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He Said, She Said…PRESENTS!

The teens spent the next four hours in the mall shopping and just being teenagers. The girls dragged the guys to store after store looking for specific items of clothing and accessories while the guys had fun watching the girls model their new clothes for them. Neither guy had known that Hermione or Ginny could be so girly and were shocked that that shirt had to match the shoes and the pants had to match the shirt, and the purse and the shoes had to match but it would look weird if the purse matched the shirt so the shirt and purse had to be accenting colors or contrasting colors depending on the outfit. Both guys got a much needed, but in their opinion unnecessary, fashion lesson and big headaches.

After three hours of sitting on a chair waiting for the girls to decide on their outfits the guys claimed to need a bathroom break and were vaguely pointed to a corner of the store. They headed away to the bathroom together breathing a sigh of relief to be away from purse duty.

"So Harry, I'm thinking I want to buy Hermione a present. What do you think?" Ron asked when they exited the bathroom. He looked around for the girls and spotted them in the same spot they had been in for a half and hour.

"Well, it depends on what you get her and what it means. Oh man, I've been spending too much time in this store. Why don't we both tell the girls that we're going to buy them a present and ask them to meet us somewhere later, okay?" Ron adamantly agreed and they headed over. They each took their girlfriends off to a different isle and made their request.

"Erm, Ginny? Ron wants to buy Hermione a gift, so we're going to head out on our own for a bit. Okay?"

"Hey, Hermione, Harry wants to get my sister a present and asked me for some advice, so I told him we could go off on our own and maybe you could keep Ginny busy for an hour or so. Is that alright?"

"Awe, That's so sweet of him! Harry you better make sure he doesn't blow this. You've got an hour. Then we'll stop and get food."

"Oh, I guess I can keep her busy. But, Ron, make sure he does a good job picking out something good, okay? We'll meet up later."

They converged back into their group of four to agree to meet in the food court in one hour. The guys headed out on their own leaving the girls in the store picking out more clothes.

~~Girls~~

"So Ginny, want to know a secret…Harry's getting you a present! That's why he and Ron wanted to go off on their own for a while. Aren't you exited? I wonder what he's going to get you," Hermione giggled. Ginny looked at her in confusion.

"No, Ron's getting you a gift, Hermione. Harry said so," Ginny said. Hermione and she shared a glance and both got huge smiles on their faces and squealed causing glances from other shoppers.

"Oh, I wonder what they'll get us? Maybe jewelry or…or…I can't even guess I'm so exited!" Ginny yelped excitedly. Hermione was practically bouncing she was so happy.

"Or books! Oh Ginny, should we follow them? See what store they go into, maybe give us an idea of what their thinking. What do you think?" Hermione whispered loudly with a big smile plastered to her face. Ginny looked at her with a devious smiles and nodded. They headed to the front to pay for their purchases and left the store in the direction they saw the guys head. After a few minutes of walking Hermione stopped.

"Ginny, I think we shouldn't follow them. I kind of want to be surprised by my gift. I think we should do something else," she turned to the other girl and gave her a guilty smile. Ginny smiled and nodded slowly.

"I agree, Hermione. Surprises are better. Besides I just had a better idea. Why don't we get a 'present' for the guys." Ginny's eyebrows wiggled suggestively. Hermione hesitated before answering.

"What kind of 'present', Ginny?"

"Well, I couldn't help but notice the swimming pool at the hotel, we could get new bathing suits, I'm sure that'll make the guys happy," Ginny giggled at the thought and Hermione blanched.

"I don't know Ginny, bathing suits? Isn't that a little…risqué? What would your mother think if she saw you trying to seduce Harry with a skimpy swimming suit?" Hermione was hesitant to go anywhere with her friend when she was thinking this way. It could lead them to dangerous water, literally.

"Oh come on, Hermione. I'm not going to seduce him, seriously! It's not like I'm going to be naked, a bathing suit is just another piece of clothing. Please? If you don't want to get one, then just help me pick one out, please?" Ginny begged. She could see Hermione's resolve cracking and pleaded a little bit more. "Harry deserves to act like a normal teenager Hermione. He's never had a girlfriend do something like this for him before, you know he'd like it. If you can't do it for me, then do it for Harry. Help me pick out a nice suit. Besides, if your there, you can tell me if the suits I pick out are too scarlet woman-y. Pretty please with treacle on top?" Hermione sighed and nodded making Ginny squeal once more. They headed off to the store with the swimming suit manikins in the window together, Ginny with a spring in her step and Hermione with hunched shoulders.

~~Guys~~

"So Harry what are you going to get my sister? Better not be anything provocative, I'd hate to have to kill you," joked Ron. The guys had headed one floor down after leaving the girls and were walking down the isle. They had just passed a Victoria's Secret store front and ogled the manikins for a while. Harry had particularly liked the black lacy number he had seen and had hoped Ron didn't notice. Unfortunately, he had and Harry was now paying for it. Harry reached over and shoved Ron who shoved back and resulted in a quick arm punching match.

"Yeah, you kill me? Ha, that's funny! Real hilarious," Harry snarked back. The two faked insults back and forth until they passed a book store. Ron looked at Harry and shrugged.

"Might as well at least look. We both know Hermione loves books, even as gifts," Ron chuckled. Harry smiled and nodded. He knew he wasn't getting Ginny's gift in a bookstore if he wanted to live. But her knew Ron had a point, Hermione was crazy about books. They went in and walked around. Neither had ideas about what kind of muggle books Hermione read so they looked everywhere. After a half an hour of searching Ron spotted a book high on a shelf marked Fantasy. He pointed it out to Harry and he pulled it down. It was titled The Hunter's Moon by O.R. Melling. Ron didn't know why he saw this book out of thousands but for some reason it drew him to it and he knew Hermione would love it. It was a muggle book about fairies in Ireland. It took the muggle side of Hermione's nature and combined it with the magical. The perfect gift. Ron paid for it and a book Harry had found titled Renaissance Swordsmanship: The Illustrated Use of Rapiers and Cut and Thrust Swords by John Clements that looked interesting to him. Harry decided where he was going to go next and dragged Ron off with him. When he got to the right store he left Ron outside reading his new swordsmanship book. He took only fifteen minutes in the store and was out with a small bag. He refused to tell Ron what was in it so Ron had resorted to guessing.

"Is it…earrings?" he asked grinning.

"I'm not telling you," Harry responded dully.

"Is it…expensive?" Ron asked quickly pretending he didn't hear Harry.

"I'm not telling you," Harry said instinctively.

"Is it going to put my gift to shame? Should I go back and get a more expensive gift for Hermione?" Ron began to panic and stopped to look at the book.

"I'm not telling you," Harry said over his shoulder. Ron caught up to him and thought for a moment.

"Is it a RING? Are you going to ask my sister to marry you? Are you insane?" Ron was shouting and drawing attention to them so Harry wheeled around and covered Ron's mouth with his hand.

"Will you shut up? NO it's not a ring! Are you bloody mad?" Harry stopped yelling when he saw Ron's smirk.

"So if it's not a ring what is it?" Harry had been duped and he glared at Ron who's smirk got wider. "What? It got you to answer me. So…what is it?" Harry turned and stomped off away from his best friend and shouted over his shoulder, "I'm not telling you." Ron chuckled and followed along.

~~Girls~~

Meanwhile, in the swimming boutique, Hermione was sitting on a chair outside the fitting rooms waiting for Ginny to try on her seventeenth bathing suit. A pile of rejects was on the floor outside the door where Ginny had been throwing them over the swinging flap as she discarded them. Hermione sighed loudly for what seemed to be the hundredth time that day.

"Oh hush Hermione, I only have a few left to try on then I'll decide. You should have some patience," Ginny giggled from in the tiny room. She was admiring herself in a beautiful black bikini with aqua blue ribbon threaded around the edges. Little blue bows decorated the hips and a blue bow was tied between her breasts. It was the bikini. It fit her perfectly in all the right places, and the black was the perfect contrast against her alabaster skin. She loved it and she knew that Harry would just drool when he saw her in it. Now she just had to get Hermione to agree to let her buy it, then she had to get Hermione to agree that Ron deserved a new treat also. She had already picked out a few swim suits that would look amazing on Hermione and all she had to do was to get her to try them on.

She took a deep breath and opened the door. She saw Hermione's face revealed several different emotions in as many seconds. It ranged from shock, to horror, then to doubt, then to hilarity. Ginny saw the laughter in her eyes and was confused.

"What's so funny?" she asked angrily. Hermione began to laugh.

"I'm sorry Ginny, it's just, I'm picturing Harry and Ron's faces when they see you wearing that! Harry's going to pass out, and Ron's going to be horrified!" As soon as Ginny heard Hermione say 'when' and not 'if' she knew that she could pull this off.

"Ron wouldn't be so horrified by my suit if he's distracted by a pretty brunette wearing one also," Ginny said raising her eyebrows. Hermione's smile disappeared instantly and she began shaking her head. "Oh come on Hermione, what's the matter? Ron would love to see you in a bikini. Why not?" Hermione was biting her bottom lip and shaking her head.

"No. No, Ginny I'm not going to degrade myself by forcing my body into a skimpy little suit, just to please my boyfriend. I won't do it," Hermione said forcefully. Ginny was surprised at her friend. Only moments before she was laughing about the look on her friend and boyfriend's faces upon seeing her in a bikini, but now wearing one was degrading to women. Ginny blinked and stared at Hermione who realized what she had said too late.

"That's not what I meant, Ginny. I'm sorry. I just…" Where Hermione had been mad moments before she was now nearly crying. Ginny saw the jump in emotions and was shocked once more. Hermione never showed her emotions this much and now she was nearly leaking at the eyes. What had happened to her friend over the last year? Ginny walked over to Hermione who had sat down and was sniffling.

"Hermione, what's the matter? Your emotions are a little all over the place. Talk to me, please?" Ginny rubbed Hermione's back.

"It's just so stupid, Ginny. It doesn't even matter. Let's just pay for your suit and go, its almost time for us to meet the guys." She stood up and started grabbing suits off the floor to hang back up.

"Now just you wait Hermione Jane Granger, I am your friend and you are having a problem, I can tell. Now sit your butt back in that chair and talk to me, right now," Ginny said while pulling Hermione back to the loveseat. Hermione was shocked and let herself be pulled. When they were sitting again Hermione took a deep breath and sighed.

"Alright Ginny, if you insist. I'm…just a little self-conscious about my body that's all. I don't think I look good in bathing suits," she huffed and sat back crossing er arms over her chest.

"Is that is, Hermione? You don't think you'll look okay? How do you know if you don't even try? I'm here to help you pick out a good one, and it doesn't have to be a bikini. Just try some on, we still have time. If you really hate them all by the time we have to go, I won't pressure you into buying one. I already picked some out for you, they're sitting on the bench in the fitting room. Please?" Ginny pleaded. Hermione gave in and walked to the fitting room. Ten minutes later the two were standing in front of a mirror looking at Hermione's new swimming suit.

"Wow, Hermione, you look awesome! To use the guys terminology, you are hot! How could you be self-conscious about your body? It's perfect," Ginny gushed.

"Oh shut up Ginny, I'm not perfect, there's no such thing. Besides, I'm not as skinny as you, my hips are too wide, and my breasts aren't as nice as yours. Face it, I don't look good in a bikini," Hermione looked away from the mirror and sighed. Ginny thought fast.

"Hermione, how can you say that? I'm too skinny, my hips are practically non-existent not to mention bony, and my breasts are way too small. You have a body I'd kill for! All those years of lifting bags full of books really toned up your arms, and your legs are a mile long. You know what? I'm buying that suit for you, and you are going to stop sulking. Now get dressed, it's time to go meet our boy-toys for lunch." Ginny walked out of the fitting room leaving a stunned Hermione behind her. After the door closed she turned back to the mirror and looked at herself again. She tried to see herself from anyone else's point of view and see the beauty of her body instead of the imperfections. She began to smile and soon after was dressed and in a better mood. Ginny had done what no one could do for her, made her see herself as a girl, and a pretty one as well.

~~Guys~~

Ron, having given up asking what Ginny's present was, decided on their way to the food court that he needed a special touch to his gift so he dragged Harry into a children's toy store and picked out his addition quickly. He put it into the bag with the book and they headed to the food court with rumbling stomachs.

"Look, there are the girls. Looks like they had fun shopping. Look at all those bags," Ron was muttering as they walked closer. The girls looked up and smiled widely. Then they stood up leaving their bags at the table they had picked out and walked over to the guys.

"Hey, we were thinking we should have tacos for lunch. Ginny said she and Ron have never tried them. Okay?" Hermione stated. Ron looked at Ginny and then at the other two and shrugged. Harry nodded and they walked over to the Mexican place and picked out their food.

After fifteen minutes of non-stop eating the guys had put away ten tacos each and two sodas. The girls ate only two tacos and one soda each before they laid out their plan to the guys.

"Okay, I think, since we still have time before we meet Hermione's parents for dinner, we should go back to the hotel and go swimming. Sound good to everyone else?" Ginny said as she gathered her bags and stood up. Hermione was quick to agree and so the boys followed along and agreed also. The four teens walked out of the mall and to the chosen apparition point and apparated to the guys' hotel room.

"We'll go in our room and change," Ginny said as she pulled her friend to the adjoining door to their room. Harry and Ron quickly found their old bathing suits and were sitting for several long minutes before the door to the girls room creaked open and Ginny poked her head through.

"Okay guys close your eyes, so we can surprise our boyfriends with our own presents. Ron, keep your eyes closed. Harry, eyes closed," Harry felt himself be pushed into a chair. Ron had been sitting on his bed leaning against the head board when his sister ordered him to close his eyes. He didn't know what was going on, all he knew was that the girls were up to something. He felt the bed move as someone crawled onto it by his feet.

"Keep your eyes closed. I'll tell you when you can open them," Hermione said. "We figured out what you guys were up to today. Buying us presents. So we decided to buy you guys a present also. Open your eyes," said Hermione, who was kneeling in front of him, hands clasped in front of her in her lap. Ron opened his eyes and his jaw dropped. This was the best gift he had ever been given.

Harry's eyes nearly bugged out of his head when he saw Ginny in the black and blue bikini. At first glance he thought it was the black lacy thing he had seen at the lingerie store. This one wasn't lacy, but it was way sexier. He saw her blush as his eyes raked over her body. He found himself wanting to maul her and was very grateful that Ron was in the room with them to keep him in line. He stood up and walked over to her.

"That's not nice, Gin. Surprising us like that, it could lead to a tempting situation," he whispered in her ear. She chuckled and glanced over and saw Ron staring at Hermione virtually drooling.

"Well, at least we know that Ron likes his present. See Hermione, I told you he would like it," she said. Hermione looked over her shoulder at her and glared. Ron finally blinked and looked over at Ginny confused.

"Why wouldn't I like it? It's probably the best gift I've ever been given," he said firmly. He looked back to Hermione who had gotten a little worried at his silence. "Hermione you look beautiful. I'm kinda thinking I want to skip the pool and stay here."

"Yeah right," Ginny laughed. "You're both coming down to the pool with us. We're going to swim for a while then come back here and get dressed for dinner with Hermione's parents. Come on," Ginny said as she pulled Harry towards the door. Harry's eyes had not left Ginny's body and she was worried that if they stayed in the privacy of their own rooms, no one would be coming out for a while.

The pool room was very bright and colorful. A charm had been set in place to allow natural sunlight to come in from the ceiling. It was very warm and bright with many fake plants all over the room in an attempt to make it look more tropical. White deck chairs littered the patio with tables that had colorful umbrellas over them and a small drink station was deserted on the far wall.

Ron, Ginny, and Hermione had all had some sort of swimming lessons at some point in their childhoods. Harry on the other hand only had the Black Lake on his swimming record. So when Ron and Ginny leapt into the pool leaving Hermione and Harry standing there Harry was wary of the crystal blue water. Hermione walked over to a long lawn chair and stretched out after tying up her long hair. Harry joined her in a chair next to her and watched the siblings splash and play for a few minutes. Hermione rubbed sun tan lotion on her legs, arms, and other parts making Harry look away with a blush. She saw his discomfort and giggled.

"Harry, why aren't you in there with them? It looks like fun," she said quietly. He glanced back at her to make sure she was done rubbing before he responded.

"Hermione, I've never had swimming lessons before. I don't know how to swim."

"But what about the Black Lake? You were in there for—"

"That's different," Harry interrupted. "When I was in the lake I had the gillyweed and I was under water the whole time," he finished. Hermione looked thoughtful for a moment. Then stood up and gestured to Harry to do the same. The two of them walked over to the edge of the pool and she called Ron and Ginny over.

"Hey you guys, Harry here needs a few swimming lessons, so why don't you guys teach him. Starting…" she pushed Harry into the pool, "Now." Harry came up spluttering, and floundering. She had pushed him into the area where it wasn't too deep for him to stand.

"Hermione! Why'd you do that? You don't just push someone into the pool! What if it had been deeper, I could have drowned!" Harry was shocked at his usually reserved friend. Ron and Ginny were laughing and Hermione looked smug.

"Well, Harry now you have no choice to learn. You're in the pool and Ginny is an excellent swimmer. She can teach you. Now, Ron come up here and help me with something." Hermione turned and walked back to her chair while Ron pulled himself out of the pool leaving Harry and Ginny staring at each other.

"Well, Harry. First lesson is floating. In order to learn to swim you need to know how to float. So come here. First your going to take a deep breath and lay back onto my hands. I'll hold you afloat until you feel comfortable then all you have to do is make sure your belly button stays above water and keep air in your lungs. Okay?" Ginny had pulled Harry away from the wall and to slightly shallower water. Now the water was at Harry's navel and just under Ginny's chest. They practiced floating for a while until Harry had it under control. It took a while longer than usual because he forgot about keeping his navel above water when she pulled her hands away, because he so enjoyed the feel of her soft, pruney hands on the small of his back.

"Okay, Harry, next lesson. Doggie paddle. This is what it looks like," Ginny swam forward in a less than graceful doggie paddle. "Now you try." Harry attempted the paddle and took a large gulp of water. He stood up suddenly and began choking. Ginny swam over and began patting his back while laughing at his runny nose and red watery eyes.

"S'not funny, Ginny!" Harry coughed. "It really hurts," Harry mumbled which cased Ginny to smiled sympathetically and rub his back slowly.

"Awe, poor Harry. Do you need a break?" Ginny asked mockingly. Harry glared at her and shook his head.

"No, I think I understand that breathing water is only for fishes and people under the influence of gillyweed now. I think I'll try again, thank you." Harry plunged into the water and practiced the doggie paddle for a few minutes until he had it perfected as well. Ginny continued to instruct him on how to elongate his strokes until he was doing a fairly decent breast stroke before Hermione called them back onto the deck area around the pool. Harry had noticed how Ron and Hermione had enjoyed the deck for a while lounging in the sun and rubbing lotion on each other, then taking to the deep end sneaking snogs when they thought no one was looking. It looked very romantic to Harry and he wished he could venture into the deep end with Ginny soon enough. But he figured that the two of them had enough fun today, romance could come later when he gave her his gift.

The group wandered up the stairs and into their separate rooms to shower and get dressed for the dinner they were headed too later.

Hermione was done first and sat anxiously waiting for her friends to finish getting ready. She continuously reminded them the time and asked them to hurry up, while they patiently agreed and went slightly faster. At six o'clock the four of them were ready to leave.

"Hermione, remember, we aren't allowed to do magic in a muggle area. We have to somehow bring them back here," Harry reminded her. He still had her wand and she had agreed to let him hold onto it for the night. They had all agreed that a nice calm dinner with the Wilkins was a good way to end the day. Hermione had come up with a plausible family tree as she knew her relatives and which ones her parents kept in touch with or not. She decided to call their house before they all left to make sure they both remembered that they were having company and that they were ready for them. All the plans were made as Hermione made the call.

"It's ringing," she said quietly. She waited for several rings and was just about to hang up when her mother answered. "Oh, hello! This is Hermione…Granger. Yes…yes, we are still coming, I was just wondering if you were ready for us…okay…yeah…yeah, no problem…Yeah, pork chops sound great. Mm-hmm…yep…Ok, we'll see you in about twenty minutes…Okay, bye!" Hermione hung up the phone and looked at the group in shock.

"She's making pork chops…" she said as she started to cry. Ginny jumped up and rushed over to her and hugged her. Harry and Ron looked at each other bewildered.

"Awe Hermione it's okay. You'll change them back and everything will be fine. What's wrong with pork chops, do you not like them?" Ginny asked. Hermione began shaking her head.

"No, my mum's pork chops are my favorite food. She said she had a feeling that I'd like them," she muttered as a fresh wave of tears cascaded down her face. Suddenly her tears made sense to them all. Ron gestured to Harry to take Ginny into the other room so he could talk to Hermione. They talked for several long minutes before coming out. Harry had a sneaking suspicion that Ron had done a strong Cheering charm on his girlfriend, but didn't say anything. They all wandered down to the street and out to the muggle area and hailed a cab. The fifteen minute ride was taken in silence.

They arrived in front of a small, white house with blue shutters. It had a small garden in front that was out of season. A walk way led up to the front door which was also blue. Hermione took a deep breath and headed up to the door and knocked. Harry caught up to them after paying the cab driver just as the door was opening.

Mrs. Granger was wearing a black apron over blue jeans and a tee-shirt and she had her hair pulled into a ponytail.

"Come on in! My husband's just finishing up his paper work and will be with us in a moment. How are you all? Oh, where are my manners. I'm Monika Wilkins…and this is Wendell." Mrs. Granger had led them into a small, quaint living room and had sat down next to her husband. The four teens took the couch across from the adults.

"Er, well, I'm Hermione Granger, this is my boyfriend Ron Weasley. Harry is our best friend and Ginny is his girlfriend as well as Ron's sister. We all go to school together in a private school in Scotland." Hermione was talking a little faster than usual.

"Wow, a private school, that's interesting. We have a little time before dinner, why don't tell us a little about how we're related, Hermione," Mrs. Granger said with a smile. Hermione gulped and nodded.

"Oh, okay. Well, Mrs. Wilkins," began Hermione but was interrupted.

"Call me Monika, dear," she said. Hermione nodded.

"Well, Monika, you know your Uncle Henry? Well, he married this woman named Eugenia and when she was pregnant with their only child he had an affair with this lady named Scarlet. The affair lasted the length of Eugenia's pregnancy and when she had their daughter Eleanor he broke it off with Scarlet. What he didn't know was that Scarlet was pregnant now as well. She had a daughter and named her Amy. When Amy was sixteen she got pregnant by a guy named Dan and they had me. So I'm not exactly sure how you'd classify me. But I know we're related," Hermione rattled off this bizarre family tree fast so as to more confuse her parents. They cocked their heads and looked at her weirdly before chuckling.

"Well, dear, I'm not exactly sure how to classify you as well. Something of a second or third cousin twice removed maybe? Anyways, it sure does give an interesting story to tell. Why haven't I ever heard of you before?" asked Mrs. Granger.

"Well, I guess because Eugenia was ashamed of her husband. But since she died recently, my mum has been getting to know her father. Eugenia wouldn't allow my mum, to even meet my grandpa for years. But now she's able to and they're getting along pretty well. When he heard that my friends and I were vacationing here this summer he told me a bit about his family tree and mentioned that you lived here, and asked that we come say hi and tell you what's been going on." As soon as Hermione stopped talking a loud buzzing sound escaped from the kitchen. Mrs. Granger jumped up from her spot and announced dinner was ready. Everyone got up and headed towards the dinning room. Mr. Granger followed his wife to the kitchen to help carry dishes.

After everything was dished up and served to each plate, the guys all dug in and the girls ate more delicately. The food was great. It was easy to see why the pork chops were Hermione's favorite food. Light conversation held through dinner and soon everyone was laughing at jokes from Mr. Granger. Hermione and Ginny insisted on helping clean up after dinner so Harry Ron and Mr. Granger all went to the living room and caught the end of a rugby game on the television. Ron was able to conceal his excitement of seeing a real working teliphbonin as he called it. Harry was able to correct him on the sly to prevent further embarrassment.

The girls were enjoying their time getting to know 'Mrs. Wilkins' while they all cleaned the kitchen.

"Well, Wendell and I moved to Australia about a year ago. It had been our dream to move here and open a family dentist office for years. When we first moved here we were so happy, but lately it just seems that there's something missing, you know? After working with kids and their parents for so long, we've been thinking about our own biological clocks. Now that we have our practice and a lovely home, we feel like we're lacking something vital to our futures. So we've been trying to get pregnant," Mrs. Granger stopped suddenly after hearing a giant crash. Hermione was staring at her mother with side surprised eyes. Ginny was staring at Hermione as Harry, Ron, and Mr. Granger ran into the room. Hermione was surrounded by tiny shards of glass, pork chop bones, and cold mashed potatoes.

"Hermione! Are you okay?" Ginny yelled snapping Hermione out of her daze.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Oh! I'm so sorry! I just…was surprised at what you were talking about, I never really thought…I mean, I've never really had…oh dear, I think I'm stuck here." Hermione was stranded in the center of the room until the glass was cleaned up. Ron gave her a worried glance before being dragged back to the living room by Harry.

Hermione was apologizing profusely about breaking the serving dish, while Ginny and her mother cleaned the floor around her.

"It's alright Hermione. It was old, and it's kind of my fault. I shouldn't have just blurted out that I wanted to get pregnant. For heavens sake, I just met you. I just feel like I've known you for a long time I guess," Mrs. Granger said with a small smile. Hermione smiled back and saw Ginny's smirk.

"I feel the same way. But really, you're trying to get pregnant? For how long?" Hermione, now over the shock of hearing her mother talk about pregnancy, was exited.

"Oh, not for long. Just a few days, a week maybe. Not really a big thing yet."

Conversation went on for a little while longer until the girls went back to the living room. Ginny and Hermione smiled when they saw Ron jumping up and down yelling at the TV. After the game was done, the teens said their goodbyes and they all made plans to get together the next day for an outing. The adults, having lived in Australia for a while were going to give the teens a tour of Sydney over the next few days.

A/N: Ok so this was supposed to be posted yeasterday on halloween, but i got distracted what with an old friend calling up and telling me that he was on leave from the Navy for a couple weeks and wanting to hang out plus another friend calling up and wanting to hangout (haven't seen her in a while, she's been busy with chemo for a brain tumor and i've had school and a crap load of work conflicting schedules we haven't seen each other in like 8 months). then another friend called up from the hospital and said she was in labor, plus my sister and brother decided to have a party/bonfire so we had about 30 people over. I woke up this morning and had about 6 people laying on my living room floor and i didn't know any of them! Plus a tent full of people outside also, but i at least knew a few of them. lol oh well. it was a fun, exiting night! how was everyone else's All Hallows Eve? I was a Vampire from the house of Night series by P.C. and Kristen Cast. Great series! almost better than Twilight! I said almost! don't shoot me bellla! lol I love Halloween!