The Path to Sex

This is my first attempt at writing a story such as this. My plan is for it to be several chapters long, each of which will cover a new step that Harry and Ginny take. I apologize if the story starts out slowly, but trust me, the excitement will build up by the end.

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Harry Potter, like most teenage boys, had an overactive sex drive. For years, while attending Hogwarts he had spent many nights, afternoons and mornings hidden in bathrooms, closets, and in his bed satisfying said sex drive. During this time Harry had built up frustration over having to solve his own problems. He looked at other couples with jealousy stemming from his own exclusion. If only he had realized what he could gain for himself through his fame.
Finally, during Harry's sixth year, he finally had a chance at a sexual relationship. He and Ginny had snogged constanly, but these interactions had always been fairly innocent. Sure, there had been kissing, but there was no aknowledgement that the either had a desire for more. Harry had spent many nights releasing his frustration from his painful erection. He fantasized about having sex with Ginny constantly. Over and over plans of how to get Ginny to open up sexually ran through Harry's mind. Alas, these dreams were not to come true. As is well known, Harry broke up with Ginny in his sixth year in order to pursue Voldemort.

It is now three years later. Voldemort has been defeated, but scars in the wizarding world remain. Harry and Ginny have gotten back together, but still tHarry's frustration remains. He desperately feels the need to connect with Ginny on this deepest level, but is extremely afraid of initiating this step. He thinks to himself "what if she isn't ready? What if she leaves me?" Finally, on the night of their one year anniversary, Harry decides he is sick of being hesitant.
The couple have just finished the most elegant date Harry's male mind could conjure. He had picked her up with flowers and chocolate, and proceeded to spend a night on the town, having dinner and going to a magic show. What else could a guy do to get a girl in bed? However, as Harry stood on the porch to Ginny's appartment, it was apparent that the probability of this occuring was extremely low. Ginny's voiced snapped Harry out of his train of thought.
"Thank you Harry, tonight was wonderful."
"Only because of you," he responded. Ginny blushed and looked away. As she turned back, Harry quickly wrapped his arms around her and caught her in a deep kiss. Ginny's mouth quickly opened, and Harry took the opportunity to slide his tongue in. Feeling a growing strain in his pants, Harry tried to pour all of his desire into Ginny through his mouth. Finally after a few minutes, Ginny pulls away. She looks him in the eye and says
"Harry, I love you." As always, Harry's heart skips a beat.
"I love you too," he whispers back.
"Thank you again," she replies. "Good night."
"Good night," Harry responds. Then, as the door starts to close,
"Ginny, wait."
"What is it?" She answers. "Is something wrong?"
"No not at all," Harry responds. "It's just that..." Harry stumbles, his courage having left him.
"Go on," she urges. Finally, summoning his courage, Harry blurts out
"Ginny have you ever wanted more from our relationship I mean not like marriage yet haha but you know like more intimate? Not to say we're not intimate but just the next step you know?" Immediately fear and relief sieze him. How would she respond?
"You mean like doing what married couples do?" she asks.
"No not exactly," He respnds. "There might be some stuff we could do before that. Like steps up to that that people in love take, nothing bad to start," Harry says breathlessly. She responds
"Well... we could always go back if we didn't like it right?"
"Of course," Harry replies. Hoping to Merlin that she wouldn't want to ever go back.
"Well..." Ginny starts. "Let me sleep on it." Then she leaned up and kisses Harry again to let him know that everything is ok.
"Good night," she states again.
"Good night," he repeats, lost in his own thoughts.

The way home, Harry can't stop thinking about this new step in their relationship. How would it turn out? Would Ginny enjoy it? Sexual education had never been taught at Hogwarts. Thus, Harry's understanding of it was only through what he had learned from other guys. Honestly, Harry didn't even know if girls were interested in sex. Hopefully Ginny did. And hopefully in the days to come Ginny wouldn't think he was a pervert, and would thus leave him. That was the absolute last thing Harry wanted. As Harry lay on his bed that evening unable to sleep from a combination of fear and excitement, he decided to take any sexual relationship slowly, and try to see what Ginny wanted.