For those who read the first chapter, sorry about the wait. I've been busy.
The chapter name is pretty much self-explanatory... but anyway, there's a week to go until the reunion, and Harry, Ron and Hermione are all getting ready for it. They all have things on their mind regarding the reunion.
These chapters are a little short I know. That's because there's little action, it's mainly about what's going through the character's mind with the reunion being a week away,
Thanks to Greyhound Master, Tithe and yumienuf2eat for your reviews, they were very much appreciated. Others will be as well, so please review.
Harry
With the all-important reunion just a week away, Harry could think of nothing else. His Quidditch training was poor, and the Tornados had even lost their last match for the first time in almost two years because Harry was so distracted. The snitch had actually gone right past him just before the Chudley Cannons' seeker Paul Dawson caught it. This had made his coach furious, and he'd even threaten to drop him for the next game. But Harry didn't care that much; it was the reunion he cared about. He was constantly going into clothes shops, both in the muggle and wizard world, even though he already had a tuxedo. He wanted to look his best. He'd also had his hair styled (though it had little effect), and his shoes polished to perfection. And though he tried to convince himself otherwise, he was doing all this for one reason and one reason only - Hermione. He needed to see her there, and win her back. After all, it was his fault she'd gone to France in the first place:
The Night Hermione Left
"I just don't know if I should take it Harry... what do you think?" Hermione asked. She really didn't know whether to go to France or stay in England with Harry. After all, though they were close friends they'd only been going out for a few weeks, and it had all been in secret.
"I think you should do whatever would make you happiest. I can't make the choice for you Hermione," he replied. Really, he wanted her to stay, but he couldn't tell her this. After all, that would be holding her career back. And then if he lied and said he wanted her to go, that would be pushing her away.
"Of course you can help me, don't you care?!" Hermione responded. She was starting to get upset now... if Harry didn't care, which he didn't seem to, she might as well go.
Just as Harry was about to say 'Of course I care', and tell Hermione what he really thought, his Tornados quidditch coach Colin Ferguson's head appeared in his fire.
"Harry, team meeting! Can't you tell the time? You should have been here 15 minutes ago! If you aren't here in the next two minutes, you'll be dropped from the team and reserve seeker Lee Thompson will take your place!"
"But this is import..." before Harry could reply, Ferguson's head was gone. He looked to Hermione. He knew that he should finish talking to her, but tomorrow was to be his first Tornados game. He couldn't be dropped for it, as Lee Thompson was pretty good and could end up taking his place. Then he would've left the Cannons and fallen out with Ron over nothing.
"I shouldn't be more than an hour," he said to Hermione. Please wait here, we need to talk about this. He apparated to his meeting, leaving Hermione furious...
...The next time Harry heard from Hermione, she was writing him a letter from France. Harry thought about this incident all the time, and whenever he did it made him depressed. For this reason, he needed to see her. Whether or not he could convince her to move back to England he didn't know, but he just wanted at the very least for them to be friends again. There was another friend he wanted see as well - Ron. After all, they had been best friends, and he didn't see why they couldn't be again. It was eight and a half years ago that Harry had joined the Tornados, so Ron couldn't still be mad at him, could he? With any luck, maybe they could put all that behind them.
Ron
The Hogwarts reunion was a week away, and Ron was really looking forward to it. Having seen an advertisement in the Daily Prophet last month, he was staying at the newly built hotel there. He wasn't the only person from Hogwarts doing this - he'd also seen his Hogwarts roommate Dean Thomas there, along with Lavender Brown, Parvati and Padma Patil, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Ernie Macmillan, and Susan Bones. So, since he'd arrived at the hotel last week, he'd spent most of his time with Dean, Justin and Ernie. One thing he had asked all three of them was what they were wearing, so he didn't look out of place. Ernie said he was going to wear dress robes, but muggle-born Dean and Justin said they were wearing some posh type of suit called a tuxedo. He guessed some other muggle-borns might wear these as well, but he thought he'd stick to dress robes. This time, he had enough money to buy some decent dress robes - he could remember in his fourth year at Hogwarts at the Yule Ball when he'd last had to wear dress robes, and his mum had bought him some ghastly second hand frilly ones.
Whilst staying at the hotel, he found himself become good friends with Ernie. He also worked for the Ministry of Magic, as an Unspeakable in the Department of Mysteries. Obviously Ernie was too secretive for them to talk about work, so they spent a lot of time talking about Quidditch. It turned out Ernie was also a Cannons fan, much to Ron's delight. They began to discuss the shock win over the Tornados, and how this year thanks to some decent signings the Cannons could become title contenders again, and maybe even win their first Quidditch Championship in 56 years. They also talked about the upcoming World Cup next year in France, and England's chances. This led them to talking about Harry, as he was the England national seeker.
"So are you still friends with Harry?" Ernie asked Ron.
"No, not really," he replied. "We haven't spoke since he joined the Tornados."
"Really?" Ernie responded, shocked. "Are you that angry at him? Okay, I was upset and maybe a little annoyed when he left the Cannons, but you guys were best friends! Surely you can but it behind each other, it was over eight years ago!"
"Mmm..." was Ron's reply. That was what he had been thinking, and was really about the only reason he was going to the reunion. But now, with so little time left until the reunion, Ron was getting worried. What if Harry didn't wanna be friends again? What if he was mad at him? Plus, being so rich and famous, would Harry even have time for friends? Ron didn't know what to think.
Hermione
As the Hogwarts Reunion was one week away, Hermione was back in England. She had decided to spend time with her parents rather than spend the whole week in Hogsmeade. There was a hotel there, and she'd booked a room there for two nights - the night before the reunion and the night of it. She guessed a lot of people would be staying there, and there was one person she was particularly hoping would be there - Harry. But then again, being the big Quidditch player he was, he probably wouldn't be. What if he wasn't coming to the reunion at all? She really should have written to him to check. After all, if he wasn't, she'd be wasting her time going, and she'd have wasted her money buying loads of Sleekeazy's Hair Potion and an expensive but beautiful violet dress so that she looked as nice as possible. But she hadn't spoken to him in around eight and a half years, not since she sent him a letter from France explaining that she'd moved, and saying no to get in touch as she didn't want to speak to someone who cared more for his quidditch career than his girlfriend. Come to think of it, she wished she hadn't said that now. It sounded really bitchy, and no doubt it would have upset him. But then again, he upset her. Apparating before her very eyes to go to some stupid quidditch meeting... not only did it infuriate her, it broke her heart. Okay, they'd been only going out for a few weeks, and they were together in secrecy, but she loved him. She hadn't told him that though. He might think it was weird, due to the short time they'd been together. But didn't he realise they'd known each other for over eight years at the time? She thought he'd been really nice to her as a friend, and before long she began to get a crush on him. And as time went on, she began to fall in love. They say you never get over your first love, and this was true for her. She still loved Harry deeply, and the only reason she was going to the reunion was because she hoped they could get back together. But she was terrified of what Harry might say to her if they met at the reunion. Would he be horrible to her? Or was her in love with her too? If he was, would their love prevail?
