Was he getting so
arrogant that he was beginning to see love where it didn’t
exist?

His first clue was her referring to Ginny as young, then little.
Almost all the girls that had a crush on him, would make
some remark about Ginny’s age or size if she was
mentioned. That definitely was a warning sign.

He hoped that he was completely wrong about this. Thinking
about Hermione as a girlfriend was just wrong. Kissing her
would be just icky. It would be like kissing Ron. He
shuddered. No! He was getting the wrong signals, that’s
all.

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