A/N: So this is my first story, and I totally love to hear what you guys think!!

Disclaimer: I do not own, but do love, Harry Potter

The Inbetween Years

It was a year and a half Lord Voldemort had been defeated, yet the wizarding world was still in celebration, maybe because they feared another war, and wished to celebrate while they could; or maybe it was because they simply were happy. Harry Potter seemed to agree with the latter. He was now nineteen years old, and was returning to The Burrow, from his Auror training overseas. He smiled to himself as he walked towards the crazy, lopsided house that he so loved. But, before he could make it any closer, the front door was flung open by none other than Ginny Weasley.

'Ginny I-'

But before he was even given a chance to tell her how he missed her, he was winded by a bone crushing hug. She released him from their embrace, and looked up at him,

'Ron's really missed you,' she said her eyes widening and smile crinkling, 'And so has Mum. . . George say's theres no-one famous to gape at anymore, so its boring!'

She looked at him, as if to challenge him to say something. Harry however had a vague idea of where the conversation was going.

'Oh and Dad probably misses talking to you about batteries!'

Aha! Harry had caught her out.

'Really?' He asked, unable to hide his grin,

She nodded.

'Well, firstly, he could just talk to Hermione, since she is, after all a Muggle-born, Secondly, Ron is just as famous as I am, and thirdly, your Mum has enough on her plate to be missing me! And since Ron and Hermione are together now, I'm sure he would not be concerned about me, more. . . distracted!'

Ginny opened her mouth, but shut it again.

'But, since somebody had to miss me, it must,'

He tightened his grip around her waist.

' have been'

He leaned right in to whisper in her ear.

'you'

'OI HARRY! YOU'RE BACK FOR ONE MINUTE AND ALRE-'

But he was cut off by yet another familiar face to Harry, Hermione shoved Ron Weasley out of the way and ran to hug her best friend.

'You should have sent more Owls! Honestly! I've been worried sick about you!'

Ron rolled his eyes behind her, grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the door. Harry and Ginny followed suit, catching up on what Harry had missed in his two month course.

'..And Luna came around yesterday,' Hermione continued, as Mrs Weasley gave Harry some soup, which he thanked her for.

'And you'll never guess who she's engaged too?!'

Harry had always been hopeless when it came to girls and emotions, he had no idea, so he took a stab at it.

'Neville?' He asked.

Ron snorted, and Ginny shook her head.

'No,' said Hermione, Pausing for dramatic effect, 'Dean!' She exclaimed.

Harry had not expected that, but, upon thinking about it, it did make sense. All that time they had spent together after being at Malfoy Manor, But why now? Why hadn't they got together ages ago? Sometimes, it was as if Ginny could read his thoughts,

'They've been together for a long time, but Luna, being Luna, never referred to him as being her boyfriend! Until last Tuesday, he popped the question! And made it official!' She finished, smiling at Harry.

So Dean popped the question? Thought Harry. Did this mean that Ginny was expecting something similar from Harry? Harry smiled back, though unsure of what Ginny was thinking.

Mrs Weasley re-entered the room, now was Harry's chance, to surprise them all!

'Mrs Weasley, would you like to sit down? There was something I wanted to say. .' Harry began.

'Please Harry dear, call me Molly! You aren't thirteen anymore!'

Harry was slightly taken aback, but continued none the less.

'The Ministry, has decided, that although I still have six months of Auror training left, that I can finish the training early and, well, I'm an Auror!'

'Oh Harry!' Said Hermione, Ginny was squeezing his hand, Molly was smiling at him, with proud tears swimming in her eyes.

'Congrats mate,' said Ron, patting Harry on the back,

'But to be honest, I think they had a bit of cheek asking you to do the whole training in the first place!'

Everyone laughed. Harry did not get the chance to finish his announcement. They heard somebody hurrying down the stairs.

'What's all the noise about then?' said George Weasley, as he entered the room.

'Oh Harry! Blimey! I didn't know you were back!' He grinned at him.

'You didn't address him properly,' said Ron, 'You've got to call him Auror Harry now!'

'Well it's no wonder you're celebrating then! Who else knows?'

They all looked at Harry.

'Only us.' He replied smiling.

'Well, it's a shame I can't stay, I was just heading out to the store, to do some stocktake,'

This was most unlike the old George Harry had known, he had not been the same since Fred had died. But he had improved immensely. He was beginning to joke again, but had a rather more serious side to him that wasn't present when Fred was alive. Harry had noticed George's outlook improve after spending a lot of time with Angelina Johnson.

'Don't worry about it mate!' said Ron, 'We can do it tomorrow!' Ron had taken Freds place as co-owner of the twins joke shop, instead of being an Auror with Harry, as originally planned. As Ron had explained, 'situations change'. Harry could not agree more with Ron's decision. George could not run the shop alone, Percy, Bill and Charlie already had jobs, Ron was the perfect candidate. Hermione however, had decided to take The Society for the Protection of Elfish Warfare (S.P.E.W) further, and was working alongside Parvati Patil, who had taken an interest in Magical Creatures rights, ever since Firenze had began to teach Divination in Harry's fifth year.

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