Fast forward to Christmas time in Hermione's third year. This chapter's really short but really, really fluffy. R&R!

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Fred was walking down the stairs to the common room when someone stormed passed him, pushing him out of the way. As the person reached the bottom of the stairs he recognized the flash of brown hair that was headed towards the portrait hole.

"Hermione!" Fred called. She paused for a moment but kept walking.

"Hermione!" he called again. This time she stopped and waited for him to catch up. Once he caught up to her she started walking again.

"What's wrong Hermione?" he asked.

"Nothing," she said.

"Right, like I'm going to believe that. What's wrong?"

"Harry and Ronald are upset with me."

"About?"

"Harry got a new broom for Christmas."

"That's fantastic, but I don't see the problem?"

"The package was sent anonymously."

"And..."

"I think it could have been sent by Sirius Black. Or that it could be cursed so I got Professor McGonagall to confiscate it so that she could get it checked and now they're mad at me," Hermione said stopping at the shore of the black lake, Fred hadn't even noticed that they had walked all the way outside.

"Hermione, you were just trying to protect Harry, you did the right thing," Fred said putting a cautious hand on her shoulder.

"They don't seem to think so," she muttered angrily.

"Well then they're bloody gits. If Harry was the one that got the broom, why is Ron angry with you?" he asked.

"Because I went and got McGonagall."

"Out of curiosity, do you know what kind of broom it was?"

"A Firebolt, I think."

"A Fire- Bloody hell Hermione! A Firebolt!" Fred exclaimed turning her around to face him.

"Yes."

"You had McGonagall confiscate a Firebolt?"

"Not you too!" Hermione groaned turning to walk away, but Fred grabbed her wrist and stopped her from leaving.

"No, I'm not mad," he said trying to coax her into turning to face him again. "You did the right thing. And besides, didn't I tell you in your first year that I could never be mad at you?"

He had finally gotten her to turn around. When she did she was smiling slightly with tears running silently down her cheeks. Fred pulled her into a bone-crushing hug when he saw that she was crying.

"Why are you crying?"

"Because you're the nicest person I could ever ask for as a best friend."

Fred took a deep breath before pulling out slightly from the hug, still having a grip on her shoulders.

"About that Hermione, there's something I've been wanting to ask you," he said slowly, unsure of how to ask her exactly.

"What?" she asked looking at him curiously.

Fred took another deep breath. He was blushing furiously and was extremely grateful that it was cold enough to hide his blush. He looked down at his feet, his hands still on Hermione's shoulders.

"I like you Hermione, would you want to maybe go out sometime?" Fred asked without looking at her. He had a feeling his entire face was as red as his hair.

Fred looked up when Hermione didn't say anything for a few moments. She hadn't walked away so he figured her answer couldn't be too bad, but then again she hadn't said anything yet either...

When he looked up at her she pulled him into a tight hug. Fred paused for a minute before hugging her just as tightly.

"Yes, I would love to," she said. Fred could hear the smile in her voice.

They walked around the grounds for a while hand in hand before Fred noticed Hermione was really shivering.

"Come on, let's get you inside before you freeze," he said pulling her by her hand towards the castle.

When they walked into the common room George and Ron were playing chess while Harry and Ginny watched.

Ginny looked up as they walked into the room. She smirked when she noticed they were holding hands. She elbowed George who glared at her before she motioned for him to look at the couple that had just walked in.

"Oi Fred! Got something you want to share?" George called to his twin smirking.

Fred looked down at Hermione who blushed. He pulled her over to the others. Ron glared at Hermione before going back to the game. Harry, however, didn't look as angry anymore, just curious about what was going on.

"Well, we have something we want to tell all of you, but I most certainly don't want to share," Fred said sitting down next to George, pulling Hermione down so she was sitting on his lap.

Ron was busy deciding his next move, but Harry noticed this and he looked back and forth between Hermione and Fred, his eyes wide.

"Hermione and I are going out," Fred said happily.

Now it was George's turn to elbow Ginny who only glared at her smirking brother. They both knew what this meant; George had won the bet. Ron looked up from the chess board and smirked. He had seen this coming. As soon as he had mentioned that Hermione was going to be meeting up with them over the summer he knew. He had seen Fred's reaction when he told him. Ron was clueless sometimes but he's not completely oblivious to everything.

"That's great," Ginny said getting up to hug Hermione and Fred.

"Congrats Gred, 'Mione" George said clapping his brother on the back and hugging Hermione quickly before going back to the game.

"That's great you two," Harry said hugging Hermione and clapping Fred on the back. "But you know, if you hurt her, I get to hurt you."

"Ditto," Ron chirped without looking up from the board.

"No need to worry, mate. I don't plan on hurting her," Fred said looking at Hermione.

So? What did 'ya think? I actually changed the way they would get together. But I like this too:).

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