Dark Waters Require Warmth

Chapter 10 - A Splash in the Pool

For the first couple days Hermione continued to grab a second cup of coffee habitually for her girlfriend who wasn't there. She would end up giving it to Tonks who drank it in disgust and would add loads of sugar.

"How are you doing dear?" Andromeda asked Hermione while the four crew members sat and ate a quiet breakfast.

"I'm ok. I just didn't expect something like this, and it hit me quite harder than I thought it would. I'm not that great with goodbyes, even if I know I will see the person again."

"Aw love, don't worry, only two more weekdays and the weekend and then we will be heading to the hotel and we'll see her there." Andromeda scooted closer to Hermione and wrapped her arms around her, placing a kiss on her forehead. "I miss her too."

Hermione spent most of her time in her room watching the sharks' paths and writing down data to try and keep her mind occupied for the time being.

The weekend finally came and Hermione started packing so she would be ready when they left the boat to stay at the hotel. She was excited to take a long warm shower and fall asleep on a still bed. Even though she liked falling asleep to the rocking of the boat, sometimes she would get tired of trying to fall asleep after a while.

The weekend consisted of everyone frantically getting everything together for the week break, while trying to enjoy their weekend.

"Do you know if the hotel has breakfast?" Hermione asked Narcissa.

"I believe they will, dear." Narcissa smiled and added, "If you see a vending machine please tell me, I would love to buy all the chocolate from it for myself." She smirked and left Hermione alone for the rest of the day. Everyone seemed to be leaving Hermione some room to sit in her own thoughts, but she knew that even if they spoke to her, they wouldn't be able to fill the hole that Bellatrix filled.

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It was a wonderful Sunday evening and Andromeda was navigating her way towards the shore for them to park and head to the hotel.

When they reached the dock, Andromeda made sure everything was secure and waved someone down to ask for someone from Feared Beauties to come and do their inspections on the boat. They all grabbed their stuff and left to try and find the hotel.

They seemed to be walking for and hour since none of them had service to use Google Maps and Andromeda only had a small map with the hotel marked deep within the island.

"This doesn't make any sense. We should be there by now!" Tonks huffed, taking a break from walking and throwing their backpack on the ground.

"Oh! I think that's it! There's a really bright purple light coming from that way!" Hermione jumped to try and see more over the large palm trees and other brush and confirmed that the sign said 'hotel'.

When they arrived, the front desk person automatically knew who they were and gave them all their room keys, one for Andromeda and Narcissa, one for Tonks, and one for Hermione. They rushed up to their rooms after agreeing that they would meet down in the lobby at 8 to try and find a place to eat at for a late dinner.

Hermione threw her bags on the floor and stripped off her clothes as quickly as possible to take a long shower. She groaned as the hot water ran down her back. 'God this is nice...' She turned off the water when she was done showering and dried off to get ready for dinner, since it was already 7. She put on a butter yellow dress she hadn't worn yet. She let her hair down and put on some light eyeshadow realizing it was already 7:50. She headed out to the lobby and was enveloped in a hug by the others who told them how proud they were of all her hard work thus far.