Hey yall! Thanks for the amazing reviews. I have had a few people note the length of the chapters, and I just want to say that my chapters will most likely be shorter. I don't get a lot of time to write in the day, but I am going to try to put up a chapter at least every other day, if not everyday. So my chapters will be shorter, but there will be more of them so it will even out in the end. Thanks for the Reviews, and please keep reading and letting me know what you think! Now...on with the show.
Chapter 5-
Ron and Hermione stepped out of the fireplace at 10:30 the next day. They smiled when they found their friends asleep on the couch. Ginny was leaned against Harry, who had his arm wrapped around her and resting on her stomach. That is until Teddy, defiantly not appreciating the ride, began to cry, causing Harry and Ginny to both quickly wake up. When they did this, both jumped and bumped into each other, causing their foreheads to make a loud pop. Hermione's and Ron's hands both when up to their mouths to muffle their laughs. After the initial shock wore off, Ginny and Harry got off the couch shooting evil glares at their friends and came over to Teddy.
"Shut up Ron, or you are going to be feeling some pain of your own." Ginny said rolling her eyes at her brother.
Ron put his hands up in mock defense. "Hey, I'm sorry! And what about Hermione! She laughed too! She laughed first! Beat her up!" Ron pointed at his girlfriend.
Harry, who was now cradling Teddy in his arms laughed at his best friends and girlfriend. Hermione was looking at Ron with mock sadness, lip stuck out and eyes trying to hide their laughter. "Ron! I can't believe that you ratted on me! I thought you loved me!"
Ron gave out a fake cough trying to hide his laugh. He shrugged his shoulders. "Eh, you're ok."
"Well," Hermione said trying to sound indifferent, "That's fine, because you aren't my only one anyway. We didn't want you to know but," Hermione crossed the room to Harry and put her arm around his waist and her head on his shoulder, "Harry and I are in love."
Harry looked down at her, laughed and put an arm around her waist. "Yes. Sorry Ginny, but you just can't match up."
Ron and Ginny looked at their respective significant others with blank stares, then at the same time, all four of the friends burst out laughing. Tears rolled down their cheeks as laughter echoed through the room, the friends leaning on each other to keep standing.
Several minutes later, Harry, still laughing softly, looked at Hermione and put an arm around her shoulders. "Sorry to disappoint you, Hermione, but I only have eyes for Ginny. Besides, I'm scared of Ron. I mean sure, I defeated the greatest and darkest wizard ever, but a mad Ron is way worse than Voldemort. It's just scary!"
Ron came over and smacked Harry playfully across the head. "Yeah, and you're a whole lot better!"
The group just started laughing again.
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Ron and Hermione left after spending part of the day at the Burrow. Harry and Ginny loved spending time with their friends, but understood that they had to get back to the Grangers. So, later that night, the couple sat at the kitchen table eating some stew that Ginny had made for supper. Teddy, who was asleep, lay quietly in the bassinet in the corner. Neither had spoken, although with them, it wasn't always necessary. But again, like most times, Ginny broke the silence.
"Harry? I've been thinking. Are we going back to school to finish? I mean school starts in a little more than three months, and if we are going back, we are going to need to find out what we are going to do about Teddy"
Harry looked at Ginny with wide eyes. Sure he had thought about going back to Hogwarts now that the war was over. Professor McGonagall had spoken to him a few times telling him that she would be honored if he would come back and finish. But he had never mad a definite decision or even really made a plan. "Um...well… I've thought about it. McGonagall says that she thinks I should. I just don't know how I am going to do going back to that place."
Ginny looked down at the table. "Oh, ok."
"Ginny," Harry said gently, "Do you want to go back. Be honest."
She nodded and looked up at him, tears in her eyes. "I do want to go back. I know it will be hard, because that's where Fred…and Remus and Tonks… but I want to finish school. But I can't go alone."
Harry looked into Ginny's brown eyes which swallowed him up and went down to her soul. He could see the mixture of pain and want there. He knew that it would be hard. What if every time he walked into the Great Hall he saw all the bodies laid out; the bodies of his friends, classmates, mentors, and family. Or every time he was in the halls he saw the battle. Or in the Forbidden Forrest with Hagrid, would he see Voldemort? How would he cope with that? But he too wanted to finish his education. After all these years, he could finally go back to Hogwarts with no danger in store for him. And now he and Ginny would be in the same year, which would be nice that they would graduate at the same time. And plus he would have Ginny there, and maybe Ron and Hermione, and they would help him if he was hurting, just like he would do for them. Really, he knew what he wanted deep down.
"Ok. Then let's do it. Maybe Ron and Hermione will go with us. And we will figure out what we will do about Teddy. I'll send McGonagall an owl inviting her to dinner and we'll talk then. I know this is important to you, and truthfully its important to me too. So let's do this. No matter what we will have each other, and together we can get through anything."
Ginny smiled, got up, and hugged Harry. "Thank you, thank you!" And with that she placed a kiss to his lips.
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