., a friendly face in all this madness. Hermiones eyes began to glaze over with tears as she looked at Dean with deep sympathy. I know how you feel D...an, said Hermione softly as she began to stroke Deans dark, short, densely curled hair, Luckily Ive had Harry here always with me, if we had Ron t….. Hermione stopped as the mention of Ron caused her even more sadness. For a while, the two of them sat in silence as they stroked each others hands. Ive too missed a friendly face Dean, Hermione said. I wasn'texpected to wear those, surely?"Honey, another lesson. When did you last clean your shoes? Apart from awipe over with a cloth to remove the dust, you have not cleaned them forweeks. You seem to think it is acceptable to go out in dirty scuffedshoes, but from now on it is not. Put your new shoes on, darling."I sat on the edge of the bed, and lifted one foot over the other knee."No, Peter, you are not thinking again, stand up again."I stood, and was told to go over to the mirror."Turn. He was starting to giggle in the car, so many things going through hismind as he drove the twenty minute journey from work, images of him andJess flooding his consciousness. At one point he nearly lost itcompletely, but he pulled himself together as he neared his house.He went inside and was so caught up in the phone call and the thought ofeveryone knowing that he was Pippa and not only apparently not beingoverly bothered, but actually expressing a preference for the femininepersona, that he. "Hmmm, the floor needs a good sweeping." She smiled and found a broom in the closet. She rubbed the potion onto the broom handle and dropped it.While looking at the broom she pointed and said "Sweep this filthy floor".The broom stood itself up and startled her as it began to sweep."Oh fuck yes, this is awesome!!" She exclaimed as she thought about other items she could try."Hmmm, I wonder..." she looked around and found her black dancing shoes in her closet. She grabbed the shoes and put a drop.