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Chapter 2
Harry had gone to stay at the Burrow after the first two weeks of his obligatory stay with the Dursley's . He had gradually come to accept the death of his god father after the first week of summer, when all the letters written to him were brought back by Hedwig. He still hadn't forgiven Dumbledore completely yet for keeping such a huge part of his existence from him, but he was resolute on making sure no one got killed again because of his rash judgements.
His stay at the burrow was eventful as usual. He had tried to push his friends away in the beginning and had gone on for two days brooding in his room and feeling guilty about Sirius. However what happened on the third day had not only changed his perspective on things but he couldn't help but feel like the luckiest kid alive to have so many people love him so unconditionally.
It was around seven am when he had gone down to eat breakfast with the Weasleys. Hermione had also come over for the break. She was sitting next to Ron, both bickering about something as usual. He noticed however, the chair next to him which was usually occupied by a beautiful tiny red head was still empty. Harry did not realize when the transition had taken place, from being Ron's little sister to a confident and feisty young lady who had argued with him last term to fight along side him in the department of mysteries. He was about to get up but he was stopped by the person in question herself. She had a big grin plastered in her face and her eyes sparkled with mischief.
" Hey Harry leaving so soon?" she said putting her hand on his shoulder. Harry smiled but nodded hoping she would remove her hand cause it was stirring feelings inside him he would rather not think about. She however seemed to remain oblivious to his discomfort and did not take his hand off of him.
" Umm Ginny" he said noticing she had sat down to eat with her other hand while one was still on his shoulder.
" Yes Harry?" she asked innocently though her lips threatened to twitch upwards.
" Your hand is still on my shoulders" Harry said feeling heat rise to his face. When had he started blushing like the Weasleys. Must be the family influence he thought, but he knew it was only one Weasley in particular making him do it and she was sitting right next to him at the moment.
" So? It's not contaminated you know" she said trying to keep a straight face.
Harry was beginning to get annoyed, couldn't she tell it was no time for jokes. He couldn't let them get too close to him. He couldn't let them suffer.
"Ginny I need to be alone please remove your hand." he said in a cold tone. He heard Mrs. Weasley gasp but it was for their own good. He would apologies later if would survive all this. But to his surprise Ginny simply shrugged and said. " I can't"
" What do you mean you can't?" he said perplexed his temper rising. He had forgotten he was talking to a red headed Weasley female legendary for the temper. Ginny's ears turned red, and he knew it was not from her usual blushing he could almost see the steam from the either end.
" Because Harry, since you have made it a point to isolate yourself from us and lock yourself up and suffer from all the guilt that you obviously carry around we have come up with a our own plan. Since you have your own free will we won't stop you however since we are entitled to do the same we decided to use Gred and Forge's stick pallets and stick to you for the whole day. And don't you try prying my fingers it will only make it worse. We will be like this until you talk it out." she grinned as she said the last part.
This was when Harry noticed that Ron and Hermione were on either side with the palms resting on his other shoulder. " Guys look this isn't funny? I don't need you." he said though he was having a hard time to keep his emotions in check. He still couldn't believe they had done something like that. Yet his friends just ignored him. " Wow you are good Harry, but you need to be a tiny bit better to fool us," said Hermione.
Harry being the stubborn person he usually was didn't give in until it was dinner time and he really needed to go to the washroom and also had cooled off feeling overwhelmed by the love and affection his friends had shown. " I don't deserve you guys" he said groggily his voice overcome with emotion.
" Of course not what you deserve is a bar of soap to get your self clean Mister!" Ginny said cheekily though he could see the shimmering tears that had formed in her eyes as well. They all chuckled. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had been informed by Ginny what was about to take place and had left the children to sort it all out. Besides they had an order meeting to attend to that night.
" Thank you for doing what you did today but I don't know if I should be using you guys like this" Harry continued.
" What do you mean mate" asked Ron looking confused. " We will always be there for you Harry. Sirius was your godfather but we all loved him just the same."
Harry nodded. " I know, it's not about that I will tell you but can you please remove this charm so I can go to the washroom. I will talk after I promise." Ginny smiled and with her other hand took out a lotion from her left pocket of her Jeans. She applied it on each of their fingers and pried it off Harry. She felt very nervous doing it but being the perfect actress that she was she was able to remain very cool about it. They met Harry in his room five minutes later. Harry told them about the prophesy. He looked at them expectantly after he was finished. " So it's either me or him in the end."
Hermione was crying but she had a determined look in her eyes. Ron was hugging her awkwardly but his eyes held all the support that Harry needed. He then turned to Ginny, she had tears streaming down her cheeks as well. She walked up to him from Ron's bed and hugged him tightly. " No matter what happens Harry we will be here for you , and then she whispered more to herself than Harry though he heard it just the same, he will not take another life and specially not yours, and don't you dare try to push your self from us Harry. Life is a gift, any one can die any time. So what there is a prophesy I know this sounds cliched Harry but one thing I have learnt is time passes very quickly we must live every moment specially cause we are the lucky ones Harry , we are the ones who have known love" she said. Her words touched the core of his soul, he looked into the brown eyes and found himself getting lost in them. Harry knew she had just shown him the feeling that was developing inside him.. Love. He looked around the room and saw his best friends smiling at him. Hermione came up to hug him and Ron gave him an one armed hug as well. " She is right Harry, no matter what happens we will be there mate."
" Yeah I will get on to the research right away" said Hermione. They all chuckled. Good old Mione.
That day on Harry heeded to Ginny's words and lived every moment. There were more quidditch matches played and more pranks pulled. Sirius would have been proud of how him and Ginny brought Ron and Hermione to confess their feelings for each other. They had used the stick pallet idea and glued them together when they were sitting on a tree branch on one of their out door picnics. Ginny and Harry couldn't help but rant on with the " K I S S I NG" song.
Everything was perfect except for subtle things he noticed about Ginny. Sometimes when caught unawares he would notice the fatigue on Ginny's face or how she would fall asleep in the middle of a conversation after a match. His keen observation also picked up Mrs. Weasley's sadness that reflected sometimes when her gaze fell on Ginny when she thought no one was looking. Something was up but time had flown by and they were boarding the Hogwart's express tomorrow. He wondered how the year would turn out, but he slept soundly knowing no matter what his friends would stick by him.He would find out more about Ginny then
Alrighty next stop Hogwarts and some serious time ( I know not much conversation in this one but it's getting there hold on please review )
