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Only Time Will Tell	By : dracolover1 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Remus/Hermione Views: 9595 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Chapter 2

True to her word, Hermione owled Remus the next morning letting him know she was okay and that she would be visiting them after she got off work. She spent the first part of her day at work re-shelving books instead of her normal position in the front of the store interacting with the customers. Even though she didn't want to admit it, the whole incident with Ron shook her, it shook her to her core. How long had he been cheating on her? Was Pansy the first, or were there many more?

'How could I be so stupid?' she thought, violently shoving a book back in its place.

“What did that book ever do to you?” said a familiar voice.

Turning, she saw her best friend and savior of the Wizarding world. Harry Potter.

“Hey Harry,” she said, “What are you doing here?”

“Um, Mione, it's Monday. Lunch? Remember?” he asked.

“Oh, right. Lunch.” she replied. After the war, Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny decided that in order to remain close they would all have lunch together once a week. They chose Monday because that seemed to be the only day that their schedules permitted.

“Don't worry, Ron won't be there. I honestly don't think he'll be showing his face for a while.” he said slightly laughing.

“Why, what happened?” Hermione asked turning to retrieve her purse.

“Er, well, I didn't see all of it but I'm pretty sure the Twins had something to do with it. Well, I'm sure you know that everyone heard of the 'little itching problem' you hexed him with, right? Well, lets just say that they might have amplified it a tiny bit.” Harry replied as they reached the front door.

“I didn't want anyone to do anything. That wasn't my intention. I just want all of this to be over honestly. Where are we going today?” she asked, desperate to change the subject.

“Well Gin wanted some Muggle food so I figured we would walk around Muggle London for a while until we found something. And don't give me that 'I only have an hour for lunch' mess, Ginny already told me that you requested half a day off today.” Harry smirked leading Hermione towards Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes to collect Ginny.

After collecting Ginny, the trio made their way to The Leaky Cauldron and then into Muggle London. After walking around for 30 minutes, they agreed on a small cafe where their favorite Muggle foods were served. They found a table for three near the back of the cafe and placed their orders. Ginny, ordered a cold turkey club, Hermione ordered a salad because she wasn't all that hungry, and Harry ordered Cottage Pie.

“Oh, Ginny,” Hermione began after a few minutes of silence, “it's a full moon this Thursday and we promised Remus we would keep Teddy for him since Sirius won't be there.”

“Okay, I almost forgot. Thanks for the reminder.” Ginny replied sounding a little snappish that went completely unnoticed by Harry, but not Hermione.

“Why won't Sirius be there Mione?” Harry asked.

Laughing Hermione replied, “Oh, he has a date with some Muggle girl he met the other day.” Hermione chanced a look in Ginny's direction and to her delight the redhead was furious but was trying to hide it. Though her face seemed relaxed, Hermione could see that her eyebrows were slightly furrowed in her effort to keep her emotions at bay. Hermione knew of Ginny's crush on Sirius just as Ginny knew of her's on Remus, but because they both have boyfriends (well not Hermione anymore), they never did anything about them. Also, the girls feared that the two Marauders wouldn't see them as women but as children. Hermione chuckled earning herself a glare from Ginny, and this small exchange went completely unnoticed by Harry. The trio finished their lunch and chatted on their plans for the week before returning to Diagon Alley. Hermione decided to visit the twins since she did have the rest of the day off. After spending about an hour listening to the twins and Ginny talk about ways they could make Ron pay for cheating on Hermione, she decided she would go to see Teddy and Remus. Waving goodbye to the Weasleys, she made her way to the fireplace and flooed to Grimmauld Place.

Stumbling out of the fireplace, Hermione noticed that the living area was quieter than usual, she called out.

“Remus? Sirius?” No one answered. She made her way out of the living area into the hallway that lead to the kitchen stairs, she knew someone had to be down there. Skipping the trick step she heard the voices of Sirius and Remus. They seemed to be deep in discussion about something. Taking a seat on one of the steps, she decided to listen before making herself known. She knew it was wrong to eavesdrop, but she couldn't help herself.

“Calm down Moony, they'll be leaving soon. Remember she said she had just broken up with her boyfriend?” she heard Sirius say.

She heard Remus sigh, “Yes, but if I'm correct, this isn't the first time they've broken up. Maybe it's not the last. Maybe they're going to get back together and then she'll never go back.”

“Do you remember why she said they broke up?” Sirius countered trying to get his friend to see that he was right. “If I recall, she said 'My last boyfriend cheated on me. I broke it off and a few weeks later I found myself here.' Now I'm pretty sure that's exactly what she said. Correct me if I'm wrong.”

“No you're right, that's what she said. I guess I'll just have to tough it out and wait. What would I do without you Padfoot?” Remus said chuckling.

“I don't know, probably wallow in self pity all the time.” Sirius replied with a slight laugh.

“Aunt Myme?” she heard Teddy ask Remus.

“She should be here soon Teddy. Let's wait a few minutes.” she heard Remus reply.

Hermione took this as her opportunity to make herself known. She quietly made her way back to the top of the stairs so they wouldn't know that she was listening to their conversation. Pushing all of her questions to the back of her mind she called out once more, “Remus? Sirius? Is anyone here?” as she made her way back down the stairs into the kitchen. As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she heard Sirius chuckling as Teddy called out “Aunt Myme!!!!”

Later that night found Hermione back at her flat, curled up on her couch pretending to read a book. She had been sitting there for at least an hour trying to focus on the word in front of her but she couldn't. Her mind kept drifting back to the conversation she heard Sirius and Remus having back at Grimmauld Place. Finally giving up on reading the book, she let her mind be consumed with her earlier questions. Who were they talking about? They couldn't have been talking about me, but then, who just found out that their boyfriend was cheating on her. What did Remus mean when he said 'She'll never go back'? Go back where? She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't realize that someone had entered her flat until they tapped her on her shoulder.

“GINNY!!!!!!! don't do that,” she shouted. “It's not funny.” she finished noticing that the redhead was doubled over laughing.

“It's not my fault you can't turn that brain of yours off,” she said in between laughs. “What's got you so deep in thought Miss Mione? Have a good time with Remus?” Ginny said with a sing-song voice once her laughter subsided.

“No,” Hermione said sticking her tongue out at her best friend. “If you must know I overheard him and Sirius talking. No I'm not going to repeat it because I don't even understand it myself.”

“Well fine. You keep your secret and I'll keep mine.” Ginny said walking towards the kitchen, knowing Hermione would take the bait. Of course, she wasn't disappointed. Before she made it two steps away, Hermione had grabbed her arm and was dragging her backwards to the couch.

“No, Ginevra Weasley. You will tell me whatever it is you're supposed to tell me right this minute.” Hermione said in the best teacher voice she could muster.

“Well, Harry and I finally ended things. Actually, Harry ended things,” she said with a small laugh. “He said that he was tired of the fighting and he knew that I was too. I said that I was also tired of the fighting and that I was unhappy and he said that he was unhappy also. So we ended it.”

“Aww, Gin. I'm sorry.” Hermione said as she hugged her friend trying to comfort her.

“No, I'm okay. Honest. We both wanted it. It didn't make sense to stay in a relationship that neither person wanted to be in. At least now we can both be happy.” she said leaning into Hermione's hug. They stayed there for a few minutes before Ginny was struck with an idea.

“You know what,” she started sitting up and facing Hermione, “I think we need to have a Girls Night Out. I mean one full with bars and drinks, the whole shebang. We could even go Muggle this time.”

Hermione could tell Ginny really wanted, maybe needed, this. So she gave in.

“Alright. Only one condition.” Hermione said as the redhead threw her arms around her and drew her into a tight hug.

“Anything you want Mione,” she said with a smile.

“I get to pick the places,” Hermione said with a smirk. If Ginny wanted to go drinking, they would go drinking.

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Three days later found Hermione and Ginny getting ready for Teddy to come over because of the full moon. They'd sent an owl to Sirius making sure that he would be home Friday night so that they could go out. After receiving the affirmative, they went ahead making their plans while getting ready for Teddy. Since they only had a two-bedroom flat, they would transfigure the living area into a place all three could be in when ever Teddy came over.

Transfiguring the couch into a cot big enough for Teddy, Ginny asked Hermione, “So what do you plan on wearing Friday night?”

“Oh, I don't know yet,” Hermione began while moving the side tables out of they way before summoning two cots for herself and Ginny, “I was thinking about that blue dress I have-”

“NO, not the one you wore to the Ministry's party after Voldemort was killed?” she asked sighing heavily when Hermione nodded. “Mione, I'm sorry to tell you this but that dress was hideous. I mean it did nothing for your shape. It made you look like a, well I don't know what it made you look like but it wasn't flattering. I'll find you something in my closet.” Ginny said before summoning Teddy's toys from the hall closet. “Oh by the way, you never told me that conversation you overheard between Sirius and Remus. Don't think I forgot.” Ginny said before Hermione could object to her finding an outfit for Hermione.

“You forget anything? I wouldn't imagine it.” Hermione sarcastically said as the room glowed an emerald green.

“Imagine what?” they heard Sirius say as he stepped from the fireplace. He looked at the two ladies in front of him, but his eyes lingered on Ginny. She was wearing her weekend sweats and had her hair pulled back into a loose ponytail and she didn't have on any makeup, but she looked perfect to him. Realizing that he was staring, he held over the sleeping toddler to Hermione. “'Fraid he won't be much fun today ladies. He hasn't been feeling to well today,” he said as he ruffled the toddlers hair softly. “Can't figure out what's wrong with him. He was fine yesterday but when Remus brought him down this morning, he just didn't seem right. His hair isn't its normal shade of blue. See.” he said as he gently pulled a lock of Teddy's hair to show them. “I'm hoping it's just a little bug. I hate seeing the little guy sick.” He watched as Hermione handed Teddy over to Ginny so she could put him into his cot.

“So Sirius, are you sure you'll be home to watch Teddy tomorrow night?” Hermione asked.

“I told you I would be. Can't have Moony watching after a toddler while he's trying to recover, can we?” he said with a wink. “Anyway, what are you two doing that's so important?”

“We are going out. You see, since both of us are newly single, we can't just sit in the house all day now can we?” Ginny said returning from putting Teddy down.

“Both? Single?” Sirius spluttered with a weird look on his face.

“Yeah, Harry and I split up a few days ago. I thought he would have told you by now. Whats wrong Black? Why are you looking at me like that?” Ginny asked.

“Like what? Well look at the time. Seems it's time for me to go now. Bye.” he said nearly running to the fireplace, and once again the girls ware bathed in emerald.

“What just happened?” they asked each other. Shrugging their shoulders, they walked over to their cots. Since Teddy wasn't feeling well it looked like they were going to have a quiet night in. Flipping off the lights and popping in a movie, neither girl noticed the hooded figure standing in the semi-dark street watching the goings on in their apartment.

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Hi all, so there's the 2^nd chapter to our story. Please review, it will help me out a lot. Please let me know if the story is any good, anything I should fix/add. Anything, I take criticism very well. Thanks for reading =)
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