'What am I doing? There's nothing going on with my sister and Harry. I must be reading more into it. I was wrong about Harry and Hermione, could I be wrong about Harry and my sister? No. Harry wouldn't. Ginny's my sister. But, if there is, wouldn't he tell me? Oh…could my sister be the one that hurt him?' Ron thought.
"Ron, you all right?"
"Yeah…I'm all right. How about you?"
"I'll be all right. I just received a letter from Remus. Sirius is still in Azkaban. He suggested that I ask Dumbledore if he might know something."
"I get that, but it seems like there is something else."
"I have no where to go. I can't stay here for who knows how long."
"Mum said that you could stay as long as you need to."
"I don't want to be a burden."
"You know you're not a burden."
"I feel like I am."
"So, offer to help with the extra cost of having another person in the house. I have to tell you that she won't go for it but you can still offer."
"I'd still feel like a burden."
"So, get out of here for a while. Go visit Remus or Hermione. Well, you should write to Dumbledore first to find out if he might have heard something."
"I don't know what good it would do to visit Remus, I know as much as he does. Speaking of Hermione, if your mum said it was okay, want to go to Hermione's with me?"
"Are seriously asking me that? Of course I want to go. I don't think my mum will let me though. Hey, wait a second, how would we get there?"
"I have her address. So have you ever mentioned Hermione?"
"Honestly, loads of times."
"Don't worry about how we will get there. I have a plan."
"How can you be sure that my mum will let me go?"
"I'm not sure. I just don't see why she wouldn't."
"Uh…. because Hermione lives in the Muggle world, not that she has anything against Muggles. How far does Hermione live away from here?"
"Don't worry about it. If your mum asks I will tell her. I won't lie to her."
"By the way Harry, what did you get my sister for her birthday?"
"I'm not telling. You have wait until tomorrow."
"It's not my birthday, why do I have to wait?"
"Because, I said." Harry said laughing.
"That's not fair. But fine I'll wait."
Harry and Ron finished their conversation and went down stairs.
"There you two are. Dinner is almost ready." Said Mrs. Weasley.
After dinner Harry waited for all but Ron's mom to leave.
"Mrs. Weasley, I would like to help out with things. Being an extra person in the house can't make it any easier on you and Mr. Weasley. What I am trying to say is that I would like to help out with food and financially just for me, the extra mouth to feed. The financially part well, it would be as though you rented out a room."
"I appreciate the offer Harry, but it is not necessary. We will be just fine. As far as renting out a room, well you are sharing a room with Ron. Don't worry about it okay."
"I had to try. Good night Mrs. Weasley."
"Good night Harry."
Harry walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs to go to bed. He planned on getting up early. Harry woke up the following morning and looked around. When he saw that Ron was still in bed snoring a way he smiled to himself and got out of bed. Harry dressed as quickly as he could while not disturbing Ron. Harry quietly went down the stairs and relaxed on the couch.
'I'll be surprised if Bill and Charlie don't show up. I don't think that they would miss their sister's birthday. It really would be nice for Ginny if they can make it.' Harry thought to himself and did not hear anyone come into the room.
"Oh…. hi…. Harry. I didn't know that anyone else was up."
"Good morning Ginny." Harry said as he got up off the couch and walked over to her.
"Why are you up so early? Not that you have to have a reason or anything. I was just wondering."
"Happy Birthday!" Harry said as he gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
Harry heard someone in the kitchen and bolted back up the stairs to Ron's room. As he walked in he noticed that Ron was waking up so he turned around and pretended to be just leaving the room. Harry went back down stairs. Harry smiled to himself when he saw Ginny still standing in the same spot. Harry heard footsteps on the stairs and quickly went over to where Ginny was standing.
He quietly said to Ginny, "You might want to act as natural as possible. Your family might ask questions and you might not want to answer them."
Ginny turned to say something to Harry when he again said "Happy Birthday"
"Well, look who is up so early this morning." Fred and George said.
"It's my birthday, I can be up as early or late as I want to be."
"Harry, could we have moment of your time?"
"Sure."
"Now out in the back yard."
Harry followed Fred and George out to the back yard at the far end of the Quidditch pitch.
"What do the two of want to talk to me about, out here?" Harry asked nervously.
"Well, Ron doesn't want us to bring it up," said Fred.
"But at school when you were out of it and you were going on about deaths." George finished.
"What about it?"
"Is it true, Fred dies sometime in the future?"
"Not if I can stop it." Harry slipped a little.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Asked George.
"First off, if you two are thinking that I am a seer you are wrong." Harry said right off. He went on to explain what had happened to him. He was just about as detailed with the twins as he was with Remus.
"Wicked, you sent yourself back in time." George said.
"It hasn't been an easy ordeal. It has taken me a while to get used to the fact that I can change so much. I still have periods that I forget what I can do."
"Okay, so you were side tracked in Potions and things went really wrong. Who was mad at you though?" Fred asked.
Harry decided to tell Fred and George. Harry sighed and looked around to be sure that no one was within hearing range and looked back at the twins.
"You can't tell anyone or talk about it."
"We promise. Right George?"
"Yeah, right. We promise."
"Your sister."
"You know Fred now it all makes sense."
"What do you mean?" Harry asked really nervously.
"Well, since you have been here we have noticed the looks and glances you give in Ginny's direction when you think that no one is looking." Fred replied.
"Also, the being mad and not talking to you sounds like something Ginny would do. Put yourself in Ginny's place and she in yours. How would you feel in the end?" George added.
"That does make sense. Wait you're not trying to kill me."
"Why would we try to kill you? So you like our sister. She likes you. Hell our whole family likes you."
"Bill and Charlie haven't met me."
"They have hear a lot about you, from Ron of course."
"Speaking of Ron. How does he take it, I mean in the future?"
"He didn't try and kill me. He seemed to deal with it just fine. Although he wasn't happy when…."
"You broke up with Ginny."
"Yep."
"Are you going to tell Ron?"
"Not this year. I'll tell him, eventually…. I think."
"Maybe this will help, Fred and I trust you. Percy won't care, much. Bill and Charlie will be intimidating, it's just the way they are. I am sure that mum and dad already feel as though you are part of the family. Ron on the other hand will be an ass for a while, I think. It also depends on when you decide to get together with our sister. We will do our best to make sure you don't get killed."
"Okay, why are the two of you taking this so lightly? If you want to know more than what I told you, forget it. I am not saying anything more, well as least not right now."
"But what if…"
"I'll have precautions in place long before then. It might not even happen at all."
"If you need any help keeping the future you know from happening just let us know. Believe me we will want to help."
"Nice to know."
Harry and the twins went back inside the house.
That night after dinner Ginny opened her gifts. She started with Percy's. He got her a book on practical house charms for the future house witch.
"Thanks, Percy." Ginny said as nice and as enthusiastic as she could.
As Ginny opened her gift from Fred and George she squealed, "Weird Sisters concert tickets."
"Bill, Charlie thank you! Hollyhead Harpies Quidditch gear."
"Thanks for the diary mum."
"Mum and dad had the idea for a diary. I picked it out. Thought that you would like it. Oh, it will only open for you." Ron hastily said.
Ginny got up and hugged Ron. George handed Ginny the last gift left. Once she unwrapped it she squealed and jumped up and down.
"A Cleansweep Six! That's faster than ours!" Ron stated while glaring at Harry.
Fred and George just looked at Harry with a knowing look. Arthur, Bill and Charlie looked at Harry as if he were crazy. Molly only smiled.
"What? I could have bought a different model entirely. Look she can fly a broom, just ask Mrs. Weasley."
"Yes she can fly a broom very well I must say. Ginny was graceful and steady when she was on Harry's broom and it's a Nimbus Two Thousand. So, a Cleansweep Six is just fine with me."
Ron, un-noticed, stomped out of the room and up the stairs to his room. Harry spotted Ron on the stairs and headed up after him. Harry walked into the room and found Ron sitting on his bed with a scowl on his face.
"Ron, what's with you?"
"You got my sister a Cleansweep Six."
"I just thought that she would like a broom of her own. The way Ginny handled flying on my broom says one to two things. One: she is a natural on a broom, or Two: she has been sneaking your broom as well as your brother's brooms out and practicing. Why are you brooding over it?"
"Harry is there something that you haven't told me about the future? And does it have to do with my sister?"
"All that because I bought her a nice broom? You know, for your birthday I could get you a broom, one better than hers. I could get you a Cleansweep seven or eleven or even a better one than a Cleansweep series."
Ron perked up at that. He even forgot that he had asked Harry about keeping something from him and if it had to do with his sister. Harry was relieved that by mentioning getting Ron a better broom deterred him from continuing with his line of questioning. He was considering telling Ron about Ginny, once Harry felt that Ron could handle it and not try to kill him. After everyone had retired for the night, except for Molly, Harry helped her clean up.
"Harry you don't have to help me. I can manage just fine by myself."
"Okay, to be honest I wanted to ask you something."
"Ask away then."
"Well, I am planning on going to visit my friend Hermione for a few days. I was wondering if Ron would be allowed to go with me?"
"Where does Hermione live?"
"Godalming, Surrey. It's not that far from where I used to live."
"Let me think about it. I'll tell you in the morning."
"Thank you. Good night Mrs. Weasley."
"Good night Harry."
Harry ran up the stairs two at a time.
"Ron you still up?"
"Yeah. What took you so long?"
"I was asking your mom if you could go with me to see Hermione."
"Let me guess, she said no."
"No. She said that she would think about it and tell me in the morning."
"I will be surprised if she say's yes."
"Just don't get into trouble."
They stopped talking as they heard footsteps on the stairs and went straight to bed. Harry woke up fairly early the following morning. He could not go back to sleep, Ron was snoring so loud. He went down stairs to see if Mrs. Weasley would up and about the house.
"Harry dear. I was starting to wonder if you were going to sleep in this morning."
"Can Ron go with me?"
"I discussed it with his father and yes, Ron can go with you. I have to say that I would rather neither of you go. I can't tell you what to do, and if you are going to go I don't want you to go alone."
Harry ran up the stairs and woke Ron up.
"What the bloody hell! Where's the fire?"
"No fire. You can go with me to Hermione's. Do not get into trouble between now and when we leave."
"Okay." Ron rolled over and went back to sleep.
Harry sent a letter to Hermione letting her know that they would be there in a few days.
