She nodded eagerly and jumped out of her seat. Harry couldn't help but chuckle at her restlessness, which earned him a slug on his upper arm and a halfhearted glare. He followed her as she set a brisk pace back through the halls of Hogwarts and up to the fifth floor where his office resided. She opened her mouth to mutter the password as they reached his door, but it proved to be unnecessary. With a flick of Harry's wrist, it opened up as they approached.
The two entered the office, and Ginny immediately plopped down into one of the arm chairs in front of the fire place. Harry lowered himself onto the small sofa and relaxed into a reclined position as he turned to Ginny. She looked to be deep in thought as though she were trying to decide where to start. Harry let her continue with her thoughts as he warded the room for privacy with a few waves of his hand.
After a couple minutes of silence which he spent studying his friend, Ginny finally turned towards him. She seemed momentarily taken aback to find him watching her but shook it off and began to speak. "I'm guessing you want to know why I asked to speak with you."
Harry shrugged. "I assumed it had to with last night."
She nodded. "Yeah, I guess you could say that. Well I think the first thing I should tell you is what happened before you arrived. Hermione is likely to be mad at you, but you won't be alone in that respect. We got into a bit of an argument last night after she was ranting about you abusing your privileges as an Assistant Professor by ignoring the regular curfew. I finally got so fed up with her that I yelled at her to mind her own business, which led us into a big argument before she finally stalked off and up to bed. It actually worked out better that way because it wouldn't have done to have her waiting for you when you got back."
Harry agreed wholeheartedly. "I was actually worried about that when I was making my way back to Gryffindor Tower. I was relieved to find that you were the only one waiting up for me." He let out a sigh and looked deep into the chocolate brown eyes across from him. "I'm sorry about Hermione."
She waved away his apology. "Don't worry about it. It's not your fault."
"But it is my fault," Harry insisted. "You were arguing about me. The only reason you two are fighting is because of me. I didn't mean to put any strain on your relationship with her, or with anyone else for that matter. Maybe telling you my secrets wasn't such a good idea. It's just an added burden that you don't need." Harry was completely oblivious to the reaction of the girl sitting before him as he continued to rant away.
Ginny couldn't believe he would say something like that. Did he really wish that he hadn't told her anything? "Harry, shut up!" she finally yelled at him, stopping him in his tracks. "Did you really mean that?" When he just looked at her confusedly she clarified her query. "Do you really wish that you hadn't told me anything?"
Harry didn't miss the hurt tone in her voice and quickly realized that she had taken his statement in entirely the wrong way. "Of course not," he backtracked. "I'm not saying that I regret telling you anything. It's been great having someone to talk to, even just a little bit. I just thought it might be unfair to you, having to keep secrets from your friends, putting unnecessary strain on your relationships. It's unfair to you."
"Why don't you let me decide what's fair to me?" she asked him with a steely voice. "I wasn't just blowing smoke at you when I told you that I wanted to be there for you Harry. Even if I didn't know everything that I do know, which I imagine is still only scratching the surface, I'd still be at odds with Hermione over you. She is being completely unreasonable right now. Ron might be afraid to stand up to her, but I am not. She has no right trying to force anything out of you or trying to make you look bad just because you don't have to follow the same rules the rest of us do. She just gets so bloody self righteous sometimes."
"Don't I know it," Harry interjected. "Did she ever get you to try to join spew?"
"Yes," Ginny said. "She even tried to get me to help her with knitting all those stupid hats she was leaving out last year."
Harry chuckled lightly. "Did you know that most of the house elves refused to even enter Gryffindor Tower after she started leaving all those lying around?" When she shook her head no, he continued. "Dobby was forced to clean the entire tower all on his own because all of the other elves were so insulted. He kept every single hat he picked up, and he's not averse to wearing several of them at once."
"He cleans the entire tower on his own?" Ginny asked him.
"He did," Harry told her. "I'm not sure if he still does or if the other elves will help out now. I don't think Hermione has been laying any clothes out this term."
"That's terrible," Ginny said. "He shouldn't have to do all that work on his own just because Hermione's on a bloody crusade."
"I know," Harry agreed. "I felt the same way, but Dobby is thrilled to do it; otherwise I would've stepped in right away."
"Even if he doesn't mind the extra work, it's still not right," Ginny insisted.
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