The next morning arrived and Hermione got up really early to make sure she could have a talk with Professor Dumbledore before he went to watch Harry's improvement over the training he's been getting.
Hermione went downstairs and Mrs. Weasley was already up and ready to make breakfast.
"Good Morning Hermione dear."
"Good Morning Mrs. Weasley."
Molly made Hermione a few eggs and some toast. And she sat down. They were quite for a while until Mrs. Weasley finally broke the silence.
"Hermione, why did you let Draco join?"
Hermione knew at least one person from the Order was just itching to ask her sooner or later so she wasn't exactly surprised.
"Well, basically he proved to me that I could trust him. He showed me that he really has changed and circumstances be as they may, that eh was really truly sorry and he really wants to help the Order."
"Well Hermione, I'm glad you trust him so much as to bring him into the Order. Although I must admit that I did not trust him before, he has proven already that he is a great help to us. He has warned us on many of the future plans that he-who-must-not-be-named has planned. I just hope that my boys aren't giving you too much of a hard time with it."
"Well, actually they are not too accepting of him. But I'm hoping to be able to tell them the truth soon. Has Professor Ddmbledore told the members of the Order anything about Draco?"
"Actually, no. But we trust in Albus's decisions and we trust that his decisions are the right ones. They usually are so, if he says we should trust Draco then I most certainly will."

"So then did Draco tell anyone himself?"
"No, Albus gave the entire problem to Draco. When Draco is ready to tell the Order then he will."
Hermione nodded. That's exactly what she was thinking but the problem was, she was hoping that Draco had already told the others so it would mean that it wasn't as secret was it used to be.
Just then Professor Dumbledore entered the kitchen.
"Ah, Hermione dear. Harry informed me that you wanted to talk to me about young Malfoy did you not?"
"Uh, Yes Professor Dumbledore."
"Alright, lets step into the Black's living room and we'll discuss the matter before too many more people wake."
They went into the living room and shut the door behind them.
"Uh, professor?"
"Yes?" said Dumbledore as he took a seat on a couch.
"I was wondering if there would be any way for Draco's mother, Narcissa, to get away from the Malfoy Manor. Draco said that she has only been getting worst as days go by and pretty soon, he's afraid that there wont be much of his mother left." By the time she had finished saying what she had to say her voice was giving way.
"Well, Hermione at the moment there is no way to rescue Narcissa Malfoy from the Manor but I have given it great thought and perhaps, when Draco is ready, we will talk this matter over with the other members of the Order and save Narcissa. In the mean time, why don't you try to make sure Draco is doing alright on his own. I know his duties are very important and I do wish that he would keep up his good work. He has proven very useful to the Order and I would definitely like to keep him around for a while." When he finished he gave Hermione a smile and for some reason, seeing Professor Dumbledore smile made the weight of the problem much lighter.
"So then Professor, do you think it would be wise to try and persuade Draco to tell some others about the issue so more people can help him through this?"
He smiled once again to Hermione. "That is precisely what I was about to ask you to do Ms. Granger."
With those last words Dumbledore got up from his seat and made his way out the door but Hermione stopped him.
"Oh, Professor, one more thing, Draco told me that his father will be making him a death eater soon right?"
"Yes Ms. Granger."
"But what if Voldemort sees right through Draco and kills him? Draco is unable to block his mind like Professor Snape is."
"Yes, that is trust Hermione. I think it wise then for you to talk to young Malfoy and make sure he does everything in his power to delay his becoming a death eater as much as possible until we can get some time to train young Malfoy to block his mind as Professor Snape does."
"Thanks Professor. Besides me, you're the only other person who knows about Draco's situation. And I'm glad I can talk to you about it."
"You are very welcome Hermione. Now, if you will excuse me, I need to make sure Mr. Potter is keeping up with his training well."
"Bye Professor."
"Good Day Ms. Granger."
After Dumbledore left, Hermione was still in the room. She didn't know how to ask Draco. She just had to really hope that he would understand and this misunderstanding between Ron and her would be over soon.

When she was finished thinking a bit, she went to her room. She didn't want to see the others yet. For some reason she felt this situation about Draco should be kept between the three people but then she also wanted the others to trust Draco as well. Could there possibly be another way to ensure trust to the others without having to tell Draco's biggest secret? She thought about this for a long time but the answer was no. Draco would not be too pleased in what she had to say the next time they saw each other. She was sure of it.