GINNY: " Don't just sit there and wiggle your lips like that! You look like you are holding a frog in your mouth!"

HERMIONE: " Sorry, I was just. . . surprised."

GINNY: " It's not like you didn't know. . ."

HERMIONE: " I thought you were trying to prove to him that he didn't want you! Is this some new radical form of Weasley therapy for disillusioning love-sick suitors? I was a little surprised to hear that undressing him. . . is one of your methods."

GINNY: " I wasn't trying to run him off, I just wanted to see if he was sincere."

HERMIONE: " So he is sincere?"

GINNY: '' I am not sure."

HERMIONE : " You are not sure?"

GINNY: " It really isn't amusing!"

HERMIONE: " It is going to be a really ugly scandal if and when the word gets out at his trial. . .I only he hope he is worth it to you. "

GINNY: " I think he is worth the chance. . .to at least prove himself wrong."

HERMIONE: " Well, there must being something special, I have never heard of you giving one a chance at anything before. do you want me to tell you an amusing story?"

GINNY:'' No. . .I want to sit here and sulk. ''

HERMIONE: " Still mad because they wouldn't let you help?"

GINNY: " Yes. They even took my wand so I wouldn't escape. ''

HERMIONE:( sarcastically) " How could they ever think that you would try to defy them?"

GINNY: '' They probably took it to consideration the company I keep. Do you think they would use a Penseive if Severus went to trial? "

HERMIONE: '' They could, but it would be confusing. . .however if they do, you might want to consider America.''

GINNY: '' What? ''

HERMIONE: '' Well, no one would know either of you in America. . .it's a nice far-away, and scandal free place to live.''

GINNY: '' Oh, it isn't that bad! ''

HERMIONE: '' No, I don't think it is either. I am just teasing you. I think that Severus is alive and innocent, and that Dumbeldore and the minister will handle the whole thing discreetly. Mr. Cheerful will be back to you, and back to his old charming self again, with all of his memories still pristine and untouched."

GINNY: " Provided the Deatheaters didn't knock them out of him."

HERMIONE: " If they did, then you have a fresh canvas, ready to be re-mastered a la Weasely. Do you want to hear something funny?"

GINNY: '' Tell me something funny.''

HERMIONE: " Remus told it to me. You do know that they went to London together, the same day that we went shopping?"

GINNY: " Severus hinted as much, when he explained the lizard."

HERMIONE: " Well, he didn't tell me exactly why, but the two of them got into a row in the middle of the street, which is nothing new to either of them."

GINNY: " True."

HERMIONE: " You know how threatening Severus can sound when he is thoroughly disgusted with something, or someone, and apparently he was nose to nose with Remus, when two elderly ladies happened to pass by them. One of the ladies was startled by the public spectacle, but the other lady calmly pointed back at the two men, and said, by way of explanation that they were having a lovers spat! "

GINNY: ( overcome with laughter) The two of them? Not a single solitary chance! Oh. . .poor Severus! And poor Remus. . .how embarrassing!"

HERMIONE:'' Remus loved it. He said that Severus got very angry, and yelled down the street after them that it was 'NOT A LOVER'S SPAT! ' I wish I could have been witness to that."

GINNY: '' That would have been a photograph worth paying for. One for the memory book! "

HERMIONE: '' See you feel better now, right? ''

" GINNY: Hermione?

HERMIONE: " Yes?"

GINNY: '' What day is this?"

HERMIONE: " Monday.Why? "

GINNY: '' Well, it's not that I am not enjoying your company, but a question has suddenly occurred to me. . .why aren't you at the Ministry?"

HERMIONE:'' My boss told me to take a day or two off."

GINNY: '' Right now? Why?"

HERMIONE: " A small matter of office etiquette. Apparently I broke some sort of unspoken taboo."

GINNY: " What on earth did you do? "

HERMIONE: " I was ill Friday morning. "

GINNY: '' What was so shocking about that?"

HERMIONE: " I think it may have been because I was ill all over the Minister of Magic's shoes. But then. . .I could be wrong...''

GINNY: " Oh, Hermione! "

HERMIONE: " I was told to take a week off, and see if I ' felt better'. If not, a permanent severance was suggested, until after the baby is born."

GINNY: " What did Remus say?"

HERMIONE: " He called the minister an officious prick, and my boss a bloody bastard, and then told me I didn't have to work another day if I didn't want to."

GINNY: " Too bad you couldn't bottle a little of Remus' good personality and generous nature. I am certain that every woman could use a good shake or two. "

HERMIONE: '' I think his nature is what got him sent on this mission. Dumbledore thinks that Snape will listen to him, He would have no choice. Once Remus get's his mind on something. . . wow! ''

GINNY: '' I get the point. So, I wonder if those two will ever get along any better?"

HERMIONE: " Severus and Remus? Oh, certainly. I think they are already getting along a lot better. "

GINNY: " Who knows? Maybe Severus will even be glad to see Remus show up this time. . . "