a/n: Hey guys! I've got another chapter here and then a few more after! I want to thank all of my reviewers!

I decided that I will do a story about the daughter and of course Ron, Hermione and all the others will play a big part in it because they are the Harry Potter characters and it just wouldn't be a good story without them.

So I hope you like these chapters and I don't know when I'll be updating again cuz I'm going on vacation next week!

Kylie

One and Only

Chapter Thirty-six

The days of March melted into days of April. Hermione had helped Ron get all of the letters sent out for the Gazette office so by the time of the next Hogsmede trip everything they would be there, except of course the owls who would be there on the day the first issue went out so that they could be maintained (Hagrid willingly took on that job to help Ron out.)

After classes one Thursday afternoon Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Ginny sat underneath a tree doing their homework. Tonks came out to join them with essays to correct. She was now only a few months off from having Penny. Lupin was coming by later because the previous night marked the end of the full moon.

"So are you going to come back next year?" Ginny asked. She had been wondering this for a while, hoping that not everyone would be deserting her. Tonks smiled sadly.

"'Fraid not." She said. "I'll have Penny to take care of. Remus has a job now so there's no need for me to come back." Ginny frowned down at her paper. She thought of the summer, rapidly approaching. Soon it would be her final year and she would be here by herself. Sure she would see them occasionally but there would be no teacher there that actually knows her or no Hermione to talk with, no Ron to encourage her with her advice, and least of all no rolling over into Harry's arms in the middle of the night. The thought of next year saddened her.

Ginny closed her book and gathered her things.

"Where are you going?" Ron asked.

"Just to work on some letters for the Herald. There's not too many issues left you know." She said.

"Do you want me to come?" Harry asked. Ginny shook her head, wanting to be alone.

"It's easier to work without any distractions." Ginny said, hurrying away.

"That's odd." Ron pointed out. "She handed in her letters Monday. She always hands them in early."

"And she always works with distractions. I'm in there all of the time while she's working." Harry said, watching her go. Hermione looked up from her work.

"She's upset." Hermione said answering their questions. "You know about next year. It's hard for her and this one's ending really fast." Harry and Ron considered this.

"But I gave her the ring and she knows that I love her and that we'll always be together." Harry said, confused. Hermione sighed and closed her book since she was done with her homework.

"It'll be different." Hermione said. "Just think if you were going to be left here while Ron, Ginny, and I went on our own for a year. She's going to be stuck here while we get to go do our own thing."

"Poor thing." Tonks said. "I wish there was some way that I could stay but it would be impossible to take care of a baby and teach."

"What can we do to help her out?" Harry asked, "there's got to be something we can do to make it easier on her."

"What if we made it so that she could come visit us in Hogsmede?" Ron suggested. "Mione and I will be working there and you'll probably coming there after your practices so what if we arrange it so that she could come after classes and on weekends or something." Ron suggested.

"How would we get Dumbledore to agree with that?" Hermione asked; she liked where Ron was going with this but she didn't know if it would work out.

"I can help with that." Tonks said with a smile. "If I talk to Dumbledore and tell him that Ginny and you would be helping me with the baby on weekends and Ron could tell him that he would need Ginny there on weekdays for the Gazette. It's not the most well thought out plan but it could work." Hermione, Ron, and Harry smiled. They all agreed to that and decided to work it out now. As Tonks, Hermione, and Ron headed into the castle Harry lagged behind, thinking about his own way to make Ginny happy.

"You know, I'll catch up with you guys at dinner. There's something I have to do." Harry said. He rushed to the Owlery and took a quill and parchment out of his pocket. He scribbled down something and then placed it into an envelope. He walked over to Hedwig and stroked her back. "I know this is a lot to ask but do you think you can get this to the Ministry tonight?" Hedwig looked irritated but nonetheless agreed by holding out her foot for him to attach the letter to. She was gone in a flash, headed for the Ministry. His plan was simple. The Daily Prophet had been boycotted in Hogwarts except the few Slytherins who rebelled against the Gryffindors and read it so there would be no way to find a flat without it unless he contacted Marty Hayes who could help them find someone who would help them buy a flat. He hoped that Hedwig would hurry as he headed down the stairs to find Ginny.

Ginny was at her desk with her head in her hands. When she saw Harry come in she quickly started rummaging through papers.

"It's alright." Harry said. "I know that you're not writing letters." Ginny put the papers back and looked at Harry.

"So Hermione put it in perspective for you?" Ginny asked. "I had a feeling she would figure it out. But it's no big deal. I'm just being stupid."

"No your not." Harry said. He sat across from her and took her hand. "It's understandable but what about if we can fix it so we see each other more often?" Harry suggested.

"What do you mean?" Ginny asked.

"Well Ron, Hermione, and Tonks came up with the idea that you could come home on weekdays and weekends so they went to talk to Dumbledore about it. I went up to the Owlery to send a letter to Marty to get some brochures on flats sent to us. What do you think?" Harry asked, a smile creeping up on his face. Ginny smiled too brandishing all of her teeth. She rose from the chair and threw her arms around Harry's neck and planted her lips firmly on his to show him how happy she was.

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The next morning Ginny was happier because Dumbledore's response was one that made her happy. He had agreed to let her go into Hogsmede after classes and home on the weekends as long as she would do all of her homework and answer letters for both papers. Hermione assured him that she would be helping her with the homework and Ron said the same for the letters. Ginny happily accepted also promising Tonks that she would be helping with Penny so it wasn't a complete lie.

Hedwig landed in front of Harry with a big envelope and an owl dropped off a letter to Ron too but it was pushed off to the side because they all wanted to look at flats. Harry took the envelope and opened it. Inside was a letter:

Dear Mr. Potter,

Thank you for coming to me with this. I am pleased to tell you that I can help you in your search to find a flat. I not only sell businesses but houses as well.

Included are several brochures for flats. If you choose one write back and we can meet in Hogsmede to discuss a down payment. Now since you helped rid the world of an evil wizard as well as Ginny, Ron, and Hermione getting rid of Death Eaters I think I can cut you lot a deal.

Write back with your response.

Sincerely,

Marty Hayes

Harry was smiling as he pulled out the brochures. He and Ginny looked at one while Ron and Hermione took a look at another. They scanned through flats to see if there were ones they liked. The pictures showed mini tours of the flats, showing the different areas of it. Hermione pointed to two different ones that were in the same building, across the hall from each other.

"Look at these. They're two flats, right across the hall from each other. They're nice ones too. It would be better if we had our own flats each well…cuz you know it would be kind of awkward to be in rooms next to each other and all…" She put it lightly. "…but it would be better and they're right across the hall. Here take a look." She handed the brochure to Harry and Ginny. They looked it over. (A/n: When you think of the flats, if you've ever seen the TV show Friends. think of how the apartments are there. That's how I'm basing it on with looks and everything. I'll explain descriptions but I thought it would be easier for you if you had a picture to relate it to. Ron and Hermione will have the apartment that would be Monica and Chandler's and Harry and Ginny would have the apartment that would be Joey's. It'll be hard to explain it exactly but I suggest checking out Friends if you haven't seen it 1, because it's a good show and 2, because it would be easier to picture the apartments.)

"These are nice but they're in the city. Are we ok to be there and Apparate in and out around muggles?" Harry asked.

"Well with Wizarding flats and houses that are in a muggle area spells are put around the apartment so muggles wouldn't be able to tell if you Apparate or if you use magic. You just have to be careful not to do it in front of their faces though. Not many apartments are sold to wizards in muggle areas but there are the a few." Hermione explained.

"It's in the city?" Ginny asked, looking excited. Hermione nodded. "Shopping!" Ginny exclaimed.

"Well I was sold until now." Harry joked.

"Me too." Ron agreed with a full mouth. Ginny laughed.

"I won't go too crazy but it'll be nice to be in the city." She said. Everyone else agreed.

"We get this apartment." Hermione decided pointing to one. The walls were a purple-ish blue color and there was a big window, looking out into the city with a window seat. It had two rooms and plus a bathroom.

"And we'll take this one." Ginny said pointing one. It had a lot of room and two rooms plus a bathroom as well. There was a counter for eating and a lot of room. "I'll write back to Marty when I get up to the office." Ginny told them. Hermione turned to Ron with a smile on her face.

"We could turn the second room into a library/office for us. You could have an at-home office and I could have my library." Hermione said. Ron smiled.

"Sounds like a plan." He said. He then remembered that he had a letter too.

"Who's it from?" Hermione asked when he picked it up. Ron looked at it.

"The Prophet." He said, sounding shocked. He opened it and took out a letter.

Dear Mr. Weasley,

I am sorry that our meeting went so badly but I have a proposition, I will give you your job back and a raise if you help me out a little.

Subscriptions for the Prophet from Hogwarts have been dropping and very few students are receiving the Prophet. If you talk to them they would listen to you.

Also, from a grapevine, I heard that you are planning on starting up your own newspaper. We can combine it into one so there would be no need for a silly paper like that. I suppose you could have your section without lies. Please speak to your fellow classmates and tell them to buy the Prophet again.

Write back accepting your position.

Thank you Ron.

From your friend,

David O'Connell

Ron laughed when he read the letter. "He thinks I'll be crawling back to him like that." He said, passing the letter around the table. They all chuckled as they read it. He tossed the letter in the garbage without a second thought and he headed up to the Herald office with Ginny.

Up in the Herald office everyone brought their chairs into a circle with notebooks so that they could take down their notes for their jobs. When all was done, Ginny sat at her desk and begun the letter to Marty telling him to meet them at the Gazette office during the next Hogsmede trip to discuss a down payment for the flats. She looked hers and Harry's flat over, making mental decisions on what she would paint the place and what kind of furniture she would use. She begun her work, unable to forget about their flat and that she would be able to live there next year.

Later on that night Ginny and Harry lay in bed together talking about their new flat and how life was going to change once they got out of Hogwarts.

"I'm still going to get to see you every day." Harry assured her.

"I know and I'm grateful for that but we won't get to do this anymore, lie here, just the two of us." Ginny said. Harry sighed, he knew that and he felt the same way about it.

"We'll be together and that's all that matters." He said, surprising that his tone came out confident. Ginny smiled, she loved how he could make her feel so assured when things were bad, she rested her head against his chest.

"I love you Harry." She said, shutting her eyes.

"I love you too Gin." He whispered before they both fell asleep.