Harry James Potter

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“I do, but I still think you shouldn’t have spend so much money on it” Ginny replied before leaning into him as he kissed her. She nodded when he told her they still had a lot to see, getting up from the bed and walking over to the mirror to fix her hair. 

“Okay, I’m rea-” she started before the flash of Harry’s camera went off in her face. “Harry!” she exclaimed, pushing against his shoulder as he grinned. “Not funny. I probably look horrible in that!” Ginny said with a pout as Harry put the camera away, zipping up his backpack. 

“You look fine I promise. I just had to test the camera to make sure it worked.” He gave her a kiss on the cheek before taking her hand in his own. He led her out of the hotel room and back to the lift. He was glad they finally got a break from the castle. It was amazing how much better he felt and he hadn’t thought of Hermione and Malfoy at all since they had left. He pulled the map out of his bag and handed it to her when they got out of the hotel. 

“Okay where are we going first?”

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Ginny smiled at Harry’s explanation. She was still not comfortable with him spending so much money on this, on her, but at least he meant well. When he opened the door to their room, she stepped inside, slowly looking around. She wasn’t sure if all the rooms in the hotel were this nice, or if this was just one of their nicer rooms, but it had definitely not been cheap. The room was spacious, had a plush carpet and kingsize bed as well as a sofa. 
Without a word, she walked over to the bed and sat down on it, testing the mattress. “Yeah, I guess I can live with this” she said with a grin, patting the mattress, inviting him to join her.

“I thought you would like it.” Harry said with a smile. He kissed her softly before he grabbed her hand. “Come on, we still have a lot to see. There will be plenty of time to sit on the bed later.” 

He got up from the bed and started to take all of his clothes and stuff out of the backpack he had brought. He left only the things he thought he would need when they went out in the bag. This included the camera and money and the map from before. He pulled out the camera and took a quick picture of Ginny and grinned. 

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Ginny was rather speechless when they entered the hotel; she had asked Harry to book a cheap hotel, not wanting him to spend a lot of money on a place they probably wouldn’t spend much time anyway. But one look at this place was enough to know that it had been anything /but/ cheap.

She hung back quietly as Harry got them checked in, allowing him to take her hand as they stepped into the elevator, which was smooth and stylish, just like the rest of the hotel. Once inside, Ginny caught a glimpse of the two of them in the mirror that covered the entire backwall of the elevator, and she squeezed his hand gently.
“You really shouldn’t have Harry” she told him quietly, shakig her head as she looked around the elevator.

“I know, but I wanted to do something nice for you.” Harry said with a smile. “I figured that you would enjoy muggle London a lot more if you had a really nice bed to sleep in at the end of the day.” 

He gave her hand another squeeze as the door to the lift opened. He knew that she was probably upset with him for spending so much money on a hotel. He could tell by how quiet she was as they walked down the hallway. He just hoped the room would change her mind. He unlocked the door and let her go in first. He followed her in and waited for her response.

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Ginny frowned when Harry took the note from her and turned around to look back at the cafe. “What? What is it?” she asked when Harry shook his head at someone in the cafe. “Oh…” she said, not quite sure what else to say when Harry told her what was on the paper, tossing it in a nearby trashcan. 
”Clearly” she said, smiling brightly when Harry said she was clearly his girlfriend. “Maybe I should have shagged you up on the table to make it a little more obvious for him” she said with a grin, nudging him in the side with her elbow.
“You’re not jealous, are you?” Ginny asked him, entwining her fingers with his as she squeezed his hand.  

“No, of course not.” Harry replied when Ginny asked if he was jealous. The squeeze she gave his hand was comforting and it got rid of any worries he had about her leaving him. He stopped and gave her a soft kiss before continuing walking. He could see the hotel just in front of them and smiled. Despite Ginny telling him to find a hotel that wouldn’t cost him much money, he still found one of the best. It was her first time in muggle London and he wanted her to have a good time.

He let go of her hand, briefly, to check in at the front desk. He got the keys and took her hand as they walked to the lift. He could feel her hand squeeze his as the lift started to move. 

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“Yeah, we should be fine. It’s only -” -Ginny reached over, grabbing his arm to look at his watch - “10 o’clock. I mean, if we don’t get it done, that’s fine, but I thought tomorrow we could maybe go to the park and possibly a museum?” Ginny said, smiling at the waiter when he brought them their food, asking him for two more coffees before focussing her attention back on Harry. 

“We’ll just take our time doing what we want to do, and see where that gets us. How does that sound?”

When Ginny finished eating, she pushed her plate towards the centre of the table, making room for the map once more as she tried to figure out wether or not they’d have enough enough time to do what she wanted to do. <br>
Having spoken to Hermione, she was really looking forward to visiting one or two museums now they were here, and she hoped they would be able to do that tomorrow. 
The second Harry had finished eating, their waiter was at their table again, smiling at Ginny and asking if she wanted another coffee. “Oh uhm, no thanks” Ginny replied, smiling back. “We’re on a pretty tight schedule, so I guess we’ll take the check” she continued before focusing her attention back at the map in front of her.
It wasn’t until he had left their table again that Ginny noticed a small, folded up piece of paper in her lap. Frowning, she opened it, seeing the name “Brian” followed by a few random numbers scribbled onto the paper in a sloppy handwriting.
She got up when Harry dropped a few notes on the table, stuffing the map back into her bag and following Harry out of the cafe. “What do you suppose this is?” She asked him when they were nearly out of the door, handing him the piece of paper. “Do you think it could have fallen out of the map? It was just…there all of a sudden”.

Harry took the paper from her and recognised the numbers as a phone number. He frowned and handed it back to Ginny. He looked back into the restaurant and caught the waiter’s eye and shook his head.  ”It’s that bloke’s phone number. He wanted you to call him. He probably want’s to ask you out although you are clearly my girlfriend.”  He glared at the muggle once more before taking Ginny’s hand as they started to walk towards the hotel. He knew she wasn’t going to call the bloke, but it still made him a little upset.  The least he could do is make the waiter jealous as they walked away. 

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“Right” Ginny said, focusing her attention back on the map, tracing her finger from one circled place to another, frowning slightly as she tried to figure out what they should do first.

“Okay, I think I’ve got it” she finally said, looking up from the map. “Our hotel is closest to the Tower Bridge, so wou should probably go there first. Afterwards we can visit the Tower of London, and then walk along the Thames to the Big Ben. It’ll be a bit of a walk, but the weather is nice” she said, tracing the route they would take on the map with her finger. “Westminster Abbey is right there too, and if we cross the river we can take a ride on the Ferris Wheel” Ginny continued excitedly before taking a sip of her coffee. “After that we can either walk lr take the tube to Buckingham Palace, depending on what time it is. Sounds good?” She asked with a smile, gathering up the map and refolding it as the waiter brought over their food.

“Are you sure we have enough time today to do that? It seems like a lot, plus we still need to have things to do tomorrow.” Harry said as she put the map away. He wanted to do everything that she wanted to do, but he wanted to make sure they had the time to do it. He was thrilled when the waiter returned with their food. He was sure if he waited any longer he was going to starve. 

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“Perfect” Ginny said, smiling brightly when Harry said the hotel was only a block away. “We can drop off our bags after we’ve had breakfast, and be on our way” she said, looking up when a waiter came by to take their order.

After they ordered, Ginny grabbed a pen that was lying on the table and traced the map with her finger, circling spots on the map here and there. “We should probably look into that tube thingy, Harry” she said, looking up from the map. “Looks like some of the things we wanted to do are pretty far away”

“Oh that won’t be any trouble at all. I’ve been on it a few times.” Harry said as he sat back in his seat and took a sip of his coffee that the waiter had brought them. “Okay so after we drop our things off at the hotel, where do you want to go first? I figured we could spread everything out over two days. We can do a little bit today and a little bit tomorrow. That way we’re not exhausted from running around the city. “ 

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Ginny smiled at Harry, reaching over to take his hand into her small one. “Me too” she said, squeezing his hand, opening her menu with one hand, scanning it quickly before deciding on some french toast.

“So, where to?” Ginny asked, letting go of Harry’s hand to spread the map out on the table, chewing on her lip as she tried to figure out where they were. She had no idea where Harry had apparated them to. Sure, there was a big shopping street, so it was probably somewhere in the city centre, but the map was huge.
“So…where are we?” She finally asked sheepishly, looking up at him.

Harry decided to go with the french toast as well for his breakfast. He put the menu down when she spread the map over the table. He had no idea that the city was this big. He scanned the map when she asked where they were. It took him a few minutes until he finally found where the were at. “We are here.” He said putting his finger on the map. 

“And the hotel is,” He scanned the map once again and found the street, “Right here. Its about a block away from here.”

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Ginny laughed as Harry put the hat on her head, pulling it off to look at it. “Yeah, I’m not wearing that” she said with another laugh, handing it back to Harry. “I’ll take the shirt though” she said as she put it on the counter together with the map with a grin, lightly bumping her hip against his. 
“Pay the man, Harry” Ginny said, figuring she might as well get comfortable with Harry paying for everything on this trip. It’s not like she had any money of her own. 
Once they were finished in the store, they stepped outside again, crossing the street to get to the restaurant Harry had pointed out earlier. “Okay, lets eat yeah?” Ginny suggested, standing on her tiptoes to give him a quick kiss before stepping into the restaurant, looking around for an empty table. 

Harry put the hat back and pulled out enough cash to pay for the map and the shirt. He was glad when she led the way to the restaurant he had spotted earlier. He was starting to regret not eating breakfast before leaving the school. Once inside the restaurant he spotted a table next to the windows. He grabbed her hand and pulled her to the table to get it before someone else did. 

He picked up a menu from the end of the table and handed it to her. “I was starting to think I was going to starve to death.” He said with a smile over his menu. “I’m really glad that we decided to get out of that school.”

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“Oh, right” Ginny said, nodding when Harry suggested breakfast. In her excitement, she had completely forgotten about it. “Yeah, lets go have breakfast and we can talk about what we’re going to do today. Do you have a map? We should get a map” she said, all in one breath before turning around to look for a store that could possibly sell maps of the city.

Spotting a little souvenirshop, she pulled Harry in that direction, entering the shop. Her eyes widened at all the souvenirs they sold there, from magnets to postcards to t-shirts and hats. Her eyes ran over all the shelves and racks, but when she was unable to spot a map anywhere, she let go of Harry’s hand and took a few steps towards the counter, smiling brightly at the bored looking man sitting behind it.
“Hi, do you have any maps of the city?” she asked, her smile growing wider when Harry stepped in next to her and the man showed no sign of recognition.

Harry’s stomach grumbled as Ginny pulled him farther away from the restaurant and into a little shop near by. He looked around at the shelves as Ginny went up to the counter. It wasn’t anything fancy, it was just cheap things that muggle tourists seemed to like. He picked up a t-shirt that had I love London on it with a heart instead of the word love. It was Ginny’s size. He picked up a hat nearby that said the same thing. He walked over to her at the counter and handed her the shirt.

“Here I picked out some things for you.” He grinned and put the hat on her head. 

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“Ready” Ginny replied with a smile when Harry asked her if she was ready to apparate. She was excited to get out of the castle, but there was also a little, nagging part of her that was nervous to find out how she would feel once they were away from the castle, when they were no longer under the influence of the spell. She knew what they had was more than just sex, but what if that was also just the spell? Or even worse, what if Harry realized it was always just the spell for him, and she’d be stuck loving him by herself as if she was eleven years old again? 

She had kept her eyes shut when apparating, and didn’t open them just yet when she felt solid ground beneath her feet. When Harry spoke, Ginny slowly opened her eyes, her heart leaping when he found her smiling down at her. She knew she was being stupid, but when it came to Harry, she just couldn’t help herself. 
Taking a few steps forward, Ginny peeked around the corner of the alley they were standing in, her smile widening when she saw people rushing by in a busy shopping street. 

Grabbing Harry’s hand, Ginny pulled him into the street, standing still for a moment to take it all in, but she quickly realized that this was not a convenient place to stand still. Still holding on to Harry’s hand tightly, Ginny started walking, straining her neck to take in as much as she possibly could. “What do you want to do?” She asked him, pulling him into a somewhat empty corner where they wouldn’t be in anyones way. “Find the hotel and drop off our bags?” she suggested, hoisting her bag up onto her shoulder where it had started slipping off. 

The first thing Harry noticed was how clear his head was. It was the first time in months where he could look at Ginny and not want to rip her clothes off. He smiled when she pulled him out onto the busy side walk. Since it was her first time in Muggle London, he decided to let her take the lead with this trip. He smelled food cooking from the restaurant across the way and his stomach rumbled, reminding him that he hadn’t ate breakfast yet.

“Or we could have breakfast.” Harry said nodding towards the restaurant . 

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“Alright” Ginny said, smiling softly and wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him gently once more. She pulled away quickly when she already felt that nagging urge starting to come up, blushing slightly.

“Yeah, lets go” she said breathlessly, brushing a loose strand of hair out of her face, turning around to pick up her bag. Looking around the dorm one last time, Ginny made sure she hadn’t forgotten anything before stepping outside, pulling the door closed behind her.

Harry nodded and took her hand. The walk down to the front gates was uneventful. They didn’t run into anyone,which was good. Harry hadn’t felt like talking to many people over the last few days. He was really excited that he was getting out of the castle for a few days and taking Ginny with him. When they got past the front gates he gave her hand a squeeze. 

“Ready?” He asked with a smile. Already his head was starting to clear, he could only imagine how much better he would feel away from the castle. On the count of three they apparated together. When he opened his eyes they were standing in an alley between two buildings in London. Harry smiled at Ginny. “Welcome to London, Gin.” 

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Ginny woke up that morning from her alarm clock ringing away at 8 am, and she instantly had a smile on her face. Today was the day she and Harry would leave on their trip to London, and she was beyond excited for it. Finally they would leave the castle, together, and they would find out what their relationship would be like without the constant urge to rip each others clothes off.
Ginny had slept alone, in her own bed that night. She hadn’t wanted to start the trip shagging like rabbits; this was supposed to be about more than that.
She took her time getting ready, paying extra attention to some light make-up and her hair, wanting to look nice for the trip. For Harry, for London. The only part of London she had ever been in was Diagon Alley, and Ginny couldn’t wait to see the famous Muggle side of the city.
She was just putting on her shoes when Harry poked his head into her dorm, checking to see if she was ready. “Morning love” Ginny greeted him, smiling brightly and getting up from the bed, raising herself onto her tiptoes to kiss him softly. “Are you all set? Did you want to grab breakfast here or wait til we’re in the city?”

“Let’s eat after we’re in the city. The sooner we are away from here the better.” Harry said with a smile. He was excited about spending the weekend with Ginny away from the castle. He was also relieved that he was getting away from Hermione. Ever since he caught her with Malfoy, he had felt betrayed. He really didn’t see away of getting over this one. He assumed having a clear head would help him think. 

“We’ll apparate from the front gates, to this apparation spot away from the muggles in the city. I already got some gold exchanged for muggle money so we’ll be fine.” He explained as he adjusted his book bag on his shoulders. “Are you ready to go?”

I’M STILL HERE! I’VE BEEN DEALING WITH THINGS!

MANON IS STILL HERE TOO!

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Ginny leaned back slightly at his words, wanting to be able to properly look him in the eye as she replied, taking his face in both of her hands. “That is never going to happen” she told him, her tone serious as she looked at him. “I love you Harry. I’ve loved you for as long as I can remember, and I don’t even care how pathetic that makes me sound” she continued quietly, holding his bright green eyes with her own brown ones.

Instead of answering her Harry kissed her. That was all he wanted to hear right now. He wrapped his arms around her and held her close. At that moment he had completly forgotten about the thing with Hermione and Malfoy. He was just so happy to hear Ginny say she loved him and it wasn’t just the castle messing with her head. “I love you too,Gin.”

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“I think so too” Ginny said, smiling softly before leaning in to kiss him. It would be interesting to see what would happen once they were no longer under the influence of the spell, never really having had a chance at a normal relationship.

Back in her fifth year, everything had been so…it had been too good to be true. They didn’t have a lot of time and they had both know it. Things had moved fast, and they had slep t together for the first time in her bed at the Burrow, after they had already broken up. After that, she hadn’t seen him for nearly a year, and when they returned to Hogwarts, the spell happened and it all turned to shit before it got better. This trip was the first chance they had at a /real/ normal relationship. No war looming over their heads, no lust spell messing with their heads…The prospect of it nearly made her giddy.

“I’m just worried that once we get out of the castle you’ll realise what a tosser I am and not want to come back with me.” Harry laughed and kissed her forehead. Although he was joking, part of him really did worry that she would discover her true feelings once they left the castle. The castle had messed with his mind, but he was positive that he loved her, and she was the only one he wanted to be with. 

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“True, but now we do” Ginny said with a smile. He was right of course. Though she, /they/ had been very happy when they first got together in her fifth year, there was just too much looming over them, too much to be worried about to be taking happy pictures together. But that was all over now. They could finally be happy without feeling guilty about it, without worrying how long it would last.

Ginny nodded when Harry suggested they stay like this for a little while longer, moving to put her head on his shoulder as her hand slowly stroked his arm. “Alright” she said quietly, her eyes sliding closed for a moment. “I guess I could do that.”

Harry wrapped his arms around her tighter as they sat there. He was truly happy that she agreed to stay with him for a little bit longer. He caught a whiff of her hair and he calmed down any more. “I think this trip is going to be very good for us. It will be nice to get away from the castle and have everything be normal.”

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“You  never told me!” Ginny said, her smile growing wider. “We should definitely bring it with us, it’ll be great” she added, excitedly. “Oh! We can take pictures in front of the Big Ben and everything! I don’t think I even have a picture of us together” Ginny said, looking around the dorm to see if Harry had one, even though she knew he didn’t. 
“Okay, I’ll pack later…” Ginny said, leaning in towards him more, leaning her forehead against his. “I could help you pack, if you want to?”  

“Well we never really had the time to take pictures together.” Harry answered with a smile. He shook his head when she asked if she wanted her to help him pack. “No let’s just sit here like this for a little while longer. You know it’s only going to take me five minutes to pack.” He smiled. 

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“I didn’t know you had a camera” Ginny said, getting excited. “When did you get it? I’ve never even seen you use it before” she said, leaning back slightly. “But yeah, it’ll be great. You’ll be too busy having fun to even think about them”. 
Nodding, Ginny leaned in, running her hand through his hair before cupping her hand over his cheek. “Yeah, I can do that. But I can also stay a little longer, if you want?”. It’s not like she had a whole lot of clothes to choose from, and was fairly sure packing wouldn’t take her longer than 15 minutes.  

“I got it a few years ago for Christmas from Hermione. I never really use it, it just sits in my trunk gathering dust.” Harry said with a smile. He nodded when she said she could stay a little bit longer. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her softly. “I would like it if you stayed a bit longer.”

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Ginny turned around at Harry’s words, walking back towards him. “Stop it Harry” she said quietly, getting back onto the bed and moving to straddle his lap. “We’re going to go to London, and we’re not going to think about Hermione, or Malfoy. And we’re definitely not going to think about Hermione and Malfoy together” she said before leaning in to kiss him softly. 
“We’re going to have a great time. We’re going to see the sights and have romantic dinners and buy tacky souvenirs…”  

“You’re right.” Harry said with a smile as he rested his forehead against hers. “We’re going to have fun this weekend. I promise. We can even bring a camera, so we can take lots of pictures.” He kissed her softly. “I’ll try not to think about them, but can you please come back after you’re done packing.”