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Chapter 12

Hermione stepped on to Platform 9 ¾. For the first time in 2 months, she was alone. Draco had gone ahead because Narcissa had a meeting with Dumbledore. Hermione didn't know what, but she suspected that it had to do with the Order. None the less, she welcomed the time away from Draco, even if it was only a few hours. It would giver her time to talk to her friends who she really had been ignoring since she and Draco had gotten together. I wonder where Harry, Ginny, and Ron are. Merlin, why does this platform have to be so damn crowded? She looked all over the platform until she saw a patch of red hair above the crowd. Ron. It's about damn time they showed up.

"RON!! GINNY!! HARRY!!"

She ran over to them, pushing people out of the way. She hugged and kissed all three of them in turn. Ginny grabbed her and pulled her on to the train, Harry and Ron following. Ginny was beaming.

"Mione, I have so much I need to tell you. And I bet that you want to fill me in on what happened on your honeymoon."

"You're right Gin. I do want to tell you a lot of what happened, but I'll leave out all the horny details." Hermione said with a smile.

"Those are the best though." Ginny had a pitiful look on her face.

"Fine Gin, I'll tell you."

Meanwhile Harry and Ron were trying to ignore them and have a conversation themselves.

"So Harry, did you hear Mum and Dad talking to Lupin and Tonks last night?"

"No, I didn't, what was it about?"

"A new member of the Order, well, two of them. Before you even ask, I don't know who they are. Mum doesn't trust them, but apparently Dumbledore does."

"That kind of reminds me of Snape, but he's proven to be a loyal member of the Order. I'm the first to admit Snape isn't my favorite teacher but he's saved my ass time and time again. That gives him a little of my trust, not much, but a little."

"I guess you're right. So 'Mione, where's that husband of yours?" Ron said in a sarcastic voice.

"He's already at school. His Mum had a meeting with Dumbledore this morning and she wanted Draco to come with her."

"Wouldn't his daddy have a little problem with Mrs. Malfoy talking to Dumbledore?"

"Lucius has no say in anything anymore Ronald."

"How's that?"

"He died a week ago. Well, actually he was killed. Didn't you know?"

"No, we had no idea."

"We put an announcement in The Daily Prophet."

"Mum stopped getting it when in fifth year they were badmouthing Harry."

"Oh ok."

She went back to talking to Ginny. Ron sat there and stared at Hermione. Harry had been trying to get his attention for about 5 minutes when Ron finally snapped out of it.

"Ron, what's up?"

"Just thinking about the Order. You don't think that Narcissa and Malfoy are the new members of the Order, do you?"

"I think that they might be. It fits. Lucius is dead. He has no hold over Malfoy and his mother anymore, so they may be the new Order members that your Mum was talking about last night."

"But how come Malfoy is allowed to join but we can't? He's the same year as us."

"Maybe it's because he has the connections that neither of us have. He's in line for the Dark Mark. Maybe he has information that could be useful in helping us defeat Voldemort."

"Yeah, but if you expect me to be nice to the little git, you have another thing coming."

"Why? Do you still have a thing for 'Mione?"

"Maybe I do. Maybe I don't. That's none of your business."

"Fine, but the more you say you don't, the more I think that you do. Forget it man, she's married. To Malfoy. You know that if you lay a hand on her, he will kill you."

"I'd like to see him try."

"It's your ass, not mine. I'm not going to be friends with him, but I will be friendly to him, just so he knows that he can trust me to save his ass when he needs it."

"You do what you want and I'll do what I want."

Hermione had left awhile ago to go to her head girl meeting and now she was coming back. Harry and Ron decided to drop the subject and rode the rest of way to Hogwarts without saying a word to each other.

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