Forever and Always - Dramione/Blinny Veela Sequel

Ch. 14

It was difficult for Hermione to focus on her work that next Monday. All she wanted to do was to go back to Bora Bora and lounge on the beach, not worrying about Death Eaters trying to kill her.

Harry was now permanently stationed in her office, set up in the corner with a small desk he had conjured up so that he could still do work. Ron was also watching Ginny throughout the day at her practices along with a few extra Aurors who surrounded the practice stadium. Ginny wasn't entirely happy with the situation, but seemed to accept it after a bit of convincing from Blaise.

Hermione set her papers down with a sigh and put her head in her hands, taking deep breaths and trying to get the current situation off her mind. She heard Harry pause in his rifling through papers and after a few quiet moments he asked, "Everything alright, 'Mione?"

"Is this what it was like all those years in school?" She asked quietly into her hands. "Afraid to turn a corner in case someone was lurking around it waiting to kill you? The anticipation before the possible fallout?"

When he didn't answer, she pulled her head up to see him watching her with sad eyes. He set his papers down as well and stood up, moving to one of the chairs in front of her desk.

"It's similar, yes," He started quietly. "Never knowing when they're going to be around that corner."

He sighed then and ran a hand through his ruffled hair as he looked down at her desk. "I suppose I know what you felt like back then too now; constantly worrying about whether or not I was going to be killed."

She gave him a weak smile and nodded. "I suppose so."

"Everything's going to be alright, 'Mione," Harry reassured her. "We've got everything scheduled for tomorrow and if we're right and there is a Taboo, we'll be able to take care of them quickly when we set it off."

"That's only if there is a Taboo and if all of the Death Eaters show up," She argued, leaning back in her chair. "Harry, I'm not sure if this is a good idea anymore."

"It was your idea, of course it's a good idea," Harry insisted. "You always come up with good ideas."

"Why do my good ideas always seem to involve people possibly getting hurt or even killed?" She sighed unhappily. "Why can't we just have a normal year?"

He cracked a smile. "It's almost like we never left Hogwarts."

Hermione laughed quietly. "At least then we knew exactly who was after you. We only have a general idea. There could be an entire group of them, or only the two sets of siblings after Ginny and I."

"Well, hopefully tomorrow we can figure out exactly who all is after you," He sighed.

"Thank you for convincing Kingsley and Daniels to do this, by the way," Hermione said.

Harry shrugged. "It's no problem at all. They didn't really take as much convincing as we thought, thankfully. Catching Death Eaters is kind of what brought everyone on board."

"Still, there was always the possibility that they weren't going to agree to it," She said, gesturing towards nothing. "Your department head isn't exactly the most cooperative to work with."

"I know, but once we mentioned that you two girls weren't actually going to be there, they were alright with it. Plus, I'm pretty sure they want to get this all cleared up before there are any attacks at the Ministry like there were when we were at the shop," Harry said.

"I'm surprised there hasn't been an attack at the Ministry yet, besides my little parchment incident," Hermione frowned. "That's a little odd, don't you think?"