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Chapter 3- At the Beach

A couple hours later Hermione woke up. She looked up and saw Ron's sleeping face. She reluctantly stood up and decided to go for a walk. 10 minutes later Ron also awoke. He looked and saw that Hermione wasn't on his shoulder anymore. He looked at the door to the basement and saw that it was open. He walked up the stairs and saw that the sliding glass door was half open and the light was on outside. He walked outside and saw Hermione sitting on the edge of the pool. He took a seat next to her. "Hey!" She said when she saw him.

"What's up?" he asked her.

"Nothing I'm just thinking."

"Oh, Wanna share?"

"Nah, just thinking about stuff." She was really thinking about him but didn't want to tell him that.

"Ok, so do you always get up this early?"

"No, but when I do it's nice to watch the sunrise. Look!" She pointed up at the sun beginning to rise. They sat there in awe of the pretty colors in the sky. The sun finally rose giving off a nice morning glow.

"Wow I've never seen one like that before."

"Get used to it." They stared at the sky for a minute until the sun was blinding them.

"Ready to go inside?"

"Yeah!" Ron stood up and held out his hand. Hermione took it and he pulled her up. He held her hand for only a moment longer before letting go. Instead of walking back downstairs they went upstairs to their rooms. Hermione sat in her bed thinking that she couldn't fallback asleep. She decided to go see if Ron was having the same problem. Ron heard soft knocking on the door. He got up and answered it knowing it would be Hermione. He couldn't sleep anyways. "I was just wondering if you could sleep, cuz I couldn't."

"Nah, me neither. Come in." Ron took a seat on his bed and motioned for Hermione to do the same. She sat cross-legged opposite him. "So what's our plan for today?"

"Well first we are going to pack some lunch and go to the beach. It's like 45 minutes away," She said.

"What was wrong with the beach we were at yesterday?"

"The waves aren't big enough and it's not much of a beach that people go to swim."

"Oh! So what else?"

"Well when we get back we can have some dinner and change and go out for ice- cream."

"Cool sounds like fun!"

"Yup! Let's go!"

"Where?"

"We'll go get breakfast and bring it back here."

"Ok, sure but I have to change first."

"Of course." Hermione exited the room leaving Ron looking stunned. She was so beautiful and perky yet organized and down to earth. Ron got up and changed into a pair of jean shorts and a blue and white t-shirt. He grabbed his wallet full of muggle money and waited for Hermione to finish. After Hermione left Ron's room she happily walked into her room and put on a jean skirt and a white shirt with hot pink writing. Hermione went to her closet and put on her matching hot pink flip-flops. She took her hair down and shook it out. It was a curly nightmare. She picked up her wand and said the straightening spell. She had decided that she had to use magic for that despite everything she said before. She left it down today and hurried up with doing her make-up. Once she was done she again took her purse off of the dresser and went to get Ron. In the car, Hermione put on her sunglasses and started the car. They had agreed on getting donuts for breakfast. Hermione turned up the radio when Beverly Hills came on again. She started singing and tapping the steering wheel.

"LIVIN' IN BEVERLY HILLS!" Ron screamed as it hit that part of the song. She started cracking up. Ron was singing too.

"I told you that you would know the words," She pointed out.

"Yeah but that's the most obvious parts of the song!"

"Oh yeah!" She pulled up to the drive thru of Dunkin Donuts. They got munchkins and coffee. And started the drive back. "So what's your favorite thing to do at the beach?"

"Never been besides yesterday. Beaches are all full of muggles."

"Well the beach is so much fun! Especially this beach the waves are huge. I used to play this game with my cousins where we would see who could stay in the same place when the wave come it's so much fun!"

"Sounds cool!" Just then they pulled into Hermione's driveway. Ron took the coffee in and Hermione took the box of munchkins. They walked through the back again and into the kitchen. They didn't hear anything when they walked in so they assumed Ginny and Harry were still sleeping.

"I'll start getting lunch ready," Hermione went into the fridge and started taking out things for their lunch.

"I'll get them up!" Ron opened the door and started down the stairs. Hermione watched him go and couldn't help remembering him without his shirt on. When Ron was downstairs he saw Ginny curled up on the loveseat and Harry sleeping on the couch. Ron thought that they looked quiet while they were sleeping and plus if they were sleeping he could be alone with Hermione. He started back up the stairs. "Ginny looked so quiet when she was sleeping I just couldn't disturb the quiet," Ron told Hermione when he reached the top of the stairs. He was happy to see that Hermione laughed at this.

"Ok, well we'll wake them up in a half hour so we can be out of here by 8."

"Ok!" Ron was happy that he would at least have a half hour more alone with Hermione. They finished packing lunch and ate breakfast before Harry and Ginny came up the stairs.

"Good morning!" Hermione said.

"Says you," Ginny said grumpy.

"What time is it?" Harry asked half asleep.

"About 7:10," Hermione told him.

"Here drink some coffee and you'll be awake," Ron handed them each a cup of coffee. They took it and sat down at the table.

"How early were you two up?" Harry asked after taking a sip of his coffee.

"We saw the sunrise." Ron informed him. Harry gave Ron a half asleep, knowing look. Ron didn't pay attention.

"Hurry up! We're going to leave for the beach by 8!" Hermione said.

"8!" Ginny said loudly.

"The beach is 45 minutes away and we have to get there early," Hermione said a little scared that Ginny might bite her head off.

"I'm sleeping in the car then!" Ginny said again, taking a big gulp of coffee.

"Ok, I think I'm going to get ready then!" Hermione said quickly standing up.

"Yeah me too!" Ron followed her.

"Grumpy much?" Hermione asked as soon as they were out of earshot.

"Yeah you should try to avoid Ginny in the mornings she gets like that." Hermione remembered mornings at the Burrow and Grimmauld place, Ginny was always sleeping then.

"Thanks for the tip!"

"No problem!" They parted going to different rooms. Hermione went into her room and went straight for her drawers. If she were lucky she would finish before Ginny came up. She decided on her pale pink bikini. It would leave the less tan lines because it tied around her neck and her back. It was just like her turquoise one. She double knotted it so it wouldn't come undone and put on the bottoms, that were just plain. She then put back on her jean skirt. She decided she didn't want to wear a shirt to the beach. She went to her closet and pulled her beach bag off of the hook. She put sunscreen, a white tank top, and her towel in the bag. She put Ginny's towel on her bed and went to give Ron his and Harry's. She grabbed all of her stuff and exited her room. She knocked on Ron's door again. "Hi Hermione!" Ron opened the door wearing red swimming trunks and a white t-shirt.

"How do you always know it's me?"

"Harry and Ginny would just come in. And because it always is you!"

"Oh, I see. Here are your towels."

"Thanks!"

"Your welcome!" Hermione turned and started down the stairs. Ron was still staring at her. After all she only had on a bikini top. He finally snapped out of it and walked back into his room to get his stuff. Hermione walked into the kitchen seeing them still at the table, very groggy. "Uh… guys…uh we're leaving in 15 minutes," Hermione said careful not to make them angry or anything.

"Yeah, yeah, we're going," Harry stood up and Ginny followed. Hermione took her beach bag along with the picnic basket out to her car. She also grabbed some beach toys from the garage. She put it all in the trunk and then went into the basement to find a big blanket. Coming up the stairs she saw Ron holding a bag too.

"Come on, you can put that in the trunk."

"Ok," Ron followed Hermione out to the house and to her car. Once they got the stuff in the car Ron looked at Hermione.

"Yes?"

"Well," Ron took a step toward her and started tickling her again.

"RON! Stop!"

"Nope!" She ran but he followed right after her.

"Stop!"

"I don't think so!" She ran into her house and into the living room. He finally caught her around the waist.

"Ah!" He put her on the couch and started tickling her. "Ron- Ha! Stop!"

"Why?" He stopped and looked at her.

"So I can do this!" She stood up and started tickling him.

"Not funny!" He tickled her back.

"Truce?"

"Fine!" They stopped and Hermione held out her hand for him to shake it. "I changed my mind!" He started ticking her again and holding her hands so she couldn't tickle him.

"Hem, hem!" Ginny coughed. Ron and Hermione stopped and looked up.Remembering fifth year and Professor Umbridge. Harry and Ginny were staring at them with tired expressions. Ginny had her purple bathing suit on and a pair of white shorts. Harry had black swimming trunks on and a red shirt.

"Are we leaving?" Harry asked.

"Yeah!" Hermione stood up and shot Ron a "we'll finish this later" look and walked out to the car. They all followed. Hermione put Harry and Ginny's stuff in the trunk and went around to the drivers seat. Harry and Ginny were in the backseat again and Ron in the front. Hermione looked back to pull out and saw them sleeping. "Wow they are really tired!"

"Yeah! Sometimes Ginny sleeps till 12."

"Damn!" Ron looked at her funny. "What?"

"I didn't think you swore."

"On occasions." Hermione defended. Ron laughed. "You thought I never swore didn't you?"

"No," Ron laughed, "I thought you were too…"

"Too what? Much of a goody good?" Hermione sounded offended.

"No perfect," Ron said immediately wishing he didn't because it gave away too much.

"Really?" Hermione asked less offended.

"Well, yeah. For all those reasons I mentioned yesterday." "…And other ones too," He thought that last part to himself. Hermione smiled.

"Thanks!" Ron's ears started to turn pink. They drove on for the rest of the trip occasionally talking and listening to music. At the beach Hermione parked close to it. She turned around and saw that Harry and Ginny were still sleeping. "Aw, how cute! Oh I'll take a picture! I forgot I had my camera!" She reached into her purse and took out her disposable camera. She winded it and snapped a picture. The flash woke Ginny up.

"Are we there yet?" Ginny mumbled.

"Yeah Gin, wake-up!" Ginny sat up and started shaking Harry.

"What?" Harry asked with his eyes still closed.

"We're here!" She said. She was a little more cheerful than before.

"Oh!" Harry sat up. Hermione and Ron started to get out of the car and they followed. They all grabbed as much stuff as they could and shut the trunk. Hermione led the way onto the beach. She decided on a spot that wasn't too close to the water but not too far away. They all put sunscreen on. The beach wasn't too crowded but it wasn't empty either.

"Come on let's go in the water!" Hermione said happily taking off her skirt.

"I think I'm going to tan!" Ginny said lying down on the blanket they set up.

"Me too!" Harry said lying next to her. Hermione rolled her eyes knowing they were only going to sleep.

"Fine! Ron?" Ron started to take off his shirt.

"Ok! Race you there!" Ron started off toward the water.

"Hey!" Hermione ran after him. They both reached the water at the same time. Ron stood in up to his knees. A big wave came and knocked Ron over. "If you keep doing that your going to loose!"

"Help me up?" He held out his hand.

"Ok!" She took it and he pulled her down next to her. "Ahhh! Hey!"

"You got what was coming!"

"Hmph!" She pouted. "Come on! Let's go further out!"

"Ok!" he stood up and they walked further out. Another wave came and Hermione dove into it. Ron who didn't know what to do was pushed back by the wave. He made his way back to Hermione trying not to get caught by more waves.

"Watch when a wave comes you either dive into it or you jump with it." Hermione took Ron's hand and they jumped when they wave came. They were still in the same spot when the wave passed them.

"Oh so like this?" He dived into a wave that Hermione didn't see and she was taken back with it. She came back to him.

"You could have warned me!"

"But it was funny!"

"Ha, Ha!" Another wave came and they both jumped it. He took her hand first. "Thank you!"

"Your welcome." She looked back into his eyes and it was like getting lost in them and he looked back in hers feeling the same way. All of a sudden a wave that neither of them saw came toward them and brought them to the sand. They were both laughing.

"Wanna make a sandcastle?"

"Yeah!"

"I'll be right back!" Hermione ran back to the blanket. Harry and Ginny were laying their eyes closed absorbing sun. Hermione thought they were sleeping but she was so wrong! She grabbed a whole bunch of buckets and shovels she brought and headed back to Ron. She took a seat next to him and started to fill her bucket up with sand. "I'll get some water. She grabbed one of the buckets and ran to the water. Ron watched her, until she came back.

"So what am I supposed to do?"

"Oh that's right your sandcastle challenged-"

"-Hey!"

"Ok well you mix the sand with water and you put it in the buckets and then you dump it like this… and smooth it… and then you put a few more next to it, build a moat and then your done!" She explained showing him making it look simple.

"So you mix the sand and water?" He stopped to do so, "and then you put it in the bucket- and then this- finally," He put his bucket upside down firmly and then lifted it up only to see it crumble. With a confused expression on his face he wondered what he did wrong. Hermione heard him mutter something under his breath that sounded like, "stupid muggles- use magic-" She laughed at him. "What?"

"Watch!" She took his hands and showed him exactly what to do. With Hermione helping him he seemed to understand it better. He made one almost similar to Hermione's although not quite as perfect. Together they managed to make a decent sand castle with a moat. "I'll go get my camera and take a picture!" She exclaimed jumping up. She ran back to the blanket where Ginny was sitting up. She went to her purse and looked for it but it wasn't there. It was lying on the blanket next to Harry who was lying on his stomach now meaning to even his tan. "What's my camera doing out?" She wondered aloud.

"Oh… uh… Harry and I were taking pictures!" Ginny announced. She turned over and was now lying on her stomach next to Harry.

"Oh… k," Hermione said starting off at a run toward Ron. She stopped next to where Ron was. He was staring out at the ocean olding his knees. "What's up?" She asked taking a seat next to him.

"Nuthin, just thinking?"

"Care to share?"

"Nah, just thoughts." He said. But on the contrary they weren't just thoughts to him because they were about her. He just wasn't ready to tell her but determined to before the summer was over. "Ready for the picture?" He was eager to change the subject. Hermione noticed this eagerness.

"Uh yeah, sure." She stood up and pointed the camera toward the castle. "Ok I'll take one by it's self and then with us in it." She snapped the picture and then motioned for Ron to move in the picture.

"Only if your in it too," He said.

"Fine!" She took a seat on the other side of the castle. He moved closer. She made sure both of them would be in the picture and snapped it. "Hey Ron!"

"What?" But he found out as soon as he turned his head. Hermione snapped a picture of him as he turned. "Hey!" She stood up and started to run for it. He did the same and followed her. "You can't run forever!"

"Maybe I can!" She ran back it to the blanket. Ginny and Harry sat straight up as sand splashed them from running feet.

"Hey watch it!"

"Not funny!"

"Do you guys want to come in the water?" Hermione asked putting her camera away.

"Well I'm awake now so why not?" Ginny said standing up. She brushed the sand from her. Harry also stood up. He seemed to agree with her reasoning. They all walked down to the water.

"Is that your sand castle?" Harry asked.

"Yeah how did you know we made a sandcastle? I thought you were sleeping." Ron asked as they approached the water. Harry shrugged but only a second before he and Ginny were knocked off their feet. Ron and Hermione doubled over with laughter. They weren't paying attention though and got knocked off their feet as well. Now all four of them were laying in the water laughing like crazy trying not to get taken back by more waves. They stood and managed to make it far enough out where Ginny's head poked above the water. It took Ginny and Harry twice to realize what to do with waves. They had a blast playing out in the water until they decided to go back and have some lunch. Not long after they went straight back into the water. About 2 hours after they decided to have a sandcastle-building contest. Naturally Ginny and Harry teamed up so Ron and Hermione did as well. Each team had one bucket of water, two buckets, and two shovels. By the end of the contest Ron and Hermione were covered in more sand than the sand castle. They had splashed water on each other and sand stuck to them. All they had was a pile of sand for their sandcastle. Ginny and Harry had given up on their sandcastle and went into the water.

"Race ya to the water!" Hermione ran toward the water Ron following after. They swam out to were Harry and Ginny were. They stayed in the water for another hour until Ginny refused to stay in any longer. They decided that they should start back now that it was 3. They gathered all of their stuff up and got in the car. Hermione didn't tell them but she decided she would use magic to clean the sand out later it was the only way.

A/N: Harry and Ginny are up to something! Hint next chapter is called picture perfect. Oh and for the beach thing, I don't know if any of you have been to Delaware but the waves are huge at the beaches and you could be standing up to your knees and get knocked down, it's fun though! REVIEW!