A/N: Ok, so I love the whole Bill/Hermione ship, and I'm going to start writing about it again! Here it is and hope you enjoy.

Chapter 2: An Unexpected Guest

Dear Bill,

It's Hermione Granger, Ron's friend. I hope you don't mind but I need some advice. Ginny and Ron both talk about you and always say that you're good with these types of things, so I thought I'd give it a try.

Please write me back if you don't want me bothering you.

Sincerely,

Hermione

What advice could he possibly give Hermione Granger?

As Bill sat in the kitchen contemplating over what Hermione could possibly need advice on, Molly was making him an outstanding supper.

She boiled potatoes and mashed them, roasted lamb chops for him, and even steamed come vegetables for him.

"So please tell me, why did Dumbledore talk to Gringotts and not you directly?" Molly asked sitting opposite her son.

"Who knows," he shrugged. "Dumbledore has his ways, we all know that much." Fritz barked from the floor and Bill opened the door for him.

"What are you going to do about your dog?" Molly stirred her tea.

Bill stared out into the back yard where the crup was stalking a squirrel. "Not sure, I could ask to keep him in my quarters." He smiled. "In fact, I'll floo Hogwarts right now and ask."

"Why won't you tell us what was in the letter Hermione?" Ron complained. "It was to MY brother anyway." The boys sat on either side of her in the Great Hall and Ginny sat on the opposite side.



"What's he going on about?" she asked gathering potatoes for herself.

"Our dear friend here sent a letter to your brother and won't tell us why." Harry answered.

"Really," she didn't look up from her plate. "Which brother?" Ginny looked to Hermione for an answer.

"Bill! She sent a letter to Bill and won't say why!" Everyone around them was now staring at Ron.

"Really Ronald, would you shut up? It's none of your business why I sent a letter to Bill." She stood up and left the Hall in a hurry.

"Well done Ron," Ginny added before rushing after her friend. When she caught up to Hermione the brunette was red in the face. "Don't let him get to you, he's just nosey."

"But he doesn't need to be! I mean does it really matter that I'm corresponding with your oldest brother?!" The girls stopped in the middle of the hallway while Hermione was venting. "I mean really, how pathetic of him to find that I do talk to the rest of your family almost insulting to him!"

"I don't think it's insulting, I think it's sweet." Ginny said.

Hermione's expression softened. "Do you really?" She asked. Ginny nodded. "I'm glad at least one of you has some sense then." The girls walked back toward the Entrance Hall when an owl flew in the doors toward Hermione and dropped the letter it was holding.

Ginny picked up the folded parchment, "It looks like it's from Bill." She mentioned handing it to her and walking toward the Great Hall. "I'll make sure to let my irrational brother know so that he can fly off the handle at you again.

"Thanks Ginny," she rolled her eyes and walked towards the Gryffindor Common Room, but when she turned the corner she ran into something solid she fell to the ground.

"Sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going." The letter had fallen out of her hand and she was reaching to grab it.



"Well maybe if you weren't so occupied with your mail, you would have seen someone more important was walking towards you." A male voice said.

"I said I was sorry." The hand then reached out and grabbed her letter. "Hey!"

Hermione looked up and into indigo eyes. "What's got your mind so unavailable, Granger?"

Bill took a pinch of the powder and stuck his head in the flames.

"Professor?" The giant oak door opened and Dumbledore entered the room.

"Ah, William, how are you? I hope you'll enjoy your new position." His blue eyes were already twinkling.

"I'm fine, and I'm excited to start. I was just wondering if it would be a problem if I brought my crup puppy with me. I don't want to just leave him with my mom because I just got him." Dumbledore nodded and took a deep breath.

"I believe that having your pet with you will be fine, we can even add walking him and taking care of him while you're in class to a house elf. Dobby perhaps?" He smiled.

"Thank you so much Professor, I promise Fritz will be good." Bill smiled and said good bye.

"What did the headmaster say, Bill?" Molly asked when Bill sat at the table.

"He said that it'll be fine that Fritz comes with me and that he'll even ask Dobby to help take care of him while I'm teaching."

"That's great, I'm so happy for you." Molly said standing and letting the crup back in the house.

The animal bounded into the kitchen and onto Bills lap and started licking his face.

"I think someone's excited."

"Seriously Granger, what's so important about a simple letter?"



"Just give it back Blaise!" She had gotten off of the ground and was now trying to grab the parchment out of the Slytherin's hands. "It's none of your business why it's so important to me."

The boy took a step back the letter still dangling between his fingers. "It looks like it's from a boy," he brought it to his face and sniffed the parchment. "Smells like it too!"

"Just give it back!" Hermione yelled again following his steps.

"Who's it from?" He said taking another step back.

"No!"

"Why not?" He turned trying to get away and his back hit the wall.

Hermione stepped toward him again and pressed her body against his. "Because it's not your business." She whispered summoning the letter out of his hand and taking a step back.

Blaise grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. "You should have been in Slytherin," he said. "You don't fight fair." He let go, and Hermione turned and walked towards the common room.

"Did you read the letter yet, Hermione?" Ginny asked when Hermione walked into the common room.

"No, I got held up on the way here." She sat on the couch with an annoyed huff, the letter still clutched in her hand.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked from beside her.

"Zabini ran into me and tried to take the letter away and wouldn't let me have it back." She crossed her legs. "And then he told me I should have been in Slytherin."

Ron's shock was voiced by Ginny. "What did he mean by that?"

"Well," she blushed. "I pretty much backed him up against the wall and told him it was none of his business what it said or who it was from."

"Hermione Granger, User of seduction to get what she wants. Who would have thought?" Harry laughed.