"Ginny?" A soft, comforting voice spoke my name as I groggily opened my eyes. Looking down into my eyes was Harry Potter, I was sprawled across one of the compartments seats with my head resting in his lap. Hermione was still asleep, Luna still wore her vacant expression just from the other side of the compartment after moving to let Harry lay me down, Ron sat so still it was like he was petrified his eyes were glancing from Harry, to the door, to me and then back to Harry.

I couldn't believe that he was going back to Hogwarts with us, surely the Aurors held the fact that he had killed voldemort in a higher esteem than any qualifications he could have recieved while at school.

"You came back, Why?" I poured emotion into that sentance as I gazed up to him. He bent low over me and gently whispered in my ear,

"You". His voice was strained, threatening to crack. His eyes glistened. I slowly raised my head closer to his, turning slightly as I went in for a kiss. He pulled away from me sharply, as if waking up from a dream. "No, I came back because I lost you once and I can't lose you again. I want to be with you Ginny but," his voice faltered. It was clear he didn't want to be saying this "I just need some time to get over whats happened".

I realised what he was saying, he needed to learn to trust me again, and I was going to do everything I could to make that possible. "I understand" I said with a cautios smile. Judging by the fact that the sun was still just visible in the horizon I reckoned that we were still quite the way off from Hogwarts. Snuggling deeper into Harry I drifted off into a cosy sleep.

"Wish they'd bloody hurry up" grumbled a hungry Ron. Like every year he was "starving" while we watched the new first year students get sorted into their respective houses. Finally as Rachel Winds joined the Slytherin table, newly appointed Headmistress Mcgonagall waved her hands and food sprang up upon every surface. I laughed as Ron squealed in delight and began piling mounds of everything onto his plate.

I reached towards a dish of bolognaise just as Harry did, our fingers touched and subconsciously gripped the others. Ron stopped mid-chew glancing at us, Hermione drew in a breath, time seemed to slow as hazel gazed longingly into emerald, Harry blinked back into reality and slowly pulled his hand away before getting up and bolting from the great hall, the roar of the door as it flew open with a wave of his hand stifled the heart stopping cry that scrathced from his throat.

I sat stunned, madly contemplating what had just happened all through the rest of the meal and Mcgonagall speech, only stirring back into the real world as she waved us all off to our respective common rooms. Ron went to hold my arm but I shook him off and drifted zombielike into the crowds.

"Ginn-" he began,

"Leave her Ron" Hermione said lovingly before beginning to bossily shepard the Gryffindor first years up towards the tower. I didn't want to go to the common room and face Harry.

"Coward" I scolded myself as I cut behind a tapestry of an eagle to take a shortcut to the seventh floor. A faint crying noise was ringing out further down the passage. I begged that it wouldn't be Harry, I peeked around a bend in the passage and saw him slumped against the wall tears streaking down his face. I pulled a piece of parchment out of my robes and waved my wand across it. I watched as it fluttered over to Harry landind in his hand, a pink glow drifted across him as the simple comfort charm spread across his body. His faced cracked into something of a smile, as I turned and ran the long way back to the common room and collapsed face down into my bed without even taking off my shoes.

I woke up grumpy the next morning with my robes swirled around me and a note stuck to my cheek were I had fallen asleep ontop of it. Rubbing some sleep out of my eye I began to read,

"Ginny,

I'm holding the Quidditch tryouts on the 17th, would really appriciate it if you could help me out?

Love Harry xx"

My grumpy persona melted as I read his "love". Giggling I walked to the bathroom to get ready for the start of my last year at Hogwarts. It was going to be fun.