Ron woke with a start, where the hell was he? His memory was a little foggy, he remembered being in the tree, watching the cave, but beyond that...he was in some sort of cabin. It was dark, the only light comming from the small fireplace. He scanned the cabin, it was all one room, a kitchen, a table, a bed with an unconcious Harry. Ron sprang up and began to run to his friend when a voice stopped him.

"You two are bloody idiots!" Luppin yelled, comming into view. "Your damn lucky I didn't use a stonger curse!"

"You cursed us?"

"I was comming out of the cave, I heard voices, I aimed and stunned."

Ron sat back down on the sofa and rubbed his eyes. Stupid, stupid, stupid. He screamed at himself mentally for being so careless.

"Ron, before Harry wakes up, there is somethig I want to ask you."

"Alright."

"Why aren't you with Hermione right now?"

"Because I wasn't going to let Harry got at this on his own."

"What if he had to?" Lupin said, "What if, at the moment, you've gone as far as you can?" As he spoke he walked to the kitchen and opened up on of the cupboards, out of it he pulled a disgusting substance that Ron knew all too well.

"Polyjuice potion?"

"Listen, there isn't a way for two of you to get into that cave, I've looked. I can't seem to gather the right information, but I can gain enterance. If Harry were me, he could get in unharmed and get what he was looking for."

"I could go home?" Ron asked.

"Yes. I've already worked out something with The Order, still helping, but 'safer' helping."

He wasn't going to miss anything, the rest of Hermione's pregnancy, the healer appointments, the birth of his son or daughter, and he wouldn't be 'abandoning' Harry.

"Ron, if you want to do this, you have to leave now."

"What? Why?"

"It will be eaiser for Harry to say yes if you are already gone, you see..."

"That way he dosn't have a choice." Ron finished.

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"Hermione!" Ginny yelled up the stairs. "I think there is something down here that might interest you."

Hermione sighed and sat down Witch Pregnancy, the sixth pregnancy book she had read. She wanted to be well informed on what was happening, going to happen or could possibly happen. And although some of it was a tad disgusting, she felt knowledge was her greatest ally. Decending the stairs, she walked through the kitchen and into the sitting room.

"Ron!" She yelled, rushing to him. Forgetting that other Weasley's were in the room, she threw he arms around him and kissed his lips. "What are you doing here?"

"Complaining?" He quirked an eyebrow.

"Definitly not, I'm just suprised to see you so soon. You were just here."

"Come sit, I'll tell you all at once. I can't really tell you the details, but basically, at the moment, Harry can't have me around." At the worried looks on the faces of his parents, Ginny and Hermione, he added. "Don't worry is isn't anything bad, it's just...more of a one person mission."

The people in the room were silent, all lost in their own thoughts, Arthur broke the silence. "Well, it looks like you'll be needing that flat sooner than wer expected."

"What flat?" Hermione, Molly and Ginny all asked in unision.

"When Ron," Arthur gestured to his son, "found out that Hermione was pregnant he came to me. While it was fine, necessary rather, for her to be here while Ron was away, he wanted something set up for when he returned. We found a nice little start up flat, two bedrooms, in a wizarding building."

Hermione felt tears stinging the backs of her eyes, "You did that?" She asked Ron.

"Did you think we were going to live with my parents for the rest of our lives?" He laughed, "I'll work under Dad and the Ministry and you," He kissed her hand, "can still help Ginny with her schooling.''

"It will take a couple of days to get you two moved out, because it's a little sooner than we thought, but by the end of next week, you two will be out on your own." Arthur smiled.

Molly however, was not smiling. "Arthur Weasley! How could you take part in this?"

"Our son asked for help, I gave him help."

"Our son is seventeen!"

"And of age."

"They can't do this on their own, they're babies!"

"Molly," Hermione said, "We aren't babies, and we can do this on our own. It will be hard, but we can do it."

"Yeah Mum, Hermione's read so many pregnancy and parenting books, she probably knows more than you." Ginny said, breaking the ice.

"Oh, I guess I'll have to be fine with it." Molly sighed. "Ron, dear you must be starving, let me fix you some lunch."

His mum making him lunch, Hermione by his side, Ginny laughing and making jokes again, it was nice to be home. And then it hit him, this wouldn't be his home for very much longer. His home would be with Hermione...and the littlest Weasley she was carrying.

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Next Chapter: Herminone and Ron move out of The Burrow, and Harry gets a suprise.