Come Back

Chapter Nine

Ginny and the Attic

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"Hey Harry?" Ginny asked as she removed her traveling cloak she was wearing. "Can I ask you something?"

"Of course Ginny, what's up?" Harry asked removing his coat as well.

"Well, I was just thinking about how big of a pain it is for you to have to floo everywhere. Do you remember how to apparate?"

"Well to be honest, no, I don't. I never really paid that much attention in school. I want to go take my test but I'm afraid I'll fail." Harry said he was surprised at how easy it was to share his feelings with Ginny. If it had been anyone else he was sure he would have lied and said yes. "I only did it once, the night Dumbledore died and I haven't been able to do it again."

"Will you let me help you? I still have my notes. Wait, you still have yours too! I almost forgot come on Harry; let's go get your books from the attic." Ginny said looking thoroughly excited.

Harry followed Ginny up the stairs and down the long hallway that the bedrooms branched off of. She stopped suddenly and looked up at the ceiling. Harry had never noticed that there was a trap door up there, however there didn't seem to be a way to get up to it.

"Um…Ginny, how are we supposed to get up there?" Harry asked.

"Like this Harry." Ginny pulled her wand out of her back pocket muttered corde and a rope coming from Ginny's wand attached itself to the attic trap door. "That's a basic household spell that they don't bother to teach in school, now all we do is pull."

As Ginny pulled the trap door opened and a set of stairs unfolded down to the floor in front of them. Ginny started climbing up and Harry followed. The attic was dark and dusty, they both had to ignite their wands to see what they were doing. The Weasly's had apparently kept everything that every family member ever owned. Boxes and boxes filled every inch of the attic, some were labeled with different family members names, others were simply labeled toys, or holidays.

After a few minuets searching Ginny called out from the center of the room. "Over here Harry, I found them."

Sure enough, Ginny was now sitting in front a dusty school trunk and Hedwig's old owl cage. Harry hadn't even set down on the floor when he started to feel a lump in his throat. Harry had never officially finished school, the last battle happen was about two months before graduation. He had been looking forward to graduating with Ron and Hermione more than anything else back then. Seeing his old school things just became a reminder to him of the things he missed out on.

Harry was trying but failing to fight back tears as he opened his trunk and looked inside. Ginny could see that Harry was getting upset and thought she could cheer him up. "There is one more thing here, Harry." Ginny said as she reached behind the trunk and pulled out Harry's Firebolt.

This did nothing to help his fighting battle with his emotions; in fact it made it worse. Harry now had to think about how he missed his very last Quidditch match, which would have been for the cup. He wasn't even sure who won the game, but he would give anything to go back and play.

"Oh…Harry, I'm sorry I didn't want to upset you. I thought you would be happy to see your things." Ginny said looking sorry that she ever gave Harry his broom.

"It's okay Ginny; I just missed so many things. I wish I could go back and graduate, I wish I could play one more game of Quidditch." Harry said with tears now streaming down his face.

Ginny felt sorry for Harry and the things he missed out on, but she was determined to cheer him up. She moved herself closer to him and wiped his tears away with her hands. "Harry, I'm sorry for everything that you missed, but we have the rest of our life to make new memories."

"I hope all of those memories involve you Ginny." Harry said as he wrapped his arms around her and pressed his lips to hers. There embrace seemed to last for hours, it wasn't until Ginny pulled away did he even realize that they had been lying on the floor and were now covered in dust.

"Let's go down stairs Harry." Ginny whispered.

Harry and Ginny levitated his school things, sent them down stairs and they followed. They marched Harry's school things down the hallway and into his bedroom. Harry started to put them neatly into a corner when he heard Ginny walking towards the door behind him. Harry stood up in time to see Ginny close the door, with herself on the inside.

"I know how to make you feel better Harry." Ginny said with an evil grin. She walked over to the bed, sat down, and patted the area beside her. Harry, who was trying not to smile as he realized what was going on, sat down as told.

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Harry couldn't believe what had just happened. He was surprised at Ginny; she seemed so calm and forceful at the same time. Harry was lying in bed holding her as close to him as he could. He didn't want to ever let her go. They stayed in bed for hours, not talking, just enjoying each other's touch. Harry leaned over Ginny to look at her watch and was startled to see that it was almost seven. They were supposed to be at Headquarters by seven.

"Ginny, we need to go! They're going to be expecting us." Harry said while stoking her hair.

"O yeah, I forgot about that. I guess we have to get up then." Ginny said while crawling out of bed with the sheets still drapped around her.

Harry and Ginny got dressed at top speed, Ginny taking a little longer to fix her make-up, and they headed downstairs.

"Here Harry, we will floo there today, but we are working on your apparating skills tomorrow." Ginny said with a stern face.

"Whatever you say dear." Replied Harry with a smirk.