Like a dream

Chapter 2: Always in my mind

Ginny stood in front of her childhood house, eyes closed, breathing intense. Her mind flooded with all past events. It was a cold night, everything was just as she had left it.

"I shouldn't be here" she whispered to herself. She slowly turned to walk away, but instead she walked around the house, looking into the windows, and taking in the scene before her. Her family is sitting on the couches, talking and laughing. Then her; sitting by the fire place seem to be lost in all focus in her own little world. Ginny stood staring at the woman with brown hair, no emotion on her face, nothing but the tense of her back. Slowly the other woman looked up, shock in her face, yet sadness back to the red head on the other side of the window. Thinking to herself it's just another imagination, like in her dreams. But once that image did not leave, and just stared right back her heart raced. She excused herself from the room and made her way outside as fast as she could. But the woman with red hair was not there.

"Ginny are you really here" she whispered to herself her eyes sadden to lost hope.

"Hermione, what are you doing out here, it's like below freezing and you have no jacket, and hell no shoes on for that matter!" Ron exclaimed. Hermione just looked at him and shrugged. "Hey, come on Mione talk to me, what happened this time." He asked, as she began to cry. He pulled her into a brotherly hug.

"I thought I really saw her Ron, that she was really right here" she cried to him.

"Oh now Hermione, am so sorry" His voice was sad, hurt, and a bit of angry. To him, why would his sister hurt one of the most beautiful and smartest witch on earth, the one his sister was supposedly in love with? "Let's get you inside before mum throws a fit okay Mione." She just nodded, and followed.

Ginny stood in the shadows; a single tear fell on her face. Why didn't she show herself, why did she hide like a coward, was all she could ask herself. She sighed to herself and walked up the few feet of steps before touching the door handle to the kitchen.

"It's not even my place no more." She said steeping back, before she could think she knocked on the door.

Ron's head lifted as he heard the knock, he couldn't see who it was from where he sat with Hermione.

"are you getting that Ron?" Mrs. Weasly yelled from the living room.

"Yeah mom" he answered standing up.

Ginny had her eyes closed, her breathing quickened. The door opened and for the first time in a year her eyes connected with her brothers for a split second before he fainted.

"RON!" Hermione yelled, jumping to her feet. Followed by the rest of the people who came barging into the room. Nobody noticed who the hooded figure was, but didn't questioned till Ron was seated on a chair. Mrs. Weasly turned to Ginny, furry in her eyes.

"Who in merlins name are you, and you better…" she stoped dead in sentence, when Ginny took of her hood. "oh my baby" Molly cried, "your home, your finally home" she gripped Ginny in her arms as tight as possible not letting the girl breath.

"Mom no, let go it hurts." Ginny said in pain.

"Oh everyone Ginny is home!" Molly exclaimed taking a look at her daughter.

They spent the last hour talking about what Ginny had been up to. But she never told them why she left, or why she had red rashes all up her neck and arms. But she mostly kept it hidden with her jacket. Hermione had stayed in the back most of the time, staring at Ginny, who made eye contact every once in a while.

"Well it's getting late, Ginny will you stay here?" Molly asked her daughter.

"No not tonight mum, I must get back." Ginny said standing, the crowed had died down and all was left was Molly, Arthur, Hermione, and Ron.

"Where are you to go to?" Hermione asked for the first time that night. That was everyone else's cue to leave. And before long, they were finally alone.

I've been staying at Harry's" Ginny said weakly.

"Oh" she whispered. "How long now" she asked.

"A couple months, he uh, found me, and convinced me to come back home, for everyone, but I told him no and that I would do it when I was ready. To be honest I was going to just turn around, when I saw you that is. I was nervous and scared." She spoke slowly, her eyes on the floor the whole time.

"Ginny, do you, well…" Hermione stopped and just stayed quiet.

"You want to go get some coffee?" Ginny asked out of nowhere. Hermione looked at her with puppy eyes and a smile.

"Yes, I would love that" Hermione said standing up tall.

"Tomorrow morning okay? Like, uh when you wake up?" Ginny stuttered. Hermione just smiled and stared a her.

"Still having trouble what to say Gin, it's been a long time. Figured you would be long over that" Hermione grinned. Her heart raced like a thousand light speeds in space.

"I'll see you tomorrow okay Mione?" Ginny said with a slight sigh. Her head started pounding, and her muscles began to get weak.

"Ginny are you okay what's wrong?" Hermione said grabbing onto Ginny's shoulder, she cried in pain. ""Ginny what's wrong" Hermione asked scared letting her go.

"I just don't feel good. I have to go" Ginny said and walked off leaving Hermione looking very shaken up.

"Ginny!" Harry exclaimed as Ginny came crashing down in the living room. Luna jumped for the bathroom starting a cold bath, Harry on the other hand slowly and carefully picked up Ginny and carried her up stairs, leaving his wife to get Ginny settled into the tub. Harry looked worn down, his eyes gleamed in tears. "Am so sorry Ginny" he cried feeling like there was nothing he could do for his best friend. After a while Luna came down stairs hugging onto Harry from behind.

"Her fevers gone down a bit, she should go to the doctor tomorrow though and I will take her myself. It looks like her Kidneys and Heart is about to give. I don't' know what to do Harry she… she just looks so helpless sometimes, like there's nothing I can do!" she cried. "Am supposed to save people Harry, make sure they are okay!"

"Shh now love, this is not your fault, you are one of the best healers there is. Don't blame yourself." Harry whispered to his wife, trying to calm her down.

"She's been going through her cycle, taking all those horrible medication, I just don't know what else there is to help her. God I wish I could just cure it." Luna kept going, not giving herself a break; she just kept on beating herself up over it. This would end up being most of the night.

Ginny stared at the wooden door Luna had exited out of, her body lay limp in the cold tub, yet it was so warm to her. Her body felt as if it was burning a hole through her. She looked down at herself, bruises started appearing where her mother and hugged her, where Hermione had grabbed onto her. Just tiny red spots under her skin, some with purple patches already. She would bruise so easy, it scared her so much that everything she would come in contact with would be dangerous.

"Ginny are you hungry?" Luna asked walking in, a plastered smile on, one that Ginny could tell easy, was a fake. Behind that fake smile, in her eyes was worry and fear. The same Ginny had once.

"No Luna, it's okay, I don't think I can dare to take anything in. thank you though. Thank you for everything, you've done so much for me its UN real to..."

"Shh now Ginny its okay, what are friends for after all." She said cutting her off with a real genuine smile.

"Luna can I ask you a question? A personal one." Ginny asked. Half scared. Her voice was getting weaker.

"What is it Ginny?" Luna asked back taking a seat next to her.

"Why did you and Hermione break up? I thought you two were in love?" she half smiled, her eyes closed now.

"No Ginny, it was just Hermione being well, scared to face the real truth." Luna whispered.

"What's that Luna?"

"That she's madly, deeply, and truly in love with you." Ginny smiled; soon she slid slight more into the tub, her breathing becoming light and smooth. Luna smiled and cast a spell to her friend, lifting her out and drying her off and putting clothes on her she floated her into her bedroom.

Hermione sat in bed staring at an old photo of Ginny and her back in Hogwarts, young and innocent. Nothing in the world mattered but that time and moment in the world.

"Ginny, Ginny Weasly" Hermione said with a smile. "You are always on my mind, and now your home." She said leaning back into her sofa, all thoughts in her head was full of the joy she hoped to bring Ginny one day.

Ginny and Hermione is standing next to the lake, the sun going down. ;

"Hermione, why do you like to run from me?" Ginny asked, she stood by a tree, Hogwarts was in the distant.

"I am not running from you Ginny, what on earth makes you think that?" Hermione said with a grin.

"Because, your never close enough, you seem so far. Hermione… hey come on don't just leave me like that… HERMIONE!" Ginny started yelling.

"Ginny stop yelling, and not even moving." Hermione said. Her eyes focused on Ginny, who was shrinking into the distance, her voice not being heard no more. Hermione stared yelling, but she was getting nowhere with her voice. She stared to run to Ginny who just soon disappeared from her view.

Both Hermione and Ginny woke up in cold sweat, not knowing however that both at the same time woke up with the same nightmare. Both looking troubled and scared, sighed,

"I wont leave you Hermione, not again"

"I wont leave you Ginny, never again" both girls said in a whisper.