Chaper Five!
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The next morning Hermione woke up bright and early, but instead of getting out of bed straight away like she usually did, she laid there contemplating the previous nights' events. Her stomach growled knocking her out of her thoughts, the smell of Mrs Weasley's bacon sandwiches wafting through the Burrow was simply too good to miss. As she hauled herself out of bed, the thought struck her that Bill wouldn't be joining them this morning. It made her kind of sad, however at least this way she could sift through her thoughts and get her head on straight before seeing him again.

The Weasley breakfast was already in full swing by the time she made it downstairs, grabbing a spare seat she squeezed in to a gap between Ginny and Ron. Tucking in to a bacon sandwich she turned to the conversation, "I'm going to swing by Number 12 this morning I think," said Harry, "got a few things I need to pick-up. Then got a meeting with Kingsley later on, about the auror department."
"What about you Hermione dear, what are you doing today?" enquired Mrs Weasley.
Hermione looked up in time to see everyone twaiting on her answer, "Urmm... well, I think I'll go with Harry to Number 12, I want to pick up some books for some research. Then the rest of the afternoon I'm going to visit Luna." She didn't know why she felt the need to lie but she didn't want everyone knowing she was going to visit Bill, it would only bring up questions that she didn't want to answer.

After breakfast she made her way back up to her room, she turned to shut the door but Ginny was stood in the doorway. Closing the door behind her, Ginny stepped in to the room, "I know you're not going to visit Luna this afternoon, so where are you going?"
Hermione looked down at her shuffling feet, "You can't say anything Gin," Ginny simply smiled at this and signaled for her to go on. "I'm going to visit Bill."
"Why didn't you just say that at breakfast Hermione?" asked Ginny, wondering why she would try and hide it. "You might want to wait a couple of days thought Bill doesn't like people round him this close to a full moon. You know, the effects and all..." she trailed off.
"I know, he sorta asked me to go..." she replied, her feet still seeming like the most interesting thing in the room.
"He asked you to go? He never asked me to go!" Ginny harrumphed, "I'm his favourite as well!"

"It's kind of different between us Ginny..."
"What do you mean it's different?" asked Ginny, knowing she was getting somewhere now.
"Last night, I went down to the kitchen to get some food, it was practically the middle of the night so no one else was up and I ran in to Bill. We got talking and he asked if I'd like to go visit him today." she said calmly, her ever present blush hidden by the darkness of the drawn curtains.
"It still doesn't make sense... He never wants people around him at this time, no offence Hermione..." An awkward silence fell between them.
"Hermione? You ready?" came Harry's shout up the stairs.
"One second!" She shouted back racing around the room grabbing her purse and wand.
"This isn't over Hermione," said Ginny, letting herself out of the room.

As Harry and Hermione apparated in to Grimmauld Place, it became apparent they both wanted some privacy. "I'll err, be upstairs if you need me." said Harry, already half way up the first staircase. Hermione nodded in reply, but doubted Harry saw. She let herself in to the library, glad he hadn't asked her what she was researching. She knew from spending many an afternoon with Remus that Grimmauld Place held many books on the more 'out of the way' subjects: she was just hoping werewolves was one of them. Twenty minutes later she came in to some luck, she'd seen Remus hovering in this corner sometimes but had never more than glanced at the books. She now realised why, the front books were about quidditch, titles such as '101 Great Plays' and 'Quidditch Through The Ages' were the biggest hardbacks which dominated half the shelves, no wonder she had never looked behind them! Hermione took a range of titles, everything from 'Matilda's Guide To Magical Creatures' to 'Myths or Mythology' and got to work on the old desk. She had been reading for a while before she came across the information she was looking for, werewolf mates.

While saying goodbye to Harry, Hermione told recited her excuse of going to visit Luna to him. Something he didn't think twice about since Hermione and Luna had become good friends after the war and spent many an afternoon together. Apparating away from Grimmauld Place Hermione arrived outside Bill's flat feeling strangely nervous. Giving herself a pep talk 'Come on Hermione, it's only Bill. Nothing to be scared of, he probably just wants to talk.' she plucked up the courage to knock on his emerald red front door. If it hadn't been for Bill's werewolf hearing he doubted that he would have heard the timid knock to his front door. He knew who it was, only one person would come to visit him today, Hermione. His heart was racing just thinking about it. He opened the door to reveal Hermione shivering on his front porch.

"Hermione, come on in" He smiled, trying to hurry her out of the cold winter air. He took her jacket of her, reaching round her to hang it on the coat rack. "Come through, come through." He hurried her through in to the kitchen, where he was magically boiling his kettle. "Tea or coffee?" he asked her, deciding she was in desperate need of a warm drink.
"Tea please," she spoke, "So, how are you?" She asked, perching precariously on the edge of one of his stools.
"Its alright Hermione," he smiled, knowing she felt uncomfortable asking about his more wolfish side, "you can ask about the moon you know.."
"Sorry, I didn't wanna, well you know..." she trailed off, taking the warm cup of tea out of his hand "Thanks, so how are you?" she repeated her initial question.
"Okay I guess," he replied, "Some months are worse than others, so far this one hasn't been half as bad as it usually is. Guess I'm learning to cope with it better."
"Or its because of me..." Hermione blushed, realising she said out loud what she'd meant to keep to herself.
"Or it's because of you." Bill's smile only widened.

Hope you like this chapter, didn't know if I'd rushed it a little...
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