The sun had never felt so good on her skin. It beat down in a way that only American sun could, as it was almost always raining in Britain. She enjoyed the sun and being able to wear a bathing suit without fear of freezing. She had worked hard to get her warrior's body—she deserved to show it off. She adjusted her sunglasses on her head before standing up and heading to the water. Everyone had told her there was no place like Malibu beach on the West Coast of the U.S., and now she believed them. It was incredibly crowded in areas, but she had used a simple cloaking spell to disguise herself as she wandered onto some rich guy's private beach.
Harmony sighed as the cool water touched her feet and then her legs and then her midsection. She loved vacation, and she was considering making this a permanent one. There wasn't a Hermione to harp on her, there wasn't a Ron to make semi-lewd comments about her, there wasn't anyone to force responsibilities on her, and she loved it. She had won the war, never found a job, and never graduated. Why should she? She could just help families rebuild from the war on her more than generously filled Black, Potter, and Peverell vaults. Why was everyone pushing her to become an auror or a healer or something?
Shite, she should just buy a ridiculously huge house next to Mr. Big Bucks here and live off of the American West Coast forever. She sighed and held a little tighter to her piña colada, complete in a coconut shell with a little umbrella. This was perfect. This was actually perfect.
"Excuse me runaway Victoria's Secret Model, how the hell did you get on my beach?!" shouted a masculine voice, Hare froze and turned to the voice, a very attractive man, probably Mr. Big Bucks, stood with a strawberry blond woman wrapped in his arm,
"I just wandered right on over here Mr...?"
"Seriously? You don't know? First you wander onto my beach and now you don't know?"
The woman next to him started laughing and adjusted her straw tea-hat,
"His name is Tony Stark, I'm Pepper Potts, and he seems to have forgotten his manners. Feel free to stay as long as you want," the strawberry blonde said to Harmony as she emerged from the water and Tony's eyes widened,
"Yeah take your time, all the time," the woman smacked him, and shared a wink with Hare,
"Eyes on her face please Tony," Pepper teased, pulling him along,
"Feel free to come to this beach whenever you want, Ms.?"
"Potter, Harmony Potter. I'll take you up on your offer, thank you Ms. Potts" Harmony said gratefully, waving to them as they walked away.
And so the best summer vacation of her life began.