Disclaimer:I do not own the characters in this story. They belong to J.K. Rowling. The song that will be at the begining of each chapter is part of Melissa Etheridge's song I wanna come over. I didn't catch the nameof the writer but I am giving credit where credit is due. ENJOY!
I want to come over
to hell with the consequence
you told me you loved me
that's all I believe
I want to come over
It's a need I can't explain
To see you again
I want to come over
CHAPTER THREE – DIAGON ALLEY
7:00 AM: The alarm is buzzing. Ginny rolls away from Hermione and smashes the snooze button.
"It seems like we just went to sleep," Hermione says pulling Ginny back under the blankets for another nine minutes.
"No kidding," Ginny says cuddling back up against Hermione not wanting to let the heat out from under the blankets.
They drift back to sleep until the alarm goes off again at 7:09 am. Ginny grumbles trying to nestle down into the blankets and sleep longer.
"Come on Gin. We want to get showers and get going before to long," Hermione says dragging the blankets off of Ginny.
"Alright Hermione, I'm up," Ginny groans.
Hermione then trots down the hall to get a quick shower. When she returns to the bedroom she finds Ginny has fallen back to sleep.
"Ginny! Up! Now!" Hermione says pulling the covers off of her friend again.
"I said I was up," Ginny says dragging herself out of bed to the shower while Hermione goes downstairs to make them breakfast.
Molly is sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of tea when Hermione enters the room.
"You girls want breakfast before you go?" Molly asks.
"You relax Mrs. Weasley. I can do it. You've cooked enough over the last two days," Hermione tells her digging bacon and eggs from the fridge and grabbing the bread off the counter.
She fries up the bacon then cooks the eggs in the bacon grease and puts the bread in the toaster. Once everything is cooking or cooked she sets three plates on the table since it's just herself, Mrs. Weasley, and Ginny eating. The boys have all gone back home.
Ginny stumbles into the kitchen with her hair still wet rubbing the last of sleep from her eyes.
"Mmm. Mum what smells so good?" Ginny asks.
"Hermione is making bacon and eggs. She told me to stay still. I feel so useless not helping. It does smell good doesn't it," Molly says.
"I bet it tastes as good as it smells," Ginny says.
The three of them sat down and ate whenever the food was done. They ate in silence. A very unusual occurrence at the Weasley household.
"Hermione breakfast was absolutely marvelous," Molly says.
"Thank you Mrs. Weasley. My mom taught me how to cook. She is one of the best cooks ever," Hermione says.
Molly smiles. "You girls better get going. I'll clean up. Floo powder is near the fire place. Just be home by 4:00 for dinner. Hermione are you going to just stay here for the next two days until you go back to school?" Molly asks.
"Yes Mrs. Weasley. I'll owl mom and dad later this evening and have them send my things." Hermione says.
"Oh don't you worry about that. I will do it for you. You just go have fun shopping today. Ginny, here is your allowance for this week so that it adds to your savings," Molly says handing Ginny 2 galleons making her total savings 15 galleons.
"Thanks Mum," Ginny says stuffing her money into her purse.
"Have fun girls. Just be back for dinner. No later than four," Molly says leaving the girls alone while she goes to do dishes.
"Ginny, I'm going to apparate to Diagon Alley. I'll meet you right outside Fred and George's shop," Hermione said.
"That's cool. I'll floo there and meet you outside," Ginny says.
She then steps into the fire place fills her hand with floo powder and shouts "Diagon Alley!" She spins a way and lands on her rear in the back room of Fred and George's shop. Fred is standing there waiting to greet her. He helps her up.
"Hello, little sister. Hermione just went outside," He said following her out to help George who was assisting to a customer who had a little bit of a mishap with getting extendable ears stuck where they shouldn't have been.
Ginny wrestled her way outside the shop to find Hermione standing nearby leaning on the building. "You alright?" Ginny asks.
"Yep. Fine I just wasn't expecting it to be so busy here. It's worse than black Friday in the muggle world," Hermione says to Ginny. "We'll be lucky to find a single thing that we want to purchase with as many people are here," she finished.
"Hermione. The day after Christmas is the wizarding worlds black Friday. I thought you knew that," Ginny said linking her arm in her friends and pulling her along. "Where do you want to go first?" Ginny asks.
"Well I have to get a grade book for classes and I should probably have some more parchment and quills," Hermione says.
"Alright. I need some more quills, ink and parchment myself. Or I won't get through the remainder of the school year. Then I want to go see what kind of sales are going on," Ginny says.
They fought their way into the stationery store and purchased the things that they needed for classes. Hermione being extremely excited about going back to Hogwarts to teach. Two hours later they were strolling down Main Street when they spotted Ron and Harry strolling their way.
"Hey little sister. What have you two been buying today? Care to join us for lunch?" Ron asks giving Ginny's hair a playful ruffle.
"Yeah Ron we'll join you guys for lunch as long as you don't mess with my hair like that again," Ginny says smoothing her hair over giving Hermione a flirting glance.
"We've only got an hour so let's go so we can eat and maybe miss the hubbub of this place," Harry says leading them all to Three Broomsticks.
They went inside and got lucky and found a table to sit at right away. They all ordered pumpkin juice to drink and the daily special that consisted of a salad, two slices of ham and baked potatoes. Their food was in front of them before they knew it. And the boys were silent as they shoveled in their food since they had to apparate back to the ministry in twenty minutes.
Hermione and Ginny took their time eating, their hands touching under the table on the booth between their legs. Ron never noticed. They didn't think Harry did. But he did. Harry coughed stared at Ginny then kept eating.
She snatched her hand away from Hermione's and continued to pick at her food until it was mostly gone. She then shoved it away and sat back in her seat keeping her arms folded across her chest with her eye on Harry but he never made eye contact again.
"We'll buy you girl's lunch okay," Ron says leaving his sister and Hermione sitting alone in the booth.
Soon the boys were gone and Hermione and Ginny were left sipping pumpkin juice. Ginny looked at Hermione.
"I think Harry knows," Ginny says quietly.
"How would he know?" Hermione asks.
"I think he saw us holding hands. Oh well. It'll be okay. He didn't say anything. I'm sure he'll corner me later though; I think he and Harry are joining us for dinner tonight," Ginny says.
"I have lost all urge to shop. We found a few things right. Let's get back to the borough," Hermione says.
"I'll just floo with you this time. I don't have the energy to apparate," Hermione says.
They both stroll into the twins shop and head to the back room. "George are you guys coming over for dinner tonight?" Ginny asks.
"Yeah Gin. We'll be there at four like always. It's only three you girls are leaving so early?" Fred chimed in.
"I'm tired and want to be home. Had enough shopping to last me a lifetime," Ginny says grabbing a handful of floo powder and shouting "Borough," leaving Hermione standing in the shop to climb in the fire place after her.
They arrived at the borough surprising Molly with how early they were back. "Find anything good?" Molly asks.
"Not really," Ginny says.
"We got a few things for classes and that's about it," Hermione adds.
"Hermione I sent for your things and they came a few hours ago I put your trunk and everything in it up in Ginny's room," Molly says.
"Thank you Molly. I appreciate it," Hermione says following Ginny upstairs to her room.
Once inside the bedroom the girls stared at each other. "So much for having today be our first date. I enjoyed myself but it pretty much sucked, no offence," Ginny says.
"None taken. I couldn't agree more Gin. Oh well. No big deal. I still love you," Hermione says with a smile.
Ginny smiles too. "What are we going to do about Harry though?" She asks
"Nothing we can do. If he even knows. It'll be okay. He'll say something to us before he says anything to Ron. I know Harry. He won't want to cause problems with Ron. You know how his temper can be sometimes," Hermione says.
They both sat on the bed and examined their new parchment and quills. Ginny had also found a diary and wanted to start writing in it. Hermione left her to write and sat beside her on the bed reading.
Shortly later there was a knock at the door. "Can I come in?" Harry asked.
Ginny as Hermione looked at each other then said together, "Yeah it's open,"
They all stared at each other. Harry shut the door behind him.
"Alright. Gin I guess you probably know what I want to ask about," Harry says with a sigh.
"Yeah, I think I do," Ginny says looking out of the corner of her eye at Hermione.
"Are you happy together?" Harry asks.
"Yes," both girls reply together.
"That's all that matters. If either of you hurt the other I will hurt the one who does the hurting, I just want to see you guys happy. Does Ron know?" Harry says.
"Don't think so. I think if he did, he'd be in here screaming his brains out," Hermione says.
"I think you're right. But I do think you should tell him soon so he doesn't find out on his own. I won't say anything though. And it's time for dinner," Harry says leaving the room.
Moments later Hermione and Ginny follow him downstairs to eat dinner and retire early to pack their trunks and get to bed because school starts back tomorrow.
AUTHOR NOTE: Hope you enjoyed the chapter. I am sorry it took so long to update. But I was havin trouble writing it. Please review! Reviews keep me going. If you have any ideas feel free to leave them...I'll read and consider maybe even use some ideas if any one has any. Love lots! ~kylee~