September 1st was still four days away and the last days of summer lay silently before Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny. The four were sprawled around the back after a heavy lunch.
"What do you guys wanna do now?" Ron asked stretching in the grass.
"Sleep?" Harry mumbled lying comfortably in the shade.
Hermione was sitting propped against the tree trunk surveying the two boys with a slightly disapproving look.
"You're both so lazy!" she scolded lightly. "We should get a head start with our studying. It's our NEWT year. Have you seen the charms book? I've never seen so many complicated spells! And Merlin, the transfiguration textbook! 600 pages long…"
Ginny had climbed the tree and she was comfortably resting on a tree branch, leaning against the trunk. She was quietly surveying the scene in front of her.
"Why would we want to do something productive?" Ron asked in a highly scandalized voice.
Turning over to Harry he asked, "You in the mood to read about transfiguring carrots?"
"No," Harry snorted and closed his eyes.
"Well 'Mione, if you want to study, then knock yourself out…" Ron smirked at her.
Hermione glared back at him and resumed tearing up the blade of grass in her hands. Ginny shifted her position in the tree and lied down on the branch, putting her feet on the trunk.
"Well, then let's visit the village, there's so many nice shops around," Hermione suggested.
Ginny heard Ron mutter darkly about something along the lines of not wasting time and he retorted something else in a low voice. She looked down to give the two a bemused expression; they had no idea how childish their bickering was.
Her heart jumped in her throat when she saw Harry lying peacefully in the grass. His eyes were closed and his dark hair was rustled from the wind. She swallowed a painful gulp in her throat as she thought of him and Cho together.
Forcing herself to turn away, she looked at the blue sky stretched out in front of her. Who was she kidding, she thought, with Cho around, the chances of Harry noticing her were less than Snape washing his hair. With a frustrated sigh she turned to look down again, Harry was lying the same as before, Hermione had started reading the paperback novel she had with her, and Ron was lying nearby sneaking a glance at Hermione.
Well today was going to be a complete waste of an afternoon Ginny thought lazily, and she too turned around and closed her eyes and started thinking about the Cho problem at hand. What Harry saw in the human water hose was beyond her comprehension. Granted that Cho had serious reasons to cry over after Cedric's death, but lately she had started sniffling over the slightest misdoings. Ginny grimly scowled at the tree branch in front of her.
Charlie Weasley had just finished a lengthy trip to the market to pick up groceries. He levitated the many bags in front of him into the Burrow kitchen and carefully set them on the kitchen counter. Various bags were filled to the top with an assortment of goods.
"Mum!" he bellowed at the top of his voice, "I picked up everything from the market!"
An agitated Molly Weasley walked into the kitchen, "For Merlin's sake Charlie, there's no need to yell in here…my hearing is perfectly fine"
"Its my first visit to the Burrow in three years, and the first thing I get to do is pick up groceries…" Charlie mumbled rolling his eyes.
Mrs. Weasley ignored his comment as she started putting away the various food items.
Charlie promptly left the kitchen and made his way to the back garden to see what the four teenagers were up to. To his disappointment, they were not playing Quidditch but lounging around on the grass, wasting time.
"Oi! What are you doing sleeping around?" he said giving an exasperated look around him and taking a seat next to Hermione.
"What else is there to do?" Ron asked stretching, "there's still time before school starts, and unlike 'Mione here, we aren't thrilled about getting a head start on transfiguration…"
"Not that transfiguration is boring, mind you…" he added hastily when he saw the death glare he was receiving from Hermione.
"Well how about a game of Quidditch?" Charlie asked, looking at Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"Ginny needs a new broom…the one she has now is ready to break" Ron added in a distasteful voice.
"Where is she anyway?" Charlie asked looking around for his younger sister.
"Up there," Harry pointed at the branch Ginny was lounging on.
"Oi! Ginny! Get down here!" Ron yelled.
Ginny's sleeping form remained the unchanged.
"I think she's asleep Ron," Hermione answered peering up.
"Think we should wake her up?" Charlie asked with a smirk, a devious idea forming in his mind.
"What are you planning?" Hermione asked in a wary voice.
Charlie whipped out his wand and stood up, the three teens around him followed his suit and stood up as well.
Harry was giving Charlie a sceptical look, and Hermione looked agitated. Ron on the other hand was gleefully smirking.
"Aguamenti" Charlie said in a sly voice, pointing his wand towards Ginny up in the tree. A stream of water rushed out from his wand, throttling Ginny out of her peaceful slumber. The rush of water soaked her clothes and her hair as she screamed loudly.
Ginny shrieked loudly trying to make sense of why she was suddenly caught in the middle of a downpour and she started thrashing her arms wildly.
Meanwhile below her, two Weasley's were hooting with laughter.
Ginny, in her haste and thrashing about lost her balance and fell towards the ground. Hermione's loud shriek followed as they all stood dumbfounded, and Harry leaped forward to break Ginny's fall. To his luck he managed to catch her, Ginny looked briefly surprised but she quickly covered it as she scurried out of his arms.
Greatly frustrated and boiling with anger Ginny looked at the two morons she knew as her brothers. Charlie and Ron had started laughing again and were pointing at the soaked Ginny.
"You need to take a look at yourself!" Ron said gleefully.
She realized she must've looked a sight, her clothes soaked completely and her hair hanging wet and limp around her face, which she was sure was turning red from sheer rage and anger. She was also painfully aware that Harry stood watching nearby.
"You two are beyond dead…" Ginny said in a deathly calm voice looking at her two brothers.
"I am soo terrified!" Ron said in mock petrification, "Charlie, how seriously do you think she'll harm us considering she's still underage and can't use her wand?" he asked with a smirk and turned towards Charlie.
"I don't need a wand to murder you, I'll do it the muggle way," She glared and advanced towards them, hands outstretched to strangle them.
"Ginny, you can't kill them, they'll send you to Azkaban and you'll end up sharing a cell with Lucius Malfoy…is that what you want?" Hermione said in a bemused tone.
"Yes, as long as these two prats aren't polluting the planet with their presence," she replied with clenched teeth.
"Come on, lets get you inside to change," Hermione firmly grasped Ginny, who was ready to lunge at Charlie.
"Fine! But you two mark my words, I'll get you back if it's the last thing I do!" Ginny pointed a threatening finger towards her two brothers.
"We'll keep an eye out…" Charlie said laughing at her.
With a final death glare, Ginny let Hermione drag her into the house, all the while muttering about the agony of having older brothers.
After changing into dry clothes, Ginny and Hermione made their way towards the kitchen.
"Ahh…if it isn't Princess Ginny," Ron bowed graciously.
Ginny scowled at him, Harry and Hermione hid their amused smiles. It wasn't wise to anger Ginny anymore it was evident, she might suddenly combust.
"Ok ok, jokes apart now. The main reason I came to find you guys was to tell you that there's a Quidditch match at the community arena tomorrow, and I think we should go," Charlie told them.
"Who's playing?" Harry asked, his voice laced with interest.
"I'm not sure, but from what I gather, its just community teams…a bunch of kids who've formed their own teams and are just playing for fun." Charlie replied.
"Sounds like fun! I think we should go," Ron said and Harry nodded in agreement.
"Hermione? Ginny?" Charlie asked looking at them.
"I'll go," Hermione said smiling.
"I suppose I can take some time off from devising ways to assassinate you two jerks," Ginny replied.
"Its settled then, we're going to the quidditch match tomorrow!" Ron said.
A/N: Ok, I realize I've been very very slow with updating this, and I do send my apologies to those that were patiently waiting for this chapter. I've been sooo busy with mid-terms it was hard to find anytime to update. Plus there was lots of writer's block to deal with, but now I'll be more diligent and get the next chapter out soon.
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