George whipped his head around and rushed back to his twin. He seemed to have forgotten that he had ahold of Hermione's hand, dragging her back with him. He barely made it back to the bed before the door swung open and a Healer came in. She paused when she saw Hermione.

"You are not allowed in here. Family only." She stated while she sent a glare at Hermione. Hermione didn't even put up a fight, she just pried her hand away from George and headed for the door.

"Would you be a dear and send his family in?" She asked in a sickly sweet voice. Hermione just nodded before closing the door behind her.

She walked slowly down the hallway and she could see the look of disappointment on Mrs. Weasley's face due to her not getting George out of the room.

"I guess you couldn't get him out sweetheart. It's fine. I'll think of something."

"No, Mrs. Weasley. The Healer kicked me out and asked me to send the family back."

That seemed to get the families attention. The all stood at attention at once. They started to rush to the room saying thanks as they passed. Hermione sighed before walking towards the exit. They wouldn't even know that she was gone. As she stepped out of St. Mungo's she turned on her heel apperated.

In Fred's room, the healer started questioning George what he was doing or what he did just before Fred moved.

"Hermione leaned over and kissed his forehead and grabbed my hand to lead me from the room. We were almost at the door when we heard the noise."

Fred groaned just a little when his twin said Hermione, shocking all the people in the room. Ginny walked closer to the bed. She leaned down a little and started whispering in her brother's ear. Fred would move his head closer to the noise.

After a few minutes she stood back up and looked at the room. The shocked faces of the family made her wonder.

"Where is Hermione?"

The heads of all the family looked around fast enough to get whiplash.

As Hermione landed in her apartment, her knees buckled and she surcummed to the sobs that racked her body. It would always be like this. She would never again be part of a family. Hers, taken from her, but not by what she protected them from. On their way to Australia the plane crashed, killing everyone. She hadn't told anyone, she felt that her lose wasn't important enough. With Fred in the hospital and Remus injured and having lost Tonks, her pain was just a fraction of what theirs was. Her job was to be their rock. She had to support everyone. She was working at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes with Lee Jordan to keep the store open. She was researching the veil to see if there was anyway to bring Sirius back. She was at the hospital to support the Weasley family. She was taking care of Teddy while Remus was in and out of the Ministry. She had stretched herself so thin that she started to rely on the time-turner again just so that she felt there were more hours in the day.

As her sobs subsided she felt someone pick her up and lay her on the couch. She looked up into the blue eyes of none other than Remus Lupin.

"You ok? I heard that Fred made progress. I thought that I would go visit you at the hospital so you weren't alone but you seemed to have left."

As he looked closer at her he could see the bags under her eyes and the new stress lines on her face. Her eyes had lost their spark and that worried him. The only time he has seen her like this was during his brief period of teaching at Hogwarts.

He thought back to that time and realized the problem immediately. His face grew stern.

"Hand it over Hermione."

Ginny walked down the hall to the waiting room to see if she could find Hermione. It was empty except a few random people. There was nothing she could do but turn and go back. She made it to the door and heard Fred whisper "Mione."