Sam left early in the morning to go to the train station to catch the early morning train to London so that he could get to the Leaky Cauldron. He had bought all the muggle stuff he needed from town a few days earlier and was looking forward to seeing Hermione, and then going into Diagon alley to buy all the wizarding stuff that he needs. He caught a lift with his dad to the train station only to have himself dumped down the road from the station by his dad "I would have bloody driven myself if this is what I was going to get!" Anger etched on Sams face as he watched his father drive away. He had to drag his big heavy trunk up the hill to the station, the wheels of the trunk barely turning now that they were old and battered. When he reached the station he bought his ticket and then dragged his trunk onto the platform where he laid it down on its side, creating a bench for him to sit on and wait till the train eventually pulled into the station and took him down south.
The Night Bus comes to an abrupt stop outside the rickety brown doors of the Leaky Cauldron. Out of the bus steps a foxy young woman. Her womanly figure shown off in a fitted, low-cut white t-shirt, her sizeable bust clearly visible through the v-shaped neck. The black jeans she wears cling to her voluptuous hips and highlight her toned, slender legs. The hair that now spills down her back is a chocolaty shade of brown with slight golden highlights. The ringlets wave down her back like a trailing plant. The shoes on her feet barely compliment her appearance as they are just simple old converse. Over the summer, Hermione Granger has changed from a slim teenage girl, to a curvy young woman. Stepping onto the pavement, she pulls her trunk with her. Stopping for a minute to take a packet of cigarettes from her pocket, she takes one out, puts it in her mouth then takes a lighter from her other pocket and lights the long white filter tipped stick held between her lips inhaling as she does.
"Oh how ill miss these while I'm back at school" gesturing to the cigarette in her hand. Hermione stands and smokes until she throws the cigarette to the floor stomps it out, taking a few steps to the door of the leaky cauldron dragging her trunk behind her as she does this stopping to push the door open, she steps into a busy room looking instantly around to see if she can see Sam. But she finds no joy because it is just too busy so she leaves her trunk by the door in a safe place so it can be moved to her room, she walks over to the bar to find a stressed looking Tom.
"Hey Tom how are you?"
"Oh you know pretty stressed with all these people around, it's a mad house in here at the moment what about you?"
"I'm very well thank you, Err is Sam here? I was hoping to meet him by the bar before we went into diagon alley for a drink. Oh and what room are we in?"
"Yeah he is here, he's up in the room said summit about taking a shower then coming down here to wait for you but that was about five minutes ago. Oh it's room number 7 Hermione see you later" Tom hurried to the other end of the bar to serve a rather old and worn-out looking wizard who was beginning to look irritated at the lack of service.
Hermione strode away from the bar not looking back at the amount of people that just mobbed the bar to get a drink, instead she walked to the stairs with a grin like never before at the thought of seeing Sam again. She ascended the stairs and walked the corridor until she came upon room number 7, she knocked but there was no answer so she opened the door quietly and turned instantly without looking into the room to close it again quietly hoping to surprise Sam. But as she was doing this Sam was coming out of the bathroom with nothing but a towel on, still with light flecks of water running down his toned body and then stopping dead and looking up to see someone in his room. Hermione felt the presence of another person in the room she turned almost too quickly with an enormous grin on her face and looked up at the still wet Sam and promptly went bright red with embarrassment and began to look at the floor.
"Oh I'm so sorry Sam, Tom did say you were taking a shower I didn't think about weather you would be ready or not, oh I'm sorry" She said this in a hurried tone of embarrassment.
"Mione chill will you, it's not like its anything you haven't seen before" at this Sam laughs and then continues in a light hearted way "I would come over there and hug you but I'm still quite wet so ill grab some boxers from my trunk and then go back into the bathroom to dry off. Okay? So just chill on the bed or something" at that Sam walks back into the bathroom and shuts the door. Hermione was still stood rooted to the spot with the same line from what Sam said playing through her head… "It's not like its anything you haven't seen before" in fact it was something she hadn't really seen before, it was her best friend stood in a towel all wet in front of her, she hadn't really noticed how hot Sam was until then. Was this her bringing up the feelings she had for Sam, she had buried them deep in the fear that she would lose him but was that wise? All this was racing through her mind until the sight of Sam in a towel came screaming back to her mind, she closed her mind and realised what a turn on it actually was... She thought to herself "No Hermione it will land you in a lot of trouble so just forget it okay" but she couldn't...
After a proper greeting and a good long hug the two of them came back down to the bar, it was 10pm so most people had cleared out to go to bed so the two of them went to the bar and got a couple of double fire whiskeys thanks to Sam looking older than he was, they then turned and walked to a table in the corner and sat and talked about their summers comforting each other about the hard stuff and laughing at the happy moments. They then started to talk about other things and then Hermione asked weather Sam had met anyone nice during the summer… she immediately regretted this decision.
"oh yeah I met this really nice girl in this club, we got close in the corner and.." Sam was about to carry on but Hermione cut his speech short.
"that's nice…" she didn't mean for it to come out so coldly but it did and she couldn't really take it back now.
"Mione what is it?"
"nothing…. Anyway we had better go upstairs and get some sleep we have to get our school stuff tomorrow" and with that she got up and walked to the stairs and climbed up them. Sam got up and followed her in a bemused state unsure about what had just happen. By time Sam had got into the room Hermione had already changed into a long t-shirt that Sam recognised, he looked for a second and realised it was his but couldn't remember when he had given it to her.
"Mione is that my tshirt? When was it I gave you that to wear?"
"oh it was last year in the winter, I was telling you about how I was cold at night now a days and you gave me this 'rugby rocks' t-shirt as a joke to wear coz it was a little big for you"
"oh yeah well I'm just surprised you have kept it this long" Hermione blushed at this comment and almost revealed how she felt it was sentimental to her and how she loved this shirt and remembered the first nights how it smelt of him.
"Night Mione" with that the room was plunged into darkness, only the street lamp that shone through the gap in the curtain creating a slither of light was visible now. Sam stared at this and then drifted off to sleep, Hermione wasn't as fortunate because all that she could think about was this new feeling of desire she had developed for Sam.
Hermione awoke to the sun streaming in through the gap in the curtains, she sat up on the edge of her bed slowly and quietly and then glanced over to Sams' bed. The duvet was strewn on top of him in an irregular manner showing that he had moved around during the night, his feet were uncovered at the bottom of the bed, Hermione silently chuckled at this sight and then continued to slowly get out of bed so that she didn't wake him up. She gracefully got to her feet and began to tip toe silently towards the bathroom door, grimacing at every creek she made as she crossed the room on the cold solid oak floor boards until she reached the door of the bathroom, she pushed it open cringing at the squeaking sound it made as it swung open. She looked at herself in the mirror only to see a tired looking girl staring back at her, she slipped off the 'rugby rocks' t-shirt of Sams off and then turned the shower on and stepped into its warm rain like stream of water and closed the shower door behind her.
Sam awoke to the dim room looking around at the curtain drawn window and the light that was protruding through the opening. He wasn't as graceful as Hermione when getting up; he rolled over in his half sleeping state only to fall out of bed and onto the floor with a dull thud "shit.. Oww that bloody hurt, I really should stop rolling out of bed…" he picked himself up rubbing the side oh his hip after his fall and walked over to the window to open the curtains while scratching his bare chest. Sam only ever slept in a pair of pyjama bottoms which never bothered him but often his mother would tell him to put some clothes on when he walked around the house, this annoyed him greatly. He stood staring out of the window down at the muggles potting around the market that could be seen from the high window of the Leaky Cauldron, the morning sun shone through onto Sam making him squint at this change in light. Hermione stepped back out of the shower and began to dry her self with a large fluffy white towel, and then following this she stopped to wipe the condensation away from the mirror to check herself over before brushing her teeth. Her parents being dentists always insisted she kept her teeth perfect which after the years of eating sugary sweets and drinking butter beer have stayed magnificent as far as anyone is concerned. She finished brushing her teeth, rinsed her mouth out with some cold water and then wrapped the big towel around herself, welcoming this new warmth after standing naked in the chilly bathroom.
Hermione collected her t-shirt up off the floor and then opened the door looking back for a second or two to check she hadn't left anything and then continued into the bedroom. Sam jumped and turned around to look at the still wet haired Hermione, he noticed her pale soft face framed by her slightly wet chocolate brown hair and was amazed that he had never noticed just how beautiful she was. "Morning you" these words were laced with a slight affection without his realisation. "Morning Sam, how did you sleep and what was the bang I heard while I was showering?" " oh that.." Sam turned a pale shade of red at these words " I fell out of bed when I was getting up" Hermione instantly laughed at this and then smiled at Sam "you really are a bit of a cluts at times Sam Sutton, now go shower while I get dressed and then you do the same so that we can go down to Diagon alley to buy our new robes and text books" she then smiled and eyed absent mindedly at Sams six pack and arms before realising what she was doing and looked back up at his grinning face. "Yes mother" he then grinned and cheekily stuck his tongue out before picking a pair of neon yellow boxers from his trunk and walking into the bathroom.
Hermione was pacing up and down in her tatty converse waiting for Sam to finish styling his hair "stop being so vain will you, you look plenty good enough without spending so long on your hair" "hey I'm just trying to look good enough to walk around with you" Sam lent back to look out the door to wink at Hermione, she blushed at this complement and then went back to rushing him along "oh shut it you and come on" "Alright alright chill I'm coming now" Sam walked out from the bathroom, skinny style blue jeans hanging from his hip revealing the loud coloured boxers that could be seen above the black and white stud belt that only just held his jeans in place. Without the belt his jeans would just fall to the floor, a fact that Hermione reminds him off as often as she can. Then a tight fitting polo shirt clinging to his muscular torso, blue in colour it teased Hermiones mind with what she knew was beneath it but she forced the thought to the back of her mind. The two of them left the room together, Sam turned to lock the door of their room and then turned back to be side by side with Hermione, they walked through the dingy looking corridor, avoiding the cobwebs that hung from the ceiling and then descended the steep staircase and into the bar. Tom was still rushing about serving people their morning drinks and taking orders for breakfast, Hermione and Sam had never seen Toms wand waving so much and smiled at the sight of him working so hard and then proceeded out through the back door to the wall that they could pass through. Hermione and Sam stopped at the wall and Hermione took her wand from her jeans back pocket and tapped the wall three times in a circle on the brick and the wall shook and the bricks moved and formed a doorway revealing Diagon Alley.
The alley was as busy as is always is with witches and wizards busying themselves with, attempts to cross the busy street or but trying to file into shops to buy ingredients for their next experiment. Sam always loved coming to Diagon alley because he loved to see all the different wizards and witch's, the different shapes and sizes and seeing the goblins in Gringotts or the owls that stood in their cages outside Eeylops Owl Emporium. Hermione of course liked to go look around Flourish & Blotts, Sam naturally left her to do this and went to look around the Quality Quidditch shop to occupy his time while she spent so long looking for books she hadn't read, only to find each time that his attempts were useless and that he would have to drag her out after an hour.
Sam and Hermione stepped into the alley and observed the mass of people that were trying to get into the Apothecary shop, so they avoided going there till they had to. " I tell you what its busier than normal I'm sure of it" Sam said this in an amazed tone only to be cut down by Hermione "well I dunno really its only a bit busier than normal" Sam chose not to reply coz he knew that she was just trying to wind him up, he merely smiled and carried on walking. The two of them walked towards Flourish & Blotts to go and order their books for the new term, and as they walked into the crowded shop they stopped just inside by the mass of textbooks. " I might just get them sent to school coz my trunk is just too full and I can imagine yours being in the same state after I saw your packing in the room" Hermione said this tongue in cheek and grinned," Hey I got more in there this year than I did last year. But yeah your right we had best get them sent to school. Your taking the same classes as me right?" " Yeah that's right Defence against the dark arts, potions, transfiguration and charms" "okay well wait here then Mione and ill go and order them twice and get them sent to school just give me the money and ill be the one that ques. At least ill be spared of standing here while you ogle at books" Sam flashed her his usual cheeky grin at this comment and Hermione lightly slapped his arm in a playful manner then handed him some money to get the text books. Sam walked off to buy the books and Hermione stood and looked at books and people watched for a bit until Sam got back. After around half an hour Sam returned to Hermione surprised that she wasn't as bored as he was but not that surprised because she was nose deep in a book as usual. "come on you geek we need to go to Madam Malkin's to get our Robes before it gets too busy" Hermione frowned at his little joke about her being a geek but she did put the book down quite reluctantly and then walked after Sam out of the door and back into the street. The two of them walked closely together up the street to the robes shop, Hermione often glanced up at Sam to take in his features, longing to kiss his cheek and tell him how she feels for him hoping that he would return the feelings. But like every time her mind would over power this thought to save her from risking everything she has with him at the moment. Sam on the other hand was looking around the street eyeing gorgeous witches thinking to him self that if he had the chance he would ask them out for a drink or something. Sam was just like Hermione though, he saw Hermione in a different light since seeing her in his t-shirt, and also seeing how she had developed from a teenager and into a young woman over the summer. He thought that if he continued to think this and then told her she would act differently towards him so he just pushed it to the back of his mind and looked at other women to distract him. The two of them were about to walk into the shop when Hermione turned to Sam to say " oh yeah madam Malkin loved you last time if you remember." Giggling a little before carrying on what she was saying " well she is definitely going to think your some wonderful boy now you look like this" Sam turned a slight shade of pink "oh shut up you or ill have to hurt you" sticking his tongue out Sam then turned and walked into the shop. Hermione was still laughing to herself "I'd like to see you try and hurt me" Winking at Sam as she said this because he had turned around to reply but was cut short before he could by madam Malkin's shrill voice " Hello my dears new robes is it? Got a little big have we?" at this she advanced on the pair and then grasped Sam's large bicep " oh my my we have gotten a bit bigger since I last saw you" Hermione was just watching this happen and barely being able to conceal her laughter. An hour passed as the two of them were fitted for their school robes, and dress robes. Sam was first out of the shop with his new robes packed in brown paper and string which he was carrying under one arm. Hermione followed him and then immediately burst into laughter, "that was brilliant. She couldn't keep her hands off you" Hermione continued to laugh all the way down the street as they walked back to the Leaky cauldron. They entered the Leaky cauldrons bar, got a couple of drinks and then sat at a table. "We have a taxi booked for ten o'clock tomorrow morning to take us to the station which should give us plenty of time to get to the station and to find a compartment" Hermione was using her formal sounding voice which Sam knew not to question for the fear of being told off, he just smiled and agreed. The two of them sat and drank butter beer and fire whiskey till late and then went to bed.