Chapter 2: getting there
It was 10:20 on the clock in harry's room so he decided to take his trunk downstairs. He ha decided to look nice for hermione (he didn't know why?) he wore a new shirt, he had brought when he snuck out once, that was black with white pin stripe, a pair of average jeans and a new pair of converses he had brought. It was a struggle to get his trunk downstairs but he had got used to it. When he got downstairs he dropped onto the sofa which he wasn't supposed to sit on, he remembered sitting here four years ago and mr weasly had destroyed the dursley's fireplace because he was coming to collect harry, he starred at the new fireplace that stood instead of the old one. at least this time its hermione and she knows what she's doing. in five minutes harry had eaten 4 of Dudley's chocolates, that sat on the coffee table in bright coloured rappers, which where supposed to be for when Dudley was good but aunt petunia always gave them to him when he had a tantrum. It's amazing who 10 minute can seem like a life time when your waiting for someone. come on hermione where are you? he thoughtas he paced the room and every few seconds glanced out the window. For some reason he had butterflies welled up inside him, it's only hermione, no one else? he tried to calm himself down but he was getting excited he paced the room faster and faster,
"ding..dong" came from the door and he ran to the door as quick as he could, jumping over his trunk in the process, he swung open the door….to find a very different hermione, she was still the same hight, but her hair was shinier and her dress sense had changed, instead of her old baggy jeans and large jumpers, she was wearing a small pair of jean shorts (faded) and a small white vest top and a normal pair of trainers. She had changed, but harry wasn't disagreeing, hermione was facing away from the door to a large car parked on the road, harry suddenly got the erg to rap his arms around her and never let go, she looked gorgeous,
"harry!" she quelled as she turned round to find a smiling harry,
"hey hermi.." but was cut off by hermione giving him a huge hug, he picked her up and swung her round, "it's good to see you too",
"I thought I had the wrong address, thank god it was you"
"well, I thought you were someone else, when I answered the door…" hermione turned deep red harry took her hand and spun her round to get a look, hermione played on this and shook her bum "you look gorgeous"
"thank you harry, not to bad your self" and she looked him up and down. wow he looks better than I thought. she thought to herself, "come on lets get your things" and harry showed her inside to where his trunk lay on the floor in the lounge, "can you show me around?" she asked him, which he replied with an ok and he gave her a brief tour around the house, he showed her the lounge, the kitchen, and the final place was his room which thanks to him packing was rather clean (because all his possessions where in his trunk)
"I bet its smaller then your room" he said from the door to his room as hermione looked out the window,
"well……" and she turned to him "you'll have to wait and see" and she smiled "come on lets go"
And together they went back downstairs and harry picked up the trunk and carried it to the car along with hegdwig's empty cage.
"got everything" asked mr granger when he got to the car,
"wait my firebolt"
"don't worry I'll get it" and hermione and harry dashed back into the house, harry thought he would be nice and leave a note to say where he was going and hermione's number, he knew they wouldn't worry, but he thought he should. Once hermione came back down carrying harry's broom, they shut the door and went to the car. Where a very skinny blonde stood waiting for them as well as mr granger sitting in the car. The girl looked alot like Luna Lovegood, who harry new from 5th year, she had joined him, hermione, Ron, nevel, and Ginny to save Sirius but turned out to be a plot from Voldermort. But on closer inspection the girl was taller, and had short hair rather than long flowing hair like Luna, it was tied back in lots of little bunches, and she was wearing basically the same as hermione except she had long striped socks up to past her knees and two brightly coloured braces holding up her small jean shorts, and to finish it she wore two wrist warmers one pink and black and the other green and white. black Converses on her feet.
"harry this in crystal my cousin from France" and hermione gestured to the strange girl standing by the car,
"hello, nice to finally meet you, hermione doesn't stop talking about you…" but crystal was cut of by an elbow in the side and a very mean look. "ok, hi" and harry and crystal shook hands,
"nice to meet you" and they all climbed in to the car, which was huge, it was a seven seater with two rows of seats in the back facing each other, so people could face each other. it was rather large in hermione's car, they all climbed into the back of the car,
"why do you have such a big car mie?" harry asked as the car rolled off the curb with a bump.
"well…I have a big family" and she smiled from the seat opposite him.
"so harry you go to school with hermi here?" crystal asked with a grin.
"er…well er.."
"you can tell her harry she knows all about hogwarts, she goes to Beauxbatons, she even knows fleur" crystal giggled as hermione grinned and turned her head "don't you crys?"
"yes I do, I talk to her all the time at home, she's another one that talks non-stop about you harry" harry went deep red at this remark and hermione hit crystals shoulder.
After about ten minutes in the car, harry feeling very embarrassed, hermione was talking about stuff at hogwarts and crystal kept eyeing him every time hermione said something complementary, the pulled to a stop by some shops in the high street. Then Mr Granger got out of the car and opened the other passenger door, hermione opening the back one, harry realised that there was a woman waiting, she was tall and had gorgeous brown hair like hermione's, of course harry knew who it was it was Mrs Granger, and by the look of it she had been shopping for along time, she had about fifty bags with her all in bright colours and each filled to the top with cloths, one even had a tall lamp and vase in it. Hermione grabbed the bags of shopping and placed them on the floor in front of harry, then mrs granger climbed into the front and turned round to face the two girls,
"Hermione I picked up those cloths you wanted, oh and that lamp is for your room"
"Mum I don't need a new light I've got one" she pulled the lamp from the bag, it was white with a purple flower on the side,
"You said you wanted a grown up room and that's a grown up lamp, oh harry I didn't see you there, hello" and Mrs Granger smiled, harry returned the smile,
"Nice to see you again Mrs Granger and you to Mr Granger" he replied,
"harry you can call use by our names, gemma and robert if you like" and she smiled at harry, now he knew where hermione got her gorgeous smile from. He nodded to replied.
Soon harry notice that they where speeding (not fast) through open country on a large motor way, hermione and crystal where still going through the bags on the floor in front of him, he watched as trees and bushes wiped by, small houses and farms blurred in the distance, they soon arrived in a town. They had travelled miles out of London, into the country. They past a large sign reading "Kingston upon Thames"
"so this is where you live nice" harry said as he watched houses and shops past.
"its not grand but its nice, where here!" hermione jumped out in her seat as they turned down a small road, and into a cul-de-sac where a few trees stood in the center.
Cars where parked around the side of the large circle and some very big houses. As soon as they entered the cul-de-sac they turned again and up a short drive to a house that was hidden by trees. The house was beautiful, it didn't seem like it was in a cul-de-sac because the other houses where blocked by two huge trees, the hole house was surrounded by trees and flowers, as harry climbed out the car the aroma of the flowers.