I was so excited to see her. It had been two months. She had of course gone back to the States and finished her education. But she was moving here, to be with her family. Hermione had come to Grimmauld Place to help me clean up Regulus' room.

I was going to give her a surprise welcome back party that she would never forget. I couldn't wait to see my cousin. I hoped to god she hadn't changed much. I missed her smile and her sweetness.

"Alright Harry, everything's set. Ron just sent me an owl. They'll be here soon, they'll be arriving by floo powder."

I nodded the butterflies in my stomach growing by the minute. Hermione smiled at me. Walking slowly closer to me, almost as if she were afraid to reach out and hug me. And then, she grabbed me. Pulling me close, "I can't wait to see her either Harry. I've missed my best friend. Don't get me wrong Ginny's been lovely but Leighla was my girl!"

I laughed. She cried a little, tears of happiness though. I smiled and hugged her back just as tightly. I heard a creaking on the stairs and Kreacher entered the room. "The Weasley's are here sir," Kreacher said smiling happily at the display of affection.

He had really taken to Hermione as of late. The whole house looked a lot warmer now. Sirius' mum was still covered up but with a much nicer curtain. Which for some reason thrilled her to no end. The family tree in the living room had grown larger and looked nicer than it had before. Kreacher was even on it now. I couldn't wait for Leighla to see everything that I had done. Hermione and I ran down the stairs to greet everyone. The first thing I saw when I walked into the room was George.

He jumped over to me and smiled hugely. Hugging me and pulling me up off the floor. "Harry! I'm not holey anymore. Fred would be disappointed."

I laughed. Madame Pomfrey had worked her magic yet again. "What time will she be here?" George asked.

"Around 3. She wanted to come sooner but she's going to visit her my aunt and uncle and cousin's graves."

Everyone got quiet as the words came out of my mouth. All the way in the States and they were still killed by all this terrible mess.

Then Ginny piped up, "Is Hagrid coming?" Which is when there was a knock at the front door. "That should be him now."

Kreacher went out to let the half giant in. The air filled with excitement quickly. We all sat together in the living room. Everyone's eyes kept averting to the clocks. We had balloons blown up which had been a very interesting scene. Mr. Weasley and George kept letting them go. The noise it made was hilarious to them. We hung streamers and a sign. It was only 2 by the time everything was done.

Mr. Weasley started telling us a story about work. Mrs. Weasley and Hagrid were the only ones really listening. My eyes stayed on the clock for about half an hour when Kreacher came up to me and asked if I wanted him to start serving orderves. I nodded and followed him into the kitchen, George in tow.

"So, who does she think is going to be here?" he asked picking up a bowl of pudding.

"Ron, Hermione, and Ginny." George grinned, his cheeks getting red at the thought of seeing my cousin again.

"Oiy, Harry, where's this portrait of Dumbledore you have?" Mr. Weasley yelled at me from the living room. I started to walk back towards them when there was a crack. I whipped around hoping to god that it wasn't Leighla. Especially not with George standing right there. He was the main surprise. Neville Longbottem stepped out of the green flame that had appeared in my fireplace dusting himself off. "Hello Harry!" Neville said grinning widely. "Gran will be here any second now." And with that there was another loud crack and Neville's grandmother was standing in the kitchen.

"Thank you so much for inviting us Harry dear."

"No problem Mrs. Longbottem, thank you for coming. Everyone else is in the living room if you'll follow me. Come on George you don't want to be standing in the kitchen when she shows up do you? It'll ruin my plan."

George jumped up and followed me back into the living room. Luna was standing over by where I had placed Dumbledore's portrait. It was facing the other way. I knew everyone had been waiting for this too. To speak with him even though he was gone. Finally, I turned the portrait around so that he was facing everyone and placed him on the wall in the spot I thought would be best for it. Right next to him was Severus' portrait. Mrs. Weasley had been speaking with him.

Everyone shouted Dumbledore's name. The twinkle in his blue eyes shown brightly. Mrs. Weasley weaped a little at the sight of him. "Still not here yet Harry?" he whispered to me. I shook my head. "Soon though. I hope." He smiled at me and nodded curtly. Talking to Severus quietly as everyone went back to what they were doing.

An owl flew into the front window. Everyone fell silent. It was Leighla's owl Grimly. I took the letter from her leg as Kreacher brought her water and food. I looked down at Kreacher. "When Leighla gets here, you're relieved of your duties feel free to stay around though and be with everyone okay?"

Kreacher smiled at me. "She's going to apparate here. In about 5 minutes." The excitement grew once more as everyone started to hide. George was the last one to hide. Although not that well, he really just wanted to get a good look at her before anyone else. I turned to look one last time. Hermione, Ron, and Ginny were sitting happily on the couch. Okay, well no one else was really hidden all that well either. Especially Hagrid, but at least they tried.

There was a light pop outside and then a small knock at the door. I walked into the hall and towards the front door. The butterflies in my stomach were about the size of footballs. I opened the door and was jumped. I didn't even get a chance to get a good look at her myself. All I could feel was her tiny arms wrapped around my neck and her feet kicking up in the air. I laughed.

We hugged for about five minutes when I finally put her down. She stepped back, her hands in my hands. She had definitely lost some weight, but she looked really good. George was going to die when he saw her.