Part 4. - At home with the Grangers.
"Right then, Harry, Ron, you'll be staying in the guest room together. Ginny, you can sleep in my room." Hermonie said after they'd finished their drinks. "And I'll be off, have a good time, see you in a few days." Mr Weasley said as they headed up the stairs. "Bye Dad." Chorused Ron and Ginny "See you Mr Weasley." Harry and Hermonie added.
Ten minutes later Harry and Ron had left their things in the guest room and Ginny had put hers in Hermonie's room. Harry had definitely seen on her desk a copy of "Hogwarts a History" on top of a pile of roughly fifteen schoolbooks.
"So what do you want to do?" Hermonie asked looking nervous, Harry presumed she'd never had the pressure of finding things for 4 wizards to do in a Muggle home before. "Erh" Ron and Ginny said looking uncomfortable at being asked this. "TV?" Harry suggested. "Sure." Came Hermonie's voice above the "Huh?" of Ron's voice.
They headed down to the Lounge, which was a light sky blue. It had two couches along two of the walls and a large window on the left. In front of them stood a large bookcase covered in Muggle novels with a few wizarding ones mixed in. Harry spotted in between two Muggle novels, "Voyages with Vampires" by Gilderoy Lockhart. The TV stood in the center of the wall and above it there was a highly polished frame with a photo of Hermonie on one side, on the other, he OWL results. She had gained Outstanding in everything, except Defence Against the Dark Arts in which she had gained an E.
"Hah!" Ron exclaimed, "You got the same as me in Defence Against the Dark Arts." He looked at Hermonie who was looking at Ron with a mix of annoyance and pleased that he had got an E. "Well done Ron." She said while Ron was doing a little dance in front of her. Ginny was shaking her head looking embarrassed at him, "if you do that little dance one more time Ron."
They switched on the TV after Ron had finished his dance. "Weird." Ron uttered seeing the moving figures in the TV. He went closer to the TV to look at it in more detail. "Muggles like this?" He asked Harry. "More than you can imagine." Came Harry's reply. Hermonie changed the channel and settled herself down in one of the couches throwing her legs on the other end. Both Ginny and Harry took the other one leaving Ron kneeling right in front of the TV still looking at it. "Ron, will you please move." Hermonie said sternly. "Oh yeah, sure." He said looking for a place to sit. "Hermonie, shift up!" "Oh sorry, Ron. Am I taking up all the space?" "Yes!" "Oh, oh well." She said clearly enjoying winding Ron up. "Fine!" Ron said and Harry could clearly see that by the redness of his ears he was slightly embarrassed. "You ask for it Granger." He said sneakily and sat down on her legs. "Ron, get off!" "Oh sorry, Hermonie. Am I sitting on your legs?" "Yes!" "Oh, oh well."
Both Harry and Ginny burst into laughter watching Ron imitate Hermonie so accurately.
That afternoon Hermonies parents who hadn't been seen much during the day came down and said that they planned to cook a Sunday roast for dinner. They talked a lot about wizarding ways to do things and Hogwarts. At the end of the meal that was thoroughly enjoyable and made them drowsy they got up from the table. "Thanks for the meal Mr and Mrs Granger." Ron said. "Its okay, Ron." They said beaming at him. "Yeah, thanks." Added Harry and Ginny taking lead from Ron. "Anytime." Mrs Granger replied. As they were leaving they smiled widely at Hermonie who went slightly red blushing.
Nothing out of the ordinary happened while they were staying at Hermonies. The guest room that Harry and Ron stayed in was surprisingly comfortable and although they had to share turns who slept on the floor it wasn't a hard deal for either. All of them stayed up long into the night talking about different topics mentioning Voldemort, what the order were doing now everyone knew he was back, Hogwarts, Quidditch and to Ron's disgust Ginny and Dean Thomas who she was stilling going out with.
"I'll be having words with Dean when we get back to school." Ron said his ears turning pink. "Don't you dare Ron!" Ginny said angrily, "You do and I'll get my revenge."
Both Harry and Hermonie laughed but turned their laughter into fake coughing when Ron stared at them both fixatedly. "What's this?" Ron said holding up a Muggle board game obviously trying to change the subject. "It's a game, Ron." Hermonie answered. "Do you have Chess?" Ron said eagerly. "Yeeees, we do." "Can we play? Come on Hermonie, Can we?" Ron badgered on. "I suppose we could have a game."
Five minutes later Hermonie had found the Chess set and set it up. Ron was eagerly waiting to start directing his pieces. "Okay" Ron said. "Lets do it." He had already started trying to direct his pieces when he noticed that all three of the others were in hysterics on the floor. "What? Why aren't they moving!" "Muggle Chess" Ginny said trying to catch her breath in between her giggles. Ron's ears were now a beautiful shade of red that matched the carpet perfectly.
Ron didn't ask what anything else was for the rest of the few days that they were at Hermonies. The next day he and Ginny received a note from Mrs Weasley saying that Fred, George, Bill and Charlie were coming to pick them up next morning to take them back to the Burrow.
Sure enough the next day at 11am there came a knock on the back door and Fred, George, Bill and Charlie were there. "Apparated." Fred said. "Thought it best to land in the garden." George added. "Alright there." Charlie and Bill said nodding at them all. "How's Fleur?" Ginny asked looking at Bill, grinning. "She's fine." He said looking at her, then turning to Harry and Ron adding a wink. "I'll bet she is." Ron said.
Hermonie made them all a drink and after they had all finished went to say goodbye to her parents. "Okay, Me and Charlie are going to take your trunks home, and then you'll follow with Fred and George." Bill said. "How're we going?" Hermonie asked. "Dad got you hooked up to the flue network." "Great." Harry said.
Bill took both Ginny and Hermonie's trunks and through the powder into the fire setting off. "The Burrow!" Harry heard him call into the fire. Next was Charlie who took Harry and Ron's trunk and called "The Burrow!" into the fire.
Harry turned around to look at Fred who was writing something on a piece of paper. "What are you doing?" Ginny said looking at them both with interest. "Change on plan, Ginny dear." George said smiling cheekily. "Thought we'd go and take a look at the shop." He took the letter off Fred, tied it to an Owl that Harry had never seen before. "Who's is that?" Hermonie asked looking at them both. "Ours." Fred said. "Bought it." George added, "Thought we might need one for work." He brought the Owl to the window and threw it outside. "Okay then," he went to fire through in some powder and called "Diagon Alley!"
End of Part 4.
"Right then, Harry, Ron, you'll be staying in the guest room together. Ginny, you can sleep in my room." Hermonie said after they'd finished their drinks. "And I'll be off, have a good time, see you in a few days." Mr Weasley said as they headed up the stairs. "Bye Dad." Chorused Ron and Ginny "See you Mr Weasley." Harry and Hermonie added.
Ten minutes later Harry and Ron had left their things in the guest room and Ginny had put hers in Hermonie's room. Harry had definitely seen on her desk a copy of "Hogwarts a History" on top of a pile of roughly fifteen schoolbooks.
"So what do you want to do?" Hermonie asked looking nervous, Harry presumed she'd never had the pressure of finding things for 4 wizards to do in a Muggle home before. "Erh" Ron and Ginny said looking uncomfortable at being asked this. "TV?" Harry suggested. "Sure." Came Hermonie's voice above the "Huh?" of Ron's voice.
They headed down to the Lounge, which was a light sky blue. It had two couches along two of the walls and a large window on the left. In front of them stood a large bookcase covered in Muggle novels with a few wizarding ones mixed in. Harry spotted in between two Muggle novels, "Voyages with Vampires" by Gilderoy Lockhart. The TV stood in the center of the wall and above it there was a highly polished frame with a photo of Hermonie on one side, on the other, he OWL results. She had gained Outstanding in everything, except Defence Against the Dark Arts in which she had gained an E.
"Hah!" Ron exclaimed, "You got the same as me in Defence Against the Dark Arts." He looked at Hermonie who was looking at Ron with a mix of annoyance and pleased that he had got an E. "Well done Ron." She said while Ron was doing a little dance in front of her. Ginny was shaking her head looking embarrassed at him, "if you do that little dance one more time Ron."
They switched on the TV after Ron had finished his dance. "Weird." Ron uttered seeing the moving figures in the TV. He went closer to the TV to look at it in more detail. "Muggles like this?" He asked Harry. "More than you can imagine." Came Harry's reply. Hermonie changed the channel and settled herself down in one of the couches throwing her legs on the other end. Both Ginny and Harry took the other one leaving Ron kneeling right in front of the TV still looking at it. "Ron, will you please move." Hermonie said sternly. "Oh yeah, sure." He said looking for a place to sit. "Hermonie, shift up!" "Oh sorry, Ron. Am I taking up all the space?" "Yes!" "Oh, oh well." She said clearly enjoying winding Ron up. "Fine!" Ron said and Harry could clearly see that by the redness of his ears he was slightly embarrassed. "You ask for it Granger." He said sneakily and sat down on her legs. "Ron, get off!" "Oh sorry, Hermonie. Am I sitting on your legs?" "Yes!" "Oh, oh well."
Both Harry and Ginny burst into laughter watching Ron imitate Hermonie so accurately.
That afternoon Hermonies parents who hadn't been seen much during the day came down and said that they planned to cook a Sunday roast for dinner. They talked a lot about wizarding ways to do things and Hogwarts. At the end of the meal that was thoroughly enjoyable and made them drowsy they got up from the table. "Thanks for the meal Mr and Mrs Granger." Ron said. "Its okay, Ron." They said beaming at him. "Yeah, thanks." Added Harry and Ginny taking lead from Ron. "Anytime." Mrs Granger replied. As they were leaving they smiled widely at Hermonie who went slightly red blushing.
Nothing out of the ordinary happened while they were staying at Hermonies. The guest room that Harry and Ron stayed in was surprisingly comfortable and although they had to share turns who slept on the floor it wasn't a hard deal for either. All of them stayed up long into the night talking about different topics mentioning Voldemort, what the order were doing now everyone knew he was back, Hogwarts, Quidditch and to Ron's disgust Ginny and Dean Thomas who she was stilling going out with.
"I'll be having words with Dean when we get back to school." Ron said his ears turning pink. "Don't you dare Ron!" Ginny said angrily, "You do and I'll get my revenge."
Both Harry and Hermonie laughed but turned their laughter into fake coughing when Ron stared at them both fixatedly. "What's this?" Ron said holding up a Muggle board game obviously trying to change the subject. "It's a game, Ron." Hermonie answered. "Do you have Chess?" Ron said eagerly. "Yeeees, we do." "Can we play? Come on Hermonie, Can we?" Ron badgered on. "I suppose we could have a game."
Five minutes later Hermonie had found the Chess set and set it up. Ron was eagerly waiting to start directing his pieces. "Okay" Ron said. "Lets do it." He had already started trying to direct his pieces when he noticed that all three of the others were in hysterics on the floor. "What? Why aren't they moving!" "Muggle Chess" Ginny said trying to catch her breath in between her giggles. Ron's ears were now a beautiful shade of red that matched the carpet perfectly.
Ron didn't ask what anything else was for the rest of the few days that they were at Hermonies. The next day he and Ginny received a note from Mrs Weasley saying that Fred, George, Bill and Charlie were coming to pick them up next morning to take them back to the Burrow.
Sure enough the next day at 11am there came a knock on the back door and Fred, George, Bill and Charlie were there. "Apparated." Fred said. "Thought it best to land in the garden." George added. "Alright there." Charlie and Bill said nodding at them all. "How's Fleur?" Ginny asked looking at Bill, grinning. "She's fine." He said looking at her, then turning to Harry and Ron adding a wink. "I'll bet she is." Ron said.
Hermonie made them all a drink and after they had all finished went to say goodbye to her parents. "Okay, Me and Charlie are going to take your trunks home, and then you'll follow with Fred and George." Bill said. "How're we going?" Hermonie asked. "Dad got you hooked up to the flue network." "Great." Harry said.
Bill took both Ginny and Hermonie's trunks and through the powder into the fire setting off. "The Burrow!" Harry heard him call into the fire. Next was Charlie who took Harry and Ron's trunk and called "The Burrow!" into the fire.
Harry turned around to look at Fred who was writing something on a piece of paper. "What are you doing?" Ginny said looking at them both with interest. "Change on plan, Ginny dear." George said smiling cheekily. "Thought we'd go and take a look at the shop." He took the letter off Fred, tied it to an Owl that Harry had never seen before. "Who's is that?" Hermonie asked looking at them both. "Ours." Fred said. "Bought it." George added, "Thought we might need one for work." He brought the Owl to the window and threw it outside. "Okay then," he went to fire through in some powder and called "Diagon Alley!"
End of Part 4.
