"Holy Crap!" Hermione muttered as she shot out of bed. She had forgotten to mail Ron the letter after the commotion with Gisele. Hermione grabbed the piece of parchment she had taken out and just grabbed a pen. She scrambled down a short letter and stuck it in an envelope. She woke Gidget up and tied the letter to her leg. Gidget flew out of the window and Hermione started packing. She stuck all of her school supplies back into her trunk. She grabbed her duffel bag and added some clothes and other items she would need in it.
When she finished, Hermione dashed to her bathroom and hopped into the shower. She quickly washed her air and wrapped herself in a towel. By the time she went back into her room, Gidget was already back. Hermione untied Ron's letter and shut her window. The letter read:
Dear Hermione,
Mum doesn't mind a bit. She said the sooner you come the better. You should have seen her when I told her we were going out again. She made a huge dinner in honor of it.
Ginny has had your bed set up since the day we got back home. I don't think she likes splitting Harry much.
I've missed you like crazy, love. Can't wait to see you. I'll be waiting at the fireplace for you.
Love,
Ron
Hermione smiled slightly and put the letter into a drawer where she kept all of her old letters. Hermione threw some clothes on, slipped into her flip-flops, and tugged her trunk out of her room.
"Daddy!" she called when she got it to the hallway.
"Yes, Pumpkin," he called back from down the stairs.
"Could you come help me with my trunk, Please!" she said and went back into her room. She grabbed her bag and walked back out. Hermione's dad was already carrying it down the stairs.
"Does Mrs. Weasley know your coming right now?" he asked placing it into the fireplace.
"Yes, sir. I owled Ron shortly ago," Hermione placed her bag on top of her trunk.
"Do you have to stay all summer. I mean you've barely spent anytime here with just us," he said hugging her.
"Yes well, I want to stay with Ron until his trial and just after his trial we go back to school," Hermione smiled.
"I hope Ron wins his case," Hermione's mother said coming out of the kitchen. She hugged Hermione and kissed her on the forehead.
"I guess I will see you two soon. I promise to write. Bye Mum. Bye Dad," She stepped into the fireplace and sat on her trunk. Hermione held onto her bag and threw the powder down. "The Burrow!"
Hermione saw the green flame rise up and swallow her and then disappear as she landed quite uncomfortably in Ron's living room. Ron was standing right in front of her grinning form ear to ear. "Hello, Love."
"Hello," Hermione giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck. Ron kissed her forehead, and then the space between her eyebrows, and then the tip of her nose and finally her lips. Hermione kissed back and pulled away at the sound of footsteps.
"Hermione, dear. I'm so happy you're here," Mrs. Weasley said and hugged Hermione tightly. "Ronald, you take her things to Ginny's room and tell the others that lunch is ready."
Ron grabbed Hermione's trunk and carried it easily up the stairs with her bag still sitting on top of it.
"I couldn't believe that you and Ron were dating again. You always were the only girl I could picture being with my youngest son. Now the foursome is back together. Would you help me carry this bowl outside, please dear," Mrs. Weasley requested as she grabbed a plate of sandwiches and headed out to the back porch where the table was set up.
The second Hermione set her bowl down, Ginny came running out and hugged Hermione. Harry followed and gave her a hug as well. "Hermione, I'm so happy you came early. Why did you come early anyways?"
Everyone took their seats and started fixing their plates. Ron and Harry quite stuffing their mouths to hear what she had to say.
"Well, Gisele got sick. We had to call a doctor and then she got home sick as well, so we just went back to my house and she left yesterday," Hermione smiled and put a sandwich on her plate. She hated lying but she didn't want to tell what really happened out in the open. She would tell Ginny later. Gisele never said she couldn't tell Ginny.
"Is she alright, now?" Ginny asked and took a bite from her sandwich.
"Yeah, she is all better now," Hermione said after she swallowed her bite. Ginny grinned and took another bite.
"Was the beach nice?" Ron asked.
"Yeah, it was lovely. There was barely anyone there. We didn't get to swim though. Never had time," Hermione smiled. It was nice to be with Ron again. It felt like home when she was near him.
"Have you heard anything else about the trial?" Hermione asked quietly. She didn't want to make Mrs. Weasley upset.
"Nope, nothing. To be honest I don't want to know anything. I just want to enjoy my summer stress free," Ron said and took a rather large bite out of his sandwich.
"So where are the twins," Hermione questioned as she finished off her sandwich.
"Off somewhere doing something for work. I think their living in London now. They have made a great deal of money since they have been gone. I guess their doing well. They send us treats from time to time," Ginny explained and grabbed her plate she took it to the kitchen. Hermione followed.
"Hey Gin, can I talk to you, alone," Hermione asked as she set her plate in the sink. Ron gave her a questioning look but shrugged his shoulders. He and Harry went into the living room.
"Yeah sure," Ginny grinned and the two ran up the stairs to Ginny's room. Hermione plopped down onto her bed and Ginny closed the door. "So, what's up?"
"Well, I didn't really come here early because Gisele got sick. Something happened at the beach and I'm not sure if I should tell Ron or not," Hermione sighed and leaned back against the headboard.
"What! What happened?" Ginny asked eagerly.
"Well, the first night we were there we went to this club and we sort of ran into Gaston there. It turns out he lives there. Well, he kept talking to us and trying to make passes at me and he left to buy us drinks so we ditched him and went home. Well, the next day, Gisele's friend Monroe who works at that club brought over Gisele's purse. She had left it at the club. When she went through it, Gaston had left a note in it. He said that I should come to his house sometime and more crap about hooking up with me. Well, on the beach that night, we decided to go to the bonfire that was out there. As we were walking there, Gisele stops and says that we can't go to the bonfire because her ex-boyfriend, Christian, was there with Gaston. They are best friends. She told me about how Christian was jealous and would beat her and stuff when they were dating. She said that she ended it over the summer and that he was angry and sent her tons of letters saying he was going to hurt her," Hermione stopped to take a breathe before she continued on.
"Well, I told her that I would go get her some of the pineapple she wanted there and we could go back to the house and eat it there. On the way back to where she was waiting, Gaston stopped me and said some crap about how Christian was eager to see Gisele. We ran back to our house, but the two guys were waiting for us when we got there. Gisele and Christian got in this big fight and Gisele refused to go back out with them. He said she would regret that. He reminded me a lot of Lucius Malfoy the way he carried himself and acted. Well, anyways, I think Gisele is in danger now, but she won't let me tell anyone and says that she can handle it. I'm scared that Christian and Gaston might really do something to her," Hermione finished. Ginny was just sitting there taking it all in.
"How could I have missed this! Damn, I would have loved to be there. Well, I think it would be best to tell Ron, but if she said not to…then I guess you shouldn't. The best thing you should do is keep in touch with Gisele," Ginny said. "Ron would probably go into protective meltdown if you told him, though."
Hermione laughed and hugged Ginny. "I'm so glad I'm here now."
"I'm glad you're here too. I don't have to be the only normal-headed person anymore," Ginny grinned. The two left Ginny's room and walked down the hall. Ron and Harry had moved to Ron's room and were talking about some quidditch technique. Ron grinned goofily when he saw Hermione. Hermione grinned back and pounced on him.
"I missed you so much," she said softly as she kissed along his neck. Ron growled and flipped so he was leaning over her. They explored their mouths for a few minutes before they finally decided they needed to breathe. Ron leaned up against his pillows propped up and Hermione rested her head on his chest.
"My Hermione, my Hermione," Ron said softly as he played with her hair. Hermione giggled and watched as Harry and Ginny once again had another tickle fight. She pushed all thoughts of Gisele, Gaston, and Christian out of her head and enjoyed her time relaxing with Ron.