What if what you wanted was right there all along? Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger make a deal just as they've given up on ever finding true love. What they didn't expect was to find love in an unexpected place- each other.

Draco had always thought her bothersome. Like an annoyingly durable fundamentalist of The Church of Harry Potter. She couldn't leave well enough alone, couldn't imagine letting people be their flawed selves. Like Weasley, for example. DM&HG&RW

For years Ginny Weasley has tried to stop her feelings for Harry Potter. She's even uprooted her life. But what happens when it's time to come face to face with him again?

Humor, angst and adventure color Ginny Weasley's fifth year as she matures from the girl she is to the woman she will be. Her burgeoning powers are the least of her worries as her friendship with Harry darkens into something else. Updated 7-22