Chapter 9:Breakfast

They continued to walk down the hall before either of them spoke. Hermione never noticed last night just how long the hall really was, that her room was on the third floor. 'This mansion is absolutely stunning,' she thought. 'I wonder if I'll see Scarlet before dinner. I would really like to apologize to her about the whole house elf thing.'

"Hermione, Hermione!" Harry looked a little aggravated with her. "Are you even listening to me at all?"

"Sorry, I was just thinking about this school year. Who do think will be the heads?" She always hated lying to her friends, but Harry especially. For some reason it felt like knew, kind of like Dumbledore.

"Well, you for Head Girl of course, but for Head Boy I have no clue." He hoped he got Head Boy like his father, he probably wouldn't. "That's not what I was talking about though. I was going to ask you what you thought of me and Ginny going to the party together. Well, I haven't asked her yet, but I was going to ask her today. Have any ideas, Hermione?"

"Wait what party are you talking about?"Now they were beginning to go down the steps at the main entrance.

"The garden party the Scarlet is having tomorrow night. I'm taking it you didn't know anything about?" He looked at her to make sure she was listening. "It's starts at nine."

"I love people fill me in. No, I didn't know." She said just as they reached the bottom of the steps. "So, tell me how your going to ask her, cause I'm sure she's going to say, yes."

" Well, first I was going to . . . " she heard no more after that her attention was on the dinning hall, or so you could call it. The ceiling was arched high and was held up with large rafters, that reminded her of a barn or a stable. There was carving on the rafters as well as the door facings, chairs, and table legs. The table was long and could probably seat more than fifty.

"Hermione!" Ginny screamed as she jumped from her seat. "It's so good to see you. You look so great." She said breaking the hug.

Hermione smiled and looked around the room and at the table. There was Fred and George up to their same old tricks. Bill was beside them, his hair still pulled back in a pony tail, and of course he had his fang tooth earring in. Mr. Weasley sat across from them. Lupin, Tonks, Moody, and the rest of the Order sat around the table. It was weird to see the Order without Sirius. It had been so hard on Harry after his death. Mrs. Weasley was still working on breakfast. Then, Hermione seen the one person out of the group that she wished to avoid, Ron. He sat at the end of the table with his head down. Harry had already sat down beside him. Ginny took her seat directly across from Harry. 'Great,' Hermione thought 'I get to sit in front of Ron and get death glares the whole time I eat!'

"Is Scarlet going to come down and eat with us?" Hermione ask as she took her seat and looked up the table on more time.

"No," Ron looked up at her for the first time. 'God she was really beautiful. Why did I ever breakup with her?' He shook his head and went back to eating the food Molly had just brought to the table.

"Why, we're her guests shouldn't she at least come eat with us," Hermione ask? She looked down at her own plate to see her favorite, French Toast.

"We never see her during the day. If you want to know anything else about Scarlet ask her," Ron snapped and went back to eating. The rest of their meal was eaten without a word spoken.