"This isn't going to work."

"You don't know that."

"Yes I do."

"I don't care. It's her."

"Yeah and she wasn't named the Smartest Witch of her Generation for nothing you know. She'll see through it in a heartbeat."

"No she won't."

"She's already getting suspicious. Yesterday she asked me why you looked so tired in the middle of the day."

"I hope you didn't tell her the truth."

"What? That you're half asleep in the shop 'cos you're up all night trying to do incredibly difficult magic for her? Rest easy, I didn't."

"Cheers. So... what did you tell her?"

"That you'd had another nightmare about her nagging you."

"George!"

"Kidding, kidding. I said you were tired 'cos you were up half the night preparing for the new opening in Hogsmede."

"See? There is a plan."

"Yeah one that'll blow up in your face faster than an Exploding Snap deck."

"Quit being such a misery guts. It will work."

"That's what you said last time. And the time before that. And the time before that. Face it, mate, if she was going to fall in love with you she'd have done it already."

"James Potter didn't give up on Lily Evans and I'm not going to give up on my Hermione Granger."

"You got this idea from Sirius didn't you?"

"He may have had some input."

"How do you know she'll even take you in?"

"She loves animals."

"Well, Crookshanks will definitely see through it. He's done it before, remember?"

"That's a risk I'll have to take."

"I admire your nerve Freddie, but she'll just think you're a creep."

"Whose side are you even on?!"