Disclaimer: Same as always, I don't own Harry Potter only my characters.

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Even with everything that had happened over the holidays, they seemed to pass rather quickly for the Weasleys. It was now the day before they would have to get on the train and head back to Hogwarts, and Ginny knew exactly how she was going to spend her day.

She caught a taxi by herself, and went to St Mungo's to visit Peter. She knew he'd stand by her and comfort her. She got to St Mungo's, made sure he was still in the same room, and headed inside his room.

Ginny entered and the room was all dark and scary again. She opened the blinds and saw no one in the first bed, but Peter alive and healthy in the second. She walked over to his bed and bent down and kissed him passionately on his lips.

"Missed that," Peter said smirking as they broke apart.

Ginny smiled, blushed and said, "Thanks Peter, but I ain't that good."

Peter lent up and kissed her on the side of her neck. Ginny smiled as she felt his lips touch her skin. He stopped kissing her neck and looked up into her blue eyes.

"You're so beautiful Gin," Peter said sincerely.

"I am not," Ginny said blushing and sat down next to him on his bed.

"Don't lie," Peter said, "You're dead sexy!"

"Stop, you're making my blush!" Ginny squealed hiding her cheeks.

Peter leaned in and kissed her on her lips, and when they broke apart, he said, "I'm glad I make you blush."

Ginny lay down next to Peter on his bed and snuggled closer to him. Peter placed his arm around her and pulled her close to him. Ginny loved feeling Peter next to her, she loved it so much that she it bought tears to her eyes.

"Ginny, what's wrong? You're crying," Peter said sitting up on his side looking down at Ginny.

"Oh, Peter! This holiday has gotten so stuffed up!" Ginny said crying into his chest.

"Didn't you want us to happen?" Peter asked sadly.

"No! That's the only thing good that's happened in them," Ginny said as Peter wiped her tears away.

"Then what's wrong?" Peter asked staring down at her.

"My dad died Peter!" Ginny squealed and full on burst into tears on Peter's chest.

Peter at first didn't know what to say. Then he saw how much Ginny needed him. He smiled and pulled her close to him and let her cry on him.

"It's alright Gin, just cry it all out," Peter said trying to calm her down.

"You're so caring Peter," Ginny said between her sobs.

"Just try to do what's right," Peter said sweetly.

Ginny stopped her crying and kissed Peter on the lips, getting more passionately by the minute. Peter rolled on top of Ginny as their kiss deepened. Peter broke the kiss and looked down at Ginny who lay there staring up at him.

"What are we doing?" Peter asked staring into her eyes.

"Just fooling around," Ginny said looking back up at him.

"Oh! I like. fooling around," Peter said eyeing Ginny as his hands ran down her waist and onto her hips.

"Don't stop Peter," Ginny said and shut her eyes and didn't want this moment to end.

"Wouldn't dream of stopping," Peter said and kissed Ginny.

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Paul woke early next morning, awaiting Ginny's arrival. He hoped out of bed and ran to the window. It was a perfect day for her perfect arrival. Paul took in the smell of fresh air and watched a little bird fly past. Nothing could spoil this day, nothing at all.

Paul shut the window, got dressed and went down to the Great Hall to have a really early breakfast. He sat down in the Great Hall, which was completely bare except for him. He scoffed down his breakfast and ran back upstairs to wake Rhys and Tom.

"Paul, its six thirty in the morning I need sleep!" Rhys moaned as Paul woke him and Tom up.

"But Ginny comes back today! We got to get up early to greet her!" Paul said opening the windows.

"So what, we get to see her later in the day!" Tom said going back under his blankets.

"Please guys! I thought you guys were her friends?" Paul said pleading.

"We are her friends, her late rising out of bed friends," Rhys said sleepily.

"Fine then, I'll see you guys LATER in the day!" Paul said offended and walked out of their dormitory.

"Yeah see yah," Rhys said slowly and fell back to sleep.

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"Remember, keep your grades up and try to say strong," Mrs Weasley told her children as they got onto the Hogwarts Express.

"We will mum, no need to worry," Fred reassured her as he got on the train.

"I'll miss you!" Mrs Weasley called as the train began to move.

"We'll miss you too mum!" Ginny called as the train turned the corner and onto its way to Hogwarts.

The Hogwarts Express sped along through the paddocks for another several long hours. The Weasley kids couldn't wait to get back, see their friends again and get away from all the trouble that happened over their holidays.

After the seven hours went past, the Hogwarts Express pulled up in Hogsmeade station. All the students got off the train, all laughing and excited to be back to Hogwarts. Ginny smiled as she saw the familiar surroundings of Hogwarts. She was finally back.

Along with her three brothers, Ginny got into the carriages and up to the Hogwarts castle. She watched the snow pass by as the carriage grew closer and closer to Hogwarts. Soon, all four of the Weasleys were at the entrance of Hogwarts. All four of them burst in, only to find three of their friends there.

"Lee, so glad you came to welcome us!" The twins said and walked back up to their common room with their friend, Lee Jordon.

"Ron, oh my god I've missed you!" Emily squealed and wrapped her arms around Ron's neck.

"Yeah, me too, just let go of me please," Ron said taking Emily's arms off him.

"What's wrong? Can't we hug anymore?" Emily asked sadly.

"What? Oh yeah, we can hug, it's just. I'll explain later," Ron mumbled quickly and took Emily by the arm and up to their dormitory.

Ginny watched them walk away. She looked around and saw her only welcoming committee was Paul, he grinned widely at the sight of her. Ginny sighed and went over to him.

"Hey Paul, missed yah," Ginny said smiling.

"I miss you too Gin," Paul said excitedly, "Here, this is for you."

Paul handed over a single red rose. Ginny blushed and took it off him. She smelt it and thanked him continually. Paul smiled and pulled Ginny into a hug. Ginny felt a little awkward at first but soon smiled and hugged him back.

"Oh, you'll never guess what!" Ginny squealed happily, as they pulled apart.

"What, what?" Paul asked excitedly.

"Peter's coming back, he'll be back tomorrow!" Ginny squealed again and hugged Paul.

"He is? I mean, wow, that's great," Paul said staring off into the distance, thinking.

"Aren't you excited?" Ginny asked pulling away from Paul.

"Yeah, of course, just shocked that's all," Paul said still in shock.

"Great! It'll be just like old times!" Ginny said happily.

"Not exactly," Paul said grumpily.

Ginny looked at Paul confused. Paul shook his head and said, "Two little things called Tom and Rhys."

"Oh don't worry, they can join our little circle of friends to," Ginny said still excited.

"No Ginny! Peter hates them," Paul said.

"He does?" Ginny asked.

"Yeah he does."

Ginny looked at the ground and said sadly, "Guess I'll have to leave you guys and join Peter."

Ginny walked up the staircase alone, just staring at the ground thinking. Paul watched her go and thought to himself what had changed her over the holidays? Something had changed her and Paul didn't like it, not one bit.

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Ron unpacked his things, while Emily sat on his bed watching him. They talked about their holidays while he unpacked, Ron had still not told Emily about his father. Ron finally finished and put his trunk away under his bed and joined Emily on the bed.

"So, were holidays good?" Emily asked cheerfully.

"Could have been better," Ron mumbled staring at his feet.

"Why? What happened?" Emily asked concerned looking into Ron's face.

"Forget it Em," Ron said angrily turning away.

"No Ron, I won't now what's wrong?" Emily asked again.

"Emily I said forget it so why can't you?" Ron yelled at her standing up from his bed.

"Gee, I'm sorry Ron, I thought being your girlfriend we could talk about stuff, guess I got that wrong," Emily said almost yelling and left his dormitory.

Ron shut his eyes and felt anger growing in his veins. He couldn't hold it in any longer. He had to let it go. Ron let out a scream, turned and punched the side of his bed. Ron heard a squeal that came from the other side of the room. Ron looked up and saw Hermione standing there covering her mouth with shock.

"Hermione. it's nothing," Ron said rushing over to her.

"Y-y-you punched the b-b-bed," Hermione said still staring at where it had happened.

"Hermione I know! Calm down will yah?" Ron said with a laugh, grabbing her shoulders.

"OK, I'm out of it," Hermione said blushing.

"Good, I-I don't like seeing you scared," Ron said looking down into her eyes.

"Y-you don't?" Hermione said looking up into his.

"No, makes me want you more," Ron said leaning down towards her.

"I want you now," Hermione said leaning up towards him.

"Me too," Ron said quickly and pulled Hermione into a deep passionate kiss.

Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck, deepening their kiss. Ron wrapped his arms her waist and pulled her close to him. Ron couldn't believe this was happening. He had wanted this for so long, to be able to hold her, to kiss her, to have her.

They broke apart from their kiss and stood there for a minute, just staring into each others eyes. Ron smiled getting lost in Hermione's eyes. Hermione turned away and blushed.

"Take it as you wanted that as much as me?" Ron said still staring at her.

"Well, yeah," Hermione said blushing more.

Ron kissed her on her forehead and said, "You can have me."

"Emily. What about Emily?" Hermione asked finally looking back up to him.

Ron smirked, leaned down and whispered to her, "Emily who?"

Hermione blushed and giggled. Ron pulled her close, leaned down and began to kiss her uncontrollably. He had wanted this for so long, and he finally had it.

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"GINNY!" Rhys and Tom screamed as Ginny entered the common room.

"RHYS, TOM!" Ginny screamed slightly laughing and pulled both the boys into a hug.

Ginny laughed and pulled back from their hug. She couldn't believe how much she'd missed these two. The smiles on their faces were priceless. Paul just stood smiling and watched his friends greet each other.

"Glad you guys missed me," Ginny said excitedly.

"We didn't miss you, we just wanted you to feel welcome," Rhys said smirking.

"How rude!" Ginny said and slapped Rhys playfully on the arm.

"Be lucky it wasn't one of his girly remarks," Tom mumbled watching them.

"What Tom?" Ginny asked when she stopped slapping Rhys.

"Err. nothing! Guess what Gin? I got a cat!" Tom said jumping happily on the spot.

"Cool as! Where is he or she, it?" Ginny said thinking.

Tom laughed and said, "He, HE is upstairs."

"WHAT?" Paul and Rhys asked grasping at Tom

"No need to worry, he's settled down now," Tom said reassuringly.

"I got something to tell you guys as well," Ginny said quietly.

Rhys and Tom both stopped talking and watched Ginny as she began to speak.

"My and Paul's friend Peter is coming back," Ginny said happily informing them.

Tom growled and Rhys shouted, "Why should we care?"

Ginny looked a little hurt and said, "I know you had your differences, but you guys could at least try to be nice to him."

"Be nice to him? Ginny he hates are guts! Why should we have to be nice?" Tom asked half yelling.

"Because.. Just because OK," Ginny said unable to tell two of her best friends the truth.

"If he says sorry to us then maybe we might change our minds," Rhys said and walked off to his dormitory, closely followed by Tom.

"Told you they wouldn't agree," Paul said folding his arms.

"How could they be that rude? They won't even give him a chance!" Ginny shouted.

"Can you blame them? Listen, Peter's my friend and all but he treats them like shit," Paul said.

"Still, they should forgive him," Ginny said stubbornly.

Paul rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Whatever."

Paul followed suit and went upstairs to his dormitory to join Rhys and Tom. Ginny stamped her foot on the floor and fell backwards onto the couch. She stared at the roof and thought about Peter's arrival tomorrow. She smiled and blushed. She couldn't wait to be able to hug and kiss him again.

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The next day, it was finally time for the Hogwarts students to get back into those school books and head off to their classes once again, everyone that was, except Peter. Back at St. Mungo's Peter was busy packing his stuff to head back to Hogwarts.

His belongings were all packed, he had said his goodbyes and he was finally ready to go back to school. With the use of some of Dumbledore's Floo Powder, Peter was on his way. With a loud 'THUMP!' Peter was back at Hogwarts.

Peter looked around at the familiar surroundings of the Gryffindor common room. Peter grinned so widely it hurt slightly. Peter bought his trunk up to dormitory, got dressed and went off to his Potions class.

"Welcome back Mr Hall," Snape said cold and cruelly as Peter entered the Potions class.

"Thanks sir," Peter said smiling and sat down next to Ginny.

Snape looked at Peter, in pure disgust and yelled at the class to hurry up and get back to work. Ginny cut up some more of the weed, then hugged Peter. Paul noticed this and felt jealousy run through his veins.

"Paul, hey little matey, missed yah," Peter said holding out his hand.

"Me. too," Paul said taking Peter's hand and shook it.

This time, Rhys and Tom noticed it and felt anger through their veins. Peter saw them and stuck his tongue out and said, "Loser free table, so sod off."

"Peter, quit it man," Paul said sitting between them.

"Why Paul? Their losers and losers don't belong here," Peter said loudly looking in their direction.

"Because Peter, while you were away, Rhys and Tom became close friends to me and Ginny," Paul said with a touch of anger in his voice.

"You became friends with them?" Peter said slightly taken back.

"Forget it Paul, we know we aren't wanted," Rhys said as Snape called to pack up.

"Got it in one!" Peter called out as Rhys and Tom walked over to the sink.

"Give them a break Peter," Paul said and went over to the sink as well.

Peter shook his head and said to Ginny, "He's falling for losers."

"They are nice when you get to know them Peter," Ginny said hoping for Peter not to crack it at her as well.

"Nice? Gin, there dorks," Peter said simply.

"Can you at least try and like them?" Ginny asked pleadingly, "For me."

Peter grinned and whispered, "Anything for you."

Ginny blushed and helped Peter pack up her cauldron. Peter watched Ginny and thought to himself, 'I'd do anything for you Gin, anything.'

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Another chappie. hopefully to Lauren's standards. but it's not :P Anyway.. please R&R. :)

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