Chapter 1

Harry walked into the dormitories that for so long had been his home, his eyes went straight to his four poster bed and he couldn't help the feeling of going to it and lying down and just falling asleep. He hadn't stayed up this long in his whole life, all of the events that had transpired throughout the day just made him so tired that the thought of curling up in his bed was more inviting than ever before. He felt Ginny's eyes on him while he stared around the dormitory, just drinking everything in, him and everyone else had finally thought of the sleeping arrangements and all the teachers agreed that for once it didn't matter where anyone slept as long as they were going to be on the train the following day.

Flashback

He finally returned downstairs after talking to Ron, Hermione, and the portrait of Dumbledore, he wanted to finish the conversation that he had been itching to have ever since he got done with the one with Dumbledore.

"Can you excuse me?" He asked them, he was mostly looking at Ron because he knew that whatever Ron decided right now would affect how Harry went about with his plan, he wouldn't not do it but he still felt like he had to ask Ron for his permission.

"Go," he told him and he smiled at the both of them and almost ran down the stairs and towards the Entrance Hall, now that he had Ron's permission he felt like his chest was going to burst from the butterflies that were flying around in his stomach, he knew that they would go away when he walked up to Ginny but for the wait he felt like he was going to puke.

Harry walked into the Entrance Hall to applause from everyone that was sitting around the House tables, it didn't even register to Harry, he looked around until he spotted Ginny sitting with her mom just like she was when Harry left to go up to the now Headmistress' office. He walked up to her; she finally noticed him and gave him a small smile before lifting her head from her mom's shoulder. Mrs. Weasley noticed Harry coming towards them and asked Ginny something, she nodded and Mrs. Weasley nodded at Harry before walking up to Mr. Weasley and giving him a hug, Harry could see that his eyes were still red rimmed and swollen like he hadn't stopped crying since he found out of Fred's fate. Harry couldn't blame him or anyone else that was crying, he felt like he would too when the shock of the whole day went away and everything finally caught up to him.

"Hey, Harry," Ginny shook him from his thoughts and he sat beside her, she held out her hand and before he could think about it he took it like it was a lifeline and looked into her beautiful brown eyes. "How are you feeling?" She asked him, he shook his head. He wasn't going to talk about himself, what mattered right now was how she was feeling.

"How are you?" He asked her and she sighed, he could see in her eyes the tears that she refused to fall, she had always been a strong woman and he had admired that about her but there was a time for crying and he knew that that was exactly what she probably needed at the moment.

"I can't believe that he's never going to make another joke or prank again, but I've already cried enough today, I need some good news right now, please," she looked so desperate at the thought that something good was going to happen and he couldn't help the feeling that she was beautiful with tears in her eyes and the look of desperation all over her face. But even in his state he couldn't say no to her.

"Okay, I was wondering if you wanted to talk about my last birthday," she looked up at him confused, he knew that it was a weird place to start a conversation, talking about a year ago but this was the only way he could think to get to the topic he so desperately wanted.

"Okay," she was confused, very, and he could tell by the sound of her voice. He had to smile and that just made her that much more confused.

"Well, when I was all over the country with Ron and Hermione, you know what I was thinking?" He asked her and she shook her head.

"I would pull out my Marauder's Map and look at it all through the night or whenever I had a minute to myself, I looked at Gryffindor tower all day. I was looking at your dot," she looked at him with a small smile on her face. "I couldn't help myself when the memories of the times when we would walk around the lake or anytime that we would share kisses. I thought of you so often that I believe that you are the reason I fought so hard and I didn't die when I thought I would," she looked at him like he was going to say 'just kidding' but that was the last thing on his mind. He squeezed her hand and scooted so close to her that their hips were touching. "You were always on my mind," he whispered to her.

She opened her mouth and closed it so much that she resembled a fish out of water; he made her speechless just by saying what was on his mind every moment of the day.

"Really?" She asked him and he nodded before leaning down and brushing his lips against her cheek.

"Yeah," he said and just when he was about to pull away she turned her head and captured his lips with her own and it seemed like everyone around them disappeared and it was just them in the Hall. He could only feel her, with his hand tangled in her hair and his other hand encircling her waist. Her hands were around his neck pulling him closer but before their kiss could escalate someone cleared their throat and he and Ginny jumped apart as though they had been shot.

"Really?" Ron asked in a voice that sounded clearly disgusted, Ginny laughed and reached out for Harry's hand again and gave it a squeeze that clearly told him that she was okay with her brother seeing them kissing. Now that Harry looked around he saw that people were looking at them and Seamus Finnigan was giving him thumbs up, even Dean Thomas who was an ex-boyfriend of Ginny was laughing at them and the look on Ron's face.

"This time I actually didn't mean to barge in on you, the both of you just make it so easy," he sounded exasperated which made Harry and Ginny laugh that much harder. He couldn't really say anything, and he knew it, since his rendezvous with Lavender began, Ginny would always have that against him.

"Like you can talk," Ginny mumbled to him and Ron's ears turned red, even Hermione blushed and looked away. Harry could tell that they hadn't talked about what happened in the Room of Requirement when Ron wanted to save the house elves that worked here.

"I think we're going to leave," Hermione said and walked away with Ron right behind her.

"He is never going to live that down," Ginny laughed and laid her head on his shoulder like she did to her mom.

"No, he isn't," he whispered. Now that Ron and Hermione were gone it felt like they were the only two people in the room, he wanted to kiss her again but didn't really want more attention on him then there already was. But it was the same as his sixth year, it was better that he be made fun of or gawked at for something that made him happier than for something that made him feel worse.

Harry looked around the Great Hall again and to his surprise saw the three Malfoys sitting in a corner of the Slytherin table. He was surprised that they didn't leave as soon as everything was over since Lucius was with Voldemort, along with the rest of his family.

"What do you think is going to happen to the Malfoys?" Harry asked Ginny, he felt her turn her head so she was looking at them, too.

"I don't know, do you think the Ministry of Magic would let him off because he felt regret towards the end?" She asked, he didn't know what the M.O.M would do with Kingsley Shacklebolt as the Minister for the moment until they could get elections going.

He shrugged, "They may still put them in Azkaban since they still did things for Voldemort but I don't know if they will take them out early," he shrugged. He didn't know how he felt about what happened with the Malfoys, Narcissa risked everything when she said that he was dead. If he let even one finger twitch or opened his eyes too much she could have died, all for the reason that she wanted to make sure Draco was still alive.

And Lucius did the same thing when he requested that he go in to Hogwarts and get Harry but he really wanted to get his son and leave. Harry didn't know if the M.O.M was going to be harder on the Death Eaters this time around since there was no chance that Voldemort was coming back.

Flashback over

Harry walked to his bed with Ginny right behind him, he didn't want her out of his sight after the past six months of never seeing her and thinking that she could be dead because of him. They talked it out and she didn't want to leave his side and since they were both so tired they could barely keep their heads up they just went to his dormitory since he was still not allowed in hers.

"Just think, by this time tomorrow we could be back at the Burrow," he told Ginny as they climbed into his four poster and she laid her head on her chest. They were under the covers and Harry was warmer than he had ever been in his life.

He felt Ginny smile against him and her breathing slowly evened out till she was asleep, Harry followed behind her so soon that he wasn't even awake when Ron and Hermione came in the room.