Sorry for the long wait. I've been a busy girl. :) But money is money and sleep is a must! I like this chapter because it shows Ron and Ginny together. Also I would like to say Happy Birthday Harry:D Hope you enjoy this chapter and please review! -Ace

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hpgenius3,SailorLeia, dancerrdw, and LemoN-X-DroP: Thank you all for reading. This one is a little longer then most. Sorrry about the wait. Hope you like it!

Chapter 4: A brother and sister moment

Ginny walked into the Burrow dragging her trunk behind her. She stopped inside the door, looked around at the living room and gave a small smile. It was nice to be home. She felt safe here even though she was not necessarily truly safe anywhere.

" Come on Ginny don't stop in the middle of the walk way." Ron complained from behind. Ginny turned her head and glared at him. Ron stepped back. "Sorry."

Ginny took another minute to look around then headed for her room, pulling the heavy trunk behind her.

As Ginny entered her room, she smiled. It was her second favorite place in the world. (Her Hogwarts dorm being the first.) Being the only Weasley girl, Ginny had always been lucky enough to have her own room. And over her years, she had added and taken away things making it become a place that was all hers.

It was simply decorated with a few moving picture on the wall. There was one of the family from the trip to Egypt with pyramids in the background. There was another of Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, and herself standing outside of Weasley Wizard Wheezes. Then there was one of Harry and Ron back from the first summer when Harry had stayed at the Burrow. There was couple of quidditch team pictures that one of Creevy brothers had taken and a few of the girls she shared a dormitory with. She had a few candles set on shelves and dressers as well as her favorite stuff animals from when she was little. Her purple covered bed lay against the far wall under her little window. Her desk lay next to it, and her bookshelf next that. Her small closet was directly across the room from her desk.

Ginny yanked her trunk inside and dropped it by her closet. She unlatched it and threw it open. She began rummaging around looking for her notebook. Finally, at the very bottom, she found it and pulled it out. She took it over to her desk and sat down. She pulled out a bottle of ink, a quill, and turned to a blank page. Then she fervently wrote the poem she had been holding in her head since she had stepped into the house.

Thing just aren't the same here,
when you're not around.
The house is so quiet,
no cheerful reason to leave my haven.
Things just aren't the same
without you here.
My life is empty,
not worth moving forward.
I miss you and want to be near you.
You belong in this house.
You belong with me.
Things just aren't right,
when we aren't with one another.

She sighed as she read over it. It was true. Things weren't the same with him missing. He had been spending almost every break with them and she knew this one would be no different. But she always hated the first day back home because he wasn't there yet. And she didn't know how long she would have to wait for him to arrive.

Suddenly Ginny remembered what she had overhead Harry tell Hermione and Ron and her vow to drill her brother. At that she jumped off the chair and raced for the floor above hers.

There was a pound on Ron's door as he flopped down on his bed. Before he could ask who was there, his sister came bursting in.

"Bloody hell Ginny. Do I ever come barging into your room like that?" he commented looking over his stomach at her as she stood just inside the door.

"Yes in fact you do. But that's not the point Ron." Ginny replied.

"Well then what is the point?" Ron asked letting his head fall back against his pillow.

"Where are you, Harry and Hermione going after Bill's wedding?" She asked point blank. Ron shot up into the sitting position.

"How did you know we were leaving?" Ron stuttered, his jaw dropping.

" I overheard him say something about being ready to leave right after the wedding." Ginny said, her hands resting on her hips. "Where are you three going?"

"Like I'm gonna tell you. If Harry had wanted you to know he would have told you." Ron replied standing up. Ginny walked forward and shoved her brother back on the bed.

"Don't you dare mention that. Just because he's your best mate doesn't give you the right to defend his actions." Ginny said glaring down into Ron's eyes.

"I didn't say I was defending his actions. I'm not happy about what he did either Ginny but you have to understand where he's coming from." Ron replied standing up again.

"Well it sounds like you are." Ginny fought back almost losing her strength.

"Ginny I'm on your side. I think he was stupid about it. He really cares about you." Ron replied.

"Then why did he do it?"Ginny cried. She was on the verge of breaking. She had kept it in for long enough. She had worn the mask of understanding but it was time for the mask to come off. She had to be who she was, not what the mask showed her as.

"I don't know Ginny. He didn't tell me why." Ron said stepping forward and putting and a hand on his sisters shoulder. "I can only assume it's because of what we are going to do."

"What is it?" Ginny pleaded. She wanted to know, she needed to know.

"Ginny I can't. No one is suppose to know." Ron replied carefully. But it wasn't carefully enough. Ginny reached into her pants pocket and pulled out her wand.

"Tell me Ronald Alan Weasley or I will curse you. And don't think I'll worry about getting into trouble either." Ginny said knocking his hand away and aiming her wand at him.

Ron stepped back, seriously afraid of his sister. "Now don't do anything drastic."

"I won't if you tell me."

Ron eyed his sister and knew he couldn't keep it from her. He could tell by the look in her eyes how much she really cared about Harry. It was with the same depth, passion, and heart that he secretly held for Hermione. He sighed. "We are leaving the day after Bill's wedding to look for pieces of You-Know-Who's soul and destroy them. Then Harry will track down He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named and kill him." He muttered looking toward the floor.

"What!" Ginny stared at him. He had to be kidding. Ron nodded. With the look in his eyes, she knew it was true and began to feel weak on her feet. Her wand arm fell to her side and she walked over to sit on the edge of Ron's bed.

"I'm sorry Ginny. But that's the truth. That's what he and Dumbledore were doing the night... the night Dumbledore... you know the night it happened." Ron still couldn't say it. He knew that Dumbledore was dead but for some reason he felt that if he didn't mention it out loud, then perhaps it wasn't true.

"Why didn't he just tell me? I just wanted to know the truth. I acted like I was okay with it because I knew I had to. And because I couldn't really comprehend with everything that had happened." Ginny mumbled her face in her hands, wand laid forgotten on Ron's red bed cover. Ron nodded and took a seat next to his sister. He gently put an arm around her shoulder, trying to comfort her.

"I know Ginny. None of us really could or can comprehend yet. It was such a blow to all of us. Everyone knows now that things are changing. That the world is not, and cannot, be a safe place with He-Who-Will-Not-Be-Named in it. Ginny I know you don't want to believe it but Harry is the only one now who can destroy Him. He has to do this. There is no way around it if we want to live in the world we once did. If you love him Ginny, and I know you do, believe in him and continue to care even if he has broken your heart." Ron said speaking quite wisely. Ginny was quite shocked at how her brother understood her feelings. She knew he was still immature in the relationship department. That had be demonstrated this past year with his relationship with Lavender. Then he added, "I know he still loves you even if he hasn't told me himself."

At this Ginny looked up. She could tell Ron was being serious. "Do you think so?" she asked with hopeful eyes.

Ron nodded. "I don't think. I know." He replied with a smile. Ginny grinned and threw her arms around her brother. Ron hugged her back.

"Thanks Ron for telling me." She muttered as they parted.

"You would have found another way if I hadn't. I know you Ginny. You don't give up. You and Harry are alike in that sense." Ron said with a smile. Then his face got serious. "But don't think that means you can come with us."

Just as Ginny was about to open her mouth in protest, Mrs. Weasley yelled up at them that dinner was ready and Ron sprinted toward the door. Ginny glared at him in anger.