He listened as George flirted with Katie and she teased him back. Well, it doesn't look like he's going to need my help. He sighed quietly. He kept an eye out for Hermione and his brother and Harry to come down to breakfast. Maybe they would sit by him again. Unfortunately just as he looked towards the entrance, Erin chose that moment to enter. A huge smile plastered on her face she headed directly for him. Even worse, she was immediately followed by the three younger Gryffindors. They all four reached the table at about the same time.

Erin sat entirely too close to Fred, while the other three sat facing them. Ron seemed to enjoy sitting beside Leanne though; she was one of Katie's less annoying friends. Hermione as usual was in the middle and after only a few moments Seamus, Dean and Parvati joined them.

Hermione tried to avoid glaring at the pretty girl practically sitting in Fred's lap. "Hi guys. Hermione." Seamus grinned around Harry at her. She returned the smile. Two meals in a row Seamus had sat with them. It was highly unusual and Hermione started to wonder why. Once again everyone said hello except Fred and George who barely graced him with a nod.

George went back to flirting with Katie and Lee didn't even seem to have realized anyone else was at the table except Angelina. "So George, you look handsome today." Erin giggled and leaned against Fred's arm. "Of course, you look good every day." She batted her lashes at him.

"That's Fred, not George." Hermione sounded irritated. Fred didn't even bother fighting the smile that erupted onto his face. Hermione didn't notice though, as she was making it a point to study her toast.

"Oh." Erin shrugged her petite shoulders. "I don't know how you can tell the difference." She giggled again. "We have a couple horses at home that are almost identical. But they have different spots near their hooves." She moved extremely close to Fred's face and made as though to study it. "I don't see any distinguishing spots on these two."

"Did you just compare them to your horses?" Hermione looked up at that. She sounded disgusted and surprised all at once. Fred backed as far as he could from the girl until he was squishing George into Katie. Erin seemed completely oblivious though but sat back up straight at Hermione's comment, which made Fred even more grateful. "Because that's insulting, you realize."

Erin didn't seem to know what to say, big surprise there. She just stared bug eyed at Hermione. After several moments Hermione looked over at Fred and was surprised to see him smiling at her. She smiled back and felt a blush creep into her cheeks when he winked at her. She knew there was nothing special about Fred's flirting, he and George always flirted, with everyone. In fact, that was part of what made them so desired among the female students. Even the Slytherin girls wanted to date them. Despite it though, they for the most part stayed single. They would on occasion date a girl or two but never for very long. They were too concentrated on their pranks and joke shop. Besides which, the girls usually got jealous of all the time they spent in each others company. To distract herself, Hermione went back to studying her toast.

That seemed to release Erin from her wide eyed trance and she turned back to Fred. "She's a bit odd, that one." She whispered loudly and then giggled behind her hand. Hermione's head shot up. She opened her mouth to retort but Fred whipped around first.

"She actually had a very good point, like usual. And unlike you she knows the difference between us without having to check for spots. And don't get the idea that I prefer your company over hers. Because I don't." He stared at her stone faced so she could clearly see he had not been making a joke. He couldn't bring himself to look in Hermione's direction, though he did hear Harry whistle and a strange noise from Seasmus. Erin graced him with the same wide eyed open mouthed stare she had given Hermione only moments before. "George, I'm going upstairs."

"Want company?"

"No." Fred wiggled his eyebrows at Katie who giggled and slapped at him when he got up. He made it almost all the way to the Fat Lady's portrait before he heard his named being called behind him. He sighed and turned, expecting to find Erin had followed him; it wouldn't have been the first time. Instead, he saw Hermione jogging toward him. "Hermione?"

"Yeah. How'd you get so far ahead of me?" She caught up to him and bent over to catch her breath.

"Secret passageway, of course." He paused, wondering why she had chased him in the first place. Then he chuckled as she heaved a heavy breath and leaned against the wall. "Are you alright?"

"Yes. But I don't think I'll make a habit of chasing after you." She smiled as her breathing evened out.

"So, why did you?" Fred had waited for her to recover before he questioned her.

"Oh." Her cheeks turned red. "I just wanted to thank you. It was really nice of you to say that."

"Well, it's true." Fred was annoyed when he felt his ears start to burn. They stood in the corridor for several more minutes, not looking at each other before Fred broke the silence. "So, how do you tell us apart anyway? Not even Mum can, you know. Unless she takes a few minutes to stare us down."

"Oh. Well, it's a couple things really. The way you stand about, George is more of a leaner. And you have more freckles on your nose." She could feel her cheeks heat up again. She hadn't meant to admit to him that she studied him close enough to know who has more freckles.

"Really?" He rubbed his nose. He dropped his hand when she chuckled at him. "So, what are you doing now that breakfast is over?"

"I'm not sure. I thought the famous Weasley twins were going to find a way to occupy our time today." She smirked at him.

"Yes, well, that's not until later." He leaned against the wall next to her. "Let's see, we could go pull a prank on Ron." She scrunched her nose at him. "No? Okay. Then how about, we spy on Ginny? She's been hanging around too many boys lately."

"I will not." She hoped he was joking, though he didn't look it. She wouldn't dream of spying on Ginny. Besides being her only female friend, the girl excelled at hexes.

"Fine, fine. You think of something then."

"How about the library?"

"Uck. Boring." He turned to her and leaned so close she could feel his breath on her cheek. "Unless you want to get lost in the rows somewhere." She gasped and turned towards him. He snickered and put up a defensive hand. "I'm only kidding." She huffed at him. "Unless you want to of course, then I was completely serious."

"You're unbelievable." She tried to glare at him but settled for a disapproving shake of the head. "We could-" But he didn't get to hear what they could do because at that moment they were joined by the large party they had sat with at breakfast. Much to Fred's dismay that still included Seamus. He looked to George who rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders. So, Finnigan doesn't want to get lost, eh? We definitely need to do something about him.

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