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Untitled - ch. 18

Dinner was nothing special. They were leaving the next day so it was a bit somber since Harry and Ron were friends with some of the seventh years. Hermione was still acting weird too. She showed up to dinner but she didn't talk to anybody. It was starting to worry Remus.

"We will miss having you all around," Dumbledore said to him.

"Well we won't be gone long. Just a few months, then we'll all be back."

"When do you leave?"

"Hermione's train leaves at 10:30am so we'll probably see her off and then go from there."

"How is Hermione doing? I haven't spoken to her since yesterday."

"I don't know," Remus said, looking down at her. She was sitting alone and barely touching her dinner. Remus sighed. "We had lunch today and I told her about Sirius. She knows everything now. She's been really quiet and closed off ever since."

"I'm sure she just needs time to adjust."

"I suppose," Remus said, glancing down to Hermione again. She still wasn't actively talking to anyone...only speaking when spoken to and even then, it was mostly nods. "I hope so," Remus said, more to himself than Dumbledore.

After dinner was nothing special either. They said goodbye to any students and teachers as they would all be in classes when they left. IT was sad, but not tearful since they would all be back soon.

The walk back to their rooms was relatively silent. Harry and Ron were talking on and off about Quidditch. Hermione was totally silent and Remus was too busy watching her to talk about Quidditch.

When they reached their corridor, Hermione quietly said her password, barely threw a 'goodnight' over he shoulder and disappeared. Remus watched after as Ron said their password and went in. Harry was following Ron when he noticed Remus wasn't following.

"Remus?" he said, holding the portrait open.

"Yeah," Remus said with a sigh, turning around and following Harry inside.

"Kind of sad to be leaving," Ron said as he grabbed something to drink.

"Yeah," Harry said as he and Remus plopped down on the sofa. "But we'll be back in a few months."

"Yeah. That's something to look forward to. I guess we ought to enjoy our time to do absolutely nothing while we have it."

"Are the twins going to be able to handle their store without you?" Remus asked.

"They should be fine. They've still got Ginny. And they've never had trouble talking people into things."

"Don't I know it," Harry said, remembering a year ago when the twins talked him into being a spokesperson for their new product. It turned out, the product turned your whole body blue and Harry was nearly killed by an angry blue mob. At least it worked they had said. That didn't make Harry feel any better. "Ron's right. They'll be fine."

Ron and Remus smiled, also remembering the 'blue' incident. They had found the entire situation pretty amusing. Harry talked to either one of them for about a week.

"Well," Ron said with a yawn. "I'm going to bed. What time does Hermione's train leave?"

"The train leaves at 10:30 but she has to be there by 9:30 to check in," Remus answered.

"Oh," Ron said. "Guess I'd better hurry to sleep then."

Quietly he turned around and headed to his room. They heard him muttering something about 'Bloody trains' and 'too early.' It made them smile.

"Are you alright?" Harry asked quietly a few moments later. "You've been quiet all night."

"I just wish I knew what she was thinking," he said, glancing to the door. "I wish I knew how she felt."

"Trust me," Harry said, making Remus look at him. "When she knows, you'll know. She's found out a lot in the past few days. About herself and you. Knowing Hermione, she's questioning everything she knows right now. She just needs some time to figure it all out again."

"You're right," Remus said, closing his eyes and leaning into Harry's hand. "I'm worrying for nothing, aren't I?"

"Pretty much, yeah," Harry said, smiling.

"Thank you," Remus said, smiling.

"What for?"

"Making me feel better."

"It worked then?" Harry said with mischief in his eyes. "Because I can always give you the treatment we were working with this afternoon."

"Well," Remus said, remembering their make-out session earlier that day. "We might want to give that treatment another go. Just to be sure."

Harry just smiled, leaned in and kissed him.

The next morning, Remus woke up on the sofa. His back hurt, his neck hurt and there was a weight on his side. After a quick check to be sure they were both still completely dressed, be deduced that he and Harry must have fallen asleep on the sofa. Quietly, he looked at his watch.

"Harry," he said, giving Harry a little shake. "Harry, wake up. It's already 8:30."

"Hm...what?" Harry said sleepily as he sat up.

"It's 8:30 already. We have to get ready to go."

"I'll go wake up Ron."

They both stood up and stretched. Harry watched Remus as he reached up toward the ceiling. He was still thin, but at least now it was a healthy thin. In fact, he looked down right good.

"Um...Harry?" Remus said. Harry hadn't realized Remus had stopped stretching and was now looking at him oddly. "What are you staring at?"

"Uh...nothing," Harry said. "Okay, that's not true. I was watching you." He smiled when Remus blushed slightly. "I'll go wake up Ron now."

Remus watched Harry walk into Ron's room. He shook his head and went to his own room to get ready to go.

When Remus came out again, Ron was sitting on the sofa.

"That was quick," he said, sitting down next to Ron.

"Yeah. I was already awake when Harry came in. I used a cleaning spell instead of a shower to save time."

"Yeah, me too. Are you all packed?"

"Yeah," Ron said. "Everything's packed and shrunk down. Now I'm just waiting. You?"

"Yeah. I have everything. Speaking of waiting, where's Harry? We need to be leaving if were going to get Hermione there on time."

"He's getting dressed. Should be out in a minute."

At that moment, Harry came out of his room.

"Are we ready?" he asked.

"We are," Ron said. "Are you?"

"Yeah."

"Made sure you got everything?" Remus said with a smile.

"Yes I got everything. Remus you're starting to sound like Mrs. Weasley."

They all laughed as Ron and Remus stood up.

"We'd better get going," Remus said. Ron and Harry nodded as they left the room.

"So where are we supposed to meet Hermione?" Harry asked.

"In Dumbledore's office," Ron said. "He said he wanted to tell us a few things, then we could floo to Hogsmeade so Hermione won't be late."

They made the rest of the way in silence.

When they got to Dumbledore's office, Hermione was already there. She was sitting in a chair in front of Dumbledore's desk.

"We were beginning to believe you weren't coming," Dumbledore said as they entered.

"Sorry," Harry said nervously. "Overslept."

"Quite alright," Dumbledore said, waving them to chairs. "There is still plenty of time. There are just a few things I wanted to tell you before you go. First, since Miss Granger graduates in December, I need you all to arrive here when the new term begins after Christmas break. Classes begin on January third so I need you to be back by the second. That would give you plenty of time to settle in and prepare for the next day."

"That's fine," Remus said as the rest nodded.

"The other thing is, I wanted to make sure that you are sure you remembered to get everything. House Elves save nothing so it will not be here when you return."

"I think we all got everything," Remus said.

"Yeah," Ron said. "Whatever we left, the House Elves can have."

"Very well," Dumbledore said, smiling. "You will be flooing to The Three Broomsticks. Then, after you see Hermione off, you can floo from there back to Grimmauld Place."

"Sounds good," Harry said as they stood up.

They went over to the fireplace, each grabbing a handful of floo powder when it was their turn. The fear of falling returned for Remus, but lessened when they told him to go first.

"The Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade!" he shouted and he disappeared in green flames.

When he landed, Remus was glad he'd gone first. He did feel a bit embarrassed when he looked up, however, as he realized he'd landed face down at the feet of Rosmerta.

"Still can't land from floo traveling, eh Remus?" she said with a smile.

"I'll have you know," he said, standing up and brushing himself off. "That the last few times I have landed on my feet, thank you."

"I'm sure there's some reason for that," she said as Harry stepped through.

Remus turned around and smiled as Harry all but fell out of the fireplace.

"Two of a kind," he heard Rosmerta whisper behind him.

"Alright there, Harry?" he asked.

"Fine," Harry said with a groan. "I hate traveling that way."

"I hadn't noticed. You have a bit of soot on your nose," he said, running his thumb over Harry's nose. "There. Gone."

"Thanks," Harry said softly as the others stepped through.

"You four better be going," Rosmerta said once they were all there. "I'll be expecting you three boys back in a little while."

"Okay," Harry said, stepping in when he saw Remus was getting ready to protest being called a 'boy.' "See you in a bit."

They all said their goodbyes and left for the train station.

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