When Harry woke the next day he felt refreshed and happy. He rubbed his eyes, grabbed his glasses off his desk and looked around his room and there sitting on the window sill was Hedwig with a letter attached to her leg. Jumping out of bed as quickly as he could, he ran to the window sill. He took the letter from her leg, and ripped the letter out of the envelope.
Dear Harry
Hey Harry, im so happy that you want to come and stay at my house for the rest of the holidays. My parents are so eager to meet you properly, get to know you better. By the time you read this it will be the morning so ill tell you that my parents are coming by at 12o'clock to pick you up by car so don't worry about what your uncle can say. Well im going to bed know so ill see you tomorrow at noon.
Can't wait.
Love Hermione
With a smile on his face Harry turned to his side desk to see the time it read 10:00, so he had 2 hours to get his trunk packed. With that in thought Harry looked around his room at all the clothes lying around his floor, books scattered everywhere. With one more look around the room he set out to pack.
Once everything was in his trunk Harry looked at the clock once again it read 11:20 so he had 40 minutes to go tell his uncle that he will be leaving, and then a quick check around the room to make sure he had everything, with a nod of the head he left his room.
Harry walked slowly down the stairs trying to listen to what was happening down there. Once he reached the bottom the only thing that could be hard was the TV in the living room. Satisfied that there was no yelling going on, and that it wouldn't last very long, Harry stepped into the living room. Nobody in the room turned to the door so Harry just spoke anyway.
'Uncle Vernon just thought id tell you that one of my friends is coming to pick me up in about half an hour and I will be spending the rest of the holiday at there house.' Uncle Vernon was just about to speak when Harry cut in.
'don't worry her parents are just like you they are muggles as well, and they will be picking me up by car, and I don't really care if you will let me go or not coz im going, just think that you want have to put up with a freak like me any longer this summer.' Without waiting for a responds Harry turned and walked back upstairs and shut his door. Harry sat down on his bed and waited for a couple of minutes to see if his uncle would storm up the stairs and tell him off for the way he spoke to him, but nothing came, there was just complete silence. After a couple more minutes of nothing Harry began to check his room one more time. After his final check Harry sat on his bed and waited for the door to ring. While he waited Harry thought about how the rest of the summer was going to be like, he must have been day dreaming because the next thing he know the doorbell rang. He jumped off the bed and ran down the steps and opened the door before his uncle could get it. Harry swung the door open and there stood on the doorstep with a big smile on her face was Hermione Granger, and before Harry could even say hi he was wrapped into a bone crushing hug.
'Hermione….. Can't….. Breathe' Harry managed to say. Hermione released him at once.
'Im so sorry Harry, im just so excited to see you.' Hermione replied looking back towards her parent's car so that Harry didn't see her blush. Hermione turned back to Harry and said.
'So are you ready to go.'
'Yes ill just go grab my trunk ill be back in a min.' with that Harry ran up the stairs, grabbed his trunk and carried it down the stairs back to Hermione.
Hermione had her back to the stairs when Harry came back down, so he took his time so that he could admire her. She had changed from the last time he saw her, she had grown just a little bit but not to much, her hair was longer but not as bushy, she must of heard him, because she span around quickly and noticed him staring at her, they caught each others eyes for a split second before both of blushed and looked away. Harry rubbed the back of his neck, and looked around the hall. None of the family was there so Harry carried the trunk to the door and shouted behind him,
'Im going now see you next summer' nothing was replied but he didn't expect any, with that he closed the door and carried his trunk to her dads car. Her dad stepped out as Harry got to it.
'Hey Harry it nice to finally meet you properly,' he said as he stuck out his hand. Harry accepted the hand and said.
'Same here Mr Granger' and they released hands. Mr Granger turned to the car and opened the back door so that Hermione and Harry could get in, before he shut the door he said,
'Oh one more thing Harry, you must call me Dan, Mr Granger makes me feel old.' And with that said shut the door and walked around to the drivers seat. Harry just nodded his head and turned toward Hermione who had a big smile on her face; Harry could do nothing but smile back at her, they caught each other eyes for a second before both got embarrassed and turned away
Dan had caught the action from the mirror and smiled to himself before he started the car and pulled away, Harry didn't even give his house a second glance. Once they were around the corner and Harry's face had turned back to its normal colour, he turned to face Hermione and noticed she was looking out the window, in her own little world. Harry took a second to take in Hermione's face, she had a slight frown lines' crossing her forehead, wondering what was wrong, Harry touched her arm to get her attention; she jumped a little and turned towards Harry.
'Are you all right Hermione,' Harry asked, you could hear the concern in is voice, and the worry on his face. Hermione nodded her head and smiled at him, but Harry was having none of it and grabbed her hand and said.
'You know you can tell me anything don't you,' Hermione starred at him for a second before squeezing his hand but didn't let go of it, and replied.
'Of course I do Harry, I was just thinking is all, don't worry so much im fine I swear.' She smiled at him, and he smiled in returned and squeezed her hand once again, he knew she wasn't telling him everything, and that it probably had something to do with her father being there, so he decided to drop the subject until they were alone.
'So what we going to do this summer then?' As soon Harry had said this Hermione's whole demeanour changed and they spent the rest of the drive talking about what they were going to do and before they knew it they were slowing to a stop outside a white luxurious 2 story house, with a luscious garden with a path leading the way to the front door. Harry stepped out of the car and just stood there in shock, and was only brought out of his hock when Hermione stepped next to him and grabbed his hand, Harry turned to her and said,
'Wow Hermione you live her, it's amazing.' All Hermione did was nod her head with a big smile on her face, then dragged Harry up the path to the front door, which was opened by a women who looked exactly like Hermione but a few years older. As soon as Harry was in front of Mrs Granger, he was pulled into a bone crushing hug like he got when he opened the front door to Hermione, he could see where Hermione got it from. What Harry heard next put a smile on his face.
'Come on mum let go of Harry he does have to breathe you know' and all of a sudden Harry was released.
'I'm so sorry Harry I didn't mean to be so hard on you' Mrs Granger apologised quickly.
'It's ok Mrs Granger; it's nice to finally meet you probably.' Harry answered, smiling to Hermione.
'Oh Harry call me Emma, Mrs Granger is my mother-in-law.' Emma said standing aside to let the two teenager's in. Hermione once again took Harry's hand and dragged him into the house away from her mother. Harry turned around to see Mr Granger dragging his trunk up the path with Hedwig under his arm.
'Hermione don't you think I should go help your father with my trunk and owl,' Harry asked while coming to a stop. Hermione also stopped looked round at her father seeing that he wasn't struggling to carry them said.
'Na he'll be all right, I want to show you were you will be staying anyway.' And with that she once again dragged him up the stairs; Harry didn't have much time to take in his surroundings as he was being up dragged up the stairs but what he could see made him speechless. when they had reached the top Harry had the chance to look around they were standing at the end of the landing which had four doors, one on the right two to the left and one straight ahead of them. Hermione lead Harry into the first door on the right. Once they were in the room Hermione began to speak.
'This will be your room for your stay I know it's not much. The bathroom is the room opposite, my room is next to yours, and mum and dads Is the other room.' Harry took in the room before replying.
'Hermione, this room is great, thank you so much for inviting me to come, this will probably be one of the best summers ever.' When Harry had finished saying this, Hermione had him in another bone crushing hugs, but this time Harry didn't say anything. After a few seconds Hermione released her hold on Harry a little bit and looked into his eyes, before either of them knew it and think about it their head became closer and closer, just before their lips touch there was a knock to the door, and they both jumped apart as if they had been burned
