A/N: Hey y'all! I'm finished with school now until the fall, so hopefully I'll be getting at least one chapter up a week! I apologize for the last chapter being so short! This one isn't much longer, but I wanted to ask y'alls opinion on something. I'll ask at the end, hope this chapters okay... Sorry the story is progressing so slowly...
To My Reviewers: Wolverine is Hott- Thanks a lot for you sweet review, and don't worry, no amount of flattering could ever make me cocky, I don't think, it only encourages me to write more! If they do kiss, I'll keep that in mind
HPInitialDfreak971- Thanks I really appreciate that! I wasn't too sure how y'all would like it! Initial D is a fun video game!
katie janeway- Thanks for the encouragement, I really need it!
READER- Thanks for reviewing! I don't think this is what's really going on in the books, but I think it sort of fits in nicely anyway and will make for some fun R/Hr drama later on!
GeekGurl- Well, I don't think it's such a great start, but I'm glad you like it, cause that's what matters!
Chapter Two
A warm breeze gusted in from Hermione's open bedroom window. She was lying on top of her white-frilled comforter, unconsciously stroking her beloved cat Crookshanks, who lay beside her.
"This is going to be one long summer." Hermione whispered to herself.
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had decided to take a much needed vacation after everything that had happened in sixth year. The Order had taken quite a few hits in the war against the dark lord, but things had once again settled down, giving both sides time to lick their wounds and recover. The Weasleys decided that a family vacation was a must and of course took Harry along with them. Harry was just as much a part of the Weasley family now, as Ron was.
Ron...
He wasn't coming home from his vacation until the day before school started. When Ron had told Hermione about the vacation and how Harry was coming along, she was almost... jealous of him... She loved Harry more than anything, she would give her life for him and she was delighted to know that he would be happy and taken care of this summer, but, she wanted to be with them, be a part of their celebrations. She always felt left out for one reason or another, because she's a girl, because she's a Muggleborn, because she has parents who care about her. She would never fit in the Weasley family like Harry was able to.
But when Ron had told her about the vacation, she merely smiled and said that she hoped they'd have fun and that this would give her some time to spend with her parents. She knew that, that was a lie. She wanted them to have fun, but in her heart, she hoped with every fiber of her being that because she wasn't with them to make the trio complete, that they would be unable to completely enjoy themselves.
"Awful! I'm such a selfish, spoiled brat!" Hermione hissed at herself as she sat straight up in her bed, whipping a forming tear out of her eye, causing Crookshanks to leap to the floor in anger of being disturbed. She hated herself so much for putting her own feelings before Harry's. Things haven't been easy for him since Sirius died; he deserved to have some fun.
The truth was, her parents weren't even home to spend any time with. They were off at a dentist convention and wouldn't be back until the family reunion... Hermione flopped back onto her bed in frustration. She had managed to avoid attending the much dreaded annual Granger family reunion for six years running!
Her dad's side of the family were scattered all over the place. Most of them lived scattered across Europe, but a one lived in the United States and one even resided in South Africa. They had decided years ago; when her father was still attending college and before she was born, that every August, her father, his siblings, their families, and her grandparents would get together for an entire week to just spend some "quality time" with one another.
Ron and Harry were her redeemers, because of their friendship; she had somewhere else she was able to go during what she liked to consider, a week of complete and utter torture. Now however, Ron and Harry were off having the time of their lives without her, and she was left alone to bear seeing family members she hadn't seen for six years, making the reunion, almost certain death. She couldn't blame Harry and Ron for that though; after all, she hadn't even told them about her family situation, how could she blame them for something she had never told them? If she had told them, perhaps she would have been able to go with... but she had to face her family again sometime she supposed.
Hermione took in a deep breath and slowly exhaled. They were going to ask her all kinds of questions about her school. Where it was located, what did she study, how were her teachers? It's not the fact that they were going to basically interrogate her that was giving Hermione that queasy sick feeling in the pit of her stomach, it was the fact that they would do it in the most sickly sweet, caring, interested voice they could muster.
"URGH!" Hermione let out in anger as her fists tightened with the memory. Just thinking of the tone of voice they would use made her infuriated. She would rather talk to Snape, whom she knew utterly hated her, because he didn't try and hide it behind the most fake caring voice ever! She knew her family hated her, she knew it, she knew it! She overheard them talking bad about her behind her back more times than she could count, and she could count pretty darned high. And yet, they still pretended to have concern for her to her face.
WHAM Hermione slammed her fists down onto the bed at her sides. She hated her family even more than she had hated Umbridge in fifth year; she just hadn't thought about them in so long, she forgot that she hated them. Now however, all the painful and enraging memories she had came rushing to the forefront.
"I'll show them..." Hermione said fiercely as she stood from her bed, Crookshanks watching her with beady eyes. "I'll show them I'm not useless like my birth parents. I'll answer every one of their stupid questions with a smile on my face. They won't know what hit them." With that, Hermione walked out of her room with a focused look in her eye and sat down at her father's computer desk. She wasn't going to be caught without an answer, she was going to be prepared, and if she was going to be prepared, she first had to do some research.
A/N: How was it? Okay I hope... Well, now I want to ask y'all if you think that Harry and Ron should show up at the reunion? Are y'all getting bored of just Hermione? I mean, if they don't show up at this reunion, I was gonna have them show up at a Christmas thing at Hermione's. Be honest and tell me if this is totally boring! If you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them!
Personal Note: I prefer reading fanfiction to writing it and the only reason I actually write it sometimes is because I get an idea in my head and I can't find a story that matches it that I can read... So I apologize for making you suffer because of my selfish reasons!
To My Reviewers: Wolverine is Hott- Thanks a lot for you sweet review, and don't worry, no amount of flattering could ever make me cocky, I don't think, it only encourages me to write more! If they do kiss, I'll keep that in mind
HPInitialDfreak971- Thanks I really appreciate that! I wasn't too sure how y'all would like it! Initial D is a fun video game!
katie janeway- Thanks for the encouragement, I really need it!
READER- Thanks for reviewing! I don't think this is what's really going on in the books, but I think it sort of fits in nicely anyway and will make for some fun R/Hr drama later on!
GeekGurl- Well, I don't think it's such a great start, but I'm glad you like it, cause that's what matters!
Chapter Two
A warm breeze gusted in from Hermione's open bedroom window. She was lying on top of her white-frilled comforter, unconsciously stroking her beloved cat Crookshanks, who lay beside her.
"This is going to be one long summer." Hermione whispered to herself.
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had decided to take a much needed vacation after everything that had happened in sixth year. The Order had taken quite a few hits in the war against the dark lord, but things had once again settled down, giving both sides time to lick their wounds and recover. The Weasleys decided that a family vacation was a must and of course took Harry along with them. Harry was just as much a part of the Weasley family now, as Ron was.
Ron...
He wasn't coming home from his vacation until the day before school started. When Ron had told Hermione about the vacation and how Harry was coming along, she was almost... jealous of him... She loved Harry more than anything, she would give her life for him and she was delighted to know that he would be happy and taken care of this summer, but, she wanted to be with them, be a part of their celebrations. She always felt left out for one reason or another, because she's a girl, because she's a Muggleborn, because she has parents who care about her. She would never fit in the Weasley family like Harry was able to.
But when Ron had told her about the vacation, she merely smiled and said that she hoped they'd have fun and that this would give her some time to spend with her parents. She knew that, that was a lie. She wanted them to have fun, but in her heart, she hoped with every fiber of her being that because she wasn't with them to make the trio complete, that they would be unable to completely enjoy themselves.
"Awful! I'm such a selfish, spoiled brat!" Hermione hissed at herself as she sat straight up in her bed, whipping a forming tear out of her eye, causing Crookshanks to leap to the floor in anger of being disturbed. She hated herself so much for putting her own feelings before Harry's. Things haven't been easy for him since Sirius died; he deserved to have some fun.
The truth was, her parents weren't even home to spend any time with. They were off at a dentist convention and wouldn't be back until the family reunion... Hermione flopped back onto her bed in frustration. She had managed to avoid attending the much dreaded annual Granger family reunion for six years running!
Her dad's side of the family were scattered all over the place. Most of them lived scattered across Europe, but a one lived in the United States and one even resided in South Africa. They had decided years ago; when her father was still attending college and before she was born, that every August, her father, his siblings, their families, and her grandparents would get together for an entire week to just spend some "quality time" with one another.
Ron and Harry were her redeemers, because of their friendship; she had somewhere else she was able to go during what she liked to consider, a week of complete and utter torture. Now however, Ron and Harry were off having the time of their lives without her, and she was left alone to bear seeing family members she hadn't seen for six years, making the reunion, almost certain death. She couldn't blame Harry and Ron for that though; after all, she hadn't even told them about her family situation, how could she blame them for something she had never told them? If she had told them, perhaps she would have been able to go with... but she had to face her family again sometime she supposed.
Hermione took in a deep breath and slowly exhaled. They were going to ask her all kinds of questions about her school. Where it was located, what did she study, how were her teachers? It's not the fact that they were going to basically interrogate her that was giving Hermione that queasy sick feeling in the pit of her stomach, it was the fact that they would do it in the most sickly sweet, caring, interested voice they could muster.
"URGH!" Hermione let out in anger as her fists tightened with the memory. Just thinking of the tone of voice they would use made her infuriated. She would rather talk to Snape, whom she knew utterly hated her, because he didn't try and hide it behind the most fake caring voice ever! She knew her family hated her, she knew it, she knew it! She overheard them talking bad about her behind her back more times than she could count, and she could count pretty darned high. And yet, they still pretended to have concern for her to her face.
WHAM Hermione slammed her fists down onto the bed at her sides. She hated her family even more than she had hated Umbridge in fifth year; she just hadn't thought about them in so long, she forgot that she hated them. Now however, all the painful and enraging memories she had came rushing to the forefront.
"I'll show them..." Hermione said fiercely as she stood from her bed, Crookshanks watching her with beady eyes. "I'll show them I'm not useless like my birth parents. I'll answer every one of their stupid questions with a smile on my face. They won't know what hit them." With that, Hermione walked out of her room with a focused look in her eye and sat down at her father's computer desk. She wasn't going to be caught without an answer, she was going to be prepared, and if she was going to be prepared, she first had to do some research.
A/N: How was it? Okay I hope... Well, now I want to ask y'all if you think that Harry and Ron should show up at the reunion? Are y'all getting bored of just Hermione? I mean, if they don't show up at this reunion, I was gonna have them show up at a Christmas thing at Hermione's. Be honest and tell me if this is totally boring! If you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them!
Personal Note: I prefer reading fanfiction to writing it and the only reason I actually write it sometimes is because I get an idea in my head and I can't find a story that matches it that I can read... So I apologize for making you suffer because of my selfish reasons!