Time and Time Again

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Dear Mum,

At the beginning of all of this, I swore not to interfere whatsoever in Harry's and Hermione's relationship. But now, desperate times call for desperate measures. This upcoming Easter holiday, Hermione is planning to go across the pond to sit for that ruddy interview. She hasn't said a word about it to Harry and she's most likely not going to. You and I both know they love each other and that's why I need you to tell Harry to pick her up at the train station when she gets there or else she'll leave for the airport with her parents immediately.

Your favorite child, Ginevra.

Molly read the letter over and over again as she considered her daughter's actions. It was certainly meddlesome, nosey, and a bunch of other unflattering adjectives, but her heart was in the right place. She wasn't asking a lot, Molly knew, but it still felt wrong to interfere. Hermione was due home tomorrow and the matron had to make a choice quickly.

Deciding to sleep on it, the woman headed up to her bedroom and tucked herself next to her husband and sighed as he rolled in his sleep to cuddle her. Harry seemed much better than the last time he met with Hermione before she talked with him but she could tell he wasn't at all accepting of the fact that the girl was still going to New York.

She remembered her advice to him to let her go and knew that interfering now would see her completely disregard her own advice but, then again, Harry hadn't told Hermione how he felt about her and the girl hadn't done the same. Molly was a firm proponent of honesty and clearing the air whenever trouble arose and she knew that a lot of the air needed to be cleared between her boy and the love of his life. With that in mind, Molly fell asleep peacefully for the night.

When the next morning came, she was seated at the kitchen table just after eleven o'clock when Harry came bounding down the stairs, looking as excited as ever. She smiled warmly at him and decided to go through with Ginny's plan.

"Harry, dear, don't you want to pick Hermione up at King's Cross?" The matron asked conversationally, sipping her tea lightly afterwards.

"Oh, no, her parents always pick her up. I think she should spend time with them before I go there and take up too much of it."

Blast, the boy was too considerate for his own good. Molly had to figure out how to get him out of the house quickly. Time was ticking away. He came to sit in front of her and happily dug into his breakfast.

"Still, I think you should surprise her," Molly stared at him gently when he looked up in surprise, "you're her best friend and I think she'd be ecstatic to see you."

"I don't want to impose on her, it's not like she's going anywhere this week," he bashfully told her.

If only he knew. Molly didn't want to tell him because the news would only drive him further away from Hermione when it eventually got out that she purposely withheld that bit of information from him. No, she had to get him to go see the girl without further causing a rift.

"I know you miss her, Harry, and I know she misses you too. Would it hurt to just pop in and say hello?" She continued to pressure him lightly.

He seemed contemplative for a second and the woman became worried that he was onto her plans or was suspicious of her. When he shook his head with a smile, her relief was palpable but she recovered gracefully.

"You think so, Aunt Molly?" Harry grinned at her but looked shy nonetheless. Her heart lightened at his countenance and she reached across to take his hands.

"I know so, sweetheart. You clearly miss her. It would be nice for you to get out of the house as well."

He seemed content with her answer and began hurriedly devouring his breakfast to the point that she had to chastise him. When he finished his food, he was up the stairs in a hurry to change into something more 'fashionable', as he put it. Once that was done, he was back downstairs before she stopped him from leaving.

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