Hello! This is my first attempt at writing a multi-chaptered story. YAY! I'm not really fond of the idea that they should be involved in a relationship at such a young age (Hermione's only 15,am I right?). I personally believe that 15 is still too young (or am I just old? -.-) . But let's just not mind their ages.

Again, HP's not mine. Not JK either.

It was chilly and the moon was still out. Only a dull, greenish tinge along the horizon to their right showed that daybreak was drawing closer. Hermione walked side by side with Harry and Ron. Ginny was beside Ron. The twins who were furious about what happened a while ago (Mrs. Weasley confiscated all of their invented products they have attempted to smuggle out of the house), walked ahead of them. Mr. Weasley was on the lead. Harry marched towards him, and they started talking while the others just kept quiet.

After a while, they were joined by Amos Diggory and to Hermione's delight and to the boys' dismay, Cedric Diggory. They still haven't gotten over by the Gryffindor's defeat at Cedric's hands.

"Hi Hermione!" Cedric greeted. The others looked at Hermione with obvious surprise. They didn't know Hermione and Cedric were friends.

"Haven't seen you in a while eh? How are you?" The handsome boy beamed at her.

"Fine. It's really good to see you. I haven't seen you in a long time!" Hermione chattered excitedly.

The two chatted along the way until they reached the venue. Then the Weasleys plus Harry and Hermione and the Diggory's separated ways.

They went to their spot which was booked by Mr. Weasley beforehand. Then they started putting up their tent. It wasn't big from the outside but when you look at it from the inside, it's definitely enough for them. Hermione was really amazed. Being a witch is really something. It's true she already managed to read a lot of good books about magic but seeing it is different.

Mr. Weasley asked Harry and Ron to fetch water while the others would look for wood they could use for the fire. An enthusiastic Mr. Weasley told them that they are going to do everything the muggle way. So Harry and Ron went away immediately, with Ron complaining, of course.

"The four of you will gather wood. It's best if you do it in pairs. So Ginny and Hermione- Oh. No. You can't do the job together. Ginny, you'll go with-"

"I'll go with Ginny." interrupted George. The glint in his eyes says that he's up to something. Are they going to prank her? She looked at Fred to see whether he has the similar look with that of his twin. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was glaring at George. Although she felt secured that they wouldn't prank her she couldn't fathom what would cause Fred to look at his twin in that way.

"Alright. Then you'll go and search on the left side of the forest and Hermione and Fred will be on the right."

"Alright." they all said at the same time.

"You two." Mr. Weasley called Fred and George. "Take care of the girls will you?" he asked them kindly.

"We don't need reminding Dad. Ginny's my sister. Hermione's …" George stopped speaking. He looked at Fred and Hermione with a meaningful grin. Ginny tried to hide her laugh with a cough. Fred scowled. "…and Hermione's a friend."

"Alright. Go then." said Mr. Weasley, beaming. The man knew what was going on. Hermione's the only one who doesn't have an idea of what's happening. And she hated it.

The four of them went and separated according to Mr. Weasley's instructions. Fred and Hermione walked towards the right side of the forest. They just kept on walking without a single word uttered. Hermione could feel the tension between them. She just doesn't know what is it all about.

When they started gathering wood, it was Hermione who broke the silence.

"So umm," she started saying but Fred interrupted her. "You didn't tell me Diggory's a friend of yours." he said in a plain tone.

"Oh that. He became my friend during my first year at Hogwarts. He helped me a lot with some, er, stuff. We became good friends since then."

"Oh really. Doesn't seem like it." Fred said coldly and he fell silent again. He busied himself with the task assigned to them. Hermione was stunned to hear Fred speak like that. She never thought Fred to be capable of such hostility.

"So what are you implying?" Hermione asked.

"Nothing." Fred shrugged.

"It's not nothing. You think there's something between us?" asked Hermione. Fred just shrugged again and continued picking up pieces of wood.

Hermione thought that explaining is not really necessary but she doesn't want Fred to get the wrong idea.

"Well, Cedric and I met when I was just a first year student. I was at the library then. I wasn't friends with Harry and Ron at that time yet, so I was alone." Hermione smiled sadly at the memory. If it weren't for the troll, she wouldn't have friends. "He saw me having troubles with performing a spell and he helped me. Then after that, we often see each other and he lends me lots of good books. That's it." Hermione looked at Fred but to her dismay, Fred's expression remained unreadable. Hermione sighed.

After several silent minutes, Fred called Hermione, "Hey, I think we've gathered enough. Let's go back." Hermione was surprised to see Fred as cheerful as he can be. They talked about the upcoming Quidditch game while walking back to their tent. It seemed like things were going back to normal. Well, as normal as they can be. Fred tried to trick her a bit. However, when Hermione noticed what he was doing, she took a piece of wood and tried to smack Fred with it while shouting, "You're incorrigible!"

The first line is really from the book (GOF).

So, what do you think? Should I continue this? Is there something I should correct? I'm actually a bit excited to post this. Parts of this story came from my first fanfiction (Fred/OC) which I will not post here.