AN: So here it is, another chapter :) Please feel free to review or PM me and let me know what you guys think. Also go check out my other story which I published a few days ago ;p

This chapter maybe is a bit shorter. I really struggled with writing this week and had no real inspiration, that's why it took me longer than normal to publish this.

When Harry and Hermione had arrived at the Granger's house, they both had a little flashback to the last time they were here. Both good, and bad memories were flashing through their minds as they entered the house. Harry felt comfortable though, it felt almost to coming home for him as much as it felt like that for Hermione.

He quickly dropped his and Hermione's stuff in her bedroom before returning to the living room where Jean had prepared tea and sandwiches for the three of them.

Harry watched with amusement when she told them about the goblins who installed the ward around the house and how she almost had suffered a heart-attack when she first saw them. Harry noticed how happy she and Hermione were and for a single second he felt like he was intruding their private talk. He was so lost in his own mind that he didn't even notice them asking him a question.

"Oh, I'm sorry what did you say?" Harry quickly said as he realized he had missed their question.

"Mum asked what you would think about going to the beach tomorrow," Hermione said after giving her boyfriend a worried look for second.

Harry instantly had a smile on his face. "That sounds great to me," he said, causing him to receive smiles from both of the ladies.

OOOOOOOOOO

After they had chatted with Jean for a while, Harry and Hermione went upstairs to unpack the few things they had brought. After they had done that Hermione pulled a confused Harry in for hug.

"What did I do to deserve that?" Harry asked with a small smile on his face, while he was still holding Hermione.

Hermione didn't reply, she just wrapped herself even tighter around Harry, leaving him even more confused than he already was.

"You alright 'mione?" he said softly after a while. Usually Hermione wasn't this quiet so he was slightly worried.

Again Hermione didn't say a word. She did nod her head though, but Harry noticed that she seemed a bit emotional at the moment. He carefully sat down on the bed, not letting go of Hermione, and positioned him with his back against the wall and Hermione wrapped around him in his lap.

After what seemed like hours to Harry, Hermione laid her head on his chest and looked at him. Harry saw she had cried a bit and wiped the dry tear stains away with his thumb.

"I'm sorry Harry, I just needed this at the moment," Hermione whispered after a few moments of silence. "I was just thinking about that Christmas night when all this stuff with my dad happened," she added and Harry could see new tears in her eyes.

"Shhh it's alright 'mione," Harry said as he felt rather emotional himself. "I'm here for you, always."

Together they stayed in this position for a long while. It was only when Jean called form downstairs to tell them dinner was ready when Hermione slowly got up and went to the bathroom to fresh herself up. Harry quickly changed his shirt and waited for Hermione before they both went downstairs.

OOOOOOOOOO

The next morning Harry and Hermione were woken up by the sound of Jean knocking on the door of Hermione's bedroom.

"Wake up you two, we wanted to go to the beach today remember?" they heard her say.

Harry quickly rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and gave Hermione a kiss on the head before stepping out of the bed. Both teens got changed and literally ran down the stairs to the kitchen where breakfast was already waiting for them.

After breakfast Harry and Hermione went back upstairs to put their swim clothes on, under their regular clothes. They also took a bag with them were they had put some towels, both a book and some candy in. Soon they were waiting in the hallway for Jean to get ready as well.

"Alright then, let's go," Jean said smiling at the two excited kids in front of her.

OOOOOOOOOO

After they had been in the car for almost two hours, Harry, Hermione and Jean finally arrived at the beach. After they had found a parking spot, Harry and Hermione took off running to the sand beach in front of them.

Jean smiled as she saw them both running to the sand. She knew Hermione was still struggling with what happened with her dad, so she was happy to see her so happy with the young boy next to her.

Hermione led Harry to a nice spot on the beach, a bit separated from where the most people were. They both looked over to see where Jean was and when they saw her approaching in the distance they both laid their towels in the sand.

Harry quickly pulled of his jeans so he was in his swimming short, but left his shirt on, for now. As he finished changing he turned around and what he saw made him stare with his mouth wide open. In front of him Hermione, who had also changed, stood a black two-piece bikini.

"You alright Harry?" Hermione asked and giggled a bit when she saw Harry's face.

Harry quickly stopped staring and to his embarrassment he felt his cheeks turn pink. "I'm alright 'mione," he said. "It's just, ehh, you look beautiful," he managed to stutter.

This caused Hermione to blush furiously. She wasn't really used to getting compliments, especially about her body.

"Thank you Harry, that's very sweet of you," she said and gave him a smile.

Both of them laid down on their towels when Jean finally joined them. She saw the blush on both of their cheeks but decided it was probably better to not say anything about it. Deep inside she was laughing out loud though.

After a short while of tanning in the sun, Harry pulled of his shirt, took Hermione's hand and together they went to the water.

"Well look who looks beautiful now," Hermione teased, giving Harry a small smile.

Harry's head turned beet-red, causing Hermione to laugh out loud. As a revenge Harry lifted Hermione from the ground in a sort of bear-hug position, and started to run in to the water causing Hermione to squeak. Harry ran till the height that he knew they could barely stand before releasing Hermione.

"Oh my god it's so cold!" Hermione said with trembling voice.

"What do you mean cold?" Harry said before jumping underwater. A few feet further he came back up and smiled at his girlfriend who was a bit shaky from the cold.

"You're crazy," Hermione said while Harry swam back to her.

"You shouldn't stand still, if you move you won't get cold," Harry said and took her hand again. He slowly began to walk with Hermione through the water, something that was harder than it looked like, due to the fact that the water was coming up to chest-height.

After a few minutes Hermione finally let herself fall in to the water and started swimming around Harry.

"You look so comfortable in the water just like an otter," Harry joked as he watched Hermione glide through the water.

"So you think I look like an animal then eh?" Hermione teased back, causing Harry to laugh.

"Well otters are pretty cute you know," Harry said playfully, pulling Hermione to him by her hand. "So I was more thinking about that to be honest."

"I guess I forgive you then," Hermione joked before giving Harry a peck on the cheek.

OOOOOOOOOO

After they had spent a few hours swimming, tanning, eating ice-cream and just enjoying the little family-day, Jean decided it was time to head back home. They all packed their bags and put their normal clothes back on.

The car-ride home was very uneventful, Harry and Hermione were so tired that they were both sleeping like puppies in the back of the car. It was only when Jean turned in to their street that Harry woke up.

"Hmm it looks like we have a visitor," Jean said and Harry immediately gazed through the front window of the car. As they got closer he could see the tall man standing in front of the Granger's property. It was Albus Dumbledore.

Harry instantly felt the anger rise within him, but he tried his best to control himself. What the bloody hell was Dumbledore doing here?

'Thank god for the goblin wards,' Harry thought to himself.

By now Hermione had woken up as well and got a shocked expression on her face when she saw the headmaster standing there, obviously waiting for them. She gave Harry a worried look and Harry tried to smile but the muscles in his face failed on him.

Jean parked the car on the street and all of them got out.

"You go inside Mrs. Granger, I think he wants to speak to me," Harry said and he saw her nodding before she went inside, not saying a word to the Hogwarts headmaster. Harry took Hermione's hand and together they walked to the professor.

"Good evening Mr. Potter and Ms. Granger," Dumbledore said happily as if he had something to celebrate.

"What do you want?" Harry asked, not wanting to waste time. "Is something wrong?"

"Oh no Mr. potter , everything is fine," Dumbledore started. "I just wanted to talk with you and try to change your mind on where you'll stay this summer."

"Harry will stay here sir," Hermione hissed in a voice that reminded Harry of an angry cat. "It's already arranged and there is nothing you can say or do to change that." She ended her sentence with an angry glare at her headmaster.

"I saw you have placed wards around the house," Dumbledore said, not reacting on Hermione's comment. "Very good wards indeed, goblin if I'm not wrong?"

"That is correct sir, I guess that means you have already checked them," Harry said, but it was not a real question. "You do realize that you testing the wards could be seen as an attack on the house sir?"

Dumbledore was slightly taken aback by the tone of Harry and he implying that he had tried to break in. "My dear boy, I'm only worried about your safety, that's all," Dumbledore said with twinkling eyes.

"Well as you can see the wards make this place extremely safe sir," Harry said. "The next time you try to 'check the wards' we'll press charges for trying to break in. If you would please excuse us now, we would like to go inside."

Dumbledore thought for a second if it would be worth it to press this matter any further at this point but decided that it would do more harm than good. He needed a new plan, a new strategy. After all, Harry would be crucial in the future.

"Of course," Dumbledore said. "I'll see you two back at Hogwarts then, in a few days." He gave both students a last smile before he disapparated.

Harry and Hermione both let out a long sigh before they turned around and walked inside the house where a rather curious Jean Granger was waiting.

OOOOOOOOOO

After the little meeting with Dumbledore from earlier that evening, Harry had a big problem with falling asleep. It was way past midnight and he was still lying awake, staring at the ceiling and trying not to move too much to wake Hermione.

After a few hours of lying there he slowly got out of the bed, careful not to wake his girlfriend, and snuck out of the room. Harry walked downstairs and sat down on the couch in the living room. He took one of the books he had brought with him from school and started reading. After a few moments however he realized he had read the same sentence over and over.

So Harry just sat on the couch, staring at the wall in front of him and thinking. Thinking about Dumbledore, about Voldemort, about Snape, etc.

After a long while Harry was surprised when Hermione suddenly walked in the living room.

"Hey there," she said softly as she dropped next to Harry on the couch. "You can't sleep eh?"

Harry nodded. "Just a bit much on my mind right now," he said and smiled weakly at Hermione. "I'm sorry if I woke you up by the way," he added.

"It's alright Harry," Hermione replied. Hermione pulled her legs up on the couch and curled herself up like a cat, her head resting on Harry's leg.

Harry looked down at Hermione and smiled. He loved her so much. After a few moments Harry started to play with her hair, something he knew she liked.

"I love you 'mione," Harry said softly while stroking through her hair with his fingers.

"I love you too Harry," Hermione replied with a smile on her face. She felt so safe laying here with Harry next to her again.