After eating breakfast at the Great Hall along with the other students, they went to the Room of Requirement.

"So, endurance and reflexes. What now?" Ginny asked as they reached the room's floor.

"First venoms and potions zen stealth. Minerva will 'elp you with zat, 'er scores still are zee 'ighest of zee department."

"Cat reflexes..."

"Ah," Hermione laughed wholeheartedly, "Harry and Ron found out how well they work at the beginning of our first transfiguration class..."

"I'd rather not remember that," Harry whined but Hermione told the other three women how the class went as they gave them curious gazes.

They hadn't finished studying potions when the Headmistress entered the room surprisingly not dressed in her usual robes but in what Hermione guessed was the uniform she used while in the Ministry forces. The brunette smiled at her favourite teacher who greeted them seriously. She explained the training circuit they would have to go through and demonstrated it. The exercise consisted of making the whole circuit without being noticed by the sensors. It had a difficulty setting and Hermione could only name the one the professor had demonstrated as being the ultimate epic. It was obvious that some traces of McGonagall's other form leaked into her human form. The moment she completed the circuit for the first time, she exhaled. She had lost count of how many times she had to retry because she got caught at some point. It was obviously magical so it changed every fucking time she went in. The others didn't fare much better. Except for Luna. She had to go only three times to make it. But the Headmistress changed the settings and sent her in again.

"That was good for your first day." Her favourite professor said. "You should be proud, Miss Granger. Most trainees take a whole more of time and effort to get to where you are."

"Eet's true, 'ermione." Fleur smiled, seeming proud. "Zee last batch of trainees took more zan a month to be remotely close…"

"Bet my brother was the worst one…" Ginny laughed.

"Oui." The older blonde glanced at the redhead grinning. "'e was one of the last ones to get eet. I'm not sure 'e does yet."

"I'll pretend you didn't say a thing about one of your trainees, Miss Delacour. Mostly because I'm definitely not satisfied with Mr Weasley's recent adventures…" The professor offered with the ghost of a smile on her mouth. "Now, I'm required at my office. And you five should head to the Great Hall for lunch." She then excused herself and went her way.

"I think it goes without saying that we need to train that a lot more." Hermione murmured mostly to herself after the headmistress left.

"That applies to everything we did so far." Harry smiled wryly.

"That means schedules updates." Ginny groaned but looked at Hermione expectantly.

"Yeah, yeah…" The older lioness rolled her eyes. "I'll deal with the schedules but I refuse to wake you up. Far too much trouble."

"I'm obviously not a morning person."

Tonks showed up after lunch, smiling. "How's Golden Squad going?"

Hermione couldn't help but groan. "Seriously?"

"Bill might 'ave started it…" Fleur smiled, "Unfortunately every one liked zee nickname."

"So you don't like it either?" Hermione asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Non, I know 'ow you 'ate zee nicknames. I actually tried to make 'im stop…"

"Fortunately, it had already got to me." Tonks beamed. "Your girlfriend can be pretty scary…"

"Or whipped." Ginny offered, making the metamorphmagus laugh.

"Indeed, red. Indeed."

The day of intense training left them deeply drained. After Fleur declared that it was a wrap, the group dragged themselves to their living quarters and dropped themselves at the couches, trying to regain some energy to get clean and head down again to dinner. A burst of green light startled all of them.

"Why are all of you still here?" Mrs Weasley questioned, looking at them. Hermione looked at her quizzically. "Go clean yourselves already! I don't care how tired you are. You are all completely sweaty."

"Uhm, Mrs Weasley?" Hermione began.

"Yes, dear? And I told you to call me Molly…"

"Uh, sorry… Molly. Why are you here?" The brunette was completely confused, her brain apparently was refusing itself to work properly.

"Bill told me today would be your first day of training, dear. I just wanted to check on you all…" The elder redhead smiled at her and then to the other. Hermione noticed how her eyes fixated on how her three friends were close and obviously drawing comfort from each other. "Go freshen up. All of you. I'll sort your food…"

The brunette noticed that Fleur was in better shape than them but also pretty much drained as they climbed the stairs.

"You go first. I'll be right here." Hermione said, sitting in the armchair she had in her room. "Trying to make my brain and body collaborate…"

"Okay…" Fleur smiled and kissed her before sorting something to wear and entering the bathroom. The sound of the water hitting the floor soothed Hermione and she found herself drifting into sleep. She woke up with Fleur's soft voice calling her. The blonde was wearing pyjamas. Her's more specifically. Well, it's pants as she was wearing a white tank top.

"You definitely look better in those than I do." Hermione blurted out. She felt her face get hot as she realized she had spoken out loud. Fleur was smiling sweetly.

"Go take a shower, silly. Eet will make you feel better."

When they got to the common area again, they were greeted by the smell of Molly's cooking and a table full of food. Hermione felt her mouth water and smiled at the older redhead.

"Thank you, Molly!"

"It's nothing, dear."

Half an hour later, the other three got downstairs. All of them looking a bit preoccupied Hermione noticed but shrugged as her stomach made her focus on the food she was about to eat.

"Uh, mum…" Ginny began, after half of her plate was empty. As soon as she started talking, Luna and Harry stopped eating. Hermione noticed that their hands reached the ginger.

"Yes, Ginny?"

"Uh… Luna… Luna, Harry and-and I…" Hermione watched her gulp. She felt for her friend, she could completely understand her current fear. "We…"

"Dear, you don't have to tell me anything you are not ready to." The older redhead smiled at her only daughter, who was looking at her with wide eyes.

"We are dating." She blurted.

"Yes." Molly smiled warmly. "Good to know you are all family…"

"Mom?"

"Ginny, you seriously thought I would admonish you for being in love? I've seen you about two times since you came in this year and I ask myself how I didn't see that before. You three work well together." Ginny was in tears as Molly finished talking, Luna was holding her and Harry had moved closed and was trying to comfort her. "You want me to talk to Arthur?"

"N-no. I will."

"He'll see exactly what I'm seeing, I'm sure." Molly offered. Harry smiled sheepishly at her as did Luna. "Now, you should eat."

The Weasley matriarch said goodnight after dinner, saying she had to take care of something at the burrow. The group stayed in the common room for a bit then got to their rooms. Hermione had dragged herself upstairs and automatically moved to the bathroom to finish her night routine. She felt like a zombie, her eyes were closing. She heard her girlfriend snicker behind her as she made her way to the bed and narrowed her eyes at her.

"You look really cute when you are zat tired..." Fleur smiled and followed her to the bed. "Sorry, you were so cute I couldn't take eet."

Hermione groaned and dropped herself into the mattress. She immediately supported herself on her arms and readjusted her alarm clock so she would have time to run and do some of the training before class.

"Do you want company? I guess Ginny won't be awake nor will Luna or Harry..."

"I wouldn't say no to your company even if they were to be awake, love. Although I think it's possible that Luna will be awake..." Hermione smiled and kissed Fleur. She rolled to her side as Fleur slid under the sheets, so she could curl up to the blonde's side. "G'night..." She mumbled and smiled as she felt her girlfriend kiss her forehead, hold her closer and whisper sweet dreams to her.

The lioness woke up the next day to her blaring alarm, obviously. It would take at least one week for her to get used to the new schedule. She groaned and turned the noise off.

"Bonjour, ma Belle..."

"Bonjour, gorgeous. Are you sure you want to go with me? You can sleep in..."

"Oui, more time with you. And I can always sleep more afterwards..."

"Right... You have Mondays off now... We should move. I need to come back here to change and all..."

Hermione still felt like dying while they ran. She knew it would get better in no time if she got the pace right. By the time she had set as her limit to be able to get ready for the day came, Hermione and Fleur had gone through the running and reflexes training; just as she had planned, obviously. They went back to her quarters hand in hand, the lioness taking in her presence.

"You zink-" "Will you-" They said at the same time, Fleur motioned her to continue.

"Will you stay in the castle? I doubt Dobby would have a problem with arranging something for you to eat…"

"Ah, I'm not sure. You weren't really able to focus last Friday and I don't want you to-"

"I doubt it will be a problem, love…"

"But I'll only see you by zee end of zee day, oui?"

"Yeah…"

"So what do you say I steal your pillow for now and go 'ome and zan I'll come back for dinner?" Fleur suggested.

"Sure…" Hermione beamed and hurried to get ready for class. The blonde smiled and waited for her to finish her shower. By the time Hermione had everything she needed for the day and was completely dressed, Fleur emerged from the bathroom wearing pyjamas and looking quite sleepy. The French witch hugged her and kissed her deeply.

"'ave a great day, mon Ange."

The rest of the day Hermione focused on her classes, forcing herself to only think about dinner with the blonde in transit time (while she walked to one class to the other) or lunch.

"You are too sweet for your own good." Ginny rolled her eyes when she, Harry, and Luna entered the living room and were greeted by Fleur and Hermione lying on the couch snuggling. The older lioness flipped her off. "Hey! That was a compliment!"

"Didn't sound as such." Hermione rolled her eyes. Fleur went home not much later, after convincing Hermione that she should sleep earlier although the lioness had said she had quite a bit of homework to do.

She didn't train alone for the rest of the week. Luna had made a point of going with her. Which she only allowed after the blonde guaranteed she didn't wake up earlier on Monday because she had assumed Fleur would run with her. By Friday, she had fallen into a routine and easily woke up and did everything she had to without feeling her body completely tired. The first whole weekend of training was heavy and she got absolutely drained by its end, although she wouldn't really admit it to anyone. She was sure Fleur was aware of it when the blonde looked at her apologetically.

By the middle of the next week, she received a letter from Fleur, delivered in the middle of the day from Dobby. It said she would have to attend a few important meetings of the flock and would be forced to be away from England for a week or two. Hermione was not happy, much to her friend's dismay her humour had gone from cheerful to completely sour in the time she read the letter. At least Fleur had asked the Minister and Minerva to allow a floo connection between their fireplace and the one on her bedroom in France and they would be able to communicate. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be possible for them to go completely through the connection. Hermione wasn't pleased, obviously, but was determined not to let the blonde's absence make her lose focus. If anything, she was even more driven and focused than ever. She was also acutely aware that her three friends were almost trying to evade her which made her aware that they were getting annoyed. McGonagall, Tonks and Bill were filling in for the blonde when it came to the training. The Headmistress approached her after lunch when it completed a whole week of Fleur at France.

"Hermione, could you please come to meet me at my office by the end of the day?"

"Of course, professor."

"I'll see you before dinner then."

The animagus left then, leaving a curious Hermione behind. A few hours later, the brunette was making her way to the headmistress office, her mind racing on what could be the motive for her request. As she reached the top of the gargoyle's stair, she noticed the door was open. She knocked anyway.

"Come in, Hermione."

"Good evening, Headmistress."

"Call me Minerva, Hermione. You earned it a long time ago." She smiled at the younger witch as the brunette felt her cheeks heat a little bit. "And good evening." She motioned to Hermione to take a sit in front of her then moved to the tea chart. "Tea?"

"Sure." In no time a cup was levitating towards the brunette student. Minerva sat beside Hermione and a tray of sandwiches appeared on her table in front of them.

"You're probably wondering why I requested you to come." Hermione nodded. "Hermione, I won't say it wasn't expected but I'm starting to get a bit concerned." The brunette simply waited for the professor to continue, "I'm obviously aware that miss Delacour is in France. I imagine your absurd amount of focus on school and the training comes from you not wanting to focus on the fact she's not here." Minerva said it so matter factly that Hermione felt herself blush and stared at her shoes. "Now, I'm far from admonishing you for your way of coping, but it cannot be healthy. Why don't you take tomorrow off and go visit your parents?"

"But-"

"It wasn't exactly a suggestion, Hermione. You need to relax a bit. I'll make sure you receive everything you'll miss, obviously. And on Friday you can go back to your overly focused self. Have in mind that Fleur won't be very happy to find you overworked. More than you already usually are, I mean." Minerva gave her a tight-lipped smile. She nodded, knowing the professor was right. "Now, we might as well eat some dinner."

Hermione sighed as she walked to the shared quarters, her face yet to lose the blush it acquired when the headmistress called her out for overworking herself. She was greeted by the blonde Claw, the two other were outside complying the training routine she had already done in the morning.

"How did it go?" Luna smiled as she walked in and asked in her usual dreamy tone.

"McGonagall dismissed me from class tomorrow and sent me home for the day." She sighed once more. "She seems to think I'm overworking myself…"

"You are, Hermione. You know that. Anyway, Fleur flooed about ten minutes ago to say she's already back… I said I'd let you know. When Gin and Har come back can you let them know I'll be upstairs, please?" The brunette smiled and nodded.

She fire-called Fleur, not really waiting for Luna to leave.

"Bon Soir, ma Reine!" Fleur beamed at her. "What did Minerva need to talk to you, Coeur?"

"Hi, gorgeous…" Hermione felt herself blush and explained the culprit of the meeting with the Headmistress.

The blonde chuckled. "Oh, 'ermione… Eef eet makes you feel any better, maman and Grandmère are trying to make me calm down…" She shrugged, "I guess I'm being a bit too much. I miss you. Quite too much for my own good. Zey are trying to move zings quickly but zee ozer veelas are a bit relentless."

"I never asked, what happened?"

"Zis month yes zee flock's annual meeting. I usually don't come to eet but apparently, our unusual bonding raised curiosity and zee whole flock wanted to see me or speak to me. Eet came unexpectedly because grandmère 'as been trying to placate zem so I wouldn't 'ave to come… I didn't even remember about eet…"

"Oh, I see…"

"Zey are all zrilled to get to know you too. I guess zey are proud I'm your mate."

Hermione nodded understandingly. "I just wished you didn't have to stay away so long…"

"As do I, mon Reine. As do I." Fleur looked away from the fireplace for a bit and smiled. "Maman said you should be sleeping already…"

Hermione smiled. "Tell her I would if it wasn't for her beautiful daughter."

"Well sat would be a lie, mon Coeur. We boz know you'd be reading or doing some 'omework. I guess she's just missing Gaby already."

"Send her and grandmère my love, please… I look forward to meeting them."

"You are nervous as fuck zat ees." Fleur laughed and she made a face, showing her tongue. They resumed their talk and half an hour later Ginny and Harry entered the room. Their noise alerted her and she signalled for the blonde to wait a minute, she removed herself from the floo and greeted her friends.

"'ello you two!"

"Hey, Blondie!" Ginny answered as Fleur made herself present by flooing her face. Harry smiled at her.

"Where's your zird part?"

"Upstairs, I guess…" Harry answered and Hermione nodded. "We're just back from running and are heading up too. Good night you two…" The couple made their way to the stairs.

Hermione and Fleur continued talking for a bit until they were both yawning more than talking.

"You should have some sleep, love. You have some serious meetings after all…" Hermione smiled warmly.

"You just want me gone so you can sleep too."

"I actually want you here so I can have some real sleep." The brunette answered without a beat. She smiled wryly.

"I can't wait to 'ave you in my arms again. I can't sleep well eizer, mon Ange." Fleur smiled. "Good night, 'ermione. Je t'aime."

"G'night, babe. Je t'aime aussi."


A/N: Hello my dear readers! It's I, your friendly neighbour Celtic! Ok, I'll stop apologising. I obviously am unable to keep a regular updating schedule so I should stop promising things I can't. One of my girlfriends reads this through here and I think she might be wanting to kill me. LOL

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