When the breakfast was concluded and her parents had finished up their toiletry business including brushing and flossing their teeth, Hermione walked them to the door to the garage. Mr. Granger gave the tarp covering the cabinet a look and was about to say something when his wife stopped him.
"Richard, our daughter is more than welcome to invite her boyfriend here," She then looked at her daughter. "Are we still going shopping tonight? I'm looking forward to getting to know the young man."
"Yes, Harry..." Hermione stopped remembering that her father didn't know she'd seen Harry that morning. "I'm sure he'll be excited to go."
"Just call if you need anything," Richard said. "Have a good day and we'll see you after work," He bent a little and kissed the offered cheek of his daughter.
Once her parents had left, Hermione took a quick shower and redressed in her clothes. As she finished combing her hair, she studied herself in the mirror. She still didn't consider herself beautiful in comparison to girls like Cho Chang or Lavender Brown, but she knew Harry thought she was, and that was all that mattered.
"Of course he thinks you're beautiful dear," The familiar voice of the Goddess of Love appeared. "He is your soul mate. Wouldn't do much good to have two people made for each other who don't like the way the other looks now would it?"
"I guess not," Hermione agreed. She thought of her husband's messy locks of hair and smiled. She knew her husband would never be very tall or muscular, but that wasn't what she wanted anyway. Miranda was right. Harry was perfect for her as well. As she thought of Harry, an idea came to mind. She left the bathroom and walked into her parents' bedroom. On the dresser she saw what she needed. Sitting beside her mother's small jewelry box were two perfume bottles. Outside of the bottle of perfume Ron had given her (and she still wanted to analyze the contents of), she didn't own any perfume and very little beauty enhancing products. She'd never believed in such stuff before, but she wanted to do something special for Harry. She sniffed each of the bottles and made her choice. She dabbed a bit behind her ears and on her wrists before setting the bottle back down. After grabbing the invisibility cloak and her book bag from her room, she happily walked down the steps and out into the garage.
"Anyone there?"
"Only Sirius, come on over," Harry replied.
Harry assisted her out of the Cabinet this time and as he hugged her, he immediately inhaled the scent of her perfume. "Smelling nice for someone today?" He asked cockily.
"Maybe," She replied with a smile. "Do you like it?"
"Very much so," Harry replied as he pulled her close and placed several light kisses up her neck until his lips neared her ear where he inhaled again. "Very much indeed."
"Good," She murmured as the sensations of the kisses still radiated throughout her body. Finally she pulled away. "We should get moving. I thought I'd apparate under the cloak onto the doorstep like we did last ye...I mean well you know what I mean," When Harry nodded, she continued. "I'll walk up the street, remove the cloak and walk back. That way if anyone is looking out the window it will seem like I came on the Knight Bus."
"That'll work."
"How are we getting to the Ministry?" She asked. "Floo?"
"Dumbledore doesn't want Harry using the Floo if possible," Sirius said. "If someone in the Floo Network Authority is compromised they can intercept anyone using it. They can be forced out at any fireplace, and possibly into a trap. No, we are taking the Knight Bus. Arthur has held off going to work so he can go with us. I'm going as Padfoot so we break up the pattern of people walking around though."
"Tonks, Remus, Molly?"
"Not this time, Tonks is already at work and Remus left last night for an assignment from Dumbledore. We're only walking a couple of streets over so it shouldn't be an issue. Again Dumbledore doesn't want the Knight Bus being called to the same spot each time. Different number of people, different locations, nothing the same that people remember."
"We could just apparate you know," Harry said.
"I thought of that, and tried to convince Arthur to go on so we could," Sirius said. "Remember what I said about what I expect his and Molly's orders are from Dumbledore," He shrugged. "They'll be keeping an eye on you. So unless you want to advertise you're doing underage apparition, that's not happening today."
At Hermione's questioning glance, Harry silently filled her in on that part of the evening conversation. "As I told Sirius, it works out for the best."
"Just glad we have the cabinets," Hermione replied.
"Me too."
Hermione threw on the invisibility cloak and a small crack indicated she'd apparated away.
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