A/N: Thank you all my reviewers! Here is chapter 5, hope you like it!

Chapter 5- So Close

Hermione woke up the next morning in her own bed and looked at the clock. It was only 5:30. She had an idea and jumped out of bed. She rushed over to her dresser and pulled out a pair of jean shorts and a pink tank top. She slid her feet into her pink flip-flops and did her hair with her wand. She did her make-up quickly because she was in a hurry. She grabbed her purse and rushed out into the hallway. She went into Ron and Harry's room. She saw them sleeping. She walked over to the side of Ron's bed. She quietly shook him. "Ron! Ron!" He shook awake.

"Huh? What?"

"Ron come with me I have to show you something!" Ron sat up and looked from her to the alarm clock. He shrugged and sat up.

"Leme get dressed," He said in a tired voice. She nodded and went to wait in the hall for him. 5 minutes later he came out dressed in jean shorts and an orange t-shirt. "Where are we going?" He asked obviously still tired.

"It's a surprise! Come on!" She took his hand and pulled him down the stairs and outside. She got in the car and started driving. Ron dozed off until they got to where they were going. "Ron!" She shook him awake.

"Huh?" He opened his eyes but only saw black. "What happened? Where am I?"

"Ron! Chill! We are where we're going but it's a surprise! So you have to wear the blindfold," she said.

"Oh ok. I knew that," Hermione tried to suppress a laugh. "Hey I heard that!"

"Oh c'mon." She got out of the car and walked around to the other side. She pulled open the door and helped Ron up and walked with him. Ron felt his feet sinking.

"What the hell? Is that sand?"

"Just keep walking!" Hermione pushed him along trying to see in the dark. She found a perfect spot and sat down pulling him along with her. She took off the blindfold and he looked around.

"We're at the beach? In the dark?"

"Look!" Hermione pointed up. She then fell back on the sand as Ron did the same. They were looking at a hint of daybreak full of lively colors. Hermione and Ron watched, as the colors grew brighter and more beautiful. Finally the sun was sitting high in the sky.

"Wow!" was all Ron could say. He was truly amazed at how beautiful the sunrise was on the beach next to Hermione and just wow. Hermione looked at him and laughed.

"What?"

"Just you!" He looked offended. "No I mean you can make something as simple as a sunrise seem so much more beautiful and fun than it already is." Ron's ears were turning red.

"Thanks I think?"

"It was defiantly a complement."

"Well then thank you!"

"Your welcome!" They stared at the sky. Hermione was trying to find words that expressed her feelings for Ron but drew a blank.

"So what do you have planned for us today?"

"I was thinking that maybe we could swim in the pool today and go to the carnival later."

"What's a carnival?"

"Oh, it's… uh… well it's hard to explain but there is a whole bunch of fun stuff to do there."

"Cool! Uh…Hermione?"

"Yeah?"

"Your it!" Ron jumped up and ran.

"Hey get back here!" Hermione ran after Ron. She finally caught him and tackled him to the ground. Once again they were locked in a staring match again. He couldn't take his eyes away from hers. "C'mon I want to show you something." She stood up and pulled him up too. He followed her back to the car. She drove for 5 minutes. When they finally stopped Ron looked around.

"Where are we?"

"At the playground." Hermione got out of the car and he followed. He looked around. There was a piece of metal slanted and attached to a ladder(slide), a circualr thing that had bars coming from the middle(merry-go round), and a peice of metal that was tilted up in the air(see-saw). There were also chains hanging down from a metal poles attached to something that looks like a seat. Hermione sat down on one and Ron sat down on the one next to her. "What is this? I think I saw one on the muggle TV show I was watching."

"It's a swing. Watch," Hermione pulled herself back and released. She then moved with the swing so that she was gaining speed and height. Ron did everything she did and was starting to catch up. He felt the wind through his hair and he felt kind of like he was flying. He didn't say anything he just swung. Hermione watched him. "On the count of three we're going to jump ok?" She said to him when they had swung the highest they possibly could.

"Jump?"

"Yup on the count of three." Ron wasn't sure about this but he trusted Hermione. "One, two, THREE!" Hermione and Ron jumped lingering for a few seconds in the air and then falling. Hermione laughed as she hit the ground. Hermione looked at Ron's face. He looked scared half to death. "Are you ok?"

"I will be eventually." He said out of breath. Hermione smiled as she got back on her swing. Ron stood up too but he didn't go to his swing. He went to the back of Hermione's swing and started to push her. "So, what do you enjoy more being a muggle or a witch?"

"I defiantly like being a which more but I'm glad I have the ability to be both. What was your favorite thing we did so far this summer?"

"Go to the beach and watch the sunrise with you." Hermione blushed as Ron fell silent. He stopped her swing and got lost in her eyes. He was moving closer and she was also moving closer until… RING! Hermione took her cell phone off of the clip from her pocket.

"It's Harry, I gave him my cell phone number before." Ron didn't ask what a cell phone was. He assumed it was some muggle way of communicating. He let go of her swing and sat back down onto his. "Hello!" Hermione said into the phone. She could tell that there was disappointment in her voice they were so close.

"Hi!" Harry said back oblivious of her disappointment. "Where are you guys?"

"We just went out to see the sunrise on the beach. We'll be there in a few minutes."

"Ok do you mind if I have cereal for breakfast?"

"No go ahead."

"Ok, thanks! Bye!"

"Bye," Hermione's voice still had disappointment in it as she hung up the phone. "I guess we better go." Hermione said dully.

"Yeah," Ron got off his swing and sulked back to the car. Hermione and Ron were both silent on the way back. They got out of the car and walked into the house. Hermione led him into the kitchen finding Harry eating Lucky Charms. Hermione went to the cabinet and took down two more bowls and then took two spoons out of the drawer. Ron and Hermione sat down at the table and poured themselves some cereal as well.

"So what are we doing today Hermione?" Harry asked.

"We're going to go in the pool and then we'll go to the carnival at like 5." Hermione answered.

"Cool!" Harry said. He was oblivious that he ruined their moment.

"How much longer do you think Ginny will sleep?" Hermione asked. Ron and Harry looked at each other.

"At least another 2 hours it's only 7," Harry said.

"Wow! What do you guys want to do till then?" Hermione asked.

"I dunno?" Ron said after putting a spoonful of cereal in his mouth.

"Well we could Apparate to Diagon Alley and go to Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes." Harry suggested.

"Yeah they just got some new stuff in." Ron chimed in.

"The only reason you want to go there is so you could get something to get back at Ginny with." Hermione said.

"So, Come on please!" Harry begged.

"Yeah please!" Ron stuck out his bottom lip and begged.

"Fine, but tell her I had no part in it. And put that lip away!"

"OK!"

"Thanks Hermione."

"Well are you ready to go?"

"I've got to get dressed but I'll be right down." Harry rushed upstairs to change. Hermione laughed. Harry came down two minutes later.

"Ready!" Harry, Hermione, and Ron Apparated to the busy street of Diagon Alley. They saw many familiar faces and said hi to everyone. Finally they were at Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. They walked into the store it was as busy as ever.

"Harry, Ron, Hermione!"

"Our favorite customers!" Fred and George came over to greet them.

"Hi!"

"Hey!"

"What's up?"

"So what can we interest you in?" Fred asked.

"I'm looking for something to get back at Ginny with." Harry informed them.

"Really?" George asked.

"Are you sure you want to mess with her?" Fred asked.

"Yeah!" Harry said surely.

"Where is she?" George wondered looking past them.

"Sleeping," Ron informed them.

"What did she do to you?" Fred asked.

"I fell asleep yesterday and she covered me in post its. And then I went to throw her in the pool and she pulled me in to." Harry said. George and Fred were laughing along with Ron and Hermione who were remembering it all.

"It was so funny! You guys should come by later." Hermione laughed.

"Will do!" Fred said.

"Try this!" George took a bottle of lotion off of the shelf.

"What is it?" Harry asked.

"It's Colossal Cream. You put it on someone's nose and every time they talk their nose gets bigger. It lasts for an hour each time you put it on." Fred informed him.

"I'll take it!" Harry said. Fred and George rang it up. Harry and Ron both decided to get some Skiving Snackboxes for school. They all said bye to Fred and George and left. They Apparated back to Hermione's and were not surprised to find that Ginny was still sleeping. Harry rushed up stairs with his Colossal Cream. He came down 5 minutes later with a smile on his face. "Did it!" He said proudly. Harry, Ron, and Hermione watched TV for 15 minutes until Ginny came down. She was wearing white shorts and a red tank top. Her hair was down and straight She had on red flip-flops and sat down next to Harry on the couch.

"Good Morning!" She said cheerfully. Her nose grew a half-inch bigger as she said the words. She didn't seem to notice it though. Ron, Hermione and Harry all started to laugh and were trying to control it. "What? Is there something on my face?" Her nose was now 2 inches bigger than it's normal size.

"No there is nothing on your face. Well nothing out of the ordinary. Kind of." Harry laughed.

"What?" Ginny demanded. Ron and Hermione kept silent knowing that they should stay out of it. But as her nose grew another inch they were in tears from laughing so hard. "What?" She got up and went to look in the mirror. They heard her scream and they laughed harder. "What the hell did you do to me?" She had her hand over her nose as she said this. "Ah!" She screamed and pulled her hand away. "It keeps growing!" She then checked and it was bigger.

"Hey Gin!" Harry said. She turned around and faced him. He snapped a picture of her and her hand went straight back to her face.

"Stop this!" She said.

"I can't it lasts for and hour. And then it will go back to normal." Harry answered after he finally stopped laughing.

"So it's just going to keep growing? Where did you get it?"

"No it only grows when you talk. I got it from Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes." Ginny looked mad.

"This means war Potter!" And with that she sat down with her hands over her nose.

"Wow Ginny is going to shut up for an hour? I don't believe it!" Ron said. Ginny stood up and slapped him hard across the arm. A few times Ginny opened her mouth like she was going to talk but closed it remembering how big her nose was. They watched TV until Ginny pulled her hand away from her nose and it was back to normal.

"I'd sleep with one eye open if I were you Harry!" Ginny said.

"I'll be sure to do that!" Harry said sarcastically. Ginny had a ton of ideas running through her head and wondered if Hermione would help her. They all went up to change into their bathing suits and then went out to the pool. They were all getting ready to get in when they heard two loud cracks.

"AH!" Ron fell in, in shock of it. Fred and George stood there laughing at Ron.

"Hi!" Fred said

"How ya doin?" George asked.

"You two! You sold Harry that stuff!" Ginny said. Fred and George were laughing even harder now.

"You guys are going swimming?" George asked.

"Yeah!" Harry answered.

"Ron, we're going to borrow bathing suits." George informed him.

"Show us where they are." Fred said. Hermione helped Ron out of the pool and he wrapped himself in a towel. He didn't notice that Hermione was watching him. Ron led Fred and George into the house and up the stairs. He showed them into the room. He went over to the dresser where he kept his clothes and took out two bathing suits. He threw the red one to Fred and the blue one to George. "So what's going on between you and Hermione?"

"What are you talking about?" Ron said.

"Don't play stupid. I saw what happened down there and I suppose these mean nothing?" George held up the pictures of them at the beach.

"Those were from the beach." Ron took the pictures and put them down. His face was now a deep crimson.

"We're not stupid. What happened?" Fred said.

"Nothing happened… yet. Something almost happened at the playground today though."

"What?" Fred and George sat down and were listening to Ron.

"Well I was pushing her on the swing an-" Ron started.

"What's a swing?" George asked.

"It's a muggle thing but anyways then she stopped swinging and we were staring at each other and then we moved closer but her cell phone rang and neither one of us said anything about it since."

"What's a cell phone?" Fred asked.

"It's a muggle thing that I don't understand." Ron said.

"So there is something going on?" George asked.

"Just get changed and come downstairs." Ron said. He left and went back outside. A few minutes later the twins came down. No one had gotten in the pool yet.

"What's a matter? Is the water too cold?" Fred walked to the edge followed by George. Fred stuck his foot in to see how cold it was. Ginny walked up behind them and pushed them in and then moved over to where Harry was and pushed him in too before he could back away. Ron and Hermione were laughing and standing next to the pool. They didn't think Ginny would push them in but she walked over to them next and pushed them in too.

"Hey what was that for?" Hermione asked.

"You two laughed at me too!" Ginny was standing outside of the pool looking at the 5 people in the water. Ginny jumped in the water cannonball style. She landed right next to George.

"Hey!" The splash went right in his face.

"Come on George let's get her!" They both lunged for Ginny.

"No!" Ginny screamed and swam. But she was too slow for Fred and George. They caught her and lifted her above their heads. "Please don't throw me! I'm sorry!" But they tossed her in the air and she landed in with a splash. Ron, Hermione, and Harry were laughing. "If I had my wand…"

"What would you do jab us with it? You can't use magic outside of school!" Harry said. Ginny pouted and swam back to where everyone else was. Fred and George followed.

"So what do you want to do?" Ron asked.

"Let's play water volleyball!" Hermione suggested.

"What's water Volleyball?" Fred, Ron, Ginny, and George asked. Hermione pulled herself out of the pool and walked over to where the pool toys were. She gabbed a beach ball and a net. She attached the net to each side of the pool and jumped in.

"There is two teams and you have to pass the ball on either side of the net if you drop it the other team gets a point." Hermione informed them.

"Can we use magic?" Fred asked.

"NO!" Hermione said.

"Jeez! Ok! I get Ginny on my team she hits hard! And…uh… Harry." Fred announced.

"So I get stuck with these two?" George said. Ron and Hermione shot him reproachful looks. "Fine." Fred, Ginny and Harry swam to the other side. Hermione took the ball and smacked it to the other side. It landed right between Fred and Ginny.

"You're supposed to hit it back!" She said.

"Oh, right!" Ginny took it and smacked it back to there side. It was heading to where Ron was. He hit it just as hard back at Harry. They played for and hour till the score was 25-10 and Fred, Ginny, and Harry were losing.

"I give up!" Harry said.

"I'll order a pizza for lunch!" Hermione got out of the pool and went into the kitchen with her towel. She ordered two large pizzas, the same as last time and went upstairs to get dressed so she could pick it up. She just put on her clothes from before over her bathing suit and walked out into the hallway. She saw Ron walking out of his room dressed too.

"I'm going to go with you," He said in answer to her inquiry. They walked downstairs and outside.

"How are you getting there?" George asked.

"I'm going to drive." Hermione replied.

"You have a car?" Fred pulled himself out of the water.

"I want to see it too." George got out of the water too. They followed Hermione and Ron to the car. When Fred and George saw it their reactions were similar to Ron, Harry and Ginny's then they walked to it and started to examine it. They looked at it closely. They opened all of the doors and looked inside.

"Brilliant!" Fred said.

"Amazing!" George marveled. "Can we go too?" They had only been in one other car before, a flying car.

"Yeah, go get changed." Hermione answered. Fred and George went back to go change. "Are you guys going to stay here?"

"Yeah!" Ginny said. Harry looked at Ginny skeptically but nodded. They headed back to the pool and Hermione heard two splashes. Fred and George came out of the house a minute later fully dressed. They all got into the car and started to drive. It was silent for a few minutes.

"Can I drive on the way back?" George asked. Hermione looked at him like he was crazy.

"Your joking right?" She responded.

"Nope."

"You don't even have your license."

"But I've driven before."

"Yeah, a flying car."

"Please!" Hermione thought for a moment.

"Hermione you're not actually considering it are you?" Ron asked worried.

"Well, I guess, but if something happens to my car I will kill you!" Hermione said.

"Thanks!" George said. They reached the pizza place 5 minutes later. They all got out and got the pizzas. Ron and Fred got into the back seat holding the pizzas. Ron was too scared to hold anything but the car. He buckled up and held on to the sides of it. Hermione got into the passengers seat while George got into the front. Hermione buckled up and silently hoped that they all wouldn't die. George turned the key and they all jumped as it started. Even Fred looked worried. He gripped the pizzas tightly. George put the car in drive and stepped on the gas. Hermione gave a small, terrified scream as they slowly pulled away from the pizza place. Hermione started to breath as they smoothly stopped at a stoplight. She looked back at Ron his face was pure white with sheer terror.

"All right Ron?" She asked.

"I'm not sure yet." He replied. Hermione let out a little laugh that turned into a gasp as the light turned green. George drove on like on like it was no big deal. He was the only one who didn't look remotely scared. They all started to ease up as they drove on.

"Hermione, which one is your street?" George asked as they stopped at a fork in the road.

"The one on the left." She responded. George turned down that street then into Hermione's driveway. He turned off the car and handed Hermione the key. Everyone quickly scrambled out of the car. Ron was breathing deeply and Fred was almost as pale as Ron.

"It wasn't that bad was it?" George asked.

"No, I'm completely fine." Fred said sardonically. Ron couldn't speak. They followed Hermione around the back to a table by the pool. Ginny and Harry were no longer in the pool but on one of the lawn chairs. Ron turned away.

"Get a room will ya?" George said, causing Ginny and Harry to jump. They stood up and walked over to them.

"What's a matter with you guys? You looked scared to death." Harry asked.

"George drove home." Ron said finally breathing normal now.

"You let him?" Ginny asked Hermione, who looked normal compared to the other two.

"Well, yeah. But it wasn't that bad."

"Speak for your self." Ron said. George punched him on the arm. "Ow!"

"Let's eat!" Harry said. Harry and Hermione tried to explain what a carnival was to Ron, George, Ginny, and Fred while they ate.

A/N: Ok, so what did you think? In the next chapter they'll go to the carnival. REVIEW! I'll try to update sometime this week but I don't know when. I'm going camping this weekend so I'll defiantly do it before then.