I gotta tell her. I gotta tell her. Those were the only words running through George Weasley's mind. It shouldn't have been what was in his head though. If his brother Fred knew that, that was what he was thinking, Fred would probably sock him right in the face.
George was supposed to be helping Fred out with their plan on how they were going to be leaving Hogwarts. The only thing on his mind though was her. He wanted to tell her how he had felt for so long but there always seemed to be something stopping him.
"Earth to George. Earth to George! Are you even listening to what I'm saying?" George was shocked out of his thoughts when he realized that Fred was speaking to him. He had been waving his hand frantically in front of George's dazed face. He started to wonder just how long he hadn't been paying attention and just how much of what Fred had said that he missed.
He did his best to shake his head of her. He needed to concentrate on getting out of that place. Once that was figured out, and then he would worry about the love department.
"Sorry Fred, I was just thinking of the exact moment we should leave. Maybe during the O.W.L.s?" George thought it was a good idea and he made it sound like he really had been thinking about it. He smiled, hoping that he made it seem believable. However Fred seemed irritated.
"I just suggested that George." George's face fell a little bit farther realizing that he really hadn't paid real attention. "What is with you mate? You seem so distracted." George simply shrugged. He couldn't tell Fred who he was really thinking about. He would have gotten ripped so badly, and it just wasn't worth it.
George returned his attention to the defense against the dark arts homework that was sitting in front of him. The class used to be one of George's favorites, but since the horrible toad Umbridge took it over, it had become a joke.
Then Dumbledore's Army started. He and Fred joined of course. They knew that Harry would be able to show them how to protect themselves properly. Although there was another reason he had joined and it was her. It was always because of her. Everything he did, all the trouble he caused, it was just a way to get her to notice him.
When he first met her he didn't understand why he had felt something when he was around her. Soon those feelings started to happen more and more and they were always around her. As they grew older he realized that he did have feelings for her and that they were deep and real.
He would never tell her though, hell he never even told his twin who knew EVERYTHING about him. Whenever George fancied a girl Fred knew about it, except for this one of course. If Fred did know that George liked her then he didn't let on. After a few moments of what George made seem like thinking he nodded and looked up at Fred.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts exam. That's when we do it." Fred nodded evilly in agreement. Soon a sigh came from behind them and George was struck frozen. He knew that sigh all too well. He wiped the shocked sense away from his face and turned around with Fred. Of course it was none other then,
"Hermione love." As Fred said this to her, Hermione just rolled her eyes, and sighed as she put her hands in clenched fists on her hips.
"What are you two planning now?" she sounded a little annoyed as she asked it. After all it was probably the millionth and first time she had asked it, in that year alone.
Fred turned to George with a smug look on his face.
"Planning? George, are we planning anything?"
George shook his head.
"I don't believe so Fred." He turned to Hermione flashing his normal grin.
"Unless that is my dear Hermione you mean, are we planning to finish our assignments? If that was your question then our answer would have to be yes." His wide grin stayed plastered on his face as Hermione simply rolled her eyes once more. She bent down low and spoke in a soft voice so that only the twins could hear her.
"Look guys, I don't like taking points away from my own house. Whatever you are planning to do can you not please? I don't want to take points from Gryffindor AGAIN." She sighed as she finished her sentence. They were Ron's brothers and like her family. It was hard to take away points from family. Then again, a majority of Gryffindor was like her family.
She looked from Fred to George, with hope in her eyes. George felt his heart jump as she looked at him. George sighed, giving into her request.
"Alright Hermione, we won't do anything." He sounded sincere, which made Hermione smile, and made Fred look confused.
"Thank you George." She said this as she stood and smiled. "I'll see you two later then. I have to go study some more for my O.W.L.'s." she walked away and went back to her table. George watched her and on the inside was dancing. He had made her smile. It was like Christmas day to him. The dancing stopped as he looked at Fred. He looked confused.
"What?" George asked him a little defensively. Fred just shook his head.
"Letting our plans go down the drain for a bird. Our brother's bird no less!" George looked confused and a little disgusted to try and shake Fred off.
"What are you talking about? There is no girl." Fred just shook his head and scoffed.
"Yes there is. And she is a Prefect. I must say George, I never thought you would fall for someone in authority." George was just looking at Fred like he had gone mad.
"Fred there is NOBODY!" George was going nuts. He couldn't let anyone know that he liked Hermione. He couldn't let Fred know because he would mock him ten times worse then he was now, Ron would kill him because of how he felt about her, and Hermione would never feel the same way.
Her and Ron seemed to be destined for each other. He had realized that second year when she had been petrified. Ron wanted her awake so badly. Everyone knew that Ron liked Hermione, except for probably Hermione. Sometimes she seemed oblivious to everything when it came to the matters of love.
George turned to look at Fred to see if he was buying his charade. Fred was just shaking his head.
"George I've had a feeling that you liked her for a while now. I just never thought that you actually did, or that you would let her get in the way of the mission." Fred had the smuggest smile on his face. He thought he knew all. He didn't. Or at least George would let him think that he didn't.
"Well, if you are so smart, who do you think this girl is that I am supposed to be so hooked on?" he knew that this was a dangerous question to ask.
Fred knew when George was lying. After all they had done it so much together they could tell when one was telling the truth. Fred let the smug smile grow.
"Hermione." HE KNEW! How did he know? Was he really that obvious about it? He thought he was being slick when it came to her. George didn't realize that his face had shown worry at his twins' correct guess. Or at least he didn't know of it until Fred spoke again.
"Oh come off it mate. I've known for a while. I just don't understand why you didn't tell me. After all, I'm not going to tell Ron. I'm not that thick." George started to take normal breaths. At least the one person who knew wouldn't tell the brother who would kill him for it.
"How did you find out?" George asked in a low whisper. He needed to know what he did to make it that someone could tell. Then on the inside he started to freak out.
He turned to look at Hermione. She was studying. She looked up at them and George's eyes popped. He didn't expect her to look up. She just smiled the smile that he loved and gave him a small wave. He felt so stupid for doing so and he wondered if she thought he was a total idiot for looking the way he did. She just smiled a wider smile and laughed.
George turned his attention back to Fred with question in his eye and a small bit of blush in his cheeks. Fred simply smiled a rather smug smile at his twin.
"Mate I could tell you had a thing for her for years. I don't know how I know. It must be a twin thing." George's face didn't lose the look of utter shock and horror. He thought he had hid it well. He figured that as long as Hermione didn't know he was safe. "I don't blame you mate. She has grown rather nicely." George snapped his head back at Fred with furry in his eyes.
"Don't talk about her like that." Fred put up his hands in defense and backed his body away from George, leaning back on the back legs of his chair.
"Sorry, but George," he leaned back on all four legs of his chair and leaned in toward George. "Ron likes her."
"I know he does." He said slowly with his lips slipping sideways and disappointment in his eyes. "Why do you think I haven't done anything about it?"
"Who do I like exactly?"
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