Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.

A/N: so I'm sorry for the confusion. I know I said I was putting this story on hiatus but then I watched about 2 hrs of t.v and some gossip girl reading and i got some ideas. Lol. Things have been kind of crazy with dance and cheer and school work so I'm trying to update and keep the ideas as much as I can!

Also, thanks to xxxBekaForEvaxx for making me feel so guilty I felt like I had to write.

"Wow" said Serena plopping herself down in one of the chairs in the Gryfifndor common room.

"What?" said Richie as he walked down the staircase from the boy's dorms while fixing his suit jacket.

"Well what are you all dressed up for?" said Serena noting his dress attire. She couldn't think of where he could possibly be going.

"I'm going with Camilla Ale to her family's charity event" said Richie as he fixed his tie nervously.

"Wait .. Camilla as in Camilla the slag?" said Serena with a look of disgust on her face, would Richie really stoop that low?

"Stop it Serena she's not a slag, but yes that's the girl." said Richie annoyed and curious at his best friend's criticism.

"Well you could at least chill with me for a while" said Serena tugging on his suit coat towards the couch.

"Serena I don't know .. I don't want to be late" said Richie checking his watch, Camilla was older, beautiful, and .. older. He wanted to impress her of course, why did Serena have to chose now to want to hang out?

"Richie!" she whined, sounding much more like five year old than a seventeen year old. "It'll only be for a little while, do I really look that threatening?" she asked batting her eyelashes in a way that made Richie question whether his feelings for the blonde were purely platonic.

"Alright alright" he said sitting down, smiling at her. He did a better job of hiding it than he thought he did but he truly couldn't deny her anything, especially when she made those faces at him ..

"Now all we need are half a dozen butter beers, some music and we're set!" said Serena getting into her fun, party girl mode as got up from her seat on the couch, taking Richie with her.

"Where are we going?" he asked, confused as they exited the Fat Lady and into the large corridor.

"To the kitchen's of course silly goose! Where else would we be getting the butter beers?" she asked as they skipped down the hallways, just like they had done years before. Except … something was different this time. It was just the two of them. They had never done something without Ginny and now there was no red haired teenager in between them babbling on about everything they loved. This time it was just the two of them. That was different for both of them …

Finally the duo reached the secret doors that led to the kitchens.

"Pumpkin Pasties" said Serena to the lock on the door which swiftly removed itself at the password.

"What can I get Miss Port and Mr Cootes this evening?" said one of the house elves quietly.

"Two butter beers please!" said Serena in her happy bubbly voice.

"Well you're in a good mood" said Richie, noting her tone.

"Well this is the last time I get to hang out with you while you're still mine" said Serena looking at him full in the eyes.

"What are you talking about?" asked Richie, confused by his friend's words.

"Well you'll go that charity event tonight with that awful Camilla girl and she'll … change you. She'll make you into a dirty boy. So for now I need to celebrate you being clean and mine for the last time" said Serena

Richie processed her words. He knew what she meant. Camilla was going to take his virginity. She was going to .. well change him. Looking into Serena's deep blue eyes he wondered what would happen if he stayed here with her instead … but quickly shook it off, remembering that sex was on the horizon.

"You know I'll always be your best friend" said Richie, finally deciding on something to say.

They looked at each other and it was almost as if they understood each other. In that moment it was more than just friendship it was more .. they were connecting in a way they had denied for years and it was like fi-

"Miss Port, Mr Cootes here are your butter beers" said the meek house elf hanging them their bottles, and successfully interrupting their thoughts.

"Thanks" said Richie, looking for a reason to stop looking at Serena.

"So cheers, to our last night" said Serena clacking her bottle to his, both knew she meant more by that statement then she was letting on.

"Cheers" said Richie, wondering if he would have any regrets about what would happen later on

"Remember the first time we found the kitchens?" said Serena breaking the awkward silence between them.

"Yeah … second year. That's when we all met." said Richie smiling, remembering the simpler times with his two favorite females.

"Yeah remember how we found it?" she said laughing

"Yeah, we were running from Mrs. Norris and some how we ended up in front of this door" he said laughing, before catching a glimpse of the time on his watch.

"Oh shit!" he yelled suddenly. "I have to go, like right now" said Richie putting down his butter beer and fixing his coat before walking towards the door.

"Richie I don't want you to go" said Serena, gathering all her strength to say it quietly.

He turned and stared at her. She couldn't honestly be … could she?

"Couldn't we just … kiss?" she said as she walked closer to him.

For a split second, Richie just stared at her. Thinking about everything. All the years of friendship, Camilla, and how delicious her lips looked right now.

Then he closed the space between them and their lips met in a soft, sweet kiss.

A kiss that made both of them smile

The fact that it made them also forget about Camilla didn't hurt either.

"Hey" said Ginny as she stood in the doorway of Harry's room. She was trying to stop herself from hyperventilating. He would understand .. they weren't together at the time … oh god he was going to be mad. She had betrayed him.

"Hey" he said getting up from his bed to wrap Ginny into a warm, strong embrace that made her melt.

Then she remembered why she was here.

"I have to talk to you" said said, finding herself incapable of looking him in the eye.

"Okay" he said, sounding confused sitting her down on the bed next to him. "What's up?" he said

"Well you know last year?" she asked, not knowing quite where to start

"Yeah ..." said Harry, urging her to continue

"Well you know how we weren't together, how we were broken up?" asked Ginny

"Yeah, Gin what are you getting at?" asked Harry, getting more confused by the minute.

"Well there was a situation and-" she started before Harry cut her off

"Ginny just spit it out already!" said Harry, just wanting to hear what his girlfriend had to tell him already.

"I kissed a guy named Max" said Ginny looking up to find her boyfriend looking at her with a confused face.

"You what?!" said Harry his voice rising slightly.

"It was last year!" cried Ginny as the tears built up in her eyes.

"So last year you kissed some guy?" asked Harry, now realizing she didn't cheat on him, it still hurt though ..

"Yeah" said Ginny, suddenly finding the bedspread interesting.

"Did you go out with him?" asked Harry, he needed to know. He hadn't been expecting anything like this and he wanted the truth

"No!" said Ginny appalled he would suggest such a thing.

"So what happened?" he asked.

"You were gone and he was there. Noelle set us up and it was one kiss and it it …. you weren't there!" cried Ginny trying to explain herself.

"Gin .. " he said reaching for the door.

"Harry, please please don't walk out the door." Ginny pleaded.

"Well what do you want me to do Gin?!" he said his voice getting louder.

"Forgive me!, just tell me your not mad!" she yelled.

"I can't do that! I can't lie to you like that!" he said, he couldn't believe this was happening.

He walked out the door and headed down the stairs when he was blocked by Ron.

"Ron move!" he said, trying to get his best mate to move out of his way.

"NO! Just talk to her Harry! She forgave you after you left her! You left her all alone, she waited for you! She forgave you and she made one mistake when you weren't there for you and you're going to walk away?!" said Ron coming to his sister's aid.

"Ron .." Harry started trying to find some sort of injustice in Ron's words.

"No … talk to her. You have no idea the emotional roller coaster you've put her on! Just hear her out!" said Ron, refusing to back down to his best friend.

Harry's green eyes looked into Ron's blue eyes, and he turned around to go find Ginny.

"Hey" he said softly.

"It's not fair for you to punish me for a mistake I made a year ago when you weren't even my boyfriend. I found you, you were my person. You left me. You don't to walk out on me … not over this. She said her cheeks stained with tears.

"I'm not going anywhere. I'm sorry" he said wiping her tears away with his thumb.

A/N: wow! Okay! It's amazing what some t.v drama will do for your imagination! I'm sorry for the scare, it's the end of the quarter so grades are getting in and I'm finishing a lot of projects and I just had no ideas for this story. The idea of the Richie/ Serena part is from the gossip girl prequel "It had to be You". So I hope you enjoyed and I hope you forgive me. Please review!