37. Hogsmeade

**Hermione's POV**

Fred and I were walking through Hogsmeade on a cold, snowy, weekend.

"Over there is the The Three Broomsticks Inn, we can get Butterbeer there later," Fred said as he pointed to the Inn.

"What's Butterbeer?" I asked him.

He laughed and said "Butterbeer is a very tasty wizarding beverage. It's severed cold in glass and hot in foaming pewter tankards. It's fantastic."

"We'll see about that. I would love to try some later" I said with a smile.

"We have the Tomes and Scrolls, a bookshop that I'm sure you would love to go to" he said with a smile.

"Shut up."

"There we have Honeydukes, that's the place where I got you the chocolate rose on Christmas. Would you like to check it out now or later?" he asked.

"I would love to go there now," I said , holding out my hand this time.

"Alright then" he said, taking my hand and we headed to Honeydukes.

When he opened the door, I saw a lot of Hogwarts students, including Neville, Dean, and Seamus, eating candy all over the place.

"This place is the best candy shop I've ever been in because the candy here is bloody amazing!" Fred said excitedly and dragged me over to some chocolate.

"Hi Fred!" said a man walking over to us.

"Hey Ambrosius. 'Mione, this is Ambrosius Flume. He is the owner of Honeydukes. Ambrosius, Hermione Granger" he said introducing me.

"Hello Hermione. Are you Fred's girlfriend?" he asked looking at our hands. I blushed furiously and let go of his hand.

**Fred's POV**

Thanks for ruining the moment Ambrosius. I liked holding her hand.

"No, we're just friends. I'm just showing her around Hogsmeade" I said.

"Well I expect you hurry and get your candy!" Ambrosius said walking away.

"I get free candy here, so does George. We're good friends with Ambrosius you see" I said picking up the Chocoballs.

"You get free candy?" she asked shocked.

"Ya. You too, now. Any friend of mine always gets free candy at Honeydukes" I said with a smile.

"What about Ron?" she asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

"I don't know really. Anyways, open wide" I said, putting a Choco Balls in her mouth.

"Really," she said, chewing on the Chocoballs.

"Yep. Do ya like it?"

"Yes, it's brilliant!"

"Wait until you try the other candy here," I said, pulling her over to the rest of the candy.

"Ready to go to look around Hogsmeade some more?" I asked her handing her the bag of candy

"Yep" she said with a smile taking the bag.

"Let's go," I said, taking her hand and leaving with her.

"What else is new that we haven't visited?" she asked.

"We have George's and my favorite shop. Zonko's Joke Shop" I said dragging her off to the Joke shop.

"Fred, slow down!" she said with a laugh.

"Sorry 'Mione, but I want to show you everything before it's time to leave!" I said.

"Alright."

"Here we have the dungbombs George, Ginny, and I flick at Percy sometimes" I said, holding up the stink bomb.

"Don't throw that at me!" she said, holding up her hands to protect her face.

"Relax 'Mione, I won't," I said with a smile and picked up a soap-like object. "We also have the Frog Spawn Soap. It's filled with Frog eggs or spawn or whatever."

"Gross Fred, how can you even touch that?" she asked with a laugh.

" 'Mione, you should know by now that a prankster must do what a prankster does best! Pranksters also pick up things that most people find disgusting" I said with a smirk.

"Come on. We should get going. We will be leaving Hogsmeade soon" 'Mione said taking my hand and setting off.

We went to Dogweed and Deathcap, a shop that has Herbology, Ollivanders Wand Shop, there's also that one in Diagon Alley, Tomes and Scrolls, 'Mione almost took forever to pick out books, and everywhere else until we decided to go to The Three Broomsticks Inn.

**Hermione's POV**

Fred and I entered the Three Broomsticks and sat down and ordered Butterbeer.

"So, how far have you liked Hogsmeade, 'Mione?" Fred asked.

"Oh it's brilliant. I just loved the shops here."

We received our Butterbeer and it was hot, but also delicious.

"Blimey! This is fantastic!" I said in amazement.

"See. I told you. I told you it was fantastic" he said with a smile.

After a while I noticed everyone from Hogwarts were getting ready to leave. "Yes you did. We better hurry, I think everyone is about to leave" I said taking the last sip of my Butterbeer and left with Fred's hand in mine.

"That was a brilliant tour, Fred. Thank you" I said, giving him a hug.

"Anytime 'Mione!" he said, returning the hug.

"I can't wait until the next one," I said with a smile.

"Ya. Me, too."

We arrived at Hogwarts and we headed to the common room.