A/N:- Hello! I am back! Have been on holiday where lots of writing has been done. i managed to write three chapter whilst I was away and here is the next one. I am going to try to update what I have written so far this week, I am moving house next weekend and only have a weeks internet left until we short it out at the new house, be warned I may be gone for a while in a few weeks time, but dont worry, I will still be writing. Thank your reviews, favourting my story and adding me to your alerts list, it means so much to me! Hope you enjoy this chapter!
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Disclaimer: Still not mine, if it was I would still be on holiday. Harry Potter and all the characters belong to JKR!
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The following day of Fred's funeral bought no emotional relief for Harry.

The Burrow still remained too quiet, with the only sounds being that of pots clattering around the kitchen as an unknown person attempting to make breakfast. As Harry leisurely wondered out of the attic room he was sharing with Ron, who at the current moment was apparently asleep. Harry descended the stairs, stopping briefly at Ginny's bedroom door. He was still torn on whether telling her about the past years events was for the best, or whether he was telling her out of some sort spite so she knows he didn't just leave her or to hide because he wanted to. He desperately wanted to be with her again, a stage he felt they were yet to come across, whereas Ginny saw that they were together and him telling her were the first steps of their recovery. He could see her side of the story, he could understand how she thought he didn't trust her but that wasn't his issue, he did trust her however the selfish side of him didn't want to re-live the year. He wanted to lock the tortuous memories away and never speak of them again.

He continued on, making his way to the kitchen where he found Hermione.

"Morning Hermione."

"Oh, Harry! How did you sleep? There is tea in the pot if you want some."

"Thanks" he said as he settled himself on a chair and to pouring a drink.

"I spoke to Ginny last night" He told Hermione, as she copied his movements and sat opposite him.

"Good. She felt like you were avoiding her. Are you back together?"

"I think so. We cleared up a lot of stuff. I started telling her about the Horcrux hunt." She must have noticed his strained tone for she asked;

"Which you don't think is a good idea?"

"I don't know. In a way I don't want to have to re-live the year, then there is apart of me which feels like I am somewhat tainting her mind of information that she doesn't necessarily need to know. And then I don't know how to tell her that the diary that put her through hell in her first year of Hogwarts contained a piece of his soul or the fact that I did."

Hermione seemed to notice his struggle with his emotions, guessing that he hadn't truly confided in anyone on this level in over a year.

"Look Harry don't you think you should tell Ginny everything you just told me? She needs you to be honest with her. She wants to know and attempt to understand how you feel and everything you have been through; in a way don't you think you owe it to her?"

"I want to protect her. And I understand I just left her without any real explanation, but I just want to keep her protected, its got nothing to do with me being honest with her or whether I trust her…"

"But it has Harry" Hermione interrupted him "being in a relationship, it isn't just about cuddling and kissing, they mostly depend on trust and honest. How would you feel if Ginny, Ron and I had something hidden from you?" she didn't pause for answer "see it from Ginny's point of view, in the six or seven years that we have all known each other, you Ron and I have kept secrets from her, whether it is the existence of Horcruxes or the Philosopher's Stone, no matter what, whether deliberately or not, us three have pushed her out with our secrets and experiences.

"Whether you want to or not, you need to tell her, for your sake as well as hers, and as much as I may slightly agree with some of what you have said and that I would prefer it that the events of the last year remain between us three. She needs to know, you can't start a new relationship based on secrets. She is a big girl; she can handle what you tell her. Plus it might do you good talking to someone other than Ron and I. Someone who doesn't understand too much"

Harry saw her point, Hermione was of course right. He would have to face up to Ginny and the nagging part of him pleading him not to retell the story.