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One

Hermione tried not to focus on the way Harry's arm rested around Ginny's shoulders or how she leaned toward him. She tried not to notice the lovey-dovey looks they gave each other when they thought she and Ron weren't paying attention. And she tried desperately to pretend that she and Ron didn't have any kind of romantic past. It only made things awkward when she remembered their short, volatile relationship.

Just then, Harry was ordering them another round of drinks, Ron was eye-flirting with a pretty blonde who was sitting at the bar, and Ginny was filling Hermione in on her and Harry's plans for parenthood.

"…playing Quidditch for five years already, so I really don't mind taking a few years off to start our family," Ginny explained, though Hermione was only half-listening. It wasn't that she wasn't happy for the couple because she was; it was just that she'd always thought she'd be experiencing similar things around the same time as Harry and Ginny.

And it wasn't that she wished she were experiencing those things with Ron because she'd been happier in the year since they'd broken up than during the six month relationship they'd shared.

"Hermione!" Harry called out.

She jumped slightly. "What?"

"Ginny was asking you something," he explained.

Blushing, Hermione said, "I'm sorry. I was a bit distracted. Forgive me?"

Ginny smiled understandingly. "Of course. I was wondering what you're doing this summer? You haven't said anything about your plans."

"Oh! I'm actually planning a holiday to Eastern Europe."

Ginny's eyebrows rose to hide behind her trendy bangs. "Oh really? Going to visit a certain Bulgarian?"

"Maybe," Hermione said teasingly.

"You're going to visit Viktor?" Ron rejoined the conversation, frowning at Hermione. Apparently the Bulgarian Seeker was still a sore point for him.

Hermione glared lightly at Ron. "And what if I am?" She wasn't. But that wasn't the point.

Ron simply made a disgruntled noise and looked away. A moment later he said, "Oi, there's Fred and George." Louder, he called out to them, standing and waving a hand in the air. "We're over here."

Everyone greeted the twins as they joined their table, sitting on either side of Hermione.

"What did we miss?" Fred asked.

"Hermione was just telling us about the holiday she'll be taking to see Viktor this summer," Ginny told them, looking at Hermione with a mischievous grin on her face.

The twins raised their eyebrows, looking at Hermione. "Is that right?" they asked slowly.

"I never said I was visiting Viktor," she said, defensive yet amused. She knew that if she denied it just a bit, they'd believe it even more, which would work out to her benefit.

"How long will you be on the continent?" George asked, a small smirk gracing his lips. The look he was giving her made her feel as though he knew precisely where she was going, and it unnerved her.

"About a month. I'll be leaving in July." She smiled at him, hoping that her expression said that it wasn't a big deal and that it didn't bother her one bit that they were all talking about it.

"Well I hope you have a good holiday, then," George said, wiggling his eyebrows comically.

"George!" Hermione blushed, mortified at the implication. She wasn't a prude, but she didn't want her friends to be talking about her sex life, especially in public! Fortunately, he let the subject drop. The evening continued with light conversation, lots of laughing and teasing, eating and drinking. Hermione found herself to be very lucky to have such a wonderful group of friends.

"We'd better be off," Harry said quite a bit later, his arm wrapped around Ginny's shoulders. She kissed him lightly, and her brothers groaned.

"Oi! Get out of here! We don't need to be seeing you defile our sister!" Fred exclaimed, though he was grinning.

"Oh, shut up!" Ginny said, laughing. "Fine, fine, we're leaving!"

"Well, in that case, I think I should probably be off myself," Ron said, wiggling his eyebrows at the twins. "You'll be all right, Hermione?"

Rolling her eyes, she said, "Yes, Ron, I'll be fine," and watched him saunter to the bar to flirt with the pretty blonde more. She just shook her head at his back, though there were no hard feelings.

When she turned her attention back to the twins, it was to find them both looking at her with matching, sneaky expressions. It was, without a doubt, unnerving. She waited for them to say something.

They didn't.

Finally, she asked, "What?"

Slowly, they grinned. "We know where you're really going," George said.

Her stomach jumped at his words. How was that possible? No one knew except her and Charlie.

"What do you mean? I'm going to Eastern Europe, just like I said," she told them, licking her lips nervously.

"Romania," Fred said simply.

"To see Charlie," George added.

Hermione pulled her lower lip between her teeth anxiously. "How do you know?"

George smiled brightly. "We visited him last week. We needed some supplies that he graciously acquired for us."

"And we saw the letters he'd happened to leave out on a table."

Hermione gasped. "You read his mail?! My private letters to him?" she exclaimed.

Fred laid a calming hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, Hermione."

"We won't tell anyone."

"Besides," Fred said. "You're just visiting a friend, right?"

She shifted in her chair, still annoyed that they'd read her letters. "Well, yes, but you still shouldn't have read those letters."

The twins merely continued to smile at her, and she knew she couldn't stay mad at them. It was in their nature to snoop. And they'd said they wouldn't tell anyone. It would all work out. Right?

Right.


A/N: This is part one of a ten part story that was written for kalina_blue on Live Journal for the 2008 Weasley Fest Fic Exchange. I've chosen to post each part as a separate chapter, so they will be short, however it is complete so updates will be at least twice a week.

Many thanks to my lovely beta, Gelsey!