Chapter Three; Triple Date

Harry stopped his car in front of one of the pumps before putting it in park and taking his foot off the brake. "I'll be right back." He said as he turned off the engine and removed his keys from the ignition. Then he threw off his seatbelt and got out of the car slamming the door behind him.

"Poor Harry. It's a shame about his mother being sick." Ginny began. "Now I feel guilty about asking him if he wanted to go out tonight." She finished breathing a heavy sad sigh.

"You shouldn't, you didn't know." Hermione told her with a quick shake of her head.

"Yeah but now that I do is going to be hard for me going back to Hogwarts and leaving him here all by himself." She said.

"He won't be." Luna began. "He's still got me and Neville, and the rest of his family and friends to keep him company. And don't forget about his dragons." She pointed out while meanwhile Harry was outside filling his car up with gasoline.

That's when he saw something out of the corner of his eye and thought that it was another man, but when he looked up he had disappeared. A couple of years ago his biological father had been an angel watching over him and often visiting him inside his dreams. He wasn't sure if this was one of those times or if he had just been imagining things.

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Harry pulled into the parking lot and parked his car before turning off the engine and climbing out of the car with everyone else. He stored his keys inside his back pocket and removed his driver's license as they walked a crossed the street and into the nightclub where their ears were suddenly full with loud music. He showed the man at the door his license while everyone else showed him their ID's to prove that they were old enough and then found a table to sit down at.

"Boy how the heck are we even supposed to hear ourselves think let alone talk!?" Ron hollered as Harry laughed.

"Don't worry! You'll get used to it!" he shouted back with a grin.

"Hey Luna, do you want to see some pictures of Johnny?" Ginny asked her pulling her closer to her so that she could hear her. Luna smiled and nodded as she dug some pictures out of her purse.

"Aww,.. he's so cute! I wish that I had an adorable little nephew like that!" she cried as Hermione huddled in close to them so that she could see the baby as well.

"Aww! Look at him! Fleur's giving him his first bath!" She exclaimed as Ron rolled his eyes.

"Man what is it with girls and babies!? I mean give Johnny a couple of years and he'll start having a fit if either of his parents take a picture of him naked." He said.

"I think it will be more than a couple of years until he gets to that stage." Harry told him when suddenly a waitress walked over to the table to take their orders. As soon as she had Atomic Dog started playing inside the background. All three of the girls quickly leapt up to their feet.

"C'mon Harry you have to dance with me!" she cried.

"Not right now sweetheart, I have to go use the bathroom." He said as he slowly rose to his feet and headed towards the men's restroom. Once he had finished doing his business he decided to go back outside for another smoke. That's when suddenly Ron stepped out behind him and Harry turned around to look at him.

"Are you alright mate?" he asked him.

"No." he replied while flicking a bit of his ashes off his cigarette. "First I lose my dog and now my mum gets sick. How the heck am I supposed to have a good time?" he questioned him. "I mean I know my father told me that he wanted me to, but I just can't." he said.

"Well cheer up mate, dinner's almost ready." Ron told him with a pat on the back.

"Suddenly I'm not hungry." He told him.

"C'mon Harry you have to eat, you can't go to bed on an empty stomach." Ron said. "Besides, you get to go see the dragons tomorrow, doesn't that make you feel a little bit better at least?" he inquired as Harry just simply shrugged at him.

"A little I guess." He said.

"Well c'mon then, let's go back inside." Ron told him as Harry put out his cigarette and reluctantly started following him.

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Harry put on his pajamas and climbed into bed with Ginny. He kissed the top of her head as she leaned it inside his chest and pulled the covers over them. "Thank you for letting me stay with you since I can't get a place of my own yet." She told him as he smiled down at her and kissed her forehead.

"Oh you're welcome to stay with me as long as you want to. I don't mind." He told her.

"Thanks for taking us out, that was a really fun night. I just hope that God heard our prayer and that your mother will be alright though." She said.

"God always hears our prayers, He just doesn't always answer them in the way that we want Him to." He told her. "I have no doubt in my mind that He's watching over her though. You know there is this song that she used to sing to me when I was a kid. I'm surprised I haven't sung it in church yet." He said.

"What song is that?" she asked him as he started singing softly to her.

"On the wings of a snow white dove, He sends His pure sweet love. A sign from above, on the wings of a dove. When trouble surrounds us, when evils come. The body grows weak, the spirit grows numb. When these things beset us. He doesn't forget us. He sends down His love, on the wings of a dove. On the wings of a snow white dove, He sends His pure sweet love. A sign from above, on the wings of a dove." He sung.

"Wow, that's really pretty. You should sing that in church next week." She told him as he rested his chin on the top of her head and gave it another soft and tender kiss.

"Alright, maybe I will." He said as he took off his glasses and set them on the nightstand beside them and Ginny let out a rather large sleepy yawn.

"Goodnight Harry, I love you." She told him before closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep as Harry smiled down at her.

"I love you too. Goodnight." He told her before quickly pressing his lips to her forehead a final time and then with a snap of his fingers turned off the lights and went to sleep.