Her destination that morning was Hogsmeade again. All of her thinking she'd done when she couldn't sleep the night before highlighted a major flaw in her plans. Knocking on Ron's kitchen door once more, she hoped that they might be able to work it out. For the first time since she started dropping by his house unexpectedly, it was Romilda who opened the door and not Ron. Hermione had never liked the witch, especially not when they were in Hogwarts together. The feeling was mutual.