It had been a little over a week since Ginny had found out about her missing memories and got them back. Her memories had fully settled back in place after the first day and she remembered EVERYTHING. She just suddenly stopped living after she found out about the daughter she lost, she was barely eating and didn't talk to anyone. Every time her mother brought something up to her room to eat. she had to watch Ginny take at least a few bites before she was ok with letting her go back to sleep.

All Ginny did was sleep in bed all day, she was either crying or sleeping from passing out from crying. There wasn't one single ray of sunshine that she let in, she just had all her blinds and curtains shut and every time her mother would attempt to open them, Ginny would have a huge blowout with her. Ginny didn't want to see anyone or talk to anyone, Harry had made several attempts to talk to her, but she shot him down every time. George had stopped by a few times to see her and Ron and Hermione too, even Bill and Charlie. This was exactly why Harry kept this from her all this time.....because he knew she would lose herself.

One morning Ginny had thrown on some clothes and dragged herself to work. She was walking down the hall and saw Harry talking to Will and he looked shocked to see her out of her bedroom.

"Ginny? What are you doing here?" he asked her.

She just shrugged, "Working.....I guess," she said before she walked into Will's office and took a seat at the desk.

Both Harry and Will followed her in there.

"Ginny, I don't think work is where you should be-"

"WELL THIS IS WHAT I WANT RIGHT NOW!" she yelled at him. "Is that a problem or do you want to bottle this up too, and give it to me two years from now?" she snapped.

He didn't say anything.

"It's alright, Harry, I need to catch up on some stuff anyway.... she could stay if she wants," Will suggested.

Harry just nodded, "Ginny, if you want, you can come work back in my office," Harry offered.

"No thanks, I don't really need to steal any files or anything anymore so I'm all set," she said sarcastically.

Harry just slammed the door shut and went back to his office.

Will just took a seat beside her, "Ginny, are you sure you want to be here?"

She just glared at him, "No, I'm not, but I don't want to think about it anymore......I'm just going to force myself to forget it and go back to how things were." she said.

"I think you're going to have to deal with this at some point-"

"NO! I won't...I can't," she said.

She realized that leaving her bed altogether was a bad idea, she was nowhere ready to face the world and there was just no way she could forget something like this. She watched Will stand up and start to say something to her that she wasn't even listening to, she had just seemed to completely zone out. She quickly got up in a panic as her mind refused to let her forget about those horrid memories.

"Are you alright, Ginny?" he asked her, placing a hand gently on her arm.

She just looked at his hand, she remembered whenever she wanted to clear her mind, she would just have one of her fuck sessions with Draco. Not thinking about anything her body was doing and not caring about any feelings she had towards this prick in front of her, she leaned forward and kissed Will.

She couldn't stand him, not one bit, but he was here and she didn't want to break down and completely lose it right now, so she was desperate for a distraction.

He didn't even hesitate on kissing her back, he just swung her around against his desk and propped her on the edge of it as she wrapped her legs around his waist and pulled him roughly towards her. She could tell he didn't mind it at all and he was rather rough himself with how he groped her and kissed her like some savage. His hands held her tightly to him and they forced their way to whatever part of her body he wanted them to go.

She closed her eyes to try and get lost in the moment, but as soon as she did, her mind went straight to Draco. This was the first time he had entered her mind at all since she got her memories back and she remembered everything they once shared. She had suddenly realized what was happening and before it went any further she pushed him roughly off of her.

"What's wrong?" he asked her through his heavy breathing.

"This is wrong, I have to go, I'm sorry I can't.....I need to get home," she said and then quickly left the office.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ginny barged through the door of the Burrow and ran upstairs to the bathroom and threw up. What the fuck was she thinking....well she wasn't for starters, she was just scared to death of letting herself feel everything from her memories. She had spent the past five years teaching herself not to cry and not to let anything bother her and to live carefree. She was so much happier that way, yes she felt like something was missing still, but for the most part, everything was ok. She knew it was a losing battle, she just hoped by doing something so ridiculous today that it would somehow steer her mind somewhere else. Instead, now she just felt sick to her stomach and had the memory of Will's hands on her body.

"You are so fuckin stupid," she choked out as she pulled herself up to the sink and rinsed her mouth out.

She just stared at herself in the mirror, she had dark circles under her eyes and her face just seemed to be permanently covered in tears all the time now. She thought that she had broken down already from this, but it hadn't come yet.....but she knew it was only a matter of time.

"Ginny?" she heard someone call out through the door.

She opened it to see Ron standing there.

"Hey.....I wanted to come see you before work....I'd ask how you're doing, but.." he trailed off when he saw her condition.

She just started shaking her head, "I kissed Will," she said, disgust apparent in her voice.

"Ew, yuck, why?" he asked, surprised she was even speaking to him.

She just glared at him, "BECAUSE, RON, I'M LOSING MY FUCKIN MIND!" she yelled at him.

Molly had just made her way upstairs to check on Ginny as well when she heard the yelling. "Ginny, dear, calm down, here I made you something to eat," she said, holding a tray.

"I DON'T WANT ANYTHING!" she yelled, flipping the tray out of her mum's hands so hard she made her jump. "I WANT TO JUST BE LEFT THE HELL ALONE!" she screamed, making her way to her room.

"GINNY-" Ron attempted to calm her down, but instead she just whipped around with a look of pure rage on her face that made him stay quiet.

"I don't care how any of you feel, I don't care how ridiculous I'm acting, I don't even care if I die in my fuckin bed.......JUST LEAVE ME BE!" she said before she slammed her door shut and threw herself onto her bed.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Narcissa had just come from Draco's bedroom after checking up on him, she was pleased to see he didn't go back to his darker days where he had stopped eating, shaving and socializing altogether She was even pleased to see his room was still somewhat clean and he would still try to make an effort to make his way out of his room. She could tell he was completely miserable since the attack at the Manor and Ginny finding out about her memories. She was making her way down the stairs towards the front doors when she stopped and just stared at the doorway. She gave a small smirk and a silent laugh as she thought back to the many times she would find Ginny helping herself inside. She lost count of how many times she opened that front door to find that little redhead standing there. Her smirk turned into a small smile and then to a frown as she looked around the foyer of the Manor....everything was quiet and lifeless....she actually missed Ginny Weasley.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It had been another two days after Ginny's attempt to go to work and pretend everything was normal. She had been in bed the entire time and refused to eat anything her mother brought up to her. Harry kept trying to talk to her, but she would just lay facing the wall and kept her back to him....to everyone.

Harry gave a knock on her bedroom door at another attempt and of course, after no response, he let himself in. He sat on the side of her bed and placed a hand on hip.

"Ginny?"

She didn't answer him, she lay there with her eyes closed, but knew he was there.

"I don't know what else to say.......I know no amount of apologies will ever be enough. Please just talk to me," he pleaded with her.

She just lay there as she listened to his words, tears spilling from her bloodshot and puffy swollen eyes. She didn't think she could cry anymore, but she was wrong. She grabbed the blankets and pulled them further over her head, making Harry retract his hand and give up on trying to get through to her.

He made his way downstairs and sat at the table and just ran his fingers through his hair. Molly slid a plate of dinner in front of him. "Any luck?" she asked in a small voice.

He looked at her and just shook his head.

"Harry, we might need to think about bringing her to St. Mungo's if she doesn't-"

"NO!" he said, cutting Arthur off, "I can't do that to her......I'm sorry.....I know this is my fault,"

"Harry, stop that, you did what you thought was best at the time because you love her so much. She doesn't see that now and she might never, but she will come around eventually, you have to believe that." Molly said, trying to believe it herself.

He just shook his head, "I don't think so," he was quiet for a few moments and then got up abruptly, "I'll be back in a little while." he quickly said before leaving the Burrow.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Draco made an effort to come down to dinner tonight and a lot of it was him just pushing food around like he normally did. Even his parents weren't finding getting through dinner easy these days, but he knew they did it for his sake. He just gave a sigh and dropped his fork after he had enough of pretending to eat. Narcissa just looked at him with a sad smile and then exchanged a look with Lucius.

They were all surprised suddenly when they heard someone enter their wards and there was a hard knock on the door. Draco sat up in his seat as he hoped it would be Ginny at the door, but he knew that to be highly unlikely since it had been almost two weeks since he seen her last.

Tilly came walking into the dining room with Harry beside her, his eyes immediately locked with Draco's. "Can I talk to you for a minute?" he asked, his voice strained to try and keep the emotion out of it.

Draco of course nodded and followed him back into the foyer, his parents were both out of their chairs so they could eavesdrop.

"How's Ginny?" Draco asked before he could stop himself.

Harry didn't say anything, he just shook his head, tears already stinging his eyes. "She's.....I don't even know....she has shut everyone out....she's not eating, she just lays in bed all day and refuses to speak to anyone. Occasionally she has these ridiculous moments where she tries to act like everything is fine, but it just backfires and makes it worse." he said, wiping his face from his fallen tears.

Draco didn't know how to respond, he was shocked to even see Harry here, to see him speaking to him at all. He felt for Harry, he couldn't believe what Harry sacrificed for Ginny's happiness....it was unbearable and heartbreaking to watch him struggle like this.

"I think you should try to talk her," Harry said.

Draco was taken aback by his suggestion, "Me? I'm probably the last person she wants to see, are you nuts?"

"I think you're wrong.....I think she would want to see you more than you or she even thinks," Harry said.

"I don't think I can do that, you realize that I'm the person that made all of this happen, this was all because of me. If I hadn't continuously pushed you to-"

"JUST STOP!" Harry yelled out. "I made these decisions ON MY OWN! You didn't force me to do shit," he said firmly.

They were both quiet.

"Listen...... we can point fingers all day long, but right now all I care about it Ginny and getting her to some sort of better state of mind, I mean....she went to work the other day and started making out with Chamberlain," Harry said, remembering back to when Ron told him about Ginny's crazy episode.

"WHAT?" Draco said a lot louder than he intended to. "Why the hell would she do that?" he asked, a disgusted sneer covering his face at the mere thought of it.

"Because, Draco, she's acting carelessly.......just.....please think about what I said."

Draco just nodded before he watched Harry leave the Manor.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ginny's eyes snapped open after a nightmare she had of that horrid night; she swore she could feel every stab wound all over again. She slid her hand down to her stomach where she ran her fingers over one of her scars and felt herself because nauseated by the mere memory of giving birth to her dead daughter. She hated remembering everything, she still remembered how she smelled when she held her in her arms and the feel of her few hairs that she had run her fingers through.

Her eyes burned so much from crying that it became almost painful to even cry anymore, but she couldn't help it. She finally felt herself about to drift off into an uneasy sleep again when there was a knock on her door. She just continued to try and fall asleep when there was another knock that she ignored just like she did all day every day. She heard the door open, letting the light from the hallway light up the wall she was facing as she heard someone walk in.

"Looks like someone's been neglecting their chores."

Ginny's eyes snapped open at the sound of Draco's voice.

He walked into her room and she heard him place something down on the side table by her bed. "My mother attempted to make muffins, banana nut," he said.

Ginny thought back to that day she first went to visit Draco and cunningly made her way up to his bedroom with a basket full of muffins.

"If you don't like banana nut there are chocolate chip ones too.....unless you hate those as well?" he said.

Ginny couldn't help but crack the tiniest of smiles as she heard him reenact her first intrusion into his bedroom word for word.

She felt him take a seat on her bed. "Your mum said I could come up here, you can ask her yourself if you don't believe me," he said, quoting her.

She didn't say anything.

"Ginny?" he called softly.

Hearing her name leave his mouth brought back everything she remembered over the past few weeks with him.

Draco was surprised when he saw her turn over and sit up to face him; the light from the wall lighting up her pale tear-stained face. Her eyes were red and puffy, she was thinner and all the life that he remembered filling her features was completely gone. She just stared at him for a few moments before looking down at her fidgeting hands.

When he saw the state she was in, he thought he would completely break-down right there in front of her, but he refrained from doing so for her sake.

She just started to shake her head as her memories begged for her to feel them and cope with them. "I can still feel her.....inside of me," she whispered.

Draco felt like his heart had been ripped out and stomped on at her words.

"Sometimes I lie here and I swear I can feel her little feet kick me," she choked out, her eyes catching his gaze for a moment before she closed them to let the fresh tears spill.

Draco had no idea what to say....there was nothing to say.

She locked eyes with him again, "Why?" she asked him.

He just shook his head.

"I didn't do anything wrong.....so why? " She cried. "I didn't do anything," she cried out again, this time her emotions completely slipping.

"I know...I know, Ginny, you didn't do anything to deserve this," he said, his own eyes welling with tears.

She suddenly flung herself forward into his arms and latched onto him tightly and cried. Her body shook in his arms uncontrollably as she sobbed out loud for everything she had held in these past five years. She cried for her baby, for herself, for Fred.....everything; she held onto Draco so tight that her nails dug into him. He didn't care, he lost it too as she let go of everything right there in his lap, he couldn't possibly hold his emotions in any longer at that point.

They both cried for a while and then soon she just let Draco hold her in his arms. They both sat on her bed against her wall with her head on his shoulder just lost in thought.

"What now?" Ginny choked out, her voice hoarse from how much she cried.

He looked down at the top of her head, "I'm not sure,"

She looked up at him, "And us? What about us?"

He was surprised that she was asking about their relationship, he couldn't help but smile a bit when she used the term "us" and recognized the fact that there was indeed a relationship between them.

He just looked at her, "Uh, listen Ginny......I care a lot about you, but I think you and I both know.....that you need to figure things out with Harry first before we can ever be.......an "us"," he said, his expression saddened to have to even admit that out loud.

He wanted nothing more than to kiss her and happily take her for himself, but he could never do that to her or Harry, not after what Harry did for him and what they both lost. He owed that much to both of them to try and repair their relationship after it was forcefully ripped apart by something so tragic.

Ginny just gave him a small smile and nodded before she leaned forward in an attempt to kiss him, but he stopped her.

He just shook his head, "I...I can't, not right now.....because if I start......I won't be able to stop....you understand?" he asked her as he felt his eyes start to sting.

She just spilled a few tears before she gave an emotional nod.

He gave her kiss on her forehead before he slipped off of her bed and quickly left her bedroom, leaving her to fall into a fit of sobs.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Harry was sitting on his bed late one night going over some files he had brought home with him. He was finding it hard to focus at all these days with Ginny being in the state she was so he started bringing his work home with him, not that it was any different. He heard a knock on the door and gave a light sigh.

"Come in," he mumbled, as he threw the file aside him on the bed. He was quite surprised to see it was Ginny at his door and she was actually showered and in different clothes.

"Are you ok?" he asked, as he jumped up off the bed.

She nodded, "Can we talk?" she asked as she looked at him, her eyes were still puffy and red.

"Of course," he said softly, gesturing for her to take a seat on the bed beside him.

She eyed the files on the bed for a moment before she took a seat and Harry took notice of it.

"I was just looking over some stuff on Draco's case," he mumbled, as he scooped them all up into a pile and put them on the side table.

"Well, I suppose it's perfectly safe now for you to continue to work on it since we've already lost everything," she said sarcastically.

Her comment was brutal to hear and he just nodded, "Yeah......I guess I deserve that," he said as the guilt kept ripping through him further and further.

She just looked at him and shook her head. She suddenly realized how hard this must have been for him, yes, she had lost her baby, but she had no memory of it all this time. Harry was the one who had to not only cope with the loss of their daughter but the loss of his entire relationship with her. If that wasn't enough, he was dealing with the immense amount of guilt he felt over it and how he made Ginny hate him all these years........and it was all for her happiness. Her heart just completely crumbled for him right now....and here she was, still making him feel guilty for it all.

"Ginny, I know-"

"Thank you," she said suddenly.

"What?" he asked, looking at her confused.

"Thank you for protecting me,"

"That's the last thing I have done for you," he said, barely able to speak the words as he became upset.

"It's true....you protected me from the truth, from this life that I'm miserable in now......you knew this is how I would react, how I would cope..if you can even call this coping. I can't even begin to imagine what you had to go through, Harry, and it was all for me." she cried. "I don't think I've EVER felt so much love from one person before."

"Stop it, stop making me out to be something I'm not......you begged me to stop.....and I kept working on it anyway... I just never thought it would go that far. I put you and Lily-"

She looked at him with wide eyes at the mention of their daughter's name; she hadn't heard it said out loud, she only remembered it from her memories.

"I'm sorry," he mumbled, realizing his mistake.

She just looked back at the floor and then took in a few bags that were packed up in the corner, "What's all that?" she asked.

"Oh, I'm going to go stay somewhere for a little bit......I know you need some space so..." he trailed off.

She just stared at him, yet again here he was putting her needs first like he always did, she was really quite amazed by his love for her.....it was almost overwhelming. She scooted closer to him and grabbed his face to look at her, she could tell he was trying to stay strong for her sake.

Harry looked into her eyes, they were filled with so many mixed emotions, but he could tell she suddenly felt guilty herself for not knowing everything he went through for her. He didn't think she had anything to feel guilty for, but he knew how Ginny was and he could tell that she was about to do something that was going to make everything so much more confusing.

She leaned in closer to him until her face was only a couple of inches from his and he watched her eyes travel down to his lips and then back up at him. He lightly shook his head for her not to go through with it, but her lips were already on his. He wanted to push her away so badly, but he forgot how much he missed her.

She grabbed his face with one hand and slid it to the back of his neck and pulled him closer to her as she deepened the kiss. She pushed him back on the bed and crawled on top of him before she crashed her lips down on his once more. She knew she had still loved Harry all of these years and she always felt a special kind of bond with him even though they weren't together. He was the one that was always there for her when she needed someone to protect her. All because of that one night he was not able to get to her in time didn't mean he should have to pay for it forever.

She slipped her top off as she straddled him and ripped his button-down shirt open before she laid her bare chest against his. She felt his hands travel her body and it was a very warm and familiar touch that sent goosebumps throughout her body. She suddenly reached down to his pants and Harry grabbed her hands before she could go any further.

"Ginny-"

She cut him off with a long soft kiss and then he pushed her gently back again.

"What's wrong?" she asked through her heavy breaths.

He just stared up at her, she was amazingly beautiful right now and his heart was breaking because he knew......he knew her heart didn't truly belong to him, even if Ginny hadn't realized that yet.

"We can't do this," he said, gently sliding her off of him so that she was lying beside him.

"Why not?"

"Because I know this isn't what you really want," he said, looking at her.

"How do you know what I want? I want this......right now, right here......I want you to make love to me, Harry...I want to feel that love that I missed out on all this time." she said, a single tear sliding down her cheek.

"I have loved you all this time."

"Yes, but I wasn't able to appreciate that love because I had no clue on what we were missing out on.....what I was missing out on," she said as she gently kissed him again.

He pulled away from her and sat up and she sat up next to him and tried to kiss him once more when he grabbed her face firmly in his hands and looked at her. "I want nothing more than to do this with you.....but we both know that this particular thing needs to be put on hold for now. Everything needs to be put on hold until you're able to get a little stronger from all of this, mentally, emotionally.....and physically."

She was crying at the words he spoke to her, he could feel her tears wet his fingers that held her face in his hands. He pulled her closer to him for one final soft kiss and then placed one more on her forehead. He knew she was confused by everything, he knew she didn't know how to feel about all of it yet and he didn't want to take advantage of her, no matter how much he missed her.

He watched her slip her shirt back on as she continued to spill tears over their whole encounter and she went to leave when he stopped her.

"Hey, Gin?"

She turned to look at him and he grabbed one of the files on his nightstand.

"Do you want to see a picture of her?"

She just stared at him and she let out an emotional sigh as she walked back over and sat on the bed. She looked at the file on his lap and she saw it was hers and watched him pull out a few pictures.

"This was your very first sonogram picture," he said, handing it to her.

She squinted her eyes a bit, "I can't even tell what I'm looking at," she said with a small laugh.

"You said that same thing to the MediWizard the day she took it too," he said with a chuckle.

She just smiled at him.

"And this was the last one you had," he said, handing her another picture.

"Wow," she whispered out as she stared at the picture.

He pulled out another picture in his hand and gave it a sad look before he handed it to Ginny. She just stared at it for what seemed like forever; it was a picture of her holding Lily after she gave birth to her. She placed her hand over her mouth to quiet the emotional gasp that she let out and broke down into tears in Harry's arms.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

The next day Ginny decided to try going to work again. After her countless breakdowns yesterday, she wanted to make an attempt to try and get back to some sort of normal life. She gave a knock on Harry's office door and peeked her head in.

"Hey, can I come in?" she asked.

"Ginny? Yeah, of course, come in," he said quickly, surprised to see here there.

She gave him a small smile and took a seat across from him. "I think.....I want to try to come back to work today," she said, a bit of uncertainty in her voice.

"Absolutely, if you're sure, although, I'm kind of caught up right now with paperwork; with everything going on I've kind of went crazy," he said with a shrug. "You can see if Will needs help," he suggested with an apologetic look.

"Oh, he needs help alright.....in the fuckin head," she mumbled as she dragged her feet back to the hallway.

"Oh, Ginny, maybe we can grab lunch later?" he asked.

She just looked at him and gave him a nod with a small smile before heading over to Will's office. She knocked and then walked in and there he was already anticipating her entrance with a stupid smug smile on his face.

"You know.....normally you would be fired by now," he said with a smirk.

She just stared at him for a moment before taking a seat across from him, "Uh, listen, Will.......I'm really sorry about the other day-"

"Don't be," he simply said. "A beautiful woman throwing herself at me......I mean, what's to be sorry about? Actually, I should be apologizing.......I shouldn't have taken advantage of you in your current state," he said, looking at her. "So, I am sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable," he said in a genuine tone.

She just gave him a small smile, "It's fine, I just want to try and get back to some normal life again."

"Well, you came to the right place.....look at all this paperwork you get to do," he sarcastically said in an overly excited tone.

"Yippee," she sarcastically drawled, before she leaned forward and started going through some files.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door and someone popped their head in, Ginny just recognized him as another Auror that worked there.

"Oh good, Miss Weasley is here too, Kingsley would like to see you guys in his office," he said before leaving the room.

Ginny just exchanged a confused look with Will before they both walked into the Hall and saw Harry leaving his office.

"Harry, do you know why Kingsley wants us in his office?" Ginny asked.

"Not sure, but he wants me there too," he shrugged.

Ginny had a few ideas of what it could be about, but none of them were good reasons to be summoned to the Minister of Magic's office. As they approached the office, she was surprised to see her parents there and Draco and his parents as well.

"Do you know what this is about?" Harry asked them.

"No, clue dear, he sent a letter this morning for us to be here," Molly said.

They all took a seat around the room and Ginny's eyes locked with Draco's across the way. Her mind went straight to her conversation with him the other day and then it went to her intimate moment with Harry. She couldn't even begin to try and sort through her feelings for Draco and Harry right now until she started healing from the loss of her daughter.

Draco gave her a small smirk that made her return a small smile and it quickly faded when she saw Kingsley walk into his office.

"Alright everyone, let's get right down to it......the Malfoy/Weasley case," he said.

Everyone in the room seemed to suddenly tense up.

"Ah, I see you all look guilty, which is just what I expected, but there is one person that I am extremely disappointed in because I gave specific instructions for him to CLOSE THIS CASE!" he said angrily, looking at Harry.

Harry had a feeling this was coming, as soon as he saw the Malfoys show up, he knew Kingsley somehow got wind of what was happening.

"You four have been working on this case, right?" he asked, looking at Harry, Ginny, Draco and Will. "And do not lie to me because I already know that you have."

They all nodded.

"Mr. Potter, have I not been clear on the reasons for leaving this case closed? Have you all not suffered enough from trying to solve something that you have absolutely no leads on?"

Ginny felt her stomach knot up as she thought back to the day she got her memories back.

"Going forward I want all of the files kept in my office that are in relation to this case, I want any files that you have copies of back here by the end of the day."

"So....you're ok with just having a bunch of murderers on the loose? Just murdering whoever they want and destroying people's lives?" Ginny snapped.

"Ginny!" Arthur said, glaring at her to keep her mouth shut.

"Miss Weasley, I am not saying that...... what I'm saying is that at this time there are no leads to go on and it's becoming more dangerous than anything to anyone involved. The case needs to be better organized and not just blindly going to potential suspects' homes without any evidence to back it up," he explained.

"But that won't ever happen, it's just going to be swept under the rug and covered up just like it has been all these years," she said angrily, not caring if she was arguing with the Minister of Magic.

Ginny felt Harry's hand on her arm and pulled her back a bit not realizing she was practically out of her seat at this point.

"Sir, perhaps you can make an exception this once to allow Mr. Potter and me to continue on this case?" Will chimed in.

"Absolutely not, you all have been lying and not to mention that you two....," he said, pointing to Ginny and Draco, ".....Have been tampering with evidence AND have had access to files that you legally have no business looking at."

"Ginny works at the Ministry, of course, she has access to files," Draco said.

"Not anymore, she doesn't," he firmly said.

"What?" Ginny asked, her anger rising.

"Your position here at the Ministry is immediately terminated, you will no longer be working here."

"Sir, please reconsider-"

"I WILL NOT, MR. POTTER,!" Kingsley yelled before turning back to Draco and Ginny, "YOU TWO WILL KEEP YOUR NOSE OUT OF ANY MINISTRY FILES AND HAVE NO ASSOCIATION WITH THIS CASE GOING FURTHER UNLESS WE REQUIRE FURTHER INFORMATION FROM EITHER OF YOU!"

"But-"

"ENOUGH, MISS WEASLEY," he gave her a superior look, "You both realize you could be sent to Azkaban over this? DO NOT.......force me to do something I really don't want to do." he said in a final tone.

Ginny just jumped out of her seat and went to leave, but she was so enraged by Kingsleys words that she stopped, turned and walked right up to him. "You know why it's so easy for you to forget about this case? Because nobody is going around killing anyone you love....... You didn't watch your wife be slaughtered right before your eyes or your best friend, you weren't FUCKIN REPEATEDLY GUTTED AS YOU FELT YOUR CHILD CLINGING TO LIFE INSIDE OF YOU!" she screamed at him as tears fell down her cheeks. She felt more than one person trying to hold her back, afraid she might actually hit Kingsley with how angry and upset she was, but she didn't stop or back down.

"YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS GOING TO BE KILLED NEXT OR THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE LIKE SOME PRISONER UNDER A FUCKIN DOME BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE ATTACKED OR CHOKED TO DEATH, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HOLD YOUR DEAD BABY IN YOUR ARMS! YOU INCONSIDERATE PIECE OF SHIT!" she screamed in rage, her face red with anger and her eyes pouring tears.

"GINNY!" Draco yelled out to her as he appeared in front of her suddenly as he managed to squeeze himself in between her and Kinglsey.

She turned to see Harry's hand on one side of her shoulder and her Father's on the other as they tried to hold her back. Her shirt has actually ripped from how hard she fought against them.

Draco agreed with every single word Ginny spoke, Kingsley didn't know what it was like to live the lives they had, he didn't have to deal with any of it so of course, it was easy to turn his cheek on the case.

Harry just gave a Draco a light nod to take Ginny out into the hall as he finished his meeting with Kingsley. Draco had to drag her halfway to the door as her body suddenly became dead weight she seemed to suddenly stare off into space. Once he got her into the hall, he just stared at her, he quickly dried his face from any emotions that squeezed out while she was going off on Kingsley.

"Ginny?"

She looked at him and then placed a hand over her mouth as she realized how out of line she was. She backed up until she hit the wall and slid down it into a heap of tears on the floor.

He squatted down in front of her, "Hey?" he whispered.

She looked up at him and just shook head, "I'm sorry, all I do is fuckin cry now.....I'm so pathetic," she choked out, trying to wipe her face.

"Stop it, it's better to cry and let it out than hold it in......believe me," he said, wiping her tears away with his thumbs.

"I'm trying, Draco.....fuck I'm trying so hard to accept that this.......that this actually happened.....I just feel like I can't live with knowing the truth, it physically hurts to even imagine a life of any kind without her."

He got on the floor right next to her, his leg gently brushing against hers. He let out a soft sigh and turned to look at her. "A few months ago..... I was going through it real bad...I mean, it had already been like two years, but it still hurt as much as the day it happened. Anyway, I just remember walking into the bathroom and grabbing about five vials of this sleeping draught I had in there....." he trailed off and just looked down at the floor as he remembered the memory. "I just downed them all, one after another.......my mother....she found me unresponsive hours later and it was pretty bad. I woke up two weeks later and just tried to survive somehow.....eventually something just happened that made life a little more bearable," he said.

"What could have possibly happened to make something like that more bearable?" Ginny asked, her voice cracking with emotion.

He turned to look at her again and locked eyes with her, "Someone brought me muffins," he said with a smirk.

A smile spread across her face at his words and she gave a soft laugh. Every time she thought she wanted to try to work things out with Harry and then she saw Draco, it made her realize just how madly in love she was with him. It took everything in her not to kiss him right now, she wanted to feel that amazing moment again that they shared that day in his bedroom. She watched him glance at her lips and then back up to her eyes before he turned away from her again.

"Come on, let's get you back home, I'm sure Kingsley will let you slide on missing the rest of this meeting," he smirked, before taking her hand and apparating to the Burrow.