A Week with Hermione | By : Yerst Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 16876 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter 2
Hermione certainly wasn't joking. Harry's summer was like a dream, and most of
it went by just as quickly. Waking up
every afternoon, Harry and Hermione helped themselves to beef and provolone
sandwiches or tomato soup--whatever they wanted. Since both were generally clean, Mr. and Mrs.
Granger scarcely had a complaint and gladly took them around town after
work. They went to the cinema, but the
horror movies seemed dull compared to their own lives. They went to creameries and split huge Neapolitan
mountains. They walked around malls and
outlet stores, and Harry picked up a few new pairs of pants and shirts. Hermione came back one day with a new sun
dress, some jeans, and summer tank tops.
Harry tried to pay back the Grangers for taking him
everywhere and even buying him movie tickets and clothes. He promised to buy all of Hermione's
wizarding books and accessories at Diagon Alley when the time came for a visit,
but the Grangers wouldn't have any of it.
"You're our guest, Harry," Mrs. Granger would say
with a smile. "You enjoy your
summer, we're getting by just fine."
When Harry's birthday came, the Grangers went all out to
celebrate. They got up that morning of
July and quietly dressed up the house with ribbons in Gryffindor colors. They had ready a large chocolate birthday
cake handsomely decorated and neatly covered with seventeen lit candles. Hermione gently woke up Harry in the family
room while his parents walked in with the cake singing 'Happy Birthday!'
Harry woke up smiling and when asked to make a wish and blow
out the candles, he closed his eyes, wished that the summer could last twice as
long, and blew. Mr. and Mrs. Granger had
to go to work right after the cutting of the cake, but Harry and Hermione
relaxed the rest of the day, and almost got sick of chocolate.
Though Harry had three gifts waiting for him after getting
up (a new winter sweater, a leather wand case, and the three volume se
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"Contemporary Magic Discoveries"--from Hermione), two more came in at
noon.
Errol returned with a gift from the Weasleys (a surprisingly nicely
woven broom cover), and, to Harry's great relief, a slick black owl came with a
bundle and letter from Sirius. Before
even looking at the packet, Harry ripped opened the letter and read it out loud
to Hermione.
Dear Harry,
Dumbledore has sent word that you have arrived safely. I apologize for keeping silent for so long
but I have been busy with a number of risky affairs.n
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style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Please don't worry, I'm keeping safe, and I
want you to keep safe as well. Tell your
keepers thank you for their hospitality and enjoy your birthday. It's not every day that a young man turns
seventeen. Enjoy the gift and relax the
remainder of the summer, you'll have to be sharp when September comes. Love always.
Sirius
With smiles and sighs of relief, the two ripped open the
bundle and found within a thick golden chain complemented by a round golden
pendant with a lion roaring at its center.
A small note attached to it had scrawled on it: "A chain clasp to
complete your father's cloak." Harry
stood there, eyes gleaming. He wished he
could see Sirius again. But that will
have to wait after all this darkness ends.
"Did I ever tell you thank you, Harry?" Hermione had suddenly said.
Startled, Harry looked up at her and with a look of
confusion said, "What? Why?"
"Well," Hermione blushed slightly. "My summers were never this fun. Aside from one or two family vacations, I'm
pretty much stuck at home reading.
That's how I can come back to Hogwarts with all my textbooks completely
read--twice over. I don't really have
any other friends. Before Hogwarts
everyone just thought I was strange and they avoided me. It's been nice to finally make friends. And . . . it's been great to spend this
summer with my best friend."
Harry smiled and blushed in response, and his face grew beet
red when Hermionanedaned over and hugged him.
Hermione pulled back with smiling eyes and helped Harry
reset his glasses on his nose.
"I'm, uh, I'm glad I came too," Harry finally
said. "I'm having a blast."
While the summer was still hot, Harry and Hermione gave the
pool a try. Harry finally picked up some
blue and black swimming trunks at the mall.
With the sun stuck in the center of the sky like a searing yellow chunk
of coal, Harry stood at the edge of the pool waiting for Hermione and the
towels.
Without warning, he felt a pair of slim hands smack against
his back and push him forcefully forward.
A wall of cold water hit him flat, and with a slight sting traveling
through his chest he shivered back into motion and jerked his head out of the
water. He cleared his wild black hair
out of his face, reached for his round glasses at the pool's edge and looked up
at a giggling Hermiwearwearing a red and white stripped bikini.
Harry stopped.
Still laughing, Hermione leaned down and said, "I'm
sorry, Harry. Did you belly flop?"
Harry felt a ring of cold around his stomach, but his face
was warm and a shot of frantic heat coursed up his chest.
"Harry?"
Hermione said, sounding more concerned.
"Harry, are you alright?"
Harry jumped and shook his head. He wasn't staring was he? What if he was? All that .
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