Return My Love - Hinny

Chapter 5

I thought about my conversation with Ginny quite a lot after. I worried for her in some way. I knew something was wrong but I couldn't put my finger on it. From then I tried to talk to her as much as i could. "Hi Ginny" I said with a smile.

"You know, you don't have to talk to me Harry" Ginny says shyly as she looks up from her book. I sit down next to her.

"But I want to" I say confidently. Ginny nods and puts down her book, a small smile appears on her face. "You know Luna really wants to be friends with you and so do i, why are you letting us?" I ask her. She sighs.

"I'm letting you" she says. "Luna doesn't really seem interested, she's so out of it"

"Trust me gin.. if you really try she will be interested" I say with a kind, sympathetic smile.

"I want to talk to you" Ginny says. I suddenly get this weird feeling of a desperate emotion run through me, it felt detached though. Like it wasn't my emotion to keep. I shiver at the thought. It kind of felt like someone was reaching out to me, like they needed me to be there for them. I look at Ginny's chocolate brown eyes and I know it's her emotion she just shared. "Are you okay Harry?" She asks.

"Uh" I say. "Did you do that?" I ask awkwardly.

"Do what?" She asks confused. I shake my head and smile.

"Don't worry... what book are you reading?" I ask as I point at the book she had been reading.

"Uh.. just a textbook" Ginny says nervously.

"You don't have to be nervous around me Ginny" I say. I put my hand on her arm and her face turns red.

"I have a crush on you. Of course I'm nervous" she admits before getting up and leaving. I already knew she had a crush on me, I'm not sure how I feel though. She's Ron's little sister.

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5 months have passed and professor Dumbledore and Hagrid have been taken to azkaban. Ginny has been avoiding me, she seems almost scared. One day in Transfiguration where it was completely Hermione less Ron turned to me and said. "My sister likes you, you know?"

"Yes" I mutter as I try to turn my beetle into a button.

"You don't like her do you?" Ron asks. I shrug.

"I don't know" I say. Then the voice enters my mind. Ginny's voice. 'Harry, Help me' it says, it sounds scared. I look at Ron. "Did you hear that?" I ask.

"Hear what?" He asks confused.

"That voice"