Harry Potter and the Power of Emotion by Melindaleo

Author:Melindaleo [Melindaleo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FanFiction.net
Published: 2004-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

*Chapter 22*: Winter Break

Disclaimer: I own nothing, it all belongs to J.. I'm just borrowing the characters to play with for a while. This is for pleasure only, no profit is being made and no copyright infringement is intended.

Chapter Twenty-two

Winter Break

The morning after the Ball marked the start of the Christmas break and the castle was in a frenzy of students completing their last minute packing. Since Harry wasn't travelling on the Hogwarts Express, he decided to stay in bed a little late, basking in the luxury of the warm feeling washing over him. Last night had been a good night. A really good night! His mind flashed on images of Ginny looking stunning in her Dress robes, kissing her under the Weasley Whiz Bang-lit sky

He couldn't help but feel a slight twinge of apprehension about it though. He felt happy for the first time in a very long time but it seemed like every time something good happened, something terrible quickly followed. Neither can live while the other survives

Harry tried to shake these dark thoughts from his mind. Voldemort didn't get to hold all the cards. If he started letting the fear dictate his life, Voldemort had already won and there was no sense even fighting it anymore. The way to win was to keep on living. Well, maybe not the way to win, but the way to survive it anyway. He was going to spend Christmas with the people most important to him. He was going to get some time alone with Ginny. For these next few days, Voldemort could just back off!

He had enlarged his backpack to hold what he needed and he quickly filled it with some clothes and all the gifts for those at Grimmauld Place. He had to wait for the Hogwarts Express to depart before he could Apparate, just in case anyone was watching. He'd planned on walking Ron, Hermione, and Ginny out to the waiting carriages; Dumbledore had nixed letting him go to the train station. He didn't want to put anyone in danger so he readily agreed.

He hurried down the stairs from the boy's dormitory and found Ginny in the Common Room. His stomach did a complete 180 as he looked at her standing there. No amount of self-control could stop the grin that spread across his features. Ginny smiled in return and walked over to meet him.

"Morning sleepyhead," she said. "You missed breakfast."

Harry shrugged his shoulders, "Decided to have a lie in. Are you all packed?" He felt absurdly shy and wasn't sure why. What he wanted to do was lean over and kiss her but found himself holding back. Was he allowed to just do that?

Ginny seemed rather flustered herself. "Yes, I'm ready."

They were interrupted when Ron and Hermione crawled through the portrait hole. Hermione had a stack of toast wrapped in a napkin that she proceeded to hand to Harry. He smiled his gratitude, "Thanks!"

Ron just stood there staring at him looking like the cat that swallowed the canary.

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