"Hermione, please pass me the salt." Ron shouted over all our talkative schoolmates that day at lunch.
I handed him the shaker and quickly got back to eating my turnip stew.
"Whats going on with you Hermione? You haven't talked to Harry or me all day."
Uh-oh, he knows, he has to know now. God, how could I have trusted Fred? Hes always been a liar, and a prankster.
"Um, I- I can explain..."
"Shes just stressed out from all of her back-at-school homework. Right Hermione?"
Fred popped up between Ron and I, saving me from spilling my secret. 'Thank goodness!' I thought.
"Yeah, right." I quickly agreed, trying to make my words sound convincing enough.
"Hey Lil bro, Im gonna borrow your friend for a little tutoring okay?"
Ron looked agape. "Fred Weasly...Study?"
Finally Harry joined in the conversation, "Those words don't even belong in the same sentence!"
The slapped each other a high five and cracked up at their selves.
"Well, for your information I have my N.E.W.T.s this year and I want to do fairly well on them. Just incase George and I do not succeed in the prank shop."
"Right, Fred...By the way, where is George? I haven't seen him around for days."
Everyone looked around for the missing twin. And now that I thought about it, I hadn't seen him either.
"We'll go look for him, on our way back to the common room." I said. I was very eager to be alone with Fred again. There were mixed feeling inside me as I ate lunch with Harry and Ron, but whenever Fred came back, I got butterflies on my stomach and lost my appetite immediately.
"See you pigeon brains later!" Fred called to the two boys, now sitting alone at the Gryffandor table.