Ginny blinked several times before fully opening her eyes, the sun was shining directly in her face. The same way she had set it up when she was younger to wake her up from deep slumber. She stretched as she rose from bed and sleepily made her way to the bathroom, unfortunately she was ambushed by her new sister-in law.

"Good morning birthday girl!"

"Don't remind me" Ginny ran her hand through her bed head slowly

"Come on! I wish I was still twenty two"

Ginny laughed "if you want me to be ready in time for brunch then I need to go get ready now"

Hermione smiled nervously "Ron kind of invited Harry to come along"

Ginny crossed her arms, "Why did he do that"

"Something about being out numbered by women or something" Ginny rolled her eyes "so it's okay then?"

"Do I have a choice?"

Hermione laughed "Not really"

"Well then, leave so I can shower!" Ginny said as she closed the bathroom door on Hermione.

Harry continually clenched and unclenched his fists nervously. Ron took notice to this and sighed. They were already at the small lunch shop waiting for the girls to arrive.

"So you've been married for a week now, how do you feel?" Harry asked the question to fill the silence

Ron laughed, "sore from all the shagging"

Harry narrowed his eyes "that's just wrong Ron"

As the boys were laughing Hermione and Ginny rounded the corner, it must have been the sun gleaming off of her red hair that caught Harry's eyes but whatever it was time seemed to slow as she approached. The summer dress she wore was a light sky blue and it seemed to make her eyes glow. Before the wedding it was been nearly five years since he saw her, but now even a week later he still wasn't used to seeing how much she had grown. Of course he wasn't complaining where she had been quite a pretty young woman she had now fully filled out to a beautiful woman. Harry liked to think of her as a fruit just at the right point to be picked. He must have dazed off because the next thing he knew they had already sat down at the table. Hermione was next to him while Ginny was directly in front of him at the square table. It seemed like it would be impossible for him to look away but all it took was for her to turn his way and a blush crept onto his cheeks as he quickly tried to pretend he hadn't been staring at her. Relief did not hit Harry until he was sure she had forgotten about his gaze. He sat silently and listened to the girls talk,

"Excited for the party tonight Ginny?" Hermione leaned on the table

"Well I have a surprise for everyone so I guess I'm more nervous than anything"

Hermione raised her eyebrows, "a surprise?"

Ginny laughed lightly; "I think Harry might even like it" Harry smiled nervously and then began to blush once more when Ginny winked at him casually. He slipped back into thought; she was much the way he liked to remember her. Ginny was still as intelligent, spunky, funny, and just as confident as she was before they fell apart. Harry was just itching to reach out and touch her but knew better than to actual do it. He began to wring his hands nervously and was glad when their food arrived to keep him busy.

"So do you still live at Grimmauld place?" Ginny said between sips of her drink

"Oh, no I sold that to a historical house collector and bought a new place in Godric's hollow"

Hermione butted in, "the place is gorgeous he had it built over the ruin of his parents house"

"Harry that's so cute, you have to show me the house before I leave" Harry blushed lightly

Hermione clapped her hand excitedly, "that's perfect, Harry can show you the house after we finish here so Ron and I can go help your mum prepare the house" Harry and Ron both gave her a bewildered look that the girls either did not notice or decided to ignore.

"As long as Harry is alright with it" Ginny smiled sweetly at him

"Yeah sure, that's fine" He replied nervously, that was all it took to make him jittery the rest of the meal. When it came time for Hermione and Ron to depart Ginny seemed to be perfectly fine. This made him even more nervous, so much so that he felt like he was back at Hogwarts. "We should probably apparate there" He mentioned as they walked out of the shop

"Alright" Ginny stepped closer to Harry and took a hold of his hand, for a moment he stared at her with his mouth slightly open "Well are we going or not?"

"Oh right" Harry took them directly outside his yard, for a minute they stood there as Ginny stared in awe at the house and for the duration of this time she did not let go of his hand which he found more interesting than his house at the moment.

"It's amazing" Ginny stepped forward and slowly let her hand slip out of Harry's in order to run her hands over the fence lightly. "Can we go inside?"

"Yeah sure" As Harry approached the fence door it swung open as if on cue and Ginny followed him quickly afraid to be shut out. This made Harry laugh quietly to himself "the fence only lets people in who mean me no harm, complicated charm took me a while to do it right"

"You probably got it in a day" Ginny teased as they entered the house but was silent once she stepped inside. She couldn't describe the house any other way then to say it felt like home the instant she was inside. Without Harry's suggestion she began to enter his living room. Over the fireplace he had a number of framed photographs. Most of them contained picture of him and his two best friends, a couple of his parents and members of the order, but two seemed to stick out to Ginny. She looked at Harry momentarily who shifted uncomfortably as she stepped closer to the pictures. One was of her and Harry at her graduation and another was more recent, just last years promo for quidditch.

"Your mum gave me that picture" Harry explained, Ginny only nodded and continued her journey through the house. Upstairs she founds a child's room, "its Teddy's he spends a lot of time here"

"That's nice" Harry seemed to dwindle in the hallways as Ginny explored the second floor of the house. There were a few more empty rooms just waiting for inhabitants, a large bathroom and the master bedroom. His bedroom was large and seemed quite warm and welcoming. She supposed the best way to describe it was, Gryffindor. Ginny made her way to the bed and sat upon it while looking around the room slowly she was tempted to crawl under the sheets. Her gaze landed on Harry who had moved to lean against the doorframe, for a moment neither of them looked away or spoke.

Finally Harry moved to check his watch, "We better get to the burrow before Hermione kills us"

"Right"

For a while the party was uneventful, they all ate dinner but when it was time for the cake Ginny looked up at the clock and announced it was time for her surprise. Ginny quickly went outside and re-entered the house with Oliver Wood by her side. "This is my boyfriend" Harry felt a lurching feeling inside his stomach. Everyone rushed to go greet and meet Oliver; meanwhile Harry made his way outside.

He wasn't sure how long he was out there but the sky began to darken to the point where he could start to see the stars. The bench swing creaked as it moved but he could still hear the faint sound of footsteps. "I thought you left" Ginny said as she sat down beside him.

"No that would be rude"

"And walking out before my cake isn't?" Harry laughed lightly, he could tell by her tone of voice that she had a smirk on her face

"It got a bit crowded in the house"

"I thought you'd be excited to see Wood"

Harry laughed "Absolutely thrilled"

"Will you go to Wales with me tomorrow?" Her voice was plain

"Why do you need me?"

"I just broke up with him, all my stuff is at his apartment and I'd rather not bring one of my brothers"

Harry turned towards her slightly, there was still enough light so he could make out her features "You brought him here to break it off?"

She smiled, her voice dripped with sarcasm "Yes that was my plan all along" her hands when to her hair "He proposed to me just now and apparently he was expecting to sweep me off my feet"

"Obviously he doesn't know you very well"

"Clearly" she waited a moment "So tomorrow around noon-ish?"

Harry nodded but then figured she couldn't see "yeah noon"

"Thanks Harry" The swing creaked loudly as she got off, he could almost hear her stop herself from saying anymore

"Hey Gin,"

"…yes"

"Happy birthday"

"Thank you"

Ginny was quite restless by nature and woke up early in the morning to get ready. She threw on a comfortable pair of jeans and a favorite top before heading out the door. Originally she had intended on getting some shopping done but in the end wound up Harry's house still much earlier then she had told him. His house was silent yet welcoming and she was sure he was still asleep. Initially she made a stop in the living room and admired the picture of her and Harry. A large book caught her eye on the couch and she quickly sat down to read it. Upon opening it she found it to be a scrap book, in the beginning it had pictures of Harry and his friends. A lot of Ron, Hermione, and himself took up the pages. A bit into it however clip out news articles of her team and more specifically her were pasted to the pages. She laughed at a few of the articles and finally she got to an empty page. Smirking the whole way there, she carried the scrap book to Harry's desk and scribbled a quick note on it before replacing it back on the couch.

After venturing into the kitchen and making quite a lovely breakfast she got bored and made her way upstairs. Harry's door wasn't closed, which made sense since it was his house, so she entered without knocking. Sure enough the boy who lived was tangled in his blankets and mumbling. Before waking him Ginny paused to admire his form. Age and Auror training had done him wonders. Every muscle seemed to be well defined but not overdone it made her blush just looking at him. "Harry?" She called out from a safe distance but he only mumbled more so she got closer to the bed and shook his shoulder lightly. The next thing she new Harry had flipped her over onto the bed and was hovering over her "Ginny?"

"Good morning" she laughed to hide her nervous butterflies; Harry was panted heavily so his breath brushed her skin

He sighed and laid back down "Don't do that to me" He ran his hand through his hair and then turned to look at Ginny who seemed quite at home in his bed. At this point he realized he was half naked in bed with the love of his life and turned away to hide his blush "did I over sleep?"

"No but I made breakfast"

"err well I need to put some clothes on so I'll meet you down stairs in a bit"

"Oh okay" Ginny got out of the bed quickly and practically ran down to the kitchen. Once she got to the room she braced her self against the counted to calm down. She was beginning to think that it may have been a bad idea to start spending time with Harry but before she could dwell on the thought he showed up. He avoided looking at her for the moment and sat down at the table straight away to eat.

"This looks amazing"

"I picked up on a few things from my mum"

"Thank Merlin" Ginny was not particularly hungry herself but joined Harry at the table anyways so things wouldn't be any more awkward. "How are you holding up?" Ginny furrowed her brows "I mean with the breakup"

"oh fine I wasn't very attached to him at all" Harry shrugged because he wasn't sure how else to respond "Do you still play quidditch on your free time?"

Harry laughed, "I don't have anyone to play with even if I had the time"

"I'm thinking about taking some time off, move back here and spend time with everyone"

Harry wanted to hug her and yell excitedly but simply smiled at her "That sounds nice"

"I have enough money to do it but I'm not sure what I'll do with all my free time"

Harry shrugged "Everyone wants you back here" Ginny looked at him without responding she knew what he meant by that, he wanted her around.

Luckily Ginny had just moved in with Oliver Wood a few days ago, so most of her things were still neatly packed away in boxes. They were able to get everything out without coming face to face with him. Harry was glad they did not have to stay there long; he didn't like the thought of her living with another man. He even offered to let her leaved all her things at his house so they could get out quicker. When they arrived back at the house the newlyweds were lounging.

"Where were you two?" Hermione jumped when they walked in the door

"Getting my stuff, it's time I moved back to England" Ginny said as she put the boxes down, Hermione shrieked and hugged her

"What about quidditch you're so far away"

"I'm going to take time off"

"Where will you stay?" Hermione's questions seemed to just blurt out

"I'm not sure I'll get an apartment I guess"

"You can't do that! You'll be alone! Why don't you stay with Ron and I"

Ginny laughed "No thank you I lived with Ron enough"

"Hey!" Ron called out from the kitchen

"Maybe you can stay with Harry then" Harry's mouth dropped

"I couldn't do that to Harry! He's a bachelor I wouldn't want to get in the way"

Hermione pouted "Harry wouldn't care, would you?"

"Oh well, err of course not" Harry ran his hand through his messy hair

Hermione and Ginny both smiled before hugging Harry, Ron walked into the room confused with that morning left over muffins in his hand "What's going on?"

"Ginny's moving with Harry!" Hermione yelled, Ron looked at Harry mortified who shrugged in response.