Aftermath
((December 20th...following these threads http://community.livejournal.com/_levicorpus_/304054.html and http://community.livejournal.com/_levicorpus_/304202.html ....Open to the Burrow crowd.))
Hermione cut through the Weasley's kitchen and out into the garden. She caught her breath as her eyes adjusted. The little puffs of fog in the cold night air told her she really ought to exercise more. She quietly moved towards the figures she could see. She heard voices but couldn't quite make out the words. At length she recognized first Ginny, then Charlie and the American. Anxiously her eyes searched for Malfoy, but he'd either gotten away or....either way she doubted her friend's evening had ended ideally.
Hermione set her jaw, slipped her hand in her pocket to close reassuringly around her wand, and walked boldly towards the group. She wasn't sure if she wanted to start berating Charlie or apologizing to Ginny first or if either of those two things were a good idea. Instead she cleared her throat to announce her presence.
"Hello," she said. She meant to sound nonchalant, but it came out merely stiff. "Ginny, Charlie, Professor Andrews."
Hermione cut through the Weasley's kitchen and out into the garden. She caught her breath as her eyes adjusted. The little puffs of fog in the cold night air told her she really ought to exercise more. She quietly moved towards the figures she could see. She heard voices but couldn't quite make out the words. At length she recognized first Ginny, then Charlie and the American. Anxiously her eyes searched for Malfoy, but he'd either gotten away or....either way she doubted her friend's evening had ended ideally.
Hermione set her jaw, slipped her hand in her pocket to close reassuringly around her wand, and walked boldly towards the group. She wasn't sure if she wanted to start berating Charlie or apologizing to Ginny first or if either of those two things were a good idea. Instead she cleared her throat to announce her presence.
"Hello," she said. She meant to sound nonchalant, but it came out merely stiff. "Ginny, Charlie, Professor Andrews."