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A/N: Thank you for betaing Lilly!
10. Telling
Hermione looked at herself one more time in the mirror and Apparated outside a black door. She pushed the small button beside the door, and immediately a bell could be heard.
About five seconds passed before the door opened. "Hermione!" Ron said as he scooped the girl up in his arms and twirled her around. Hermione let out a squeal of delight.
"Hi, Ron!" Hermione grinned.
"Hi! How've you been handling the whole Malfoy issue?" he asked, venom evident in his tone as he said 'Malfoy'. Realization dawned on Hermione: She had forgotten to tell Ron, not to mention everybody else, that she and Draco were back together!
"Um... actually-"
"'Mione!" Harry yelled as he came outside. He hugged her, muffling what she assumed was, "Long time no see."
"Yeah." She nodded as Ron ushered everybody inside.
"Wow. Ron, it's beautiful!" Hermione smiled.
"Yeah, who knew Ron had good taste?" Harry joked.
"Stuff it, Harry," Ron replied as Harry laughed.
They were inside the living room, which had pure white walls, three brown couches, a fireplace with a white marble mantle, a red rug, a dark wood coffee table and long red curtains.
"Hermione!" Ginny shrieked.
"Ginny!" The two girls squealed and hugged each other.
"I haven't seen you since forever!" said Ginny.
"I know. You look great!"
"Thanks! You too, I love your shoes."
"Really? I got them at this place right across from-"
"Okay okay, enough," Ron cut in. "Too much girl talk."
Hermione rolled her eyes. "Oh, Ronald."
"You try going months without seeing your best friend," Ginny said as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, I'm gonna miss Harry terribly," Ron said sarcastically.
"Git," Harry coughed.
"I heard that!" Harry just chuckled. "Come on, let's sit down in the living room, I made tea." Ron said happily.
Ginny whispered to Hermione as they sat down on the couches. "Here's a tip, spit it back out". Hermione laughed. Harry sat down on the opposite couch. He was eying a spot on his shirt when he felt two pairs of eyes upon him.
"What?" Harry asked. "Fine," he sighed. "I'll leave you alone, maybe I can see if the tea's not toxic." He got up and went into the kitchen.
"So what's been up? Spill."
"Well, I'm telling you this first." Ginny looked at her with interest. "Draco and I are back together," Hermione whispered.
"No way!" Ginny whispered back. "I thought you divorced?"
"No. We were going to but... we didn't."
"Aw." Ginny smiled.
"Yeah but listen, there's something else."
"What?"
"I gotta tell you something but don't tell Ron or Harry... at least not yet."
"Of course." Ginny nodded. Hermione began to explain about the letters in a hushed voice.
"Honest, right?" Ginny asked just to make sure.
"Of course! Why would I lie about a thing like this?"
"I dunno, it just seems..." Ginny sighed and shrugged. "How are you handling this?"
"Well, I'm fine. Draco says he's going to take care of it."
"Good, that's good." Ginny nodded.
"Well?" Hermione asked as if expecting something.
"What?"
"Any words of advice?" Hermione asked impatiently.
"I've never dealt with a thing like this, how am I supposed to know how to respond?"
"I dunno! I was hoping something along the lines of 'Everything will be fine? Trust Draco? Kick some arse?'"
"There you go," Ginny said happily as she patted Hermione on the shoulder.
"Oh, you are so your brother's sister," Hermione sighed.
"Hey! Don't compare me to him!" Ginny snapped.
"Compare you to who?" Harry asked as he entered the room with some tea and cookies.
Both girls turned around.
"Oh nothing." Ginny said, grabbing a cookie from the plate Harry had put in the coffee table.
"So what have you two been up to?" Hermione asked, looking over at Ron and Harry.
"Training." " Work." They answered at once.
"How's training coming along, Harry?"
"Really good, I'm positive we're going to win this year's World Cup," Harry said with a smile. Harry had become the seeker for Britain's Quidditch team, leading their team to many victories. Some even said that he was one of the best seekers to ever play but Harry never paid much attention to that. He was just as level headed as ever.
"Anything new in your Firebolt mania, Ron?" Hermione joked.
Ron worked in one of the biggest broom manufacturers in the world. The company he worked at had created the Firebolt, the Firebolt Plus, and the Firebolt Speed. Basically anything that was under the name of Firebolt they had created. Ron helped make the newer generations of Firebolts. Ron's job was pretty big, he also helped decide on the designs for Quidditch uniforms for some of the biggest Quidditch teams, but that was just another duty on the list."We're coming up with some ideas for Firebolts that are safer for kids."
Hermione raised her eyebrow. "Are you sure that's a good idea?"
"We're making it," Ron answered, sipping his tea.
"What about you, Ginny, how's your job going?"
"Oh, come on, 'Mione, no more us. We wanna hear about you!" Ron replied.
"Alright, fine." Hermione sighed as she put down her tea.
"So what's new?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, 'Mione, what's new?" Ron repeated.
"Well..." Hermine took a deep breath. It was now or never. "Draco and I are back together." Everybody just stared at her. "Well, say something!"
"There's not much to say, Hermione," Harry said.
"You bet there is!" Ron got up from his seat. "What happened to 'We had a fight' and 'I threw his broom out the window'?! What happened to that!"
Hermione looked like a deer caught in the headlights. "Um, we love each other?"
"What about the divorce, what happened to that?"
"We didn't go through with it."
"Likely story" Ron muttered.
"Ron, would you shut up for a moment!" Ginny yelled. "Draco is a good guy and you know that, we all do. Personally, I'm happy they're back together."
Hermione hugged Ginny. "Thanks, Gin."
"No problem. I mean, we've been through this once before, let it go already!" Ginny said, looking directly at Ron.
"Why are you looking at me? Why not Harry?" Ron looked pointedly at Harry, who was minding his own business, munching on a cookie.
"Because he's not the problem." Ginny glared at Ron.
"You're just saying that because he's your husband."
Ginny stuck out her tongue at Ron, and her action was reciprocated almost instantly.
"Okay! Okay! Get over it!" Harry yelled. "This isn't about Draco and Hermione, it's about Ron's home."
"What about me?" Ron yelled.
Harry shrugged "Um... yeah, you too."
"Oh yeah, thanks." Ron sat back down and both girls laughed.
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