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The Visit - Part One
Lying in bed, Hermione listened to the "Buzz Buzz Beep Beep" of her alarm. She had only gotten about 5 hours of sleep and was feeling a deep resentment toward her beeping and buzzing alarm clock. She turned her head and looked at the clock, the clock read 5:45 am. It was time to get up and get ready to go to the airport. Today she and Harry were going to Bulgaria to visit Victor Krum. Victor and Harry were going to practice Quidditch and Hermione was going because Victor was her boyfriend. She got out of bed and put on her bathrobe, still half asleep and shuffled down the hall to the bathroom.
Hermione washed her face and brushed her teeth. She would come up and shower after breakfast. Feeling more awake, she went down the hallway to the guest room where Harry was sleeping. She knocked on the door and said, "Harry, get up! Time to get ready to go!" She waited a minute and heard a loud thump. "Harry? Are you ok? What are you doing?" "Yeah. Just fell off the bed. Sorry, I'm coming." Hermione was in the kitchen asking her mom for some eggs when Harry appeared. He looked just as tired as Hermione. "Morning Dear" said Hermione's mother Alice "Morning." Hermione echoed "Good Morning." Harry tried to say around a big yawn. "Sit down both of you. I will make us some eggs," Alice said, "Hermione go up and ask you father what he would like please." "Sure Mom." Alice turned to the stove and soon the kitchen was filled with the smell of cooking eggs and frying bacon. "So Harry, did you sleep well?" Alice asked "I slept ok. I was really too excited to sleep." "Me too," said Hermione who had just entered the kitchen, "Dad said he wants whatever we are having" "Ok. Eggs and bacon for all then." Her mother replied. Robert, Hermione's dad, came into the kitchen just as Alice was putting the eggs and bacon onto the table. "Good morning everyone. Excited about going on a plane for the first time Harry?" "Yes very. Kind of scared too." "Oh don't worry honey. It's nothing, really." Alice informed Harry. "Yeah," said Hermione,"I will be right there with you. You can hold my hand if you get scared." Everyone laughed. Harry went a bit pink and told Hermione to be quiet and eat her eggs.
After breakfast everyone was running madly around the house. Hermione was in the bathroom taking her shower and getting dressed, Harry was running about his room getting last minute things into his trunk since they were going directly to Hogsmead after their visit to Krum's house then straight onto Hogwarts. Alice was checking Hermione's trunk to make sure she had everything packed, Robert was in the closet yelling to Mrs. Grainger about how they needed to leave early so they wouldn't get traffic and get to the airport on time.
By 7:00 am everyone was downstairs and packing the car. Mr. Grainger and Harry were heaving the trunks and Hedwig the owl into the car. Hermione was saying good-bye to Crookshanks and telling him that her mom and dad would bring him with them to Diagon Alley and from there they would go to Hogwarts. Mrs. Grainger was on the phone with the airline company making sure the flight was leaving on time. At 7:15 everyone was in the car and they were pulling out of the driveway.
"Do you have the tickets Alice?" Robert asked his wife.
"Yes. They are right there in my bag." Alice told him.
"Good."
"Hey Mom, Harry and me do have seats next to each other right?" Hermione wondered.
"Yes of course you do. What a strange thing to ask."
"Well Mom, do you remember that time when we went to visit Grandma and Dad had to sit in the row of seats behind us?"
"Yes, but that was because the rest of the seats on that row were taken. We booked the flight late and they didn't have 3 seats next to each other left."
"Oh. I didn't know that. Sorry."
"Don't worry honey."
They arrived at the airport about an hour or so before their plane was going to leave. They got through security with 10 minutes to spare. As they sat down on the plastic seats with the other early travelers, Hermione remembered something important she had to tell Harry.
"Harry, come take a little walk with me." She demanded taking Harry by the arm just in case he was going to say no thanks. She led him to a spot a little faraway where her parents couldn't hear them, but could still see them and wouldn't be worried.
"Urm.I got a letter from Victor a few days ago.and.he says that Malfoy is there. Supposedly visiting relatives." Hermione told Harry hesitantly.
"WHAT?" Harry yelled.
"Yeah.I have it some where," Hermione told him while looking through her bag, "Yes here it is!" She handed the letter to Harry. He unfolded it and read,
My Dearest Hermione,
I have waited so long for this visit, when I can see you once again. I have thought of nothing more all summer then when I will see you step off that plane. But I am afraid I have some bad news for you. Lucius Malfoy and His son are here, visiting relatives and some old friends from school. Since my family and his are friends, we'll we have been hanging out together a lot. I know you don't like him, but what can I do? I am very sorry about this and I will see that he is as nice as can be towards you and Harry. Again I am very sorry. But I do look forward to seeing you again.
Love
Victor
P.S. I have been working on my English. Hopefully we can communicate better. Can you tell by my letters I have been working hard at it?
"Oh no! Hermione! What are we going to do?" Harry said somewhat panicky.
"I don't know. We will figure something out when we get there. Maybe Malfory will ha-" Hermione was interrupted by the loud speaker announcing that their fight was leaving. They said their goodbyes to Alice and Robert Grainger, Hermione's goodbye a bit more tearful than Harry's, and after promising to send an owl to them as soon as they go to Victor's house, they boarded the plane.
For the first few hours of the 5 hour and 15 minute flight Hermione and Harry slept. At lunch time the flight attendant came around with the drink/lunch cart. Hermione and Harry both got Cokes and turkey sandwiches.
After eating a few bites, and waiting a few minutes, the flight attendant took their trays away. Hermione turned to Harry to ask him a question. "Hey Harry, when we go to Hogsmeade in four days, who are we meeting up with again?"
"Well, it will be you, me, Victor, a boy named Lawrence, a boy named Chiedu, and a girl named Hanna, and another one named Haley, and more boys and more girls, I have his letter in my trunk that tells us who else. It's a lot of people he made friends with at the world cup. Errrr.do you think Malfoy will go with us?"
"Oh I hope not. I really hope not." Both of them fell into an easy silence. Well at least Harry seemed quite at ease, but Hermione on the other hand was a ball of nerves.
"Harry I'm sacred, do you think Victor will like how I have changed over the summer?" Hermione asked, almost wining.
Harry looked over at her and took in the changes she had made to herself. She had put relaxer in her hair to make it less bushy, and if she had time in the morning she would straighten her hair (which she made sure she had time to do this morning), she also used just a little bit of makeup. Not a lot just a tiny bit, but it worked for her. "Why wouldn't he? He liked you before, why wouldn't he like you now?" Harry asked like it was the most logical thing in the world.
"Well, I guess you're rig-" the fight attendant on the loud speaker interrupted Hermione.
"Attention please all passengers. We will be landing in Sofia in a few minutes so please put you're tray tables in the upright position and make sure you have your seatbelts fastened. Thank you."
The Visit - Part One
Lying in bed, Hermione listened to the "Buzz Buzz Beep Beep" of her alarm. She had only gotten about 5 hours of sleep and was feeling a deep resentment toward her beeping and buzzing alarm clock. She turned her head and looked at the clock, the clock read 5:45 am. It was time to get up and get ready to go to the airport. Today she and Harry were going to Bulgaria to visit Victor Krum. Victor and Harry were going to practice Quidditch and Hermione was going because Victor was her boyfriend. She got out of bed and put on her bathrobe, still half asleep and shuffled down the hall to the bathroom.
Hermione washed her face and brushed her teeth. She would come up and shower after breakfast. Feeling more awake, she went down the hallway to the guest room where Harry was sleeping. She knocked on the door and said, "Harry, get up! Time to get ready to go!" She waited a minute and heard a loud thump. "Harry? Are you ok? What are you doing?" "Yeah. Just fell off the bed. Sorry, I'm coming." Hermione was in the kitchen asking her mom for some eggs when Harry appeared. He looked just as tired as Hermione. "Morning Dear" said Hermione's mother Alice "Morning." Hermione echoed "Good Morning." Harry tried to say around a big yawn. "Sit down both of you. I will make us some eggs," Alice said, "Hermione go up and ask you father what he would like please." "Sure Mom." Alice turned to the stove and soon the kitchen was filled with the smell of cooking eggs and frying bacon. "So Harry, did you sleep well?" Alice asked "I slept ok. I was really too excited to sleep." "Me too," said Hermione who had just entered the kitchen, "Dad said he wants whatever we are having" "Ok. Eggs and bacon for all then." Her mother replied. Robert, Hermione's dad, came into the kitchen just as Alice was putting the eggs and bacon onto the table. "Good morning everyone. Excited about going on a plane for the first time Harry?" "Yes very. Kind of scared too." "Oh don't worry honey. It's nothing, really." Alice informed Harry. "Yeah," said Hermione,"I will be right there with you. You can hold my hand if you get scared." Everyone laughed. Harry went a bit pink and told Hermione to be quiet and eat her eggs.
After breakfast everyone was running madly around the house. Hermione was in the bathroom taking her shower and getting dressed, Harry was running about his room getting last minute things into his trunk since they were going directly to Hogsmead after their visit to Krum's house then straight onto Hogwarts. Alice was checking Hermione's trunk to make sure she had everything packed, Robert was in the closet yelling to Mrs. Grainger about how they needed to leave early so they wouldn't get traffic and get to the airport on time.
By 7:00 am everyone was downstairs and packing the car. Mr. Grainger and Harry were heaving the trunks and Hedwig the owl into the car. Hermione was saying good-bye to Crookshanks and telling him that her mom and dad would bring him with them to Diagon Alley and from there they would go to Hogwarts. Mrs. Grainger was on the phone with the airline company making sure the flight was leaving on time. At 7:15 everyone was in the car and they were pulling out of the driveway.
"Do you have the tickets Alice?" Robert asked his wife.
"Yes. They are right there in my bag." Alice told him.
"Good."
"Hey Mom, Harry and me do have seats next to each other right?" Hermione wondered.
"Yes of course you do. What a strange thing to ask."
"Well Mom, do you remember that time when we went to visit Grandma and Dad had to sit in the row of seats behind us?"
"Yes, but that was because the rest of the seats on that row were taken. We booked the flight late and they didn't have 3 seats next to each other left."
"Oh. I didn't know that. Sorry."
"Don't worry honey."
They arrived at the airport about an hour or so before their plane was going to leave. They got through security with 10 minutes to spare. As they sat down on the plastic seats with the other early travelers, Hermione remembered something important she had to tell Harry.
"Harry, come take a little walk with me." She demanded taking Harry by the arm just in case he was going to say no thanks. She led him to a spot a little faraway where her parents couldn't hear them, but could still see them and wouldn't be worried.
"Urm.I got a letter from Victor a few days ago.and.he says that Malfoy is there. Supposedly visiting relatives." Hermione told Harry hesitantly.
"WHAT?" Harry yelled.
"Yeah.I have it some where," Hermione told him while looking through her bag, "Yes here it is!" She handed the letter to Harry. He unfolded it and read,
My Dearest Hermione,
I have waited so long for this visit, when I can see you once again. I have thought of nothing more all summer then when I will see you step off that plane. But I am afraid I have some bad news for you. Lucius Malfoy and His son are here, visiting relatives and some old friends from school. Since my family and his are friends, we'll we have been hanging out together a lot. I know you don't like him, but what can I do? I am very sorry about this and I will see that he is as nice as can be towards you and Harry. Again I am very sorry. But I do look forward to seeing you again.
Love
Victor
P.S. I have been working on my English. Hopefully we can communicate better. Can you tell by my letters I have been working hard at it?
"Oh no! Hermione! What are we going to do?" Harry said somewhat panicky.
"I don't know. We will figure something out when we get there. Maybe Malfory will ha-" Hermione was interrupted by the loud speaker announcing that their fight was leaving. They said their goodbyes to Alice and Robert Grainger, Hermione's goodbye a bit more tearful than Harry's, and after promising to send an owl to them as soon as they go to Victor's house, they boarded the plane.
For the first few hours of the 5 hour and 15 minute flight Hermione and Harry slept. At lunch time the flight attendant came around with the drink/lunch cart. Hermione and Harry both got Cokes and turkey sandwiches.
After eating a few bites, and waiting a few minutes, the flight attendant took their trays away. Hermione turned to Harry to ask him a question. "Hey Harry, when we go to Hogsmeade in four days, who are we meeting up with again?"
"Well, it will be you, me, Victor, a boy named Lawrence, a boy named Chiedu, and a girl named Hanna, and another one named Haley, and more boys and more girls, I have his letter in my trunk that tells us who else. It's a lot of people he made friends with at the world cup. Errrr.do you think Malfoy will go with us?"
"Oh I hope not. I really hope not." Both of them fell into an easy silence. Well at least Harry seemed quite at ease, but Hermione on the other hand was a ball of nerves.
"Harry I'm sacred, do you think Victor will like how I have changed over the summer?" Hermione asked, almost wining.
Harry looked over at her and took in the changes she had made to herself. She had put relaxer in her hair to make it less bushy, and if she had time in the morning she would straighten her hair (which she made sure she had time to do this morning), she also used just a little bit of makeup. Not a lot just a tiny bit, but it worked for her. "Why wouldn't he? He liked you before, why wouldn't he like you now?" Harry asked like it was the most logical thing in the world.
"Well, I guess you're rig-" the fight attendant on the loud speaker interrupted Hermione.
"Attention please all passengers. We will be landing in Sofia in a few minutes so please put you're tray tables in the upright position and make sure you have your seatbelts fastened. Thank you."