(A/N THINGY) Hey Everybody! Thanks so much to everybody who reviewed. This is Harry thinking, it has been nine and a half months since he left the Weasley's to find the horcruxes…this chapter will be fairly brief, so I can get to writing the good stuff. winks suggestively

And of course J.K owns everything here that my imagination hasn't conjured up when I should have been cleaning my room. I thing you will be able to tell our ideas apart.

Chapter 4: Hotel in Edinburgh

The three friends were now in the heart of Edinburgh, in a small cozy Hotel room

complete with 2 double beds, 1 for Hermione and 1 for Harry and Ron.

It was Harry's last night with his friends before they left him to return to life at the burrow.

It was basically just a time for them to say there goodbyes and share one last meal together before Harry-headed of. It had been 9 long 1/2 hard months since they had set out to find the Horcruxes in late July.

The Horcruxes had been found, and now Harry's greatest journey lay ahead of him. He would travel, alone (he had insisted on this with Ron and Hermione and they obliged without much of a fight), to the french countryside where Harry was sure Voldemort was hiding. But He wasn't nervous. He was numb.

That was all. He felt alone, despite the fact he had Ron and Hermione by his side for months (even if they were forever snogging), the solitude closed in around Harry; leaving him feeling he alone had nothing to lose if Voldemort killed him. There was of course the fate of the entire wizarding world involved but Harry managed to block this out of his head to calm his nerves. It had worked.

"Harry! Mate, we've owled Mum, she wants you to come back to the burrow for a bit before," Ron choked up a bit. Hermione fidgeted awkwardly next to him.

"Before you head out to France!" Ron finished at last. "It really might be a good idea Harry, you could relax a bit, and as Mrs. Weasley would say, 'get some good food in you.'" Hermione added a little too brightly. God. It was all so fake.

Why do they bother acting so cheery? "No I think I'll just apparate there tomorrow while you guys go back to the burrow. No use putting it off. Besides, I'm relaxing here, tonight." Harry told them, his voice flat, clashing with the cheery aura Ron and Hermione had created around him.

In Harry's mind he always pictured popping into France and killing off Voldemort with a flick of his fingers. But now he would have to plot it out and pick the perfect time. There was also the preparation Harry felt he must go through alone, building up the strength he had used up traveling the country for months on end.

"So a'rry," Ron asked faintly, "Fancy a game of chess?" Harry agreed, figuring there was no use sulking like his friends expected him too. "Excited to be getting home?" Harry asked Ron with more emotion in his voice in before.

"Course Mate." Ron answered, not bothering to hide the excitement in his voice. "I miss home, y' know?" Harry did know. He missed the burrow too. He was afraid that going back would make him never want to leave. And of course there was Ginny.

There goodbye had been warmer than the days preceding it, but it was nevertheless tense compared to the closeness they once had. Harry used to think about Ginny more than he did now, but he still did.

He always kind of had this feeling that they would just get back together once he got back from saving the World, maybe buy a flat together or something. Deep down that thought was probably what kept him going, even if he was, as he convinced himself, numb.

"Checkmate!" Harry said, slightly bored. "Bloody Hell! I didn't see that one coming!" Ron retorted looking confused. Hermione laughed lightly acknowledging her presence, before giving Ron a quick peck on the cheek. "That's why I love you" she said simply. Ron blushed and Harry fell into La-la land thinking about him and a certain someone in the future.

The next chapter is short and Ginny again, it is her thinking about her current life and how it has changed since a few months ago. After that one her and Harry will meet up again…..

Love and happy reviewing!

BrM