New chapter finally up! I know it's short, sorry, but it's important to set up the next scene. I hope you like it. I'm sorry that it has been taking me longer to write each chapter; I have a lot more I'm doing lately than I was. Here it is:
Suspicious as it was for the twins to be helpful, Ron and Hermione took full advantage of it. Though they did not spend the morning snogging, they did share a kiss or two. Mostly they held hands and talked, nothing of much consequence, but thoroughly enjoyable. They were not so gullible; they were understandably skeptical about the twins' sincerity, not to mention that it was risky enough to guess the length of a Quidditch game, and so they were careful not to incriminate themselves.
It did not work.
The Quidditch game lasted hours, as per usual, but not long enough. Harry and Ginny had successfully beaten Fred and George before lunchtime, at which point Ron and Hermione were still enjoying each other's company in the girls' bedroom. This was, of course, exactly what the twins had hoped for. They had decided already that this was one instance where they could have much more fun by keeping their knowledge to themselves. And so they kept their word, but were determined as always to intervene, and cause trouble.
As it turned out, though, they were able to cause maximum trouble with minimal intervention.
With Harry and Ginny already speculating on whom Hermione may have been sneaking out to meet, it took very little nudging to make them catch on.
"I've missed Quidditch." Commented Harry, remembering how he had been absent during the Quidditch cup the previous year. He had had a good day anyway: he and Ginny had shared their first kiss just afterwards. "What's Ron so busy with?"
"Oh, nothing." Said George with a mischievous smile. "He's just been up all night, needs his rest." Fred snickered, but no one elaborated. Harry looked at Ginny. She shrugged.
"What was he doing up all night?" Asked Harry.
"Nothing I want to know about." Answered Fred. Harry did not care enough to press on when he was obviously not going to be answered.
"Well, if he's sleeping we'll stay out of his room." Harry said. "Where do you reckon Hermione is?"
"Not far, I'd guess…" Commented George.
"If Ron's sleeping, she's probably reading somewhere. Probably a bad idea to disturb her." Harry answered himself as he and Ginny left the twins. And so with no company besides Ginny, he asked what she wanted to do.
And they headed up to her bedroom.