Chapter 4 – A Stormy Story

Around an hour later the wind stopped blowing and the snow stopped falling. Everywhere you looked there was snow on the ground and the roads and paths were icy. Ginny, Fleur, Mrs and Mr Weasley were still waiting for everyone to get back. The house was silent except for the sounds of someone impatiently tapping their foot on the floor or their fingers on the table. Ginny and Fleur were starting to get cranky for they had not moved in hours.

Fleur kept moving over to the window to check and see if anyone was coming. Ginny stood up and started to pace the room. It wasn't for another 45 minutes that anything happened. Fleur jumped up to check out the window, once again, but this time she screamed and ran outside. Ginny quickly followed her along with Mrs Weasley. There, coming down the hill was Ron, Hermione, Harry and Bill, all full of snow.

Ginny ran inside to put her shoes on. When she ran back out everyone was at the foot of the hill. She swiftly ran to where Harry was standing. He looked down at her and pulled her into a warm embrace. It did not matter to Ginny that she was only wearing a tee shirt, or that Harry was covered in snow. All that mattered was Harry being right there with her, safe and sound.

Ginny took Harry's hand and pulled him inside. Mrs Weasley was making hot chocolate for everyone and Mr Weasley was searching the house for every blanket he could find. Ginny unbutton Harry's jacket while Fleur did the same to Bill. Hermione had already gotten her jacket off and was helping Ron with his. After everyone was wrapped nice and snug in around four blankets each, they all sat down at the table with a steaming mug of hot chocolate.

Ginny looked over at Ron. "What happened? Where were you?"

Ron looked over at Hermione. She nodded at him and he started to talk.

"Well I guess it was all my fault that we got lost. Hermione and I walked over the hill and we decided to check around the forest some because there was nothing else to do and it was so quiet."

He sighed, took a sip of hot chocolate, and kept talking.

"We got pretty far in the forest when Hermione got cold and said we should turn back. I listened to her only I didn't know which way we came in. So I pretended that I knew where I was going but we ended up even farther in the forest. I didn't know where we were because I had never been that far in the forest before. We decided to build a fire and wait for someone to come look for us when I found out that I dropped my wand."

"What's that got to do with anything? Hermione still had hers." Harry asked.

"No," said Ginny, "Hermione forgot hers here. We found it just after you left."

"Yeah, It was a pretty stupid mistake now that I think of it," whispered Hermione.

"Please continue Ron," Mr Weasley said impatiently. "You dropped your wand, then what?"

"Well since I dropped my wand, we couldn't build a fire. We weren't sure what to do but just then there was a sound in the bushes. Hermione was scared out of her wits. I went over to look and see what was there when Harry and Bill appeared form behind them."

"Whoa, wait a minute. How did you two find each other if you left at completely different times?" asked Ginny pointing at Harry and Bill.

"I was just about to give up and come back here when I saw Harry coming up the hill. He asked me if I had looked in the forest and when I said no we turned around and headed in that direction," said Bill.

"Yeah," said Ron. "As I was saying Bill and Harry came out of the bushes. We told them our story and headed back the way Bill and Harry came. Harry had marked the trees so we knew which way to go. After that we ended up here."

Everyone was silent for a moment and then Mrs Weasley stood up and suggested that everyone go to bed. Once Harry and Ginny were alone in their room, Ginny slipped over on Harry's bed. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.

"I'm so glad your safe," she said.

"Me too," he replied.

He looked into her eyes. The fear he saw earlier that day had vanished and was replaced by that same firery look that he remembered from the first time they kissed. Remembering that thought he kissed her again and all of his thoughts disappeared.

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