Well girls, I'm almost done. I'm trying to get this finished before moving on the TTM. Hope you enjoy this one! It's a good, funny, fluffy kind of a chapter. Hope you like it!
Chapter 39
The ringing woke him up. It was high pitched, repetitive…and very annoying. He groaned in protest when he realized what it was, then nudged the body next to him. The owner of the body muttered something about pumpkin pie and whip cream, so he nudged the body again. "Hermione!"
"Ugh…Whaaat?"
"That bloody phone of yours won't shut up." He nudged her again. "Make it stop."
Hermione rolled over to grab her phone on her nightstand. "Who is calling me so early?" She squinted at the number and sighed. "It's Maggie."
"Tell her she sucks," Harry muttered into the pillow.
"Gladly" She flipped open her phone. "You suck."
"Well, good morning to you, too," Maggie said with slight humor in her voice. "Interrupt something this fine morning?"
"Yes…sleep. Mags, do you realize how early it is?"
"Jeez, it's only nine-thirty. You're usually up way before this when you have to be at your store."
Hermione looked over at her clock. "Wow…I didn't realize it was so late."
"It's not late," Harry's muffled voice said. "Nine-thirty is not late. Tell Mags to go away."
"Heard that, Har-Pot!"
Harry winced at the awful nickname Maggie had given him. "Shut up, Maggot!"
"All right, you two, that's enough." Hermione rolled her eyes. "Jeez."
Maggie chuckled in her ear. "I love razzing your man."
"Yes, I've noticed. So, what's up?"
"It's New Year's Eve, that's what! We're going to have a girl's day today, to get ready for the party tonight."
"A girl's day?"
"Yep…got everything taken care of. Got reservations at the Spa at Noon. I've already owled Ginny and I assume Luna's over there, so you can pass it along to her."
"A Spa?" Hermione asked trying to keep up. "What exactly are we going to do there?"
"Oh you know…girl's stuff. Nails, facial…all that jazz. Then we can go shopping…maybe find an outfit for tonight, alooong with some naughty underwear to drive our boys crazy."
Hermione smirked. "Naughty underwear, huh?"
Harry's head immediately lifted from the pillow. "All right I'm up. What are we talking about?"
Hermione smacked him on the shoulder while Maggie, who had heard him, let out a laugh. "Tell your perverted boyfriend he'll find out soon enough. I told Ginny we'd meet at your house in two hours. See you then."
Hermione sighed as she closed her phone. "That girl is crazy."
"Yeah. What about naughty underwear?"
Hermione couldn't help but laugh. "Nothing. Girl's day out today." Hermione threw the comforter off her and slid out of bed. "I'm going to get in the shower, go across the hall and tell Luna, will you?"
"What? No, way." Harry sat up in bed propping himself against the pillows. "I don't want to go over to Ron's room, there will be all kind of nakedness I don't want to see."
Hermione paused in front of the bathroom and raised an eyebrow. "Even Luna?"
"No, she's like my sister. That be too weird."
Hermione turned away from the bathroom. "Fine, I'll go." She picked up her robe and started to put it on. "Sure hope I don't see Ron naked…"
Harry was out of bed like a bullet. "On second thought, seeing Luna naked won't be all that weird."
Hermione chuckled as she dropped her robe. "That's what I thought." She went over to where he was pulling on his jeans. "But if you do get a peak, you better not enjoy the view."
"Aww, you're no fun," he teased as he leaned down to kiss her.
"Knock first," she said pointing a finger at him in warning.
"Duh." He turned her around and gave her little butt a pat. "Get in the shower, maybe I'll join you in a minute. Or hey, maybe I can ask Luna to come along…have a little shower orgy."
Hermione looked at him dryly. "Ha ha," she said before walking into the bathroom. "Very funny, Potter."
"Hey, who's joking?"
Hermione huffed a breath as her head poked back into the room. "Will you just go wake her up? For goodness sakes!"
Harry grinned when she disappeared back into the bathroom, mumbling curses along the way. It was good to know that annoying Hermione would never get old.
Dressed in only his jeans, Harry walked over across the hall and knocked on the door, then thought he'd play it safe by putting a hand over his eyes while he waited. He heard the door open, silence, then a female giggle. "Luna?"
"Yes, Harry…why are you covering your eyes?"
"Just in case you were naked. Er…you're not are you?"
"Why yes, I always answer the door naked."
Since Luna was always known for her oddness, he didn't quite know if she was teasing or not, but he couldn't help but take a peak through his fingers. She wasn't naked, but she was dressed in one of Ron's shirt that came down to almost her knees. "You big liar," Harry said removing his hand.
Luna stifled a laugh. "Sorry. What's up, Harry?"
Ron appeared behind her, scowling a him with hatred. "Yeah, Harry?" he growled. "What's up?"
Harry couldn't help but grin. "I'm sorry, I didn't interrupt anything did I? A morning tussle maybe?"
"As a matter of fact….oaf!" Ron doubled over when Luna elbowed him in the gut. "Gosh, Luna…what was that for?"
"Stop being rude." Luna smiled up at Harry. "Go ahead, Harry."
"I was told to wake you by Hermione." Harry shoved his hands in his pockets. "Maggie called her a few minutes ago…woke us up, the Maggot….anyway, you are all having some girls day out today or something. Ginny and Mags are meeting you guys here in a couple of hours."
"A girls day out?" Ron asked and then pouted. "But Luna, I thought we'd…"
"No, it's okay, Ron," Harry assured him handing up a hand. "They're going to go shopping for naughty underwear."
Ron watched Harry bob his eyes in excitement and Ron grinned from ear to ear. "Well, in that case," Ron said leaning down and kissed her on the cheek. "Have fun with the girls."
"Okay," she said dreamily doing a happy little twirl before walking past Ron. "I'm going to take a shower."
Ron smiled after her as he and Harry both watched her frolic to the bathroom. "She's so great…isn't she great?"
"You know, some of her loonyness slipped out of her during the war, but…I think you're bringing it back."
"Yeah?" Ron asked pleased at the idea. "That's a nice thought."
"So hey, I was thinking….since the girls are doing something, why don't we owl Neville and Draco…have a guys outing. Maybe go to the pub or something later, have a few beers, grab a bite…sound good?"
"Sure, I could definitely do that. Set it up and let me know, but now?" Ron looked over to where his bathroom was and grinned. "I've got a shower to join."
Harry grinned. "Well what do you know, so do I? Happy showering, Weasley."
Ron gave him a friendly punch on the arm. "Same to you, Potter."
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Harry stepped into the huge shower big enough for the orgy he was joking about, to find Hermione in the process of shampooing her hair. "Hello my love," Harry said closing the glass door behind him. "Thought I'd join you."
"See any nakedness?" she asked closing her eyes as she rinsed.
Harry admired Hermione's long wet body. "As a matter of fact."
Hermione opened her eyes, then sighed when she saw him staring at her. "Not now…over in Ron's room."
"No, no nakedness," Harry said slipping under the spray to rinse his hair. "I covered my eyes while I waited for an answer…just to be safe."
"Like Luna would answer to door naked."
"Hey, it's Luna," Harry pointed out grabbing the shampoo. "You never know."
Hermione thought about it, then nodded. "Good point." Hermione traded places with him so she could rinse out her conditioner.
"But she did take a rain check on that orgy."
"Good to know. So, what are you going to do today? One of us needs to run by the store to get food and drinks for tonight."
"I can do it this morning," Harry said as he waited for his turn. "While you girls are going out, the guys are meeting later today at the pub."
"Really?" Hermione asked moving aside for Harry. "That should be interesting. You going to talk about us?"
"Probably as much as you gals will talk about us," Harry said with a grin while he rinsed out the shampoo.
Hermione smiled as she slid under the spray with him, wrapping her arms around him. "Fair enough." She lifted her head up for a quick kiss. "So you don' t mind picking up some things this morning."
"Not at all." Harry ran his hands over her wet hair, then framed her face as he kissed her long and slow, backing her up against the shower wall. "When do you need to be ready?"
"Not for another hour and a half," she whispered as her hands already began to explore his wet, muscular body.
"Plenty of time." He nipped at her bottom lip before venturing further down. "Plenty of time to do all the things I want to do to you."
Hermione shivered as she arched her neck for him. "Really? Why don't how me what you had in mind?"
"My pleasure." Harry dropped to his knees. "I think I'll start right here."
Hermione's eyes drifted close when she felt him lift her leg and prop it on his shoulder, then gasped when he showed her just what he planned to do. "That's a good start."
Lucky for them…he was just getting started.