A/N Here's a small recap for ya before we carry on with the story…
"Aaarrgh!" Ron cried frustrated while slamming the car door and running towards his evil brothers, closely followed by Harry who was carrying Hedwig's cage. "Once and for all will you two bird-brains listen for Merlin's sake!" Ron bellowed catching up to then on the doorstep. "I-DON'T-LIKE-HER!" he shouted while stepping in front of them, blocking their way. "In fact, I CAN'T STAND THE BOSSY OLD HAG!" he screamed the last part.
Then suddenly the door opened and a soft voice from behind said "Who, or what Hag can't you stand Ron?"
The twins' faces turned into huge identical, mischievous grins. "Alright Hermione?" They said simultaneously.
Ron narrowed his eyes and turned around to face…"HERMIONE!" he cried in surprise.
"What the…what you doing here?" Ron said still caught in surprise blinking continuously.
"Nice to see you too Ron!" she said acidly. "So who can't you stand?"
"Oh…um…no one." He said shaking his head as if it was nothing, at the exact same time that Fred coughed and said "The girl of his dreams!"
Ron's ears went pink as he glanced at Fred. Harry was standing at the back trying not to laugh.
"No one, really." He finally said to Hermione. Hermione shrugged as if to say she didn't really care anyway.
Then the twins moved past Ron towards the door and Hermione. They then both stopped and looked at Hermione. "Hermione, if you don't mind me saying…you are looking incredibly ravishing on this hot summer's day. You certainly have…um…blossomed! Very pretty indeed." George said grinning.
"Yes, very pretty indeed!" Fred added while following his twin inside and winking at Ron, whose eyes widened in horror.
"Oooh…um thank you." Hermione said blushing and looking back at them. Then she turned back to Harry and Ron. "Harry!" she squealed, her arms flying around Harry's neck as she hugged him.
"Hya Herm!" Harry said smiling as she let go of him.
"You'd get a hug too Ron, but since you aren't too pleased to see me…" she said.
"Aha." Ron mumbled while just standing there like an open-mouthed statue gawping at Hermione. Harry was sure that if Ron didn't close his mouth soon, he'd drool all over his shirt.
Harry then looked at Hermione and completely understood the state Ron was in. Fred and George were right. She looked amazing. Her hair wasn't bushy anymore, instead there were loose, silky, golden brown curls flowing down her back. She had turned an amazing bronze colour, and probably knowing that fact, she hadn't hesitated to expose her tanned, silky smooth skin by wearing skimpy summer clothes. She was wearing a tiny, spaghetti-strapped white top which was very revealing indeed. Harry noticed her smooth, flat belly and higher up…um…she had well...ahem…developed a lot since he had last seen her. She was also wearing tiny denim shorts, which exposed her long, tanned smoothed legs. She was wearing sandals and so she looked like a model out of a fashion summer catalogue.
Her face looked very pretty too. She wasn't one of those girls who wore layers and layers of make-up. A couple of coats of black mascara to complement her big brown eyes and a dab of lip-gloss to make her already pouty lips even poutier were all. And the reduction in the size of her teeth had really done her good. She looked stunning! There was only one word to say, Harry thought…
"Wow…" Harry saw Ron say breathlessly.
"What?" Hermione said. "Hellooo…" she said waving her hands in front of the boys' eyes.
"Yeah? I mean, oh, sorry Hermione!" Harry said a bit embarrassed. Ron was still standing there dazed.
"Oh for heaven's sake Ron, why on earth are you looking at me as though I've just had a horrible growth spurt or something?" Hermione demanded wide-eyed and frustrated.
"Um…well you have…" Ron replied still dazed.
"What?" Hermione said confused. With that Ron snapped out of his trance and blushed furiously.
"I mean…sorry um…yeah you've grown…no I mean taller…um yeah you've grown taller Hermione." Ron just spluttered out, which Harry thought was a load of bull. Hermione just stood there bewildered.
"Anyways…yeah we should go inside…they'll be wondering where we are by now." Ron said this very quickly and rushed inside.
"So..." Harry started "what brings you to the Burrow?" he turned to Hermione.
"Well…Ginny rang me yesterday and told me that you were coming here for the last day and how I should come and stay too so we could all go to King's Cross tomorrow together." She said all this very quickly and smiled.
Harry smiled back at her and said, " well Hermione I'm glad you're here…oh and by the way you look really nice."
"Why, thank you Harry." Hermione replied blushing slightly.
"Haaarrry!" Harry saw Mrs. Weasley run towards him and enulf him in one of her enormous hugs.
"Hello Mrs. Weasley. Thank you for having me." Harry said.
"Oh really Harry! Don't mention it. You and Hermione are part of the family." She replied and went back to the kitchen.
"Hello Harry! Nice to have you over again." Mr. Weasley said while coming down the stairs
"Hello Mr. Weasley." Replied Harry .
"Ah, Hermione there you are!" said Mr. Weasley. "I was wonderin about lamps…" he then went on about electricity and wires. So him and Hermione went into Mr. Weasley's office.
"Harry old chap! Hello to you!" Harry recognised the voice to be Percy's. Percy Weasley was another one of the Weasley boys. However he did seem to the complete opposite of the others. Well for one thing he was very well-behaved and took his work very seriously. He had left Hogwarts two years ago and was working for the Ministry of Magic for the 2nd year. He liked to talk about work a lot and how to be respectful to rules and being well-behaved. Thus, he was one of the main victims for Fred and George's merciless pranks.
"Hello Percy, how are you?" Harry said leaning on a chair.
"Oh I'm great Harry, but tired really. Extremely hard work, you wouldn't believe…" and he went on and on about working at the Ministry. Harry stopped listening very quickly and found himself having the urge to yawn when he suddenly saw another red-headed figure coming down the stairs. It was Ginny, the youngest of the Weasley kids. She as in the year below Harry so she would be starting her 4th year this year. She walked down the stairs and towards the living room, where Harry and Percy were. Harry caught his breath. 'Wow' he thought. What was going on? It was like this weird magnetic force had affected the atmosphere so that all the girls Harry knew had turned into stunning beauties over the summer.
Ginny smiled at Harry. Quite a mischievous smile, similar to the one Fred and George wore when they were up to something, which was well…always, Harry thought.
"Hi Harry." Ginny said without blushing, which was very unusual for her when she talked to Harry.
"Oh…um…Hi Ginny." Harry replied, trying not to gawp at her.
"Ginny! Interrupt a very serious and important conversation why don't you!" Percy stared at his sister in disbelief.
"I'm only saying hello to Harry!" Ginny said in fake shock.
"Ok fine! You know what Harry, I will speak to you later and finish this conversation when there aren't any silly little interruptions." Percy said this and turned to leave the room.
"Great…I can't wait." Harry said grimly. Ginny laughed her sweet laugh and came closer to Harry.
"Boy, do I feel sorry for you!" she giggled. Harry laughed too. Boy did she look pretty. She had also tanned over the summer. She was so brown now that the freckles on her face were disguised into the brown colour so you could hardly see them. She was still quite tiny but Harry could tell that she too had…um…developed during the summer. Maybe not so much like Hermione, but well she had a bit. Her hair was now down to her waist and was layered at the front and the bottom. Her usually flaming-red hair had now some golden-blonde streaks in it and her hair was looking very silky indeed. The tiny flimsy pale blue summer dress she was wearing made Harry think about things that he really didn't want to be thinking about his best friend's little sister.
"So…when are you gonna thank me?" Ginny said raising an eyebrow.
"Oh…sorry…um thank you for what?" Harry said, snapping out of his little day-dream.
"Well I did save you from the boring monstrosity that is my brother, Percy." She said with her hands on her hips.
Harry smiled. "Thank you Ginny."
Harry saw Ginny smile and a bit of red colour was visible around her cheeks. Hey maybe she did still blush occasionally, Harry thought.
"That's better." She said sweetly with a sexy edge. "I'll see ya later Harry." She said and turned to walk up the stairs again.
'Whoa' Harry breathed out. That was something he wasn't expecting.