A/N: I literally have no idea about school breaks in the UK but let's say that they have fall break in 1996 from 28 October till 3 November.
~Saturday 26 October 1996~
"okay, see you then" Hermione hears her mum say when she comes down the stairs at 10am. When she jumps off the last step, she sees her mum putting down the phone horn. "Good morning sleeping beauty" her dad says when he sees her coming into the kitchen. Hermione smirks and says: "morning dad." "You slept well? I suppose", her mom giggles when she comes into the kitchen too. "yeah, it's holidays. I can sleep in" Hermione says still smirking while sitting down and pouring some milk into her mug. "that's true" her dad laughs. Her mum picks up the pancakes she made and puts them in the middle of the table. Hermione and her dad immediately grab one each to put it on their plate. But of course, they both picked the same one and ended up laughing. "here, you can have this one" her dad says while putting the pancake on Hermione's plate and putting another one on his own. "mmm, thanks mum" Hermione says smiling while grabbing the sugar. "you're welcome honey" her mum answers while picking up a pancake for herself. Then they all be quiet to eat the delicious food.
"We are going for dinner at the Dursley's at Halloween" Jean says breaking the silence after a minute. "Really?!" Hermione asks excited. Her mum nods. "that's amazing" Hermione grins. "yeah" her dad agrees with her. "And she said, she'll convince her husband to let Harry eat with us" she adds. "that's great" Richard answers and Hermione gets even more excited.
~Thursday 31 October 1996~
"You ready honey?" Hermione's mum asks opening her bedroom door a bed to look at her daughter. "Almost, could you zip it up please?" Hermione answers. Jean nods and goes towards her daughter to zip the dress up. "Thanks mum" Hermione says turning around in her beautiful knee length, red dress. "you look gorgeous" Jean says smiling proud at her daughter. "Harry won't be able to take his eyes off you" she adds to her statement. "mum" Hermione laughs, they both laugh start laughing and only stop when they hear someone saying something. "What's all the laughing?" a confused looking Richard asks when he stands in the door. "nothing" both girls giggle in unison. "alright then" Richard answers not believing them but smiling. "Hermione you look stunning" he says after a moment of inspecting his daughter. "Thanks dad" Hermione answers smiling. "We have to leave or we'll be late" Jean states. Her husband and daughter both nod and leave the room.
Hermione and her parents are standing in front of the front door of the Dursley's. Richard had pushed the button of the doorbell. Hermione can't resist the urge to smile of excitement, she's going to see Harry again! She doesn't know why but for some reason just the thought of Harry makes her smile. The door opens and a whale-like man stands in front of them. "Good evening Richard, Jean, Hermione. Come inside." he says giving all of them a hand. When they walk inside Dudley stands there to take their coats. "Thanks Dudley" Jean says to him when she gives him her coat. Hermione gives Dudley a smile and her coat. Then she follows her parents and Vernon to the living room. "sit down, Petunia will be home soon" Vernon tells them gesturing to the couch. They all sit down when Dudley comes in with some aperitif. "Is Harry here too?" Hermione asks Dudley when he gives her some orange juice. "No, he's with mum" he answers her. "Oh okay" Hermione says, she can't wait to see him.
A few minutes later they hear a car pull up the driveway. "That'll be Petunia" Vernon says getting up with a smile. Half a minute later they hear the front door open. "Evening dear" Petunia says, and they hear her going up the stairs. "Evening Tuny" Vernon answers her and then all out of sudden he begins whisper shouting at the other person who came into the house. "what are you still standing there?" he whispers loudly. "I'm hanging my coat away and putting my shoes of" a voice that sounded like Harry's answered. "Don't be so slow, hup go upstairs and take a shower. You smell like a cemetery. And put some formal clothes on!" he whisper-shouts at Harry. "okay, okay" they hear the teen answer. "How did you just speak to me?" Vernon asks raising his voice. "Yes, Uncle Vernon" they hear Harry say in a small voice. "Good" Vernon says walking away while Harry runs up the stairs.
Around 10 minutes later Petunia comes into the living room. "The food will be ready in half an hour" she informs the room. She walks over to her son and gives him a kiss on the forehead. Her son tries to dodge it but is unable to, so he just gives his mother a disgusted face. "good evening to you too Duddykins" Petunia laughs to her son. She turns around and goes towards the three Grangers sitting on another couch in the living room. "Evening Jean, Richard, Hermione. It's good to see you all again" she says smiling. "Good evening Petunia, it's good to see you too" Jean answers, Richard and Hermione smile back at her. She goes to sit down on an armchair next to the fireplace. "oh and Hermione, Harry should be done showering by now. If you want you can go up to him, he'd like to see you" she says smiling at the girl sitting beside her parents. Hermione nods and goes upstairs.
When upstairs she goes towards the door where she remembers Harry going in the first time, she saw him in this house. She knocks to times, "I'm almost ready just give me a second" a male voice shout. She waits for a few seconds. Then the door gest thrown open and a raven-haired teenager runs out of it. He can stop just in time, so he doesn't fall on her. "Oh, Hermione it's you. Hey. Sorry, I though it was Uncle Vernon" he says sounding relieved and a bit shocked. "it's just me Harry" Hermione laughs. Harry nods and says: "you can come inside; I'm going to try to flat my hair a little bit" he says a little awkward. Hermione laughs and follows him inside. The room isn't really big, but it's big enough for someone to sleep and study in. In the room there's a wardrobe a bed and a desk with a chair. All the furniture seems rather old and cheep. On the walls hangs a blue wallpaper. One of the walls is also covered with ruby-posters and pictures of Harry and his friends. There are also some pictures of a certain redhead with two raven-haired boys, one who looks in his early twenties and one who looks to be only one or even younger. "that're my parents and me" Harry says snapping Hermione out her thoughts. She didn't even notice she had walked over to the wall with the pictures. "they look like really kind people" Hermione says turning around to face him. "yeah, they were" Harry answers. Hermione can see some sadness in his eyes when she sits down on his bed. "Do you want to tell me where you and Petunia went?" Hermione asks. "to the cemetery, it's 15 years ago today" Harry answers trying to hide the sadness in his voice, but he fails. "oh Harry, I'm so sorry" Hermione says getting up from the bed. She goes over to her friend and envelops him into a bear hug. "it's okay" Harry answers hugging back. After a minute they let go when Harry says: "maybe I need to flat my hair now". Hermione laughs at him, "good luck". She goes to sit down at the bed again and watches as Harry struggles with his hair. He goes to his wardrobe and pulls out a small jar with hair gel. He puts a lot of it on his hand and starts flattening his hair. After a few minutes it's less messier than before but still. "I give up" he sighs. Hermione laughs. "it's kind of hot how your hair looks" she says but immediately puts her hand on her mouth and starts blushing. "thanks" Harry laughs back ignoring Hermione's tomato face. "we should go downstairs, the food should be almost ready by now" Harry says after a minute of laughing. "Yeah, I'm starving" Hermione answers while nodding and they both make their way downstairs to the kitchen.
After they helped Petunia with setting up the table, everyone sits around together enjoying the dinner and talking with each other. Petunia had told Richard and Jean why they were late. "Harry, just so you know, we are always there for you" Jean says kind to the boy that's sitting next to her daughter. "thanks, Mrs Granger, that means a lot to me" Harry answers polite. After another few minutes Richard starts to talk to Harry "so, when's the next rugby match?" he asks him. "oh uh, the next one will be in the beginning of December I think" Harry answers him. "Good, maybe I can come and watch, I've always liked to see the new generation play" he says smiling. Harry nods at him because he doesn't know what to say. "aren't you annoyed that there's so much time between them?" Richard asks. "kind of, but it's usually a month so that's okay" Harry answers. "Did you have one in October too?" he asks. "yeah, last Saturday. But it was on the field of the other school and they don't have place for supporters so almost nobody knew about it." Harry states. "oh okay, and did you win?" "yeah, with 11-9, they were really good opponents" "I'm sure you all have done a great job." Richard says with a hint of proudness in his voice.
The rest of the evening goes by like a normal dinner. They all enjoy their time and talk much with each other.
That's it for this chapter. I hope you liked it and don't hesitate to say what you think about it.
I'm again really sorry for the long waiting time, so I figured I'd give you guys a longer chapter.
IMPORTANT: this story'll not be update for a while because I am rewriting the beginning and will post the story again when it is completed. (sorry)
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