Now What? by WeasleyForMe
George asks Hermione for help with a colour changing charm, but what's his true motive?
I was bored, so I wrote a short little one-shot especially for YOU!
Fred and George were misbehaving in the Gryffindor Common Room when they saw Hermione, Ron and Harry return from class. "I'll ask her now," George told Fred with a sly grin as he stood and walked toward Hermione.
"Good luck," Fred called after his twin, shaking his head in disbelief. He couldn't believe what George was about to attempt to do with the cutest know-it-all in Gryffindor, right in front of other students.
George waited until she was separated from Ron and Harry. "Hermione, can I ask you something?"
She stopped and appraised him skeptically. "What do you need, George?"
"Can you help me with this colour changing charm? I can't seem to get it just right," he said with a shrug.
Hermione still wasn't convinced that this wasn't some sort of prank, but she set down her bag, saying, "Sure, I suppose."
George smiled brightly. "Thanks, Hermione."
She pulled her wand out of her pocket. "First, hold your wand out like this."
George did as he was told. "Okay, now what?"
"Next you swish it like this," she told him, as she cut a zigzag through the air.
George followed her example. "Okay, now what?" he asked with a small grin.
She looked up at him and smiled. "Then you say 'colourdiversus' while you think of the new colour you want an object to change to," she told him.
George thought for a moment. "Okay, now what?" he asked, smiling at her.
Hermione just shook her head and smiled. "Then you perform the spell… Colourdiversus!" Hermione waved her wand and turned one of the pillows on the couch from crimson to turquoise. "You just have to imagine the new colour while you say it."
"Okay, now what?" George asked again with another brilliant smile.
Hermione laughed and looked at him a bit oddly. "Well, then you change the colour of things, George," she said. "I guess, at this point, you can do anything you want to do. You could change that-"
George cut her off. "Wait, what did you just say?"
Hermione looked confused. "I said, you can do whatever you want to."
George smirked. "Well, in that case…"
Before Hermione knew what was happening, George leaned down and gently kissed her lips. She gasped from surprise, but George didn't back off. Instead, he wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her body against his. He placed sweet kisses on her lips, causing her to completely forget that they were in the Common Room. She wrapped her arms around his neck and basked in this new, amazing feeling.
When the pulled apart to breathe, Hermione recalled where she was. She wriggled out of his grasp. "Why did you do that?" she asked quietly as she studied him.
George had a huge grin plastered on his face. "You told me to do whatever I wanted to do." Then he leaned down and kissed her lips once more before saying, "Thanks for your help. If you're available later, maybe you can help me with the Supersensory Charm… it's quite tricky. It might take me hours to master it." He turned and headed for his dorm room, giving Hermione a wink before he disappeared from sight. Hermione was left in the middle of the Common Room receiving glares from the other girls.
"I think I can free my schedule," Hermione murmured to herself as the gathered up her things and headed to her room.
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