Disclaimer: I Don't Own Harry Potter, 'cept for the plot and Kristina.

A shocked Ron Weasley stood at the front door, mouth agape. There stood someone he had not seen in over five years. "Hermione?"

"Ron, you're letting flies in" Hermione replied, closing his still open mouth.

"What are you doing here?"

"Nice to see you too"

"No, I mean, what are you doing here? I haven't seen or gotten a single letter from you since you left and now you're….here" Ron carefully explained, making sure she didn't get the wrong idea. "And who's that?" He asked once he noticed Kristina.

"This is Kristina and we were invited" Hermione replied impatiently waiting to get in and see everyone else, especially Harry.

"By who?"

"Harry"

"Harry? How could he have invited you? He's been busy all week with interviews and what not. Oh, and that weird contest thing he had last Sunday" Ron said.

"Yes, well, guess who the winner was" Ron opened his mouth to answer, but Hermione interrupted, knowing what he was going to say. "And it was not me Ron" Then she did the famous 'Granger eye roll'.

"Umm, Kristina?"

"Yes, now can we come in?" He opened the door more so they both came in. Once everyone was inside, Hermione lunged herself at Ron and started to hug him. "I'm sorry Ron! I always started to write letters but I didn't have enough time! And my work at the ministry over there is always busy…"

Surprised at the sudden outburst, all Ron did was pat her back in a comforting way. Hermione finally let go and she suddenly remembered Kristina there. "Oh! Well, I haven't properly introduced you to yet. Kristina, this is my old best friend Ron Weasley. And Ron this is Kristina Jensen."

All that was said was 'Nice to meet you' when they heard a squeal.

"Hermione!" Ginny said excitedly. "How are you? I haven't seen you since, about a week and a half ago!"

"What!" Ron shouted. "Why have you seen Ginny AND Harry, but not me?"

"Well, I was at one of my fashion boutiques down in San Francisco, making sure everything was going orderly, and saw Hermione. Don't have a cow Ron." Hermione just laughed. Some things never change.

After a few minutes of idle chatter Ginny said it would be a good idea to go out in the backyard now. "Err, is Harry here yet?" Hermione asked Ginny as they started walking towards the back door.

"No, he's usually late because he goes to the office early to clear up any paper work that might be on his desk. He should be here in a bout ten minutes though." Thenews relieved, yet stressed Hermione out more. But she didn't have a lotmore time to think when she stepped out side and it all got quiet.

"Umm, everyone" Ginny said, breaking the silence. "Hermione's here, and with her friend Kristina." The said brunette just smiled and gave a pathetic wave. That was until Mrs. Weasley came up and gave her an enormous 'Weasley' hug.

"Oh where have you been dear?" She said, finally letting go. "It's been much to long! Here, here. Come and sit down to eat. It looks like you haven't eaten in days! Oh and you too dear." She gestured toward Kristina.

They both sat down and looked around. Then, all at once, the whole Weasley clan started out in chatter.

"Where have you been?"

"Was it nice?

"Why haven't you owled?"

"Who's your friend?" Hermione laughed at the last one,which was asked by none other the George Weasley.

"I've been in San Francisco studying the American Wizarding culture. It was very nice. I don't have an owl and this is Kristina Jensen." Hermione answered all the questions in one breath.

It was not until a few minutes later a familiar ebony haired wizard came into the backyard. Hermione gave him a weak smile, but instantly turning into a frown when she saw a blonde woman with hazel eyes walk in.

"Hey everybody" he announced, trying to get all the Weasley's attention. "I would like you all to meet Jessica Flange." The room suddenly got quiet and everyone looked over. Trying to get everyone chattering again, she did the same ritual she did with Hermione and Kristina.

Kristina looked at Hermione and saw that her expression was unreadable. 'Even after all this time, she still is hiding something. I just know it!' And then she looked over to where Ginny was sitting and noticed that she had a rather large frown plastered on her face. 'Why would she be mad that Harry brought someone? By the looks of her ring, she's married!'

Ginny, who was sitting on the other side of the table, was having very different thoughts. 'What's he doing with that other girl? He's supposed to be with Hermione! Since he invited her, he must have feelings for her! Right? This is going to be much harder than I thought.' She inwardly groaned as she saw the bubbly blonde (Jessica) flirt with Harry.

All Hermione did was look over, attempting to hide the painful expression she was holding back. 'What was I thinking? That I would just come back and live happily ever after? Well, anyways, I'll be gone again in a week so it doesn't really matter.' She thought grimly, poking at the French themed food.

The rest of the brunch was unusually quiet, as if everyone knew there was a heavy tension in the air. Well, it would have been quiet if it Jessica wasn't giggling like a hyena. Mrs. Weasley, not liking this at all tried to start up conversation. "So Hermione dear, you live in…San Francesco?"

Hermione gave a light laugh at Mrs. Weasley's pronunciation. "Yes, I've been living in San Francisco for the last five years"

"Is it nice there?"

"Oh yes! It's very beautiful, especially in the summer time when the weather is perfect. Well, for me that is" she answered quietly, still picking at her food. The rest of the brunch seemed like a blur, and other than Jessica being there, Hermione was pretty happy. She loved being able to be around her friends (more like her family) like this. Kristina carefully watched Hermione as she interacted with the Weasley's.

'She seems to be really happy here' she thought to herself, as Hermione laughed at something Ron said, then casting her eyes for a few moments at Harry. Harry was currently sitting on the couch across the room, next to Jessica. Kristina scrunched her nose in disgust. It was blondes like her that gave her a bad name.

Ginny seemed to notice this and walked over to the frowning blonde. "You don't like her either?"

"Nope, not at all. I just don't have a bad feeling about her. Something about her just seems so familiar though…" Kristina answered, her voice trailing off.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. Harry shouldn't be with her at all though. He should be with Hermione. It's so obvious he likes her, but he's to thick to notice it." Ginny said not looking too happy.

Then, something in Kristina's mind clicked. 'Weird looks. Anxious behavior. Fidgeting whenever he's around…. Oh my gosh! She likes him too!' Just as she thought that, the little wheels in her mind started spinning.

A/n: Uh-oh…what's going to happen? Lol, well, you're just going to have to wait til next week, aren't ya? This is the 2nd week of continuous posting! Applause. Omg, I just found out that my cousin is an author thing! Her pen name is ThEpNaYwRiTeR…or something close to that. She does Sailor Moon and Inuyasha ? and all that anime stuff! So check it out. But don't tell her I have a story…I wanna surprise her when it's finished. But if you read her stories and choose to review them, just say Megan recommended them. And call her Morgini, it pisses her off which is HILARIOUS. So yeah, this is getting pretty long! See ya'll next week 