Author's Notes: Here's another chapter! I told you guys I'd be posting like mad. I'm just sad so few of you are reviewing. Oh well, I got out of school today and I'm SO happy. But it was bittersweet because one of my best friends moved today and I doubt I'll ever see him again. And I had one of those friend-crushes on him. Oh, I'm gonna start crying again.

Anyways, review replies are at the bottom and… oh I wanted to say I took something from earlier in the book and put it in this chapter. It's minor, so don't mind. See if you can find it.

Worries

Harry woke up and left this morning before any of the "Junior Order" was up. Fred, Ginny and George were up late last night tinkering with some new experimental rubbish, and I assume Hermione was, and is still, studying or reading or doing more homework than was ever meant for a single student to do.

Anyway, I woke up this morning and there was no Harry. I sat up and that blasted empty picture makes this snotty remark about me having drool on my face. Which I did, actually, but that's beside the point. Harry might never come back and I might never see him again and he didn't even bother to day goodbye? He must still be upset with us, there's no doubt about it.

It's around eleven now, I think. Mum has us cleaning one of the upstairs loo's. It's got a big hairy spider hiding behind the toilet, so I went to "make a cup of tea". It's been about ten minutes.

I can't wait for Harry to get back. But what if they snap his wand? Will he even be able to come back to Grimmauld Place? Will we ever see him again? I can't take it. I need to know what's happening. I'll enter more later, when Harry comes home.

Which he will.

Ron

HARRY GOT OFF! He told us Dumbledore was there to defend him and everything. Merlin I wish I could've been there. He says Fudge was struggling and practically begging for Harry to be expelled. Something was wrong there.

But, Harry's still going to Hogwarts and his wand is still whole and this is so great! Hermione nearly fainted when he walked into the kitchen. We'd been sitting in there all day after George killed the spider and Fred nearly flooded the whole lavatory. Mum said we couldn't work like this and we all just went into the kitchen and sat and awkwardly reassured each other that he couldn't possibly be convicted.

Anyway, he walked in the kitchen, looking all sad, like he'd actually been found guilty.

I'll admit right now that that second when he looked at Hermione, and then me, it felt like a Dementor had walked in the room with him.

Then his cheeks puffed out, because he couldn't hold his laughter anymore. This big goofy grin broke on his face and he just laughed at us. We all let out the breaths we hadn't known we were holding, or at least I did. "You all should've seen your faces," he said after he'd stopped laughing.

But he had been laughing again. When he laughs like that, it makes his face look like his parents had never been murdered. As if Cedric hadn't died and You-Know-Who hadn't come back. Like he wasn't the boy that the Daily Prophet has been ruining. Like he was someone different altogether. He looked happy. Really happy and relieved. I haven't seen him like that sincesince Sirius asked him to come and live with him in third year. When he was promised he'd never have to go to the Dursleys' again.

He doesn't laugh like that often.

Anyway, Ginny and the twins started this annoying dance chant thing, screaming, "He got off! He got off! He got off!"

Harry joked about how we were all so worried. Which is true, Hermione was really worried. I was calm, I knew he'd get off. There was never a case against him, of course.

We all sat down and ate some lunch.

Hermione still looked uneasy, so I told Harry that I thought Dumbledore would come to celebrate tonight. Mum shot that down though, looks like Dumbledore is still giving Harry the cold shoulder. I can't understand why. It's just ridiculous.

Harry shoveled food in his mouth like I usually do. Mum said he didn't eat much this morning. Probably his nerves. I remember his first Quidditch game first year, he wouldn't eat then either. Nearly had to get Hermione to hex him for him to eat half a piece of bacon then.

Ginny, Fred and George kept chanting until mum shut them up, and then they'd do it quietly in turns. Ginny would say it. And then silence. We'd start talking about something, anything, and then Fred would say it, just under his breath. Then the same with George and back to Ginny. We didn't get a single bit of information out of Harry about any of the hearing. They wouldn't let us. Once, I think Hermione kicked George under the table. He was quiet for a couple of turns. And then, when Hermione was off her guard, he waited until she started to say something and yelled, "HARRY GOT OFF!" It nearly scared her out of her knickers.

Which would have been quite funny.

NO NO NO NO NO. Not funny, gross. It would never have actually scared her out of her-

Arrgh! I give up!

Ron

A/N: The only thing I have to say is thank you so much to hydraspit, who reviewed and corrected a horrendous mistake.