A/N: Thanks for your reviews!!! A fan thanks for your really positive comments! This is basically just Harry's letter to Ginny… hope it's ok!!! =/

Chapter 3:

Dear Ginny,

I'm not sure what to do. Everyone who's ever really cared about me has left me. Gone. And all because of HIM. I've got to protect everyone else I care about, Ron, Hermione… you. I don't want to have to do this… but I do. I'm not sure when I'll see you again, Gin. See, I won't be coming back to Hogwarts this year. Won't even be going o the Burrow. I can't. You've got to understand. I'm sorry.

Listen to me! I don't even know why I'm writing to you, though please don't take that as an insult… it's just that I don't think I see you as Ron's sister anymore, -

Ginny laughed. At least SOMEONE doesn't.

- you're more of a confidant, a friend. I sort of think you understand more than they do, after everything you went through in your first year. Part of me still feels responsible for that, and I don't know what I can do to apologise.

Here, Ginny felt a tear slide down her cheek, and saw Ron watching her. She went upstairs, to the privacy of her room.

I'm not sure when I'll ever get to see everyone again. But tell Ron and Hermione that I'll miss them, and that they haven't done anything. It's just something that I have to do.

Ginny, I think it's about time we talked. But since I can't be there with you, I'll just have to write it all down in this letter. Ginny, I really like you. After everything with… Cho… I wasn't sure if I could ever feel for anyone again, but you were there to help me through that. I'm just not sure whether you feel the same way about me. In any case, it can't matter now, since I don't know when I'll be seeing you again. I just want you to know this, so that if something ever happens before I get back…

Ginny shook her head fiercely, her tears falling from her eyes. He's not going to die. He's NOT going to die!

Ginny, please don't wait for me… if you do feel for me… you deserve to be happy… and you wouldn't be happy with me. I'm too… complicated. This is all just one big assumption, but part of me hopes that I'm right, so it doesn't seem as if I'm making a complete fool of myself in my last letter to you for a while… Ginny, be happy without me. I'll try to come back, but there's no knowing what could happen from here onwards. If I could promise that I'd be back, I would, but you'd only tell me off for making promises that I can't keep.

Ginny Weasley, I love you with all my heart.

Love forever,

Harry

Ginny sat down on the edge of her bed, and buried her face in her hands, her tears falling freely from her eyes. What was he going to do? Where was he going? She got up, a determined look upon her face. She wasn't going to just sit here and do nothing about it. Even though he said that he didn't know how to tell Ron or Hermione, she knew that she would have to, if she wanted to stop him from doing something stupid.

Ginny bounded down the stairs, not caring that her red-rimmed eyes showed how much she had been crying.

"Ron?" she sniffed.

He was sitting down at the table, eating yet another corned beef sandwich.

Ginny eyed him with a puzzled look.

He rolled his eyes. "What else am I supposed to eat? I have to eat these or else I'll STARVE!!!"

Ginny smiled, but then, remembering what she had to tell her brother, her smile faltered.

Ron caught this and immediately knew something was wrong. "Gin?"

Ginny felt tears begin to prickle her eyes again. "It's Harry," she choked out, before breaking down into tears again.

Ron felt his throat constrict. "What about him? He must be fine, he did owl us after all." He tried to sound confident, but inside he felt horrible.

Ginny took in a deep breath. "He's not coming back."

A/N: Not much of a cliffie… but I'm writing for those of you who read… so I hope you like this next chappie! =) --inandout