Despite all that had happened to him and his friends over the past year, Harry still felt at home when he entered Platform 9 and ¾. He just knew that he was now going to be happy again. He spotted Ron struggling to carry his and Ginny's trunks along with the cage for Pig onto the train. He looked around some more, and there was Ginny holding the hand, in a more than friendly way, with a rather small boy who was most likely her newest boyfriend. Harry's heart shattered and he felt his breakfast lurching up from the depths of his stomach. He motioned for Ron to come and they ran into an empty compartment.
"Bloody hell, Harry! What's the matter with you?" Ron demanded, but he already guessed what was going on in Harry's head.
"How could you not tell me?" Harry asked. "We are supposed to be mates, and you didn't even tell me your sister found a new snogging partner."
"Well, what could I have done? You left her; she can't just live her life mourning over the one that got away."
"Okay, but I thought she understood that when this is all over we'd get back together. If I can't be with her, I might just…"
"Harry, don't! I seriously don't want to hear about you pining for my sister. She's moved on, mate!"
The passengers started boarding, which meant Ron had to leave to perform his prefect duties. Harry was sitting in silence for a few minutes, which made him believe he might get the entire compartment to himself. Unfortunately for him, right then Neville, Luna, and Ginny walked in and sat down.
"Hey, Ginny, where's your new boyfriend?" Harry glared at Ginny while he played with the coins inside his jacket pocket.
"Excuse me? You REALLY think I have a new boyfriend?" Ginny practically screamed, her face growing as red as her hair.
"Well, you were holding that bloke's hand rather tight back on the platform."
"Did you even see how small he was? I was holding his hand because he is a first year, and I offered to show him around for a while."
"You were what?" Harry choked, totally stunned.
"My God, Harry!" She walked over and sat next to him, and whispered into his ear, "You are the love of my life; do you really think I'd get over that in one summer?"
"The love of your life?"
"Do you seriously think I ever stopped liking you from first year?"
Harry blinked, and a blank start darted across his face. "I guess not. Do you still love me?"
"Of course I do."
"Will you two wait until you get off the train to continue these confessions towards each other?" chimed in Neville.
"Okay, if you insist?" Harry laughed and brought Neville and Luna into a new conversation, "So how did you spend your summer?"
"Well," replied Neville, "I was with my grandma most of the time, and we went to a few of the museums around London. Then I had to go to a summer Apparating class, because I failed the test when we had the class on it, but I think I can finally do it. What about you, Luna?"
"Well, while on a summer vacation with my dad in Muggle Scotland, we were exploring some of the caves towards the north, I believe, they are supposed to have excellent stalagmites. We saw two people; one had extremely light blond hair, and the other had black hair. My father knew immediately that it was Draco Malfoy and Professor Snape," Harry winced(;) he hated Snape with every ounce of his being. "So, my dad went closer to maybe get an interview but they had Disapparated before he got there. So we spent the rest of the summer searching for them. What did you do, Harry? "
"I spent all summer searching for Horcruxes with the Order and we managed to destroy two of them."
Feeling left out because she didn't do anything exciting, Ginny answered, "I helped Fleur with the wedding."
"I thought you didn't want them to get married?" asked Harry.
"Well, I saw how much she loved Bill, I mean he was completely disfigured and she still wanted to marry him. So it obviously wasn't because she was physically attracted to him."
The train came to a stop and the passengers started getting off. The four of them decided to stay on the train a little while longer and wait for all of the students to leave before they did. On the way to the carriages, they met up with Ron and Hermione, exchanged simple pleasantries and made the journey to the castle in silence.