"When did you get up?" He asked Hermione as she puttered in the kitchen with breakfast the next morning.
"An hour ago, I guess." She said as she finished a full breakfast for him pointing to the table.
"This could rival one of Molly's." He said taking a seat at her small table.
"Who do you think taught me how. I didn't spend much time with my parents as a teen, with him running a muck and my friendship with Harry, well I was safer behind Arthur and Molly's wards than I was behind the small ones Albus had set up to protect my parents." He smiled as she spoke wistfully about her parents.
"We'll keep them safe." He assured her, " You know Hermione, it's hard to use the obliviate spell, it's amazing you succeeded with it the first time." She froze, did he know what she had done to him.
"It wasn't easy, I just knew I was doing it for their own good." She said staring into her tea.
"It doesn't work on a wizard in animagnus form." She dropped her spoon as the words left his mouth. "If you regretted it you should have just said something."
"It's just... I didn't want to put you in danger. The more you knew they could hurt you for information, the closer you were to me if anyone found out what I'm doing."
"It's over Hermione, you can't change it now." Sirius said noticing her starting to ramble.
"You're mad at me." She stated.
"Furious," He confirmed filling his plate, and taking a drink of the tea she had poured him.
"But you're still sitting at my table, eating the breakfast I made you?" She questioned eye brow quirked.
"My undeniable pull to you has me doing things I can't explain Kitten, just go with it. Know I'm mad but clearly you feel something I saw the look on your face when you opened your door yesterday." He stated before biting into some crumpets.
"I will neither confirm or deny any of these feelings," She laughed finally sitting across from him.

Once Hermione had ensured Sirius was going to be okay they headed to James and Lily's. He held his hand on the small of Hermione's back while they chatted in the doorway of the home before entering for the meeting. Hermione sat quietly with Lily and Alice Longbottom, while Sirius took his spot on the far side of the room.
"His hand was on your back, what's going on with you two?" Lily asked.
"I hadn't noticed, we apparated and he steadied me when we landed, he must not have moved it after. There really isn't anything happening." She claimed sitting beside Alice and looking over at him. He gave her a small smile as Dumbledore prattled on about missions and how far they'd come. He was interrupted by a tapping on the window, he opened it and a big tawny owl swooped in and landed in front of Hermione. She took the letter and patted the owl on the head before it took back off out the window. She unrolled the parchment as the other watched carefully.

Hermione turned to Lily, "It's from Severus, he says that the Dark Lord has heard of the prophecy and intends to search you both out after the birth of your children. He doesn't have enough followers right now to do more than they already are but Severus has agreed to join our cause on the clause that we ensure to have his name cleared of any misdoings once the war is over. " She said after reading the letter quickly she handed it to Albus the three Mauraders were frowning the thought of that greasy git joining them wasn't something they were very interested in.
"I'll meet with him next week and we'll seal it with an unbreakable vow." the elder man in the front of the room stated. " Miss Graywood if you'd join us that day to perform the charm." Hermione nodded.
"I don't like it," Sirius whispered to James who nodded.
"He also stated he was able to located the diary and that it is the possession of Lucius Malfoy, he will bring it with him to our meeting." Albus told the room of people a smile crossing Hermione's face that would bring her total up to three, only two more to locate.
"I have some information," Sirius stated suddenly almost as if he realised something, that had slipped his mind. He fished in his pocket and pulled out a small package tossing it across the room to Hermione. " I was able to convince my lovely cousin the current Mrs. Malfoy to ascertain the Hufflepuff goblet from our family vault before her sisters nuptials to Lestrange when it would have been moved. She replaced it with a fake and Bellatrix was none the wiser."
"That's perfect the only thing we'll need after next week's meeting will be the locket" Hermione beamed.
"What if you take one of the more experienced order members with you to do the charm Professor," Remus suggested. "Just in case there is an incident."
"Not necessary," Hermione scowled at her friend.
"Perhaps Remus has a point, we won't replace Hermione but instead we will have a group of Order members patrolling the area." Albus interrupted before a fight could break out between the two. He called the meeting to a close leaving the members with their assignments.
"Don't show up tonight," She told Sirius sternly knowing that the idea she be replaced came from him and apparating away from right there in the middle of room.

She arrived home and placed the still packaged cup into the strong box. She was about to set out to Diagon Alley when something caught her eye standing in the corner.
"Kreacher?" She asked carefully. The house elf turned to her looking as miserable as ever.
"Master Regulus said to bring this to the mud- Master Sirius' lady. He said it should be what you are looking for and not to bother him again." The elf almost sneered at her as he handed her the locket from around his neck.
"Thank you Kreacher, please let Regulus know I appreciate his sacrifice." She stated the elf waved her off and snapped himself out of the room mumbling about mudbloods and sullying the blood line and how his mistress will not be pleased. She sent her patronus out to the Mauraders and Dumbledor to let them know that the fourth horcrux had arrived when she had returned home. Seconds later there was a knock on her door.
"Mia open up," She could hear Sirius calling on the other side before proceeding to bang on the door again.
"Go away Sirius, I told you not to come over." She stated and packing her bag to go shopping.
"You said tonight, not to come tonight!" He said muttering the counter curse to her wards before appearing into her living room.
"I can't believe you! How could you, how could you try and undermine me in front of the entire Order just because you were trying to protect me from a man who wishes me no ill will. Unlike you who I'm sure he'd hex upon first sight!" She screeched at him.
"He is a git Hermione. He cares about no one but himself, he is only in it for himself." Sirius defended.
"He cares about Lily, she was his first and only true friend and you pushed him so far that he called her the foulest word he could think of and broke that!" She countered. Sirius looked stunned.
"How did you know that's why they don't speak?"
"When he died the first time he gave all his memories to Harry, he died to save my best friend." Hermione countered.
"He is a bloody death eater Hermione!" Sirius roared.
"He took the mark to belong to something and to save himself!" She screamed back, "Get out, get out now I NEVER want to see you again."
She broke down and cried as he apparated away. She didn't see him again that week.