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Going Home

Ginny was waiting for something to happen. She just knew today was going to be special. The healer was going to release her today and she was completely cured! What could go wrong? Nothing, Ginny thought as she finished getting dressed. She was just finishing up with her packing when there was a knock on her room door.

"Who is it?"

"Harry and Ron." Ron's yelled through the door.

"You don't have to shout you know. I heard you just fine." Ginny let them in and went back to her suitcase. "I'm almost done. Ron you can take this bag down to the car for me." She showed him where one of her bags was waiting patiently to be brought out of the room.

Ron picked up the suitcase and muttered things all down the hall. As he left Harry shut the door behind him. "Do you need anymore help Ginny?"

"Could you bring this down for me as soon as I'm finished packing it?" Harry nodded and waited as Ginny tried to sit on her suitcase to close it. Harry laughed and walked over to her, moved her away from the suitcase, and closed it with no problem. "Hey! You cheated!"

"How'd I cheat?" Harry really wanted to know.

"Well you're stronger then me, so of course you wouldn't have a problem closing it. I would have got it too if I had muscles like you." She tried to look serious but failed miserably. They both laughed so hard!

"You know Gin? I'm really glad that you're better and are able to go home." Harry had a look in his eyes that Ginny could not place. It only lasted a minute before it was gone. Ginny dismissed it at once and Harry took the suitcase from her.

"Thanks Harry," as he was about to leave and she didn't think that he had heard her she added, "for everything."

'Hmmm...wonder what she meant by that?', Harry thought as he made his way down to the awaiting car. Mrs. Weasley had gone inside to sign the papers for Ginny's release.

"What's the matter Harry?" Hermione asked looking at her best friend. Harry looked up and saw that Ron and Hermione were looking at him with weird expressions on their faces.

"Oh it's nothing." Within reality he couldn't wait to get back to the Burrow to have a private talk with Hermione to see if Ginny still harbored any secret feelings for him.

The ride back to the Burrow was a quiet one. Mrs. Weasley wanted Ginny to go up to her room and immediately rest. Ginny thought this was ridiculous because she had rested enough while in the hospital...but did it anyways just to please her mother. Harry sought out Hermione as soon as he was free of Ron.

"Can I talk to you 'Mione?" Hermione looked up and nodded. He led her over to a area in the sitting room that had not been occupied by anyone yet.

"What's the matter Harry?" Harry didn't know how to ask her so it just blirted it out.

"Does Ginny still have feelings for me?" He asked quietly so not to draw any attention over to them?

"Harry that's not really my place to say," Harry looked despondent. "Why do you want to know anyways. It's not like you have feelings for her...do you?"

Harry didn't say anything but Hermione could see it in his eyes. "Oh my gosh! I knew it! I could tell by the way you've been acting since I've arrived here and Ginny became sick! When did this all happen? I want details!"

"Calm down Hermione! I just realized it for myself the other day, now do you know or not if she still likes me?" Hermione smiled.

"Of course she still likes you Harry. That's what she called me upstairs for on the first day I arrived. She wanted me to help her get over you but that, I could tell was never going to happen. I just didn't want her getting hurt because you didn't like her like that, but now you do and I'm so happy!" She hugged him. "So when are you going to tell her?"

"I'm not sure. I wanted to talk to you first to see how she felt then I thought I'd come up with something."

"Hmmm..." Hermione thought about it for a moment. "I don't know."

"I was thinking maybe a letter...not like a 'normal' love letter of course just one telling her how much she means to me and how for now while we're here at the Burrow...surrounded by all her overprotective brothers not to say anything...just for now till we can work things out for ourselves of course."

"That's a brilliant idea Harry! Why don't you go work on that now and I'll go distract Ron and the others for you."

"Thanks Mione!" Harry ran back up to his room with new hope in his heart.

A/N: I know it's been forever but I got in the mood to really write this now that I just finished the HBP...hopefully more updates soon but I can't promise you that. TAR