What You See Is What You Get...

The next day after breakfast, which Hermione had actually woken up for, Mrs. Weasley told everyone that they were going to Diagon Alley that day. They all got dressed and found the lists that had come by owl a few days before, and met down by the fireplace. They all got through to the village, and went their separate ways until they would meet back at The Leaky Cauldron before they left.

Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Harry and Luna all decided that they would get the things they needed first, then run around and hang out the rest of the afternoon (Hermione's idea of course). When they had checked everything off their list, they gathered in Florean's to get some ice cream. They had just sat down when in came Cali Misnet, dragging Draco Malfoy along behind her, hand in hand.

When she saw a shocked group of her friends from school, she yelled, "Hey guys! We'll come sit by you after we get some ice cream! Right Drake?" She looked at her boyfriend and to their surprise, he smiled and nodded sheepishly. They got a couple dishes and squished two chairs up to the table.

"So, how are all of you?! I haven't seen any of you since term ended!" she said energetically once situated. No one answered. They were all staring between Draco and each other, and back to Draco again. "Guys?"

They all started talking at once, saying generic responses such as, "Oh, fine, and you?", "Not too bad," "Tired from shopping," and the like.

"And er… how are you, Draco?" Ginny added, slowly. He glared at her, but after Cali elbowing him in the side, he answered.

"Great," he said, and smiled slightly, eyeing Cali to make sure she was satisfied with his answer. But he continued, "I've had a long holiday, really long. There wasn't much to do… when Cali wasn't around."

"Yeah, we spent a lot of time with each other over the summer. I got to see his mansion and spend some time with his mum. She's doing a lot better than last summer, since she's had a lot of time to get used to the idea of Lucius being in Azkaban. What did everyone else do?"

The rest of them were still staring at the very quiet, very tame looking Draco sitting at the same table. They couldn't believe how different he was than the Draco they remembered. "Er… I went to work with my dad. Helped out with The Quibbler and stuff," Luna spoke.

"My parents went somewhere abroad," Hermione said. "I stayed at the Burrow for a month."

"Oh yeah?" Cali said, propping her chin in her hands on the table, and smiling. "So, what did you two do, eh? You and Ron I mean."

"Oh, well," Ron began, turning tomato red. "Nothing really, er.. happened."

"Yeah, we're together now, but nothing --"

"Oh stop lying you two!" Ginny exclaimed. "Plenty happened! Especially to you Hermione!"

"Really!" Cali shrieked. "What?! Tell me!"

"Well, Ron got his apparator's license, right? And well, he's not very good --"

"Hey!" Ron yelled, as Draco started to laugh.

"Oh, shut up Draco, you're not any good either," Cali told him, and he immediately shut his mouth. "Keep going, Ginny!"

"No. Cali I'll tell you later okay. We have to get going anyway," Hermione said, looking at her watch.

"No we don't," Luna said.

"Yes, we do, Luna." Hermione said once more, directing her eyes at Draco quickly.

"Yeah, let's go," Ron agreed. Then everyone realized why, and stood up, said good-bye to Cali and Draco, and left the ice cream parlor.

"Ginny!" Ron shouted, slapping his sister upside the head.

"OW! What was that for?!"

"You know very well what it was for! Why did you have to start in on that, with Draco there? He doesn't need to know what happens between me and Hermione." Hermione and I, Hermione thought.

"I'm sorry, I was just trying to make conversation. What the heck was Malfoy doing anyway?"

"No kidding, he was all… nice and stuff," Harry said.

"Didn't you guys notice?" Luna said. "He's dating Cali. She has him whipped!" Everyone burst out laughing at the thought of Draco being under the control of a girl, and decided to go their separate ways.

"I've got to check out something at the quidditch store.," Harry said. "Anyone want to come with me?"

"Yeah, I will."

"I'll go with you and Luna too," Ginny said.

"Count me in," Ron said.

"Actually, Ron," Hermione started. "I want to show you this thing at Flourish and Botts."

"A book?" Ron asked, unenthusiastically.

"No, not a book." She saw his look of disappointment. "Oh, just come on."

Luna smirked. "We'll see you guys later then." And they all turned and went their separate ways. Just as they turned around, Ginny ran into someone and he knocked her over, falling on top of her.

"Oh, I'm sorry," he started, picking himself up off of the ground, brushing off his pants. He held out his hand to help her up.

She took it and said, "Oh, its okay. I didn't wat--" she stopped and starred into his eyes.

"Ginny…"

"Dorian."

They both looked away, and didn't know what to say. Luna whispered something to Harry and they walked away.

"How've you been this summer?" he asked her. "Since.. well, you know."

"Oh, fine I guess. Just kind of, stayed around home. Always something happening with fifteen people in the house."

"Yeah."

"And yours?"

"Meh, not that great. I really missed hearing from you after a while."

"Oh."

"I'm not really sure why I broke up with you. I really don't have the slightest idea."

"Then why did you?" Ginny asked, stifling back tears.

"I don't know!" Dorian laughed. Ginny smiled. "Want to get back together, Ginny?"

"Yes! That would be soo awesome!" Ginny replied excitedly. "Er… well, sure, if you want to."

"Yeah, of course." They hugged, kissed, and ran off to find an empty alley.

Meanwhile, Hermione was dragging Ron through the busy shoppers towards the bookstore. Ron was still not sure what he was bringing him there for. "So what's this thing you want to show me anyway, Hermione? I know Flourish and Botts is your favorite store and everything, but I'm not a huge fan of it."

"You'll see. Just wait."

Ron kept walking, but wasn't satisfied with Hermione's answer. They walked into a crowded bookstore, and she took his hand to lead him. They went past rows and rows of bookcases, through a somewhat hidden, twisty hallway, turned a corner, and came to a door that was very hard to see, and had no handle. Hermione took out her wand and whispered a few words, and the door handle appeared. She opened up the door, and shut it behind her and Ron when they were inside.

"Hermione -- what is this? Where are we?"

"This," Hermione said, turning on a dim blue light. "Is the restricted section--"

"The what?"

"--or the equivalent thereof."

"Huh?"

"This little room is full of novels that are, shall we say, naughty." Ron turned around as Hermione turned on a brighter light, illuminating a seemingly endless room of stacks of books and cases. It was as if they were in a completely different store. The rows were so close together, there was only room for about one or two people between each one.

"Okay, and why is it that we're here?"

"No one is allowed in this room without the key from an employee. Obviously the majority of the customers in the shop at this time of year are Hogwarts students. The people working here aren't going to be worried about anyone wanting to read these so called--" Hermione smirked. "--smutty books, now are they?"

"No," Ron said oddly, noticing the way she said 'smutty'. "Hermione, why'd you say it like that…"

"Oh, I suppose I've read a few myself," she answered.

"How'd we get in then?" Ron asked.

"Let's just say that I'm Hermione and just know things like that, shall we?" With that she rammed up against him, and started kissing him with all sorts of passion. They stumbled back through a few stacks of books, and managed to roll up against one of the cases till they came to another area of the room. Their arms entangling, knocking over books, they couldn't control their lust. But there wasn't much room to do anything other than kiss and move their arms much, so they weren't able to do anything other than that.

They ended up hitting a wall, what Ron thought was the back of the room, as his back was on it. Hermione pushed up against him forcefully once more, and the wall gave way. They fell back onto a hard street out in the open, Hermione on top of Ron, but after a quick glance around, they saw no one was around, and kept at it, not caring how they got there. With room to move now, Hermione tore off her shirt. They kissed once again, and rolled so Ron was now on top. He leaned in to her neck with his lips, and started to move down to her chest, her fingers combing through his hair.

"Blimey! What're yeh two doin'?" Hagrid's voice boomed. "Out in the middle o' public!"

"Hagrid! Where did you--" Hermione quickly shoved Ron off of her and put her shirt back on. Ron stood up quickly, but didn't know what to do with himself.

"We were just -- er -- well, you see, Hagrid--"

"Don' worry about it, Ron. I jes hope yeh two get a room next time. Blimey, what a shock to see when strolling down the street," Hagrid said, and he walked off towards the commotion of the main street.

"How did we get out here anyway?" Ron said to Hermione, totally confused.

"There must be another secret door somewhere around here. We just happened to push against the right part of the wall."

"That was pretty awesome, though," Ron said smiling. "We should go to Flourish and Botts all the time!"

"Oh, Ron, you pervert!" Hermione teased, pushing Ron toward the busy street.

"Pervert?! You're the one who wanted to go back in that little room in the first place!"

"Yeah, well its not my fault you're so hot!"

"Well, I guess if you put it that way. I am pretty damn hot," Ron laughed. They made their way into the hustle and bustle, but were surprised to see it so much more excited than usual.

"Wow, what's going on out here?" Hermione said, her smile drifting away.

"I don't know. Hey, here comes Harry, Luna and Ginny."

"Ron! Hermione!" Ginny shouted. "We've been looking all over fo--"

Harry interrupted ecstatically, a wide smile stretched across his face. "SIRIUS HAS BEEN CLEARED!! HIS NAME'S CLEARED!! EVERYONE KNOWS THE TRUTH!!!"