They arrived into the entrance hall of the 'house' and couldn't believe their eyes; they were directly below the master bedroom with matching glass walls and view.
Both just stood there staring as elves took their bags while informing them that Harry and Hermione were on the beach.
They walked, hand in hand towards the sand. Neville was astonished at all the flora that surrounded the path while Ginny couldn't help but look back at the beautiful house. It appeared to be in a flattened 'V' shape, giving all the bedrooms on both sides views of the beach.
Their eyes soon became focused on the same scene; Harry was lying on some sort of bed, wearing the tiniest pair of swimming trunks imaginable while Hermione, dressed in less than Ginny wore for underwear, was rubbing lotion onto his back.
Neville was a pureblood that had led a very sheltered life, seeing Ginny in shorts and tee shirt almost made him pass out, so Hermione in a bikini was a bit more than he was ready for. When Ginny leaned over and whispered in his ear, "that looks like fun and I have got to get me whatever mum is wearing!" Neville was catatonic.
She led him over to her adopted parents, reminding him to put one foot in front of the other and to breath occasionally.
Hermione looked over and waved as Ginny led Neville to one of the sun loungers and put a cold bottle of butterbeer into his hand, she tried very hard not to laugh when Ginny had to lift his hand to his mouth so the overheating boy could drink from the bottle and hopefully cool down.
She knew it was partly their fault but the bikini she was wearing was one of her more 'conservative' ones. Harry and her had went overboard with their Christmas gifts this year but the joy on her husbands face as he thought of the perfect gift meant she couldn't deny him anything he wanted to buy.
The problem had arose when they tried to buy gifts for each other, they couldn't keep secrets and both honestly felt they had everything that could ever be wished for.
Their solution was simple; buy small, fun gifts for each other so their swimwear was bought as part of their Christmas to each other. Hermione was definitely enjoying having Harry in his green Speedo's while he certainly was appreciative of her wearing one of the bikini's he bought, though some of them would never be worn outside of their bedroom.
Neville slowly calmed down while Ginny gushed about how much they had enjoyed the Yule Ball and that a lot of people were disappointed they never appeared. Ginny secretly thought that it was a good idea that they never attended, she knew one wrong word or, Merlin forbid, an inappropriate action towards Hermione or Harry would have seen blood spilt.
People needed more time to adjust to the fact they were not only married but adults, there would probably always be witches and wizards out there who thought her parents were meant for them and, with one look their wish would be fulfilled.
Ginny knew better than anyone that nothing would come between these two and only pain awaited for anyone who tried. There were some seventh years at the ball, dressed for success but finding the objects of their desires couldn't even be bothered turning up. It was a severe blow to some over inflated egos and Ginny had loved it.
Neville had already decided this was his favourite place in the whole world and it had nothing to do with his imagination placing Ginny in whatever Hermione was wearing. After being here less than an hour he could already feel the tranquillity seep into his bones as the sun, sea and sand worked their magic on the boy who, until today thought Diagon Alley was exotic. For the first time in his life Neville felt at peace with himself.
After a while they headed back to the house, Harry explained that they would be having daily lunch meetings with Narcissa and Neville was welcome as long as he kept anything he heard secret. Ginny was already a member of Stag Industries and he didn't want Neville to feel left out.
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