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Chapter 13: Talk About a Bromm Shed

Hope woke up early the next morning and seeing that Hermione was still asleep she decided to take a quick shower. After she showered, Hope walked downstairs and out to the pond. Hope seen that someone was already there and said, "Hiya Fred," when she was close enough to see who it was.

"Morning. Your up early" Fred commented.

"So are you, and from what I heard your not one to normally be up early."

"Yeah you're right on that one" Fred yawned, "I've just got a lot on my mind right now."

"Like what?"

"Oh, just this and that."

"Does any of this or that involve my best friend?"

"Yeah" Fred said quietly.

"She likes you too, ya know" Hope told him.

"What is this, some kind of joke between you and George? He told me the same thing last night but I still don't believe it."

"Well you should believe us, I mean I am one of her best friends, so I should know this stuff." Hope said getting a little irritated.

"Yeah okay"

"Yeah okay! Come on Fred, I'm her best friend and I wouldn't lie to you. Plus, I mean, ask anyone it's pretty obvious that you both like each other. Now you just have to do something about it and stop moping around." Hope said getting up and leaving Fred to his thoughts before she ended up strangling him or something.

As she entered the kitchen she saw that Ginny was sitting at the table eating an apple and reading a magazine. "Hey Ginny" Hope said getting the younger girls attention.

"Hey Hope, excited for a girls day out?" Ginny asked looking up and smiling.

"Defiantly, your brother is driving me insane."

"Which one? I have a lot of those." Ginny asked laughing.

"Fred."

"Why what did he do this time?" Ginny asked wondering if Fred pulled some kind of prank on Hope.

"He can't see what is right in front of him and then he goes and mopes around about it."

"Ahh, Hermione then?" Ginny asked knowing exactly what Hope was talking about. "Yeah they are both so bad about it, I mean it is obvious and they have been like that since the end of last summer, well more like the middle of last summer. It's just to bad that neither if them will admit it."

"Well at least there one step closer then last summer then." Hope said.

"Really they finally admitted that they like each other?"

"Yeah but of course not to each other and they won't believe that the other would like them. They are so stubborn." Hope answered back.

"We need to do something about it before they drive us all up the wall" Ginny said thinking about what they could do.

"Yeah but what?" Hope asked.

"We could lock them in the broom shed" Ginny said jokingly.

"You know that's not a bad idea" a new voice said. Both the girls looked behind them to see George walking into the kitchen.

"I was joking! You realize that don't you?" Ginny said giving her brother a weird look.

"Yeah, so, I still think that it could work. We would just lock them in until they finally admit to each other that they like one another."

"That could take the rest of the summer, if not longer" Ginny argued with her brother.

"What could take the rest of the summer, if not longer?" asked a very tired looking Harry.

"Getting Hermione and Fred to confess that they both like each other, to each other," Hope said.

"Huh, with those two, I would say longer. It's already been about a yeah." Harry stated while slumping down at the kitchen table.

"Well, I personally still like the idea of locking them into the Broom Shed." George said.

"You would" replied Ginny rolling her eyes.

"What about the Broom Shed?" asked a very confused Harry.

"George wants to lock Fred and Hermione in a Broom Shed until they confess that they both like each other." Hope told Harry.

"Whose idea was this" asked Harry.

"Ginny's" George told him.

"I was joking!" answered a very annoyed Ginny.

"It might work though" Harry said thinking out loud.

"I think it would, and thank you for seeing things in my point of view." George said happily that he now had it two against two for locking his brother and Hermione in a Broom Shed together.

"And suppose Ginny and I went along with this plan of your, just how do you plan on doing it?" Hope finished asking just as Fred walked into the kitchen.

"Well Hope, I can do anything" George said in a cocky voice.

"What can he do?" Fred asked the group sitting around the table.

Saying the first thing that popped into her hear Hope answered, "He said he could make a better chocolate mousse then me."

Playing along Ginny added, "I think Hope's would be better any day. I mean did you taste how good that was. Just like Mum's."

"I don't know" replied Harry, "I think George just might be able to pull it off. I mean all the candies and such that him and Fred made for there jokes taste pretty good, that is until you turn into a canary or something."

"Thank you Harry" George said laughing.

"I think you guys are bloody crazy for arguing who can make the better chocolate mousse, specially this early in the bloody morning" answered a disgruntled Ron who entered the kitchen and hearing about "the argument" over chocolate mousse.

"I have to agree with Ron on this one" Fred answered sitting down at the table with everyone else.

"What do you agree with Ron about?" Hermione asked walking into the kitchen and telling everyone hello.

"That it is to early to argue over who makes the best chocolate mousse, or why anyone would argue over it for that matter." Fred said smiling at Hermione.

"Who is arguing over chocolate mousse?" Hermione asked laughing and walking over to the counter.

"George and Hope" Ron grumbled.

"Umm did any of you guys see this note on the counter?" Hermione asked the group.

After everyone said some kind of no, Ginny asked what the note was about. "Here I'll read it out loud for you all."

"Good Morning kids, your father and I were called to a meeting today so you are on your own for breakfast. Also we think that there may be a plan of attack on Diagon Alley, so I am sorry to tell you girls that your girls day out will have to be cancelled. I want all of you staying at the house until further notice. I trust you to behave and the house to be in one piece when I get home and if anything is ruined, be warned you will not see daylight for a very long time! Also Katie will floo over after she wakes up and is ready, her parents left her a note to do so. Also Neville and Luna will be flooing over as well sometime this morning, so don't be alarmed when they come. Have fun and BEHAVE!

Love you,

Mum"

Everyone groaned at the idea about having to get breakfast on there own, worried about the possible attacks, and happy that they could see some of there friends. "Well I guess I could make breakfast if some one wants to set the table." Hope said just as Katie flooed in.

"Hey everyone" Katie said as she walked over to George and gave him a kiss. Everyone else said hi and Hope got to work on making breakfast. Soon everyone was eating and Neville and Luna showed up in the middle of breakfast and joined in the eating and talking.

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A/N: Hey Everyone! Thank you for all the reviews. Due to all the lovely reviews I got, I am putting this chapter out a bit sooner then I thought I would. The encouragement makes me want to get out my next chapter and not keep any of you waiting. The next one may be slightly delayed though do to the fact that I am not going to be home for several days. Well thanks for reading and I love to hear from you so review!