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Written for the Hermione Granger Pairing Challenge and the February Event (My Love) over on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)

Prompt: (Location) Beach

Pairing: Hermione/Lysander

Chocolate Frog: Bonus – Lysander Scamander – Challenge – Write about Lysander Scamander

Hopscotch: "I need this."(Dialogue), Dreamless Sleep (Potion), Rain (Weather Conditions)

Gringotts: Pairing: Cross Gen Het – Hermione/Lysander; Nouns – Towel, Sun, Beach, Idea, Pocket, Belongings, Courage, Shower, Cure, Cold, Path, Cover; Adjectives - Striped, Perfect, Developing, Strong; Verbs – Ask, Go, Pack, Wrap, Love

Word Count: 397

Rainy Beach Day

Hermione led back on the red and white striped towel, and shielded her eyes from the blinding sun with her arm.

"This really was a great idea Lysander," Hermione sighed. "It's been so long since I came to the beach."

Lysander smiled at Hermione and replied, "I know. I remember you mentioning last week how much used to love coming to the beach, and I just knew it would be the perfect date."

The ring in his pocket felt heavier than ever as he tried to work up the courage to ask the question he had been dying to ask her since the moment she agreed to go out with him.

However, less than five minutes later the heavens opened, drenching the happy couple with heavy rain, and Lysander's planned proposal was quickly forgotten.

The couple worked quickly to pack away all of their belongings, and then briskly walked back towards their flat; both members of the couple were internally cursing themselves for not bringing their wands with them.

"It'll be a - sneeze - great day you said, the – sneeze - sun will be shining all day you said," Hermione raged as she stormed up the path towards their apartment block. "Does this – sneeze - god awful rain look like – sneeze - sun?"

She walked through the door and slammed the door behind her, trying and failing to stifle the onslaught on sneezes that were coming thick and fast.

Lysander followed Hermione into the block of flats, apologising profusely and offering to brew her a draught of the Dreamless Sleep Potion.

As soon as they both safely in their flat, Hermione locked herself in the bathroom and decided to have a nice hot shower, whilst Lysander brewed the potion.

"Oh thank you," she whispered gratefully, taking the potion from her much younger boyfriend. "I need this."

Hermione drank deeply from the glass, knowing that the best cure for her developing cold was to have a good night's sleep. She closed her eyes immediately felt drowsy, and pulled the duvet cover tighter around her.

Just as she was about to drift off to sleep, she felt the bed next to her dip, and two strong arms wrap around her.

"I'm really sorry today didn't go as planned," he muttered against her hair.

"It doesn't matter; it's the thought that counts." Hermione yawned sleepily, before succumbing to sleep.

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