Disclaimer: I don't think anyone would believe me if I said that I owned Harry Potter anyway… Yup, Harry Potter belongs to JKR.
AN: We had a family dinner last night and tomorrow night the other side of my family is going to have a family dinner, and then the day after that, my cousin is taking us all to dinner. Fatty me, here I come. I'll also be going to the beach (again, this time I'm going to Pattaya) for about 4 days, hopefully I can still write while I'm away because we're going to my beach house and I'm bringing my laptop, hoho.
Also, 8000+ hits! I'm flattered, guys. Thanks to all readers and reviewers!
Just as a little note, London is 5 hours ahead of Panama and it takes about 12 hours to fly there.
Malfoy Industries Main Office
"So you're saying that Ava's husband is Hermione's cousin," Theo said slowly, trying to take in all the new information. "And Hermione has no idea that they are magical."
Draco nodded.
"But still, this is family, it's not weird to invite family to your wedding," Theo let out an exasperated sigh.
"Except it's weird how Hermione invited her uncle and the other four guest, meaning just his family and not the rest. She said that she wants to keep it as a secret from the family, but she's telling her aunt and uncle whom she has never met before in her life," Draco kept blabbering on and on. "I bet Hermione and the Rosiers planned this as a joke to make fun of me thinking that I don't know that she knows that I know that they are magical!"
"Er," Theo looked a little lost but shrugged it off. "Exactly, my dear friend," he walked over to Draco and gave him a pat on the back with the most faux sympathetic face he could make.
Meanwhile, on the Bus in Panama
Hermione sneezed. (AN: In my culture, there's a myth that if you sneeze, someone is talking behind your back)
Ferret, she thought.
Malfoy Industries Main Office
Malfoy was having a bipolar sneeze. The moment he felt like he would sneeze, it stopped. Right when he thought that he wasn't going to sneeze anymore, he did. This caused Theo to land on the couch, laughing at Draco's scrunched up, and disapproving face.
Draco sneered at him.
"Lighten up, will you?" Theo said, making himself at home on the couch.
"Revenge would lighten up my mood plenty," Draco said with a sardonic tone.
"You mean revenge on dear Granger?"
"I meant revenge on you," Draco smirked. "But now that you mention it, how about I do get some revenge from my dear fiancé? All with good intentions, of course, I just miss my lovely fiancé too much to be separated from her," he feigned a sigh and stood up from his seat, walking to his mini bar. "Coffee?"
"Oh, you know me, I always have the brightest of ideas," Theo said with a faux humble tone and grinned. "And yes, a decaf cappuccino with cane sugar, two cubes, oh, and I like the foam, lots of foam, with the Dutch cocoa on top," he paused for a moment, "or a decaf Mocha with one cube of cane sugar and extra chocolate shavings on top of the low-fat whipped cream. I'm giving you options here; I don't want it to sound like a picky 13-year-old girl."
Draco groaned and shoved the coffee in Theo's face.
"So when are you going to crash that reunion?"
"You'll see," Draco smirked to himself.
As soon as Theo drank the coffee, he started sneezing like crazy.
"Salazar's – achoo – bloody – achoo – basilisk – achoo!" Theo looked at Draco accusingly as Draco laughed so hard he doubled over.
"I forgot to tell you – hahahaha – Fred and George practically adopted me when I started dating Mione," he burst out laughing again.
Dock on Panama's West Coast
Mione: *Picture of Dock*
Mione: we'r about to get on the boat to the island, ill send u another pic when I get there
Draco: okayyyyyy many pics would be nice ;)
Mione: ahahaha ok ill send u manyyyy pics ;)
Mione: didn't bring the green bikini tho
Draco: where did u leave it?
Mione: on my bed? I don't rly rmbr
Draco: o, ok, hv fun with ur family, at least u seem to be getting along with ur long lost aunt and her family better than the people uve known for years
Mione: tell me about that, when I get back ill tell u wht I said the the bitch twins
Hermione quickly put her phone away after calling Emily and Maddie "bitch twins", they didn't need to see it, though they were still a bit sore to her, they twins still had the courtesy to act nice with her around the adults and Hermione wasn't planning on being with them alone again.
Damnable bitch twins, how are we even related? Hermione mentally groaned while getting into the yacht that was owned by her family. If anyone in the family wanted to go to the island during the year, they could always do so.
As soon as she got into the boat, she went straight to her room and decided to change her clothes. What she was wearing was strictly for long flights, a t-shirt and baggy Aladdin-style pants. She quickly stripped and put on her jean shorts and a tank top. Pulling her hair into a messy bun and applying sunscreen, she left the room with her Ray-bans on top of her head, looking everything like the bronze beach beauty.
"You might want to cover up yourself a bit, your booty flab is showing," Hermione heard a shrill call from behind her and prayed that it wouldn't be Emily or Maddie.
She turned around and saw Emily and Maddie wearing inverted colored beach shorts and crop-top. How old are they? Five? Hermione cringed at the sight of the twins. If I were them, I would sooner wear Molly's Christmas sweater than wear matching outfits with my twin sister. Erg.
"What are you staring at? I know you want to be part of our duo, maybe become a little bit more successful in life while you're at it," Maddie tried to cock one eyebrow but failed miserably, looking like a mosquito just bit her forehead.
Fuck it, I don't care anymore, I'm going to put that Weasley's Wizard Wheezes non-stop sneezing sugar cube in their coffee tomorrow morning, Hermione thought.
"Of course, your little ensemble here will protect your virginity forever," Hermione looked at them with a very serious face. "Guys will never dare touch you if you're wearing that."
Hermione grinned at their dumbfound expressions and walked away laughing, the bright afternoon sun making her skin glow.
Evening on the Yacht
"Oh my god," Jake complained, "we've been here forever! I think I'm going to get seasick again!"
They were almost there, less than an hour away from their little island. They have been on the boat for the past 4 hours and Jake was getting seasick, again. Hermione could remember that he got seasick on every single trip since she was little. He always complained but never took any medicines for it even though he's in medical school.
Stupid little…, Hermione thought. She and the Rosiers were on the second floor of the yacht, drinking martinis that they have conjured up. The family didn't want them to drink too much or they could fall into the ocean. Their idea of too much happened to be one glass of wine – not nearly enough for anyone, while the adults were downing multiple glasses of the liquor in record time. The only exception to this was Richie, since he was still 17. He wasn't old enough to drink yet, and their family didn't want him to "break the law".
What a funny lot my family is, Hermione looked downstairs to see a gloomy Richie, a seasick Jake, and a bunch of drunk adults. It's so cute how they gave Richie grape juice instead of wine. If I didn't know better, I would've thought that they were trying to spite him. Oh, right, they are.
"Let's go get some fresh air," Max suggested.
Everyone nodded their agreement and stood up from the couch. The sun was just about to set on the horizon.
They had a couple more drinks outside until they started getting a little bit tipsy.
"Hey, you know what?" Louise slurred. "Why don't we give them all the pompion potion?"
"Pompion potion, huh?" Ava seemed to be the drunkest out of all of them. "Yeah, I'd love to talk to my aunt and uncles cute little pumpkin faces. Muahahaha."
"Isn't that a little too obvious?" Hermione asked, always the voice of reason, though she was also slurring her words.
"Right, right, right," Louise slurred. "Too flashy for them muggle peeps."
"Why do you even have the pompion potion with you?" Ava looked skeptical.
Louise just shrugged.
"How about the wideye potion? They won't be able to fall asleep for at least the next 6 hours even when we get there," this time it was Max who suggested it.
"Yes, yes, that would be nice," Hermione agreed.
"Why do you have that potion conveniently lying around?" Louise asked with a triumphant smirk. She was definitely pissed at this point.
"Well, sometimes staying awake at night is a good thing, right?" Ava gave Max a wink. Hermione cringed and Louise seemed to sober up almost instantly.
"I did not need to hear that," she mumbled.
"One drop in each glass should be enough," Ava said.
Hermione took out a box of mints and started chewing on one.
"What are you doing?" Louise asked.
"Chewable wit-sharpening mint," Hermione state, "I'm in game mode for this, being pissed barely helps the cause."
AN: Anyone get the hint? This hint has been going on since the first chapter ;) ;) ;) Last time I attempted a hint it was too obvious, so this time I'm trying to be more discreet.
And since I'm a little bored, how about we play a game? I'm almost at 30 reviews now and I might not get to write a lot while I'm at the beach so how about 30 reviews and I will update? Yes? It's a little challenge to all you readers while I'm trying to stall time and not write (no shame).