Harry Potter walked down the stairs of the boy dorms in the Gryffindor tower. He entered the common room and wasn't surprised that it was empty since it was lunchtime. Though he had been sleeping for over 24 hours, he guessed, he was still slightly tired. But, he decided, dying, coming back to life, and then killing your biggest enemy would leave one extremely worn out.

Harry sat down on his favorite chair near the newly built fire, but not before brushing the small bits of debris off the seat. He sat in the chair, staring in the flames, contemplating whether or not to go down and face all his friends and, basically, family or sleep some more.

But before he could decide, the creak of the portrait hole snapped him out of his thoughts.

He, upon seeing the locks of red hair, lowered his wand, which he had instinctively grabbed. Harry stayed on his feet as Ginny Weasley stopped at the entrance, apparently as surprised to see him, as he was she.

"Hi," Ginny said quietly.

"Hey," Harry muttered, trying to look into her face but failing.

Ginny, it seemed, was also awkwardly interested in the floor.

"Um…. How's… everyone…."

Ginny looked up as he spoke, sadness flickering through her eyes.

"They're… fine. As fine as they can get, I guess."

"Right," Harry mumbled, feeling stupid.

For a minute, which felt like an hour to the two soul occupants of the red and gold room, there was silence.

"How are you," Harry croaked, finally voicing his thoughts, somewhat looking at her this time.

The youngest Weasley looked at him full in the eyes, as if giving him a silent answer.

At this look, Harry brought back some of the courage he had a few days before and stepped towards Ginny. He took the many steps he had to before he was right in front of her. He stared at her face, seeing the tints of what looked like anxiety and some fear flicker.

Before she could utter the words she had opened her mouth to say, Harry kissed her.

Scolding himself for being so bold, Harry broke the kiss quickly, turning pink.

When he looked back down at her, he saw her face was also pink but covered in a delighted smile she was trying to hide. He smiled himself when he saw this.

"So, you'll take me back?" Harry asked.

Ginny laughed lightly as she wound her warms around his neck.

"You never lost me in the first place."

With that, she kissed him passionately.

"Harry?"

Harry looked at the face lying on his chest as he sat on the couch, relishing at the feel of Ginny in his arms. They had kissed, yes, but mainly sat, enjoying each other.

"Hm?"

"We need to go see Teddy."

When Harry heard this, he jumped up, getting an angry grunt from Ginny when her head fell on the couch.

"Merlin! I totally forgot! How could I forget? Come on," he said, grabbing Ginny's hand, "Lets go."

"Harry," Ginny laughed as she stood up. "Calm down. He's been with Tonks' mother. Don't freak out."

"Oh, well still. I shouldn't have waited so long to see him… and everyone else."

Ginny, seeing the bit of guilt and sadness in his face, kissed him softly on the lips before grabbing his hand and stepping out of the common room.

As they walked, hand in hand, down to the Great Hall, Harry couldn't help but notice how much damage had been done to the castle. Though many of it had been fixed during the time he had been asleep, there still was enough to keep people busy for a long while.

They passed by a few Weasleys. Bill and Charlie were fixing some of the windows and walls that surrounded their route to the Hall. Upon seeing him, they only said hello and smiled at their entertained hands, nothing more, for which Harry was extremely grateful.

Occasionally stepping over different sized rocks, they finally were standing in the doorway of the Great Hall. It was not as full as Harry remembered it, though he guessed many people had gone home to help their own families, or mourn by themselves.

There weren't that many bodies anymore because most were in caskets in a secluded part of the castle or wherever the families wanted them.

Everyone else was either fixing the high ceiling or eating the breakfast made by the elves.

All the people in the Hall were seated at the Gryffindor table since spreading out would have been silly. As they walked over to the middle of the table, most conversation stopped at the sight of Harry. He tried to ignore the stares and keep walking, getting a squeeze from Ginny's hand.

They walked over to Ron and Hermione who were eating and talking.

"Ron, I told you that you couldn't do that! I- Harry!" Hermione stopped snipping happily at Ron to jump up and hug him tightly.

"Hey, Hermione. Ron," Harry said trying to break from her death grip, with a smile.

"Hey, mate! Sleep well?" Ron smirked.

"How long was I asleep," Harry asked, sitting down next to Ginny, grabbing her hand before filling his plate (since he just realized he was hungry).

"For at least two days," Hermione answered.

"Two! How come no one woke me?"

"Mum figured you needed as much sleep as you could get. And besides, most of the people who fought slept a while too. Fighting evil gits with take-over-the-world plans is tiring," Ron snickered.

Hermione hit him on the shoulder lightly, but he only gave her a loving smirk, which caused her to blush before looking back over at Harry,

"So," she said, looking pointedly at their hands that were showing quite obviously.

Ginny flashed a huge grin towards Hermione.

"So."

Hermione gave her a "We'll take later" smile before changing the subject as Harry turned red and Ron coughed.

"Where is everyone? I thought your mum would be over here shoving food down my throat by now," Harry said to Ron.

He thought that would get a smile out of him, Harry was surprised when his face fell, along with Hermione and Ginny's.

"Dads off helping with the Ministry. Bill and Charlie are fixing the castle with a bunch of the teachers; Fleur is with them too I think. And… Mums with Percy trying to talk to George," Ron paled as he spoke the last name. Harry was only a little surprised when Hermione grabbed Ron's hand. Harry did the same, giving Ginny's hand an affectionate squeeze when he saw her face.

An unpleasant silence enveloped the small group; only the sound of forks was heard. Finally, Harry coughed and spoke.

"I… think I need to go find Teddy."

Hermione and Ron turned in surprise. Hermione gave him a sweet but sad smile as she nodded. Ron nodded his head as well as he rubbed his thumb along Hermione's hand.

"Ginny," Harry said to the girl next to him. "Wanna come with me? I've… er… never really been around kids and all…."

Ginny laughed at Harry's awkwardness and said yes.

Relieved, Harry kissed her forehead before grabbing her hand and getting up, letting her lead him to where Andromeda Tonks was.

"So, Hermione and Ron?"

Ginny giggled as Harry asked his question on their way across the corridors.

"Yeah, I don't think they've been apart. I'm pretty sure they have even slept together," Ginny snickered. "Mum doesn't know though, but I'm sure they haven't done anything."

"I thought so," Harry laughed. "They kissed right in the middle of the battle, you know. Definitely not the time, but it was good to know they had stop being unbelievably daft."

Ginny laughed heartily at this information.

"I knew something might have happened. They tried to hide it, but them being all lovely-dovey all the time was hard to miss.

"Here," Ginny said, still laughing some, as she pulled his hand, "I think I saw Mrs. Tonks in here with Neville's grandmother."

They walked into an empty classroom, not before knocking on the open door. Mrs. Longbottom and Teddy's grandmother were talking over a small baby with green hair.

The two women looked up at the noise and smiled.

"Harry! We were wondering when you would come down," Mrs. Tonks said while standing up, the baby wrapped in the blanket still in her arms.

"Sorry about that. I didn't realize I had slept so long," Harry said sheepishly, scratching the back of his head.

Ginny giggled and grabbed the hand she had previously held but had gone to his hair.

"Don't be silly, boy," Mrs. Longbottom said before turning to the other grandmother in the room. "Andromeda, I think I better be going. I need to find my grandson. He's probably off showing off that sword of his. I'll come by later."

The old lady with the giant handbag walked past the couple, giving them a nod.

"Okay," the baby-carrying woman said, "I take it you came to spend some time with your godson?"

Harry's face became very nervous as Mrs. Tonks walked towards the two, looking like she was going to hand him the baby.

"Mrs. Tonks, I've never… er… held a baby before. I-." he was cut off by the baby being put in his arms.

Ginny smiled sweetly as she saw Harry's face go from fear, to sadness, to happiness as he saw Teddy's hair turn jet black.