How To Seduce Hermione Granger
By: TheFifthCharmedOne
Disclaimer: I don't own it.
Summary: George has dared his twin to seduce Hermione, and, being Fred, he can't back down from a dare. However, when real feelings begin to appear, can he keep up with the game he's begun, or will he be stuck in a stalemate? High Teen Rating - you have been warned. Hermione/Fred and Harry/Ginny, with George/OC.
Chapter 9: I'm Here For You
"Please, just let me talk to her!"
"No way in hell!"
"Kat, you don't understand-"
"I understand perfectly, Fred! You broke my best friend's heart!" Kat growled, eyes flashing. George gently took hold of her arm, caught between jumping to his brother's defense and ripping said brother a new asshole for what he'd done.
"It wasn't like that! She kissed me!"
"Oh, and that makes it okay?" Kat asked sarcastically. "You kissed back!"
"What was I supposed to do?"
"Push her away, you goddamn bastard!" Kat screamed. She shoved him and prodded his chest with her wand. "If you really loved Hermione, you would have pushed that bitch away the moment she walked through the door!"
Fred opened his mouth to speak, but the door that Kat was standing in front of opened slowly, and there was Hermione. She looked awful - her cheeks were puffy and her eyes were red and bloodshot. Her mangy brown locks were messier than usual and her skin was scarily pale.
Kat turned and Fred stared, his heart breaking because he knew that he had caused this.
"Mies," Kat whispered.
"I want to talk to you." She said, looking directly at Fred. To Kat, she said, "It's okay. I can handle it."
"Are you sure?" Kat sent a vicious glare at Fred, which he didn't react too because he was too busy staring at Hermione - even angry and heartbroken, she was absolutely stunning.
"I'm sure. George, take Kat somewhere nice." Hermione's eyes were still fastened on Fred.
"Okay." George led Kat away, a heavy look in his eyes that begged his twin not to do anything stupid.
The couple disappeared out of the flat. Fred and Hermione were alone.
Fred stepped forward, but Hermione had her wand out, pointing it directly at his chest.
"Don't come any closer." She warned.
"Okay." He agreed cautiously, slowly. He noticed that her wand was shaking slightly, as though she didn't have a strong grip on it. Either that, or she couldn't keep a steady hold because she couldn't bring herself to harm him. He hoped it was the second one.
She backed into the bedroom and Fred carefully followed, not daring to test his brunette beauty.
"Answer me this." She requested evenly. "Was everything you said just a ploy to get me to fall for you? Just a laugh that you and George could share? You get the stiff, boring, stick-in-the-mud bookworm to loosen up and then pull the rug out from under her?" She scoffed and chuckled bitterly, her voice slightly hoarse. "Funny how I don't see the joke." Her shoulders shook with unexpressed rage.
"It wasn't like that at all!" Fred said, his eyes pleading her to see it. "Well, it sort of was at first, because George dared me to-"
"Dared you to what?"
Fred swallowed hard and muttering something out of the corner of his mouth. "Don't mumble. Tell me." Her voice was dangerously soft, with a bit of desperation that made his heart crack again.
"George dared me to seduce you because we wanted you to see that not all of us Weasleys are like Ron." He rushed out, and he hated the look that Hermione sent him, but before she could speak, he added more. "But I fell in love with you. I didn't expect it, trust me, but you..." he pursed his lips, as though in thought. "You changed all the rules. You made me feel things I've never felt before."
"Like what?" Hermione asked.
"Like..." he fumbled for words, his ears turning red. Hermione smiled through her tears. "My heart does this weird flipping thing when you come close, and I swear my stomach falls to the ground in a heap, and..."
"Okay, I think I've heard enough." 'Hermione' grinned and called out, "Hermione, you can come out now."
The closet door opened and there was the real Hermione. She ran into Fred's arms and kissed him soundly on the lips, which he returned immediately. When they pulled apart, Ginny was standing where 'Hermione' had been. "I've got some pretty good acting skills, huh, big brother?" Ginny smirked.
"You're never going to let me live this down, are you?"
"Absolutely not."
"Fantastic." He deadpanned, and turned to his girlfriend. "That was pretty sneaky-you got me good."
"Say that again so that I can savor it." Ginny said, eyes gleaming. Fred grabbed a pillow from Kat's bed and tossed it at her. She caught it and shook her head.
"I don't think my pride could take that."
"Okay, fine." Ginny grumbled, the smile still on her face. "Don't get into too much trouble." She winked and disappeared with a pop.
"So..." Fred drawled, looking at Hermione with his smile still present. "Jealous, much?"
"Shut up!" She shoved him, pulling herself out of his embrace, only to be pulled right back in. "I think I'm allowed, you prat." He kissed her neck and ran his nose through her curls, breathing in her scent. She pursed her lips, trying not to smile.
"Mhm. So, tell me, were Kat and George in on this prank, or was it just you and Ginny?"
"It was me mainly. Ginny volunteered to use the glamour. Initially it was going to be a polyjuice potion, but that would have taken too long..." He kissed her neck again, this time lightly sucking on the skin. "Stop that." She reprimanded, pretending not to notice how breathless she was. "What did you think of the prank?" She was seeking his approval, though she knew she didn't need it.
"I think...that it's about time you use those brains of yours for something more than reading." He turned her around in his arms.
"Keep teasing me and I'll call Ginny back here."
Fred's grin widened.
"I have a way to stop that."
She raised an eyebrow challengingly. Fred leaned down and pressed his lips against hers, effectively cutting off any more words.
"Devious," Kat approved of the prank that Ginny and Hermione had pulled on Fred. "I love it."
She turned to Hermione "So, are you and Fred okay? Did he ever explain what happened with that Angelina person?"
"We're fine. The date's been rescheduled for next week." Hermione sighed and shifted her weight to the left so that she was sitting on her legs. "As for Angelina, I don't know exactly. I know what I saw, and I'm pretty sure she kissed him first. Not that I'm going to excuse him for kissing her back, but in a strange way, I think I can understand it."
Kat nodded. "And, besides," She blushed delicately "He came back to me in the end, so that says something, right?"
Ginny smiled.
"It says everything, love."
"George Fabian Weasley!" Kat yelled.
"Frederick Gideon Weasley!" Hermione joined in.
"Yes dear?" The twins replied in unison.
"Give me back-" Hermione began.
"-my knickers!" Kat finished.
"They took yours too?" Kat and Hermione looked at each other in astonishment, still speaking at the exact same time.
The twins looked at each other, grinned, and looked back at their girlfriends.
"That's hot." They said appreciatively, and Hermione and Kat both had to think for a minute before they turned bright red. Of course the twins would appreciate their girlfriends speaking together.
"Give them back!" Kat demanded, securing her towel around her chest. She had just gotten out of the shower and opened her underwear drawer to find it completely empty.
Hermione had been setting up her outfit for the day and waiting for Kat to finish in the shower when she noticed her knickers were missing.
"Why should we?"
Hermione glared at Fred, tapping her foot impatiently.
"Fred Weasley." she said menacingly. "Return our undergarments immediately. Or you will regret it."
"Sounds intriguing." He grinned, and Hermione's eyes narrowed further. "Oh come on. It's just a bit of fun. No harm intended."
"For you, maybe." Kat grumbled, shifting awkwardly. Hermione felt a pang of sympathy, as she was still in nothing but a towel. Kat looked at her boyfriend, eyes wide and pleading. "George, please. I'd like to put clothes on."
Instead of cracking a joke, George looked at his brother, communicating wordlessly with his twin. Fred groaned.
"You are so whipped." He muttered, and he waved his wand and the girls squealed as underwear dropped out of nowhere, burying them. "You never said how we had to return them." Hermione heard the distinct slap of high-fives and she cursed them colorfully. "Tsk, tsk, love. Would your mother, or mine, for that matter, want to hear you talking like that?"
"Welcome back!" The twins chorused to Verity the moment she walked into the shop. She had been away for about a month on a much needed vacation.
"Hi, boys." Verity smiled, hugging them individually, holding onto George a bit longer than Kat felt comfortable with. "I see you've managed to keep them place from burning down without me."
"They had help." Hermione stepped forward with a grin. "Nice to finally meet you, I'm Hermione Granger."
"As in Harry Potter's best friend?" Verity asked, looking starstruck. Hermione shrugged and nodded modestly. "It's so great to meet you in person!" Verity gushed. "Are the rumors true? Are you responsible for most of his successes?"
"She definitely is. The Chosen One couldn't have found his way out of a paper bag without her." Fred wrapped an arm around his girlfriend.
"Harry is a very talented wizard!" Hermione said defensively. "He was just very...impulsive."
"Like me?" Fred grinned, brushing a curl behind her ear.
"Better than you. But not by much." Hermione teased.
"All right, all right, lovebirds. That's enough of that." George ruffled his twin's hair.
"Get off, you wanker!" Fred complained. George laughed as he tried to fix his hair, but only proved to mess it up more.
"Lovebirds?" Verity questioned. "Seems I missed more than I thought." She looked over at George, and Kat stepped toward him, far too aware of the blond's attention on her boyfriend.
George and Verity noticed nothing. Kat narrowed her eyes.
"I mean, honestly! She was practically undressing him with her eyes!" Kat ranted later that night with silencing charms in place. Hermione was lying on her bed, hugging a pillow, and Ginny was mindlessly braiding her hair. "I'd like some support, girls." Kat glared at the two of them.
"Best support I can offer is talking to him. Does he realize that Verity's got the hots for him?" Hermione asked.
Kat shrugged. Ginny was unusually silent.
"What's up with you?" Kat asked, nudging the redhead.
"Nothing." Ginny said, her voice a monotone.
"Liar." Hermione accused. "What did Harry do?"
"Nothing."
"Then why are you angry?" Kat asked.
"That's why I'm angry. Today's our six month anniversary, and he did nothing. I doubt he even remembered!" She exploded. "After all I've done for him, you think he'd have the courtesy to at least say, 'happy anniversary'! But, no! Nothing!"
"Well, it's only five - maybe he's planning a surprise dinner?" Hermione offered hopefully. Ginny scoffed.
"Not bloody likely. He's about as subtle as a sack of newspaper." She sighed and ran a hand through her hair, clearly annoyed and saddened by her boyfriend's negligence. "I'll deal with it. Sorry for bringing you two down." She smiled weakly.
"Stop that - I was just bitching because George is an oblivious idiot."
"Seems like all boys are." Ginny said with a small smile.
"I'll drink to that." Kat put a hand on Ginny's shoulder. "Go to his flat. You'll feel better once you hex him a bit."
"That's true." Ginny chuckled, and hugged Kat. "I'll curse George if he does anything stupid, though I'm sure I'll have to fight Hermione and Fred for a chance."
Kat laughed.
"I can handle him." She said confidently.
"For that miniature chance that you couldn't, I'm here for you."
"Thanks."
Ginny nodded, and with a quick wave at Hermione, she disapparated with a pop.
A/N: Next chapter, Verity confesses her feelings to George and the twin is faced with a choice. Kat or Verity? Also, Harry gets his head out of his arse, and there will of course be Fred and Hermione fluff! :D
So, how'd I do for this update? I know I took longer than expected, but I've been insanely busy to past few days, and I only have time to write on nights without homework, which are becoming fewer and fewer as the semester continues. However, I will try to finish this story by if not before Spring Break, which is in the third week of March. So we'll just have to wait and see. :D
Please review on your way out!
-Charmy
