Okay hey so this is how I'm gonna try to work,it's told in Fred's point of view although I might add is Hermione's once in awhile. So ya, if you have any idea just tell me and I'll try to fit them in as long as they go with the story. Hope you like it!
Disclaimer: As much as a hate to write to this…..I don't own Harry Potter! OH how sad I'm gonna cry!
I
remember how me and Hermione first started out. I first started
to
realize her, as more then icky ronnikens best friend, at the night
of the Yule ball. We were all waiting for our dates in the common
room...
Soon it was only me waiting for Alicia Spinnet.
One of the hottest girls of my year and I'm embarrassed to admit
but at the time, being a teenage boy, I only had one thing on my mind
for that night.
When I heard a girl walking down the steps I
thought it was my date
so I walked up. To my surprise it was
Hermione granger. She wore a
cuffed sleeved light blue dress with
a trace of sparkles in her hair. Wait, I though, did her hair looks
very different, except for the fact that it had sparkles (I'm not
that oblivious). It took me a little while to figure it out but she
had sleeked it down and magiced her teeth to be straight. She was
beautiful.
I realized I must have been staring because Hermione had stopped walking down the steps. In order to make myself not look stupid I said
"Hermione you're late. I'm in shock".
'oh
great that helped', I thought. 'Why am I so stupid'
"Haven't
you heard of being fashionably late, Fred." she said as she
walked by. "Now if you don't mind I have to go meet my date"
she
said in a-mater-of-factly way.
"Ya by the way who is
he" she had been keeping it from us for so long, as if
not to jinx it.
"You'll just have to find out" she
said with a smile and walked out.
At
the ball me and Alicia just sat at our table. I'm not the most
graceful dancer but Alicia didn't seem to understand and she dragged
me to the floor. I think she started to understand once I started
stepping on her toes. I was just about to apologize for the 6th time
when I saw her face. I could tell I was getting nowhere tonight so I
wasn't in the greatest mood. A scream suddenly cut off my
thinking.
"A WHAT?" a girl
screamed
"Listen, Herm-on-ninny that's vat it started out
as but-"
"NO, I don't care how it started out" the
girl's voice started o crackle as she tried to continue." I don't
care! But that's how it did!" and the girl ran out.
The
mumbling starting up again and I went to get some drinks for us.
When
I got back to the table Alicia was gone. To tell you the truth it
didn't come to a complete surprise to me.
I decided to go out for
a walk to get some fresh air. I was walking
along the bang of the
lake when I saw a girl walking back and forth with her sandals being
held by the strap in her hand. It took me a little while but then I
then realized that the moon made her hair glitter...
"Hermione?"
I whispered to the girl hoping it was her and that I didn't just make
a fool of myself.
She looked at me with a face that looked like
she had just been crushed. "It was a dare" she said as if
still in shock "Victor only asked me out on a dare"
"Mione
listen, don't worry about him, he's just a git." I mean what
could say she was just turned down at the Yule ball and to make it
worse it was by Victor Krum, the all famous Quidittch player! The
only other line that came to my head was " If you ever need to
talk you can always talk to little 'ol Fred" I said with my
famous lopsided smile.
It
seemed to work though. It made her smile. It was one of those 'I was
just crying' smile, but it was beautiful all the same. "Thanks but
I'm going to stay out here for a little bit'' she said trying to keep
her voice steady.
I nodded and turned around getting ready to walk
away. "Fred?" she asked.
I turned around and waited for
her to finish. "Save me a dance?" she asked uncertainly.
"Sure"
and said with a smile. She looked at me and then continued
to
walk along the bank.
Thank goodness that it was dark out or else
she would have seen my ears started to blush.
As
I walked back into the great hall I saw Alicia dancing with Cedric
Diggory. Now every girl has a crush on him so it's only
natural that I hate his guts.
So I joined my little brother Ron by
the fire, his date has also 'mysteriously' disappeared. After a
while of talking about quidditch, I gathered up my courage and asked
Cho Chang for a dance. She was a Ravenclaw in my year and had this
exotic look in her eyes.
As the school started to mix and mingle,
soon people were dancing with the kids from other schools. When I
danced with at least five girls the one really wanted to dance with
came up to me at the drink table.
" So did you save me a dance?" Hermione asked in a shy voice. I could tell she was feeling weird but hey, I thought, I mean why not I am THE FRED WEASLEY (wow my ego was really big back then).
"Why
of course Miss Granger" I said trying to put charming my voice.
It didn't work, I just sounded dumb. I felt my ears start to become
red while I tried to cover it with my hair. Hermione didn't seem to
notice but now that I look back on it I think she just wanted to make
me feel good and not hurt my ego.
I took her by the hand and
brought her into the middle of the dance floor. It felt like in those
muggle movies when you bring a lady out to the dance floor and
everybody makes way for you to walk through. It felt great! I could
see that Hermione felt a little uncomfortable dancing with me as I am
Ron's older brother but half way through the slow song we were
dancing to she loosened up a bit. As the song started to end the
Weird sisters made an announcement, "Thanks folks but we only have
time for one last song so grab somebody special to dance with!"
Hermione started to move away but I reach out for her arm. She turned
around with a smile "why two in one night, I must be lucky
tonight", she said.
By now I was able to see Ron leaning up on
the wall looking at me. Just then Malfoy came up next to him. I could
hear what they were saying and couldn't believe my ears.
"What's
the matter didn't get a chance to dance with the muddleblood Weasel?"
Draco asked in a smug voice.
" Don't call her that"
Ron spat through his teeth.
" Fine have it your way. At least
I know how to get what I want"
Now that was going too far.
Almost everybody knew how Ron felt about Hermione but nobody was
stupid enough to say it.
"I would shut up if I were you" said Ron taking his wand out of his pocket. Draco had started to reach for his wand then Ron Said "I wouldn't take that put if I were you". Draco pulled his hand of his pocket not to reveal his wand. He showed his palm and then made it into a fist and threw the first punch.
Ron's
wand fell out of his hands but didn't seem to notice. He just used
his fist. Now it was Hermione' turn to see the action.
As she
turned around to see what was happening, she let go and started to
make her way through the circle that had form around Draco and Ron.
When we got there we saw Harry holding Draco back and a couple of
other 4th years holding his two body guards in a full body bind.
Draco broke free of Harry's grasp and said "Well Weasel look, the
mudblood came to watch". Ron threw a punch at him and hit his left
eye, while Draco threw one back. To my shock Hermione ran in front
and took the blow. I didn't realize why she did that until I looked
at Ron. I always remembered how he got beat easily and never backed
away from a fight but this was ridicules. He had a black eye and
looked like he was about to faint.
Hermione just stood there with
an odd smile on her face "You stupid git" he said calmly then
threw a punch back at him.
I didn't know what to do I just stood
there (again). I didn't know if Malfoy would hit back. He had this
death glare in his eyes. He looked at Hermione for what seemed like
an hour then stalked out the great hall.
Seamus and Harry help Ron
up to the dorm and Hermione waited for the circle to go back to the
dance floor to finish up there dance. When everybody left, she walked
into the entrance way.
I ran to the pumpkin juice table got and a napkin and filled it with ice, then ran out after her.
When
I caught up with Hermione she was half way to the common room. She
was shaking her fists muttering. I walked up behind her "Hermione?"
I said, holding the ice "It'll help" I said trying to sound
like I know what I'm doing.
She took it and put it on her
knuckles. "I haven't done that in years" she said. I couldn't
hold back my next comment " When the hell did you do that
before!" she looked at me sternly "I was in sleep away
camp" she shrugged "It was self defense!" she said
defending herself. I just laughed it off.
We walked back to the
common room laughing at how she punched Malfoy. As we got to the
picture of the fat lady she took the ice off her hand and put it on
her eye. The fat Lady gave her a look and said at least she looked
better then Ron. Hermione smiled and walked into the common room.
When we came in we saw Ron with his back on the couch with the ice on
his eye. She went over to keep him company. At first they sat in
silence for a little while before Ron asked a question. It was so
quite that Hermione had to ask him to repeat it.
"WHY DID YOU
COME IN THE MIDDLE OF IT! I WAS HANDLING IT!"
Hermione
looked in shock "HA! You call that handling it! I had the right to
get on the middle you were arguing over me!" People starting
turning around so Ron kept his voice low "He was insulting you,
moine, I had to." he said in a pleading voice.
"Don't call
me MIONE! And you don't have to protect me Ron. I can stand up for
my self or do I have to punch somebody for you to notice! You know
there no point in arguing with you!" she said as her temper
started to rise.I went after her and called her name. "What
Ron!" she said turning around. "oh sorry Fred" she
said with wincing her eye." listen I'll see you tomorrow,
thanks for the ice. Good night"
I stood there as I watched
her go up the steps. "If only you knew" I whispered and went
to my room.
