SUMMER'S COME

Disclaimer: Obviously I do not own Harry Potter and all the other characters. This is the one gift Santa never gave me.

Chapter 1: An Old Friend and New Thoughts

Hermione sighed in relief. It was at last summer. She could finally take a break from her hectic work life. Since graduating from Hogwarts with the highest scores possible for her NEWTs, Hermione had not left the school. She was a teacher there, her subject. Muggle Studies. After all who better to teacher witches and wizards about muggles than someone who had experienced the life for 20 years? And as an added bonus Harry was also a teacher there. After the war there was really no need for as many Aurors as before, so Harry did the other thing he was best at, teaching people how to defend themselves.

The last lesson of the day had just ended and the students would soon be leaving, as would she and Harry. The tradition of spending their summers in the Burrow and not died when they left school. Every summer for the last 3 years she and Harry would go to Hogsmeade to first drink to end of irritating brats who seemed to love torturing them with unnecessary questions and to apparate to the Burrow.

Today wasn't going to be any different. As she stuffed the last of her things into her trunk she heard a tap on the door. She didn't turn around.

"Gimme a sec Harry. I just got to put in a few more books."

"Humph, you certainly haven't changed much from when I met you what 6 years ago"

Hermione spun around startled. That certainly wasn't Harry! Instead. Leaning on her door frame was a tall man, with deep blue eyes and a head full of flaming red hair.

"Gasp! Charlie!!" She ran and hugged him. "What are you doing here?"

When Charlie agreed to come and collect Ron's 2 friends he was expecting the 2 16 year olds he met a few years ago. And when he first came to Hermione's quarters and heard her mumbling something about books her was sure she hadn't changed. But when she turned to look at him, to put it simple, he was blown away.

"YooHoo!! Charlie!!! You in there??!" Hermione exclaimed waving a hand in front of his face.

He snapped back to attention. "Hehe. Sorry, zoned out for a sec. Long trip ya know."

She raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow at him. He stared at her defiantly,

"Fine.Whatever. Care to explain what you're doing here though? I thought you were roughing it out in Romania."

"I was. But I decided that I wanted to do something new. Dragon keeping was becoming too much of a routine for me. As for being here, I came to pass a message to you and Harry. But before I do that, what say we find Harry, 'cos I don't think I have the energy to repeat it twice."

"Sure. He's probably packing up as well."

Hermione led the way to Harry's quarters. Damn, that's a nice ass. As soon as that thought popped into his head he mentally kicked himself. What the hell was wrong with him??!! This was his brother's best friend for crying out loud. And here he was thinking of her ass! Kick kick kick .

As she walked down the hallways she'd be leaving soon Hermione couldn't stop think of Charlie. Not the fact that he was here and that he had just told he quit his job. But that image of him leaning against her door and showinf that toothpaste commercial worthy smile just didn't want to leaver her mind. Stop it! Why was she thinking of things like that. Charlie was practically her brother!

She glanced behind only to find him staring at her as well. She blushed a deep shade of crimson and snapped her head back in front. How Embarrassing! To be caught staring at each other!! It's probably because we haven't seen each other in a long long time

Well. Whatever it is, it cannot be as important as what Charlie needs to tell us. I mean he couldn't have traveled all this way to tell us the burrow was overcrowded or something. A smile appeared on her face at the thought of that. Imagine of eh really did come all this way to tell us there was no space for me and Harry.