The three of them sat in a circle. No one was talking, all of them were just staring at the floor. Hermione sighed as she stood up and walked over to the window. Her skin was pale, she'd been inside all summer, her hair was in a messy ponytail, she hadn't bothered with it for a few days. She turned around to the two boys infront of her, her best friends.
"We need to think of a plan. A set plan." she said as she looked over the two of them.
"After Bill's and Fluer's," Harry said whislt looking up at Hermione.
"What about it?" Ron asked.
"We leave, find the horcrux's and kill him." Harry replied.
Hermione turned back to the window. She rested her forehead on to the cold glass and closed her eyes. She was thinking, thinking of him, of what they could have been.
A knock at the door interrupted the trio. The door opened and Sirius came through. He smiled at the boys and winked at Hermione. She smiled back at the older man and looked away, before Harry or Ron could notice the blush that started to rise upon Hermione's cheeks.
"Molly says that dinner will be ready in a few moments,"
The three of them nodded their heads and made their way to the door. Sirius let Harry and Ron walk out but held Hermione behind. He watched the pair go down the stairs and closed the door, with him and Hermione inside.
"You've been avoiding me," he said, as he looked over the young woman.
"I've been avoiding everyone."
"Not Harry or Ron."
Hermione paused. She turned her back to him and walked back to the window. Sirius walked over to her and placed his hands on to his Godson's best friends hips. She stilled.
"Sirius.." she said as a warning.
"Shh it's okay, everyone's downstairs. What's the matter doll?"he asked, genuinly concerned.
"You wouldn't understand,"
He rested his chin onto her left shoulder, his breath warm against her neck.
"Try me,"
"Remus and Tonks look happy, don't they?" she said, trying to change subject.
"They love each other,"
"He loved me at one point," she replied, not knowing that she said it. "We could have been together like that,"
"Well, that's new."Sirius stated, taking his hands away from the young girl, taking his chin off her neck and stepping back from her.
"Sirius, I thought I said it in my head, not out loud."
"No, you said it and that's all that matters Hermione. I get that you might love him and not love me but guess what? We all have feelings! And you want to know something else? He loves her. Not you. I rhought I loved you, but now? Nope. You're just a silly little girl."
Whislt both of them were talking they didn't notice that the door had opened a little, neither of them knowing that there was an intruder listening to their conservation, neither of them knowing that in fact, Remus J Lupin was actually a few meters from them, listening to the couples conservation.