Chapter Ten

Angry

"I'm not angry and it's never been enough,

It gets inside you and tears you up."

-Angry, matchbox twenty

Fred sat comfortably reading the mornings Daily Prophet. There of course was an article about Harry. This time it was Rita Skeeter suggesting that the Boy Who Lived might actually be an alien and so on and so forth. Fred couldn't help but laugh. It was so absurd. At least it was harmless and now Fred had some good material to mock Harry with. Fred put the paper down and looked up and saw Hermione staring at him.

"You look well," he managed to say.

"Well, I should. After my week of heal, I'm sorry, healing," she joked, but she wasn't smiling.

"What's wrong dearest?" Fred asked, concerned.

"Malfoy is a nosy git," she replied. Fred raised an eyebrow.

"It took you this long to figure it out, love?" he teased, but Hermione still wasn't smiling. "What is it? It's more than Malfoy."

"Oh it's got everything to do with Malfoy," Hermione said. "He knows the baby or rather babies aren't Rons."

"Everyone knows about the charm," Fred replied. Hermione's eyes were telling him that there was more to it though.

"He thinks that the baby is George's." Hermione whispered.

"What?!" Fred said loudly. Hermione gave him a withering look. "That stupid no good, arg!" Fred wanted to pick something up and throw it directly at Malfoy's pointy little head, even though he wasn't actually in the room.

"He overheard you and George talking, and he thought that he heard George saying that I'm pregnant with his child," Hermione said softly, putting her hand on Fred's arm. Fred put his head in his hands. Ginny was going to be out of a husband soon. "Calm down."

"Calm down?! Calm down?! When that bloody git, scumbag, all around ass, is going to tell the world that…arg!" Fred was beside himself with rage. He always hated Malfoy, and this didn't help one bit. But most of all, he was angry with himself for putting him and Hermione in this predicament. "Why did this have to happen?"

Hermione hugged him. "I don't know." He kissed her gently and then went up to his room to sulk.



Hermione picked up the paper that Fred had been reading, and laughed out loud when she saw the headline.

Boy Who Lived Really Alien

She became engrossed, in the obviously fictional story, that she didn't notice Draco, Ginny, and Mrs. Weasley enter the house.

"Just the person we wanted to see?!" Ginny's shrill voice shrieked. Hermione winced and looked up. Ginny and Mrs. Weasley were grinning and Malfoy was giving her a patented dirty look. She faked a smile.

"And why is that?" Hermione asked putting down the paper.

"Let me tell her Mum!!" Ginny shrieked again. Mrs. Weasley smiled and grinned at her only daughter.

"Of course," Mrs. Weasley said.

"We're throwing you a baby shower, week after next! And we've already sent the invitations to all our old classmates," Ginny told her. She clapped her hands together. "Won't it be lovely?"

"I'm sure," Hermione thought dryly.



Next time: The Baby Shower/ Fred wants to punch something

A/N- Oh wow, you guys really like this story!!! *blushes*

KUDOS- Tomato Soup, thanks and here's more!, ljp, awww everyone loves George more than Fred, sniff sniff, carla, yes Hermione's having twins, serina, ya, I've got all that worked out *wink wink*, 4everursalright, the baby or rather babies should be born around chapter 19 or so, don't get too impatient ;), mystical, wow thanks ;), Emili Potter, sorry no H/Hr here, but Hr/FW is good too!, Teigra, ya, that's what Malfoy gets for putting his nose in others business, what will we do with him??? hehe