A/N: Hello, so I have no idea where this has come from, I simply just wrote...I have started to close this to end now, there will be a squeal at some point but I plan on finishing my other stories, and complete the story before I post. I hope you like this, it hasn't been edited yet so I apologies for any mistakes. What did you all think of the new film? I loved it, even if the film missed out a lot of important stories. FriendOfMolly thank you so much for your review, it made me feel all warm inside when you said you missed hearing from me, I would have replied but my internet has been playing up. Anyway enough of my ranting, Enjoy!
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P.S HAVE DELETED UPDATE CHAPTER, IT WAS BUGGING ME SO THIS CHAPTER 27, FOR THE CONFUSION! :)

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The day Ron and Hermione returned from Australia Harry hadn't been more relieved, he never realised how much tension he had been feeling in the absence. He and Ginny had taken up the hobby of walking around the large fields in the evening after Harry had come back from the shop. It was on these walks where Harry completed the story of their journey of the Horcrux hunt; give or take a few details he left for Ron and Hermione to tell if they chose too.

It was on one their walks in the early evening, just before dinner that they arrived at the gate. Hermione had seemed adamant to use the Muggle way of travelling, Harry could understand, after a year of travelling by Apparition, cars and aeroplanes seemed a rather luxurious way to travel. Harry had stopped mid sentence explaining to Ginny about the new invention he had George had started planning when he saw his best friends lugging suitcases up the un-even path. He was sure he had never moved so fast, he ran all the way to them and then grabbed them both into a hug Hagrid would have been proud off.

They both looked healthier than when they left; both looked like they had spent a good amount of time in the sun, Ron slightly sunburned, his spiral scars on his arms looking more predominate against the red tinge of his skin. And although they were both jet lagged from the long flight, they looked as if the lost sleep from their year had finally been caught up on. They also looked a lot closer.

Harry had never realised how much he needed his friends until they had spent three weeks away. Even when he was brooding he knew Ron and Hermione and their sheer presence keep him from going under completely.

When Ginny had finally caught up with them she greeted her brother and Hermione with a hug.

"How was the trip?"

"Eventful" answered Hermione tiredly.

"When is ever not with you lot, come on lets get you in and settled. Mums going to be happy to see you, she has been worrying like crazy, not that she's said anything. You look exhausted."

Ginny turned out to be correct, the minute Molly saw Ron and Hermione the weight on her shoulders seemed to visibly disappear. She hadn't allowed anyone to see her anguish while they were away. The day they had left Molly had felt robbed, she had only just got her youngest son and Hermione back after a year of hell and then they were gone again. She fussed over them ensuring that they had food and tea before sending them off to unpack and catch a few hours sleep before dinner.

Harry, eager to spend as much time as he could with Ron and Hermione followed them upstairs to help them unpack, Ginny stayed with her mother with the promise that Harry would be down to resume their walk when everything was sorted upstairs.

Hermione filled Harry on the events with her parents, explaining that they were due to return home in a few weeks, from what her mother had told her, they were having trouble finding a buyer for their small home, they didn't feel like keeping as a investment, Jasper was hoping to buy back their old surgery. Hermione had ensured that the enchantments she had placed on their home broke when her parent's memories were restored; it was very complex piece of magic. Harry was somewhat shocked by the Grangers reaction, they had always seemed like calm, gentile people but Jasper's reaction showed nothing of that ability. He could help but feel guilty for the sacrifice Hermione had made for him; her support, his life, might have ruined her relationship with her father, he was glad she still had her mother. He thought these thoughts as he left them in the Attic room, not wanting to make Hermione feel worse with his own guilt, he headed out into the garden with Ginny leaving Ron and Hermione to sleep.

In the week that followed after Ron and Hermione's return, A Hogwarts owl arrived at breakfast: it was carrying the standard letter for Ginny along with individual personal letters from Professor McGonagall to the trio. Each offered a place to return to the school in order for them to complete their N.E.W.T.'s. At the arrival of the smart Tawny owl George had gone very quiet; he wasn't sure if he could handle the shop if Ron and Harry returned to Hogwarts. Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at each other, all knowing what the other was going to do and they shared small smiles, knowing they were finally planning their lives for years to come, all excepting their decisions. It was with the same owl that had came that they all sent back their answers; both Harry and Ron's explained that they planed on helping George with the shop before taking up the Auror training already offered to them. And both Hermione and Ginny's read that they accept their places at the school.

It was a huge, nerve racking decision, they all knew they would struggle, Hermione feared what school life would be like without Ron and Harry. But for once in their lives they finally had the chance to make a choice of what they did with it and finally live without danger, happy, healthy and together.