A/N: I kept my promise! Another update and twelve reviews! Thank you all! I'll update again tomorrow if I get more reviews! How about 15 reviews this time! We can get at least 3 more right? Well onto this chapter! And to Bri007: I know what you mean about how you thought they were doing more. I was going to have it be like that but all of the "dirty" and "mysterious" stuff will happen in later chapters! LOL!

Chapter 18- Future Plans and Pillow Fights

When Hermione woke up the next morning, the first thing she did was make a schedule for the rest of the summer that wouldn't need to be changed again. She made sure she wouldn't bother Ron as she got out of bed and brought some paper and markers into the kitchen. She made herself a cup of coffee and sat down at the table. She started to draw a calendar and color code all of the different things they would do in the next month, leaving an empty week for when the Hogwarts letters would come. When she was almost done a tired figure walked down the stairs.

"Morning!" Ron yawned. He kissed Hermione and sat at the table next to her.

"Good morning!" She replied cheerfully.

"What are you doing?" Ron asked.

"Making a new schedule."

"What's on the schedule for today?"

"Today…um…" She picked up the schedule and looked at it. "Today we are swimming and then I thought we could have dinner later on and get some ice cream." She pointed to a square on the calendar.

"Sounds fun!" Ron answered with another yawn as he poured himself coffee.

"Good!" She smiled. Minutes later another sleepy figure came down the stairs. Harry poured himself a cup of coffee and sat at the table with the other two.

"Good morning." Harry said.

"Morning." Ron replied.

"Good morning." Hermione replied.

"What's that?" Harry inquired.

"New schedule." Hermione answered.

"Oh, what are we doing today?" He asked.

"Swimming." Ron answered.

"Ok." Harry said. Hermione pulled down cereal boxes from the cabinet and handed bowls and spoons to Harry and Ron. Soon after a tired looking Ginny came down and joined them for breakfast. When breakfast was done they all went to change into their bathing suits. Hermione decided on a plain black bikini today while Ginny wore a bright pink one. They went down and got towels and then found Harry and Ron already in the pool. Ginny jumped in right in between the two and they got completely splashed.

"Sorry!" Ginny exclaimed halfheartedly. Ron and Harry glared but Hermione jumped in front of all three and splashed them all.

"Oops! Sorry!" Hermione said sardonically. Ron swam over to the edge and got out.

"Where are you going?" Hermione asked.

"Nowhere!" He shouted and then jumped in. Harry furiously swam to the ladder and got out the three of them separated so that he could only splash one of them depending on which way he jumped. He looked around deciding which one. Ron was pointing to Hermione and Hermione was pointing at Ron. Ginny was just laughing. Harry jumped in and pulled his legs closer to his chest trying to make the splash as big as possible. The splash was big enough to get Ron, Hermione and just barley Ginny. He came above the water laughing. Hermione flipped into the water and splashed him with her feet. When she came above the water she heard Ron laughing and then a splash that stopped it. She cleared her hair out of her eyes and saw Harry kicking water at Ron. She laughed and then Harry started kicking water at her. Hermione shielded her face with her hands. Ron flipped into the water to but he did a handstand and used his feet to kick water at Harry. Harry stopped splashing Hermione and swam away from where Ron was kicking. The water now hit Hermione. Ron stopped kicking and came above the water for air. Harry lifted his hands up to splash Ron but the sound of Ginny's laughter stopped him. All three of them turned to her. She was sitting on the edge, laughing at all three of them. Ron and Harry looked at each other smiling they swam to Ginny. She started to get off the edge but they caught her. Both of them lifted her above their heads.

"NO! Don't!" She protested. They didn't listen; she was thrown in the air and landed in front of Hermione with a splash. Hermione kicked water at her. Ginny tried to swim away from the splashing but Ron and Harry held her there. Hermione stopped splashing for a minute. Ginny, now angry, grabbed the edge of the pool and stuck her feet out. She kicked the water in front of her and Harry, Ron, and Hermione covered their faces. Ginny stopped kicking and the other three cleared the water off of their faces. They got ready to splash her back but she held out her hand to stop them. "Wait!"

"What now Gin?" Ron asked. Ginny looked at all three and then pointed to a random spot behind them.

"Look!" All three of them turned to look where Ginny pointed seeing nothing out of the ordinary they turned around.

"Wha-" Harry started. He expected to see Ginny when he turned around but she wasn't there. He looked up and saw Ginny standing on the outside of the pool laughing at all three of them. "Hey! That's not fair!"

"What? There were no rules that said that I couldn't trick you gullible people and get out of the pool in fact there aren't any rules whatsoever." She laughed. Harry and Hermione grabbed her ankles and pulled her into the water. She screamed. When she came above the water she looked furious. "That's not fair! Three against one!"

"Well if I'm not mistaken Gin, there are no rules whatsoever, so how can you tell what's fair and what isn't?" Hermione asked. Ginny scowled at the three, who laughed. Ginny then disappeared underneath the water. All three of them looked around and tried to find her.

"Looking for me?" Ginny appeared over the water where she could stand at four feet.

"No actually. We were just about to start a game." Hermione lied still determined to get Ginny back. "Are you playing?"

"Depends, what game?" Ginny asked timidly.

"Marco Polo." Hermione answered.

"What's that?" Ron asked.

"One person is it and they have to count to 5 underwater and its like hide and seek/ tag. You have to keep your eyes closed and call out Marco and the others respond Polo and you follow their voices to tag them." Harry answered.

"Alright." Ginny answered. As she went underwater and swam back to them Hermione whispered her plan to Ron and Harry. They nodded in agreement and Ginny's head popped above the water. "So who's it?"

"You are!" Ron answered with a smile on his face.

"Count to five." Hermione said.

"Yeah and keep your eyes closed." Harry finished. Ginny sighed and ducked down underwater. The other three went for the edge and all took their spots surrounding Ginny. A few seconds later Ginny came above the water with her eyes shut tight.

"MARCO!" She yelled.

"POLO!" Harry, Ron, and Hermione yelled as they jumped into the water making a giant splash that would hit Ginny. Ginny opened her eyes just in time to close them again. The splash hit her and she instantly was plunged into water as it hit her. Her hair was now a curtain for her face and if the three could see her face they would see an extremely red, angry face. Knowing it wouldn't be safe around her anymore they backed up. She flipped her hair out of her face and looked at the three of them.

"Haha very funny!" She angrily exclaimed. Ginny swam to the edge of the pool and lifted herself out. She angrily laid down on one of the lawn chairs. She ignored their protests and lay back in the sun. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decided to play a game until Ginny decided to join them. They started to play catch with a Frisbee. They separated and started throwing it around.

"So Harry any thoughts on what you're going to do after Hogwarts?" Hermione asked as she threw the Frisbee.

"You know, I'm actually considering going pro for Quidditch. Yeah like being the seeker for the England team." Harry said.

"That sounds good." Hermione replied.

"What about you Ron? Been thinking about it any in the past few days?" Harry asked as he caught the Frisbee thrown by Ron. Harry threw it to Hermione, who again threw it to Ron. Ron whose face had turned bright red when the question had been asked missed the Frisbee and it landed outside of the pool. Ron pulled himself out of the pool and went to get it. He didn't say anything, even when he got back in the pool and tossed the Frisbee to Harry.

"Ron?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah?" Ron looked at her.

"Harry asked you if you thought about your career after Hogwarts?" Hermione replied. Ron's face became even redder as he mumbled the reply and again tossed the Frisbee to Harry.

"What?" Harry asked.

"No I…um…haven't." He replied a little louder. Harry and Hermione looked at each other knowing that he was keeping something from them.

"What is it Ron?" Harry asked him.

"You can tell us." Hermione added.

"It's stupid." He mumbled loud enough so that they could barley hear him.

"I told you what I wanted to do even though I thought it was stupid." Hermione pointed out.

"I was reading the Daily Prophet the other day and thought that it might be good to write for them, you know not like Rita Skeeter stuff but just articles. There go ahead laugh." Ron said miserably, his face was still glowing red. Harry and Hermione, who had moved closer to hear him, did not laugh.

"I don't think that's stupid Ron." Hermione said.

"Yeah, that sounds good. I didn't know you fancied writing." Harry said.

"Me neither." Hermione agreed.

"Well not for boring stuff like school, but interesting stuff you know, like reporting Quidditch or just stuff you know the usual in the paper. It seemed kind of interesting." His face stayed red the whole time he said it.

"That's a brilliant idea. You can defiantly send Rita Skeeter looking for a new job." Harry said. Rita Skeeter kept her promise and hadn't written anything on Harry or Hermione, but after the interview in the Quibbler she was rehired and continued to keep her promise but for the past year she's taken to writing nasty things about other people.

"I can't wait for that to happen." Hermione said. The color from Ron's face slowly faded and he laughed. They spread out again and continued their game of catch.

"So what is it that you wanted to do Hermione? Still going to try harder with spew?" Harry asked.

"It was S.P.E.W and I gave up on that after I couldn't get my two best friends to care." Hermione said.

"Sorry, Hermione, but I could care less about house elves especially after what Kreacher did." Harry went quiet.

"She wants to open her own book store." Ron said to take Harry's mind off of Sirius.

"That's a good idea. You love books." Harry said.

"Exactly what I said!" Ron exclaimed. "She thought she was being stupid."

"Well it's true she does love books, I could see that happening." Ginny said. She was sitting on the ledge of the pool listening to their conversation. She hopped down and into the pool. Ginny joined in the game. "So we got a Quidditch player, a reporter, and a bookstore owner. Interesting." Ginny said.

"What's interesting?" Hermione wondered.

"Well, I always thought you would do something with sp- S.P.E.W but I never imagined you'd want to own your own book store, I never ever, ever thought that Ron would want to write for the Daily Prophet, and I always had Harry pegged to be an Auror." Ginny said.

"Well I've always wanted to own my own book store, even before I knew I was a witch. It seemed like something fun I just never told anybody." Hermione said.

"What about you Ron?" Harry asked. "You couldn't of just decided the other day that you wanted to write for the Prophet." Ron's face was slowly regaining the red coloring.

"Well no, I've been thinking about it for a while. Since fourth year when Rita Skeeter started writing that stuff about you two. I never told anyone though." Ron said.

"And you Harry?" Ginny asked as she caught the Frisbee and tossed it to Ron.

"Since the World Cup." He replied simply.

"You never said anything." Hermione said.

"Because I wanted more to be an Auror. Not anymore though." Harry answered.

"Oh!" Ginny replied. They continued to play for another hour and discussed what classes they would take in their last year. They then went inside while Hermione made lunch. After they ate lunch they went outside again. Hermione decided she wanted to lay out and tan while they swam and Ginny agreed with her. Ron and Harry shrugged and went to resume their game. Hermione and Ginny lay back in their chairs and closed their eyes. Ron and Harry watched them for a minute.

"I've got an idea." Ron said quietly to Harry.

"I think I know what your thinking." Harry replied. They both, quietly pulled themselves out of the water and took to pails that they used at the beach. Ron and Harry both filled them up with water from the pool. They quietly walked around to the side of the lawn chairs. Harry stood next to Ginny's and Ron stood next to Hermione's.

"Who's blocking the su – AHHHHHHH!" Hermione started but she was cut off by a bucket of cold water landing on her. There was a scream from the next chair as well and Ginny was soaked. Hermione sat up and moved the hair from her eyes and glared at Ron. "What are you standing there for? Run!" She stood up from the chair and Ron dashed for the pool. He jumped in with a big splash and Hermione jumped in after him. Ron started swimming away but Hermione was too fast. She caught him and hopped on his back. Her arms were wrapped around his neck, just enough so he wasn't being strangled.

"I'm sorry!" Ron shouted half laughing.

"Are you really?" Hermione asked with a smile on her face.

"Yes I am extremely sorry." Ron said. He was still laughing.

"Ok, you're forgiven." She gave him a kiss on the cheek because she couldn't reach his mouth from his back. They took a quick look at Harry and Ginny, who were absorbed in each other.

"What do you want to do now?" Ron asked.

"I guess we could go inside and maybe I could forgive you a little more." Hermione said.

"Hmmm that sounds good." Ron said. He grabbed onto her legs so she wouldn't fall off of his back and walked over to the shallowest end of the pool and got out at the steps. He grabbed two towels for them and went inside. In the kitchen Ron let her down and wrapped the towel around her and then one around himself. Hermione leaned up and kissed him on the lips. "You know – maybe I – should – dump a bucket of water – on you more – often." Ron said between kisses. Hermione stopped and pulled away.

"If I were you I wouldn't ever do that again. I have a feeling that next time I won't be so forgiving." Hermione said.

"Alright, I won't do that again." He said with an innocent smile. Hermione took his shoulders and pushed him against the wall.

"Good!" She said before pushing her lips against his. After some more "forgiving" interrupted by Harry and Ginny, they all went to watch TV and relax for a bit before going back in the pool. Ginny was finishing Romeo and Juliet while Hermione continued to read the book she bought at Diagon Alley.

"You know I'm going to miss the TV when we go back to Hogwarts." Ron said.

"Be careful your starting to sound like dad." Ginny said behind her book.

"I don't collect plugs!" Ron said loudly.

"True but watch your step or you just might start." Ginny laughed. Ron snorted angrily. Ginny lifted the book up more to cover her face and giggled. Ron took a cushion from the couch and threw it at Ginny. Ginny put her book down and picked up another pillow, she chucked it at Ron. Ron stood up and threw it back at her. Ginny and Ron were now chucking pillows everywhere. Hermione and Harry were sitting on the couches laughing at them. Ron chucked a pillow at Harry and Ginny chucked one at Hermione. They got up and joined in on the pillow fight. Hermione knocked Ron back on the couch and sat on him. She took the pillow and started hitting him with hit. He used it to his advantage that she wasn't covering her sides so he tickled her. She shrieked and dropped the pillow. He flipped their position and tickled her more.

"Stop! Please!" Hermione begged through laughs.

"Make me!" Ron said.

"I will." She giggled. She moved her lips to his. He continued to tickle her until she deepened the kiss. His hands stopped tickling her and he was only focused on kissing her. They heard a cough and a giggle so they broke apart. They sat up and glared at Ginny and Harry. "What should we do now?" Hermione wondered.

"I think we should go back in the pool." Ron said. He grabbed Hermione's arms. "Harry a little help."

"NO!" Hermione shrieked. Harry caught her legs despite the fact that she was trying to get out of their grasp. Ginny followed them and laughed the whole way out. "Please just let me go! What did I ever do to you?"

"Nothing, this is just funny." Harry laughed. They were now in front of the pool.

"Please don't!" She begged one last time. They ignored her.

"One!" Ron shouted.

"Two!" Harry shouted.

"THREE!" They both shouted. Hermione was thrown in the air and landed with a splash and a scream in the pool. She angrily came above the water.

"Remember when I said I wasn't going to be so forgiving?" Hermione asked Ron.

"Yes, but I know you'll forgive me." He jumped into the water and swam over to her. "Right."

"Yeah I guess I'll have to forgive you." She swam to him. Hermione put her hands on his shoulders and moved her face closer. Ron was smiling triumphantly. She then pushed his shoulders down and dunked him in the water. Laughing she swam away. He came above the water and pushed his hair out of his eyes.

"Ha, ha! But eventually you'll forgive me." He said.

"Yeah eventually, but not now." She laughed. "And as for you Harry." She walked over to him and shoved him in the pool. Ginny was laughing at all three of them. Hermione walked behind Ginny unnoticed and pushed her in. Ginny stopped laughing at Hermione and angrily fell into the water. "That'll do for now." She said smiling. Hermione jumped into the pool and joined her friends. "Remember that next time." She said. Ron and Harry managed to toss her in the water a few more times before they got out and went to dinner. Hermione refused to kiss Ron again until right before bed, she forgave him.

A/N: So please review and tell me what you think! Remember 15 reviews! I'm not going to tell you the title of the next chapter because it will spoil it! But I can say that someone else gets punched in it! R&R love you all! -Kylie