Three minutes past six and Harry apparated into the Three Broomsticks, looking around he saw that Hermione was already here, and so ordered a dry white wine in addition to his pint of mead.
"Hiya Harry," Hermione greeted with a broad grin as he set the glass of white down in front of him. "Busy day?"
Harry nodded as he sat down with his pint, "Fairly. How 'bout you? What new and exciting advances to the field have your lot made today?"
Hermione smiled at the light teasing, she was well used to ribbing from Ron and Harry over her job. "We tweaked the portkey spell… sort of. It nearly worked!" she exclaimed.
"Sure it did."
Hermione rolled her eyes. "Any idea when the Weasley's will turn up?"
Harry checked his watch, "Ginny'll get off work in a few if she's not held up, Ron however…" That brought a smile to his friend's face again, since taking up his contract with the Canons Ron's punctuality could only be counted on for games or practices.
"So, how're things going with Ginny?" Hermione asked this with a sly smile on her face and Harry had to resist the urge to stick his tongue out at her.
He grinned instead as he answered, "Brilliant, I mean, I'm still getting used to actually being here and having her with me still… being married is odd, you know that? Absolutely amazing, but very odd."
Hermione laughed.
"Have you ever given any thought to it? Getting married I mean?"
Hermione's smile fell a bit and she looked away as she answered, "Harry… I-" as her eyes landed on a familiar face she stopped speaking and drew her attention to her glass after looking the man up and down.
Harry reached out and placed his hand over his friend's giving it a comforting squeeze even as his eyes looked over to the bar following the direction Hermione had looked in and found the man to be someone he really hadn't expected; Remus Lupin. He was about to ask Hermione if the reason she was not dating anyone else was that she was hoping Remus would notice her when his wife's voice broke in.
"Should I be jealous?" she asked with a teasing smile. "Budge up Harry, or better yet, go and get a round in!"
Harry slid out of the booth and brushed past Ginny, placing a small kiss to her lips as he did. When he came back to them he brought Ron with him and Hermione was all smiles and laughter once more.
