Once Hermione was in the shower Ginny headed downstairs to see Draco sitting in the living room talking to Charlie.
"Draco?" Ginny asked feeling surprised to see him before realizing that Draco had been there too. Her eyes then moved to the small black dog that was gulping down a bowl of soup at his feet. It could have been a miniature greyhound or a whippet except for its forked tail.
"What's that?" she asked.
"A half-crup I found back at the Manor," Draco told her, "There were more than just her but they were all dead. I think my dad might have kept them for something."
"Oh," Ginny said then looked around wondering where the rest of them had gone.
"They're outside," Charlie said catching Ginny's gaze.
"Are you okay?" she asked looking back at Draco.
Draco shrugged, "Tired, stressed, the ministry took care of them I think. We have to go in later for questioning though."
Ginny sat down unsure of what to say then heard the shower turn off. A few minutes later Hermione came down dressed in fresh robes. She saw Draco sitting in the living and grinned stepping over to him and leaning down to kiss him softly.
Ginny looked down hearing Harry come back inside. Draco had pulled Hermione into his lap and was kissing her back.
Harry coughed quietly and Ginny glanced back at him with a teasing grin. She knew he still wasn't quite comfortable with the idea of Hermione and Draco. He moved over and sat down on the sofa next to her.
There was a loud clatter as the door burst open once again with Sen and Ron laughing and looking out of breath as though they'd ran around the house. When they'd both caught their breath Sen pushed Ron over into the hallway out of sight.
Looking back over at Hermione and Draco she saw they'd finished their kiss and Hermione had sat down on the sofa he'd been sitting on.
"Well," Harry said then glanced around, "Where'd Ron and Sen go?"
"In the hallway," Ginny said. Harry looking towards the door.
"I don't hear anything," he said and looked back at Hermione.
"That's because they're not talking," Ginny told her rolling her eyes slightly. Harry bit back a grin.
"Shall we wait for them?" Ginny asked Hermione.
"Yeah," Hermione said the atmosphere taking on a more serious air, "I need to tell you guys something, I've been putting off talking about."
"I'm starting dinner," Charlie said poking his head out of the kitchen, "Mom and Dad aren't going to back until late."
Bill was still in Egypt and the twins were running their joke shop. Charlie was taking a few weeks off the spend at the Burrow.
"Ron!" Harry yelled and a slight "umph" was heard. A moment later both he and Sen emerged from the hallway looking a bit rumpled. Ron saw Hermione and smiled.
"You okay then?" he asked looking a bit uncomfortable, especially with Draco there. Sen pulled Ron over to the sofa where they sat down.
"Yeah," Hermione said and glanced at Draco and Ginny as if looking for help. Draco took her hand and gave it a slight squeeze knowing that she was going to tell them even if she hadn't said that out loud.
"Ah, let's see," Hermione said, "You guys know I was a prisoner of the death eaters, that's about all I told you though. I was tortured, but I think you know that too.
"There's a reason I went into a coma though and Draco didn't. I was in a bit of denial for a while about what else happened. I was," Hermione paused, "I was raped, by the death eaters."
There was a uneasy silence.
"Come on you guys!" Ginny stood up, "Give her some support!"
"I'm getting better," Hermione said and then to explain the unanswered question of why she'd suddenly came to the burrow she said, "There were death eaters at malfoy manor and they caught us, nothing happened, but you know, memories."
Harry stood up and Ron and Sen copied him going over to sit on Hermione's sofa, each hugging her in turn then squeezing together on the sofa.
"Thanks you guys," Hermione said softly with a smile.
"We're always here for you," Ron told her.
"Let's go out some where," Sen suggested, "Have some fun."
"That sounds good," Harry said and glanced at Hermione who nodded.
"Wasn't Charlie making dinner?" Ron asked glancing over at the kitchen then sneezing when a waft or burnt food hit his nose.
"I think its gonna be a while before dinner," Ginny said hiding a grin.
"I'll say," Ron said standing up. The five of them all headed out back stopping in the shed to dig around for brooms before running out into the field to practice quidditch.
A/N: Um, yeah.. this story has kind of died. I didn't have enough to be going on for the rest of the semester. Basically more emotional stuff, eventually have sex, Hermione agrees to marry him on the last day.. and that was about it. Play around with houses.. Boring junk. If anyone of you guys want to finish it go ahead. Just upload the rest of the chapters on your account and I'll link to it from here. Thanks to all of you for supporting me throughout writing this whole story. This was the first long story I ever really wrote, I was able to prove to myself that I actually CAN write that much! And now I move on to new things.