Chapter Four
They Think I Like Seamus


"Hermione!" Padma yelled running down the hallway after Herbology. She spotted Hermione walking down the hallway with Ron and Harry, both who looked a bit peeved after the incidents the night before. Hermione stopped, Padma slid as she turned the corner, and she saw the boys try not to laugh. "I need to talk to you!"
"Tell Flitwick I'll be late, Prefect business," Hermione lied. The boys shared weird looks and went into the classroom together.
"Did Seamus get a note?" Padma asked.
"Not that I know of," Hermione replied, looking a bit confused.
"Ask him," Padma said, panting. "It's a trick; I heard the Slytherins talking about it in Herbology. Blaise is going to show up and kiss Seamus, so that Parvati thinks that he's cheating."
"Why are they doing all of this?" Hermione asked.
"I haven't a clue, but he's supposed to meet Parvati in the Trophy Room," Padma explained. "I'll be waiting there, I'll try to distract Blaise, and you try to distract Seamus. I'm sure Fred will help." The bell rang. "I've got Care of Magical Creatures, I've got to go."
"Tell Hagrid that you were talking to me about something, he won't get to angry." Padma nodded and ran back down the hallway.


"Seamus has a hot date with Parvati tonight," Dean said to Ron, giving him a knowing look. Ron shared much of the same look back. Hermione, who was sitting between them, looked up. She gave Ron a funny look "She wrote em a love note and everything!"
"Was it in her handwriting?" Hermione blurted out.
"Uh, yah," Dean said, giving her a look that said that he thought she was crazy.
"Who else would have written it?" Ron asked, giving her about the same look.
"Well he can't go!" she blurted out.
"Why not?" Ron asked, confused to why his friend was acting so oddly. The night before she'd been in the library with Padma Patil, who she never talked to, and Fred. And then today, Padma had stopped her in the hallway.
"Because, because, he just can't," she said shrilly. Dean smiled at Ron over Hermione's head and gave him another knowing look, Ron instantly got the message.
"I know what this is about," Ron said.
"You do? That's bloody fantastic then!" she said, looking suddenly happy.
"You like Seamus," Ron said. Hermione looked at him horrified and stomped out of the Great Hall.


"They think I like Seamus!" Hermione hissed to Fred once she found him.
"Who thinks you like Seamus?" Fred asked.
"Ron and Dean, and now probably all of Gryffindor!" Hermione wailed. She did not like Seamus, not at all. She could barely stand him.
"Chill out," Fred told her, in a soothing voice. "What was the big news you had for me anyway, it couldn't have been this." It took her a minute to remember why she had in fact told Fred she needed to talk to him.
"We have to stall Seamus," Hermione said. "The Slytherins are trying to set him up."
"How?"
"Somehow they sent him a note from Parvati saying that she wants to meet him in the Trophy room tonight, however, they sent one to Parvati too, but when Parvati's there he is going to be kissing Blaise."
Fred bit his lip. "Okay, actually, if Seamus thinks that you have a crush on him, this might just work perfectly." Hermione groaned.


Fred grinned from behind the tapestry he was hiding behind; he was there to watch Hermione's little performance. She kept giving him nasty glares from in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady where she was hoping to intercept Seamus. Padma was down in the Trophy Room. Finally Seamus came out and Fred could here the boys in the Common Room giving him "advice". Fred snorted, and received a nasty look from Hermione.
"Seamus!" she said, her voice unnaturally high.
"Hermione, I can't chat, I've got to meet Parvati," Seamus said.
"I need to talk to you."
"Look Hermione, I know you like me." Fred had to stop from snorting when he said that. "But I'm sorry; I just don't feel the same about you. I love Parvati."
"I was trying to tell you that I don't like you. At all." Fred could have sworn that he heard Seamus' ego deflate.
"Oh. Well bye then."
"Seamus wait!" Hermione shouted. He heard her take off down the hall, and Fred left his cover to follow her. They had to stop Seamus from getting into that room. Fred entered the room right after Hermione. He was stunned by what he saw.
"Well," Fred finally said. "The good news is that he isn't kissing Blaise. The bad news is that's Padma not Parvati." Fred heard a gasp and saw an extremely horrified Parvati. He turned to look back at Padma and Seamus. Padma pushed Seamus away and Seamus just looked confused.



Next Time: Another set of twins meets their match
A/N: Sorry for the shortness, I just want this fic to move quickly. Its supposed to be a fun, fast-moving fic, not like A Truth Revealed.
KUDOS: mystical, I so agree on the good fics never being updated, no one on my fave authors or stories lists EVER update, its so annoying, thanks for recommending me, Maddy, thank you thank you, karigan, no good news for poor Seamus unforantly, you didn't think that I would make him happy when everyone else is miserable, Beckieboo Two, nah they don't *yet, well then only one of them will* George was just being a typical guy when he said that, Shang Pheonix, everyone loves G/H ships, but I hope I am making a way for F/H ships, or helping the way, Katrina Arlay, thanksels