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Thank you to all the reviewers, here's chapter three.

Chapter Three: Beach House

An hour later Hermione exited her bathroom wearing a snug black tank top and jean capris. Ron and Harry waited for her wearing their swim trunks and shirts. "Come on guys. We still have to talk to my mother." Hermione said as she led her friends out of her room with both of them staring at her clothes.

Michelle Granger was teaching her youngest daughter, Jessica, how to draw. In truth she was distracting Jessica from thinking about what she had seen the day before at Hogwarts. "Mom can we talk to you?" Hermione asked from outside the door of the first floor parlor. "Come on in sweetie. I'm just teaching Jess how to draw." Michelle answered and saw Hermione open the door and walk inside with her two friends in tow. "Nice to see you, Harry, Ron." Michelle said as she handed Jessica back her sketch book. "Minnie look. I started drawing the butterfly." Jessica said as she showed Hermione and her two friends the drawing of a purple and pink butterfly with two extra sets of wings. "It's not as nice as Diana's or as beautiful as yours but it's my first try." Jessica said. "It's beautiful honey. I love it. Wanna go play with Damian and Topher? They're playing Wii up in the sitting room." Hermione told her sister and watched her bolt outside the door. "Sneaky way to get her away." Michelle complemented Hermione. "What is it? Should I get mom?" Michelle asked. "Only if you don't have the authority to let me use the other houses." Hermione whispered glancing down. "Depends on which house and for how long." Michelle answered Hermione. "The house in Miami, for about a week but we'll sleep here in my room." Hermione answered. "That I can do. Clothes and money?" Michelle asked. "For today Damian and Topher lend us some clothes and I got my card." Hermione answered. "Ok. You can go. Have fun and here you have the papers for your tattoo." Michelle told Hermione with a smile offering her a few sheets of paper. "How did you know?" Hermione said taking the papers from her mother. "Because I know you and Di gave you away ages ago." Michelle answered. "Thanks mom." Hermione said hugging her mother and kissing her cheek. "Have fun, you three." Michelle said as she dismissed Hermione and her friends with a wave of her hand.

"Yay! Come on we should be on our way." Hermione said and with a snap of her wrist, her sketchbook appeared in her hands. "Nice trick." Ron said a little amazed. "Come on. The beach is waiting for us." Hermione cheered and led her friends to the connection room, which as a room where all of the Dumbledore houses connected. She counted three doors down the right side and stooped on the front of the fourth one. "When we cross the door, we'll get a beach bag and stuff some towels as well as our wands and I'll carry it ok? We'll make sure we go to places that accept my credit card or look for an ATM." Hermione explained as she opened the door.

"We can't let you pay for everything." Ron said as he crossed the doorway after Harry. He was met with a room pretty much like the one he had just been. "Don't worry about it Ron." Hermione said as she closed the door behind her. "This way boys." She finished leading her friends outside the connection room and into the house. When she opened the door Ron's jaw dropped and Harry grinned widely. The view was spectacular. The house was located right by the beach and designed to fit with its surrounding though there weren't any other houses anywhere near that they could see. Hermione left her friends staring out the window and made her way to one of the rooms on the third floor of the beach house to retrieve her bottomless charmed beach bag. She stuffed four towels into it as well as sun screen and tanning oil and her wand. "Have you stopped gaping out the window yet?" Hermione asked when she met her friends in the second floor family room staring at the ocean. "It's wonderful here." Ron exclaimed happily while Harry just smiled. "Glad you like it. Now hand your wands over and we'll be on our way." Hermione said as she extended her hand forward. "It'll just be for a bit Harry." Hermione said as she noticed Harry hesitate before dropping his wand into her hand. "I'll give them back when we come home." Hermione said stuffing the two wands into her bag. "Where are we going first?" Harry asked politely. "Wherever you want! The pool, downtown, the beach out back, the beach down the road that isn't part of the house, wherever you guys want." Hermione said excitedly. "Let's walk around." Ron said as he threw one arm over Harry's shoulders and the other one around Hermione. "Yes lets." Hermione cheered as the three of them made their way out of the house with their arms around each other.

Once in the front yard of the manor Harry and Ron gaped at the distance from the city to the manor. " If we wait to visit town until tomorrow we can take a car. I didn't bring my license today." Hermione told her boys. "We could use bikes to get there but, you might not like that Ron." Hermione explained. "Let's go there tomorrow. Can we go swimming now?" Ron asked loudly. "Yes. This way, we'll go around back." Hermione said as she led her friends through the side of the garden and out into the backyard. The gigantic free form pool that met their eyes had Harry and Ron dumbfounded. "I didn't see that from upstairs." Ron complained, pointing towards the pool. "That's because you were looking out instead of down, Ron." Hermione said with a giggle. "First things first, we don't have tans so we need to use lots of sun screen. It's not fun to get burned. Here we go." Hermione said as she dropped the contents of her bag in one of the lounge chairs by the side of the pool nearest to the beach. She grabbed the bottle of sun screen and let a big glob fall into her hand. "Shirts off guys. Who's first?" Hermione asked with a smirk. "Ron can go first." Harry squeaked and pushed Ron forward. Ron shrugged out of his shirt and took the bottle from Hermione to do his front as Hermione did his back. "Wait until I tell you to get in, Ron. Come on, Harry, it's your turn." Hermione said as she stripped of her outer clothes, revealing her black and fuchsia tankini. "I think I'll just wear the shirt in the pool Mione." Harry said when Hermione was done doing her front. "Nonsense Harry. Swimming with a shirt on is uncomfortable." Hermione said as she moved to take of his shirt. "Fine I'll do it." Harry said sullenly as he took of his shirt. Hermione gasped and Ron cursed from the lounge chair he was sitting in. Harry's chest was covered in scars. Some were from his time in the Magical World but others were from his time at the Dursleys'. He saw recognition in Hermione's eyes. Ron knew already, after all they shared rooms for the last seven or so years.