Best Kept Secret - Chapter 3 - The Best Part Of Believe is the Lie
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the original Harry Potter characters.
As the trio arrived to The Burrow, Mrs. Weasley awaited them with freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. The smell of freshly baked cookies lured them all in.
"Hermione! Dearest, how was your trip?" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed.
"Tiring, as expected, but I read some of Hogwarts: A History along the way, so it wasn't too boring."
"Ah, well I have some freshly baked cookies for you and the boys if you would want. Ginny is waiting upstairs in her room."
"Thank you." Hermione quickly went upstairs to find Ginny laying on the floor reading Vogue.
"Well, well, well. Aiming to be a supermodel are we? That's pretty high fashion, Miss Weasley."
"HERMIONE!" Ginny ran and hugged her best friend with a heart wrenching hug. "Actually, I was looking at some possible suggestions for my wardrobe this year, since I have a summer job, I will be able to afford to buy clothes I really like."
"Hmm... well, I need to go and get some new clothes too. We should talk to your mom about going into London, just us two, this weekend. I have a mate up there and we could stay at her flat."
"At dinner we should suggest it. Anyways, how's your summer been?"
"Not especially interesting. I worked for some extra money and I saved it up. You heard about what happened at the beginning of the summer. I guess I'm trying to keep busy so I don't think too much."
"Yeah, that makes sense. You know I'm here right?"
"Of course Ginny Weasley. I'm going to go see if those boys ate all those cookies yet, and I need to talk to your brother anyways."
Hermione walked downstairs slowly, observing the walls, noticing every detail. She was taking the time to learn to appreciate this, knowing she'd only have this comfort for another three weeks or so. She walked into the living room to find Mrs. Weasley knitting a Gryffindor scarf.
"Hermione, dear. Have you heard they found Draco Malfoy? He's staying at the Order! They say he's terribly shaken and quite reserved now. I guess he's changed."
"Wow, are you sure you're talking about the right Draco Malfoy?"
"Yes, dear. You may want to go into the kitchen before all the boys eat all the cookies."
"Thank you, Mrs. Weasley."
Hermione walked into the kitchen to find only two cookies left and a glass of milk.
"We thought we'd leave you two, just incase you were a little hungrier than we thought."
"Why thank you for the thought Ron," Hermione said, "can I talk with you outside for a bit?"
"Sure," Ron shrugged.
"Harry, Ginny is waiting upstairs for you."
"Thanks 'Mione."
Ron and Hermione walked outside into the yard and looked at the pitiful garden, which had been neglected since the recent happenings of last spring. They just stood there for a couple of minutes, the silence wasn't awkward, it was nice and peaceful.
"So, uhm.. I missed you... a lot.. and I don't know... I'm trying to put words together," Hermione said quietly.
"I have all the time in the world, I can wait."
"Okay, well, this summer, a lot of things happened. I just want to know what we are, I don't want to loose you. You're my best friend, but what are we?"
"We're best friends of course, what else would we be?"
"Nothing, nothing at all," Hermione said with bitterness in voice, "never mind... I... just... never mind."
Hermione walked back inside and up to Ginny's room while Ron was checking out the food. She knocked on the door and was let in. She burst into tears.
"'Mione, what's wrong?"
"Your brother, he's so fucking STUPID and CLUELESS. I want to fucking shake him and tell him that sometimes."
Ginny and Harry gave Hermione the biggest hugs they could. They just sat there for 20 minutes, letting her tears dry and comforting her before supper.
"KIDS, SUPPER!" Mrs. Weasley yelled.
The three of them went downstairs to be met by the twins and Mr. Weasley. Dinner had been quite enjoyable (besides the Ron & Hermione situation) and traditional, the Weasley way. After supper, all the kids did the dishes while Mrs. and Mr. Weasley sat in the living room having a quiet discussion about Hermione and Ginny's going to London. When the parents came back in the room, they shared their news.
"Alright, girls, we have decided that we can trust you to be safe and smart in the city, so we are allowing for you to go with no chaperones. But, we would like the address and phone number of the girl you are staying with so incase we need to contact you, we can."
"Alright," Hermione said, "I can go get that now actually. I have it upstairs in my suitcase."
Once the London trip was settled, Ginny and Hermione decided they were going to go to bed, they were exhausted, emotionally and physically from this day and decided they had better start packing for their trip, which was tomorrow. They fell asleep about two hours later, Ginny sleeping soundly while Hermione was restless, and only got 3 hours of sleep.
ALRIGHT;
sorry that took forever to do.!
i totally forgot about this.
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cookies for all :
lovelovelove
fashion drunk - megan.