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A/N: Edited some of the grammar mistakes. I know there are still a lot that I have missed but it's only because I'm a bad editor of my own works. I think everyone is? (This is me trying to convince myself that I'm not really bad at writing, I'm just bad at analyzing stuff… which is also me insulting myself… ouch…) Please leave a review or put it in your favourites if it's worth it. Thank you!

After hours of playing Exploding Snaps, Wizard's Chess, and socializing with the other Weasleys, The 'Golden Trio' finally went home to their flat. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley retired for the night which left Ginny and the twins in the Burrow's living room.

Fred was sitting on the couch near the fireplace staring blankly at the crackling fire, when Ginny flopped herself beside him, placing her head on his shoulder. "You were so obvious earlier," she suddenly said.

"Huh?"

Ginny chuckled and looped her arm on his and replied, "You know what I'm talking about. You were stripping her naked with how stared at her."

Fred frowned. He did not know he was doing it blatantly. In fact, he thought his sneaking skills were so good because Hermione did not even glance at him, not even once. He was actually giving himself a pat on the back in his mind.

"Even Mom noticed you, mate," George cut in their conversation and sat beside Ginny which squished the girl between them. "She would constantly glance at you, obviously cheering you on! You know how she has always wanted Hermione to be a part of the family ever since she was fifteen," George chuckled as Fred groaned in embarrassment and covered his face with both of his palms.

After minutes of staying like that, Fred lifted his head to continue watching the fire as it crackles on the fireplace. It somewhat made him remember how Hermione would get when she's angry. He smiled a little realizing how lately, everything reminds him of her.

She was only in her first year when he noticed her.

She was sitting in front of everyone at the Hogwarts Great Hall, waiting for the Sorting Hat to sort her in a house. She was wearing both an annoyed and nervous expression on her face, and it intrigued him a lot. Years after, he learned that the Sorting Hat considered placing her in Hufflepuff, and it was not even on her choices.

He found her adorable then, with the proud look etched on her face when the Sorting Hat shouted Gryffindor and made her way to sit across him. He studied her closely while she was having a very intellectual conversation with Percy. It was somewhat funny to him. An eleven year old bushy-haired girl was in the same brain level with his brother who was fifteen at the time.

Then years passed and she turned into a very smart, very gorgeous, but very shy woman. For a person who has experienced an awful lot of adventures instead of being an extrovert, she was still too uptight and too rule-loving for her own good. Fred didn't want to admit it at first, but he always made sure that Hermione gets to see the pranks he and George would pull just to see her smile, laugh or get angry. She's gorgeous whatever she does in his opinion.

"Why can't you just tell her, mate?" George asked, snapping him back from his thoughts.

"What? And get rejected? Nope. No thanks." Fred replied hastily.

"What do you know? Maybe she's just playing dumb all these years and she's just waiting for you to make your move."

Ginny laughed loudly at what George has said and smacked him on the head. "You really are thick, aren't you? You just used the word dumb and Hermione in a sentence!" Fred laughed at what Ginny said and watched George turn red. "T'was just an idea," he mumbled.

"Well, she's not," Fred said. "She's really oblivious, that I'm sure of. She was too caught up with her kind-of relationship with Ron. And you may have not noticed but she was fighting off dark wizards since age eleven."

Ginny was right, Hermione was not capable of having a relationship for the past years because of her self-imposed obligations with helping Harry.

"But what about Krum, though? They dated. Then there was that McLaggen guy," Fred asked curiously.

"Krum was really interested with her. She just went with him to the Yule Ball as a last resort, though. She was hoping Ron would ask her. And as for McLaggen, well, you have Ron to blame for that too."

"What? Why?" The twins asked in unison. Ginny sighed, not wanting to tell any of Hermione's secrets anymore. "He was dating Lavender at the time."

"I really don't see the point of getting scared with being rejected, brother," George said.

"You can actually start by being really friendly with her, so you know, she'd know you better and…" Ginny trailed off as she noticed the sparkle that suddenly became transparent on Fred's eyes.

"YOU ARE BLOODY BRILLIANT!" Fred exclaimed, kissing both of his sister's cheeks. That was it; he'd befriend Hermione and Harry (because of the brother figure he's trying to impose lately), and maybe Ron too because he's a stubborn git. But it was a brilliant idea, nonetheless.

"Uh, what are you planning?" Ginny asked curiously, scared with his brother's sudden enthusiasm.

Fred laughed hysterically while making plans in his head and said, "I'll be Hermione's new best friend!"

With that, George and Ginny's eyes widen with disbelief. "Be careful with that," was all they had to say.