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The Weasley's and Hermione arrived at Grimmauld Place a short while later.Hermione was suddenly hugs from the Weasley's which were currently residing at Grimmauld Place. She soon collapsed on the floor when Ginny took a running jump from across the room to hug her. Ginny looked panic-stricken and was saying, "I'm so, so, sorry! Are you alright! Oh, my gosh! I am so-" But the frightened Ginny was cut off by Hermione's booming laugh. "Hermione, are you al right?" Ron stepped in. He didn't want Hermione to think he didn't care about her. "Ron...I'm...fine" she said in between snorts. "Stop being so uptight." Fred shot George a knowing look, then turned around, wrapping his arms around himself as if imatating Ron saying, "Oh Hermione, I'll never let you fall on the ground again. Let's snog." Hermione and Ron were each turning beat red now, not looking each other in the eyes. Then George came in in a high pitched would-be Hermione voice, "Oh, Ron darling, you dashing man!" Mrs.Weasley abrubptly broke in finally after stiffling her laugh for what seemed the longest time, "Stop you two! Now leave these two alone. Ron dear, show Hermione to her room, won't you?" Ron nodded then glanced at Hermione quickly. He reached out his hand and she grasped it thankfully. George was just about to open his mouth to say something, but Mr.Weasley covered his mouth with his hand and said in an undertone, "Don't even think about it."

Ron was carrying Hermione's trunk up the stairs half-way when she realized she wasn't helping and grabbed the other end of the trunk. Ron flashed her a grateful smile. A little while later they arrived up into one of the spare rooms. It was pretty much identical to Ronald's room. After Hermione and Ron dropped the trunk on the floor he said, "Woah Hermione, what did you bring? The whole school library?" Hermione looked very annoyed at her friends remark. "No, Ron! I happen to care about my schoolwork. Unlike some other people I know!" Ron was very taken-aback. "Hermione, I was kidding...calm-down..." The teenage girl just rolled her eyes and muttered something along the lines of "boys". "Ron," Hermione said after an awkward silence." Don't take what Fred and George said to heart. They just make jokes in their own kind of creepy ways." she now had a slight smile playing on her lips. "Yeah...I know. Try living with them for your whole life." Hermione started to gaze into space then her eyes went wide and she just shook her head saying, "I don't know how you manage." They both laughed, relieved that the tension between them had lessoned.

There was a long silence between the two friends. Then without-warning, Hermione started to cry. "Hermione.." Ron said, taken-aback. "Are you okay? What's wrong?" Hermione just shook her head, looking at the ground, tears flowing freely down her face. "It's..just...I..I-" she looked up at Ron and then said in barely a whisper, "I'm scared." Ron looked down at her, her beautiful brown eyes now soaked with tears. He had never heard Hermione say she was scared. Ron understood why but how was a mystery to him. He thought Hermione to be one of the bravest he knew. "I'm sorry." Hermione said wiping her eyes. "I'm being stupid." Ron realized he hadn't said something for quite a while. He didn't want Hermione to get embarrassed. "No, no you're not." said Ron wiping another tear off her face. She just stood there and immediately said, " No, I'm being stupid. I of all people shouldn't be scared. There's Harry,...you." Ron told her, "We are going to be okay, Hermione. Harry, you and me. We are all going to be fine." Hermione violently shook her head and thrust her head upward to look Ron in the eyes. " Don't treat me like a child, Ronald! I know we are not going to be okay! Nobody is! I wouldn't be surprised if V-Voldemort and his Death Eaters are even more powerful than before! And YOU, Ron, should at least say his name! You are going to be hearing it quite often anymore! I am not a child anymore, Ronald. None of us are, anymore. Not after the Department of Mysteries! Not after Sirius dying!" And with that she stormed out of the room.

A/N-I know these first chapters don't have a lot of information in them, but the story will get better, I promise! Please, please, please R&R!

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