Within Your Heart

Chapter 2: You Have Ice-Cream On Your Nose.

"Ron!" Hermione yelled as she rushed into the room. "Ron your awake, you're ok! I thought I'd lost you, I thought you were going to die!" Hermione threw her arms around Ron making him flinch, but she didn't seem to notice. Ron put an arm, the one without the drip in it, around Hermione.

Harry couldn't help but remember Hermione's confession earlier on. It all fit, Hermione being so bitter towards Lavender. Telling Ron he had played an excellent Quidditch game when even she, knowing very little about the wizarding sport, knew that he had played a dreadful game. But the thing that jumped in Harry's mind the most was when Hermione had jumped in front of that hex shot by Bellatrix during the fight against the Dark Lord. She hadn't even known what spell it was. It could have been the Avada Kedavra and she would have risked her life to save Ron.

"Harry?" Harry was snapped out of his thoughts by Hermione's voice.

"Sorry" He stuttered.

"Off with the pixies, hey mate?" Asked Ron sarcastically.

"Yeah it's a bit like that. It's good to have you back."

"Good to be back! Weirdest dreams I've been having. All happen to have something to do with Quidditch tough." He said, looking a little embarrassed with himself.

"Yeah that's real strange Ron." Hermione said rolling her eyes.

"No really they were strange, because you were a beater Hermione, and a bloody good one at that! Didn't lose a game, we didn't!"

"That is strange Ron! Hermione playing Quidditch is strange enough without her being good at it as well!"

Hermione blushed a deep red and turned away.

Within a week Ron was out of the hospital. Mrs. Weasley insisted that the three stay at the Burrow with her and Mr. Weasley as it was, in her words; 'too dangerous to be staying in an empty house alone' so Ron, Harry and Hermione packed some stuff and left for the Burrow Sunday night.

"Get out of the bathroom Ron!" Hermione shouted the following morning, banging her fists on the bathroom door. "I've got to get ready for work!"

"I've only been in here for five minutes!" Ron shouted over the running water.

A smile spread across Harry's face as he passed the bathroom argument on his way down to breakfast.

When Harry got downstairs he found Fred, George, Bill, Fleur, Charlie and Ginny sitting around the table eating eggs and bacon.

"Morning everyone." Harry guessed that Mrs. Weasley Insisted that the rest of the Weasley family come home.

"Morning, Harry Dear. How are you this morning?" Mrs. Weasley asked Harry as he sat down at the dining table. "Would you like bacon and eggs for breakfast? I'll whip you up something if you'd like."

"Bacon and eggs would be great thanx Mrs. Weasley."

"So Harry what do you think about the Death Eater situation?" Bill asked. Fleur was feeding him his breakfast

"I think the sooner we catch them the better."

Suddenly a loud scream was heard from upstairs and a very, very red faced Hermione rushed down the stairs.

"What happened to you?" Asked Ginny suspiciously, cocking an eyebrow.

"I uh… went to get my towel from my room and when I got back to the bathroom door I couldn't hear the water running so I opened the door without… uh knocking and…Ron was… he was um…standing there na… naked"

Everyone at the table burst into laughing.

Hermione looked up at everyone and went an even darker shade of red. By the expression on her face she hadn't realized she had such a crowd.

After everyone had finished there breakfast Mr. Weasley and Harry set off for the 'Ministry of Magic' (although Mr. Weasley headed for the 'Muggle Artifacts' department and Harry the 'Aurora' department). Ginny left for 'La De Da' the restaurant she owned in Hogsmead. Bill and Fleur took the fireplace to the Monday Markets on Jeffers Street and Hermione and Charlie left for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. (Hermione to teach and Charlie to give a lecture on dragons to the 5th year students.)

The only people left home were Fred, George, Ron and Mrs. Weasley.

Ron had breakfast and settled down on the couch to practice turning water to whisky (a spell he had learnt in one of Fred and George's 'Practical Spells for the Practical Witch or Wizard' books.) while Mrs. Weasley watered the garden and did the dishes and cleaned the fireplace (all at the same time).

Ron looked at the clock hoping that for once he would actually get the time. Instead he found the clock that Mrs. Weasley used to keep track of her family. Mr. Weasley, Charlie and Ginny's hands were all pointing to; Work. Fred, George and Ron's were pointing at; Home. Bills hand was pointing to; Out and Percy's hand was pointing to; Mortal Peril, but Ron wasn't fazed. Percy's hand always pointed to mortal peril. Ever since Fred and George blasted it last Christmas with a spell that was supposed to help the flowers grow.

"How's our little Ronnykinns going?" Fred and George announced breaking the silence.

"Don't call me that." Growled Ron thought gritted teeth, his ears going bright red.

"Sorry little brother its just-" started George.

"-we just love watching your ears go so red." Finished Fred.

George pinched his check like you would a baby.

"Isn't he just adorable, Fred?" Asked George.

"Yes, very cute George." Fred pulled out his wand and waved it at Ron, then they walked away laughing.

Ron looked down and found himself in a giant nappy and little booties with a bib around his neck that read: 'Mummy's little Ronsikle'

"Oh my. What iz zis new style Ron?"

Ron looked up and saw Bill and Fleur standing in front of the fireplace carrying aleast a dozen shopping bags.

"Nice Ron… Nice," said Bill trying to suppress a laugh.

Ron went bright red and ran upstairs. He wasn't seen again until it was ready to leave for diner.

"So where we going for diner mum?" Charlie asked emerging from the top of the stairs.

"Well seeing as Ginny has to work late tonight I thought maybe we would go to 'La De Da.'

"Sounds great." Bill replied.

So everyone made there way out of the door where they would apparate to 'La De Da.'

Once they arrived Ginny noticed them at once. (It was hard to miss a bunch like the Weasley's)

"What are you all doing here?" Ginny asked, she sounded a little astounded.

"Well when most witches and wizards feel like getting out of the house for diner-" Fred started.

"-They usually go to a restaurant and eat there instead" Finished George.

"Ha, ha." Said Ginny sarcastically.

"Fred, George, leave your sister alone, she's working."

After diner the Weasley's, (including the newest addition: Fleur) Harry and Hermione all decided to go to the 'Iceberg' for an ice-cream. Then they all sat at the park, across from the Iceberg, to eat their ice-creams.

Harry, Hermione and Ron were walking along the winding path when Harry caught sight of Ginny sitting on the swings by herself.

"Hey guys I'm just going to go talk to Ginny. I'll catch up later."

Harry sat n the swing next to Ginny.

"Oh Harry, hi." Ginny sounded a little surprised.

"Hi." Harry didn't know what to say. He didn't know if Ginny was still mad at him. They hadn't talked in weeks.

During the search for the remaining Horcruxes Ginny had told Harry she wanted to go with him and that she didn't care if it was dangerous, she just wanted to be with him. Harry, of course, said no. It was bad enough that Hermione and Ron were risking there lives for him let alone Ginny as well.

Ginny, however, didn't seem to want to take no for an answer. She continued to insist she was going until Harry had had enough.

"I'm not a child Harry! I can look after myself. I can make my own choices!" Ginny had shouted at Harry the night before he was due to leave in search for the sixth Horcrux.

"Well why can't you see I'm trying to protect you, Ginny? I don't want you to get hurt! Infact I don't want anything to do with you. Leave me alone!" Of course he hadn't meant that he didn't want anything to do with her, but saying it seemed like the only way for him to get her to stay.

Harry didn't see Ginny before he left. Infact he didn't see her until she showed up with the Order of the Phoenix, on the night of the final battle.

"Ginny I'm sorry." Harry buried his feet into the sand.

"I know you are Harry." Harry realized that Ginny suddenly sounded exhausted.

"I didn't mean to hurt you Ginny, that was the last thing on my mind, I was just trying to protect you." Harry got off of the swing and started to push Ginny's.

I know you didn't mean to hurt me Harry. Its just I loved you. I wanted to be with you no matter what I had to do."

A sharp pain hit Harry's chest as Ginny said she'd loved him. One word hit his brain first… 'Loved.' Did that mean she did no longer love him? Had he blown his chance? Harry felt like dropping to his knees and begging for Ginny to love him again but instead he just continued to push the swing.

So Hermione and Ron kept walking down the path surrounded by beautiful flowers and trees.

Once they had finished their ice-creams they found a park bench to sit on.

"Hermione I have to tell you something." Ron blurted out.

"What is it?" Hermione asked suspiciously.

"I… Um we…you-" He sighed "-you have ice-cream on her nose."

Hermione moved her hand up to her nose to wipe it off but Ron got there first.

He was so close to her. She saw the small scratch on his face and wondered if he was mad at her for not helping him in the alley were they were attacked.

But Hermione was unable to ask Ron if he was mad at her, or was she able to ask him anything for that sake as Ron's lips crashed down on hers in a sweet kiss. A kiss that answered all of her questions instantly.