The alternative, which ended up occurring, was of Harry ending up with Ginny Weasley, Ron's younger sister, whose obvious crush on him served as a plot-line starting in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". Rowling later commented that she had planned Ginny as Harry's "ideal girl" from the very beginning. In "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", Hermione informs Harry that Ginny has "given up" on him; in the subsequent "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", Harry develops a crush on Ginny. Eventually, Ginny is revealed to have taken Hermione's advice to boost her self-confidence by dating other boys.