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A/N Ok this week was hell. We had something called Tsikto Pempti (something Thursday), which is when the Carnival King enters the city, and everyone has a massive food fight (with eggs, vinegar, washing up liquid, ketchup, mustard, you get the point) with whoever is unfortunate to find themselves out on the streets. tonight I have a Anti Valentine party, which is going to be so fun, and I have eight essays to do for english. Oh goody.

Ps. I got the dates for my externals exams. I have on in March, one in April, around 13 in May and three in June. Yippee!!!!

Oh yes, I have just finished another book by Fiona Walker, "French Relations", absolutely brilliant. She is one of my favourite writers!!!!!!

Chapter 16

Back Home

            Ron limped into the living room at the Burrow. He sat down carefully, trying not to injure his swollen fott even more. Who knew his mother could still hex like that? Ron shuddered at the memory. 'So that's were Ginny's powerful hexing came from' he thought before he could stop himself.

            Biting back a string of tears, Ron heard the back door opening and then closing with a loud click. Settling back into the comfortable couch, Ron watched his wife come bouncing into the room. Smiling he sat up, taking in his beautiful wife once again.

            Wearing a pair of loose fitting jeans and a pale green jumper, Hermione still looked like a lively teenager, still high from last nights full blown rave; even her pale skin and untamable brown hair, gave her a younger edge. Ron smiled wider. The only thing that gave away Hermione's true age was the slight bump forming around her waist.

            Slowly Ron got up and enclosed his wife into a firm embrace from behind. At first he felt her tense, but she soon relaxed, leaning into the supporting arms. Slwoly, barely above a whisper, she said.

            "We should stop this, my husband might find out."

            Hermione smiled as she heard Ron gasped. He spun her around to face him, and she began to laugh as his ashen face.

            "Gotta!" She cried, still in tears.

            Ron let out a sigh of relief and enveloped his wife in his arms again, pressing her back against his chest. Snaking a hand across her waist so that it stayed above the womb, temporarily housing his baby, he kissed her head.

            "I wonder what Ginny is doing?" Hermione said,

            Crash and Burn! The mood that surrounded the couple was shattered into a thousand little pieces. Ron should have known; the topic of Ginny (or rather lack of Ginny) could turn even the most stable of relationships into weak, fragile glass, just waiting to be smashed like at a Jewish wedding. Ron sighed.

Hermione recognized the sigh as a 'We-have-been-over-this-before-and-lets-not-go-there-now. Wrigling around to face her stubborn husband, Hermione raised her eyebrows. Ron rolled his eyes and took a defensive, yet painful step back.

"Hermione don't!" Ron said quickly, as Hermione took the Fighting Stand.

"But, Ron, she's your sister."

"And she always will be, in my heart, because what is good is a dead sister too me when I have a wife and baby to look after?" Ron asked sincerely.

"Ron, no! She isn't."

"Isn't what? Dead?"

"Yes!" Hermione's nostrils flared as she breathed in and out desperately trying not to hex some sense into her husband. "Harry will find her, and he'll bring her back." Hermione said. "In time for Buster's arrival." She added as an afterthought, absentmindedly rubbing her small bump. She broke into sobs and clung to Ron. "I just know she will make a good God-Mother" Hermione cried softly.

Ron, with the silly lovesick grin still plastered on his face ever since his wife mentioned Buster, was loving every moment of it. The mood swings had come early, and meant Ron nearly always had his arms around his wife. He wasn't complaining.

"What's all the noise?" Molly asked, appearing in the doorway that lead to the kitchen.

She saw Ron holding a sobbing Hermione close. Uding his head, (literary), Ron signaled his mother to be quiet.

"It's ok" he mouthed afterwards.

Knowing the effects of pregnancy, Molly simply nodded before leaving the room. Ron returned his attention silently to his wife. Unknown to both Weasleys, Hermione wasn't there. She was in her own world, trying desperately to remember everything Ginny.

            Later that night most of the Weasley clan were gathered around the dining room table, which was lavished with Mrs. Weasley's luscious cooking. Tucking into the glorious food, conversations turned slowly from the weather to the topic of Harry.

            "When's Harry coming back?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

            All eyes turned to Ron as he slowly drank a cup of Pumpkin Juice. Looking over the rim of his goblet, his eyes twinkled slightly. Although hearing the question, he decided to pretend he didn't, taking delight in the faces of his family.

            With all eyes still on him, he put his glass down and picked up his fork, studying the food on his plate with interest.

            "Well?" Fred asked impatiently.

            "Well what?" Ron replied.

            "When's Harry coming back?"

            Ron shoved a fork with it's load of food into his mouth and slowly chewed on it for awhile. Fred sighed and returned to eating.

            "The day after tomorrow." Hermione said, only with a shocked look from the Weasley family, and a How - Dare - You - I - Was - Enjoying – That glare from Ron as a reward. Smiling back at him Hermione stuck out her tongue.

            "Wonder if he found Ginny."

            Again silence fell across the room. Looking up Molly looked into the eyes of most of her children. Bill and Fred were there, as was Ron and all three's respective wives. 'God knows where George is' Molly thought, and Charlie was celebrating his promotion with Oliver. Percy was spending the night alone. 'Ginny was….Ginny was….well, for a lack of creative description, Ginny wasn't here' Molly thought, closing her eyes to stop the flook like tears. She sighed hearing someone's chair scraping against the floor as they hurriedly pushed it back. The clatter of a fork followed the sound and them hastily feet, distancing themselves from the eerie silence of the table.

            Molly opened her eyes in time to see Hermione quickly get up and follow her husband as he walked away. Molly sighed again.

            Ron leaned against the tree, breathing heavily.

            "She just had too, didn't she?" he snapped.

            "Who?" Hermione asked, out of breath.

            "Mum. She just had to mention Ginny."

            "Ron, she's hurt, that's all."

            "And I'm not?"  Ron ran a hand through his red hair. "Don't you think that I am hurting too? That my heart broke too? But it's been three fucking years, Hermione. Three long fucking years."

            Hermione didn't say anything. From experience it was better not to.

            "I hurt too, I fucking hurt so much!" Ron continued. "It's been so long though, for fuck's sake, Ginny isn't alive. If she was, she would have been her. Blood hell." Ron, in his fury had his the tree behind him with the side of his fist.

            "Maybe something is keeping her." Hermione said softly, taking Ron's hand and wiping the spiff of blood away, before kissing it. She could practically feel the anger melt away from within him.

            "Nothing would keep a Weasley from his or her family. Nothing. She's dead."

            As if hearing it for the first time, Ron broke down in tears. Hermione embraced him, burying her own tears in his chest.

How was that? Short huh? Well I tried. Next Chapter might be longer, but it's going to be a great chapter. I am going to have Ginny came fact to face with many things on that chapter, so don't miss it!!!! Hehe, review!!!

Thank you's:

Hpfan73: Thanks. Yes Harry and Ginny will be together soon, but not together if you know what I mean.

Babysb: "grins"

Rose of the Black Dragon: I think it will get better, believe me it will.

Penny Shirley: Thanks for the support, and I hate Cho too.

Duke20104: I'm sorry babes, but they are married, you have just got to face it. Harry and Ginny will get beack together, after a while only though. Sorry if I drove you made, I have this unexplainable urge to bring others to my state of mentality too!

Alyssa-farrell:  Thanks for the support.

Newwie: I understand your points. I will try my best to satisfy you with my answers. This is how I see it, a murderer, if he regrets what he has done, truly regrets, then he is a nice guy, but must still be punished in one way or another, same with Draco, only Draco is going to be punished more than a murderer would in most countries now. I agree with you about Ginny's reaction, but see here; my story is psychological, rather than comic or such. I don't have anything wrong with those stories, I just tend to write better with this genre, anyway, as that is the aspect of my story, I experiment with my granddad, as he is a counselor, and with an interactive internet thingy. This is how I got the reaction. She is tired, exhausted, has just ran into the guy she loves but hasn't seen for three years, cause she was pregnant with another man's baby, she doesn't know if he is going to tell her family what she is, and how they will react. All this has drained her, and she is basically emotionally numb. Don't worry in the next chapter she is going to be back to her normal self. Lastly, as I stated before Ginny got pregnant with another man's baby (Jonathan) and didn't want to tell Harry or her family, so she did what almost every other girl try to do in the same situation, she ran. OK some are lucky and can return home, but most of them are not, and end up street walking (prostitutes) sorry but that is real life for you. Hope I answered any remaining queries.

Starzblue: Sorry if I grossed you out with Harry and Cho, but it had to be done, see future chapters to find out why. Self control? Sex deprived for three to four years can do that to a guy, I should know. Hehe, anyway, thanks.

Rayssa Radcliffe: Thanks for the support, you mean so much to me, *hugs *

Crucia: Well I hope you are enjoying your holiday while I am up to my ears in essays, tests, and revision for O Level exams, young missy!!!! Anyway, thanks for the review, it means a lot to me that you review even while on holiday. Yep Gin's married, sniff,  our little girl grew up so fast. I am going to end it don't worry, just much later than I thought I would. Meaning more chapters. Gosh, Chapter 18, I've never written this much before. I know this is getting so much better.

Eric2: Yay, you were the only one that realized Ginny didn't take it all in that night. Wait till you see her eaction, hehe.

MetsFan5: To answer your question, about er….. sensitivity down there…. I think she could still feel sex. Having a thousand men is like having the same men for a thousand times isn't it? Anyway, Ginny didn't really shag that many men. That's just gross, what do you think she is, a hooker? Oh wait, she is. Yep, I agree with you, lets just say, they will ban her from alcohol, while Malfoy cant keep her if he is….. no I am not saying it, but what will happen will convince Ginny to return home. There sneak preview. Hehe!

Dolphingirl79: Why does everyone go on holidays while I am stucj in lame ol' Cyprus with school? I need a break, a nice break, a few weeks, away from everyone and everything, anyone offering to put my up for a while? I'll let you read the chapters before I post? Huh? Any takers, darn, back to the drawing board. It's ok, the chapter was only at the burrow anyhow, the next one is really special, I think.

Twilight22: I shall take it that the NO! MORE! Is a good thing, right? Well here it is!!!

Metsfan6: It's ok.

Forbidden-shadowz: Hey new beta! Well it sorta had to go in with the story, sorry.

Brattychick1771: Hey@ Just love your reviews, thanks for the support. Here it is call Wicca, I think it is the English version (UK that is) I think 16 came out, but I only read till the twelveth one (I don't remember the name, the one after Origins), where Alisa and Morgan help destroy the dark wave, and, god I keep forgetting the names (the people and the books), oh yes Hunter's father is back with him. It was the best one I read so far!!!! Thing is I don't own them, my friend does. She gives them to me before she even reads it, as I finish one of them in like one day!!! I am a really fast reader!

Has anyone seen Harsh?

No, Cho will NOT be pregnant. Nope, never, the stupid bitch is barren!!!! MUAHHHHHHH!!!!  Sorry.