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Chapter Two
Harry woke up with a strange weight on his chest. He looked down and saw a mass of red hair covering a beautiful face. Harry lifted his head up and kissed the top of her head. She stirred and looked up into his eyes. She loved his big, green eyes. Harry smiled.
"Hello love," he said kissing her on the lips.
"Oh, I love hearing you say that," Ginny said kissing him back.
Harry sat up and leaned against his headboard. He had missed this bed. It was the first bed that he had slept in that felt like it was his. He looked around the room and saw Hermione and Ron snuggled into Ron's bed and George at the far end of the room in his bed. Harry looked to the beds that were Ginny and Hermione's and found them also occupied. Ginny's bed contained Charlie, and Hermione's bed contained Percy.
When Harry realized that he was surrounded by Weasley brothers, he was a little afraid. They had obviously noticed that Ginny had slept in his bed. However, it dawned on him that they could have moved her when they came up but they didn't. That had to be a good sign.
Harry slid out of the bed with Ginny right behind him. He pulled some clothes out of his trunk and left the room to take a shower. Ginny crept over to her trunk and pulled a pair of jeans and an old t-shirt of Harry's out of it. She loved wearing this shirt. It was the shirt that he had been wearing the day hey had hooked up in her fifth year. She remembered that day clearly.
She walked towards the bathroom and crept inside. She quietly got dressed. When she came back out, Harry was sitting on his bed lacing his gym shoes. They were pretty beat up but she figured that they were probably the only shoes he had.
Harry looked up and saw her staring at him. He smiled.
"You just can't take your eyes off me can you?" Harry asked.
"You're irresistible," Ginny said walking over to him and kissing him deeply.
"I missed this," Harry said.
"You can't have missed it more than me," Ginny said.
"You wanna go for a walk?" Harry asked. Ginny nodded her head and pulled Harry up. He tossed his arm around her shoulder and she snuck hers around his waist. Together they walked out of the room as quiet as they good. It was only six in the morning so everyone would probably be sleeping for another while.
They walked down the stairs and out into the common room. Harry conjured a peace of paper and a quill and scribbled a note to the Weasleys' in case they were wondering where the two had gone. Then, they climbed out the portrait hole and into the corridor. Harry knew there had been a lot of destruction, but it was terrible to see it and take it all in for the first time. There were parts of walls that had caved in, crushing many objects and causing more destruction. As they walked away from the portrait and down the stairs, the destruction got worse. The lower they went the worse the damage was.
"I don't think I wanna walk around anymore. I can't take it," Harry said. "I need to go talk to Professor McGonagall. Do you want to come with me or do you wanna go back to the common room? I can wait to talk to McGonagall if you would rather go back to the common room."
"Well, not to be rude, but I really don't want to talk about the destruction right now," Ginny said. "I'll help fix it, but I don't think I can talk about it quite yet."
"That's fine," Harry said. "I can use the secret passage from the common room anyways." They turned around and went back to the common room. It was still empty. After all, only a half hour had passed.
"What are you gonna do while I'm gone?" Harry asked.
"I think I'm gonna go see if Hermione or any of my brothers are awake. I wanna see where everyone is anyways," Ginny said. Harry nodded and then watched Ginny walk up the stairs on the boys' side, where all the Weasleys' were staying. Harry walked over to the Gryffindor portrait and tapped it with his wand. It popped open and Harry climbed in. He walked for a few minutes and then reached the end of the passage. He knocked on the door and it was opened a few seconds later. Professor McGonagall was standing there looking more tired than ever. He could tell immediately that she had not gotten any sleep. Harry climbed in and followed Professor McGonagall out of the bedroom and into her office. She sat down behind the desk and smiled weakly.
"I'm glad to see that you got some sleep," she said. "Did you get much?"
"About six hours. It felt wonderful. I think that's the longest sleep I've had at one time for over a year," Harry said.
"I'm glad," she said. "You deserve it. So what can I do for you Harry?"
"Actually, I was wondering what I could do for you?" Harry said.
"You can relax Harry," she said.
"I can't relax when there's so much to be done. It's not my way," he said.
"Well, what did you have in mind?" she asked.
"I would like to lead the repairs of this school," Harry said. "Hogwarts was the first place that I actually felt at home. It kills me to see the place with so much damage. It would make me feel so much better if I knew that I was actively involved in the repairs and to know that I am helping you."
"Harry a lot will go into that," McGonagall said. "I don't want you to have that much on your plate."
"It would be nothing compared to what's on yours. You have to prepare for an entire school year and I want to help. Let me do this, please. I had some ideas about how we could do it too," Harry said.
"Well, alright. If you really want to, then you're welcome to it. I know the repair of the school is in good hands."
"Thank you Professor. I was thinking that we should work from the inside out. We need to clear and area for..."
"Harry I know you will handle it well. The only thing that I will need to control for this project is that you do the protective spells on the outside of the school first. I need to be sure that any threats will not cause more damage to the school," Professor McGonagall said.
"Of course, but are you sure that you want me to do that?" Harry asked.
"Well, I know that you are more than capable and you will of course have the help of Hermione I presume? She has read Hogwarts, A History thousands of times. She probably knows the majority of the protections that go around the school. I will need to know exactly what spells you use as well," McGonagall said.
"Thank you Professor," Harry said. "I will make sure to do that."
"Since you will have a lot of work to do and to organize, I think it would be only fitting for you to have an office of some sort," the teacher said.
"Oh Professor I don't need one," Harry said.
"Nonsense. We'll add one to here. That way you'll have all the resources you need ad easy access to the Gryffindor common room. We'll add an office to this office. I'm afraid it can't be as big as this one but it will be about three-quarters as big as this," McGonagall said.
"Wow Professor. You don't need to do that for me," Harry said.
"It's you that's doing me a favor Harry. This is my way of paying you back," McGonagall said.
"Well thank you Professor," Harry said. Professor McGonagall raised her wand and flicked it at one of her walls. A doorway appeared that had a large wooden door and a brass door handle and knocker. Professor McGonagall motioned for Harry to go see it. He stood up and walked over to the door. He pushed the door open and gasped at the sight that lay before him.
