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Chapter 2

I tossed him an irate glance, "Can't you just wait in the car!"

"Like I informed you on the ride here multiple times, it was a different case at number 4 Privet Drive. There are blood wards on that house, very strong ones, so it was fine you being there unsupervised, this however is a muggle house." Vez looked up at the neat, white house that we were approaching, "So you either settle for us being inside, or we go straight to our next Safe House."

I turned my glare on the door and knocked on it, a little harsher in my anger.

"Does this Hermione have any brothers?" Selina muttered from behind me.

"No, she's an only child. Her parents are only children as well, dentists; she doesn't even have first cousins." I heard the scratching of footsteps as Silvain's voice quietened down, he really learned how to work his way around technology this past month when we had to keep our magical signature low. He especially took a liking to googling things on that smart phone of his, probably spent all his free time streaming porn, the pervert.

The door opened slightly and a pair of familiar brown eyes peered down at me, granted everything surrounding the brown eyes were unfamiliar and masculine, but I found familiarity in the woman at his side, the shape of her face, the skin tone, the nose.

"Can…can we help you with something young lady?"

I snapped up, realising that I was standing on their doorstep staring at them for the past few moments. "Yes Dr Granger. Is Mi upstairs in her room?"

"Mi…?"

"Mum! Dad! What did I say about opening the door without-"

I pushed past Dr Granger as he turned to the sound of his daughter's voice and walked into the foyer, Mi was halfway down the stairs with her wand raised, a vicious look on her face which fell the instant she clapped eyes on me. She pattered down the steps, wand lowered and face in complete shock,

"Ky! Godric! What's wrong! Is everything OK! Is it Harry! Is it-"

My nose flared at the sound of his name and I shook my head, the tears that were threatening to spill the whole ride here falling down my face and her chocolate eyes widened.

She pulled me to her and I hugged her back, her fingers soothingly rubbing my back. "Please come inside. Mum, dad, this is Ky. And this is Ky's…"

"Cousins." Chipped in Silvaine, who always took care of minor details such as that.

"Pleasure to meet you Dr Granger. Dr Granger." I heard Vez greet them both, "I apologize for the time, and the fact that we are indeed unannounced. We won't impose any longer. Ky, we should go."

"Nonsense. Ky and her family are more than welcome in our home. Please, we insist you stay; it's much too late to travel. Jean darling, won't you go and make up the spare rooms."

"No, no that's not necessary Dr Granger, thank you for the hospitality. If it's OK with you, my brother, sister and I would remain in the lounge area until Ky is done."

"Ky will be staying the night." I turned away from Mi's shoulder, catching a glimpse of Mrs Granger's no-nonsense face. So that's where she gets it from. "So if you and your siblings can follow me, I will show you to your rooms."

Vez looked like he wanted to say something else but he kept his mouth shut and in a thin line, tossing me a glance on his way up the stairs. Mi pulled me and I followed her, not seeing much of the house through my clouded eyes. She pulled me into a room and switched the light on.

It was bright; light browns upon soft feminine colours that I couldn't name. I walked and tossed myself on the soft grey bed which was upset, considering Mi must have been sleeping in it minutes ago. I took in the cream wallpaper covered on one side by a large book shelf and the other by a large vanity. Everything was extremely neat. I saw my face gleaming down from the frame on her bedside drawer, and another one where I was pinned to the side of the head of jet black as the four of us tried to fit into that one armchair in the common room. I turned away from that, afraid if I looked any longer I would make Mi's frame explode.

The bed shifted and I could hear her breathing next to me, both of us staring up at the ceiling.

"What happened?"

Before she could answer there was a knock on the door, the door opened and Mrs Granger walked in with an assortment of bags and boxes in her hands. "These are for you darlings." She laid it down on the edge of the bed, I could make out Oreos and a Cadburry bar.

"Mum, these aren't-"

"I know they aren't sugar free sweetheart, but I don't think this is a time for sugar free treats." She smiled at us both and closed the door behind her.

"I didn't even know we had normal treats in our house." Mi lay back down, "Nobody is hurt." It was a statement, if someone was hurt I would tell her the moment I walked in. Even Mrs Granger can see that it was boy drama. "What happened with you and Harry?"

"Harry cheated on me."

She was silent for a moment, "Proof?"

"I saw a photo of him kissing another girl. And he admitted to it."

More silence. "I…don't know what to say. I was prepared for death eater attack or Palbei and actually I was expecting to hear about how you two…you know I figured since…"

"I was going to; we were going to, today."

"And then he confessed?"

"That's just it. He didn't, I found the photo and then he admitted to it after I confronted him. He would have just gone on with the whole thing without me knowing the truth."

"I can't believe that from Harry. Ky, maybe it's…" She stopped, I could tell she wanted to defend him, actually what she really wanted to do was interrogate him herself, but I had visual proof and a confession, not even Hermione Jean Granger can disprove that. "You know what, I'm not going to make any excuses for his behaviour, it was inexcusable. Irrelevant if he is going through a lot with Sirius…not being around anymore, it's still not right. I'm so sorry Ky."

I remained silent, the usual 'It's OK' not leaving my lips. Because it wasn't. It wasn't OK. This wasn't even an option that I thought existed, not because I was so sure of myself but because I was so sure of Harry. Sure of his love for me. Sure of his care. And most importantly sure of his friendship and respect.

I heard the cracking of a packet and I turned, an oreo floating in my face from Mi's extended hand, "You know I really missed you. How was your holiday?"

I sat up, grabbing the cookie and the change of topic with zest, "Well, the first week…"

I sat up, breathing heavily as if I had run a mile. I looked around, my surroundings becoming more familiar with each blink of the eye. Images of intertwined figures in photo booths being chased away by the bright day.

"You're awake." Mi walked in, towel in her left hand as she rubbed it against her wet hair. "I was just about to wake you up but then I remembered you're not late for first period and I stopped myself. Old habits die hard."

I nodded, jumping out of bed, taking in her room with fresh, dry eyes. "No posters?"

"I don't like the imprints they leave on the wall when you take it out."

"Planning to go somewhere?"

She glanced to where I was looking, at a neatly packed travel bag just outside her cupboard, "The Burrow…"

Shit, we were all going to the Burrow, weren't we?

"But I was thinking, maybe we could stay at my house for a bit longer. My parents would like it, they're very excited that you are here and I guess-"

"It's OK Mi." I wouldn't duck my head down and be ashamed; I had done absolutely nothing wrong. I was done. Done with the tears, done with the doubt and done with feeling crap. No matter how much I wanted to be wrong, the fact is that Harry cheated on me. He kissed another girl. Fuck, he did more than that didn't he…he went on a date with her…and the memory of that date was special enough for him to sleep with the evidence under his pillow. Mi's room was getting blurry and I walked to the window, my lacrimal ducts didn't seem to get the no-more-tears notice just yet.

"I'll do whatever you're comfortable with Ky. You know that…"

I forced a smile, "I know that." I cleared my throat, turning from the window, "Someone has been getting a lot of letters."

She looked to the desk near the window, where her mail was neatly piled on, "Ron mostly, considering you couldn't write and of course Harr…" She stopped, looking as if she said Voldemort's name.

"I don't recognise this writing."

She stood up quickly, jumping at the chance to change the subject, "That's Terry Boot's writing. He wrote me a few times." When I smiled at her she rolled her eyes, "He wanted help with that Ancient Runes essay and we discussed that Arithmancy assignment-"

"Sure…" I said, unconvinced.

"He's just a friend Ky."

I lifted my hands up in a non-judgmental gesture, "I didn't say anything."

"Your face says a lot."

"Oh you don't want to know what your face is saying now!" I laughed and walked to the door.

"What is my face saying?" She ran after me, in true Mi fashion stopping and checking in the mirror just to double check, "My face is not saying anything Ky!"

"I beg to differ." We turned on the landing to see Silvain walk out of the room on our right, a smile showcasing his perfect teeth.

Mi scowled at him, "And what pray tell Saber, does my face say?"

He glanced at me with a cocked eyebrow, "Heading down for breakfast?"

I nodded and she gasped as he ignored her, "You guys are just doing this to rattle my nerves."

We entered the kitchen just about the same time that Selina walked through the back door, "Hey Granger, that guy next door, he isn't your boyfriend right?"

Mi turned to her in confusion, "'Guy' next door, there is no 'guy' next door."

Selina smiled, "There is definitely a guy next door."

Mi frowned, "The only 'guy' next door is Reverend Kippling and he's married."

She laughed, taking the seat opposite me and dishing out some eggs, "That explained the white collar."

Mi turned to me aghast and I shrugged, used to Selina's behaviour having been exposed to a month of it. "Parents at the surgery?"

"Yes, but they'll be back in a few hours to take me…well to the Burrow."

I sighed, "Mi, it's OK. I'll be fine. We're heading to another Safe House before we go the Burrow. Not sure why we have to anyway."

"Like I explained about a hundred times, your grandfather will be placing the anti-palbei wards on both the Burrow and Hogwarts this week, until then we use the Safe Houses." Vez walked in, perfectly dressed as always.

"If they weren't any anti-palbei wards on The Burrow and Hogwarts all this time, how come they didn't attack?"

He glanced at Mi, leaning against the door frame, "That's thanks to Linus, Len and Lupin. They must be giving them a hard time, the only Palbei they could spare were heading straight after Ky. That's why we have to wait for those wards to be up before you enter the headquarters and school."

"I don't know why they're still after Ky, she has this tonic for her visions, she'll be of no use to them now."

"Wow, thanks Mi."

She rolled her eyes in a 'you-know-what-I-mean' fashion.

"The tonic just subdues her Ability for twenty four hours, if she doesn't have a daily dose, she will be susceptible to visions again. They don't know that she is 'blind' so to speak, at present, but if they capture her, she'll be able to 'see' again after a day, and in that day they will work on breaking her so they can make her into whatever they want her to be."

"Are they really that powerful?" Mi stared at Vez but his face remained blank.

"It's mostly just their quantities that's discerning. They're not complete Palbei so-"

"They're not as kick ass as Vez."

He rolled his eyes at what Selina had said. His relationship with the younger members of his family had grown quite a bit, but he still never visited his mother. I didn't want to suggest it, knowing if I did that it might come out as an instruction and that's the last thing I wanted, to force him to go and see her…

"Anyway, they're nothing that we can't handle for now. So you don't have to worry. Even though Ky is a target we won't let anything happen to your family."

"Oh." Mi blushed, "I wasn't worried. I'm used to having trouble-magnetic friends." She stopped smiling knowing who that statement must have reminded me of. "Anyway," She continued, determination at changing the subject evident on her face, "Thanks so much for finding that root for Ky. It helps matters so much; Godric knows what those visions were doing to her body."

He nodded, Silvain stood up abruptly and Vez turned to him, "It's just Mrs Granger." He turned to Mi, "We put up a few wards around your house, I hope that's OK."

Mi smiled, "Of course it is, actually…if you don't mind just leaving them on…I mean."

"Of course. We merely reinstated the old ones we had up; they needed a bit of strengthening."

Mi frowned, "Old ones?"

"You think I will get myself a personal protection unit and not make sure your house is safe? Vez put up wards just before we left for France." She looked at me with a moment of wide eyed wonder and let her spoon fall into her cereal as she hugged me and I rolled my eyes.

I heard a feminine laugh and we looked to the door, Mrs Granger just walked in, a smile plastered on her face as Mi hugged me. Silvain quickly went to help her with the grocery bags; the boy was good at playing gentleman. She continued smiling as Mi let go of me, sitting back down on her seat and quizzing me about Western Indonesian Runes.

By the time Dr Granger came back from the Dental Surgery he shared with his wife, it was almost noon and time for Mi to leave for the Burrow. We ate the lunch that Mrs Granger prepared, roast chicken and potatoes. I hugged Mi.

"Two hugs in one day, it's a wonder my arms don't fall off."

I laughed, "These stupid affectionate nuances will fall away once we start seeing each other every day again. Which should be in a few days."

"You sure you don't want any leftovers, it's just going to go to waste?" Mrs Granger asked us one last time.

We all shook our heads; I hugged both the Grangers' and thanked them for their hospitality, winking at Mi as we headed out the door.

Selina held out her hand and I grabbed it and with a twirl oh her cloak and a twist of my tummy, we were gone.

A/N: Please review! I love to know what your thoughts are…

Kalina