Chapter Summary: Harry gets to the Burrow, and ends up having a talk with Ginny, Ron and Hermione. But things take a surprise turn as they finish talking.

Disclaimer: As much as it pains me to say it, I do not own anything to do with Harry Potter or his world.

Back To The Burrow

As Harry and Hermione popped just outside the burrow, Ron was beside them, obviously in deep thought.

"Hey, Harry?"

"Yeah, Ron?" Said Harry

"How did you know that I could apparate?"

"Ohh erm…I didn't, I just assumed, what with your dad working at the ministry, that you would be able to get a test booked quickly. Congratulations!" Harry added quickly with a grin on his face.

"Thanks Harry." Ron replied with an equally large smile on his face.

"Come on you two, we can celebrate it when we get back indoors, right now I bet Mrs. Weasley is having kittens about us now!" Hermione said as she walked off.

"She's right Ron, we better get back so your mum can tell me how thin I've got in just a few days." Harry gave Ron another grin, then walked off towards the house with his trunk dragging behind him.

As Harry got closer to the house, he saw Ginny run out the door straight towards him, then hit him with a loud crash, her arms going round his chest tightly, round onto his back, trapping his arms, making him drop his trunk.

"Harry!!" She cried,

"Hiya Ginny, how are you?" Harry asked, his voice a bit wheezy, as Ginny was keeping a tight hold around his chest.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Harry, it's just that I'm so glad to see you!"

"Likewise Ginny." Harry said as he kissed the top of her head.

"Come on, mum's waiting to tell you how thin you look." She said as she pulled away from Harry with a smile on her face.

"Let's not keep her waiting then." Harry and Ginny strolled into the kitchen to find Ron and Hermione sitting down next to each other, holding hands under the table. Harry wondered if he had told the rest of the Weasleys yet.

"Harry!" Mrs. Weasley ran at Harry, giving him one of her bone-crushing hugs.

"Hi Mrs. Weasley. Mr. Weasley" Harry choked,

"Molly, your crushing him!" Arthur said quickly, then acknowledged Harry with a nod.

"Oh Harry, I'm sorry. Anyway," She said pushing him back, keeping him at arm's length, glancing up and down at him, "You need to bulk up some, your way too thin as usual! Dinner will be at 6 dear, go up to Ron's room and unpack, while I get everything else ready."

"OK, thanks Mrs. Weasley, Mr. Weasley." Harry said gratefully, about to get some alone time with Ginny was good by any means. Harry gave Ginny a look and nodded to the stairs. She nodded and said,

"Mum, I'll go and help Harry unpack." The she ran up the stairs, quickly followed by Harry and his trunk before Mrs. Weasley could get a word in to object.

"Arthur, I think it's time we had a chat with them two, don't you think?" Molly asked, sounding almost worried.

"Yes, I suppose so. I take it you want me to have a chat with Harry tonight?" Arthur said.

"Yes please, Arthur."

"Ok, no problem." He said as he sat down at the table.

Ron and Hermione exchanged knowing looks on their faces, both of them having being on the receiving end of one of their 'chats'. Then Hermione signalled to Ron to follow her as she went upstairs into Ginny's room that she was sharing, not seeing Ginny herself in there. Just as Ron noticed this, however, Hermione grabbed Ron and started kissing him passionately trying to avoid Ron of coming to the conclusion that Harry and Ginny were doing the exact same thing in Ron's room. It worked magnificently and they continued, Hermione now not doing it just to let Ginny get her piece of action, but for herself as well.

Ten minutes later, Hermione made her way up towards the room that Harry and Ron will be sharing, staging a loud conversation with Ron, hoping to notify Harry and Ginny that they were coming in. As Hermione opened the door, she saw neither Harry or Ginny anywhere in the room, even though all of Harry's belongings were pack away neatly. She pulled out her wand and muttered "Accio invisibility cloak," and to her surprise, it flew towards her, neatly folded, coming from one of the draws.

"Where are they!" Ron said all of a sudden, storming around Hermione, his face starting to go red.

"Calm down Ron, I'm sure they just went for a walk out in the garden." Hermione said soothingly. And, again, to her surprise, Ron did as he was told, and calmed down.

"Sorry Hermione, but this older brother stuff can get the better of me sometimes."

"That's ok Ron, but now that we don't have to worry about them, why don't we carry on with what we were doing in my Room?" She said mischievously.

Ginny's mouth was agape at what Harry had just told her,

"Harry, that's terrible!! How can you speak of that so calmly?" She asked.

Harry had just told Ginny the prophecy, along with his, Dumbledore's, Ron's and Hermione's interpretation of it, all of which were practically the same.

"Because I've had time to go over it, and think about it and talk about it to people, not many people, granted, but every little helps. Which is why I told you, if you know what really is going on, then you might have a better idea of what your getting yourself into. There's more, much more, but I don't want to burden you with all of that until you have the prophecy fully comprehended." With that, Harry took Ginny's hand into his, and stroked the backs of her hands with his thumb.

"Please tell me the rest now Harry, I do understand the prophecy, I agree with all you at what it means. Truly I do understand it." She said with a pleading look towards Harry. Just as he was about to answer,

"Kids, Dinner's ready!"

Harry and Ginny turned to the house to see Mrs. Weasley heading back into the kitchen. Then they turned to each other, and Harry gave Ginny a look of thoughtfulness, wondering if she was indeed saying the truth.

"Alright then, but-" He was cut off by Ginny throwing herself at Harry, chucking her arms around his neck, pulling him into a full blown, heated kiss. He returned the gesture with equal enthusiasm, but pulled off as he heard Mrs. Weasley shout to them again.

"Ginny, listen to me. I'll tell you on one condition…" Harry said with a serious tone,

"Yeah, sure, anything." She was so pleased that she didn't even think about what she just said.

"Ohh, anything?" Harry asked with a mischievous grin on his face, lifting his eyebrows up and down in a seductive way.

"Why, you cheeky sod, you." She replied with an even larger grin on her face.

Harry leant down and met her lips with a quick kiss,

"Come on, we better get back, otherwise Ron would have eaten all the food." He said as he started walking down to the kitchen, hand in hand with Ginny. "But we'll talk about this later, ok?" He asked.

"Sure thing." She replied with a grin on her face, as they both continued to the kitchen.

Just as they approached the door, Mrs. Weasley came striding out, her lungs full of air and ready to shout at Harry and Ginny again,

"Oh, there you are dears. Come on, the food's almost gone" Then she noticed that they were holding hands, and said nothing but she had a huge grin all through dinner.

As they walked through to the table, they saw the twins, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Ron and Hermione already tucking into the food, and with a quick nod of hello to Harry and Ginny, who both replied, continued eating. They all noticed that Harry and Ginny were holding hands, but said nothing throughout dinner. However, once they got upstairs, it was a different matter.

"Congratulations mate," said Fred or George, Harry still couldn't tell,

"We're very…"

"Proud of you and that…"

"We are also glad that we…"

"Didn't have to have a little 'chat' with you…"

"About our baby sister." They both finished.

"Thanks Gred and Forge, that means a lot to me." Harry said winking. "But if you would please excuse us, me, Ginny, Hermione and Ron need to have a talk between the four of us. Also, if you wouldn't mind sticking around, I'd like a talk with you two about some business proposals which I'm sure you'll both love." Harry said with a grin on his face.

"Sure Harry," One of them said,

"No problem, just…"

"Don't take too long, after all,"

"time is money my friend." And with that, they both walked out, and went downstairs.

Harry then got up, shut the door, and out a silencing and inturprable charm on it, knowing full well that the twins were still downstairs.

"Right, time to talk." Harry said, turning to the group, "Ron, Hermione, I told Ginny about the prophecy, and she says that she completely understands it," he looked at Ron and Hermione, to see how they would react, and as it was expected, they showed no signs of surprise on their face, and nodded to Harry for him to continue.

"So, what I was thinking, is that we tell her about everything else now, then it would be easier for her to get over it all at once, even if it is a bigger load, but then that's it, no more after that." He stopped, to see what they say, as they said nothing, he added,

"So, what do you think?"

"Well," Hermione said, "It's really up to you at the end, and Ginny as well, but I think it might be a good idea. What do you think about it Ron?" She said, turning to him.

"I agree with Hermione, I think it's a good idea, but it is up to you two."

"Alright then, but before we start, I'd just like to add that I've got a book on occlumency in my trunk, and I think that you three should start reading and practicing it. I'm already got a part of the way through it, so I can help you if you need it. Plus, it didn't take me long at all, so you three should have no problems."

"That sounds great Harry! I cant wait! Come on then Harry, start where you left off." Said Hermione enthusiastically.

So the three of them began talking all about the horcruxes, what they are, what the last one could be, what they have to do to destroy them, and so on and so forth. They were talking for about 2 hours once they finished, which left Ginny with her mouth agape, and no voice in her throat. Then all of a sudden she walked up to Harry, and gave him one of the most passionate kisses either of the four of them have ever had. After what seemed like an eternity in Heaven, they broke apart.

"Ohh Harry, this must be terrible for you! To have all of that on any one's shoulders would be enough to put them into depression, if not madness! How have you managed to cope with this?" She asked with a face of sympathy.

"Well, mainly because of these two. If it wasn't for them I wouldn't have got through it. They've helped me through everything so much. And that one of the main reasons of telling you about it, I love you Ginny, and I cant bear to be apart from you."

As soon as he said those last words, she gave a squeak of excitement, and jumped up onto Harry, pulling him into another deep, sensual kiss and didn't pull apart for a while.

"I love you too Harry. I've waited so long for this moment, and after the quidditch match, I felt as if the whole world was right, and there wasn't a grey cloud in the sky. More then that, I felt complete. But after the funeral, as much as I said that I understood, I didn't at all. I just said that to try and dissuade you from your choice, even though it was useless to try. But I felt empty, like back to before you saved me frm the chamber, when you didn't even notice me." Tears were starting to stream down her rosy cheeks and Harry grabbed Ginny's hands with both of his.

"Hey Ginny, don't cry, that's all in the past, you never need to think about that again, because I'm here now, and I'm not going to go anywhere. I promise." As Harry said this, his and Ginny's hands glowed with a white light so bright, that all four of them had to shield their eyes.

"What was that!" Three of them said in perfect unison with a gasp from Hermione.

"I Cant believe it! A Love Oath! I've only ever heard of about 10 people to have made this unintentionally, and not by an underage wizard ever either!"

Ginny's and Ron's eyes became wide with shock whereas Harry was still in the dark.

"Excuse me, but you all might know what it is, but I don't. So if one of you could please explain to me what this is." Harry turned to Ginny, expecting her to answer.

"It's a bond shared by couples in true love, and its when they make a promise to each other, or when one makes a promise, and the other agrees with it. But in your case, I think it was because when you made that promise, Ginny wished it true, am I correct sister?" Ron said in a knowledgeable manner, which of course shocked everyone, especially Hermione. Ron must have noticed because he said

"What? I do know some things as a matter of fact. I'm not just a chess extraordinaire." He sounded a bit hurt so Hermione made it up by giving him a big kiss and saying

"I'm sorry Ron, I know you are quite knowledgeable, but given the circumstances, I was just shocked, that's all."

"That's alright Hermione, I understand." He replied, giving her another big kiss.

"When you two are done, we still need to talk about this. And yes your right Ron, I did wish it to become true. We better get downstairs, mum will start worrying otherwise. And not a word to anyone about this, ok?" She added with a serious face. Everyone nodded. "Good, come on then, lets go."