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Chapter 2

Ginny opened her eyes slowly not recognizing where she was. She felt someone holding her hand. Where am I? What happened? She looked over to see Jake sleeping yet still holding her hand. Ginny smiled slightly at the sleeping figure but then was suddenly perplexed as to why he was sitting there. The more Ginny awoke she could deduce her surroundings. She was in a muggle hospital, at least that's what it looked like from what she had seen on TV. Ginny gently tried to move her hand out from underneath Jake's but the movement caused him to awaken.

"Hey, you are awake," He smiled at her groggily. "How do you feel? You gave everyone a scare."

"I feel fine, just confused," Ginny replied still attempting to remember what happened. She vaguely remembered seeing Harry and Draco, and they told her horrible news, but that had to have been a dream. It was so fuzzy and if it had truly been them they would be with her now, right? "I can't quite figure out where I am, my head hurts, and I am don't know why I'm here."

"Just slow down a bit. You are in Brooke's Memorial Hospital. And your head probably hurts from the fall you took. You passed out two days ago and some customer tried to catch you but he couldn't make it in time. I came in right as you passed out and I brought you here. You've been sleeping ever since," Jake went quiet and had a pained look on his face. "I was really worried about you. At first, the doctor's weren't sure if you were going to wake up… I couldn't have dealt with that Gin." Ginny went wide eyed at Jake. What was he trying to say to her? "You mean a lot to me Gin-bug. More than just a sibling…"

"Jake… I don't… I don't know what to say," Ginny was dumbfounded; he was admitting he had feelings for her. All of a sudden though, she realized he had called her Gin-bug. Her eye's went misty at that, thinking of how he would always call her that. Well, before he betrayed her…

"Don't say anything okay? Just get better," Jake interrupted her thoughts. "I have to go to work; if I don't then I don't think I'll have a job to go back to later. I'm glad you woke up." With that, Jake stood up. He then leaned down and kissed her forehead before walking out the door leaving Ginny alone with her thoughts.

The last thing I remember actually happening was walking into work, and the door opened. Why can't I remember who walked in the door? It feels like someone put a mild memory charm on me so I would only think it was a dream. Ginny looked around the hospital, hating everything she saw. Hospitals brought back horrible memories of the war that she had run from. Memories of waiting hours upon hours to hear if someone would live or die. Memories of herself rushing around from room to room, making sure none of her friends needed anything as they waited for news on family members. And even more than that, the memory that she would never forget…….

Ginny sat in the corner of the waiting room. She stared into space not noticing the nervous milling about of many people waiting to hear news. Tears slid down her face and she hoped the doctor would come out soon with news.

"Hey, you surviving?" Ron asked as he came and sat down next to her. Ginny looked up with tears in her eyes at her older brother. She leaned into his embrace and let his words attempt to soothe her. "Gin, we have to be strong, just like he is being right now. They never thought that he would survive last night, but he did. Fred is in there with him, don't worry George will make it through.

"I know I shouldn't be this upset. But it was horrible Ron and it's all my fault. I shouldn't have snuck out. I was out after curfew, and then I was caught off guard, and because of that, George is sitting in a bed, barely alive!"

"Ginny, it's not your fault! You never could have known that death eaters would enter the castle that night. You just went to get a late night snack… something everyone does. You can't be upset about it."

"Yeah… my late night snack…" Ginny then went quiet and put her head on Ron's shoulder and let him hold her as they sat waiting for news.

Ginny snapped out of her dream and began to cry. She remembered what happened. She remembered Harry's face as he told her. Her brother's and Fleur were gone. She would never see Bill, or Ron, or Percy again. Ginny sat crying for an hour before she could control her emotions.

Ginny slowly swung her feet off the edge of the bed. She found her jeans and t-shirt sitting on a chair and slid those on. After a moment of a few deep breaths she closed her eyes to concentrate. Ginny opened her eyes just in time to catch her wand. She smirked to herself proud that she could still control her magic without a wand. Ginny waved her wand and muttered a spell so she was no longer connected to the IV. She slowly walked out of the room, out of the hospital, and into the streets of the city. Once Ginny was a safe distance from the hospital and in a deserted area she closed her eyes and with a POP she was gone and then appeared in her small apartment.

"I was wondering how long it would take you," Ginny spun around to see Draco sitting on her couch. He stood up and took a few steps towards her; Ginny took a few steps backwards. Draco frowned at her apparent fear of him. "What's wrong Gin-bug?"

"Don't call me that! Get the hell out of my apartment. I don't want to see your face right now, okay. I don't know what you did to get them to trust you, but the last thing I remember was you running off with him and that doesn't make me want to trust you." Ginny lifted her wand in warning. "Now, I need to get into that room and get my stuff so I can leave."

Draco nodded and backed away to her door. Ginny went into her room and threw a bunch of clothes into a bag. She picked up a photo album from the past three years and put it into the bag as well. She looked around the bedroom at the purple bedspread, and cream walls, knowing that she would miss the place. She stepped out into the main room and was annoyed to find that Draco was still standing inside the apartment.

"Didn't I tell you leave?" Ginny said venomously. She did not want to deal with him right now.

"You did, but I also promised your mother I would get you home safely, so I really can't leave unless you come with me, now can I?" Draco said with a confident smirk. Ginny was about to lunge at him to punch him when a voice could be heard from outside.

"Gin, are you in there? Ginny! Are you okay?" Jake was calling from outside her door. Ginny froze, she hadn't expected him to come back from work for another few hours. Why was he checking here for her though? "Gin-bug, if you are in there let me know. I went to the hospital but you were gone... Gin!"

Draco's eyes flared with anger when he heard Jake call Ginny by the nickname he had given her during their years at Hogwarts. "I don't really care what you want, Weasley. We are leaving now!" He whispered harshly before grabbing her arm and in a second they left with a POP just as Jake had managed to get the door of the apartment.

At the Burrow….

Mrs. Weasley was setting down dinner for her and her husband. It was lonely with just the two of them in the house now. She sat down at the table for a moment glancing at the clock on her wall. Ginny was still at safe. What did it mean?

Just as she was looking at the clock, Ginny went from safe, to traveling, to home. And in that moment, there was a POP and Draco with a very angry looking Ginny appeared in front of her.

"Ginny!" Mrs. Weasley cried as she hugged her daughter. Ginny stopped being angry instantly and fell into her mother's embrace. Both women started crying and Ginny realized how much she had missed her family over the past few years.

AN: Thank you to spaceyksee, HerFathersJoy, asecretno1nosbutme for reviewing my story. I did see the typo that I made, and I discovered that my computer automatically change's Weasley into Wesley. After some fiddling with the settings that problem has been fixed. Thank you very much for pointing it out for me.