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Chapter Five: Out of the Burrow

Hermione woke up slowly and peacefully, her favourite way.

Why am I... so warm?

She opened her eyes. Her cheek was pressed against... against what?

Pulling back a centimetre or two, she realized it was... Ron's chest! Bare chest!

She gasped and Ron stirred in his sleep. Hermione quickly quieted herself. She settled herself back against him, one hand around his back, the other gently gripping the back of his neck. She laid her head back down.

Quidditch must have toned him up a bit was her last thought before drifting off to sleep.

Mmmm...Vanilla. That was Ron's first thought upon waking up. What is that?

Then he realized his face was buried in Hermione's hair. He kept his eyes closed. His arms were around her, her head on his chest, her body pressing flush against his.

He kissed the top of her hair then laid his cheek on her head.

If this is the closest I will ever be to her, I don't want to rush getting up.

Hermione had re-awoken as Ron her head.

Did he...?

Just then, Ginny burst through the door. Both Ron and Hermione quickly untangled themselves from each other and sat upright. It could not have been clearer that they had both been awake. They looked at each other and blushed.

"Hey, you guys?" Ginny started, a line of worry creasing her forehead. "Harry's...just...come with me, 'kay?" With that, she promptly turned around and left

Ron and Hermione clamored out of bed, Hermione tugging at the ends of her T-shirt to make sure she was covered.

They ran after Ginny towards the girls' bedrooms. When they got there, they saw Harry on Ginny's bed, tossing and turning, his face twisted almost unrecognizably. He was muttering incoherently.

"Hey... mate?" Ron walked over to Harry and prodded him hard in the side. Harry stopped moving, and for a moment, Hermione feared the worst. It was silent for a moment...

And then Harry woke up.

Ron, Ginny and Hermione all sat on the edges of the bed. Harry gave them a terrified look.

"Get out," were the first words he spoke to them.

They quickly got up.

"If you need privacy, Harry, that's fine. Tell us when you want to talk. You know--" Hermione was cut off by Harry.

"No." This comment earned him some confused looks. "Pack up everything you need from the Burrow. Anything you would possibly need to survive for a while. Clothes, toiletries, books---" He looked at Hermione. "Anything that's important to you. You just need to be outside of the Burrow as soon as possible."

"Now. I need to talk to Lupin. Is he here?"

"Well, he should be..." Ginny started.

"Good. Get packing." Everyone stared at him. "GO!" he bellowed.

Ron swiftly left the room, and Hermione and Ginny busied themselves with their things. Harry climbed out of Ginny's bed, and Hermione was not surprised to see that he didn't have a shirt on. She gave a pointed look at Ginny, who promptly blushed and bit her lip. Hermione raised an eyebrow, and Ginny gave a tiny nod. Talk about snogging didn't exactly seem appropriate at this time... But when it is...I have to tell her about Ron...

A/N: SORRY IT'S SO SHORT. But you know, I do have school, which I have to start getting ready for, and this seemed an okay place to stop for now. Don't worry, I bring my notebook to school and write bits of chapters in science.

Anyways guess what. I got up at 5:00 am today to take a shower before typing up this chapter, and when i got down here around 5:15, who would be down here but...my brother's friend. On the computer. So i made some coffee, listened to MuggleCast for a while (which i LOVE) and at 5:30, he got up and went to bed. Wow. Then i typed this.

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