Saving Brothers

Chapter 12: Finally

The next morning Ginny woke up with a major hangover. She turned over to see Hermione fixing her bed already in her clothes.

"How much did I drink, Hermione?" Ginny asked with all she could muster.

"You fainted on Sirius at the end of the day he had to carry you upstairs, no don't you dare ask for a hangover potion you're going to suffer this the muggle way."

"Fuck you." Ginny said as she turned over and slept again.

By the time Ginny had slept though her hangover it was lunch time. She plopped down by Sirius and James.

"Look who is back from the sleep of the dead. Come on Reeves did you not enjoy me carrying you to your bedroom?" Sirius said loudly in her ear.

She threw a sandwich in response.

"OI REEVES NOT THE FACE, IT'S MY MONEYMAKER." Sirius yelled.

A few of the female Ravenclaws nearby started giggling. James, Remus, and Hermione all started laughing loudly to. And a younger version of Filch came running down the hallway muttering a nice string of swear words on his way. Hermione turned to look at Ginny who was dumbstruck and they stared until Hermione finally said,

"He doesn't look much different."

Ginny started laughing under her breath. By the time Flitch reached Dumbledore he was wheezing. Dumbledore then stood up and said across the hall,

"James Potter, please go to Flitch's office for a detention slip because of the dung bombs you lit." Dumbledore said it but everybody could see he was laughing to.

"Well there's that, see you in detention Sirius, bye Remus, Ginny, and Hermione." James said as he took his pack up.

"Count on it Prongs!" Sirius yelled back as James went on his way.

One Week Later.....

Hermione and Ginny were sitting down in the empty classroom in the north side of the castle where they were sure they couldn't be caught. Hermione pulled out a gold chain with a sand timer hanging on the end, as Ginny was rifling page after page in the one of the oldest and biggest books Hermione could find in the Hogwarts Library.

"I can't find anything!" Ginny said as she huffed in frustration.

"I remember there being a section on time when I read it in Year 2, I checked it out for a bit of light reading, and yes before you ask like a dimwit this is light reading for me." Hermione told Ginny as she held the chain in her hand stifling in another huge book.

"AH HA! FOUND IT!" Yelled Ginny in victory as Hermione rushed over.

"Hermione what I don't get is why didn't you read this in your second year?" As Hermione started taking in every word.

"Well I was tired that night and said to myself I'd never need to get myself out of time travel trouble. But here am I regretting it." Hermione sighed as she turned to the next page.

Ginny started laughing after hearing the irony in the sentence.

"NOT A LAUGHING MATTER GINNY! I THINK I FOUND SOMETHING!" Hermione yelled in-between a yell and laugh.

As the read through and the book saying there was a way to reverse the effects but it'd be to make a new time turner and extend to the exact date you need to go, and it would self-destruct when they got there.

"Now how do we make a time turner?" Ginny asked as she slouched back with a huff.

"I will need to look that up; we'll be back here tomorrow." Hermione said with a look of determination that made her question if she had Slytherin qualities.

And they made their way back down to the Common Room, since it was Sunday and they didn't have any classes.

Remus had noticed that Hermione and Ginny had been sneaking out to the north side of the castle for long times the past week. Remus was never a nosy person but this had made his curiosity get the better of himself. Remus swore to himself he'd follow them next time they went off to the north wing. He wanted to find out the end of this and he wanted it soon.

Regulus Black was walking down the hallway on his way to the Great Hall when he spotted a familiar head of brown hair.

"Hey Ginny is that you? Haven't seen you in a while, how're you?" Regulus said when he cornered Ginny.

Ginny honestly had been avoiding Regulus since the whole memory Dumbledore and Hogsmeade thing. She was already blushing from embarrassment by the time he cornered her.

"Great Regulus, haven't seen you in a while too." Ginny said with a smile, but now she was blushing due to more than the embarrassment.

"You want to go out for a stroll before curfew?" Regulus asked Ginny as he extended his arm.

"Sure thing." Ginny replied tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.

They'd strolled around the grounds for a while and it started to get a bit chilly and dark.

"Curfew in a little bit." Ginny told Regulus.

"You make it sound as if you're going through hell spending time with me." Regulus said in a mock-hurt voice.

"No, no I just meant I'm freezing." Ginny told Regulus as she turned to face Regulus.

"Well then I'll have to be the gentleman here." Regulus said as he unbuttoned his heavy cloak and draped it over Ginny.

It was that moment when Ginny realized how close she and Regulus were standing to each other. His perfect grey eyes, the sharp features, and the dark yet smooth black hair plus the slight pink of his cheeks made him seem softer, a little bit of a boyish quality around him but the looks of a man.

Who knows who leaned in first but soon their lips were connected, warm and soft as the kissed against each other. Regulus took Ginny in his arms and added a bit more pressure to the kiss as Ginny stood on her tip toes to reach Regulus since he was so tall. When they finally came apart for breath Regulus tucked a loose hair from Ginny's ear and whispered in her ear,

"No idea how long I waited to do that." Panting slightly, he took her hand and led her back up to the castle.