They landed on the garden of the Burrow, to see Ron and Ginny having a great laugh, de-gnoming the garden. They stopped and stared as Lana and Dumbledore walked up the path. "Bloody hell" Ron exclaimed and dropped the gnome, which promptly bit his foot and ran off. Ginny laughed and Ron blushed as Lana looked at him with a sort-of-amused smile.

They went inside and Lana was appreciative of the warm hug that Molly Weasley gave her as she walked into the kitchen. Lana let Molly embrace her and then she stepped back as Molly smiled at her, but it was a smile tinged with sadness. Lana blushed a little undr Mollys gaze, and Dumbeldore stepped through the door.

"Hello Dumbledore, Lana dear, you must be exhausted, sit down." Molly said, pulling out a chair for Lana to sit on. "You too, Dumbledore"

"Thankyou Molly, but I must go now. I wanted to make sure Lana got here safely."

Mrs Weasley went to embarce Lana again, but Dumbledore gave her look that reminded her what he had told her - Dont be all affectionate. Lana doesnt like it. Says it makes her feel weak. So dont do it.

"Right, okay. It was nice seeing you." Molly said, waving as Dumbledore left the house. Molly looked warmly, clearly restraining herself, at Lana as she carried on cooking. Lana cleared her throat.

"Mrs Weasley?"

"Please dear, call me Molly."

"Okay, Molly...Thankyou for letting my stay here, you didnt have to, you barely know me, and Im so grateful, so anything that I can do to help around here, and Im afraid I wont be much fun to be around, you know, cos of....Sirius and all." Lana said, very quickly and all in one breath. Molly stopped and turned around, sitting down opposite Lana.

"You dont have to do anything. Youre our guest. It was no problem having you here for a few days, none at all. It was my pleasure. Anytime that you want to talk about Sirius, about what happened......" Molly looked at Lana with genune concern in her eyes. "I dont know exactly what....But I do know about love. I dont know what Id do if Arthur ever.." her eyes clouded over at the thought, and at the memory of last year, with the snake. Molly also remembered the arguments that she had had with Sirius the past few years, mainly concerning Harry, wanting to be over-protective as Sirius had called her. She had found Sirius irritating in that respect, always being dangerous, and Molly could not fully understand how Lana could love someone like that. But she would discuss that with Arthur later.

Lana managed a smile and stood up. "Are you sure there is nothing that I can do?" "You could go help Ron and Ginny with de-gnoming if you REALLY wanted to do something...." "Great!" Lana smiled and walked outside, leaving her bag on the table.

Ginny was finishing off de-gnoming and Ron was sat on the floor, nursing his bitten foot. Lana walked outside and leaned against the open doors door frame. "Hey...." she said, brushing a loose strand of her from her face. "Youre Lana, right?" Ginny asked. "Yeah, I guess your mum told you Id be staying here for a few days?" Lana walked stepped down and walked over to where Ron was sat, as Ginny nodded.

"So you were Sirius girlfriend then?"

Ron kicked at Ginny, and glared at her. "Could be more subtle, Ginny"

Lana smiled, amused and impressed that someone so young could be so upfront. "Wow. Youve got balls for someone so young. I like you. I respect your honesty. And, yes, I was Sirius girlfriend before he...." at this point, she cut off, upset.

"Why didnt he ever mention you before then?" Ron kicked Ginny again, harder. "Ow!" She kicked him back.

Lana blinked some tears away, shocked that he hadnt mentioned her, but figured that he wouldnt, not in front of the children anyway. "There are a great many things that Sirius wouldnt mention in front of you. And a great many things in this world that you do not know about." Lana raised an eyebrow at Ginny and Rons bemused faces, then smirked. "So, you finished with throwing the gnomes around then?"