My Heart Belongs To You…Again

Chapter Seventeen: Misunderstood Meanings

It was the perfect day. The sun was shining brightly, there wasn't a hint of wind or clouds, and it was the perfect temperature. The weather was absolutely perfect. Harry and Hermione decided not to waste the perfect day either; they decided it should be spent swimming in the lake behind Harry's house.

Hermione walked through the pathway she and Harry had visited often. She carefully walked in her sky blue flip-flops, shorts, and big white over-shirt that covered her bathing suit. She finally made it and looked down the hill, smiling as she spotted Harry, shirtless with a pair of black trunks on.

She looked closer and noticed two other people talking to Harry. As she headed down the hill, she frowned as she saw Sarah standing in her usual tiny clothes. Her so-called bathing suit wouldn't even be considered a bikini; it showed more cleavage than it concealed, and it definitely magnified her backside assets. She looked and saw the other was a man who was busy grabbing Sarah's ass as she shrieked and laughed her head off. Hermione couldn't help but smile as she saw Harry roll his eyes at his ex-girlfriend's behavior.

Harry looked up as Hermione approached him and grinned. "Hey babe." He slipped an arm around her waist and kissed the side of her head. She smiled up at him and looked at Sarah and the other man.

"Hello again." Sarah gave her a smile due to the fact that Harry was there, but her eyes showed more hate than she could hide. Hermione turned to the man, who she was positive now she didn't know. "I'm Hermione Granger."

He looked her up and down. "Jack Parker. My, my, my am not you the pretty little thing?"

Harry's gripped tightened, but he remained calm. Hermione just raised an eyebrow and looked up at Harry. "So how do you and Jack know each other?"

Harry relaxed slightly but still didn't show any true signs that he liked this guy. "He's my neighbor...or at least my closest one."

Sarah just smiled. "Jack and I figured to go for a little swim and Jack said there was an adorable little pond down here so we figured we'd help ourselves since Harry's such a dear when we just kind of bumped into him." She batted her eyelashes at Harry. She turned towards Hermione and looked at her clothes, laughing. "You don't plan to swim in that do you?"

Hermione smiled. "Actually, until you showed up I was going to tempt Harry with some skinny dipping."

Harry raised an eyebrow at Hermione, Jack's jaw dropped, and Sarah looked like she could kill her with one hand. "Sorry to ruin your plans. But you don't mind if we join you do you Harry?"

Harry laughed. "Hell if skinny dipping is an option then it's time for you two to leave!" Hermione laughed and winked at him. "It's up to Hermione."

Hermione just shrugged. "I'm ok with whatever."

Sarah squealed. "Oh this'll be so much fun! Let's go! Come on!" She and Jack took off for the water. Sarah ran onto the dock and did a dive, somehow emphasizing her ass as she dove so Harry would notice. Unfortunately for her, his attention was on Hermione.

"Are you sure this is ok? I mean, this is my property so if you want them to leave-"

Hermione shook her head. "No it's ok. Let's just go have fun together." Harry grinned and kissed her. She shook her flip-flops off and pulled her shirt over her head, leaving Harry to lose all feelings in his knees. She had on a plain white bikini top that crisscrossed in the back. She slowly took off her shorts to show her matching bottoms that had little knots on both sides of her hips. Hermione looked at Harry's face and laughed.

"Wow Hermione…you look great." She blushed and smiled. He still had the power to make her blush uncontrollably. She was just about to head toward the lake when Harry grabbed her arm. "You weren't serious about skinny dipping were you?"

She grinned at him. "Well, no not since they're here. But…" She leaned up and spoke in whisper next to his ear. "I did tell you I've always wanted to didn't I?"

His eyes grew to the size of grapefruits. She laughed and ran toward the lake, Harry running after her. She did a cannonball into the water, loving the coolness of the water on her skin. She reemerged, Harry grinning right next to her. She splashed him and dunked him. He came up, looking positively pissed. He swam a bit ahead of her, almost as though he was going back up onto the shore. She followed him, worrying he was mad at her.

Suddenly, Harry went deep under the water so Hermione couldn't see her. She turned all around looking for him but couldn't see him anywhere. Sarah swam over to her, pissed. "Where did he go?"

Hermione was about to respond when she was suddenly being hoisted out of the water. She screamed out loud, terrified. She heard Harry's laughter and realized she was on his shoulders as he was swinging her around. "Harry James Potter! You little asshole! Put me down now!"

Harry laughed. "Ok Miss Hermione. Whatever you say." He grabbed her legs and threw her up slightly in the air, catching her wedding style. Hermione freaked out, knowing what he was going to do next.

"No Harry, not like that! That's not what I meantttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!" He laughed harder and threw her farther out into the water. She came up just as he jumped next to her. They were both laughing their heads off, splashing each other as much as they could. They finally stopped, and Harry swam right next to her.

"Sorry, I must have misunderstood what you meant. Oh I wish you could've seen your face. It was priceless." He laughed again, causing Hermione to smile. She bent forward and kissed him, neither remembering the water around them, the sun above them, or the glances being thrown their way.

Author's Note: I'm so sorry, but the chapter I promised you needs some help. This was another filler, but now you get to help me. I have a job for all you readers and reviewers, if you're up for it!

For my next chapter, I need one word. Yes, it may be dumb that I'm stuck on one word, but once you read the chapter, you'll understand why it's important. Now, your job is simply this:

What's the one word you would associate with Harry and Hermione? Now before you all scream LOVE, that won't work. Nor will happiness or anything like that. It has to be something that Harry and Hermione would pick themselves. For example, if you always thought they shared a liking for something (such as pumpkin pie wink wink), review it. List as many words as you can think of…I know it's hard, that's why I'm asking you. Review the books, go through websites, I've done them both. I've got a few I might use but I need help! So start reviewing and tell me as many words as you can. The moment I find the one I want to use, the next chapter will be posted! Thanks!