Title: Not Quite Gone
Author: SweetAsheyPie
Summary: Harry leaves the Wizarding world after defeating Voldemort. He then disappears without a trace, and creates a new identity for himself. Then things get tricky when his true identity is discovered.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter (and associated characters, likenesses, concepts, etc.) belongs to J.K. Rowling, Bloomsbury Publishing, Scholastic, Inc. AOL/Time Warner, Inc., among others. I make no claim, written or implied, upon Harry Potter. No money is being made and no infringement or disrespect to the creators / copyright holders is intended.

Previously:

He began to walk to the door to the alley when something caught his eye. He turned and saw Her. The girl of his dreams. The one that he had been thinking about for 9 years. Ginny Weasley.

Chapter 3

He saw her nestled in a corner reading a book and sipping tea. On closer inspection he saw that it was his own book she was reading! He suddenly had the urge to sit with her. He knew that if she was reading his book then she must know who he was, given his face was pictured on the front cover. But could he face her? After so many years could he just sit and hold a conversation with her pretending to be a total stranger when he just wanted to continue right where they had left off and snog her senseless?

Of course he could! He may never get a chance like this again. Also, this way he could get to know her again. She's bound to have changed. What if she's married? A feeling a jealousy rushed through him as he began to think of an imaginary husband. He looked at her hands and saw there wasn't a ring on her finger.

He let out a breath of relief and walked over to her table and sat down. She looked up at him and he flashed her a smile.

"Do you mind if I sit here?"

Ginny Weasley looked up and returned the smile.

"Not at all." She looked back down at her book and gasped. "Oh my God! You're J.R. Johnson. I cannot believe you are sitting across from me. You're a wizard? I had no idea. You seem so…excuse me…muggle."

JR chuckled at her. "Yes, indeed, I am J.R. Johnson. You can just call me JR, Miss… I'm sorry I didn't catch your name."

"Oh…" She laughed "I'm sorry. I didn't give it to you. It's Ginevra Weasley, but people call me Ginny. I don't really like the name Ginevra very much."

"Okay then Ginny it is. I couldn't help but notice you are reading my book. What do you think of it? I got good feedback from the papers but I don't really trust them."

"Well I personally love it. I am the Charms professor at Hogwarts, you do know about Hogwarts right?" At JR's nod she continued. "Well, you book has been very helpful in dealing with the kids. These kids mostly come from war-torn families or are a product of the baby-boom that resulted after the war and most of the kids felt really insecure at Hogwarts and started to act out. Your book on the mind of an adolescent really helped. We have started a buddy program, pairing the First Years with the Seventh Years and that has helped many of the children cope better with being away from home and feeling as if they have a family within the walls of Hogwarts. All the problems still aren't solved but it has gotten a lot better."

"Wow, I didn't know my book would have such a great effect, especially on the Wizarding World."

"Well my sister-in-law, Hermione Weasley, found it while looking for books to help with the situation at Hogwarts. She is muggle-born and thought a book by a muggle would help. Won't she be surprised when she finds out you're really a wizard." Suddenly her eyes lit up with mischief. "Hey… Do you want to come meet Hermione? I'm sure you'll love to talk to her about your book. She really loves it too. Here come on."

She threw some coins on the table and grabbed JR's hand before pulling him over to the fireplace.

"You don't mind coming right?" She gave him puppy dog eyes and whatever reservations he first had were washed away with that one look he had seen on many occasions.

"No," he smiled, "I don't mind at all."

She smiled back and told him to floo in after her.

He watched as she disappeared in the fireplace after calling "The Burrow"

He mentally groaned before throwing the powder in and calling out "The Burrow" himself. /This is going to be a long day/

He stumbled ungracefully out of the fireplace before steadied by hands on his shoulders. He looked up to see Ginny's smiling face.

"You okay?" She asked. He nodded in response.

"I don't really like the Floo. Never did. Makes me nauseous. Mind if I sit a bit?"

"No. Make yourself at home. My mum and dad are…er…somewhere around here. I'll be back. I'll go get Hermione. She's supposed to be here helping my mum take care of some of my nieces and nephews. My mum sort of runs a daycare. She takes care of my siblings' kids while they are at work during the day. Hermione sometimes helps. So I'll be back."

"Kay." He called to her retreating back.

JR looked around the room. It was the living room. It looked a lot different then it had the last time he was there. Most of the pictures held small children he could only assume were the Weasley grandchildren./I wonder if any of there are Ron and Hermione's / he wondered. He then saw a picture that made his blood run cold. A picture of his own tombstone with the Weasley's around it, crying. / Well that's very morbid. I wonder who would take a picture of a funeral? And why the Weasley's would display it/ Thought like this kept running through his head until he heard footsteps coming closer to the room.

He looked up and saw a very pregnant Hermione enter the room and gasp.

"Oh my! I didn't believe Ginny when she told me but it's true! You are J.R. Johnson! I'm Hermione Weasley, a big fan."

He stood up and kissed her hand. "Pleasure to meet you Mrs.Weasley."

"Oh please. Call me Hermione. There are way too many Mrs. Weasley's in this family." Hermione and Ginny chuckled at what seemed to be a family joke.

This just made JR wonder exactly how much he had missed.

A/N: Yay another chapter out. I thank my muse for making me keep my deadline of August 1st...Even if it is almost the 2nd lol. I wrote this in like 2 hours. Yay me. I was very reluctant to write more of this story after HBP came out but I did what I must and continued. I hope you like it. I like my other story better but this one is still coming along nicely.

Thanks for thenice reviews.