Professor of Love Chapter 2
Hermione and Fred had currently been dating for around two months. When Hermione found out the Fred liked her as well, the two of them got together. Not immediately because as things with Hermione go, she had to think everything through. However, a week after they confessed their feelings for one another (which they actually did do traditionally after Ginny left the two of them alone in a room to talk), they began to date.
And much to everyone's surprise, it worked out quite well. Hermione and Fred got along, he kept her laughing and she even helped out at the twin's shop by managing bookwork. But currently Hermione was a bit upset. She was about to start her seventh year at Hogwarts, she had already gotten the letter telling her she made Head-Girl, and she now had to figure out how to maintain a relationship when she only saw the boy on holidays and Hogsmeade trips.
Regardless of her current mood, she promised herself that she wouldn't allow it to interfere with her relationship at the moment, and so Hermione had shoved Fred into the car her parents had just recently bought her, and drove the two of them to a Muggle cinema. "Hermione! Where are you taking me?" Fred asked as she drove down the road. "You'll find out soon enough." Was Hermione's reply, not taking her eyes off of the road in front of her.
"Not that I mind this kidnapping thing…but don't you think it would be more fun if I just Apparated you to my flat and we got out all of that pent out frustration?" Fred said, a wicked grin on his face as he sneaked his arm around Hermione. "There will time for that later Fred…" she said rolling her eyes, but grinning none the less.
"Really? Hmm, I guess this won't be too bad then…" Hermione turned into a parking lot in front of a huge building in Muggle London. "Er…Mione did you need directions or something?" he asked. If she wanted to go do a Muggle activity, they would have a problem. Fred had absolutely no Muggle money. He'd handled it before in Muggle Studies and therefore knew all he'd have to know, but the simple fact remained that he had none on him. And that made him highly uncomfortable.
"No, we are going to watch a movie," she said. Hermione had explained the concept of a movie to Fred and he was vastly excited and had badgered her to rent one every time they went out, but Hermione decided that this would be much more satisfying. "That's all fine and dandy Hermione, but you need to warn me before we go out and do Muggle things because I currently have thirteen galleons and five sickles. Notice however that I did not say anything about Muggle money," Fred said.
"Don't worry, I've got it covered." She took out a few bills and handed them to Fred as they walked into the building. "Now you go buy some snacks over there" she pointed to the snack bar "and I'll get the tickets and meet you by those tables okay?"
Fred walked reluctantly over to the snack bar and looked at all of the various things he could get. He settled on popcorn, two giant cookies, two large sodas and a thing of nachos. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all. As he waited for his food to be ready, he looked around and spotted Hermione. He grinned at her, and blew her a kiss. However, this kiss was special considering as soon as he blew it to her, his Patronus floated over to his girlfriend and whispered "You're beautiful" to her.
Hermione had an expression of anger that Fred had just performed a talking Patronus in front of a million Muggles, and shock that he had been able to do it without his wand, or even without uttering a word. Unfortunately anger took over and she glared at him with 'what in the world do you think you're doing?!' written all over her face. To her annoyance, his grin only got bigger and he sent another one with a flick of his hand.
"Muggles can't see them Hermione, and you're the only one who can hear it. Chill out will you?" his Patronus said. At this, Hermione calmed down quite a bit and made a mental note to make him teach her that later. Fred walked over not to long afterwards with his arms full of food and soda and a nacho in his mouth. He deposited all of the food onto the table Hermione was sitting at, ate the nacho in his mouth an bent down to kiss his girlfriend on the cheek.
Hermione rolled her eyes, but smiled at him anyway. "We have a few minutes until the movie starts…" she said taking a cheese covered chip and popping it into her mouth. "Cool…we can eat." Fred said. Hermione laughed. "Fred you can take the food in with you…honestly…it isn't going anywhere." Fred's eye's widened. "Yeah? Well let's go then!!" Fred was honestly excited about this…movie thing. If the Muggles could do something like that without magic…well they weren't bad at all.
After Fred and Hermione got there seats and after the previews (to which Fred was having a ball watching) the movie (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) began to play. "Wha…Hermione! If you're trying to hint at something here…well…it's not cool! Just tell me!" Fred said after seeing the title. Hermione simply laughed. "Fred…watch the movie will you?"
After the Movie
"That was amaz- why are you crying?!" Fred asked quickly thinking over the things he'd said or done throughout the movie. He had slyly wrapped an arm around her shoulder, told her how beautiful she was…there really wasn't anything he could have done to make her cry. "It's just so…I love this movie…" she said, wiping the tears off her face. Fred sighed in relief and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "Do you want to check out the arcade?" Hermione asked after they had gotten out into the lobby.
Fred looked over at the room full of Muggle gaming objects and a smile flashed over his face. "Yeah!" he exclaimed. Hermione and he walked in and she put her money in a machine which spat out coins. "Hermione…you can't transfigure stuff right in front of them…" Fred muttered through gritted teeth. Hermione gave a tinkling laugh and sighed. "Fred…I promise…I didn't do anything suspicious."
The couple walked around and played a few games before it was finally time to go. When they left the theatre Fred was talking about how fun the day had been and how Hermione should get to pick the dates more often. This, however quieted Hermione down, and the smile she was currently wearing was sliding off of her face.
The time that she had spent with Fred had been so amazing, and now she was going back to school, whereas he was going to continue on with his life, seeing her only when she was able to go to Hogsmeade and on holidays. What if he found someone else? Someone who wasn't still in school…what if this was just a summer fling sort of thing?
"Mione? Hello? You okay? We're at the car…" Fred said, waving a hand in front of her face. Hermione grinned at him weakly. She climbed into her car, waited for Fred to get in on the other side, and the rest of the ride home was quiet. Well…except for the radio blasting in the background and Fred singing along quite badly.
A/N: Okay, so I'm fully aware that performing a Patronus would be bad. And illegal. And that Fred would have gotten in big time trouble for it. But let's pretend for the sake of this chapter that it isn't, kay? I would like to say thank you to all the people who've reviewed my story and I just wanna say that this one's for you…and that the next chapter will be better.
