A week later there was still no sign of Remus, according to Molly Tonks was holding herself pretty strong but there was no denying that it must be hard when your husband left you like that with a baby that might be a werewolf.

Hermione herself was doing better as well, she had finally found a way to finish the bubblegum.

"That's the second time you help us out here."

Hermione smiled, helping them with the extendable ears wasn't that hard, she had spend the last months before reading everything about magical eavesdropping, trying to find out how Rita Skeeter could find out about all the things she wrote.

"Well I just added a small ingredient, when you look at everything the two of you came up with and how you managed to produce them. It's really advanced magic. You would never suspect that when you looked at those owls of yours." She said giving them an evil grin.

"Can we tell you a secret?" Fred answered. "We failed our owls on purpose."

"We thought that if we had low qualifications our mum would have to accept us opening a shop like this because otherwise we would end up at magical maintains or worse." George put in.

"Well I never thought I'd say it but the two of you are really intelligent."

"Well I never thought I'd say it but you truly are a magnificent prankster in the making. There's a lot of unfulfilled potential there."

Hermione started to blush at Fred's compliment and looked around in the small lab.

"What are those?" She said pointing at a cage filled with white fluffy balls that rolled around in the cage.

"Baby Pygmy Puffs. We place them here because it's warmer out here."

Hermione looked inside the cage and smiled at the little ones.

"Where's their mother?"

"Well she's sold now, the poor things here were born but there mother didn't want them. We even had to take them out of the cage for their own safety."

Hermione smiled when one of the small balls crawled on her finger.

"I think he likes you." Fred said smiling.

Hermione laughed but remained silent when they heard someone entering the store, she place the pygmy puff back at it's place and crawled behind a curtain while George hurried towards the store.

"How can I help you?"

Ten minutes later he was back.

"Finally a customer." He said smiling.

Hermione came back out of her hiding place and looked at the two of them.

"Business going that bad than?"

"You have no idea! Ever since Dumbledore was killed, well… you get the idea that in a time like these people aren't really looking for joke stuff. People barely dare to come to Diagon Alley."

Hermione looked at the sad faces of the two identical men in front of her and decided that she wanted to help them.

The next three weeks she helped them with their new inventions, started up a new marketing plan which managed to get a few more customers and started to grow very close to the twins.

At one evening they were all upstairs playing with their newest invention, which was an idea of Hermione.

She was shocked to find out that small wizards and witches never blew bubbles which was one of her favourite games when she was just a little girl so with the help of the twins they developed a potion that once added to water could help them blow bubbles in every shape possible.

After five minutes the apartment was filled with frogs, owls, cats, triangles, clouds, suns …

They were having a great time.

"Look!" George shouted, pointing at his snitch-shaped bubble that slowly drifted towards the ceiling before it exploded letting small snitches fall to the ground.

Hermione never would've guessed how much fun she would still have from a game she hadn't played since she was eight.

The door flew open and Hermione looked shocked but it was Andromeda who walked in, smiling and looking surprised at the bubbles.

"Remus is back!"

Hermione jumped up. "Did he find them?"

"He did but he wasn't really welcome. Harry was furious when he found out he had left Tonks behind. Don't know what he did to him but it helped Remus to come back to his senses and that's the most important. They did gave him a letter to you before that fight."

She handed Hermione an envelope.

"Are Tonks and Remus back together now?"

George asked while handing her some tea.

Andromeda nodded. "Well they had quite the fight when he stood at the door but well… Remus really regretted what he had done and pleaded she would take him back. I don't think I ever saw him like that. I'm so relieved."

Andromeda remained for another hour and Hermione did not read the letter until she was gone, knowing she couldn't predict her reaction to it.

When Andromeda was finally gone she went to sit on the sofa.

Hermione,

It's Harry who's writing here, Ron will write something down after I'm finished.

I'm so sorry we left but we didn't have any choice. I hope you can understand that and that you're not tearing this letter apart in absolute anger.

After we left we came across something strange, we were walking through a forest in Scotland somewhere (that's where we apparated) and we came across some death eaters. Don't worry! We're fine! But it is weird that they found us so soon isn't?

We found a good place to hide and without knowing us it helped us a lot because… Hermione! We found out who the mysterious person is and where the real you-know-what is!

I'm not going in on all the details in case something goes wrong but I hope you're fine.

Until we see each other again

Harry

Dear Hermione,

I can't believe you're not here.

I never thought I'd say this but I could need some support here, Harry's being all you know… obsessed and stuff alongside being worried for you.

I can't write anything about the progress in the mission here, you know… in case something goes wrong but I can say we're making a bit progress.

I don't know what else to write here actually other than the fact that I miss you and that I hope you're fine.

Love

Ron

Ps) We will see each other again. (we have to)

A tear rolled over he cheek and she started to cry again, Fred came to sit beside her while George went to sit on one knee and offered her a handkerchief.

She was so glad to be with them.

That night she was sitting at her bed in the cellar when Fred came down.

"I came to check on you."

He said, looking rather uncomfortable.

He went to sit down next to her and looked at the careful folded papers on the old desk in the corner of the room.

"How are you doing?"

"I'm fine, I mean, it was kind of hard to read their letters but… you know… I'm a strong girl."

"Maybe you're pretending to be one but deep inside…"

"I'm fine!" She snapped, shocking Fred. "Sorry, didn't mean to snap at you it's just so bizarre, all of this. The total opposite of what we had planned."

Fred nodded. "Would you mind being alone here tomorrow night? George and I are taking the girls to some pub."

"So the two of you are still with Angelina and Alicia?"

Fred nodded.

"Love of your life than." She said smiling.

"For George and Alicia maybe, not to sure about me and Angelina."

Hermione looked up, staring at him.

"What do you mean."

"We don't talk, I mean we talk, that's for sure but it's as if we're still 16 and went to the Yule ball together you know. All we ever talk about are stupid everyday things. There's a war going on and... well you get the idea."

Hermione nodded and took his hand.

"She never talks about the future either, it's always here and now that counts for her. But what am I doing here, I came to check on you didn't I?"

"I don't mind, I'm fine anyway."

Fred nodded and looked up, looking straight in her eyes.

"You're a special girl you know, maybe you are as strong as you say you are."

Hermione smiled. "I'm not. I really am not."

They looked at each other, each feeling the unexpected urge to kiss each other but at that moment they could hear George's footsteps going down the stairs and looked away again.

"Everything alright here?"

"Yeah just fine."

"Perfect."

But neither of them felt fine or perfect.

So? What do you think?