This chapter may be a little confusing, because I'm going between places. If you don't like this type of fanfiction, I'm sorry. I don't think that further chapters will be this way, but I could change my mind when I get there. It just depends on how I decide to write it.

Life at the Burrow seemed more hectic and chaotic than what was normal this particular day. Between the odd sock whizzing by (compliments of Fred and George of course) and Arthur yelling quite loudly into the "fellytone", Ron was having an extremely difficult time writing to Hermione and Harry. He was supposed to be inviting them for the last month before they would return to Hogwarts at Sirius's place. So far, he didn't have much.

After half an hour of producing nothing more than a few doodles, he slammed his quill down and announced loudly that he was going to his room. He moodily stomped up the stairs and slammed his door.

Working up here in a quieter atmosphere made things much easier. Within a short 15 minutes he had managed to have not only written to Hermione and Harry, but also to Neville to see how his summer was going so far.

After sending Pig off, and sighed and collapsed on his bed. Everything around here was so boring. He was tired of having two annoying brothers. He was tired of having a sister that talked about nothing but boys, make-up, and clothes. But most of all, he was tired of being poor. He figured that if he wasn't so poor, maybe things would be more exciting. After all, Hermione always had exciting stories to tell about places she had been. Mainly places that only people with a lot of money could afford to visit.

Harry lay on his bed thinking about the school work he should be doing when he heard a tapping on the window. He sat up to see Pig waiting less than patiently for the window to be opened. One inside Pig sped around the room before dropping the letter into Harry's lap. He then rested on top of Hedwig's cage to wait for the treat that always came from Harry after he tied a letter to his leg.

Dear Harry,

I hope your summer is going well so far. Hopefully you aren't being hassled too much. If you want to, mum said you can stay with us at Sirius's place the last month before school starts again. Hermione will be here too unless she has other plans. Send a reply back with Pig.

-Ron

Harry grabbed a piece of parchment to inform Ron that he would be coming, and that he was crazy to think that he might not want to. Of course he wanted to get away from the place that he and his friends had recently been calling 'The House of Torture."

Harry fished in his drawer for a box of owl treats. Since Hedwig hadn't made a trip recently, he didn't have them on hand to feed her when she arrived back. Finally he extracted a box and tossed Pig a treat. Pig then obediently flew over and allowed Harry to tie his letter on. Harry reopened the window and Pig took off to deliver his next letter.

Hermione was busy emptying the contents of several shopping bags that contained her new purchases. Over the summer, Hermione had changed a lot. School didn't seem to matter quite as much now, and she was definitely a lot looser than she had been. Once in a while she would party with some muggle friends, and one night she came home drunk. Lucky for her, that was the night her parents had stayed out until 3 a.m. By that time, Hermione had freshened up and gone to bed.

She was busy deciding whether her new Fall Out Boy shirt would look good with her worn-out green Converse. At the beginning of the summer, he friends made her buy a pair of Converse, and now she wore them practically everyday. She had even bought another pair, this time black and pink, on the shopping trip she had just returned from.

Her friends had also introduced her to Hot Topic, where she had just purchased four new band t-shirts and some rather risqué under things. Only one boy had seen her underwear before, and that was the night she was drunk. They didn't go all the way, but they made out pretty heavily. She was wearing her most embarrassing bra, and wanted to make sure it never happened again.

She had also gone to a couple of brand name stores. While she liked Hot Topic and similar stores, she loved the way that Hollister jeans fit. And she had to admit that Aeropostle had really cute shirts and hoodies. She wasn't big on Abercrombie and Fitch, but she owned a couple of miniskirts and a pair of jeans from there.

Because of her music, she missed the tapping on the window the first time. However, she did hear it the second time, and turned down the music and let Pig in.

"Watcha got there Pig?"

He settled down onto her bed and held out his foot, offering the letter to Hermione.

Dear Mione,

I haven't heard from you yet, so I hope you're not away. Or if you are, I hope you'll be back soon. Mum said that you and Harry could come stay with us at Sirius's place this summer, a month before we have to head back to Hogwarts. I'm sure that you're really busy with school work and all, so maybe you can help Harry and me out when you get here. Send Pig back with your reply.

-Ron

"Busy with schoolwork my ass. He has no clue Pig…And he most certainly won't find out until after I get to Sirius's."

Hermione wrote Ron to tell him that of course she would be there, and that she couldn't wait.

Ron awoke again and rolled over only to see that it was almost dark outside. He noticed that it was unusually quiet in the house, and couldn't help but wonder what everyone was doing. It was a nice summer evening, so he figured they were out riding brooms.

His theory was proven wrong when he saw a letter on his desk. His mum and dad had taken the rest of the family out for dinner at The Leaky Cauldron. He was upset that he wasn't told about it, but reasoned with himself when he realized he had the entire house to himself for a while.

After a quick dinner, he went back to his room and found Pig sitting on top of his dresser with two letters tied to his leg.

"Good job Pig."

The letters were from Harry and Hermione. He read Harry's first, and was glad that he said he would be able to make it. For some reason he felt nervous about opening Hermione's letter. He ignored this however, and proceeded to read Hermione's letter. He felt silly. There was nothing in this letter that should have made him nervous. It simply stated that she could come, and was exciting about spending a month at Sirius's.

Content, Ron fell once again on his bed. This time, instead of sleeping, he decided to do something very un-Ron like. He made an actual attempt to get some of his homework done.