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I dedicate this chapter to kissmyquiver who not only is stuck at camp all week but is just amazing (see end for more details).

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Judging by the look on Draco's face, now wasn't the time to ask what that meant.

"Children! Are you in bed yet!?" Mrs. Weasley yelled, and the sound echoed through the whole house.

"As soon as Malfoy and Hermione are done snogging we will be!" Fred answered from just outside the door.

At that moment the four boys barged back into the living room, Ron and Harry looking anxious..

"You weren't were you?" Ron gasped.

"No!" We answered indignantly.

Harry and Ron sighed in relief, while the twins looked disappointed.

"Come on Malfoy, we'll show you Percy's room," George said.

Draco shot me a nervous glance and I tucked the note into my pocket again, before smiling reassuringly at him.

"You'll be okay," I assured him, but he still looked skeptical.

"Goodnight Hermione, Weaselbee, Potty," He sighed.

"Draco!" I admonished with a small smile.

He rolled his eyes, "Goodnight Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley, and Harold Potter... better?"

I was almost a hundred percent sure Harry's name wasn't Harold, but I let it go. The twins openly laughed and I swore Ron chuckled. Then Draco followed, or rather was supported by, Fred and George to Percy's old room.

"You two seem chummy," Harry stated the moment they had gone.

"Honestly, he didn't want to become a death eater guys. I understand that you are a little apprehensive, I was at first too. It wasn't a sudden change, which makes it all the more genuine," I insisted.

"I get it, but don't expect us to just all the sudden be best friends with ferret boy. I trust your judgement Hermione, I always will, but I don't trust him fully yet," Ron announced, showing surprising cool headedness for such a situation.

"I don't know if we ever will either," Harry added. "But he is different from before."

Ron nodded, "More open..."

"Genuine..."

"Like Fred and George."

"You should see him when he really gets comfortable around you," I smiled.

They gave me odd looks.

"Hermione, what my brothers said. Are you two... dating?" Ron stuttered.

I shook my head no, even though somewhere deep inside I wished we were.

"You seem sad about that," Harry noted.

"Uhh.. no, I just got to... to be... know Draco... good... I mean very well... and," I choked out.

"Liar," Harry said.

"Okay, we will try to deal with ferret face but if you two are going to snog or whatever," Ron shuddered at the thought. "I can't deal with that."

"What is he going to have to do to get you all to trust him?" I asked, more than a little nervous as to what their answer was going to be.

"I don't know Hermione, but I can tell you it better be good," Harry answered.

After that conversation was finally over we went to our separate rooms to sleep, at least a little. I had forced my two friends to promise to tell me all about Gringotts tomorrow... well technically later today.

Meanwhile, Draco continued to haunt my thoughts, which no longer disturbed me. I cherished every moment his face appeared in my dreams, knowing full well this war could end with us both dead. Depressing, but unfortunately true.

Fred and George seemed to be onto something though. They were a little too perceptive for their own good. Even Draco and I hadn't openly discussed... whatever we had. We needed to though, if we wanted to make it work, but maybe he didn't want it to work.

He said he had crush on me though. Had a crush. Was it still there? Doubts started to plague my mind and I pushed them aside. I would talk to him and we would figure it out, despite my fear that he wouldn't want to date a muggleborn.

I was a Gryffindor, and I was going to be brave.

When I got up, around noon, Mrs. Weasley was making lunch. The twins had decided to continue inventing things for their business from their bedroom so frequent booms erupted from upstairs.

"Mrs. Weasley?" I asked timidly. "Do you need any help?"

"Absolutely not dear! You sit down and I am going to get some food in you. Mr. Malfoy has done a good job of keeping you fed, but nonetheless you are still much too skinny. Ronald don't touch those sandwiches!" She replied.

I grinned while Ron looked defeated and sat down next to me.

"Ferret face is still sleeping," Harry announced, coming into the room.

"What happened to him when you escaped?" Ron asked.

The torture from Lucius was the one part of the story I had left out.

"Here you are," Mrs. Weasley sat down several plates, heaped with sandwiches.

"Thank you," I said.

Ron stuffed some in his face and Harry took three. The older woman smiled at my manners and left.

"First tell me what happened to you two," I ordered, taking a sandwich for myself.

"Well we knew Bellat- oh god! I'm sorry Hermione," Ron started then stopped at the mention of her name.

"She's a big girl Weasley," Draco announced while he stumbled into the room.

I turned to look at him. He was leaning on George while Fred stole some of our food.

"I am aware of that you little ferret, I merely assumed-," Ron snapped.

"Please not now!" I pleaded.

"Yes your highness," Draco smirked.

I recognized him throwing my words back at me and rolled my eyes.

"We need to talk," Harry announced, giving the twins his best 'get out' look.

They picked up Draco and left. Literally they picked him up. I laughed before turning back to my best friends.

"He was right. I can deal with it."

Harry told me everything. They broke into Gringotts with Griphook's help, and they had managed to stab Hufflepuff's cup before the goblin took the sword and ran. Then they escaped on a dragon and come here. By that time the Weasley's had officially become outlaws. The boys had been here for a week before we showed up.

"We know there are two horcruxes left. One is the snake and the other is something. Harry thinks that might have to do with Ravenclaw," Ron finished.

"That was my theory as well," I sighed. "But where could it be?"

They gave each other a look.

"We think it might be in Hogwarts somewhere," Harry replied. "From what I saw, Hogwarts was Tom Riddle's home so it's only natural that he would have hidden something there."

"That makes sense, so how are we going to get it?"

Ron answered this time.

"We actually planned on going tonight and sneaking in through Hogsmeade. But since we have you back, I think we should wait until you have recovered before we go."

"It needs to be soon though," Harry put in. "You see, he knows we are hunting horcruxes and it only makes him angrier. If this war is ever going to end, it needs to be soon."

I smiled at them, feeling another rush of pride that they had finally grown up.

"Let's do it tomorrow night or the next. I'm pretty much all good except for a few bruises here and there. I would just appreciate some time to review a few spells. After a month without a wand, I'm a tad rusty," I decided.

They agreed immediately. Then I felt myself being pulled into yet another hug.

"Hermione we missed you so much! Even if you did bring the ferret, we are still glad you're back," Harry murmured.

Almost a minute passed before we finally pulled apart.

"Can we see them Hermione?" Ron asked, looking more than a little nervous.

I knew immediately what he meant.

Carefully I lifted up my shirt so they could see my stomach and then bit by bit showed off the rest. I paused at my arm, unsure if they would want to see the word carved there. After a moment I hesitantly pushed the sleeve up.

"Did Malfoy do that!" Ron screamed.

I flinched.

"NO! Ronald calm down! It was Bellatrix, for goodness sake. Breathe!" I yelled.

He inhaled sharply, "Okay. Those are some nasty bruises... remember what we said last night about how Malfoy could prove his trustworthiness? Well I have a correction. It can't just be good. It had better be one HELL of a something."

I hope you liked it!

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