A/N: I no the last chapter was really short, but as promised, here's the next one! The next chapter might take a while cuz it's the end of skool, and I hav lots of stuffs to do, but I will be updating in the summer, sorry guys!

Disclaimer: Do u think I would be writing fan fiction if I owned HP?


At 4:45, Harry went downstairs to wait, and it was unusually hushed, mostly because the Dursleys were out at a nice restaurant for dinner, and had invited Harry, but for fear of missing the Weasleys, he had declined.

At about 5:15, he heard a crash in the living room from the kitchen where he was waiting.

"I'm fine!" shouted a familiar voice from the front door. Harry smiled, realizing that the voice belonged to none other than Nymphadora Tonks.

Harry went slowly into the living room, smiling for one of the first time that summer.

"Harry!" bellowed two voices in unison, Harry saw a mob of brown hair flying towards him before he was almost knocked over by it, as Hermione enveloped him in a strangling hug.

"Its sooo good to see you!" she said breathlessly, as she held him at arms length for an inspection. She frowned slightly, but said nothing.

"Hey Harry, mate, good to see ya," Said Ron, grinning broadly. His hair was longer than he had remembered, and Hermione's hair was no longer bushy, but had gotten darker and become wavy.

"Hey guys, its good to see you," Harry spoke up for the first time since they had gotten there.

Hermione frowned once more, as if thinking about something, but again said nothing.

"Well, let's get going, shall we?" it was Mr. Weasley, whom Harry hadn't even noticed until that moment, when he also saw Lupin, standing quietly in a corner of the room. Harry smiled at him and walked over to him.

"Hey, how's it going?" he asked, knowing full well that Lupin would lie for his sake and say everything was fine…

Sure enough, Lupin smiled misleadingly and said, "Everything's fine, et tu?"

Smiling just as falsely, Harry answered, "Same here." But went up to him and they embraced.

Turning back to the group, they observed that all of them, except Mione, were examining the appliances with curiosity. Mione, however, was staring off into space, somewhere above Harry's left ear. She snapped out of her trance when Harry waved his hands in front of her and said, "Earth to Mione!"

"Huh!" she jerked her head over to him, "What? Sorry, I was just thinking…" she trailed off.

"Imagine that, Mione's thinking." Harry said, acting amazed. "You should be careful; you could hurt yourself like that." His eyes were twinkling with mischief.

Hermione just rolled her eyes and said, "So, weren't we about to leave?" looking at Mr. Weasley.


They were soon standing at the entrance to 12 Grimmauld Place; Harry gulped and took a deep breath, sighing slightly. Hermione reached over and took his hand; Harry smiled (almost subconsciously) gratefully at her.

She squeezed it gently and led him inside, trying (unsuccessfully) to smile reassuringly.


When they got inside, no one said a word, as if they were just waiting for Harry to say something.

His eyes started to sting, but he was determined not to cry in front of anyone, and when he looked at Mione and there were tears streaming silently down her face, he almost lost it.

He went to the tapestry of the family tree, and touched where Sirius had been blasted off, he finally lost whatever control he had had.

Hermione, who was still holding his hand, slid her arms around him and let him cry on her shoulder for what seemed like an hour to Harry but in actuality was only a minute or two.

He quickly pulled himself together and realized that the only people left in the room were Hermione, himself, and Ron (who was hovering uncertainly by the door).

"So, I'm gonna take my stuff over to my room now," announced Harry, trying to act as if that nothing had happened.


A/N: I have the next chapter written already but I have sooooo much stuff to do cuz of finals (booo) But keep reviewing plz! I luv everyone who reviewed! You guys rock! KEEP R&R! It will be HHR eventually, so be patient! (It's a virtue!) wow, I've used a lot of exclamation marks, lol!