Chapter 10 The Carry Out
Hermione made her way to the door and was standing in the hall, when she realised her purse was in the livingroom. She continued to the door calling Ginny to bring her bag and come and help carry the food.
Hermione opened the door and was shocked at what she saw. She had been told she really wasn't Hermione Granger, but Hermione Snape, her boyfriend thought she was sleeping with her dad, but what she saw on the other side of the door shocked her more than anything else that day.
Standing on her doorstep with their food in his hands and a smile on his face was her best friend, or he was before she went to Hogwarts and he moved house, Gary Dalton. He looked just like she remembered him, except for the fact that he was taller and had filled out a bit.
She flung herself at him, much to his surprise and Draco's who had just come into the hallway carrying her bag. Gary looked at Draco as if he was sizing him up, ready to fight and Draco just looked on with a shock. Wearing the same expression he had for most of the night he just stared at the two.
"Gary, oh my, can you stop for a bit, to catch up? Or do you have to get back? I haven't seen you in like six years.", she squealed, dragging him into the house as she spoke. "It's been so long how are you?"
"Sure 'Mione, this was my last stop for the night anyway. I'm fine, how have you been? I tried to contact you when I came back to England at Christmas. I asked your parents where you were at school and the said that you were in a boarding school in Scotland, and I should catch up with you in the summer.", he told her, whilst trying to figure out who the blonde boy was. "You look great by the way."
"Thanks, so do you.", she replied. When she noticed where his attention was focussed, she realised they were no longer alone and then moved into the livingroom, where Ginny was sitting in Harry's lap, motioning the others to follow her.
"You got our food 'Mione, keeping up with you is hard work.", Ginny laughed, whilst moving from Harry's lap, to get plates from the kitchen. "Who's this 'Mione", she said when she spotted Gary.
"Guys, this is Gary Dalton, he was my best friend in primary. Gary this is my mate Harry, my best mate Ginny, Harry's girlfriend. And this is Draco, my well, what would we call you Dray.", Hermione said looking at Draco to try and describe what they were to each other.
"Well 'Mione, you could say I was your boyfriend, but that would be totally wrong and Ron would probably hex me.", he said laughing, whilst thinking of what happened earlier. "So, I would probably say that you were my god-sister, if that's a word if not, well we'll call you my little sister anyway.", he said resolutely.
"Right, what ever bro. Anyway, they go to school with me and are pretty much like family to me. Dray more than others, although we only realised this about three hours ago.", Hermione said.
Ginny went to the kitchen and came back into the room with some plates, sitting herself back down next to Harry and leaning against him. They ate in companionable silence, as they couldn't carry on talking about Hogwarts and Quidditch with a muggle in the room.