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"Hermione! We're going to the pool, are you going to come with us?" Hermione's mother called cheerfully. It may have been winter, but at the islands, it was warm pretty much all year round.

"Yes! Just a minute!" Hermione called back. She changed into her black bikini and quickly braided her hair. It made her hair look less bushy, plus it saved her from having to spend hours combing it out. Then she ran out of their little bungalow type thing, racing towards the pool.

The water felt so refreshing, clear and cold. She came up for air and saw something a bit startling. A hot boy. Staring. At her. She looked around, wondering if she was just in the way or something, but unless he had a thing for grandmas, it was her that he was staring at. Her next move was to look down, but her bikini top and bottoms were still on and correct, nothing embarrassing there. So she did what her instincts told her to do. She stared back.

He was quite good looking, with light blond hair and impossibly dark eyes, with just a scattering of freckles on his cheeks and nose. Not as many as Ron though, and definitely not as tall as him. She shook her head. Why did she keep thinking about him. It wasn't fair, the hottest boy at the pool is staring at her, and all she can think about was that red-headed slob.

The boy came over, smiling in a very charming way. She smiled back, blushing furiously. She noticed that he had the beginnings of a six-pack, and practically swooned.

"Hello," he said softly.

"Hi," she said softly back.

"You're very pretty, do you want to go to the beach sometime?" he asked. He had a German accent, which made her wonder what made her so attractive to guys with Germanic accents. It was weird.

"Maybe," she blushed, flattered. "I'm Hermione"

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Hi to all my lovely reviewers out there! I love you all, each and every one of you! Anyway, not much Ron-ness in this chapter, but that's because I needed to introduce my new character. I don't know what to call him, but if you guys come up with names, I'll use one. Oooh! Contest! Yeah, if no-one enters, I'll call him Kirk, or...Helmut! So please, please help me. Oh, and REVIEW!!!