" Happy birthday Harry" I kissed him lightly on the cheek as I was welcomed into my old home, my mother , father , brother's , Hermione , Hagrid , as well as Fleur and Angelia, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, Oliver Wood and what looked like an 18 month old blue haired little boy, were all visible through the back window in the living room, it was just me and Harry in the shabby little hallway as he had come to greet me.
" Thank you, come through, everyone's out in the garden" He took my coat , and hung it up on one of the coats pegs on the wall. I walked out into the garden , and was greeted by my mother's arms, and I held her tighter than I had ever held her before, I smelt her perfume , her shampoo in her hair , and realised how much I had missed home. Hermione ran over to me , and embraced me in a sisterly hug. In turn , each of my brother's picked me up , hugged me , or spun me around . I gave Fleur and Angelina a hug and a smile each, and Hagrid gave me a bone crushing cuddle , but it was comforting and nice to be back in his arms all the same, and finally , I tossed little Teddy Lupin in the air and as he giggled into the wind , and laughed at my stupid faces , it felt good to be back with my family.
July 31st 1999
Dear Diary,
So , it was Harry's birthday today , and as you know I came up for a fly in visit. And I have to admit as much as I have been trying to deny that fact that I miss home , today made me realise how much I do. I arrived at around 10 in the morning , and it was just such a lovely day. All of my family were there , except Charlie of course , he's always busy in Romania, Hermione, Hagrid , Dean , Seamus , Oliver , Fleur , Angelina, Teddy and , at around 6 ish , Luna and Neville decided to make an appearance, it was so sweet to see them together as a couple , they are perfect. Harry loved his present , he said it was his best one for a long time which was sweet of him. Being here tonight made me realise how I've begun to move away from Harry since I left ,we , at least I don't think we do, don't have the same connection we had before , now it's like ' oh hi , you're my brothers best friend who just happens to be ex' type thing , the connection we had before has snapped, and I suppose ( though It hurts to admit it to myself) that's a good thing in the long run.
Anyway , to happier things! It's Hermione, Luna, and Neville's Hogwarts graduation tomorrow , so we're all getting the train up there in the morning for the ceremony. I always thought it was funny how they do they graduations at Hogwarts , I mean technically they finished term 2 weeks ago, but I guess there'll be some reason behind it. Hermione has already signed herself up for an internship at the department of magical law enforcement ( or something like that). She signed up as soon as she received her NEWT results, surprise surprise she got an 'O' in everything. She's going to be Minister for Magic one day I bet you. Speaking of which , I don't think I ever said but last Christmas Kingsley was finally made Permanent Minister for Magic as opposed to just Temporary, isn't it brilliant ! I really need to go to sleep no , early morning tomorrow , again.
Ginny
But no matter how hard I tried , I couldn't sleep, on some level , a subconscious one , I think I was waiting for something that would never happen. I was waiting , despite what I said , for Harry to sneak in , and lie there with me.