Hermione Granger was widely known as being the calmest of the Golden Trio. Ron and Harry were hot tempered for the title, though Harry more than Ron. Either way, the majority of the Wizarding World (in Britain anyway) always thought Hermione knew how to handle any situation.
They were wrong.
Hermione was knocking rapidly on the last door of the second hallway of her apartment building. It still amused her, to this very day that he rented an apartment in the same building as her, once his brother got hitched.
After nearly ten minutes of knocking, the door finally opened.
"Fred, I need your help."
"Actually Hermione, I'm kind of in the middle of something…"
"It can wait," Hermione said briskly, pushing past Fred, who was standing dumbstruck in his door in a hastily tied bathrobe and with bubbles in his hair.
"Er…alright." Hesitantly, Fred followed her into the flat.
Hermione flopped dramatically onto Fred's sofa, covering her eyes with her hand and sighing. "You remember the University I applied to, right? The Arithmacy one in Whales?"
Fred nodded, cautiously sitting on the arm of the couch. It wasn't that Fed didn't like seeing Hermione; on the contrary, he often wondered if he liked seeing the brainy brunette a little too much. He just wasn't sure what the point of this little meeting was, and the now damp bathrobe was starting to stick in not-so-comfortable places.
"I got an owl back from them today. I was rejected."
Fred's mouth dropped open in shock. "Did they say why? That's ridiculous, how –?"
"It's an all-boys school," Hermione interrupted. "Apparently, they forgot to mention that part in the brochure," she added bitterly.
"Oh Hermione," Fred muttered. "I'm sorry."
Hermione sighed again, sitting up straight. "That's why I need your help," she said. "I need to go to that school."
"But if it's a school for blokes…"
"Then I guess I'm going to have to become a bloke."
Fred fell off the arm of the couch, landing on the floor with a loud bang. "W-w-what?" he spluttered.
Yay, new story! I'm really excited about this goofy little AU, and I hope you guys enjoy it. It won't be updated as much as He Noticed Her, but it won't be abandoned. Leave me a review with your thoughts!