Sorry if this update seems a little short. I'm feeling like a zombie after last night. I went to see Lord of the Rings and didn't get home until 2:30 this morning so I'm a little wiped. I got about 4 hours of sleep because of work but to be honest…it was totally worth it! Ok here's your update. I'm going to have a better one up after I take a nap…I'm a little out of it :blink:
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Hermione's hair blew softly in the light breeze as they sat there waiting for their food. Ron was extremely grateful to have a seat that wasn't facing the tossing waves and he leaned back casually, enjoying the scenery; with the exception of the waves.
The rhythm of the ocean seemed to lull Hermione into a daze, feeling the smooth transition from wave to wave.
Harry looked over at her as they all sat in silence. He watched as she rested her head in her hand with her eyes closed. The sun was beaming down on her, making her skin glisten in its rays. She wore a pale yellow tank top with green palm trees imprinted on the front. Her lower half was dressed in white shorts and she wore thick sandal clogs.
Hermione sighed in contentment and pulled her hair over one shoulder, exposing a side of her neck as it was hidden under her long sections of hair. Harry continued to watch her closely, just glad that she was enjoying herself so far on this trip. Harry was brought out of his thoughts by Ron chattering lightly about the sunshine.
Soon their food was delivered and the three of them ate in silence. Hermione particularly enjoyed poking fun at Ron for having to move away from the view of the tossing waves. Harry was constantly doing things to see if he could catch Ron off guard and make him look at the water, just to see the sickened look on his face. It was simply priceless. Ron just gave his two friends sarcastic looks instead, as he ate his breakfast as quickly as possible.
"What are we going to do today?" Hermione asked as she took the last bite of her food into her mouth. Ron and Harry put their forks down and looked at her.
"I don't know. What choices are there?" Harry asked. Ron laced his fingers together and listened.
Hermione swallowed her food then moved her plate out of the way to look at the map of the ship. "Well the most obvious choice is swimming. Then we have…" Hermione paused and ran her finger along the page to the next activity. "…well we could take dance classes, or watch a cooking demonstration…"
Hermione gazed at the paper some more for a moment. Harry was the only one that saw Ron rolling his eyes at the thought of taking dance classes, or watching people cook the muggle way.
"Or we can just look over the edge of this balcony and watch Ron get sick," Harry teased. Ron kicked him under the table.
Hermione laughed and then stopped to silence them with her hands covering each of their mouths. They stopped their teasing with each other and looked at her when she took her hand away.
"Do you hear that?" she asked. Ron and Harry shook their heads.
The two confused boys to each side of her listened closely.
"All I hear is the water splashing from the bo-"
Hermione smiled and cut Ron off. Harry was still listening. "But it's not just splashing," she pointed out when she got up from her chair.
Harry watched Hermione take her place at the railing again. She was looking down. "You feeling alright?" Harry asked in a concerned tone as he went up to her and put his hands on her shoulders. Ron soon followed, and, judging by the smile on Hermione's face when she looked at them, she felt just fine.
"Look. Over there," she pointed, aiming her finger down at the water. Ron wrinkled up his face and looked down, trying to ignore the yucky feeling he got when he saw how fast they were moving on the water.
Three bottlenose dolphins were jumping alongside the ship, keeping the pace and acting as if they wanted the attention from their audience. Harry scooted up closer on Hermione's back and looked over her shoulder down at the dolphins. His hands slipped off her shoulders a bit to grip her arms lightly.
Harry smiled at the wonderful sight of dolphins playing in the water below them.
"What are they?" Ron asked.
Hermione smiled up at Harry then turned to look at Ron again. "They're dolphins, Ron. Water mammals. I've always wanted to see one up close. But I can see three right in front of us!"
Hermione looked back down and disappointment spread across her face. The dolphins were gone. Harry looked around and pointed a finger in the direction they had come from. All three dolphins were jumping high in the air and disappeared into the water again.
Hermione smiled and turned around, noticing just how close Harry was to her.
"Harry, you smell nice," she commented with a smile as she slipped under his arms and out of his grasp. He smiled at her.
"So have we decided what we're going to do today?" Ron asked.