Chapter 3

"Harry?" Ginny asked as she walked upstairs. "What are you doing here?"
"Thinking."
"About what?"
"Is it possible that we could talk about this in your room?" Harry asked quietly.
Ginny opened the door and ushered him inside. As she shut the door behind her, she asked, "So what is this about?"
"Kingsley just offered me a chance to be an auror. I would get to start my training at the same time as Hogwarts starts, but I'm not sure if this is really what I should be doing. What if it would be better for me to go back to Hogwarts and finish up school?"
"Harry," Ginny said softly, looking directly into his eyes. "We both know what you want to do. After your sixth year, you had no intention of returning to Hogwarts. I'm not going to tell you what you should do. This is your decision." She took his hands and sat on the bed next to him.
"I know this is what I want to do. But wanting to do something isn't always a justified reason for doing it," Harry said.
"You sound like Hermione," Ginny laughed. "You aren't going back to Hogwarts and everybody knows it. If you don't take this opportunity, what will you do instead?"
"I don't know. Since my fourth year, I've wanted to do this. I never thought about doing anything else."
"I know. So do you have a good reason why you shouldn't?"
"No."
"Then why are you having such a struggle with this? There is no reason you shouldn't do this." She stood up. "Go tell Kingsley that you accept. If he's not here, you can borrow Pigwidgon. Ron won't mind."
"I don't really want to go back downstairs," Harry said barely looking at Ginny. "Seeing Ron and Hermione like that is a bit more than I can handle right now."
"Fine," she replied. "I wanted to go for a walk, though."
Harry smiled and took her hand. They ran down the stairs, avoiding everyone they could have come in contact with until they were outside the front gate. Holding her hand reminded him greatly of their walks on the Hogwarts grounds. In that instant, Harry truly realized what he and so many others had been fighting for.

Extremely short chapter, I'm sorry. There should be another chapter coming by this evening. Who knows, maybe 2 chapters will come depending on how creative my brain is being.

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