The Weasley Way

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First Chapter ...

Hermione/OC at first but will eventually be Hermione/Fred

15 year old Hermione Granger woke up and looked around her room, she remembered today was the last day she would be spending at home for the next year. Just the day before Hermione had received a letter from her best friend Ron, inviting her to stay at his house for the rest of the summer, until it was time to go back to Hogwarts. She got up and walked over to her desk and read the letter for what seemed to be the millionth time.

Hey Mione,

How have your holidays been?

Things have been pretty chaotic here, as usual,

We were talking last night and Mum said I could invite you and Harry to stay for the rest of the holidays, we can go to Diagon Alley and get our school stuff together, and all go to the train together too.

Hope you can come,

Ron

Hermione had sent back her reply only minutes later telling Ron she would be more than happy to spend the rest of the holidays with his family and that she would be arriving by Floo powder the next day at exactly 11 o'clock. She looked over to her bedside table and noticed that it was already 10.

"Wake up Hermione! You're going to the Weasley's today!" her mother called from the bottom of the stairs.

"I'm up! I'm going to have a shower."

15 minutes later Hermione walked down the stairs dressed in a white mini skirt, her favourite purple tank top, and her converse with her hair out and the fringe pinned back. Hermione had changed her look this summer, she was so sick of being known as the 'bookworm' and knew this was a good way to change.

"Morning 'Mione!" her sister Annabelle called from the lounge. The Granger's weren't sure if Annabelle was a witch as she was only 8, and hadn't started showing any signs yet.

"Hurry up and eat Hermione, you have to leave soon. Is your trunk packed?" her mother asked worriedly.

"Yes mother, I told you last night I have packed all my clothes and extra stuff in my trunk, and I'm going shopping for my school supplies sometime during the holidays with Harry and Ron." She replied frustrated.

"Oh ok dear, well it's almost 11, have you got you foo powder?"

"Yes Mum, and it's floo powder not foo powder."

"Oh, yes, yes, of course dear, now your Father says goodbye and wishes you good luck for your year ahead, he's sorry he couldn't be here to see you off."

"Mum stop stressing, I have to go now, bye Annie!"

"Cya Mione, have fun at school and with your friends."

"I will thanks, bye!" Hermione called as she stepped into the green fire and felt the flames pull her in.

Suddenly she fell out of an old fireplace, into what she recognised to be the lounge room of the Burrow, Ron's house. As soon as she fell out of the fireplace another figure came whooshing through, knocking her over and falling on top of her.

"What the?" Hermione's muffled voice asked.

"Hey Mione!" Fred exclaimed cheerfully, "Good to see you! How have you been in this time we've been apart." He asked her.

"Hi Fred, it's really good to see you too, and my holidays were great until you fell on top of me and made it so hard to breathe." She grinned as the realisation dawned upon his face.

"I am so sorry Mione, honest, I really didn't mean to." He said his neck turning the famous Weasley red.

"Don't worry about it Fred, it's ok really." She laughed.

"Hermione!" Ginny squealed as she ran down the stairs."

"Hey Gin!" Hermione exclaimed as the young girl enveloped her in a hug that would rival her mothers.

"Oh my god! You look great!" she gushed while holding Hermione at arms length examining her.

"You too Gin, I love that skirt."

"Really because you could borrow it any time."

They continued with the light banter until Ron stumbled down the stairs his hair still messy from sleep.

"Morning Ronald, how lovely of you to break from you slumber to greet me."

"Oh, hey Mione, I didn't know you were already here, maybe I should go put a shirt on or something."

"Yes please Ron, before I throw up my breakfast please." George complained, speaking up for the first time.

"Hey George, I didn't see you there!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Well that much was obvious." He grumbled into his cereal.

"Oh for heavens sake George, use a spoon." Mrs Weasley scolded as she entered the room. "Oh Hermione, how lovely to see you dear, now you'll be staying in Ginny's room of course, Fred would you help her carry her things up?"

"It's lovely to see you too Mrs Weasley, Fred don't worry about helping I can do it."

"It's alright I'll come help, I was heading up there anyway. So done anything interesting this summer, apart from the new look that is?"

"No not really, I was going to go out with some of my muggle friends but I didn't know that I was coming here, so we were supposed to go tomorrow, but now I won't be able to, but it doesn't matter."

"You should just ask Mum, she'll probably let you go."

"Yeah I might, I'll ask her after dinner."

"Sounds good, you right in here? I think I'm gonna go take a shower."

"Yeah, no problem, thanks for helping bring my stuff up, I'll see you later."

Hermione unpacked all her clothes into the chest of drawers and headed downstairs for dinner, the family ate in peace while the main topic of conversation was Harry's arrival the next day. After everyone was finished Hermione offered to help Fred wash up seeing as it was his turn, when Mrs Weasley brought some more of the dirty dishes in, Hermione approached her about going out the next day.

"Mrs Weasley?" she asked

"Yes Hermione dear, what is it?"

"Well earlier in the summer, before I knew I was coming here I made plans to meet up with some of my muggle friends in London, thing is they are meeting tomorrow and I was wondering if I would be able to go to London for the day?" she explained.

"Well I don't really like the idea of you going to London by yourself." She trailed off.

"I could go with her Mum," Fred piped up, "if that's okay with you Mione."

"That would be great Fred, really, do you mind if Fred goes Hermione?"

"Oh of course not Mrs Weasley, thank you for letting me go."

"No problem dear." She said as she left the kitchen.

"Thanks for that Fred, I'm so excited! I haven't seen some of them for ages." She squealed as she skipped over to the sink.

"It's no problem really, I've been wanting to get out of here all holidays, we haven't left the house." He complained.

"Well if you want after we see my friends, we can go do something you want, stay out for a while extra, I could take you on a tour of muggle London if you'd like."

"That'd be cool, the tour that is, if you're sure you wouldn't mind."

"Course not, it's the least I could do, I probably wouldn't be going if it wasn't for you."

"Guess not, well what time do you want to leave in the morning?"

"Um, we're meeting at 11 and we'll have to get there using muggle transport, do you think we could borrow your Dad's car?"

"Yeah for sure, everyone knows I'm the favourite son." He joked.

"Haha, well I have a muggle driving license, so what if we leave around 10?"

"Yeah that's good but don't be in the shower for ages or we might have to share." He winked and grinned as she realised what he had said. She was about to give him a mouthful when he interrupted her.

"Hey, relax I was kidding."

"Right, of course, well I'm going up to bed. Night Fred."

"Goodnight Hermione, see you bright and early then."

She skipped up the stairs excited at the prospect of seeing her old friends tomorrow, she snuck into Ginny's room quietly as she was already asleep, changed into her pyjamas and curled under the covers.

i have most of this story planned out but let me know what you think of this first chapter and what you think/want to happen next.

I'll update some more after 5 reviews.

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