Chapter 3

Everything's different

The next morning Ginny walked downstairs to see everyone at the kitchen table. "Well Good morning Sleepy-head." said Mrs. Weasley. No sadness had left the room from yesterday. No one talked, just sat quietly and ate their breakfast. Once everyone was done eating, they all went off to do their chores. Mrs. Weasley told Ginny and Ron to get the gnomes out of the yard, so Harry helped them. While throwing the last gnomes, Harry looked over to Ginny, who was sitting on the ground smiling at how much fun she was having. He walked over to Ginny and sat next to her on the ground. She said, "Everything's different now. Everything's going to change isn't it? The smile on both of their faces faded away. "Yes….. But it just means new things to try out." Harry said slowly. More tears fell from her eyes. Then she got up and looked for more gnomes because she couldn't let him see her cry anymore. Later that day, Harry was making his bed while Ron was sending things flying across the room when he was supposed to be cleaning his room. After a few minutes, Ron piped up. "So, uhh… do you wanna play some Quidditch tomorrow?" he said. Harry responded, "Sure. Are we gonna play two on two again?" They both decided they were going to play with Ginny and Hermione. "Speaking of Ginny and Hermione…" stated Ron. The two girls walked in the room. Hermione walked over to Ron and sat on the chair of his desk. Meanwhile Ginny went to sit on Harry's bed. Hermione started the conversation with, "So what have you two been doing?" The boys told them about what they had planned for tomorrow. Ginny seemed overjoyed at the idea while Hermione just agreed to make Ron happy. "Oh! I almost forgot! Ron, can you come with me for a second? I have a surprise for you." Ron and Hermione left the room. Then it was just Harry and Ginny. Harry started to say something but Ginny asked her question first. "Harry, are we together again?" she said. Harry was shocked at her question. "Yeah of course we are. Aren't we?" he said. Ginny told Harry that she wanted to, but she didn't know for sure. Again Harry said, "Well I want us to be together too. So are we?" Ginny smiled and said, "Yeah."

Harry smiled and walked over to his bed. He sat next to Ginny and looked into her eyes. Harry started to lean in to her, but before their lips met, she said, "You scared me." Harry was confused at this point. He said, "What?"

"When I saw you lying in the courtyard. When you were pretending to be dead. You scared me." She said slowly. He told her he wanted to let her know that he was alive, but he couldn't. Ginny understood but she still had a frown on her face. He lifted her chin and pulled her into a hug. Ginny's head rested on his shoulder. She said, "You're amazing." Harry responded with, "You aren't so bad your self." Then he laughed. It finally put a smile on Ginny's face. Once they broke apart, Ginny looked up at him and kissed him. Then suddenly, the door was opening. They stopped kissing and saw Hermione and Ron standing in the doorway. Hermione was smiling as if she expected it! So Ron said, "Oh, don't stop on out account. We'll join you if you want." Hermione punched him lightly. Harry and Ginny both laughed. Ginny nicely told them that they could stay. And soon enough, they were all talking about how it was all over. Voldemort was gone and everyone was safe. Everything would be okay from now on. But still, everything changed. Fred was gone, no more worrying, and now everyone was mostly happy.

After the group's discussion, Mrs. Weasley came upstairs and asked Ron to help her do the wash for once. Ron wasn't happy about it, but he did it. Ginny and Hermione started talking about hexes. It turned into an argument when Hermione insisted that Ginny shouldn't use hexes when some one makes her mad. It got so bad Ginny would've hexed Hermione, but Harry reminded her of the restriction of under aged magic. Soon enough, it was almost eleven o'clock. Ginny and Hermione went to their room and fell asleep. But Harry couldn't sleep in his own room. He just thought this isn't fair! Everyone treats me different now. I don't get to see anyone happy. And plus, Ginny isn't happy either. She smiles sometimes, and I know we are happy together, but I know she always thinks of Fred. I don't blame her… I want everything to be back the way it was… Harry was soon in tears. And he didn't fall asleep that night.

Around six in the morning, Harry decided he would never fall asleep. So he got up and walked downstairs. He didn't expect to see anyone, but Ginny was sitting with a cup of tea at the kitchen table. When he walked into her sight, she looked up. Harry immediately noticed tears running down her cheeks. When she saw him she turned around and tried to wipe her tears so Harry wouldn't notice, but Harry had already seen her. He walked over to her and sat in the chair next to her. He put his hands on her waist and made her look into his eyes. At first she couldn't look at him, but eventually she gave in and looked at him. He lifted her chin and said to her, "Ginny, I miss him too." And with that more tears came trembling down her face. While wiping her tears away he said, "It'll be okay. I promise." Then he pulled her into a hug. Then he started stroking her hair. Suddenly, fresh tears came from Harry's eyes. When they broke apart, Ginny looked up at him and saw his tears. She laughed and said that she was sorry for being like this. Harry told her she shouldn't be sorry for something she couldn't help. Eventually they stopped crying and made breakfast. They talked until someone walked downstairs. And that person was Ron. He joined them and they all ate and talked. When everyone was downstairs, Mrs. Weasley sent everyone to do chores. So they all kept busy for the day.