The two of them quickly hurried away. On the way out Hermione bumped into a man. She looked up to find none other than Gregory Goyle.
Now"Sorry about that Hermione."
Golye reached his hand down to help her up. He held onto it for a minute while he looked into her eyes before letting go and taking Ginny's hand, which he shook.
"Please come with me."
He said this in a kind voice, as if it was a request but Hermione knew whom his connections were, who Draco's connections were. She felt sick to her stomach but she followed Goyle, holding onto Ginny's hand. They really didn't have much of a choice. They stopped in a clearing about a ½ into the woods. They stood before a cloaked figure who reminded Hermione of Voldemort.
"Bring them forth."
The voice was creaking and old sounding but before Goyle could shove the two girls forward Charlie busted into the clearing and used a spell to knock out everyone except the cloaked figure who disappeared into the woods. Charlie made sure the two girls were all right and then began to turn over the men. There were a total of 11, some of which they hadn't noticed before.
"Hermione…"
Charlie's voice sounded strange and strung out. Hermione ran over to him and gasped when she saw the face of the man he was standing over.
"No."
"Oh my gosh is that Draco?"
Hermione nodded her head silently in response to Ginny and then collapsed to her knees. Ginny fell to her knees and pulled Hermione into a hug as she wept on her shoulder. Ginny motioned for Charlie to take her away and he nodded. He picked her up and apparated back to her house. Ginny stared at Draco, it couldn't be true; he wouldn't do this to Hermione. She looked around at the other men. They were all Death Eaters, every single one. Only Draco had never been branded. She heard a growl behind her and spun. She found the Grim standing there. She gasped and backed up but someone whistled and the dog turned and left.
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Back at the house Hermione was laying in Charlie's arms crying. She looked up at him. He was so strong, so good. He wouldn't be caught in the company of Death Eaters. She didn't know what possessed her but she leaned up and kissed Charlie on the lips. He froze staring down at Hermione. He moved towards her but stopped and then sighed.
"Your engaged Hermione."
They heard Ginny come through the front door and Charlie jumped up and ran into the front room. Hermione heard him say goodbye to Ginny and leave. Ginny came into her room and smiled softly.
"Hey…"
"Hey, what took you so long?"
"I was just looking around."
"Oh."
They both fell silent in though.
"So I guess Draco did kill the old lady."
"Oh I don't know."
Hermione looked at Ginny in disbelief. How could she ignore the facts?
"Ginny are you kidding?"
"No… I mean didn't you notice Draco doesn't have the Dark Mark?"
"Yeah but…"
"No buts…he could be working undercover or something. If he was back with Voldemort he would have the dark mark."
"I don't know Ginny it feels weird…wrong."
"You mean like a pregnant, engaged teenager kissing a man who is 9 years older."
"I am an adult!"
"In the magical world and barely."
Hermione stuck her tongue out at her. Ginny rolled her eyes.
"You're going to confuse Charlie. He already doesn't know what to do about all this. Part of him wants to be here for you and believes you deserve better than Draco. Part of him knows you love Draco and you are going to have his children."
"Ugh…I don't know why I kissed him alright. I just wanted to."
Ginny nodded her head and they fell silent again. Hermione could tell Ginny was mad. She wasn't sure who at though. Ginny cleared her throat.
"So…um…I saw the Grim."
"YOU WHAT!"
"Yeah well it was weird, someone whistled and it left, like its trained or something."
"You can't train the Grim. Its like training death."
Ginny just shrugged her shoulders and the conversation dropped off again. Hermione sighed inwardly. She knew Draco and Ginny were friends now and she wondered if Ginny was torn what to do now that Hermione had kissed Charlie. She wasn't really sure why Charlie had told.
"Hermione…I think I know what Harry's doing."
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Charlie paced the living room at the burrow. Fred and George sat on the sofa waiting for him to say something. Fred groaned and stretched. They had been here for 20 minutes and nothing had been said yet. Finally Charlie stopped and turned to them.
"She kissed me."
"What?!"
Charlie sat down and his head sank into his hands.
"What am I going to do?"
"She's pregnant man."
"Draco is evil again."
"Good point."
"Thanks."
Charlie threw up his hands. Fred and George looked at him.
"I already went through all that with Ginny."
"Whoa…you went to Ginny first?"
George leaned in looking at Charlie like this was a serious offense. Charlie leaned in towards him.
"Yes, I did."
"Whatever man."
"I think you should just wait and see what happens. See if she acts again."
Charlie nodded.
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Ok I know Ginny and Hermione's convo jumped around a lot but that's how my conversations are. Tell me what you think. Please review!