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It was about four o'clock when the Weasleys left. Maria went up to her study to do some work for the hospital, and Henry was at the Ministry. The rest of them sat around, just talking.

"Is it hard?" Remus asked the time travelers, plus Sirius1, "always having to think before you say something because you might say something about the future?"

Harry, Hermione, Ginny, and Sirius1 nodded in unison.

Sirius cracked a grin. "I remember when I first met Ginny."

Both Ginny and Harry blushed.

"Ginny was still in shock about me and was about to say I was dead, when Harry interrupted her and said she thought I was dead sexy," Sirius said with a wide grin.

Everyone laughed.

"Everyone's going to be so surprised when they see Sirius1," Hermione said with a smile.

"I can go back with you all, right?" Sirius1 said.

Harry never thought of that. Ginny looked quite puzzled, too.

Hermione gave an exaggerated sigh. "He can come back with us. He just has to hold onto one of us. It's like our trunks. We had to hold onto them while we got transported here, so they'd come with us."

Harry let out a breath of relief. Hermione conjured up a large bowl of potato chips. Harry looked strangely at her.

"What?" Hermione said defensively, "I just felt the sudden craving for Sour Cream and Onion!"

"Still the smartest witch of the century, Hermione," Sirius1 said fondly, with a large grin on his face. He had chosen to ignore her sudden hunger for potato chips. Hermione blushed at the compliment.

James and Sirius' faces brightened at her words. "Hey, if we held onto you guys, does that mean we could—"

"No." Harry, Hermione, Sirius1, and Ginny refused point blank.

"Fun suckers," Sirius muttered loudly.

Lily and Remus rolled their eyes at him.

"So you're leaving at the end of the year?" Lily asked them.

They nodded. "But that's months away, so let's not think about that," Harry said hastily.

"Lily, Remus, Sirius, and James are going to get er, Obliviated at the end of the year- because of what you know," Hermione said cautiously, biting into a chip loudly.

There were refusals and exclamations of "That's not fair".

"You have to. It's important that you don't change anything." Sirius1 said sternly.

"But you've already changed a lot of stuff by coming here!" James exclaimed.

"Most of the things we did- and will do, are supposed to happen," Hermione said, "I researched all the battles and casualties of this year around Hogwarts."

They slumped down in defeat.

"What if we get out of the Memory Charms?" Sirius asked.

Ginny rolled her eyes. "Harry and Dumbledore will be doing those," she said. That said everything.

"Let's do something else now. I'm bored. And hungry." Sirius whined.

Remus rolled his eyes at him. "Padfoot, you're always hungry."

Sirius pouted. "I want food." Just then, his stomach let out a loud growl. "See! I told you so!"

James grinned. "Dad's still at work and Mum's working on some small book about healing potions for the hospital gift shop. We can just fix something to eat ourselves."

They all filed into the kitchen and looked for something to eat. There was a platter of chicken left.

"I don't think that'll be enough; not when Padfoot's hungry." James said seriously.

"Let's make Macaroni and Cheese," Hermione suggested.

"What's that?" Remus asked curiously.

"James, do you have any er, Macaroni noodles?" Hermione asked.

James raised an eyebrow. "Very specific, Hermione," he said sarcastically.

"Elbow noodles," Harry supplied helpfully.

"I'm not very familiar with noodle names," James said with a lopsided grin, "I don't cook much."

"Alright, then," Hermione said to herself as she opened cupboards. "Aha!" She took out a rectangle box of pasta noodles.

"You think we can make Macaroni and Cheese out of those noodles?" Lily asked doubtfully. They're not the Macaroni noodles."

Hermione shrugged. "That's the best we can do. I guess we'll have to content with these."

"Where do you keep the cheese?" Harry asked James.

"Er, in the fridge," James said slowly.

Harry gave him a sheepish smile, "Oh, right." He took them out of the refrigerator.

"Remus," Hermione ordered, "cut the cheese."

Remus backed away, looking slightly disgusted and appalled.

Hermione rolled her eyes. She took out a knife and a cutting board. "Here," she said, shoving them into Remus' hands.

"Ginny, could you boil some water in this?" Hermione asked, giving Ginny a large pot.

"What about the rest of us?" Sirius1 asked her.

"We just wait." Hermione said simply.

After the water had boiled, the noodles were put into the pot until they weren't hard and stiff. Hermione put them in a mesh pot (err, what're they called?) and cut up the noodles into smaller pieces. She then put them back in the pot after getting rid of most of the water.

Remus gave Hermione his neatly sliced cheese and she dumped them into the pot. She stirred for fifteen minutes, or so, then turned the stove off.

"Voila!" Hermione said in a perfect French accent, "Zhee Mahkaroni and Cheeze!"

She put some macaroni and cheese in eight separate bowls and levitated them to the table, where the utensils were neatly set by Lily. They sat and looked at their macaroni. It was very cheesy and the noodles were limp. It was also slightly watery and had a green tinge to it.

"Er, it looks great, 'Mione," Harry lied through his teeth. He offered her a fake smile.

Everyone took a bite into it as Hermione watched with shining, hopeful eyes.

Harry reluctantly opened his mouth and let in the macaroni and cheese. Once it was in his mouth, he turned away. He fought the strong urge to gag. The Macaroni and Cheese Hermione had made was honestly, well, revolting. He could feel chunks of cheese in his mouth and the wateriness of the macaroni. He felt bits of hardness in between the macaroni and cheese. It tasted as bitter as anything. Harry glanced at the others and saw their eyes widening and them cringing slightly. Harry unwillingly swallowed it all down. He immediately grabbed for his glass of wine and gulped it all down in one swig.

"So, what do you think?" Hermione asked excitedly.

"Oh, it's wonderful!" Ginny said, her voice a pitch higher.

"Yeah," Sirius supplied with a cough to cover his choke, "it's er, b-brilliant!"

"Oooh, I knew you'd like it!" Hermione squealed happily.

Harry saw Lily falter with guilt. "Well, I suppose it's good," Lily said with great difficulty.

Remus' face paled as he finally swallowed. "Yes, absolutely smashing," he said thickly. He let out a loud breath and took a swig of his butterbeer.

Hermione looked expectantly at Harry, Sirius1, and James. They glanced at each other before simultaneously giving Hermione gracious compliments on her cooking.

"Oh, you're a brilliant cook, 'Mione!"

"That was the most fabulous Macaroni and Cheese I've ever had!"

"It tastes excellent, really!"

"The cheese- how did you make it so, cheesy? You're positively genius!"

"It tastes better than Hogwarts' food!"

"It's even better than Quidditch!"

They all stopped and turned to stare at Sirius1.

"Er, maybe a little bit off," Sirius1 said with a sheepish shrug.

Harry rolled his eyes. Hermione looked expectantly at them all.

"What, Hermione?" Ginny asked.

"Well, aren't you going to eat?" Hermione asked with a small roll of her eyes.

"Er-"

"What about you? You're not eating, either!" Sirius exclaimed.

"I'm not very hungry; I had those chips, remember?" Hermione reminded him. She poured her portions into his bowl. "Here, since you said you were hungry, you can have mine. Eat up!"

Everyone fought the urge to laugh at Sirius' look of flabbergast and horror.

"Well, everyone, let's eat Hermione's delicious Macaroni and Cheese!" Sirius1 said mock cheerfully.

James glared at him.

They gradually ate up half of their Macaroni and Cheese in little tiny bits. They had used up more than four bottles of wine and butterbeer. It was 9 o'clock when they finally forced down Hermione's revolting food.

"Well, er, we'd better get going," Lily said uncomfortably, massaging her stomach, fighting the terrible urge to vomit.

James nodded, though a little disappointment was shown on his face.

"Actually," Ginny piped up, "Before I left for James', I told your parents that if we're a bit late, we would sleep here overnight. They said it was perfectly fine."

"So that's why you were so behind us!" Lily accused. Ginny just shrugged, smiling sweetly.

"So, are you guys staying?" Remus asked.

Ginny looked at Lily with pleading eyes. Lily sighed in defeat. She knew that Ginny wanted to spend time with Harry and Lily definitely didn't want to ruin it for her.

"Okay, we're staying over- that is, if it's okay with James." Lily said, looking at James.

"Of course," James said politely, with a slight nod.

Sirius1 let out a yawn. "Let's turn in early."

Everyone murmured in agreement and lazily headed up the stairs.

Harry and Ginny lagged behind as everyone else went into their rooms. At the foot of the stairs, they hugged, not knowing exactly why. They stood there, for five minutes, caught in each other's warm and comforting embrace.

"Your parents and their friends are wonderful people, Harry," Ginny whispered loudly.

"Yeah, they are," Harry agreed with a faint smile.

After a short while, they bade each other goodnight and went into their rooms.

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The next morning, Harry woke up late. He looked at the clock and saw that it was 10 o'clock. He groaned inwardly and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. Quickly, he got dressed and went down the stairs. Harry found the kitchen empty except for three people. Remus, Hermione, and Lily were awake and having their morning tea.

"Where's everyone else?" Harry asked, sitting down.

Remus shrugged, "Asleep, I expect."

Harry smiled and nodded. He gratefully took the cup of tea that Hermione had poured for him and grabbed a piece of toast.

"What shall we do today?" Remus asked after a sip of tea.

"I, er, wanted to do something with Ginny today, if that's okay with you all," Harry said, blushing.

Hermione smiled knowingly. "Of course that's alright. You two go ahead; we'll find something to do." Lily and Remus nodded, agreeing with her.

Harry smiled gratefully at them. "Thanks. I'm going to go wake Ginny up." He popped the last bit of toast in his mouth and walked out of the kitchen. He quickly went up the stairs and tiptoed to Ginny and Lily's room. Harry opened the door and saw two beds there. One of them had someone occupying it, and the other was empty and neatly made. Harry went over to the one that was occupied and gently sat beside it. He saw a mass of red hair.

"Ginny?" Harry whispered, lightly shaking her.

Ginny let out a sleepy groan.

"Gin, wake up," Harry said a little louder.

"Harry?" Ginny said groggily.

"Yeah, it's me. Wake up, it's nearly noon." Harry said.

Ginny sat up slowly, rubbing her eyes. "I'm up."

Harry smiled. He kissed her on the forehead and said, "I'll be downstairs in the kitchen." With a pop, he Disapparated to the kitchen.

When Harry apparated, instead of apparating on a chair, he apparated on something soft. When he turned, he saw a close up view of Sirius1' face. "AARGH!" he yelled in horror. Harry toppled onto the floor with a painful thud.

"How do I manage to scare you when you see Voldemort as a nasty little bug?" Sirius1 asked with a grin.

Harry ignored Sirius1' comment and scowled. "Why did you have to be where I wanted to apparate?" he said in irritation as he got up.

Sirius1 only grinned and stuck his tongue out.

"You know, Sirius, your face is downright scary." Harry said, taking a seat next to him.

Everyone in the kitchen laughed. Harry looked around and saw that James and Sirius had come down while he was up waking Ginny. She was the only one that wasn't there.

A moment later, there was a pop, and Ginny appeared on Sirius1' lap. She let out a frightened scream, and almost fell off, but Sirius1 grabbed onto her.

"Jesus, Ginny, you almost made me a deaf man!" Sirius1 exclaimed.

"Sorry," Ginny said timidly, still shocked at looking at Sirius1' face so close. She sagged down onto Sirius1 when she realized she was not in danger.

"Hey, Gin?" Harry said with a mock frown, "Wrong lap."

Ginny smiled and with another pop, she was on Harry's lap.

"Better?" Ginny whispered.

Harry grinned and simply kissed her fully. After about three minutes, Sirius cleared his throat loudly.

"Care to get a room?" Sirius said, smirking.

Harry and Ginny parted and blushed.

"Oh, guys, stop embarrassing them." Hermione said.

Ginny reached over and got a cup of tea.

"So, what are we doing today?" Ginny asked, taking a sip of tea. "Hiking? Looking for some treasure? Scoping out bad guys? Scaring little kids at Diagon Alley? Playing Ding-Dong-Ditch? Something adventurous?"

Everyone grinned and looked at Harry.

Harry looked around nervously. "I was wondering if you wanted to do something with just the two of us," he said quietly.

Ginny got a mischievous twinkle in her eye that everyone but Harry caught. She made her face fall considerably. "Something together? No adventures?" she asked faintly.

Harry looked nervous, "Yeah, like taking a walk, or something. Whatever you wanted to do."

"A…walk?" Ginny repeated, scrunching her nose, "Well, that doesn't sound very exciting, does it? Are you sure you don't want to do something fun with the rest of them?"

Harry's face fell. "Uh-er, s-sure, of course, if you wanted—"

Ginny's heart broke. "Oh, Harry, I was only kidding, I'd love to do something with just you- if that's alright with the others."

Harry blushed and muttered incoherent words under his breath. Ginny gave him a big hug and a kiss on the nose.

Everyone nodded except Sirius, who looked to be deep in though. Sirius1 nudged him in the ribs hard.

"Ow- I was only joking, no need to get physical!" Sirius said, scowling at his older self.

"Thanks, well, I guess I'd better get ready," Harry said, picking Ginny up and setting her back down on the chair. With a pop, he Apparated to his room.

In ten minutes, Harry was ready. He had on a dark pair of pants, a dark gray long sleeved shirt, and midnight blue robes on. After a feeble attempt to flatten his hair, he Apparated to the bottom of the stairs.

"Harry!" a voice called from behind him. Harry turned around and saw Ginny. Her hair was neatly brushed and flowed down her shoulders. They had two sparkling barrettes in them. She was wearing a dark blue flowing skirt down to around her lower legs and ankles, that swished around when she walked. She wore a sky blue turtleneck and regular black robes.

Harry smiled at her. He put on Ginny's rich blue cloak on her and swung his black cloak with silver embroidering over his shoulders.

"Let's go take a walk," Harry said, opening the door.

Everything outside was sparkling white. It was snowing lightly and snowflakes drifted through the air and down to the snowy ground.

Harry took Ginny's hand and they walked outside, hand in hand. They walked for a bit in silence.

Harry sighed quietly. He loved this. He wished he could do this forever.

"You love it here, Harry, don't you?"

Harry slowly nodded. "But I love it back in our time, too."

Ginny nodded in understanding.

"Thanks for staying here with me. It really means a lot." Harry said quietly.

"Oh, Harry, you don't need to thank me. I'm glad that you can be happy. You deserve to see your parents, and I'm quite happy meeting your parents. They're lovely." Ginny said.

"I love you, Gin," Harry said quietly.

"I love you too, Harry," Ginny said with a soft smile.

They both leaned in to kiss. Harry reluctantly broke it.

"Ah," Harry grinned, "I've got a surprise for you."

Harry turned around and took out his wand. Blood red roses sprung out of it. Harry turned back around, but he saw a horrid sight.

"Ginny!" Harry shouted in fright.

Ginny was sprawled on the ground, unconscious. Harry kneeled down and searched for a pulse. Relieved, he found one, though it was quite faint. Harry looked around frantically. Everything was still Harry swore he would kill whoever did this to her. Harry picked Ginny up and Apparated to James' house. The red roses lay limp on the ground, forgotten.

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Alright guys, this is IMPORTANT. School's starting in a day, so I don't know if I'll have much time to write my story much (. I'll try.

GET READY FOR DRAMA. After this, there'll be so much drama, it's so stupid. The stuff I wrote is really stupid and way too dramatic, but I need it in order to go on with the story. So I apologize for the drama in the later chapters. Well, hopefully I'll be able to go on with the story soon. REVIEWWW!