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:

That night was the very beginning of their long relationship. Her love was out there somewhere. She just knew it.

"Oh Harry." Ginny whispered.

Chapter 6

At the sound of his former name being said, JR tensed. Was he found out? How could anyone see through his disguise? That was impossible…right? Maybe he was hearing things. But wait…wasn't that Ginny's voice? Did she somehow figure out who I really am? Well, if she did she would probably sound mad not…not…how did she sound?

All these thoughts raced through his head before he turned around and looked at her.

"Oh JR! I'm sorry. I was just lost in my thoughts." He sighed a silent sigh of relief. She didn't find him out. "Er…Can I sit?" He nodded and gestured to the seat across from him. She looked a bit distraught and definitely not herself.

"Are you alright? You look a bit upset."

"Well, not really. I had a fight with my family."

"Do you want to talk about it?" He had gone into psychology mode. It was just his natural response when people talked about their problems.

"Well you know all the stories about Harry Potter right?" At this he inwardly cringed. He did not want to have a conversation that dealt with his old self. He thought he had gotten away from all that.

"How could I not?" He responded. "I am a wizard after all."

She smiled morosely. "He would have hated that you said that. He hated the fame."

"So you knew him well I take it?" It was very disconcerting to talk about himself as though he were dead.

"Very well. He told me he was going to marry me. He was the love of my life. I still can't accept that he's dead. It's just not real for me. I sometimes expect to just see him walk into a room. It's not going to happen though as everyone keeps reminding me. Harry is dead. He's not coming back." Ginny said this last bit in a tone just above a whisper. "When they ended the search after two months, I was devastated. I couldn't even get out of bed. I didn't eat or sleep. I just laid in my bed and cried. He was my world, my everything. Then he was just gone."

The room suddenly felt very oppressive to JR. He realized just how big of a mistake he made when he left. He didn't realize that he would just be hurting more people. He only thought of how many he had already hurt, both directly and indirectly. He then realized Ginny was still talking.

"The ministry decided to have a huge memorial in his honor. They even awarded him a few Orders of Merlin. It was huge. Did you read about it in the paper? It was the big story for quite a while."

"No. While living in the muggle world, I didn't keep up with the current events of the Wizarding World."

"Oh. Well it was huge. There were so many people there to pay their respects and thank him for what he did. He saved all of us. They were only doing what they thought was right, but throughout the entire thing all I could think of was that he would have hated having all these strangers do this for him. They were placing gifts and all kinds of things near the memorial and…"

"Wait," JR interrupted, "There is an actual memorial?"

"Yeah. It's on what the ministry thinks is the exact spot Harry had killed Voldemort. It's a gigantic statue of him. I hate it."

JR grimaced. Yes, he would definitely have hated something like that.

"So my family and I decided to have our own small service. We decided to bury a coffin with some of Harry's things and other personal effects. I thought it was beautiful. It was small and intimate with only Harry's close friends."

The guilt reined down on JR. He needed to get out of there. He couldn't listen to Ginny's somber tone anymore. He hurt the woman he loved so much. He was so confused. He didn't know what to do.

"Ginny," he said quickly, "I'm sorry but I really have to go, okay?"

Ginny just nodded as JR practically ran out the door to the muggle world.

A/N: I promised an update at least once a month and here it is. Sorry it's the last day of the month but it has been a very hectic month. I've been given so much school work. The next chapter should take another month. Sorry.

My birthday is in 2 weeks:)