Disclaimer: I do not owe the characters J.K. Rowling once created. I do owe the characters I have created myself. That's, except the storyline, the only thing I owe.

Note: Apparently I don't have kept all chapters, so I have to write a few again. Therefor it might take a bit longer to update the whole story. Sorry!

Chapter 10

It was late in the evening when Hermione finally arrived at the Burrow. She was needed at the Reservation after one of the dragons had fired upon a few team members. She hated herself for it, Charlie looked horrible when she had left him.

The moment she entered the Burrow someone hang around her. The person laughed.

"Ginny, you can also welcome me in a normal way you know."

"That's boring, right now everyone is boring. So I hope you will be a bit more enjoyable." Ginny rambled on about Luna and Harry, they were so cute and they lived together. Ginny looked happy, while the rest of the family was just sitting there staring to nothing. The daughter of George was happily jumping, trying to get the attention of her father.

"Hermione darling, I'm glad you could make it. Charlie immediately went upstairs when he came home this morning. I don't think he can really handle the activity around here. Bill will arrive tomorrow. I'm glad when I can see him again; I haven't seen him for such a long time." Then Molly started to talk also about Harry and Luna, it was obvious that Molly tried to look happy but that she wasn't. She looked terrible. Hermione felt guilty for leaving her alone in the Burrow, even though that Molly had wanted Hermione to go on. At the moment that Molly started to talk about Charlie and her, she heard so little from them, Hermione realized that neither of them had thought of telling the family about them. Maybe Charlie had told Billy, after all they talked a lot with each other.

Hermione was looking around the room; she noticed that both the wives of George as Percy weren't there. Then she noticed something else.

"Ginny… Why is Malfoy standing there in the corner?" Ginny smiled a bit innocent.

"Well… can you remember that I told you about this new guy… I didn't want to tell you who it was? Well, Malfoy is my new boyfriend."

"What?" Hermione snapped. "Him?" She said a bit softer."Ginny didn't react and walked towards Malfoy.

"Hermione, can you check on Charlie? He was so upset when he came home, seen the fact that you work with him closely, I was hoping that you could…" Molly didn't finish her sentence, Hermione nodded and walked upstairs. She tried to get the picture of Ginny and Malfoy out of her head; hopefully it was just a fling. Ginny couldn't be seriously.

When she walked in Charlie's old room, she saw him sitting on his bed looking at a picture of his dad. Quietly she went sitting next to him. He looked up.

"I used to have good contact with my dad, we were so close. Then I decided to go to Romania and everything changed. We did have contact through letters, but it was different. And then last few years the contact got even less. Often he didn't react on my letters or I would just get a very short note back. My last letter to him was full of anger. I told him he couldn't call himself a father anymore, that he had us all let down. I told him that I didn't want any contact with him anymore if he didn't change. That's all he can remember of me, he can remember that I didn't want him as a father anymore." Charlie cried. For the second time that day Hermione took Charlie in her arms and let him cry, meanwhile she whispered soft, sweet things in his ear.

"Your dad knows that you were mad at him, but that you didn't really mean it Charles. He loved you, I'm sure of that. Right now he looks down and sees that you are sorry and that you do love him." Charlie cuddled closer to Hermione, while she tried to calm him. She hated to see him so upset.

The next few days passed slowly. Most of the time Hermione could be find reading books at the pool. She tried to help Molly as much as she could, but Molly preferred to be alone. Hermione had no idea how she could help them the best. She hated herself for not knowing the people she used to know the best.

It was the day of the funeral. It was extremely quiet in the Burrow. Hermione looked with tears in her eyes how everyone made themselves ready for the funeral. Everyone wore black, it was a depressing sight to see. They went to a magic cemetery. Everyone walked silent to a small building. A small ceremony was being held there. Many persons had shown up for their last respect to Arthur.

Hermione sat next to Charlie on the first row. She held his hand tight during the ceremony. Molly had a little speech, Billy talked for all the children. A few friends spoke and then they all walked towards his grave. Also during this walk Hermione held Charlie's hand tight, she wasn't sure if it was to comfort her or him. Neither of thought of letting go. Neither Hermione or Charlie noticed that Molly smiled at the sight. A sparkling came back by seeing them together. Bill followed his mother gaze and also smiled. He took her hand and together they watched the coffin disappear in the ground.

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