Chapter two

Harry sat beside Ginny holding her hand but also brushing his hand down her hair. He never noticed Mrs. Weasley watching him, he never noticed that Ginny's brothers were also watching him. All his concentration was on Ginny's face. What he did notice was Ginny's breathing change, then she blinked a few times, before she finally opened her eyes.

'I'm still asleep, you're not really here, it's one of my dreams.' Ginny said sleepily.

Harry leaned down and kissed her softly, 'I'm here Gin.'

Ginny stared up at Harry then sat up suddenly and threw her arms around him and started crying into Harry's shoulder.

Harry held onto Ginny, running his hands down her back but felt his own tears come to his eyes.

'Harry, you're here, you're alive,' Ginny sobbed.

'I'm here sweetheart, please stop crying, I'm not letting you go again.'

'He said you were dead, you looked dead.' Ginny sniffed then slowly moved back and kissed Harry. 'But you're really here and alive.'

'Yeah, I am, I'll explain everything later.' Harry lightly caressed Ginny's face.

'But he said you were dead,' Ginny screwed up her face as the memory came back to her.

'I know and he did think that because he hit me with the killing curse again. I will tell you this Ginny, I did die, for a short time, I'm not sure how long though. But I came back and that's because of you, you brought me back.'

'You died, you really died Harry?'

'Yeah,' Harry sighed, 'I'll tell you about it another time. But there is one thing I'll tell you now though,' Harry leaned in and kissed her again, 'While I was standing there staring at him, do you know what I saw?'

'Didn't you see him?'

Harry shook his head, 'You, all I saw was you, felt you as well. I kept seeing your eyes, your hair, I felt your kisses. You kept me strong so he wouldn't see how scared I was. All I saw was you Ginny, because I love you with all my heart.'

Ginny's eyes instantly watered again as she put her arms back around Harry, 'I love you to Harry. I can't believe you here, I missed you so much.'

'I did too, there were so many nights I used to sit and watch your name on the map, wondering what you were doing, hoping you didn't give up on me and find someone else.'

'I could never give up on you, on us. I told you I'd be waiting Harry. But there's something I need to tell you.'

'Shhh,' Harry put his finger to Ginny's lips, 'I know what happened Gin, Aberforth filled me in. I'm here for you and will help in any way I can.'

'You...you still want me, even knowing that?'

'Ginny, I will always want you. But I will tell you this, if I get hold of the one's that survived, their dead after I put them through more pain than they could possibly imagine. No one hurts my girl,' Harry pulled Ginny into his arms again.

'I don't want you to do that for me, all I want is for you to stay with me.'

'Always love, you never have to worry about that. But I should let you get dressed, I'll wait outside in the hall.'

'Harry, please don't go too far.'

Harry instantly saw the fear on Ginny's face, 'I won't, please, you have nothing to be frightened of anymore. I'll be right outside the door.'

Ginny nodded then watched as Harry stepped out of her room, closing the door behind her. She got up and dressed quickly then opened the door and saw Harry standing there with Charlie.

'I just need to bathroom, I won't be long,' Ginny kissed Harry again then ran down the hall.

'She smiled, well a small smile, but it's a start,' Charlie said staring after his sister, 'So you know what happened?'

'Yeah, Aberforth told me. I was sitting in the pub having a drink when he saw me. We started talking, he told me about Ginny. How bad was she Charlie?'

'Pretty bad Harry, she could hardly walk, that alone took a week to heal. Then all the cuts and bruises over her and I do mean all over her Harry. She must have been put through so much.'

'Hey,' Ginny walked back to Harry and slipped her arms around him.

Harry tightened his hold, 'Let's go downstairs,' Harry and Ginny walked slowly down the stairs and Harry sat down but pulled Ginny onto his lap, keeping a tight hold on her.

'I feel safe with you,' Ginny put her head on Harry's shoulder.

'I will always keep you safe Gin.'

'But you're not staying here,' Ginny's eyes watered again as her body shuddered.

'Shhh Ginny,' Harry tightened his hold again, 'I want to show you something, now normally I wouldn't do this, but I need to show you. We have to go into the living room.'

Ginny got up so Harry could then Harry took her hand and led her over the old piano. They both sat down at Harry started playing, before he looked at Ginny then he sang to her. Putting every bit of love he could into the words.

Ginny gave Harry a small smiled as he finished, 'You know now that you showed me that, I'm going to want you to do it a lot.'

'I only know a couple of songs Gin, it used to keep me occupied when I was locked up at the Dursleys. But I tell you what, I'll learn some more, just for you if...if you give me a smile.'

Ginny stared at Harry for a minute then smiled, she gave him a real smile before kissing him softly.

'I knew you couldn't resist and you know I hate attention, so please keep it between us.'

'Too late mate,' Ron said from the doorway, grinning at Harry.

'You never told us Harry,' Hermione said as she walked over to Harry and Ginny.

'Like I said, I don't like attention, but don't you start asking me Hermione.'

'I'll leave that to Ginny. But when did you get here?'

'It was still dark when I arrived. I couldn't sleep, so went down into the pub to have a drink. Ended up talking to Aberforth,' Harry put his arm back around Ginny.

'Why aren't you staying here Harry, I need you?' Ginny asked sadly.

'Tell you what, I'll stay through the day up until you fall asleep, then be back first thing in the morning.'

'Sounds okay, but I wish you were here all the time.'

'I need a bit of time Gin, but you'll see a lot of me I promise.'

'Mum's getting breakfast,' Ron said but kept staring at his sister.

'You need to eat love, you've lost weight,' Harry stood up and held Ginny's hand and they all went back into the kitchen and sat down, again Ginny sat on Harry's lap.

Mrs. Weasley put food on the table, but even then Ginny refused to move and ate while she sat on Harry's lap. Harry ate one handed so he could keep his other arm around Ginny.

'Tell me what you meant before.' Ginny said but kept her head on Harry's shoulder.

'Um, alright, did Ron explain about the horcruxes?'

'Yeah, that's terrible, how can anyone do that?'

'He wasn't just anyone Ginny. He was a monster that was determined to live forever.'

'Ron said between all of you, Dumbledore even Neville, they got destroyed,' Arthur said.

'Yeah,' Harry looked at Ron asking silently if Ron explained everything. Ron shook his head. Harry tightened his hold on Ginny while he started to explain everything.

'You, what do you mean you Harry?' Arthur asked.

'The night he tried to kill me, he was going there to do that but also to make his sixth, or that's what Dumbledore believed. But I ended up being the sixth. It's the reason I got angry all the time and the reason I could feel him and see through his eyes. we were connected through that piece of soul.'

'When did you find out about this Harry?' Charlie asked.

'When he called a stop in the fighting and told me to go to him. Just before, we watched him set his snake on Snape. After he left, I went in and saw him. He was still alive, told me to take them, his memories. So we went back to the castle. I was going to go speak with Dumbledore, try to find a way to get Nagini out of her enchanted cage, but he wasn't there, so I decided to watch the memory. There were a lot of memories, but it was towards the end. Dumbledore told Snape to tell me about being a horcrux but not before Riddle feared for the life of his snake. All that fighting, it was basically for nothing when I kept him alive.'

'Why didn't Dumbledore tell you sooner?' Arthur asked.

'He said if I knew I had to die, I wouldn't have been able to keep searching for the others. He said he knew it would have been too hard on me. So he left the information with Snape. Proves he didn't really know me, nothing would have stopped me. Anyway, after I saw the memory, I realised the only way for him to die, was for me to die first. When I left the memory, at first I was in shock, then I realised I couldn't say goodbye or explain to Hermione, Ron or Ginny. So I left Dumbledore's office, put my cloak over me and went down into the grounds. Saw Neville, told him the snake had to die, then I saw Ginny talking to a girl who was hurt. I stood there staring at her, wishing I could hold her once more, but I knew if I did that, I wouldn't let her go. I turned my back on her and walked into the forbidden forest. I put my wand and cloak away, then stood there and let him kill me. I did die, for a short time, Riddle did too. I spoke to Dumbledore for a while. That was harder than letting him kill me because he gave me the choice to go on, meaning stay dead or come back. I was actually going to go on, but I kept seeing Ginny's face, hoping she was going to be alright. Well I was hoping everyone was going to be alright,' Harry faced Ginny, wiped the tears from her face, then kissed her, 'I came back for you. I woke up, he got Malfoy's mother to see if I was dead or not, she knew I was alive, but she told him I was dead. She asked me first if Draco was alive. The moment I said he was, she told him I was dead and he decided to play with me for a while. Then had Hagrid carry me back. I only kept pretending to be dead to try and get the snake. I knew he would take her out of her enchanted cage since he believed I was dead.'

'Why were you going to go on Harry?' Molly asked sadly as she sat down.

'I couldn't take it anymore, everything just got to me. Then to realised I'd live with a piece of him inside me all my life, the man that killed my parents, that murdered so many people. I thought, well my life has been shit anyway, so I might as well join Sirius and my parents. I was sitting in Ab's pub this morning and everything just came back again, so I sat there with a Firewhiskey, ended up drinking a couple. I probably would have kept drinking if Ab hadn't told me about Ginny.' Harry tightened his hold on her and they both sat there staring into each other's eyes. Harry knew everyone was watching them and would probably want to ask him things, but right now, he just wanted to forget it, forget everything and concentrate on helping Ginny.