I woke up with the sun shining in my eyes. I felt something soft hitting my face. I looked down and saw curly brown hair laying on me. Right then everything came back to me. I remembered the night before and how I was with Hermione. I smiled to myself. This was one of the first nights that I got some good sleep.
Hermione started to stir in her sleep. I wrapped my arms around her and she jumped up and looked around. It took her a minute to realize what was going on. Hermione sighed and sat back down.
"Let me guess you don't sleep that great anymore either?" I asked.
She gave me a look and said,
"No, not since last year. I have so much to think about, it feels like my brain never stops. But I got to say this was the first time I actually got some good sleep."
"Same here. So thanks for helping me with that." I told her.
Hermione smiled and gave me a hug and whispered,
"No problem. If you ever need to talk. I'm here for you."
She got up and left the room. I sat there for a little while. I got up and looked out the window. It was a beautiful summer morning. I just smiled as I walked to my room. Right then George bombarded me with all these questions.
"Where were you? Were you out all night looking in different rooms? Did you find anything interesting? Why didn't you come back?" He asked.
I started to change my clothes and said,
"Yeah, I was looking around. I fell asleep in one of the rooms. Didn't want mum to see me."
George nodded and left it at that. We started to head down for breakfast.
*Hermione's POV*
I tried to enter my room that I was sharing with Ginny. I thought she was still asleep. But I was wrong. She was staring at the door from her bed. She gave me a look that I did not want to answer.
"Where were you? I woke up and you were not in bed." She asked.
"I went to get a drink of water in the kitchen and then I went to read in the lounge. I must have fallen asleep." I said to her.
I did not know why I didn't want to tell Ginny that I was with her brother and we fell asleep in one of the empty rooms while talking. But something in me wanted to keep that to myself. It was just between Fred and I and I just wanted it to be like that for now.
We walked down for breakfast and I could tell something was going on. I looked around the room and asked,
"What's wrong?"
Everyone around the room was quiet. No one said a word. I knew something was going on. I just didn't know what. iglared over to Sirius, Remus and Ron. Harry was at the hearing with Arthur. They could not have known what was going on that quickly. But I knew it was something else. Everyone is never this quiet or scared before. Remus came over to her and placed a hand on my shoulder.
"Hermione, we need to talk. There is something you need to know." He said.
I looked from Sirius, Molly and himself. Neither one of them would say anything. I could see hurt and sadness in their eyes. I looked back to Remus and asked,
"What is it Remus?"
He sighed and said,
"Hermione, it's about your parent. They are missing."
