Hogwarts and the Burrow

Harry walked down the stone steps out into the courtyard to Dumbledore's grave. He muttered the reparo charm on his old wand then put the Elder wand back in the tomb were it belonged. 'It's going to be hard to see all those people' he thought as he made his way to the Great Hall. He opened the doors and walked into the silent room. Everyone started at him but he had eyes only for one. The big, brown eyes that had once held only happiness now held grief. He walked up to her and paused.

"Ginny, I –"he started but he couldn't get the words out before a sharp hand came across his face.

"Don't. You. Dare." She hissed as she looked straight into his eyes. Anger was flowing off her in waves. Harry stood there in shock for a moment and then as quickly as her anger had come, it vanished. Tears were forming in her eyes as she through herself onto him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him with so much passion that he stumbled. He picked her up, still kissing her, and left the Great Hall.

Nobody dared to move until Charlie, dumbstruck, said, "Bloody Hell" and everyone else started talking all at once. Molly promptly burst into tears and Arthur, who had just been standing there with a slight smile on his face, reached out to comfort her.

Back in the Common room, Harry and Ginny were sitting on the couch quietly talking about what had happened.

"It was awful Harry," Ginny started. "The Carrows used Crucio on us so often that most were bedridden. They wouldn't let us go see Madam Promfrey either so she would smuggle materials and medicine up to the Room of Requirement. Neville and I got the worst punishments because we led the rebellion. Normally Snape would come and get us out of Detention early or give us Detentions with the nicer teachers. It could have been a lot worse but it was pretty bad." Harry, who had been tense through the whole thing loosened up and told her about his trip. When he finished she let out a soft whimper and began to cry quietly on his shoulder, clinging to his shirt for dear life. After awhile she slowly sat up and looked at Harry questioningly.

"Well... now what?" she asked hesitantly.

He looked at her for a bit then asked, "Ginny, I know that I dumped you and all but I really didn't want to and I really wish I could have changed that but I think that we could work it out and I would-" she cut off his rambling with a warm kiss and said, "I would love to go out with you."

He smiled and kissed her again. "We should probably go and see everyone."

She suddenly looked sad and said, "Ok, but you have to stay with me for the whole time."

"OK" He took her hand and led her down the stairs back into the Great Hall. When they reached the doors he gave her hand an encouraging squeeze and pushed the doors open. Again the Hall became silent but this time everyone began to clap for their hero. Harry and Ginny both blushed red as they made their way over to the Weasleys. When they arrived Harry suddenly found himself engulfed in an infamous Molly hug.

"Oh, Harry dear. No one blames you. You know that right?" Molly looked at him uncertainly.

"I know Mrs. Weasley, but…" Harry looked over at all the bodies, his eyes falling on Fred's cold body. Mrs. Weasley looked over at her son and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Fred wouldn't have blamed you dear. He always said he would go laughing and that's exactly what he did." Even though her voice was firm her eyes were flooding over. Arthur came over and took his wife in his arms. Harry just stood there watching them sadly until Ginny came over and put her hand on his arm. He looked down at her as tears started running down his face. Ginny hugged him and they both fell to the ground as Harry could no longer hold himself up. After about five minutes of Harry and Ginny laying there in each others embrace, Bill and Charlie came over. Charlie took Harry's arm and helped him up as Bill did the same for Ginny. With Charlie supporting Harry they all walked up to the Gryffindor common room together. When they arrived Charlie brought Harry up to his old dorm and laid him down. As Charlie was about to leave Harry was able to croak out,

"I'm sorry" It was so quiet that Charlie almost didn't hear it.

"Don't worry about it. It's not your fault." Then he left, without another word.

Harry fell asleep almost immediately. He was asleep for maybe an hour when he heard the door open and close quietly. He didn't think about it much because he thought it was probably just Ron, but when the covers around him were pulled back and he felt a warm, small figure crawl in next to him, he opened his eyes to check it out. Next to him was Ginny. She was wearing soft shorts and a tight tank top that made Harry turn red just looking at it. Careful not to wake her, Harry carefully scooted closer and put his arm around her thin waist. He closed his eyes and went to sleep and that is how Ron and Hermione found them the next morning.