Chapter 2
Harry grabbed his trunk an said a brief set of goodbyes consisting of a "Later..." from Harry. The left the house and climbed into Hermione's mums van. As the drove past the playground in Magnolia Cresent he felt tears welling in his vivid green eyes. Hermione saw this and gently touched his arm. "Are you ok Harry?" she asked softly.
"Yeah..." he said wiping his eyes "Its just hard... knowing I'll never see him again...". This was the first time since the end of last term that he had talked about the death of his godfather.
Seeing Harry in such pain Hermione decided to change the subject. "So happy birthday...I hope you liked the presents..." she spoke in a timid voice. She hadn't thought about how Harry might be (emotionally) and now she was kicking herself for it. Harry saw the look on her face and decided it would be a good idea to answer her. "Er.... They were great...the candy was really good....". Harry looked out the window again and thought about the girl...
James Potter looked out his bedroom window. As he watched the birds flying and his dog barking his thought drifted to her again. He loved the way the sun caught he vibrant red hair....not just that even, he loved everything about her..."Hey. You comin' down for lunch mate?" James turned to see his best friend Sirius Black grinning at him. "Or are you still sulking cuz Evans turned you down again?" Sirius asked with a slight bit of laughter in his voice. "No... 'course not...." James lied....
Harry felt a tap on his shoulder. "Are you coming....?" Hermione asked impatiently. She hugged her parents and thanked them for driving the two of them. Harry and Hermione hauled their trunks up to their rooms pausing at every landing to catch their breath. "Hermione!!! When did you get here!? Oh hi Harry." shouted Ron from the floor above. "Stay there and I'll help you with your trunk..." Ron ran down the steps and embraced Hermione, releasing her as soon as he realized what he was doing. "Have a good summer Harry?" Ron asked trying to cover up the fact that he had just hugged Hermione. "Great....the Dursleys left me alone...." Harry was having his own guilty feelings about his sudden infatuation with Ginny.
When they had finally reached their rooms Harry and Hermione just dropped their trunks off knowing there's no need to unpack. They walked down the long set of stairs that only moments earlier they had been traipsing up. When they reached Diagon alley they were joined by the rest of the Weasley family and Dean Thomas. Once they had completed all their shopping and gone to see Fred and George's new joke shop they all headed back to The Leaky Cauldron to get some sleep. Being around her again is intoxicating Harry thought. Little did he know that 3 rooms down Ron was sharing similar thoughts.