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Disclaimer - Sadly I don't Harry or any of his friends or places in the Wizarding World. I don't even own the character Brionna Culver seeing as she's based on one of my best mates! I do however own the plot and any other original characters.

Summary - Follow Harry through his seventh and final year at Hogwarts where he has to deal with girl problems, being a teenager and Voldemort and his Horcruxes. HBP spoilers, prequel to One Night Can Change Everything.

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Anyways now onto our feature presentation. Here's Chapter 2. Enjoy!

Chapter 2 - Seeing the Weasley's Again

The sun was just rising when Harry stepped off the Knight Bus in front of the Burrow.

He looked up at the house and smiled when he thought of seeing the Weasley's again.

Flashes of Ginny sped through his mind and made Harry's smile disappear for he didn't know whether she was angry at him for breaking things off.

Harry sighed and grabbed hold of his trunk by the handle and Hedwig's cage, he then walked to the front door and knocked it not knowing whether anyone would be up.

He waited for a few minutes and heard someone running towards the door.

The person opened the door and looked at Harry.

"Hey Gin," he said warmly.

Ginny glared at him and slammed the door shut.

As she walked away Harry could hear her shout up the stairs.

"RON, OPEN THE FRONT DOOR! THE BOY-WHO-CAN'T-KEEP-A-RELATIONSHIP IS HERE!"

When Harry heard her shout that sentence it broke his heart into two pieces.

He knocked again and he heard heavier footsteps thunder down the stairs.

The door flew open and Harry saw Ron who was grinning on the threshold.

"Harry!" he exclaimed.

"Hey! Um what's wrong with your sister?" Harry asked.

"She's still pretty mad at you. Probably explains why she told me to get the door," Ron replied.

"She opened the door then glared at me before slamming the door shut and yelling to you," Harry told him.

Ron nodded and got his wand out of his back pocket.

"Let me take your trunk," he said.

Harry let go of the trunk and moved aside so that Ron could levitate it.

They walked into the house and started to go up the stairs.

"Am I staying in your room?" Harry asked.

"No. Mum's put you in the twins' old room because she thinks that you should have a room of your own plus she's making me share with Charlie when he comes home for the wedding."

Harry nodded then asked the one question that he had been dying to ask since he arrived.

"Are you and Hermione together yet?"

"No. I've been dropping hints since she got here. She doesn't seem to be picking up on them though."

Harry nodded as they entered the bedroom that he would be staying in.

Ron set Harry's trunk down and said, "Come down when you're ready. Oh and happy birthday mate."

"Thanks," Harry said as Ron walked out of the bedroom.

Once Harry had unpacked, he slowly made his way to the kitchen.

When he walked into the kitchen he saw Fred, George, Ginny, Ron and Mrs Weasley sat round the kitchen table talking quietly amongst themselves.

Harry felt someone tap his shoulder and he turned his head to see Hermione stood next to him.

"Hi Harry. How are you?" she asked smiling.

"Okay," he replied.

Mrs Weasley looked up when she heard some new voices in the room.

"Harry dear! How are you?" she said loudly as she got up from the kitchen table.

Mrs Weasley gave Harry a huge bear hug then stepped back to look at him.

"Oh look at you. You're all skin and bones! What did they do to you? Didn't you eat all summer? Well at least you don't have to go back to those infernal Muggles anymore. You can stay here for as long as you like Harry dear," Mrs Weasley said.

"Oh for," Fred began.

"Merlin's sakes," George continued.

"Boys will you stop sharing your sentences. It's beginning to get on my last nerve," Mrs Weasley scolded.

"What they're trying to say Mum is would you stop fussing over Harry," Ron told his mother.

Mrs Weasley took no notice of this and continued to fuss over Harry.

The twins scowled at Ron and looked away from him.

Ginny got up from the table and walked past Harry.

"So you're still here then? Haven't you realised that no one wants you around?" she muttered.

Unfortunately for Ginny, Mrs Weasley had heard what she said.

"Ginny, may I see you in the living room please?" she asked.

Ginny scowled and followed her mother out of the kitchen.

The twins sniggered as they heard Mrs Weasley yell at Ginny as soon as the living room door had shut.

Harry sat down at the table and stared into space.

"Harry, what's wrong?" Ron asked.

"Does she hate me?"

"Who? Ginny?"

"Yeah," Harry said miserably.

"No, she's just bitter because you broke up with her. She'll be fine soon."

"What? Is that after she tells me that she hates me?" Harry said feeling rather depressed.

"No. Once Ginny realises that it was the right thing to do she'll be fine," Ron explained.

Suddenly there was a great yell from the living room and the front door slammed shut, Ginny then came storming into the kitchen.

"It's all you fault! I hate you!" she snarled at Harry before storming out of the house.

"Well at least that's gotten that part of your relationship out of the way," the twins said at the same time whilst grinning and obviously trying to fight back the laughter.

Harry glared at them and held his head in his hands and continued to stare into space.

While Harry was staring into space, Ron, Hermione and the twins carried on talking knowing full well that Harry was not really worth talking to while he was in a mood.

They only stopped talking when Mrs Weasley appeared in the kitchen.

She saw Harry looking depressed and instantly felt rather guilty as it was his birthday and all she had done so far was shout at Ginny and remind him of the Muggles that made his life hell.

"Oh Harry dear. Happy Birthday, I'm sorry I forgot. We'll sort something out for you after you've taken your Apparition test," Mrs Weasley said to him.

Harry's head snapped up and he looked at Ron's mother.

"It's today?" he asked.

"Yes dear. Arthur is taking you and Ron to do your tests a bit later on today. This afternoon I think," she replied.

Harry nodded and noticed that his stomach now had a considerable amount of butterflies flying around inside it.

Ron looked at Harry and saw that he looked rather nervous.

"You alright mate?" he asked.

"Yeah, I just feel that this day isn't going exactly to plan what with Ginny saying that she hates me. Maybe my test won't go to plan either."

Hermione had heard what Harry had said and moved up a seat so that she could sit next to him.

"You'll be fine. You'll pass it and maybe Ron will take all of his eyebrows with him this time," she said as she rubbed his back.

Ron scowled and the twins laughed while Harry looked at Hermione questioningly.

"Um Hermione? Why are you rubbing my back?" he asked.

Hermione stopped rubbing his back and looked at Harry.

"My Mum used to do it to me when I was younger to calm me down when I was upset or nervous," she explained.

Harry nodded and they all got up from the table and walked into the garden.

While they were sat outside in the hot July sun Harry, Ron and Hermione talked about the things that they had been up to while they were apart.

"I did nothing really. I got all of my summer homework done while I was at home," Hermione said while feeling proud of herself.

"Hermione that's all you ever do during the summer holidays," Ron whined.

Hermione smiled knowingly at Ron which made him turn as red as a tomato and clashed horribly with his red hair.

"What did you do Harry?" Hermione asked.

"Nothing. I did chores for the Dursley's, watched Dudley stagger home drunk and thought about you lot and Ginny and how much I missed her Mi."

Harry then noticed the look on Ron and Hermione's face and finished his sentence, "one."

"Harry was that a nickname?" Ron asked while fighting back laughter.

"Yeah. So what if it was? Don't you ever think that Hermione is too long to say all of the time? No offence Hermione," Harry told them.

Hermione nodded in reply and Ron thought for a few moments.

"So that's settled then. We shorten Hermione to Mi?" Harry stated.

Ron snapped out of his trance and nodded.

"Only when we're not in public. Only when it's just us three," Hermione said.

Harry and Ron nodded in agreement and Hermione smiled.

Harry layed back on the grass and sighed.

They sat in silence until Ron spoke.

"Hey Harry?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you still fancy my sister?" he asked.

Harry sighed again and turned to face Ron.

"Yes. I couldn't stop thinking about her all the time I was at the Dursley's but then I remembered why I broke up with her. I tried to think that she was out of bounds coz she's my best friend's sister but then I realised that it didn't work at school and it's not going to work now," Harry explained.

Ron and Hermione shared a smile and nodded before looking back at Harry.

"Okay, what are you two planning?" he asked.

"Nothing," Ron and Hermione said at the same time.

"Yeah right."

"Why did you break up with my sister?" Ron asked again.

"Ron, what is this, twenty questions?"

"No, I'm just interested."

"Mmm. If you must know I split up with her because if Voldemort found out that we were together the he'll use her as bait."

Ron nodded and opened his mouth to ask something else but was interupted by Mr Weasley shouting his name.

"Ron! Harry! We have to go now!" he called.

The boys got up and bade their goodbyes to Hermione who wished them both good luck then they disappeared into the house.

When Ron, Harry and Mr Weasley flooed into the Atrium of the Ministry of Magic, they were met by a wizard dressed in a smart set of robes.

"Welcome to the Ministry of Magic. Please state your name and business," the wizard said smiling.

"Arthur Weasley, Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects, here to escort Ronald Weasley and Harry Potter, who are here to take their Apparition Tests," Mr Weasley told the wizard.

"Thank you," the wizard said as he transfigured two small pieces of old and very used parchment into two badges.

"Visitors, please take the badges and attach it to the front of your robes."

Harry and Ron took the badges from the wizard that were either labelled with 'Harry Potter, Apparition Test' or 'Ronald Weasley, Apparition Test' and pinned them to the front of their t-shirts.

"Visitors to the Ministry, you are required to submit to a search and present your wands for registration at the Security Desk, which is located at the far end of the Atrium. The Ministry of Magic wishes you a pleasant day," the wizard said, sounding exactly like a robot.

Mr Weasley led Harry and Ron past the golden fountain that had been magically restored and towards the Security Desk.

They reached the desk that was beneath the sign saying Security and saw a wizard that had obviously had a few accidents while shaving reading a copy of the Daily Prophet.

The wizard looked up as they reached the desk and put the newspaper down.

"I'm escorting two visitors," Mr Weasley said while gestering to Harry and Ron.

The wizard pointed to Harry then said, "you step over here."

Harry walked to where the wizard was standing with a long golden rod and passed it up and down Harry's front and back.

"Wand."

Harry gave the wizard his wand and watched it being dropped onto a brass instrument.

It began to vibrate and a narrow piece of parchment came out of the base.

"Eleven inches, phoenix-feather core, been in use five years. Is that correct?"

Harry nodded and took the wand back from the wizard then watched as Ron stepped forward.

Ron went through the same process as Harry and waited nervously for the piece of parchment to be produced.

"Fourteen inches, unicorn tail hair core, been in use three years. Is that correct?"

"Yes," Ron replied.

Mr Weasley led the two boys into the smaller hall where the lifts were.

They got into a lift and Mr Weasley pressed a button.

Harry looked up and saw several paper aeroplane memos above him.

He then heard a cool voice say, "Level seven, Department of Magical Games and Sports, incorporating the British and Irish Quidditch League Headquarters, Official Gobstones Club and Ludicrous Patents Office."

The doors opened and some of the memos flew out and more flew in, some witches and wizards got in as well.

They muttered "hello" to Mr Weasley and each pushed the lift buttons to where they wanted to go.

The lift started moving again and everyone that had gotten into the lift was now performing the famous eye movement to Harry's forehead.

Harry felt as though the life ride was getting very slow with each eye movement.

Suddenly he heard the cool voice speak again.

"Level six, Department of Magical Transportation, incorporating the Floo Network Authority, Broom Regulatory Control, Portkey Office and Apparition Test Centre."

Mr Weasley looked at Harry and Ron and smiled.

"This is us boys," he told them.

Mr Weasley stepped out of the lift with Harry and Ron in tow.

With every step that they took, both grew even more nervous with the prospect of their impending tests.

"Here we are you two. Go to the desk and say that you are here for your tests. They'll ask for your names then call you in seperately. I'll be sat here, good luck," Mr Weasley explained to Harry and Ron.

They walked slowly to the desk and looked at the old witch sat behind it.

"Can I help?" the witch asked politely.

"We're here for our Apparition tests," Ron said.

"Names."

"Ron Weasley."

"Harry Potter," Harry said feeling very uncomfortable as the witch looked at his forehead.

"Okay, go and sit down and we'll call you when it's time to take your test."

Ron and Harry sat down as the witch wrote something down and walked through a door that was beside the desk.

Both boys felt slightly uneasy as the witch came out of the adjoining room and sat back down behind the desk.

After a few moments, a silver dog came out of the room and nudged the woman.

"Mr Weasley, it's time for you to go in. Just follow the Patronus through the door to begin your test."

Ron nodded and shakily got to his feet after Harry had muttered a quick good luck to him.

Harry waited while Ron took his test, all the time he was hoping that this time Ron had managed to take his eyebrows with him.

After about ten minutes of waiting, the door next to the desk opened and Ron emerged from it grinning.

He sat down next to Harry and smiled.

"Well?" Harry asked.

Ron stared at him for a few moments then realised why Harry had asked him the question.

"Oh that. I passed! Took all my body parts with me this time," Ron told him.

Suddenly Harry's name was called and Ron wished him good luck as he disappeared through it.

He entered a room that had been painted in neutral tones and looked around.

Harry saw a person stood in the middle of the room holding a clipboard and walked over to them.

"Hello Mr Potter. I want you to picture the white square that's painted on the ground over there in your mind and apparate to that point."

Harry nodded then thought of the three D's.

As he thought of deliberation Harry turned on the spot and apparated into the white square.

The examiner nodded and wrote something down on the clipboard then waved his wand and made a wall appear in the centre of the room.

"Apparate back to where you were."

Harry thought of the three D's again and apparated to the other side of the wall.

"Congratulations Mr Potter you passed your Apparition Test. If you'd like to go back outside, we'll get your licence ready for you," the examiner said to Harry.

Harry nodded and walked back out of the door and sat down next to Ron.

"Did you pass?" Ron asked.

"Yeah. Have you got your licence yet?"

Ron nodded and showed Harry a small green card that looked remarkably like a Muggle driving licence.

The witch that was sat behind the desk called Harry over to her.

"That'll be for your details," Ron explained.

"What details?"

"Your address and stuff for your licence."

Harry looked at Ron and realised that he didn't have a proper address.

"Can I put the Burrow down as my address?" Harry asked.

Ron nodded.

"Mr Potter when you're quite ready," the witch called to him.

Harry got up and walked to the desk.

"Full name?" the witch asked.

"Harry James Potter."

"Date of birth?"

"Thirty one, seven, eighty four."

"Address? Just the name of the house and town is fine."

"The Burrow, Ottery St Catchpole."

"Now sign here."

Harry signed the form and gave it back to the witch who tapped it with her wand.

The form vanished and in its place was a small card that was exactly like Ron's.

Harry picked it up and followed Ron back to where Mr Weasley was sat.

He smiled at both boys who smiled back and they all apparated back to the Burrow.

Once they had appeared in the kitchen Harry and Ron were bombarded with questions and hugs from Mrs Weasley.

When they had gotten away from her, Harry and Ron climbed up the stairs to Ginny's bedroom.

"Hey Ron? Is Scrimgeour still Minister for Magic?" Harry asked.

"Yeah. You know we could have apparated up here."

"I know but Hermione will call us lazy."

"So we'll start doing it tomorrow?" Ron asked.

"Yup."

They walked into the bedroom and saw Ginny and Hermione sat on Ginny's bed and Fred and George sat on the floor.

"Hey you wanna play truth or dare?" Ron asked before anyone could ask about their tests.

"Sorry little bro but we've left Verity alone at the shop," Fred said.

Ron nodded and Fred and George said their goodbyes then apparated out of the room.

Ron looked at Harry, Ginny and Hermione and shrugged.

"Are you up for it?" he asked.

They all nodded and Hermione looked at Ron.

"Ron, that's a Muggle game. Where did you learn about it?" she asked.

"That's my secret. Contrary to what you may think Mi I do actually have a brain in my head."

Harry sensed that Hermione and Ron were about to have an argument and said, "so are we playing this game?"

Ron nodded and sat down on the floor.

They rearranged themselves and sat in various places around Ginny's room so that they made a circle.

"Okay, Ginny you can go first seeing as you're the youngest," Hermione told her.

Ginny smirked at Harry.

"Harry, truth or dare?"

"Truth," Harry replied nervously.

"Why did you really break up with me?"

"Ginny we went through this. Voldemort will use you to get to me. If that happened then I would never be able to forgive myself," Harry explained.

Ginny nodded.

"Hermione, truth or dare?" Harry asked.

"Um truth."

"What did you smell last year in Slughorn's class when you smelt the Amortentia?"

"Mown grass, new parchment and the shower gel that Ron uses when he showers," Hermione replied turning very red.

"Can I go next please? I have a good one," Ginny asked sparing Hermione any more embarrasment.

Hermione nodded.

"So, Ron, truth or dare?" Ginny asked.

"Uh truth."
"Do you fancy anyone?" Ginny asked again.

"Uh yeah," Ron replied.

"Who?" she asked.

"Hey, no fair! That's two questions," Ron protested.

"Okay, okay. It's your turn now Ron," Ginny replied.

Ron thought about who to ask, he had so many questions and they all seemed to lead to the same person.

"Harry, truth or dare?"

"Truth," Harry replied.

"Do you fancy anyone?" Ron asked.

"Yeah but I'm not saying who."

Ron looked defeated and Harry looked around the room whilst vowing to get his revenge on his best friend.

"Ron, truth or dare?" Harry asked.

"Dare."

"I dare you to snog Mi," Harry said with a grin on his face.

Ron and Hermione proceeded to kiss each other and clearly they both enjoyed it.

Ron looked at Harry and grinned.

"Truth or dare Potter."

"Dare," Harry replied.

"I dare you to snog my dear little sister," Ron stated.

Ginny sighed and Harry felt butterflies suddenly flying around his stomach as he turned and saw those beautiful brown eyes looking at him as their heads got nearer to each other.

As their lips touched and they started to gently kiss each other, all Ginny and Harry could think about was how they missed being like this with each other.

Hermione and Ron looked at each other and smiled.

After ten minutes, Ron and Hermione did a perfect impression of Umbridge.

Ginny and Harry immediately sprang apart from each other and turned very red.

"I don't want to play anymore," Harry said as he got up and walked out of the room in need of a very cold shower.

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