Okay, the first chapter was sort of short, so I decided to probably write a longer second chapter. Was the story too bad because I didn't get a lot of reviews? This is my first fanfiction and I'm not much of a writer but I hope to make more stories. Please review and I'm only writing this chapter because I've decided that one chapter to a story isn't enough. Enjoy!

"Harry, I never thought I'd see the day when you're shocked to see me," Hermione said. "I mean, do I look okay? What, have I gone ugly over the first few weeks of the summer? I know looks don't really matter, but you're one of my best friends, so if you're shocked, I think there's something wrong with me."

"No, no," Harry said quickly. "You look fine. Great, actually. It's just that I can't believe you've changed so much over one week of summer. What did you do to yourself?"

"Well," Hermione began. "My mom decided that I might want to get a new hairstyle and have makeup and stuff like that. I don't know, I guess I've just care a bit more about my looks. But don't take it the wrong way. I mean, books and school are still very important to me. I just thought I can just change my looks a bit."

She looked uncomfortable.

"I didn't mean to make you feel bad or anything," Harry said, feeling uncomfortable himself. "I just was shocked to see you all changed and everything."

"Let's stop standing by the door and just go inside," Hermione said. Harry went in and Hermione closed the door. It was like walking into a miniature mansion. The house didn't look big on the outside, thought Harry. But it sure looked big on the inside. There were lots of furniture and the living room was filled with lots of flowers. The house looked really elegant.

"Well," said Hermione. "Mom really love flowers of all kinds, so our house is like an indoor garden. Of course, there's flowers in the backyard too. Let's go upstairs to your room and unpack your stuff."

Harry followed Hermione upstairs and walked in a room that was the last one on the second floor. It was pretty big and empty. There was a dresser, a small desk and a bed.

"I know it's a bit empty," said Hermione. "But we thought this was the best room that was free."

Harry quickly unpacked his stuff and followed Hermione for her tour of her house. After about an hour of laughing, joking and exploring, they were resting down on the living room sofa, and Harry said, "Wow, Hermione. I never thought a tour of a house would be so much fun. What should we do now?"

"I don't know," Hermione said. "Why don't we go downtown and just look around? I don't think you've ever been downtown before, because of living with the Dursleys. How about it?"

"Okay!" said Harry, feeling excited. Hermione was right. He had never been downtown before. The Dursleys thought the best way to deal with Harry was keep him in the house at all times.

And off they went. Everyday for the rest of the summer, Harry and Hermione would find something that Harry hadn't had a chance to do, or a place he'd never been to, and go there. It was really fun, and surprisingly, there were a lot of places Harry hadn't been to, so everyday was different for Harry. It was probably the one of the best summer holidays of his life. Except for the months at the Burrow, of course. It's really different with Hermione, Harry thought one day, while they were in an arcade. She isn't like Ron at all, but in a lot of ways, she can be a lot of fun.

Soon, the summer holidays were almost over and Harry and Hermione had to go to Diagon Alley to get their things for Hogwarts in September.

"Let's send an owl to Ron," suggested Hermione. "We always seem to buy our school things together, and it's more fun anyway with the three of us. Let's see how Ron has changed over the summer."

Harry grabbed a quill at the desk and started writing:

Ron,

Hey! It's been a really fun summer for me mainly because Hermione invited me to stay at her house but anyway, Hermione suggested that we should get our school things next week with you. It'll be more fun too. How about if you write back deciding what time and date we're going to meet in Diagon Alley? Let's meet in front of the Leaky Cauldron okay? (We can go to Diagon Alley together afterwards)

Harry

He clamped the bit of parchment to his owl, Hedwig's legs and she took off. Harry watched until she was out of sight.

A few days later, Hedwig came back with a reply.

Harry took the parchment from her and read:

Harry,

Of course! That's a great idea! Let's meet tomorrow at noon okay? See you there!

Ron

At dinner that night, Harry told Hermione about Ron's reply. "Well, that doesn't leave us with a lot of time to pack," said Hermione, through a mouthful of chicken. "Let's finish dinner and then go upstairs and pack. I can ask Mr. Weasley to get our house connected to the Floo Network for just tomorrow. Then we can use Floo powder to get to Diagon Alley."

They hurriedly finished dinner and went upstairs to pack. For Harry it didn't take very long, because he didn't have a lot of stuff, but for Hermione, it took nearly four hours just to get all her things in her trunks. The reason was that she still carried a lot of books with her. "Don't worry," she said to Harry with a shocked expression on his face. "I can still fit my school books and things that we're going to buy tomorrow. I brought an extra trunk. And I already wrote to Mr. Weasley. He said no problem. Better go to bed early today, I'm really exhausted after all this packing."

The next morning, Harry and Hermione both carried their trunks downstairs. Soon, it was nearly time to go and Hermione handed a pinch of powder to Harry. "Go first," she said. "I'll go after you okay?"

Harry threw the powder in the fire, and shouted, "The Leaky Cauldron." In the blink of an eye, he was gone.

Harry could feel himself going really fast, and then, even before he started to get dizzy, he felt himself land in the fireplace of the Leaky Cauldron. Harry quickly got out of the fireplace, because he knew Hermione would be coming any moment now. He was right. Seconds later, Hermione fell out of the fireplace too. "Whew," said Hermione. "Let's just take a seat here and wait for Ron."

Harry agreed. He didn't feel dizzy after the floo powder, but he still needed to take a break. Soon, Harry heard a voice call out, "Harry! Hermione!" and he knew instantly that it was Ron. He and Hermione both turned around. There was Ron, smiling broadly at his two friends.

"Wow, Hermione," he said, gaping at her the same way Harry had been when he was inviting into her house. "You should have made some changes over the summer. Big changes."

"Honestly, Ron," said Hermione, slightly annoyed. "I'm just the same old Hermione. Books, school, you know?"

"Well," said Ron. "On the inside, not a change at all. On the outside, big changes. And I'm not trying to get you annoyed, Hermione. I'm just a little surprised that you, out of all people, would care about looks too."

"Ron, I'm the same old Hermione. Nothing really different, okay?" said Hermione, her voice raising. "I'm getting really annoyed at everybody gaping at me. First, mostly all the boys that live on my street, then Harry, and then you, Ron."

"Harry?" said Ron, surprised.

"Come on," said Harry, pushing them out of the Leaky Cauldron. "Let's not have an argument when we're going to have a great time here okay?"

The afternoon was actually really fun, as Harry had said, because they spent a lot of the money to buy things like ice cream, candy and other things that was fun to have on an afternoon like this. It was nearly six when they had finished all their shopping, and had finished walking around Diagon Alley.

"Well," said Harry, tired after all the walking he'd done in Diagon Alley. "I hate to say this, but I think we're going to have to go back and go home. Bye Ron, I'll meet you on the Hogwarts Express tomorrow, okay?" He and Hermione waved goodbye as Ron walked the other way.

"Hermione, even you had to say that was a fun afternoon," said Harry, after they had traveled back to Hermione's house. "I mean, without the argument you and Ron had before. Why do you guys always have the arguments?"

"Don't ask me," said Hermione, in a hopeless sort of voice. "I never really want to argue, but Ron just does the things that really annoy me sometimes, and I just…lose control okay? Does that really explain it because I don't want to talk about it anymore."

They packed all the things they had bought for school this afternoon into their trunks, and soon it was getting dark.

"Goodnight, Harry."

"Goodnight, Hermione."

The next day, Harry and Hermione were both glad they had packed everything the night before. There were so many things to be done on the day of school. Finally, after many running up and down the stairs, Harry and Hermione carried and placed their trunks in Mr. Granger's car. "Bye, Mom!" Hermione called.

"Bye, Mrs. Granger!" Harry yelled too, as the car started. "Thanks for the great meals you cooked for me!"

Mrs. Granger smiled and waved goodbye to Hermione and Harry. "Have a good school year!" she called to them.

Soon they were at King's Cross and after saying goodbye to Mr. Granger for driving them here, Harry and Hermione both walked hurriedly through the solid barrier dividing platform nine and ten. They went right through the wall, and found themselves in front of the Hogwarts Express. "Well," said Harry. "We're still early. Why don't we wait for Ron to come?"

Soon after they had arrived, Harry saw Ron and his little sister, Ginny, walk on to the platform. "Hey Ron!" Harry yelled. "Over here!" He waved. Ron saw him and waved back, grinning.

The train started to billow smoke, the signal that it would begin to move very soon. Harry, Ron and Hermione ran onto the train and found themselves an empty compartment. They told jokes, laughed, and just talked while the scenery changed. In no time at all, the train started to slow down and stopped. Harry, Ron and Hermione got out of the train, and followed the other students to Hogwarts Castle.

Well, how was that for a second chapter? I know it's still a bit short, but I'm trying to get it more longer and longer at every chapter okay? I don't have much time writing this story, but when I do have time, I'm going to try to write at least a whole chapter. Please review and look forward to the next chapter!