Lee and Sarah had been dear friends. Or, as close to friends as she was sure she would ever have again. Because of who she was and what she had done in the past, there would always be the slightest barrier between them for their own protection. None of them could afford to get too close to the other side. But, they had done a great deal to ensure that she didn't always feel like she was a bug just waiting to be squashed under a giant shoe. They tried to make her a part of their family in the very limited way they could. She appreciated the effort, as misguided as it was. If they were smarter, they would throw her out the front door and demand that she stay as far away from their girls as physically possible. The traits that existed in them to make them such sweet, friendly people were detrimental when it came to people like Hermione. There was a time in her life, and it hadn't been that long ago, that she would have exploited them for everything they were. Sometimes positive personality traits and characteristics were weaknesses.