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Ron had gone before Hermione woke up, but the bed still smelt of him, yawning she got herself up and headed for the bathroom, her change of clothes under her arm.

When she walked in to the living room Ron greeted her with a smile, but no mention of last night, had she just dreamt it? She knew that Ron often haunted that half asleep half awake place , so she could have.

She watched him as he read the daily prophet and ate his toast. If he did sleep in my bed last night that's the second time in a row.

"you better hurry up we have to meet Ginny in twenty" said Ron his mouth full of food.

Hermione nodded and went in to the bathroom. Closing the door behind her and running the bath she slipped down on the hideous green carpet and absentmindedly picked at a hole in the rug.

She knew that living with Ron was going to be weird but this was beyond weird, right now she felt like this couldn't get any more complicated. She had tried telling Ron how she felt, but she just couldn't find the right words.

Worst thing was she had a feeling that Ron was trying to tell her the same thing.

Were they ever going to get out of this permanent state of stalemate?

Hermione and Ron meet Ginny and her luggage at the leaky cauldron , Hermione had ordered a taxi to pick them up from the record store at the side of the pub, as a struggling Ron heaved Ginny's trunk in to the back of the taxi Ginny and Hermione climbed in to the back seat.

"did Harry tell you where he was going?" asked Hermione happy to have something on her mind other than Ron.

"yeah , but don't worry he's ok." she said and no matter how much Hermione and later Ron asked Ginny wouldn't give them an a answer.

"so did you two do anything interesting last night?" Ginny asked as they sat in a traffic jam.

Both of them looked at each other, but Ron spoke first.

"we had early nights right h?"

"had reading to do" said Hermione patting her bag. But as Ginny looked out the window Hermione turned to Ron, she tried to read his expression but he wasn't giving anything away, but she took his previous actions to mean that she hadn't imagined last night.

They sat in reflective silence un till they got to king's cross. Hermione paid the driver and Ron and Ginny found a baggage cart.

Pushing the cart on to platform 9 3/4 proved to b e a little more difficult with Ron on his crutches. So in the end Hermione and Ginny took over.

Luna greeted them on the other side along with Neville who was grinning like a man possessed.

"what are you so happy for?" Ron asked him as they wandered along the platform.

"Luna why do you have two trunks?" asked Ginny as she helped Luna with her baggage rack.

"one of them belongs to Neville." she said smiling.

"Neville? " asked Hermione as they stopped at an empty compartment and started putting the luggage aboard.

Neville beamed at them.

"I got a letter asking me to go and help professor sprout in the green houses and look after the plant's in the grounds." he said beaming.

" Neville that's wonderful why didn't you say anything?" said Hermione hugging him, Luna shot her a warning look but Hermione chose to ignore it.

"I wasn't sure if I wanted it or not" he said " but you know how persuasive some people can be, right Luna?"

Luna shook her blond head and climbed in to the train, " no Neville you'll heave to tell me." she smiled as she took her seat.

Neville followed her onto the train.

"we'll have a good year" said Ron giving Ginny a hug.

"you better come and see me play" she said hugging him back and turning to Hermione. " and you better look after him, he might be an idiot but I love him" she said giving Hermione a hug.

"your not the only one , I promise I wont let him go anywhere near anything that might cause him to grow any sort of intelligence, extra appendage or blow him up." said Hermione as they watched a laughing Ginny follow the others on to the train.

It wasn't until the train had pulled out of the station that Hermione realised what she had said.

" and this is your desk" said Tonks shoving some papers of the desk and on to the floor. Ron laughed , Tonks' guided tour of the office had so far included the coffee machine that blew up if you touched it, the toilets the corner where they kept their broomsticks ( that was covered in quidditch posters) and the staff room where a wizard had been asleep when they visited.

"so what do you think?"

" I give it half a day before Hermione starts to tidy up." he said sitting him self down on the clean part of the desk.

"she is a bit like that isn't she , must be something to do with her being muggle born, they have a tendency to be a bit to clean."

"the flat is driving her insane" said Ron nodding.

"but I notice your both still alive so something must be right" said Tonks taking hold of a memo that had just flown on to her desk.

"I guess."

A loud crash made Ron jump.

"don't worry its just Hydiki , she does that whenever she sees Remus ."

"lupin?"

"yeah" said Tonks grinning as she read the memo.

"why?"

But Ron didn't get his answer Hermione and Hydiki had just walked in to the cubical, Hermione laughing like mad and Hydiki bright red.

"dose she do that every time?" Hermione asked Tonks.

"almost, what did she break this time"

"Kingsley" said Hermione dissolving in to a sea of laughter again.

"I can't help it!"

"I know you can't that is why it's so funny." said Tonks looking up at the calendar on the wall, "you better watch her it's that time of the month again" said Tonks laughing. Hermione nodded.

"what's the memo? Can't be about me again surely" said Hydiki when she finally got her breath back.

"nah. Someone tried to break in to Gringots again, the boss wants me to go on the case again, you up to it Ron?"

Ron jumped he had been busy watching Hermione, he turned to Tonks and nodded.

"right then…"

They were just about to go when Remus Lupin walked over to greet them, it only resulted in Hydiki dropping her cup and Hermione laughing harder than before.

"you looking after them?" said Remus smiling across at Hydiki who made a large gulping sound. But somehow managed to nod.

"we're going to Gringots," said Tonks. " you want anything brought back from diagon ally?" Remus shook his head " no but say hi to Flur for me"

"yeah Ron say hi to flur from me as well" said Hermione Ron turned to look at her, he defiantly heard the trace of bitterness in her voice.

"ok Hermione I will"

Tonks looked at her watch.

" come one grip hooks a right old moaner hell kill us if were late" she said dragging him out of the cubicle.

"didn't Ron fancy her?" was the last thing that he heard as the elevator door slammed shut