"Mrs. Weasley, Hermione and I are going to go on ahead to Diagon Alley. We will meet you in Flourish and Blotts at around noon." Harry said as he sort of pushed Hermione out of the kitchen.
"Alright dear. Be careful." Mrs. Weasley replied.
Harry took hold of Hermione's hand and led her to the living room fireplace.
"Hermione, you go first. I'll meet you there." Harry said to Hermione.
Hermione picked up a handful of floo powder and chunked it in the fire as she screamed.
"Diagon Alley." She said as green flames engulfed her whole body and then she disappeared as the flames died down.
"Diagon Alley." Harry called right after her. He too, vanished into the fireplace.
"Hermione." Harry called for her.
"Over here Harry." She said from about 30 feet away. She had already paced towards Gringott's as she waited for Harry to appear.
"Right, I need to get a few galleons and then we can go." Harry said.
Harry walked in to Gringott's and the little goblin standing there asked him what vault he wanted to visit. He told him the number then proceeded to the cart. Griphook was already standing there in the cart waiting on him.
"Hello, Griphook. How have you been lately? It has been a while since I last came to Gringott's." Harry said.
"Hello Harry Potter, I've been better. Hold on." He said as Harry climbed into the cart. He pulled a lever so fast that Harry almost fell out on the way to his vault. He reached his vault and he took a bag of galleons and a bag of sickles with him. Griphook then escorted him back out of the vault area. He reached the front doors and walked outside. Hermione had been waiting on him right outside the front doors.
"Get what you needed?" She asked him.
"Yeah. Shall we go to Flourish and Blotts and get our new school books?" Harry replied.
Harry looped his arm around Hermione's and they skipped all the way to the book store. They walked in and Hermione immediately started to poke her nose in every book she could reach. Harry quickly got his books and decided that now was the perfect time to get Hermione's birthday present. He grabbed his books and then headed out to Madam Malkin's to see if she had any watches or bracelets or necklaces that would match Hermione's style perfectly. He quickly picked one out and then bought it for her. It was a golden chain that had her name inscribed on the inside. He decided he would wait until they got back to the Burrow to give it to her. He quickly hurried back to Flourish and Blott's to find Hermione. She was inside about to pay for her new school books. Harry rushed inside so it looked as if he were there the whole time.
"Hermione what are those other two books? We only needed 1 new book, Standard Book of Spells, 7th Year." Harry asked.
"Oh this? These are some books I saw that I liked, they have just about all the known spells and potion directions." Hermione said.
The two headed out the door and down the street towards the Magical Menagerie. Hermione went inside and bought a few boxes of treats for Crookshanks while Harry went down to Eeylop's Owl Emporium to buy some treats for Hedwig. He then met back up with Hermione to go to Fred and George's joke shop, The Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. They could barely get through the door, it was so packed full of kids just waiting to get something loud that exploded, so they could throw them at Filch and his cat, Ms. Norris.
Harry and Hermione made their way to the counter where Fred and George should have been standing. Instead, the two were putting on a show on how there new inventions worked. One of their latest inventions were called Bandage Mayhem, they look just like real bandages when you put them on. But after you leave it on for five minutes they disappear. Instead of healing the wound, they make it ten times worse.
"Hey Fred, Hey George. How has business been?" Both Harry and Hermione asked at the same time.
"Booming. George put one of those on the scab on your arm." Fred said.
"Ok, they need to see it for themselves." George said as he put the bandage on his arm.
"How are you Harry? Hermione? Did you get all your school supplies?" Fred asked them.
"Yeah, Hermione and I were just about to go back to the Burrow, when we decided to pay you two a visit." Harry replied as he reached in to his pockets looking for something.
"Did you get our presents?" George said with a concerned look on his face.
"What presents?" Harry asked with a grin followed by the most noticeable wink.
"Alright then. Well if you need anything just grab it and go. Free of charge for you. After all, you did help us get started." Fred said as he started to laugh hysterically. He turned to the crowd and pointed at George. George had a huge watermelon size bump on his arm where the bandage had been.
"And the only way to get the damage back to normal again, is to say Weasley's Wizard Wheezes three times fast." Fred said.
"Fred, there is one thing I wouldn't mind getting. Can I get another one of those Patented Daydream Charms, for Hermione? She did really enjoy the one you gave her. Better yet, I'll just buy a whole box of them." Harry said.
"Nonsense Harry! Here take these and I won't take no for an answer." Fred said as he reached up onto the far shelf and grabbed a small box and stuffed it inside Harry's robes.
George decided to let the bump cover his whole entire arm, shoulder, and neck before he said Weasley's Wizard Wheezes three times fast.
George then returned back to normal.
"And that is how they work." Fred said to the crowd. "Ten galleons a box, each box contains five of these little buggers."
"Fred, George, Hermione and I are gonna go now. We will see you later." Harry replied as he moved closer to Hermione and grabbed her hand, and led her towards the front door.
"Have a nice day! Come and see us soon!" They heard as they walked out the door.
Hermione had just remembered that they were supposed to meet Mrs. Weasley, Ginny, and Ron in Flourish and Blott's at noon. They hurried up the street towards the book store. As soon as they walked in Mrs. Weasley spotted them.
"Get everything you needed dears? I was hoping you has no trouble finding anything." Mrs Weasley gasped.
"We have everything we need. What about you guys?" Hermione said towards Ron and Ginny.
"We got everything except Ginny's new cauldron and my new broom." Ron said excitedly. "I think I'll try to sell my old one and get a Nimbus 2000 like you had."
"Alright well you better get a move on, if you want to get home in time to practice on it." Harry said.
"Mrs. Weasley, Hermione and I are gonna go to Florean Fortescue's and get some ice cream before we head back to the Burrow. Hermione, do you want to go get some ice cream with me at Florean Fortescue's? I hear that they have as many flavors in ice cream as Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans has in jelly beans." Harry stated to Mrs. Weasley, then he asked Hermione if she wanted to go with him.
"Sure Harry. Let's go." Hermione replied excitedly, after all, it was her alone time with Harry.
"You two be careful. I guess be back at the Burrow before dawn so that we can have dinner." Mrs. Weasley reminded them.
Harry held Hermione's hand all the way there as if he were leading a blind person, and he was her seeing eye dog.
Once they reached the ice cream parlor they headed inside. Since Florean had disappeared, the closed the shop. Someone reopened it a few months later. This person's name was Sherill Misty. She had only been running the shop for about a month now. It was no different than what it used to be.
"Hello. Can I get a... Um... I'll have a... I'd like a spearmint flavored ice cream please. Um Hermione, what do you want?" Harry said as he walked up to the counter.
"I'll have a cherry flavored one. Thanks Harry." Hermione replied.
"That'll be 17 silver sickles and 3 bronze knuts." The lady replied.
Harry pulled out his money bag and payed the lady.
"Here you go. Have a great day. Do come back again some time." The lady replied as she handed them two cups of ice cream and spoons to go with it.
Harry and Hermione stepped back outside and walked over to one of the tables nearby and sat down to enjoy the few hours they had left together.
"Harry, what does your mint one taste like? Can I taste it?" She asked.
"Sure." Harry said as he dipped his spoon in and slowly pushed it towards her mouth. She opened wide and then swallowed it. It was so cold.
"That was really good. Do you want to try mine?" Hermione asked him.
"Sure." He said. But she was too quick for him, she had already taken a mouth full of her ice cream and then leaned over and kissed him. He allowed himself to take advantage of this moment and let her proceed. She licked her lips and proceeded to move her tongue around in his mouth. She pushed her tongue forward and let the ice cream slide into his open mouth. Suddenly, he didn't care about the ice cream anymore. Just kissing her was better then the ice cream any day. They kissed for a long time until they both needed air. She pulled herself away from him to breathe and then hugged him. She pulled as close to him as she could. She felt his warmth against her body, she leaned her head on his shoulder and closer her eyes as if she had just lost her breath.
"That was very fun." She whispered into his ear.
"I like it when we share these precious moments together." Hermione said.
"Me too. Hermione, I love you. You have been the best girlfriend I could have ever dreamed of having." Harry said.
"I love you too Harry, I had always dreamed of being together like this, with you. Now after years of treacherous waiting, I finally have you." She smiled as she leaned over and hugged Harry tightly. Harry had never felt happier in his whole entire life.