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Chapter Two: Confessions

They walked in silence for close to an hour, Ginny had kept trying to engage Harry in conversation. Only to get a short response or nod of the head.

His unresponsiveness was really beginning to bother her, "Harry! Why won't you talk to me? You could have just told me you didn't want me to come! Really I wouldn't have minded. I just thought you might like some company!"

Harry halted and turned around when he heard how upset Ginny sounded. "I-I- Ginny, look. I love your family, really! They are one of the best things that have ever happened to me. Sometimes I wonder if I even deserve them. But, I'm not used to always having people around me all the time. When I was little I was always in my cupboard and alone. I just like to be alone sometimes. It's a habit. It's hard to break. Ya know?"

Ginny stared at Harry, at a loss for words from what he had just let slip.

"What?" Harry asked not liking the look on Ginny's face.

"A cupboard, Harry?" asked Ginny, hoping that she had misunderstood. No one would ever treat a child like that, would they? She thought silently to herself.

Harry's eyes grew wide with shock at his slip," What? I never said-"

"They locked you in a cupboard!" Ginny exclaimed in disbelief.

"No. I don't know what you're talking about," Harry said desperately trying to get away from the conversation.

"Harry you're lying," Ginny added, seeing the shock and confused look on Harry's face, "I know when you lie Harry, everybody can tell. It's in your eyes! You're eyes hold so much emotion Harry that sometimes we don't need to ask you what your feeling, we can just see it," responded Ginny, hoping that Harry wouldn't get mad at her.

Harry just stood there trying to come up with something good to say back but came short of his own expectations.

"It's true!" roared Ginny after Harry's silence answered everything, "I can't believe it. I can't believe you had to live with those horrible muggles! Merlin, I can't believe they did that to you!"

"I wasn't in the c-cupboard very long," Harry responded quietly trying to calm Ginny down.

"Really? How long then?" demanded Ginny knowing Harry, just said that to try and calm her down.

"Um...J-just a couple years. They gave me Dudley's second bedroom when I got my Hogwarts letter."

"That would make it almost ten years, Harry!"

"Oh. Right! Well, it's over now, right?" responded Harry embarrassed who couldn't come up with any more excuses.

"No! You should have told someone Harry! No one knew you had to live in a cupboard! I won't let you go back!" demanded Ginny, trying to emphasize at how important the issue was.

"Ginny, there's nothing I can do about it. It doesn't matter. I've lived. Yes, it was kind of cramped and dark-scary. Even if I did try to tell someone they couldn't have done anything. Just please don't get mad," said Harry while he bent his head down, too ashamed to look Ginny in her eyes.

"I'm not mad Harry. It's just the fact that you; one of my friends was treated badly when you were little. I just wish I could've done something."

"You consider me your friend?" inquired Harry with a sense of disbelief in his voice.

"Of course Harry! Why wouldn't I?" wondered Ginny.

"I-I don't know. I just thought I annoyed you and I was just the famous 'Boy-Who-Lived'. Just Ron's Friend," replied Harry, with a tone of sadness in his voice.

"Of course not Harry," responded Ginny.

Harry nodded and started walking in farther into the forest. Ginny just gave him a small sad smile at his retreating back.

A cold fierce wind suddenly swept through threw the woods, Harry shivered as he was only in a t-shirt and shorts.

"Do you think we should go back? It looks like it might rain," inquired Harry as he wrapped him arms around his chest, to try and keep himself warm.

"Yeah, you're right come on this way," answered Ginny while turning around and heading back to the Burrow.

A couple minutes later Ginny was jerked out of her thoughts by Harry's coughing.

"Harry? Are you okay?" Ginny asked, as she turned around to face Harry whose coughs had subsided.

Harry just nodded his head, not wanting her to worry about him.

"Merlin" Ginny pronounced, a couple seconds later, for the first time checking out her surroundings.

"What?" croaked Harry worriedly

"Um…Harry? I'm so sorry. But I don't know where we are! I- I think were lost." Replied Ginny embarrassed as she bend her head down to cover her face with her pale and looked at her shoes. She couldn't bare to look Harry in the face.

"Lost?" asked Harry with a note of fear in his voice.

"Yes!" replied Ginny sounding close to tears, as she kicked at some dirt.

"But how?" Harry asked dumbly.

"I'm guessing that while we were arg-talking we didn't pay attention to where we were going."

"Oh. Right," Harry responded sounding guilty, while he went to lean against a tree.

"Merlin, I think it's going to rain soon." Sighed Ginny as a big clash of thunder echoed all throughout the forest.

"I hate thunderstorms," Harry mumbled more to himself than to Ginny, while leaning against a tree.

"Oh? Why's that?" inquired Ginny trying to keep conversation going.

"Huh?" asked Harry distractedly, it seemed to Ginny, as if something else was on his mind.

"I asked, why you didn't like thunderstorms," Ginny asked getting perturbed, while getting up to lean against the same tree as Harry.

"Oh, no reason."

"No, tell me please! Who would know that the famous Harry Potter is afraid of something," smirked Ginny but regretted it when she saw the look on Harry's face.

"Sor-"Harry stopped Ginny before she could apologize, "I'm afraid of things. I just don't tell people them."

"Well see that's your problem!" replied Ginny as she felt rain start to fall on her.

"I don't have problems! I don't tell people those things because they probably won't care. They just want me to defeat Voldemort! That's all they really care about!" yelled Harry trying to defend himself.

"Oh what makes you think that? Because, you have the Dark Lord after you? You're not the only one! My family is in danger too! You can be so self-centered sometimes!" screamed Ginny, but regretted it the moment it had came from her mouth.

"Well I'm sorry! I can't help it! I would have like to have some parents to you know," replied Harry in a strained voice.

Ginny looked at Harry for the first time since their argument and noticed how much she had upset him. "Harry let's just forget about it. I'm sorry for what I said I didn't mean it. We need to stick together."

The next moment a big clash of thunder sounded in the distance and out of the corner of her eye Ginny saw Harry jump up.

"M-maybe we s-should try to find our way to the Burrow?" asked Harry. He was trying to decide which way to go.

"Harry! Sit down! You're just going to make it worse by getting lost more than we already are. Come on we'll be fine. Don't worry!" comforted Ginny, trying to calm Harry down.

Harry darted his eyes wildly around the forest and suddenly sat down beside Ginny, a bit closer this time.

Just then the rain started to pour down on them. Ginny scooted closer to Harry trying to stay warm.

"Are you cold too?" asked Ginny her teeth chattering from the cold.

"No," said Harry stubbornly as he went into another coughing fit, placing his had over his mouth.

"You're getting sick," stated Ginny as she felt his forehead against the palm of her hand.

"No I'm not."

"Boys," muttered Ginny under her breath.

"Where are they?" asked a very frantic Mrs. Weasley, she was looking out a window in the Burrow watching the rain pour down.

"The last time we saw them, Harry was walking into the woods and Ginny was running after him," replied Ron as him and Hermione walked inside the Burrow after checking outside for any signs of them.

"Oh dear!" rambled Mrs. Weasley as she twisted her apron in nervousness.

"I-I'm sure they're fine Mrs. Weasley. Maybe, they are just enjoying t-the rain, or something?" wondered Hermione out loud while grabbing Ron's arm for comfort.

"They are definitely not enjoying the rain, especially Harry!" stated Ron as he led Hermione to the couch to calm down.

"Why is that?" inquired Mrs. Weasley as she gave the window one more glance for Harry and Ginny she sat down in a chair near where Hermione and Ron were sitting at.

"Harry hates thunderstorms!" stated Ron simply as though everyone would know this.

"What?" exclaimed Hermione.

"You didn't know? Well, he's never told me out loud, I guess. But, I can tell the way he acts when we have one. He gets all tensed up and flinches every time there's thunder. He downright hates them," replied Ron just as another clash of thunder went off in the distance.

"We need to go get them!" said Mrs. Weasley suddenly jumping up and walking around the room not sure what to do.

"Mum! Calm down. Let's just wait a little while. Maybe they're coming. At least wait until the rain stops, if we go now we're going to make it worse by getting lost ourselves or something," hissed Ron as he led her into the kitchen, hoping something in there would keep her mind off things.

"Oh, I suppose I'll make dinner. The poor dears, they must be starving!"

Hermione ended up helping Mrs. Weasley cook the dinner as she had kept messing up the ingredients.

Dinner was finally done. There had not been too many accidents they now were all sitting down at the table. Fred and George had just arrived, they had spent all day in their room, and no one new what they were up too. Hermione relaxed some, when everyone began to eat the food without any complaints.

Instead of eating Mrs. Weasley was just picking at her food looking at the empty seats of Harry's and Ginny's longingly, "It's still raining. Merlin's Beard! I hope we don't get too much rain, it can get really muddy out in the woods. What if they are lost? What if they never come home? What would I say to Harry's family? They would be devastated," sobbed Mrs. Weasley

"Believe me Mum, they would be glad Harry never came back. Don't worry about them," said Ron is a whisper, not believing himself.

"Ron don't say something like that about Harry," reprimanded Hermione, while pointing a finger at him.

"Now Dear! I'm sure that Harry and Ginny are taking care of each other I promise once the rain stops we will go look for them," responded Mr. Weasley while taking her hand in reassurance.

"Okay," said Mrs. Weasley sadly squeezing her husbands hand and giving him a peck on the cheek.

"Just finish your dinner then. Try not to think about it," said Mr.Weasley to everyone.

"Ginny? When is the rain going to stop?" Harry asked dumbly while looking up towards the sky and getting a face full of rain.

"I don't know that Harry," answered Ginny trying to contain her laughter. Boys could be so thick sometimes, "Why! If Professor Trelawney was here you could ask her! She'd probably make you broaden you eyes and look into the future"

Harry just glared at her, which made her stop laughing noticing how serious Harry was.

They sat in awkward silence for a while until Ginny decided to get up and stretch but not realizing how slippery the ground had gotten from the rain she slipped and fell right on top of Harry.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry Harry!" replied Ginny in complete embarrassment. She quickly got up making sure she didn't fall again turned her head away from him. There was no way she was going to let Harry she what an effect falling on him had on her. "Are you okay?" she asked a few seconds later after she was sure her blush had subsided.

"Fine," stated Harry as he kept his head facing towards the ground.

Ginny not having any idea why Harry was hiding his face, quickly bent down next to him to make sure she hadn't hurt him. What met her eyes made her internally gasp.

Harry had a blush on his face, too. Had she really made Harry blush? Was he capable of having the same feelings for her as she had he? She thought to herself.

"You okay Ginny?" asked Harry as he steadily got to his feet, holding onto the tree branch to make sure he didn't fall as well.

"Yeah, never better," replied Ginny sarcastically with a grin, grabbing Harry's hand for balance.

"What should we do now? We can't very well stay here. Maybe we should try to find our way to the Burrow or a better place to rest," inquired Harry as him and Ginny carefully started to walk across the mud.

"Yeah, your right. Maybe if we walk a little distance there will be a less…um...muddy place to stay," said Ginny with a laugh, trying to lighten things up.

They managed to walk a fair distance without any accidents, until Ginny slipped on some mud and Harry had to catch her. Ginny had momentarily froze in his arms, loving the sense of protection that he had given her. She was taken out of her thoughts by a grunt coming from Harry, who was straining with the effort of keeping her up.

"Oh! I'm so sorry Harry! Merlin, I'm such a klutz!" said Ginny rapidly as she quickly got on to her feet, completely embarrassed.

"No you're not," Harry argued as he turned back to the direction they were going without another word and Ginny followed, contemplating the sudden change in Harry.

"Harry," said Ginny breaking the silence that had being going on for some time, "Can I ask you something? You don't need to answer if you don't want too."

She notice Harry's shoulders immediately tense up and regretted even asking.

"I guess."

"Earlier today, when Fred and George tossed you into the water. W-why were you so afraid? I mean I know you couldn't swim, but there seemed more to it."

"I-I." stammered Harry.

"Harry you don-"

"I don't know what came over me" said Harry in a stained voice, "When I saw the water I thought about the second task and I-I just started to panic. I knew I was being stupid, but I couldn't help it. Flashes of the merepeople, Ron and Hermione lying in the water helpless. I couldn't help it. I've never had swimming lessons; I even panicked more when I couldn't stay above the water."

"Harry I'm so sorry! I didn't know it affected you so much," said Ginny sympathetically.

"Yeah, well. That's not what worried me the most. I mean I've always been afraid of the water," said Harry with a blush on his face.

"May I ask why?" Ginny asked slyly as she stopped to look in Harry's distant green eyes.

"I've been afraid even since I was about seven. The Dursley's had actually taken me to a beach for vacation somewhere. I don't remember where, exactly I just know it seemed like I was in the car forever. We stopped at this beach. Couldn't exactly call it a beach since it was stony and it was really cold out. Well, Dudley went to swim in the little lake, but I wasn't allowed to go in. Not that I would want to be in the water it looked freezing. I remember thinking that Dudley probably didn't notice how cold it was from all the fat he had on him." Harry stopped when he heard Ginny laugh.

Ginny looked up at Harry's sudden silence and responded, "Sorry that was just funny."

Harry nodded and seemed to be debating whether to continue with his story or not but finally made up his mind. "Dudley had this ball that he was playing with in the water. One time he hit it too hard and a wave caught the ball and it floated out into the deep area of the lake. He went to go get it but Aunt Petunia starting screaming at him telling him to come back to the shore. Unfortunately, she made me go get it. She knew that I didn't know how to swim, I don't really think she cared. The water was so cold, it felt like ice. I tried to reach the ball but my inexpericance in swimming made me start to freak out a-and the waves keep they-they keep bringing me under water, and I couldn't fight it. I vaguely remember a rather large wave pulling me under but that time I couldn't get back up to the surface for air. All I could see was dark blue swarming around me. I thought I was going to die. It was one of the scariest moments of my life." Harry stopped to collect his breath as he glanced up at Ginny who had her hand over her mouth in suspense

She keep whispering the same thing over and over again, "Merlin! Merlin!"

Without a word from Ginny, Harry started with his story up again. "Well, obviously you can tell that I didn't die. A man had seen me drowning and had gone in the water to save me; I had woken up to him giving me CPR. All I can remember after that is that my aunt and uncle were furious and said they would never take me on a vacation ever again. For two whole weeks I had this horrible cough that wouldn't go away. I suspected that I had gotten some water in my lungs but they never took me to a doctor. They didn't care. And to top it all off they locked me in my cupboard for a month for not getting the ball," Harry finished with a sigh, finally realizing that he had told Ginny one of his deepest secrets. Now she would think he was a wimp and never talk to him again. Harry thought.

"Harry there is no reason not to be scared of the water from that. I would have been terrified. I'm sorry Harry. Fred and George can be such gits sometimes. Really, if they would have known you were scared of the water they wouldn't have thrown you in. They aren't that mean," responded Ginny truthfully as she locked eyes with Harry.

"Yeah, I know. They were just trying to have some fun. I-"

Harry was cut off with a gasp from Ginny and looked over to where she was looking

"W-Where are we?" asked Harry moments later as his eyes scanned the site in front of him.

"I-I've never been this far into the woods before. I had no idea there was a cliff. We should be careful. Maybe we should go a different way. That could be really dangerous," said Ginny seriously.

"Let's just be really careful." Replied Harry, as he grabbed Ginny's hand, starting to lead her past the cliff.

"Maybe we should just go the opposite direction?" inquired Ginny.

"No, I think will be fine," replied Harry.

"Thank Merlin were almost there," said Ginny quietly a few minutes later.

Just then Ginny slipped on some mud and her leg gave way underneath her, causing her to slide to the edge of the cliff. "Harry help!" screamed Ginny fearfully.

"Hang on. Just stay there," responded Harry as he started to edge towards her.

When he got to the edge of the cliff he grabbed Ginny's arm to host her up, making sure she didn't slip off the back of it.

Ginny sighed as she grabbed on to Harry, he heart beating rapidly.

"Ginny? Walk to the end where it's safer," pleaded Harry, as he tried to keep steady.

Harry saw Ginny nod her head and carefully walk across the slippery mud. A few seconds later a big clash of thunder sounded in the distance causing Harry to jump, making him lose his footing.

Harry fell on to the ground not being able to balance himself he slid right on the mud and off of the cliff.

Ginny turned around when she heard Harry yell and saw him fall right off the cliff, no signs of him at all.

"HARRY!" Ginny screamed, waiting to hear from him, making sure he was okay.

But she heard nothing.

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