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Harry streaked down the corridor, desperate to catch up to Ron and Hermione. His mind was whirring…

Malfoy-no, Draco.

Draco had helped them escape.

He had known, he said he would be punished for it, and he gave them his wand and helped anyway. He said he loved 'Mione- insinuated they had been together, at Hogwarts. She had never said- Harry couldn't even remember an instance of them being anything but nasty to each other. Harry shook his head to clear his thoughts as he cleared the manor out to where Hermione and Ron were waiting in the garden.

There was an uncomfortable silence between the three of them, which was finally broken by Hermione.

"We- We should go- Before they find Dra- Malfoy." She said tentatively.

Nodding in agreement , Harry reached out to grab the arms of the other two as Hermione apparated them away. They popped into the clearing they had been occupying before and cautiously looked around.

Empty.

Hermione ducked over and grabbed her beaded bag containing all their possessions out of a tree hollow where she had shoved it in the earlier panic.

"We have to move- but first-" Hermione leveled the wand at Harry and began muttering under her breath and made a complex wand pattern. She then repeated it on Ron and then herself.

"Making sure there are no tracking charms on us." she offered as explanation.

Leaning in to talk softly, she mumbled "We can't stay- I only came back for the things. I'm going to leapfrog us about a bit, just for safety. Hold on tight, we won't stop in-between."

Grabbing hold of them, she then jerked them through a dozen places before ending near a mountain.

"We should be alright here. You boys can start setting up the tent while I do the charms." she said reassuringly.

Ron and Harry shared a silent glance before complying.

Hermione turned away and raised the wand shakily, chanting incantations softly.

After the area was deemed safe, she paused to swipe at her tear-tracked face before turning to face her friends.

Harry was seated near the tent opening, looking at her expectantly, and Ron was struggling to start a fire the muggle way.

She moved to sit, hand clutching her belly for balance and immediately noticed their expectant gazes.

"I-I suppose you want to know about Draco and I."

Ron's expression was one of hurt and Harry's was one of confusion.

Harry started gently " Yes- Hermione, you never told us that you and he-"

She interrupted him, "You- Both of you- hate him. What was I supposed to say? "Oh, Hi Harry, Ron. How was your day? Mine was just lovely, got an O on a paper in Charms, there was pudding at lunch, and oh yeah, snogged the hell out of Malfoy during rounds."

Ron gaped at her, and Harry choked on the sip of water he had just taken.

"WHAT?"

"What do you mean, what?" she asked defensively.

"It's just- You and Malfoy?" Harry faltered.

A pained expression flashed a crossed her face. "I don't think there is a Malfoy and I anymore, Harry."

"I'm sorry-"

Ron cut Harry off. "He said he loved you- Do you-" he trailed off slowly.

"Yes." Came the soft reply.

Ron jerked his gaze away. "Oh."

"Should I leave and let you two alone?" Harry asked cautiously.

Hermione quickly shook her head. "No- You need too hear it too."

Harry settled back into his seat carefully.

She wrung her hands before starting to speak again, and then said "We- I don't know how we really started- but- I don't know where to start…"

Harry reached out and grabbed her hand reassuringly. "Just go from the beginning, 'Mione."

"Like I said, it was during prefect rounds and we were arguing like normal, and I thought we were going to get into a fight- and then he was kissing me and-"

Ron let out a squawk of protest.

"If you can't be supportive, you can wait outside." Harry said calmly.

Ron's face suffused a deep red and he left, roughly throwing the tent flaps open.

Hermione flinched and frowned when she caught her hand resting lightly on her round stomach, before continuing, "It- It just felt right, Harry. He cared for me, and it was different when we were alone- He was different. He was nice. He loved me- and- and I did THIS to him. He was right…" she ended dejectedly.

"Right about what?" Harry asked.

"He cared more about me than I did of him."

" 'Mione, don't do that to yourself. We all thought we were going to die, and we've been isolated for months-"

" You weren't shagging anyone though, were you?! You were faithful to Ginny."

He frowned. "Ginny and I aren't together. And like I said, isolated.. No offence, but I see you too much like a sister to shag you."

"Harry…" she said warningly.

"What, Hermione?" He replied evenly.

"Don't do that."

"What?"

"That thing where you convince me I did the right thing."

"Were you and Mal-Draco still together when you and Ron-?"

"No- I don't think so.."

"You don't know?" he asked, voice colored with disbelief.

"He- I asked him to come with us, and he said no. But he said he loved me and- and to keep myself safe."

"You asked him to come along?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"I wanted to make sure he would be safe." She tentatively answered, dissolving into tears.

Harry pulled her closer into a comforting embrace. "It'll work out. Don't worry, alright?"

Through her tears she replied, "How, Harry? How will this be alright?"

ENDNOTE; Well, Hermione's really bollixed it up this time, hasn't she? Shorter, but I wanted to use this little snippet to help capture Harry/Hermione friendship.

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