A/N: Hey! First of all I want everybody to know that I'm Portuguese so I don't use English as my everyday language and I wanted you to understand my mistakes. I would receive any help from anyone who want to give it to me. This is also my first story... I would like you to review this chapter so I decide if it is worth to keep writing. Hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of this caracters. They all belong to J. K. Rowling and to her incredible mind.


Chapter 1 - The Wink

It was a hot and sunny day of August and everything was in place. Since the Dark Lord invaded the magic world there was never a single day of total peace. But now…

The war was over and the group decided it was the perfect day to go to the beach and have a sunbath.

So, the group went to the sand and laid down their towels. Of course the boys hurried up to undress the clothes and into swim shorts to run to the water. The girls just undress to their bikinis and sit down talking.

"Isn't this wonderful?" said Luna in her thoughtful and usual tone.

"Yes. Definitely. " Answered Ginny.

"It's so good to just stay here with no worries talking and playing, knowing everything's fine…" completed Pansy while playing with the sand.

Hermione just stood there listening to the girls while watching the boys competing against each other to see who could sustain their breath longer. She was listening but her mind was in another world… And the worst was that she didn't know why…

"So, what's up with you and Neville?" asked Ginny to Luna. "Are you… dating or something?"

"Yes. We're dating for two months now. I thought he was completely dumb in love subject but I was totally wrong…" she answered with a smile at the end of the sentence.

"Wow. He must be good. That smile tells everything. But I bet he is not as good as my H…" commented Ginny.

"H? Oh my God! You're with Harry?" Pansy started "And you didn't tell us a word? You are dating one of the hottest guys in the world; 'The-Boy-who-lived-and-defeated-once-for-all-the-Dark-Lord' and you said nothing? You're crafty!"

"I wanted to make a surprise!" told Ginny with a grin on her face.

"You can't talk about her, Pansy… You're with Draco! Draco is 'The-boy-who-betraid-the-Dark-Lord-and-survived-to-tell-the-story'. And Merlin, if he is hot!" said Luna.

"Yeah, you're right! He's the man!" said Pansy.

"What about you Hermione?" asked Ginny while all three of them turned their faces to Hermione.

Hermione was so deeply involved in her thoughts that she didn't hear the question. "What?"

Ginny repeated "What about you? Are you up to someone we know? Let me guess… Viktor? Hum… He's hot to… That muscles… Hmm…"

"Oh no… I dumped Viktor last month… He was too obsessive…" It was a lie. She never had the courage to date him. Even after their 'thing' after the ball… She was completely at ground zero on love area.

"That's right girl! You wanted to have some fun, not having a puppy!" Pansy said and all three started laughing at the statement.

Hermione faked a smile and the girls didn't notice that her smiling face was only hiding her inner cry. She was a totally failure and she knew it. It was not subject to laugh at. She was alone and that's how she would remain.

Hermione woke up from her thoughts with the soft voice of Luna "They're crazy!" while she was pointing at the boys.

In the middle of the water they were climbing to each others back and fighting to see who the first to fall to the water was. In the middle of those burst of laughing, Ron suddenly looked up and winked at her and she felt something strange inside her. She was sure it was for her because the other girls were already laid down in their towels but she didn't know what was the purpose of it or why he did it. All she knew was that, for whatever reason, she liked it…