Disclaimer: Sorry I forgot it on the last chapter, anyways. I do not own anything that makes sense. That all belongs to J.K. Rowling!

Chapter 2:

Harry Potter lay on his bed staring at the ceiling at the Dursley's house on 4 Privet Drive. It was two weeks into summer vacation. It was late at night and Harry was waiting for Lupin to come pick him up to leave for the Burrow to go to Bill and Fleur's wedding. Harry stood up and went to his desk. On his desk lay a piece of parchment and a quill, written on the parchment were the words scribbled here and there. To anyone else but Harry the words would have made no sense, but to Harry these words meant everything. The same words were written over and over again.

Something from Gryffindor

Something from Ravenclaw

Harry thought it would be nice if he could concentrate on those words and what they meant but his mind was on something else. That thing was the fact that in less than an hour he would be at the Burrow, under the same roof as her again. Her. That beautiful girl with the long curly auburn hair and brown eyes.

He didn't want to see her again. He was afraid that when he saw her he'd forget every argument he had made for keeping themselves distant from each other and go begging to have her back. But he did still want to see her, to look into her beautiful face again and hold her in his arms.

Harry sighed and grabbed all the stuff on his desk and threw it into his trunk. He made sure everything was gone from his room and that Hedwig was in her cage. When he was satisfied he slammed his trunk closed and plopped onto his bed to wait.

He didn't have to wait long because after a few minutes a pop came from the hall. Harry went to the door and opened it, there stood Lupin with a very small smile on his face.

"Ready to go?" Harry asked eager to leave.

"Not just yet." Lupin walked into Harry's room. "I need to talk to you before we leave."

"Alright." Harry closed the door and sat on his bed as Lupin sat at the desk chair.

"I need to tell you that I was just at the Burrow. I should warn you, Ginny has locked herself in her room, so when we get to the Burrow don't go see her unless you are going to make things right." Lupin sighed.

"Make things right?" Harry asked.

"Beg her to ignore the fact that you were a big idiot!" Lupin exclaimed.

"What?" Harry hadn't expected a lecture.

"You love that girl and she loves you. I don't think Harry that either one of you has the strength or desire to stay apart from each other. She has shown you time and time again that she is behind you every step of the way just as Ron and Hermione have. Let them come with you if they want. Harry if you die and Ginny hasn't seen you in years she is still going to hurt from your death, maybe even more than if she was with you the whole time, because she wouldn't have memories of years spent married to you, or children to remember you by. I know if you stay away from her you will be miserable too. I can't watch you throw your life away because of Voldemort. He has already ruined your life enough don't let him ruin it by scaring you into not getting close to someone." Lupin said tiredly.

Then Harry remembered what Dumbledore had told him before.

' "You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!" said Dumbledore "The only protection that can possibly work against the lure of power like Voldemort's" '

And Harry realized how much of an idiot he had been.

"I have to talk to Ginny!" Harry jumped up and Lupin didn't stop him as he ran downstairs to the fireplace in the living room. Lupin had watched Harry's face dawn with recognition and knew this was good, so he took Harry's trunk and followed downstairs.

At the Burrow Ron, Hermione and the rest of the order including McGonagall who had been caught up were sitting in the kitchen, when Harry came out of the fire. Before anyone could greet him he said,

"Ginny's upstairs?"

Several people nodded and Harry bounded up the stairs two at a time. When he was gone everyone turned back to the fire where Lupin stood smiling with Harry's trunk.

At Ginny's door Harry knocked quickly.

"What do you want!" Came Ginny's voice. Harry swung the door open and Ginny turned to yell something at the person in the doorway when she saw who it was. Her eyes went wide and the littlest twinkle was there before she turned back towards the window.

Harry crossed the room quickly and grabbed her arm, turning Ginny towards him. He was so strong and she didn't resist that she swung up so that their faces were almost touching. Harry took advantage of the second that Ginny was surprised to lean down and kiss her. Then he pulled away.

"What does that mean?" Ginny asked smiling.

"Lupin and Dumbledore helped me realize that you're the love of my life and if I'm going to kill Voldemort I need you by my side. I love you Ginny." Harry smiled down at her.

"I love you too, Harry." Ginny smiled brighter.

"Let's go get something to eat and talk." Harry said and kissed Ginny again. They didn't stop all the way out of the room. They slowly made their way downstairs because they were concentrating on each other more than where they were going. Harry forgot that the kitchen was full of people and Ginny didn't know.

Lupin had told the quick story about his talk with Harry and all the adults were remembering when they were Ginny and Harry's age. When Harry and Ginny slowly came in the kitchen while snogging each other.

Everyone starred at the oblivious Harry and Ginny until Ron stood up and bellowed;

"POTTER! THAT'S MY SISTER!"

Harry and Ginny broke apart quickly and Ginny gave a startled "oh." and tried to run upstairs. Harry grabbed her hand and brought her back. Her face was a very dark shade of red.

"Um...we're back together." Harry said dumbly but it was enough because the tension broke and everyone laughed.