"Where're the books on Animagi!" Hermione demanded of Madam Pince.
"Young lady, there will be no shouting in my library!" Madam Pince shouted as Hermione ran past. The library owed this to her, the one answer that would make up for the lack of results during Harry's second task. She'd barely managed to skim the pages of the first book she touched when she found precisely what she'd been looking for.
Hermione remembered then her History of Magic exam and sprinted out of the library faster than Madam Pince could throw her out.
"You're banned for the remainder of the year you wretched child!"
"Thank you!" Hermione called. She barely made it to Professor Binn's room on time, though he took no notice of her late arrival. She took a deep breath as she prepared to take her final exam. She should've started studying after the Yule Ball, not after the second task.
Hermione burst through the doors of the Great Hall, she'd taken an extra minute to finish her exam, whereas Ron had left immediately.
"Are you going to tell us-" Harry started, but Hermione shook her head and sat beside Fred, not that anyone noticed. Nor did anyone notice Fred put his hand on her bouncing knee to calm her.
"Hello, Hermione," Mrs. Weasley said coldly. Hermione remembered the tiny egg she'd gotten for Easter compared to the large ones Ron and Harry had gotten. How, in a relationship with 2 people, could have all issues been the one's fault. Though from Mrs. Weasley's point of view, Hermione had cheated on Harry... or Viktor.
"Hello," Hermione answered nervously.
Harry glanced at Hermione, then Mrs. Weasley, then back again, "Mrs. Weasley, you didn't believe that rubbish Rita Skeeter wrote in Witch Weekly, did you? Because, well, Hermione's not my girlfriend."
"Oh, no, of course I didn't," said Mrs. Weasley, and she continued to explain how she only ever read the cooking bits with the recipes. However Hermione noticed that Mrs. Weasley was much kinder following Harry's confrontation. Hermione couldn't help but smile, knowing what she did about Rita Skeeter. She wanted to scream and tell everyone right this moment, but that would ruin her rather excellent leverage.
"You know," she whispered to Fred, "I think I'm going to take a page out of your book."
"If you make Cardinal Custards," Fred whispered back, "You'll never see me coming."
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So two short ones that kinda make one long one. Anyhow, reviews!
badwolfinwinterfell: Thank you! I'm starting to think I post at night just so I can wake up, check my email, and start my day off with a confidence boost! In terms of the future reactions to their relationship, some of them are going to be funny, at least that's what I'm going for.
Kittyinaz: Thank you very much! It might be a bit longer before they go public...
Binka Fudge (Guest): The kiss that happens between Ron and Hermione in the last book/movie ain't gonna happen. Your point about Rita actually gave me a spark of inspiration, so thank you! I'm going to answer your question about Fred and the whole dying thing very carefully; I'm not going to tell you what I do until the absolute last moment. There has to be some suspense.
