Hermione walked onto the platform and was imediately bombarded. She saw a flash of red and black around her.
"Where have you been!" The Dynamic Duo themselves exclaimed.
"Your mom owled me every day trying to find you!" yelled the red haired Ronald Weasley.
"Please keep your voice down!" Hermione retaliated, not wanting to cause a secene. She realized Ron had filled out handsomely, for one second Draco was washed from her mind as she started at Ron.
"Ron called me all the time telling me how you were missing! You worried us all sick!" said The Boy Who Lived himself; Mr. Harry Potter.
"Just wait until mum sees you!" Ron's eyes bugged out of his face. "Too Late!" he groaned as a large red haired woman waddled their way.
"HERMIONE GRANGER! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!" came the relieve voice of Molly Weasley.
"Uhh...around?" Hermione replied meekly as she was pulled towards Mrs. Weasley and suffocated in the large bear hug she was now recieving.
"Oi, mum!" called Rom prying Hermione from her arms.
"Thanks Ron." Hermione said under her breath.
"Well, the train is about to leave." said Harry checking his watch.
"Ya, we should really get going mum." Ron said starting to make his was towards the train.
"Oh, alright!" said Mrs. Weasley hotly, "You three be good this year! No owls of you bad behavior, PLEASE!" she finished in a pleading sort of voice.
"Alright!" they all replied.
The now Dynamic Trio made their way to the train and found an empty compartment. They leaned out the window and bid farewell to a now sobbing Mrs. Weasley.
~*~
They watched the station disappear behind them and the small trees appear.
"So, Moine, where HAVE you been?" asked Ron.
"Oh, you know, around." Hermione answered not wanting to reveal her secret.
"AROUND! If you were "around" we wouldn't have been so worried about you!" Harry said.
"Well, well, well...if it isn't the Dynamic Trio. Weasel, Potter, and mudblood." came the voice Hermione knew all too well. She was VERY relieved to hear him. Not only was he stopping her answering the boys' quiestions, but she would get to see Draco again.
"Get out of here Malfoy, no one cares what you have to say!" Ron spat.
"Ya Malfoy, we are kinda busy here." Harry continued.
"Uhh..." was about all Hermione could get out when Draco came into view in the doorway.