1Chapter 2

Ginny couldn't believe he was here! He had come so unexpectedly. She quickly tried to cover herself by hiding behind to door as to not reveal her baggy grey sweat pants and loose white t-shirt.

"Yeah, surprised to see me?" Harry asked in response. Ginny chuckled.

"Oh, just a bit."

There they stood, one standing outside with a trunk and a cage, the other's head poking through the doorway.

"...did I come at a bad time?" Harry asked, breaking the awkward silence.

"Oh, no, no, no. Please, come in!" Ginny offered, stepping out from behind the door. Harry set his things on the ground near the table and sighed.

"So, where's the family? Usually they swarm over me when they know I'm here," Harry recalled. Ginny closed the door.

"Well, let's see... Ron's out with Hermione. It's their one year anniversary of being together today, so they're 'celebrating.' Fred and George went to their shop to take their new product in. Dad went back to the Ministry; Mum went with him," Ginny replied. Harry nodded.

"All right then. So it's just you and me."

"Yep, just you and me." Another awkward silence came.

"Well, I'd better head upstairs. I have some homework that the teachers are having us do as a review over the holidays that needs to be done," Ginny said. "But, why don't you come up. You can put your things in Ron's room for now. Are you planning on staying the night?" she asked.

"Actually, that's why I'm here. I somewhat... ran off. I couldn't stand being in that house any longer with those awful people, so I just packed my stuff and ran. I didn't know where to go. I really wanted to see you, though, so I thought I might ask if I could stay here a while. Just until I can get my own place," Harry explained. Ginny blushed.

He wanted to see me? She thought. How sweet.

"I'm sure that will be just fine. Here, follow me." She grabbed Hedwig's cage and began ascending the stairs.

She's grown so tall, Harry thought as he followed her, and beautiful. Even in a pair of grungy old pants and a t-shirt, she's still lovely. If only Ginny could hear Harry's thoughts...

Once they reached Ron's room, Ginny sat the cage on the top of Ron's dresser. Harry laid the trunk at the end of the bed and sat down on the comfortable mattress. He observed the orange Chudley Cannon Quidditch team posters covering the walls.

"I see Ron's still obsessed with them," Harry remarked.

Ginny laughed, "Oh yeah. I don't think he'll ever give them up." For once in the past few months, Ginny felt... happy. Even just being around Harry made her feel warm inside again. He had left Hogwarts for the majority of his seventh year to fight Voldemort with Ron and Hermione, while Ginny stayed. She had been scared out of her mind while he was gone. Each day he wasn't there, her heart would tell her she loved him more and more.

If only he could feel the same way again... She thought, sighing.

"Gin, you all right?" Harry asked, noticing Ginny's change in mood.

"Huh? Oh, right, yeah, I'm fine," she replied. "I need to go get that homework done now. But I'll talk to you la-"

"Need any help?" Harry asked. Ginny looked curiously at him. "It's just, I've been through that year. I'm sure I could at least be a bit of use."

Ginny smiled, "Thanks, Harry. I'd like that a lot." She led him out of Ron's room to a room down the narrow hallway. It had pastel lilac walls with cream colors for the pillows and sheets on her rather large bed. A small, light color wood desk covered with papers sat in a corner. Her dresser was next to it. A vanity was to the left of the door.

"Hasn't changed much, has it?" Ginny asked.

"Nope," Harry responded simply. Ginny laughed. She went to the desk and pulled a maroon notebook out of a drawer. She waltzed to her bed and sat cross-legged in the middle. Harry took his seat next to her.

They spent most of the evening working on her homework, stopping every fifteen minutes or so to talk about school, Quidditch, food, everything.

Soon, Harry heard the front screen door of the kitchen open.

"Finally!" Ginny exclaimed, shutting the notebook. She slid out of bed, taking Harry's hand and led him downstairs to greet everyone.

Fred and George had been the first ones to come in. They were barely able to cling onto the cardboard boxes they were carrying because they were laughing so much. Ginny and Harry both guessed they had come from the joke shop.

"...he looked like he was eating her face," George laughed.

"Blimey, we need to teach him some things..." Fred replied.

"Harry!" the twins exclaimed in unison. They sat their boxes on the kitchen table and came over to give him a friendly hug and pat on the back.

"Weren't expecting you, mate!" George stated.

"Yeah, we would've come home earlier if we would've known!" Fred added.

"What were you two laughing so hard about?" Ginny changed the subject.

"Well, why don't you have a look?" Fred replied, pointing to the window. Harry and Ginny went to the kitchen window by the door and peered out. Sure enough, there were Ron and Hermione in a fiery snog fest.

"That's just not right," Ginny said with disgust. Harry just laughed.

"Well, sorry again that we didn't get here sooner, Harry," George apologized.

"Yeah, we took some new stuff in tonight, and it was a hit!" Fred explained.

"People wouldn't leave!" George added.

"Really, guys, it's okay. I helped Ginny with some of her homework," Harry replied. Ginny blushed. Fred and George gave her suspicious looks.

"Now, Ginny, what did Mum tell you about making people lie so you can get off the hook for something?" Fred asked.

"Yeah, what did you do?" George asked as well. Ginny looked appalled.

"Nothing! I swear! I was having trouble with my homework, especially Divination, and Harry offered to help," Ginny replied.

"Uh huh," Fred said, looking unconvinced.

"Well, sorry we can't stay and chat some more, but we've got major work to do if we're going to get this new product out by the end of the week," George said.

"That's okay," Harry said.

"Dunno why she even took Divination in the first place..." they heard Fred say as he and George dashed up the stairs.