Harry and Ginny are dating. Ginny is in her 6th year at Hogwarts and Harry his 7th. Umbridge is the DADA professor, Dumbledore is alive and looking for Horcruxes. Sirius is alive but still not out of hiding. I changed the timing of somethings that happened in the books.

On a late November night, Ginny walked down to the common room, in a white nightgown. She walked in and saw that it was empty except for Harry, in his red and gold plaid pajamas. He was sitting on the couch, his hair was scruffy and all over the place. Harry looked up and smiled when he saw Ginny. Harry put a photograph in his pocket hiding it from Ginny. "Hi Ginny, I thought you went to bed." He said

"No, I had to talk to one of our professors. Why are you still up?" She replied shyly, noticing her state of dress.

"I couldn't sleep, too much on my mind" Harry answered, "want to sit?"

She nodded and sat down next to him. Grabbing a pillow and pulling it towards her body, "Anything you want to talk about?"

Harry half-smiled then looked at the common room fire. "Not really just thinking about Sirius"

She nodded and studied his face for a moment. Before looking elsewhere, unsure why to say. Harry started looking at his hand as he read the words 'I must not tell lies' written on his hand. When he realized what he was doing he quickly covered his hand.

She had caught a glance at his hand, "Harry, what was that?"

"Nothing," Harry replied quickly.

"Harry, let me see." She pleaded.

"Ok" Harry put his hand in Ginny's, "it's nothing really, just from detention with Umbridge."

She gasped, "Harry? You need to report this! She isn't allowed to do that." She said worriedly.

"No Ginny, that's just what she wants," Harry said with a harsh tone.

She winced, dropping his hand from her grasp, "I was just worried, Harry."

"I know, I'm sorry," Harry whispered.

She nodded, before standing up. "I'm going to go to bed." She hated getting yelled at, even if he was mad at her.

"Ginny wait don't go, please don't go. I promise I won't yell at you again, please." Harry begged her.

She looked at him sadly, before nodding. She sat back down next to him, "Are you okay Harry?" She said looking up towards him.

Harry looked into Ginny's eyes thinking about if he should lie. Then he realized he couldn't lie to her. "No, I'm not."

She smiled softly, trying to show that she cared. She wrapped her arms around his torso and hugged him.

"Thanks, Gin I needed that." Harry looked at her not knowing if he should explain why he isn't ok or if he should change the subject. Harry and Ginny sat in silence for the next five minutes.

"I'm always here, okay?" She said, knowing he might not always want to talk to her. But she needed him to know that she always had his back.

"Thanks. Can I talk to you about something?" Harry asked.

"If you want to." She leaned against the wall, looking towards his figure.

"You know how I've been having those nightmares?"

She nodded, unsure where he was taking this.

"Well I keep having them, and it scares me. I don't know what to do, and I don't want to talk to Hermione and Ron about this because they think I'm not having them anymore." Harry blurted out.

Her eyes softened, "You should talk to Dumbledore Harry. He'll know what to do, but thank you for telling me." She moved closer to him and took his hand, giving it a small squeeze.

"This might sound crazy but I'm scared to talk to him. He has been ignoring me all year, and I feel so alone."

"You should tell Professor McGonagall then, she'd want to know."

"You're right. I'm going to bed, goodnight Ginny." Harry said then hugged her.

She hugged him back and watched as he climbed the stairs. She sat there thinking for a moment, before going to bed.