An: And here we are again, back at the beginning of a new chapter… I don't know what to say… really, I don't. Since there hasn't been enough time for there to be any reviews on the second chapter and all, I don't have any comments to reply to. Oh well. I'd just like to say that I'm glad this one seems to be popular. (At least it's more popular than my other works) Thanks y'all!

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It had been two weeks and Ron was barley speaking to her. Ginny and Harry pretty much knew there was something going on, as the two had had no fight anyone else knew about. Not that there was much to fight about, Hermione noted one Saturday afternoon as she was supposedly listening to Ginny's rant over how incredibly hot Draco Malfroy was. Apparently she had lost all interest in Harry over the last summer, I guess one summer of not seeing him is enough for her to drop that losing battle, and was now hooked on the much-improved, as even Hermione would admit, Draco.

Surely, he had turned into somewhat of a stud during the last vacation. His white-blonde hair had been allowed to grow out a bit, and was no longer kept plastered back. Instead it flowed gently about his face, highlighting the lightly tanned skin that was the result of a month in Hawaii. His once cloudy gray eyes had softened into a beautiful crystal like colour that the girls of the school were all gushing over. He had even had a growth spurt and now stood roughly 6 feet tall, towering over most all of the other 5th years, not counting his still loyal-as-two-lost-then-found-puppies "friends", Crabbe and Goyle. But no matter how good his looks, that didn't make up for the fact that he was still a stuck up, obnoxious, rude asshole that needed a life.

"Hermione? Hermione?" Ginny was waving her hand in the girl's face.

"Huh? What'd you say?" Hermione asked wisely. Ginny looked across the lawn in the direction Hermione had supposedly been looking then turned back to her friend with an odd look on her face.

"Do you have the hots for my brother, or something?"

"W-what?!" The brunette practically shrieked. She hadn't wanted Ginny to know that, not after what had happened. Hermione turned her eyes back to where Ginny had been looking to find Fred and George sitting underneath a tree talking about something. Most likely planning their newest prank. "No… Uh… Noo!"

"Ookkay…" Ginny replied, apparently not believing her.

Hermione didn't think anyone had heard. It'd be worse if Ron heard that she supposedly liked Fred or George after he had read that note. Unfortunately, she never knew that he and Harry had been coming up behind them in time to hear the whole thing.

Harry heard what was said and saw Ron stop, stiff as Professor Snape. Inside Ron's head everything was dying. She liked one of the twins?! One of his own BROTHERS?!! For the second time in two weeks, he- a fifteen-year-old wizard- was almost reduced to the point of tears. What was this... this... VEELA doing to him? Harry didn't know what was going on, all he knew was that something was wrong with his best friend, and it undoubtedly concerned his other best friend. For the past two years he could defiantly tell that there was something between them, even if they wouldn't admit it. Once he and Ginny had been able to become friends—once she'd gotten over her thing for him—they had compared notes and he realized it wasn't just him who saw Ron and Hermione's feelings for each other. But Hermione and George? Hermione and Fred?!! No, the idea was just too silly to consider.

Apparently, however, it wasn't to Ron. "Excuse me." He said, rather sharply and turned around and headed back to the school. At the sound of his voice Hermione and Ginny had turned to look at them, Hermione looking terrified that he had actually heard what was said.

"Go after him." Harry heard Ginny hiss to Hermione. The brunette looked at her friend, wary at first then got up and ran after Ron. A few feet away from the two baffled friends, Hermione managed to get Ron to stop and talk to her. Words neither Ginny nor Harry could hear were exchanged, then Ron continued to storm off to the castle leaving Hermione once again staring after him before turning and running strait for Hagrid's cottage. When she passed them, they could tell that she was crying.

"What was that about…," Ginny asked in a hushed tone, staring as Hagrid's door opened then shut, their friend having disappeared inside of it.

"I have no idea."

"Well we do." Said an all-too-familiar voice behind him. Harry turned around to find the Weasley twins, Fred and George standing there, grinning in light of the situation.

"Well?" Ginny urged, her years of having lived with the two not making her the slightest bit timid around them, however older they were.

The twins looked at each other and then both held out a piece of parchment each to Harry. The aforementioned boy took the notes and read each, his eyebrows rising in surprise.