Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all associated characters/creatures/places/things are not mine unless its something you've never seen before and is therefore mine.

Author's Note: Here's chapter two! It's a bit longer then the first one was and it's a bit more descriptive. Anywho, please read and review! Thanks!

Chapter 2: Friends Always Know

The following day dawned bright and sunny. Ron stretched as he rolled out of bed and pulled on a shirt before heading downstairs for breakfast.

"Good morning dear," said Mrs. Weasley as he entered the kitchen, still rubbing his eyes.

"Morning mum," said Ron, as he sat down at the table across from Ginny who was eating toast, "Morning Gin."

"Morning," Ginny said between bites.

"How would you like your eggs today?" Mrs. Weasley asked as she levitated two eggs over to the stove.

"Scrambled please," Ron replied as he poured himself some orange juice.

There was the sound of hurried footsteps as the twins, Fred and George, clattered down the stairs.

"Bye mum! Bye Ron! Bye Gin!" they said together as they raced through the kitchen.

"Bye," Ron and Ginny said together.

"Do you have your lunches?" Mrs. Weasley asked and the twins skidded to a halt and looked at each other.

"Now there's something we don't want to forget!" said Fred.

"That's for sure," agreed George. The two gratefully took the brown paper bags their mother held out to them.

"Have a good day," said Mrs. Weasley.

The twins grinned.

"Oh, we will," said Fred with a grin.

"Especially since we're introducing some new products today," said George, he was also grinning.

With a loud 'crack' they disapparated.

Mrs. Weasley carried Ron's eggs over and dumped them onto his plate. "Here you go," she said.

"Thanks mum," Ron said as he dug in.

"We're leaving at 2 o'clock to pick up Harry and Hermione," said Mrs. Weasley as she set the pan in the sink. "Are your rooms cleaned?"

Ron nodded and swallowed, "Yeah, I did mine yesterday," he replied.

"Me too," Ginny said.

"Well, once you've finished you breakfast would you please set up the cots then?" asked Mrs. Weasley as she untied her apron. "I have a few errands to run this morning."

"Yes mum."

"Wonderful," said Mrs. Weasley as she gathered her purse and coat. "I'll be back in an hour or so, OK?"

"OK."

"Alright then," said Mrs. Weasley, as she pulled out her wand. "I'll see you two later." She flicked her wand and with a loud 'crack' disapparated just as the twins had.

Ginny stood up and carried her dishes over to the sink, "I'm going upstairs," she said, "When you're done can you come help me get the cots out of the attic?"

Ron nodded, "Sure," he said.

At roughly 1:50pm, Ron raced down the stairs to go get Harry and Hermione.

"Ready to go?" asked Mrs. Weasley and he nodded. "Hurry up Ginny!" she called up the stairs, before going into the next room to gather her coat.

"Coming!" came Ginny's voice. Several seconds later, she came thundering down the stairs, her purse swinging about wildly behind her.

Ron stared at her, "Are you wearing make-up?" he asked.

"Just a little bit!" Ginny said hastily.

"If I didn't know any better I'd say you were trying to impress someone," Ron said with a smile, but inside he was rather angry. She's my little sister! She shouldn't even be thinking about boys like that! he thought, If Harry hurts her I swear I'll rip him to shreds!

Ginny blushed crimson, "I just felt like trying something new today, that's all," she said.

"What happened to Dean?" asked Ron, as he tried to keep his emotions at bay.

"We decided to just be friends," replied Ginny as she studied herself in the mirror.

"So you broke up with him."

"I didn't say that."

"Ah, he broke up with you then."

"I didn't say that either."

"Then what happened?"

Ginny sighed, "We came to a mutual agreement," she explained sounding exasperated. "We both felt that we shouldn't date each other anymore because our relationship wasn't really going anywhere."

"Ah, I see," Ron said, "You had a fight."

Ginny shoved him, "You're such an idiot!" she exclaimed.

Ron laughed, "And why's that?" he asked.

Ginny rolled her eyes, "You have no idea how these things work do you?" she said.

"How what works?" Ron asked.

"Relationships," Ginny said, "I think what you need is a girlfriend."

"What are you talking about?" Ron said as he rolled his eyes, "I don't need a girlfriend."

"Oh yes you do!" said Ginny. "And I'm going to find you one!"

At that moment, Mrs. Weasley came bustling in. "Ready? Let's go," she said and the three walked out to the car Mr. Weasley had recently bought to replace their old one that Ron had accidentally crashed into the Whomping Willow at Hogwarts in his second year.

"Are you sure you don't want me to drive?" Ron asked, a note of eagerness in his voice. Mr. Weasley had already let him drive around the countryside a few times and he wasn't that bad.

"Yes, quite sure," Mrs. Weasley said, as they got into the car and buckled up.

About 15 minutes later, they pulled into the driveway of number 4, Privet Drive and got out of the car. (The trip would've been longer but Mr. Weasley had installed severl special features in the car.) They walked up to the door and Ron rang the doorbell. The door opened to reveal a smiling Harry, his back hair messier then ever. However, behind his glasses, Harry's brilliant green eyes seemed troubled and Ron felt sure he knew why.

"Hi Ron, Mrs. Weasley, Ginny," Harry said, relief plainly evident in his voice.

"Hey Harry," Ron said with a grin. He had a feeling Harry's summer had not been very fun thus far and resolved to make sure the next few weeks were full of fun.

"Hello dear," Mrs. Weasley said. She smiled at him, but looked concerned.

"Hi Harry," Ginny said and Ron noticed Harry seemed a bit taken aback by Ginny's new look.

Harry caught his eye and gave him a questioning look. Ron just shrugged.

"Are you ready to go?" asked Mrs. Weasley. "We still need to pick up Hermione."

"Yeah, hold on," said Harry. "Let me just go tell my aunt and uncle I'm leaving. You can come in if you like."

The Weasleys stepped inside and Harry disappeared down the hallway.

Ron looked around. The last time he had been here, he had traveled by Floo Powder with his dad and the twins. That had proved to be rather disastrous as the Dursley's had boarded up the fireplace and upon their arrival, the four Weasleys had had to blast their way out. The time before that, Ron had helped Harry escape in the old flying Ford Angelina he'd later crashed into the Whomping Willow. Needless to say, the Dursleys weren't very fond of the Weasley family.

Harry reappeared dragging his trunk behind him and a few seconds later, his aunt and uncle appeared behind him.

Ron stifled a laugh as he caught sight of the look of terror on the two muggles' faces.

"Hello," Mrs. Weasley said cheerfully.

Petunia looked highly offended but Vernon managed a curt nod.

"Well, we'd better be off," said Mrs. Weasley. "It was nice seeing you again."

"Bye," Harry said.

"Bye," grunted Vernon.

As they walked down the front steps, they heard the door slam behind them and Harry and Ron burst out laughing.

"Did you see his face when he saw you guys?" Harry said.

"Yeah!" said Ron. "Where was your cousin Dudley though? Hiding away in his bedroom again?"

Harry nodded, "Yeah," he said. "Ever since Hagrid gave him that pig tail he's never been the same."

"I wish I could've seen him again," Ron said, "Could've asked him if he wanted anymore toffees."

The three teenagers laughed but Mrs. Weasley clicked her tongue and frowned.

"That's not very nice," she said.

"Yeah, but he's a stupid bullying git mum," said Ron.

"That still doesn't make it right," was all Mrs. Weasley said.

They got in the car and drove to Hermione's house. As they got out of the car, Ron was hard pressed not to dash up the steps as fast as he could.

Harry just rolled his eyes and smiled to himself.

"What?" Ron demanded.

"Nothing," Harry replied, still smiling.

Ginny rang the doorbell and a smiling Hermione answered. Her long, bushy brown hair tumbled loosely down her shoulders. Ron couldn't help but notice that she looked even prettier then the last time he'd seen her. It took all of his self-control to keep from gaping like an idiot at her.

"I'm so glad to see you guys!" squealed Hermione as she hugged each of them, "Come on in! I'll get my things."

As the group entered, Mr. and Mrs. Granger appeared in the hallway.

"So good to see you again!" said a smiling Mr. Granger as he shook Mrs. Weasley's hand. He smiled at the boys and Ginny, "Looks like our Hermione isn't the only one who's growing up!"

Hermioen blushed, "Dad!" she said.

Ron couldn't help but grin, Hermione looked cute when she blushed. He noticed Ginny and Harry exchange looks. Was it really that obvious he liked her? No, it couldn't be, he'd never said anything that would imply he liked her, or had he?

"Thank you so much for inviting Hermione to spend the summer," said Mrs. Granger.

"Oh it's our pleasure," said Mrs. Weasley. "We love having her over."

As the adults continued talking, Hermione led the others upstairs.

"How's your summer been so far Hermione?" asked Ginny.

Hermione shrugged, "Not too bad," she said, "I finished reading this wonderful book called The History of Modern Magic Around the World yesterday." She led them into her bedroom, which was painted a light shade of purple and had several pictures and posters decorating it. Ron looked around and saw several pictures of himself, Harry and Hermione at Hogwarts. His eyes feel on one that was identical to the one he had on his desk at home. Once again, the photographic Harry winked at him before sliding out of the frame. Ron looked over at Harry who was trying his best not to laugh.

"What's so funny?" he demanded.

"Nothing," Harry said with a grin.

Ron rolled his eyes, "You're so weird sometimes," he said.

Hermione threw a few more books in her trunk then slammed it shut. "OK, now I just need my backpack and shoes," she said as she searched inside her closet.

Ron and Harry walked over and lifted up the trunk.

"Blimey Hermione!" exclaimed Ron, "What have you got in here? This thing weighs a ton!"

"I really didn't pack that much," Hermione said as she pulled on her shoes, "Just some books and my clothes and things."

"Girls sure know how to over-pack," Harry muttered as the carried the trunk out into the hallway.

"That's for sure," agreed Ron as they carried the trunk downstairs.

"I heard that!" came Ginny and Hermione's voices.

A few minutes later, everyone was ready to go. After Hermione said good- bye to her parents they all got into the car and drove back to the Burrow.

Later, while Harry unpacked in Ron's room, Ron lay on his bed reading.

"So are you finally going to admit that you like her?" Harry said as he pulled out a rather baggy sweatshirt which had been his cousin's before and therefore was much to big for Harry.

Ron started, "Like who?" he asked, trying to sound casual but failed spectacularly.

Harry rolled his eyes, "Hermione," he said, as he tossed the sweatshirt onto a nearby chair.

"But I...er...uh..." Ron stammered.

Harry laughed, "You don't have to lie Ron, I know you do," he said.

Ron groaned, "Is it that obvious?" he asked as he sat up.

"Painfully," replied Harry.

Ron sighed, "How did you know though? I never said anything, did I?" he asked.

Harry smiled as he sat down beside his friend, "Ron, I've been friends with you since that first train ride to Hogwarts," he explained, "How could I not know?"

OK, so that's it, hope you enjoyed it. Chapter 3 should be up sometime soon, I'm in the process of writing it out at the moment. Anyway, please review because reviews make me feel happy and make me write more. Thanks!

-Megan