Harry woke with a start. It had been several weeks since the battle at Hogwarts, and He was still having nightmares were everything went horribly wrong. In most of the dreams he saw the people he cared about hurt or killed. The worst of these were of him standing in the middle of the great hall watching on one side as Ron was attacked by Fenrir Greyback and Ginny on the other dueling with Bellatrix, a flash of green light aimed at Ginny hitting her in her chest. In fact it had been that nightmare that had awakened him this morning.
Glancing at Ron's' bed he saw him still asleep snoring so loudly Harry was surprised that wasn't what had woken him. Climbing out of bed as quietly as possible and he looked for his trainers, the idea of an early morning broom ride on his mind. He made his way down the stairs pausing at Ginny's door. He still had not spoken to her, and if he was truly honest with himself he would admit that he was avoiding it. He wasn't sure were to start, or were exactly their relationship stood.
Harry heard humming coming from the kitchen and hurried down the remaining stairs, assuming it was Mrs. Weasley and thinking now he could snag a few sausages before his broom ride. He entered the kitchen a greeting on his lips. But it was not Mrs. Weasley in the kitchen; it was Ginny She was gracefully moving around the kitchen humming to herself, her long red hair shining in the morning light. Hoping to sneak out before he was noticed Harry turned and had one foot out the door when Ginny said
"Good morning Harry"
Caught in act of fleeing he tried to appear as he was not "Umm good morning'' He mumbled "How did you know I was here?"
"I heard you come down the stairs" Ginny answered facing him smiling.
They stood in silence for several minutes and Harry broke it be asking lamely "What are you doing up so early?"
"Gee Harry I really thought the first conversation we had alone, I would be the one asking the questions." She answered and Harry knew she was only half joking. He scratched the back of his head and decided to make another bid for escape, but Ginny spoke again sounding a lot like Mrs. Weasley
"Stay where you are Harry Potter, I woke up at the crack dawn because you are always awake and gone before I am even functioning then you spend the remainder of the day avoiding me'' Harry started to protest but was quickly thwarted. "Don't tell me you don't, I know you better then you think, So just stand there and listen to me. I know you're feeling guilty about everything that happened, but I don't blame you nobody blames you but yourself. Nothing that happened was your fault…and I just wanted to tell you that when you're ready to talk I will be here for you, but please please don't push me aside." Ginny's eyes started to fill with tears as she finished.
Without thinking Harry walked to her and pulled her into his arms. He knew Ginny didn't cry unless she was really upset. She stood rigid in his arms for a moment and Harry almost pulled away, but she began to relax into him and laid her head on his shoulder, crying openly. Trying to give whatever comfort he could Harry stroked her hair softly.
"I'm sorry Harry" Ginny sobbed.
Not sure what to do or say Harry continued to hold her. It felt good to hold her in his arms her flowery scent filling his scenes; he would have preferred not to have her crying. They stayed that way for several minutes until Ginny raised her head and pressed her lips gently to his. Harry's hand froze were it was for a moment before pulling her closer and deepening the kiss. Ginny made a noise in the back of her throat that could have been protest or pleasure, he was hoping for the latter but let her go none the less. He stared down at her for a moment before Ginny pulled him close again for another kiss.
"Oi, can't you two be left alone for more than ten seconds without snogging" Ron said as he entered the kitchen.
Ginny pulled away from Harry and replied cheekily "I don't know Ronald can I go to sleep at night without hearing you whispering and snogging Hermione?"
Harry barley repressed a laugh as Ron mumbled something about thinking Ginny was asleep.
Ginny turned back into Harry hugging him before she whispered in his ear "I was asleep, but girls talk" kissed him again quickly and walked out of the kitchen her long hair swinging behind her and humming once again.
Ron looked at Harry and said heatedly "I thought you ditched her"
Harry raised an eyebrow and said "I did but I don't think it took" and couldn't suppress the grin that spread across his face.
The day passed with Harry feeling better than he had in a long time. He knew that Ginny deserved to know what had gone on last year, and he knew he would feel better once she did but he needed to talk about it with Ron and Hermione because it involved them to. That night they were sitting in Ron's room, Hermione was sprawled across the bed a book in her hands as usual when Harry approached the subject.
"I think I should tell Ginny what happened last year, she deserves to know" Harry said quickly.
Hermione looked nervously at Ron but replied "That is up to you Harry, we knew you would but I was…that is we were hoping that you would leave certain parts of our little adventure out." Still looking nervous she sat up and moved closer to Ron.
Harry realized that they didn't want him to tell Ginny about Ron getting angry and leaving them last year and understood why Ginny would not understand or ever forgive him. He agreed "I will leave that part out, Ginny wasn't there she wouldn't understand how the Horocrux messed with Ron's mind."