A/N: Disclaimer: I don't own any Harry Potter. I only own the stuff that's not in the books. JK Rowling owns the books and everything in them. I own Tim, Kaylee, Lilianne and anyone else not in the books. Thanks for the reviews everyone! You're awesome.

Allison Carroll: Thanks for the uplifting words. Basically, you're right on the button with your 'twisted' conclusion.

ThE bEsT pArT oF bElIeVe Is ThE lIe: Nope

Ced14: thanks. That's what I was going for.

EnJoY!

Previously: 'The other man was skinnier than the first, with messy jet-black hair, circular black glasses, emerald green eyes, and an unforgettable scar just above his eye.

"Harry?" Ginny said as she stared into this once-thought lost face.

"Do I know you from some-? Oh my. Ginny?" Ginny and Harry stood facing each other for what seemed like eternity when a voice from behind cried out,

"Lily, honey. Who's Ginny?"

Chapter 3: Please Explain

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"Ginny? Is that really you?" Harry said in a voice Dudley had not heard in almost eight years. "B-b-but. They told me you died."

"Who told you that? They told me you had died. They said you left a note and everything. They said you died! Ron told me you died!" Ginny started screaming frantically drawing a little too much attention too herself than she would've liked. "Hermione told me you were dead. We went to your funeral and everything. I-I-I-I thought you were dead. They said they saw you lying there with a note that said you knew you were never going to get to come home and that you wanted them to tell everyone you lov-"

"Gin. Listen to me. I am not dead. But Ron and Hermione wrote me and told me that you were. They said you went missing seven years ago and that they'd found your broom and my um, my cloak in an alley in London. They said you'd died. They assured me. I cried for days because of you!" Harry said as tears started forming in the corners of his eyes.

"Wait, so they knew you were alive? But, the note… They said… am I dreaming?"

"Lily! Will you answer me? Who in the hell is Ginny? And who, may I ask is this? And why are you upsetting my wife?" Tim said matter-of-factly.

"Wife?" Harry said looking from Tim to Ginny with a confused look on his face. After a few moments of silence, Harry turned and walked out the door and disappeared into thin air.

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Tonight was the first night Ron had slept peacefully in weeks. Or had the opportunity to anyway. Ron had not slept more than 5 hours each night since the day the wizarding detectives had found Ginny's broom and Harry's Invisibility Cloak. That day sealed it all. He knew that that neither she nor he was ever come back. He'd sent an owl to Harry immediately after, yet never receiving a reply—ever. Ron had communicated with Harry quite a lot during the few days that he was gone and Ginny was still home. After he told Harry the news, he only sent updates and a copy of the Daily Prophet. He never received a reply. He wasn't even sure if he even got any of it. He knew he was staying with the Dursley's, the Dudley Dursley's that is. For all he knew, Dudley could have been taking the mail and keeping it from him. From what Harry had described to Ron that seemed very possible. Of course, in his last few letters, Harry had mentioned that since Dudley had gotten married, all of the Dursley's seemed to be much happier and as if they actually cared about him. Ron wanted to know how Harry was doing now, seven years after that letter-

Crack! A loud popping noise erupted from outside his room in his two-bedroom flat. Slowly, the door opened and a ghostly-looking figure walked in before it collapsed. Ron jumped up to see what was making all the noise. He especially didn't want to wake up his ten-week-old son, Arthur James Weasley. Ron ran over to the figure there and gasped as he saw the face lying there.

"Ron…? Is that you?" a raspy voice said with some whimpers snuck in there, as if he had been crying for hours. Ron grabbed the man's arm and side apparated to a park near his building. He laid the man on a nearby bench and started thinking of a spell that could help the man. After five minutes of coming up empty, the man slowly opened his eyes. Ron would've recognized those eyes anywhere. He looked at the picture from their last year, their 6th year, at Hogwarts every night before bed hoping everyone was all right. The picture was taken by Colin Creevey when the six of them had just been sitting on the grass by the lake. Neville and Luna were sitting in the front with a deck of cards sitting in front of them. Ron and Hermione were standing behind them next to Harry and Ginny. This picture reminded him of how it should've been. All of them together. If you looked at the picture long enough, Harry would lean over and kiss Ginny on the top of her head and she would look back with the same look Ron's wife, Penny, gave him on their wedding day.

Harry stirred and Ron watched him, waiting for him to say anything. Up until now, Ron wasn't even sure if his best friend was still alive.

"Harry? Do you have something you need to say?" Ron said eagerly receiving just a nod from Harry. "Well, what is it?"

"Ron, It's Ginny. She's… She's. Ginny's alive" Harry stuttered in between gasping breaths.

"What? Did you say Ginny is alive? Why would you tease me like this? You know how close I was too her. Wait. Are you serious? Why? How? Oh my. You are serious." Ron finally agreed when he saw the look in his friends face. A look he hadn't seen since the last day they'd been together when he was determined to go and fight the battle. He was telling the truth. Ginny is alive.

Ron and Harry sat there in silence for a few minutes without either of them speaking. Finally Harry broke the silence, over his air attack. That had been his first time to apparate in eight years. It was very stressful on him and caused him to lose a lot of air.

"Ron. There's something else. Ginny. She said. She…" Harry couldn't get the words out.

"Ginny. How is she? Is she going to come back-?"

"See that's the thing. It's Ginny. She's…She's moved on. Ginny was there and another man. He called her his…his wife." With that Harry broke down and couldn't stop. Before now, the past five hours, Harry was just in denial. He had told himself that maybe they were just dating or something. The little girl with them looked nothing like her. She had brown straight hair, bright blue eyes, and had a darker complexion than Ginny and the rest of the Weasley's. "Ron, he called her…Lily. He was clearly confused as to why I called her Ginny. So how have you been? Last thing I heard was that you just had a baby? How is he? And your wife? Penny was it? How is she? I would really like to meet her."

"Married? Ginny's married!"

"Ron, yes she's married. She's moved on and now it's time for me to move on. You know, I was at your wedding. You sent me the invitation. I called a cab and it took me to the place. I stood in the back. Man, Penny's hot."

"Harry! You were at my wedding? And you didn't come and talk to me?"

"Oho. You talked to me. And I talked to you too. I was disguised. Do you really think that the "Dead-Harry" could just come back and go to his best friend's wedding, not be seen, then go back to the grave? No. I had to change my appearance. Does 'be careful tonight young man.' Ring a bell?" Now Harry had a grin on his face.

"That was you? I just thought it was some crazy old uncle on Penny's side."

"No. It was me."

"You know, I didn't have a best man. My brothers didn't care. None of them wanted a whole lot of responsibility. They all understood that since the first day we met, we both knew we would be each other's best man. None of them wanted to take your spot. Penny didn't really understand. Of course, I don't really blame her. She is a muggle. She doesn't really know that much about the Wizarding world. She doesn't realize that we were best friends. Hermione is getting married. Just found out yesterday. You'll never guess who she is engaged to." Ron had a smile on his face that just reeked of surprise. "Okay I'll tell you! Fred!"

"What? Hermione? And FRED? Wow. Never saw that one coming. How come you never told me they were going out?" Harry was surely surprised. He had a mixture look of shock and laughter.

"No one knew. Apparently they've been dating for three years! It was so weird when they came in the house and just announced that they were getting married. I knew Fred was dating someone but he would never tell us who. He always put some kind of charm on himself when he was telling us that he had a date so that we wouldn't think very much of it so we wouldn't follow him. I'm happy for them. So… Ginny. Where is she? Can I go see her?" Ron was obviously upset about his sister being alive and his friend finding out before him.

"I don't know. But I do need to go home-"

"Ron is that you? Who are you talking to? Art needs to be changed and I woke up and didn't see you. What are you doing?" Penny walked across the park to her husband and found him talking to someone. She had a sling across her front with a baby lying there.

"Penny. This is an old school friend. He had some problems. Needed to talk. Look can we not talk about this. He told me some stuff. I'd rather not talk about this right now. Let's go inside and get the baby changed. Hello Artie! How's my favorite boy? Come on Penny. I'll tell you at another time. Right now's just not a good time." Penny gave him a suspicious look. "Look. I'm not cheating on you. It was a guy! He just needed to talk. I have to go talk to his family tomorrow. He's having trouble adjusting to new surroundings and needs help."

"Ronald, you better be glad that you became a Psycho-Healer. If you hadn't I wouldn't believe you right now." Penny gave a small laugh, a small peck on the cheek, and continued walking back with Ron to their flat. Ron looked back at the bench but he saw nothing but a leaf rolling across the ground.

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"Tim. I love you. I truly do! But Harry coming back. It's made me unsure of what really is here. It's all very confusing." Ginny cried trying to get her husband to believe her.

"Lily! You still haven't answered my original question! Who is Ginny? And why did that guy call you that?" Tim looked very angry with his wife.

"Okay, now calm down. I think you might need to sit down for this." As Ginny told her whole story, excluding all the wizarding stuff, she saw Tim's face go from anger to sadness, to compassion and back to anger.

"So, when I saw Harry, of course I was shocked. My brother and best friend had told me he was dead. Shortly before the three of them left on their vacation, Harry came up to me and told me that he loved me and that after he came back, he was going to ask me to marry him. Of course, he couldn't ask me right there because everyone was around, but he let me know in advance. I never got my proposal. Until you came along." Ginny was reduced to tears by this point reliving all of her horrible memories.

"Lil. Uh. Ginny? I love you and all, but this is just too much. You loved him way more than me. No don't look at me like that. I think we need a little time apart. I'll take Kaylee on an end-of-school trip this weekend and let you get everything settled. After the weekend, I'll let you decide what you want to do. Just one bit of advice: Do what your heart tells you. Not what others are getting you to do. You deserve the best life. You should be happy. You've been through enough. Just let me know what you need." With that Tim got up and started packing a weekend bag for himself. Just before he left to go pack for Kaylee, he turned back to Ginny and said, "Oh and Ginny. Until you decide, after this weekend I'll be at my mother's." He stepped out leaving Ginny crying silently to herself to sleep.

A/N: Hey Hope you enjoyed this chapter. My Internet is out all afternoon so I am not able to post this until tonight. I'm already working on the next chapter so it might be up sooner.