Notes: I just got back a few hours ago – I'm kinda not awake at all…. But I know ya'll won't wait any longer (It's been 4 days! Get a move on!) So here it is.

Some clearing up: Someone said Mrs. Weasley wouldn't act that way. Everyone says crazy things when they get hysterical. It'll be cleared up in this chapter.

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Harry popped near the Burrow with Lupin. Lupin went in immediately (after a few questions from Mr. Weasley), but Harry waited outside for a bit. Suddenly he was having second thoughts about it. They don't want me here… I should just go back… Leave them alone…

Harry could smell the food from outside, and he remembered that there was nothing to eat at Grimmauld Place… He took a deep breath and walked to the door. "Who's there?" Someone asked from inside.

"Harry."

"Harry who?"

Harry sighed. How many other Harry's do they know? "Harry Potter."

"How do I know it's you?"

"Well I guess you'll have to ask me something."

"Yeah. Umm…"

"What's the problem?" said another voice.

"I dunno what to ask him."

"Just ask him anything."

"Like what?"

"Move out of the way you idiots!" said a familiar female voice. Harry's heart started going faster… "April 17 – what day is that?"

Harry answered without any hesitation. "Our anniversary."

"Let him in." The door swung open, and behind it were Fred, George, and Ginny.

"Sorry about that Harry." George said.

"Yeah. We would have let you in, but you know…"

Harry wasn't listening to them. He was staring at Ginny. She was in pink pajamas and her hair was very messy, but Harry didn't care. He wanted to scoop her up in his arms… kiss her slowly… run away with her forever and forget about Voldemort and horcruxes…

"I see I can't trust anyone to guard the door." Said Mrs. Weasley, entering the room with her arms crossed.

"We asked him a question." Fred said.

"Well, Ginny did." George corrected. Mrs. Weasley stared at Harry like she could make him disappear with her eyes.

"Mum this is ridiculous!" Ginny said, turning to her mother. "Let him stay! Otherwise he'd be alone at Grimmauld Place. We can't leave him like that on Christmas eve!"

Mrs. Weasley looked over Ginny and eyed Harry. "I suppose he could stay for dinner. But after that -"

"Mum!" Ginny started.

"No." Harry said, stepping up next to Ginny. "I don't want to stay. I only wanted to give Ginny a Christmas present. Then I can leave."

"No!" Ginny said, grabbing his arm and forcing him to sit at the table, which was lined with food. "You're staying. Now eat."

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After dinner, Harry tried to make an exit again, but Ginny steered him upstairs. They went into her room. "Sit." She pushed him onto the bed. "You're staying right here."

"Ginny, I -"

"No! I won't have you going back there all by yourself."

"Really, I don't mind."

"Well I do." Suddenly the bedroom door flew open. Mr. Weasley came in.

"No, there will be none of this. Sorry, but I can't allow -"

"I was just leaving." Harry said. He left the room and the house, walking farther away to apparate. He didn't know why he was walking so far from the house when he could apparate right next to it, but he wanted to walk for a while.

"Harry!" He heard from behind him. "Harry wait!" Ginny ran up next to him. "If you won't stay then I'm going with you."

Harry looked down. She was barefoot in at least a foot of snow. "Get back inside before you get sick."

"No. Not unless you're coming with me."

Harry sighed. Maybe she could stay… just for the night… "Is it alright with them?" He asked, nodding toward the house. "I don't want to be charged for kidnapping or anything."

"They know where I'm going. And I'll be back tomorrow morning anyway." She grabbed his hand. "Let's go."

"Can't you apparate yet?"

"Not exactly. Last time I tried I lost my right foot. Wouldn't want to do that when we're apparating so far away." Harry smiled and squeezed her hand. The two of them popped away.

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Once back at Grimmauld Place, Harry started a fire and the two of them sat on a nearby couch. They didn't talk at all, until Ginny slid over closer to him.

"So… you said you had a present for me?" She said with a large grin.

Harry smiled back. He had almost forgotten why he wanted to see her in the first place. He reached into his robe pocket and pulled out the boxes. He handed the one with the woman's ring to her.

Ginny grabbed the box quickly and tore it open. She gasped when she saw the ring. "Harry! It's so pretty! I – wait. What's this for?" She eyed him suspiciously.

"Well, it is a wedding ring, but for right now it's a promise ring."

"Oh, I see… and what's the promise?"

"There are three of them."

"Go on…"

"The first is that you stop trying to help me with the horcruxes and all that."

"If I must…"

"The second – if anything were to happen to me, you have to move on. I mean, you need to find someone else."

"But -"

"I know. But I would hate to see you alone. If it can't be me – well, I'm sure there's someone else out there."

"There isn't." she said, kissing him.

"You need to find someone else if something happens to me. You can keep that." He said, motioning to the ring. "And this one." He took the man's ring out of its box. "And anything else I might have ever owned. I'm leaving everything to you."

Ginny nodded. "And the last one?"

"If I do make it out of this, would you – I mean -"

Ginny jumped into the air, flung her arms around his neck, and kissed him slowly. "That's the easiest of the three."

"So you promise?"

"Sure." She handed the ring to him. "You have to put it on me." Harry did it. "And now I have to put yours on you." She took the man's ring from Harry and noticed the inscription in it. "Wait – this is… oh my gosh. Then this one must be… wow. Where'd you find these?"

"Lupin gave them to me. He found them in Sirius's things."

"Good enough for me." She put the man's ring on Harry's finger. "Now it's official. But, if something does happen to you, you can keep the ring. And I'll keep mine. That way we'll always be together." She leaned up and kissed him again.

They sat down on the couch again, curled up close to each other, the ringed hands locked. Eventually Ginny fell asleep, but Harry stayed awake for as long as he could, knowing all too well that this might be the last night he would spend with Ginny.

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End notes: I really don't know the exact date when Harry and Ginny got together. I just took a guess.