Harry Potter Fic
Pairing: Harry/Hermione & Ron/Luna, but main focus on H/HR
Disclaimer: I dont own Harry Potter, no copyright etc
Summary: The trio are joined by Luna on a fun camping trip after the war, will romance blossom between the Hero of the moment & his female best friend? H/HR & R/L.
Yep i know they spent all the time in the tent in the final book, but this is camping the muggle way, and trust me this is a lot more light-hearted than DH, and with a better romantic outcome :) Hope you enjoy it!
Romance by the Campfire
"Oh come on, Ron!" Hermione shouted as herself, Harry and Luna were waiting inside Mr. Weasley's car, outside The Burrow.
"Alright, I'm coming already! Gees Hermione will you calm down" Ron said as he got in the front passenger seat, next to his dad.
"Ronald don't be rude!" Luna scolded him.
Harry just sat there and smiled to himself.
"All ready to go then guys?" Mr. Weasley asked enthusiastically.
The four young adults gave positive responses in reply, and so Mr. Weasley drove off down the road away from The Burrow.
Harry and Hermione had arranged a proper muggle camping trip for all four of them, and Mr. Weasley had agreed to drop them off at the location. Harry and Hermione had come up with the idea, as they sat chatting one evening, in the back garden of The Burrow a few days previously. They had spent the past year in their wizarding tent during the war, but now that it was all over they decided to take a little trip, but tenting the muggle way this time.
Luna agreed with the idea (she was now Ron's girlfriend) and this was Harry and Hermione's attempt at getting to know her better. One thing they did know already, however, was that Luna had gone on many muggle camping trips before, her dad having never been able to afford a magical tent. Knowing Ron had never done camping the muggle way before, came as great amusement to Hermione especially, who felt it was about time the red headed Weasley got a taste of the muggle life that she and Harry knew so well.
"How long till we get there?" Ron moaned.
"Twenty minutes" Hermione replied to Ron as she was rummaging around in her rucksack for something.
"Aww man! Come on, I'm starving!"
"Here!" Hermione threw a kit-kat to Ron "eat this."
Ron's moaning instantly subsided as he munched on his snack.
"Got anymore of them in there Hermione?" Harry wondered as he looked at her with puppy dogs eyes.
"Just my one" Hermione said as she took her kit-kat out of the bag.
"Oh, don't worry then, you eat it."
"No, no … if you're hungry we can share it?" Hermione assured him.
"No, its okay Hermione, don't worry it's yours, you eat it."
Hermione unwrapped the kit-kat and snapped the two sticks in half and held one out to Harry "Half each?" she said with a smile.
Harry laughed "Only if you're sure?"
"Oh for god's sake Harry, eat your flippin half!" Ron said from the front seat, making them all laugh as Harry reluctantly took the one stick of kit-kat off Hermione.
"Thanks" Harry said gratefully to Hermione and the two of them began munching away.
As Hermione had predicted, twenty minutes later Mr. Weasley pulled up near a large, quiet area of countryside. In front of them lay a large lake, complete with woodland to the right of them and a great patch of bare ground situated between the lake and the woodland. The spot where the four of them would be camping for three days.
"Wow, this place is cool!" said Harry happily, as he helped bring the two folded tents from out of the boot of the car.
"No its not!" Ron moaned "there is nothing here to do!"
"Oh chill out Ron, they'll be lots of things for us to do" Hermione told him.
"Like what?" he replied back to her.
"You'll find out soon enough" she teased and chucked her rucksack by the folded up tents.
"Right kids, I have to go now, I'll be back to get you in a few days, any problems then just get hold of us somehow."
"We will do, thanks Mr. Weasley" Harry told him.
"You're welcome" he said with a smile before getting back in the car and driving off. Leaving the four friends alone.
"Right, first things first!" Hermione said "got to set up the tents, and we are going to do this the muggle way! No wands allowed!" she warned, directly towards Ron.
"Oh for heavens sake Hermione! I don't know how to put up a tent!"
"Harry will show you how, won't you Harry?" Hermione said towards the person in question and smiled at him, Harry smiling back "Course."
"Bet you one galleon that Luna and I will set our tent up quicker than you and Ron can" Hermione continued to say to Harry.
"Miss Granger, you have got yourself a bet" Harry said cheekily and shook her hand, and the girls and boys started setting up their tents.
Fifteen minutes later…
"Harry, it's going to collapse if we don't put another peg over this end!" Ron called over to him.
"I know Ron! But I've only got the one mallet and one pair of hands, just wait a minute."
"Ta da!" Hermione cried triumphantly as she and Luna stood back to admire their handy work.
"How the heck did you two finish so fast?" Harry asked in astonishment.
"Well we didn't mess around like you two did" Luna interjected.
"I think you'll find that was just Ron" Harry told Luna.
"Yeah right" Hermione said with a mischievous grin "Anyway, Mr. Potter I think someone owes me one galleon!" she reached out her hand.
Harry sighed and reached into this pocket and handed it over "There you go."
Hermione giggled as did Luna, before the two girls got their things and put them inside their tent.
"Women eh? Can't live with them" Ron said with a chuckle.
Harry laughed and smiled before replying "But can't live without them either."
Ron laughed but at the same time Harry was thinking silently in his head 'Especially Hermione'.
Once the boys had finished assembling their tent, and put their belongings inside, Hermione poked her head into their tent.
"Harry, Ron, do you fancy going for a swim?"
"It had better not be in that lake!" Ron protested
"No we thought in the Olympic size swimming pool" Hermione said sarcastically before giggling "Of course the lake, Ronald!"
Harry laughed too "Come on Ron it will be a laugh, count me in Hermione."
"Thanks Harry!" Hermione said all too delightedly "Ron you are joining us whether you like it or not, meet you outside in ten minutes" her face disappeared from view as she headed back into hers and Luna's tent to get changed.
"Me and her are seriously going to fall out if she keeps bossing me about" Ron spoke up as he began to dig around to find his swimming trunks in his rucksack.
Harry laughed "This is Hermione we're talking about, she's always like that."
"Yeah but now I have to spend three days with her, I don't know how I'm going to cope."
"Well you have Luna here, at least you have eachother."
"Yeah I suppose" Ron then laughed as he realised something "Oh mate, that means you are left to deal with Hermione."
Harry smiled "Ah I don't mind. Hermione doesn't argue with me like she does with you."
"That's because you're her favourite" Ron teased and instantly ducked down to dodge an empty water bottle that Harry had thrown at him, both boys laughing.
"Shut it" Harry grinned mischievously. Before they both got changed into their swimming trunks, Harry in emerald green ones and Ron in black ones.
As the boys came out of their tent and sat on the grassy river bank, they heard Luna and Hermione approaching.
Luna was dressed in a red, pink and purple coloured bather, but Hermione shocked the boys as she appeared in a pink bikini. Harry could feel a blush spreading rapidly across his cheeks and he was starting to become very hot.
"Ready then?" Hermione asked.
Ron and Harry nodded. "Yeah...sure" Harry stuttered, not really paying attention.
"Ready Luna?" Hermione inquired, Luna taking her hand as she responded "You bet ya!"
The two of them gave girly squeals of delight as they ran full pelt past the guys, and straight into the open lake ahead of them.
"They have seriously lost it!" said a dumbfounded Ron to Harry, who was laughing heartedly.
"Come on, get in you big wimps!" Luna called as she and Hermione were now shoulder deep in the cool freshwater lake.
As Harry and Ron, especially Ron, reluctantly entered the water, the girls began splashing the two boys.
"Alright that's it; you two are so going to get it!" Harry called and the girls swam frantically away. Harry soon lost interest in chasing after Luna and made a beeline for Hermione, who was now out of breath from swimming so fast.
"Hermione" Harry called playfully and she turned around in the water to face him.
"Harry James Potter, don't you even think about it!" she said sternly, before melting at seeing his puppy dog emerald eyes.
The same colour eyes which matched his swimming trunks, she had noted. But not much could drag her eyes away from the appearance of his toned chest. Hermione loved watching quidditch but now loved it even more for the advantages it had had on Harry's torso. Hermione had been too deep in thought to notice Harry had moved right in front of her and he grabbed her by the waist.
"Gotcha!"
Hermione had instantaneously given a scream in surprise "Harry! Don't do that!"
Harry grinned widely "Too late, Miss Granger you are now my captive."
"Oh really?" Hermione raised her eyebrows at him but gave a small chuckle.
"Yes really" Harry grinned, and at the same time he had, subconsciously, began to run his hands up and down the sides of Hermione's bare waist. This instantly made Hermione go weak at the knees and she momentarily forgot to continue to tread water, Harry spotted this at once, and pulled Hermione closer to him to help her float.
"You alright?" Harry asked softly.
Hermione's breathing was heavy as she was still out of breath from all the swimming "Yeah...just knackered."
Hermione had an arm around his shoulders for support and Harry had his arms completely around her waist, the skin on skin contact was something very new to the pair of them in their friendship. But the two of them, secretly, loved it.
"Hermione" Harry said very quietly, their faces close to one another.
"Hmmm" Hermione muffled, preoccupied by their closeness.
"Oi, you two!" Ron interrupted, as he shouted over to them "What's going on over there? You coming over to join us?"
This immediately brought Harry and Hermione's realities crashing down to Earth, they moved apart slightly as Harry shouted back to Ron "Yeah be there now!"
Harry plastered a grin back onto his face as he looked back at his female best friend "So, d'ya fancy a piggyback ride?"
Hermione giggled "Sure, thanks."
Hermione swam around and got onto Harry's back, linking her arms around his neck as Harry held onto her legs for support. Hermione kissed the top of Harry's head and giggled as she held on tight, both of them with bright, beaming smiles on their faces. Ron and Luna watching them, intrigued to know what on earth was going on with their two best friends.