Sinners and Saints

Part 24

Fred's p.o.v.

Fred was working late at the shop, just as he was finishing stocking one of the shelves that had sold out earlier that day, a patronus he recognised well came into the room. Confused at why George hadn't just come down and told him whatever was about to come from the patronus, he was expecting his brother's voice, not the voice of his smart and beautiful girlfriend. He jumped, becoming even more confused than before. He listened to the voice and the explanation of the change of her patronuses shape and he thought about how he missed her and hadn't seen her in ages. Yes they had two way mirrors, but it wasn't the same. After the newest magpie had faded, he went upstairs to tell George, thinking about the next time he would get to see Hermione.

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Hermione's p.o.v. 

A knock at the portrait made Hermione jump, she hadn't realised she'd dosed off while waiting for her friends to arrive. Looking around the common room with blurry eyes she noticed the lack of Harry and Draco.

"They probably went to Draco's room for some privacy." She mumbled to herself as she got up.

When she reached the door, she found Luna smiling back at her.

"Hello Hermione." She said.

"Hi Luna, come in." Hermione responded, opening the portrait wider to let the girl in.

The two sat down and caught up while waiting for the others who were characteristically late. Hermione really loved Luna like a sister, although the two didn't spend much time together when they did it felt like no time had passed, plus Luna was the most interesting to talk to, in Hermione's opinion she was the one who could intellectually challenge her the most. A second knock signalled the arrival of more people.

"Harry, Draco, people are here!" Hermione called up the stairs. She wasn't sure if anyone else knew about their secret relationship so she thought it best to get them down while Luna was in the bathroom and everyone else was outside.

The two thumped down the stairs and sprawled themselves out on opposite sofas, clearly indicating that whatever was going on between them was going to stay a secret, they were quickly followed by Luna, who was humming a tune to herself and took a seat next to Draco. A third knock indicated that whoever was behind that door was growing impatient so Hermione went to answer it.

"God Hermione, you ask us to come over and then don't let us in, I don't understand you sometimes." Ginny said with a grin on her face.

She was closely followed by Blaise and Theo who both gave Hermione a hug before coming into the common room. Hermione and Blaise had been bumping into each other in the library every now and then and studying together, the two of them began to realise that they were more alike and they had recently gotten closer. However with the arrival of Ginny, Blaise and Theo it highlighted the lack of Ron and Pansy, again. Everyone got settled again and started chatting.

Hermione noticed that Luna and Theo had gravitated towards each other, she was engaged in conversation with Harry and Blaise, they were talking about Quidditch and as much she enjoyed theorising about matches she was more interested in watching what was playing out in front of her.

Theo's p.o.v. 

Theo had sat down next to Luna when they came in and the two started to talk.

"So Luna, how are you?" Theo started, covering the basics.

"I'm alright thank you Theodore, I spent the day with the thestrals in the Forbidden Forest, beautiful creatures they are." Luna responded with a light hearted air.