Sinners and Saints

Part 8

Hermione's p.o.v.

A few days later Hermione was walking along to one of her sessions with McGonagall when she overheard a conversation between her two best friends.

"I'm so sorry Gin, but I'm just not feeling true to myself anymore and I really can't keep pretending. I do love you but more like a sister..."

Hermione almost gasped, but she didn't want to give away her hiding spot.

"I don't know what to say I just didn't expect it, but if I'm being completely honest I do as well, I think we were just hoping that if we kept on pretending everything else would have gone away. But I understand and the love I hold for you I am just realising is also very much the same as I hold for Ron or Bill or one of my many other brothers." Ginny replied, with a sad chuckle.

This had Hermione lost for words, which was a rarity.

Hermione rounded the corner as if she was just coming to this conversation. Ginny and Harry looked up at her and she startled as if she hadn't noticed them.

"Oh, sorry" she said "I'm just heading off to see McGonagall... are you two alright?" She asked as if she didn't already know what had just happened between the two.

Harry and Ginny exchanged looks and Ginny said "Yeah I think we are, more than ever, actually."

Hermione was confused, from what she heard it sounded bad but she didn't want them to know she had been listening.

"Okay then, I'll see you later." She said with a smile.

"Yeah we'll see you at dinner." Harry replied.

She gave her friends a hug and walked off down the corridor, deciding to keep to herself what she had heard.

Hermione felt tears brewing in her eyes, seeing Ginny and Harry alone together, even if they breaking up as she suspected, made her realise just how much she was missing Fred, and there it was, in that moment it clicked and Hermione realised that she loved him, she was in love with Fred Weasley.

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Sitting in the front room of Andromeda's house, Teddy was gurgling happily in Hermione's arms. He grabbed a handful of her hair and was sucking on her fingers, she could feel some teeth coming through, Hermione made a metal note to tell Andromeda.

She sighed, thinking about all the things going on in her life. After being promised a peaceful year at Hogwarts, it still wasn't. Not to the severity it had been before, but still pretty hectic. Looking down at her godson, she smiled. Something so innocent in such a mixed up world.

"What am I going to do Teddy? Hmm?" she said, voicing her problems. With Harry, Draco and Ginny in the kitchen with Andromeda, Teddy was the only one she had to talk to for the time being.

"How am I going to tell Fred how I feel if I never see him?" she questioned.

"Everything feels like it's falling apart without him, Harry and Ginny broke up, something strange is happening with Draco, I mean I'm calling him Draco for god sake. I just need some kind of sign that I am doing things right." She finished letting out another sigh.

"But it's not like you can talk to me can you, not yet anyway."

Teddy looked up at her with his big eyes that matched hers, smiled his happy smile and surprised the hell out of Hermione and Harry, who had just walked into the room.

"Mia"

One word. One word that changed Hermione's life.

With a laugh she got up, holding Teddy above her head, and swung him around.