"Harry? That you?"

Ginny Potter's voice echoed down the hall softly.

"Nope. Where did you get that idea? I'm Count Dracula!"

"Haha. Where did you go?"

"Went out for ice cream. Thought it might get his mind off of the date."

Ginny smiled grimly. Two years ago today, Hermione had been killed by Voldemort. Harry, in a desperate
attempt to cheer Ron up, had taken him out for the afternoon.

"Did it work?"

"Hmmmm...Depends on what you mean by working."

"I'll take that as a 'no'."

She would have questioned him more, but her daughter Cassandra's cry distracted her.

"Hold on."

Harry nodded and headed for the kitchen.

"No problem. I'll just get something to eat."

Ginny agreed and made her way to Cassandra's room. She paused halfway down a winding halway, and
opened the door softly. Crossing the room quickly, she took the little baby in her arms and sat down.

"Hush, Cassie. We don't need you to be upset too! It's alright...it's alright."

She rocked her back and forth, cooing to her, and finally Cassandra stopped crying. Smiling happily,
Ginny got up and went to the kitchen, Cassandra still in her arms. She was met with a disaster.

"Harry! What did you do?"

Harry sat at the table, chomping down a large bowl of something. Ginny sighed. Honestly! He might
have been an adult, but sometimes she swore there were two children in the house, instead of one! Harry
looked up and swallowed.

"Poured some cereal. Why?"

Ginny shook her head and scurried around the kitchen, Cassandra in one arm, a wash rag in the other.
Magic might have been faster, but the messes that were sometimes made would only come of with a good
scrubbing. Finishing up, she sat Cassandra down into a highchair, and reached above to counter for a
jar of baby food.

"Carrots today, Cassie!" she said cheerfully. Harry grimanced, and Cassandra gurgled happily. She
reached her tiny arms out for food, and made impatient sounds as Ginny bustled around before finally
sitting down opposite her.

"Yummy carrots! Does Cassie want carrots?"

Harry scrunched up his face in dislike (he hated carrots), but didn't say anything.
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After dinner, Ginny went to put Cassandra to bed. She sang softly to her, while gazing out the window
at the moon. As Cassandra slept, she wondered what Ron was doing, and if he was gazing at the moon as
well...