CHAPTER 2 Losing Hermione and bringing in the news
"What was that all about?" Ron asked Harry as the bitter Hermione took off with Fred. "First they were studying together, and then instant love! MY BEST FRIEND IS IN LOVE WITH MY BROTHER!"
"Relax, Ron. "Hermy" had a point. Who made it against the law to fall in love-?" Harry began.
"IT'S AGAINST MY LAW FOR MY BEST FRIEND TO BE IN LOVE WITH A JOKER WHO IS MY BROTHER! All they were SUPPOSED to do was study together! Not have an affair!" Ron screamed.
"Ron, it's not an affair. Have you ever been in love?" Harry asked reasonably. "They are bound to get into a fight sooner or later."
"Oh Harry, I hope they do. It makes me sick to see them together. And Fred is like 3 or maybe MORE years older than her. I thought Hermione was smarter than that."
"Ron, relax. Relax. Breath in, breath out. Okay? And Fred isn't that much older than Hermione. What a minute, you don't know how many more years Fred is older than Hermione?"
"I DON'T CARE!" Ron exploded. "I HAVEN'T SEEN HERMIONE FOR WEEKS BECAUSE SHE IS BUSY WITH MY BROTHER! AND NOW SHE IS ACTING LIKE A MEAN SNOB WHEN WE FINALLY GET TO SEE HER! That let it out." He sighed.
*Hermione and Fred, in the Library*
"This is so boring," Fred groaned. "We are done studying." He doodled on his paper, that laid under him.
"We could read," Hermione suggested.
"Are you crazy?!" Fred cried. "Reading, when we're done with all this studying?" Fred had not yet realized what he had just written.
The Measley Weasley Paper.
"I got it!" he leapt up. "I could start a weekly paper!" He looked down at his paper, then shoved it in Hermione's face. "Wow!" she cried. "Oh please, let me be the editor! I could read the Daily Prophet and get the Wizard's World News and-"
"Hermione, I don't know if you can be in this paper. Me and George only!" Fred said bossily. Hermione could feel herself heat up.
"You can't do it all by yourself!" she exploded. "Why is it only Fred and George? And you can't find all the news with-two people!"
"Hermione, please don't be mad," Fred begged. Hermione stormed away.
"Something is eating her," a voice said.
*Ron and Harry: Discussions in the Common Room*
"Ron, I am so worried about Hermione. Fred is changing her. I mean, literally," Harry said.
"Harry, me too. I am pissed, not worried. First he is changing Hermione, and now Fred is taking her from us!' Ron said back, sighing.
Ron didn't know that George knew of the paper and that George was standing right behind the stairs, listening..
"Well, we better go find them-"
"And tear them apart?" Harry questioned. "I could never do that to Hermione! She loves Fred!"
"Of course you could," Ron answered hotly.
"I wouldn't, even if I could!" Harry snapped. "Hermione is our best friend. We could never betray her-and be so disloyal!"
'Harry, you got to take risks sometimes-" Ron began, but Harry had enough.
"And put Hermione's friendship at risk?!" He screamed.
"She isn't even-barely even-our friend, Harry! I thought you had eyes to see that!" Ron yelled back.
"Ugh!" Harry said, annoyed. "Well, we gotta take a risk, Mr. We Got To Take Risks and try to make her our friend again!"
"Good idea," Ron commented. "Now, I have a plan. Since you are sooo good at taking people away from others-"
"No I am not! In fact, I never do that-only in cases such as this." "-you distract Fred from Hermione, and I take Hermione away from him, and shove her into the common room, so I can talk to her. Now, we need to try this-this Friday."
"Friday? Why wait? This thing could only get bigger and bigger, not smaller and smaller."
"Well, today is Tuesday. And Friday is Friday the thirteenth."
"You believe in this crap?" Harry asked him smugly. "I'da thought you had the sense, Ron."
"Well. okay. today, 4:00 P.M."
"It is 4:00 P.M.!" Harry yelped, grabbing Ron's arm, and leading him out of the common room and into the library, where they knew Hermione would be.
HEADLINE HOGWARTS NEWS
FIRST EDITION OF THE MEASLEY WEASLEY PAPER
THIS ISSUE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY FREDDINA AND GEORGINA WEASLEY, INC. (Freddina is Fred, and Georgina is George. He he.)
(This issue was stuffed into Harry's face. That morning, everyone was laughing at Harry and Ron. Harry and Ron flipped around in the pages, and stopped at page three, to find in horror: )
Hey, people. Want some gossip on the digs in Hoggysoggywarts?
Here, got all the "scoops" on the News, "gossip style."
"Harry and Ron: Discussions in the Common Room"
By: Georgina Weasley
Harry: Ron, I am worried about Hermione. Fred is changing her, I mean literally.
Harry didn't even bother to read the rest. He knew about their plan!
*George, Hermione and Fred, Library Chat*
"Hermione, look." George was trying to explain why he had put their plan in the paper.
"I am not convinced, you idiot! Those are my friends, believe it or not! I wish I wasn't dating you-" she said, pointing at Fred, "so I could atleast- "
"It's not my fault!" Fred cried. "I didn't ask Georgie Porgie here to put that in the article and attract all the girls, and make them kiss him!"
"Stop it, you moron! I do not believe you, Fred Weasley!" Hermione shrieked.
A/N: This is not a library chat. Change to "Library Scream".
"I am not denying it, "Hermione Granger"!" Fred snapped. "I just wanted to tell you, I didn't ask Georgie here to do it! I know those two donkeys are your friends-"
"Are you calling MY friends donkeys? My friend HARRY POTTER?!" She screamed loudly. McGonagall raced to the isle.
"Miss Granger, I cannot believe you. I would have thought you had the rules down. No screaming in the library. 30 points off Gryffindor." She walked away .
"Look, if you had told me, George "Georgina" Weasley, I would have stopped you. This is upserd. You did this to me? I mean, to me and MY FRIENDS? I thought it was funny, the first few pages. The last page, of course, I would throw it at your head, if I had it you d-"
A/N: As you can see, Miss Granger is trying to keep it clean. I guess those who don't like the F/Hermione couple-then your luck is changing. as Hermione and Fred scream and yell at each other over George.
"Look-Hermione, I'll tell you the truth. Can I put a little swear in it?" George asked.
"Whatever, just tell us."
"Well, I did this because I wanted you to realize that your friends WANT you back! And I am sick and tired of you and Fred here, sitting in the damn library, making out! Instead of working, like the old Hermione I used to know, you and Fred just sit here and do nothing but-kiss! To tell you the truth, Hermione, I liked the old you better."
"You only liked the old me better because you wanted my Transfiguration answers! That's the only real reason you liked me, George!" Hermione cried. "Look, I am sorry about blowing up on you guys. But to tell YOU the truth, I liked the old Weasley Twins Better. I don't think I can take this anymore. You guys never really were interested in NewsPapers and gossiping. But you've changed." Hermione walked away, leaving a puzzled Fred, and a shocked George.
"What was that all about?" Ron asked Harry as the bitter Hermione took off with Fred. "First they were studying together, and then instant love! MY BEST FRIEND IS IN LOVE WITH MY BROTHER!"
"Relax, Ron. "Hermy" had a point. Who made it against the law to fall in love-?" Harry began.
"IT'S AGAINST MY LAW FOR MY BEST FRIEND TO BE IN LOVE WITH A JOKER WHO IS MY BROTHER! All they were SUPPOSED to do was study together! Not have an affair!" Ron screamed.
"Ron, it's not an affair. Have you ever been in love?" Harry asked reasonably. "They are bound to get into a fight sooner or later."
"Oh Harry, I hope they do. It makes me sick to see them together. And Fred is like 3 or maybe MORE years older than her. I thought Hermione was smarter than that."
"Ron, relax. Relax. Breath in, breath out. Okay? And Fred isn't that much older than Hermione. What a minute, you don't know how many more years Fred is older than Hermione?"
"I DON'T CARE!" Ron exploded. "I HAVEN'T SEEN HERMIONE FOR WEEKS BECAUSE SHE IS BUSY WITH MY BROTHER! AND NOW SHE IS ACTING LIKE A MEAN SNOB WHEN WE FINALLY GET TO SEE HER! That let it out." He sighed.
*Hermione and Fred, in the Library*
"This is so boring," Fred groaned. "We are done studying." He doodled on his paper, that laid under him.
"We could read," Hermione suggested.
"Are you crazy?!" Fred cried. "Reading, when we're done with all this studying?" Fred had not yet realized what he had just written.
The Measley Weasley Paper.
"I got it!" he leapt up. "I could start a weekly paper!" He looked down at his paper, then shoved it in Hermione's face. "Wow!" she cried. "Oh please, let me be the editor! I could read the Daily Prophet and get the Wizard's World News and-"
"Hermione, I don't know if you can be in this paper. Me and George only!" Fred said bossily. Hermione could feel herself heat up.
"You can't do it all by yourself!" she exploded. "Why is it only Fred and George? And you can't find all the news with-two people!"
"Hermione, please don't be mad," Fred begged. Hermione stormed away.
"Something is eating her," a voice said.
*Ron and Harry: Discussions in the Common Room*
"Ron, I am so worried about Hermione. Fred is changing her. I mean, literally," Harry said.
"Harry, me too. I am pissed, not worried. First he is changing Hermione, and now Fred is taking her from us!' Ron said back, sighing.
Ron didn't know that George knew of the paper and that George was standing right behind the stairs, listening..
"Well, we better go find them-"
"And tear them apart?" Harry questioned. "I could never do that to Hermione! She loves Fred!"
"Of course you could," Ron answered hotly.
"I wouldn't, even if I could!" Harry snapped. "Hermione is our best friend. We could never betray her-and be so disloyal!"
'Harry, you got to take risks sometimes-" Ron began, but Harry had enough.
"And put Hermione's friendship at risk?!" He screamed.
"She isn't even-barely even-our friend, Harry! I thought you had eyes to see that!" Ron yelled back.
"Ugh!" Harry said, annoyed. "Well, we gotta take a risk, Mr. We Got To Take Risks and try to make her our friend again!"
"Good idea," Ron commented. "Now, I have a plan. Since you are sooo good at taking people away from others-"
"No I am not! In fact, I never do that-only in cases such as this." "-you distract Fred from Hermione, and I take Hermione away from him, and shove her into the common room, so I can talk to her. Now, we need to try this-this Friday."
"Friday? Why wait? This thing could only get bigger and bigger, not smaller and smaller."
"Well, today is Tuesday. And Friday is Friday the thirteenth."
"You believe in this crap?" Harry asked him smugly. "I'da thought you had the sense, Ron."
"Well. okay. today, 4:00 P.M."
"It is 4:00 P.M.!" Harry yelped, grabbing Ron's arm, and leading him out of the common room and into the library, where they knew Hermione would be.
HEADLINE HOGWARTS NEWS
FIRST EDITION OF THE MEASLEY WEASLEY PAPER
THIS ISSUE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY FREDDINA AND GEORGINA WEASLEY, INC. (Freddina is Fred, and Georgina is George. He he.)
(This issue was stuffed into Harry's face. That morning, everyone was laughing at Harry and Ron. Harry and Ron flipped around in the pages, and stopped at page three, to find in horror: )
Hey, people. Want some gossip on the digs in Hoggysoggywarts?
Here, got all the "scoops" on the News, "gossip style."
"Harry and Ron: Discussions in the Common Room"
By: Georgina Weasley
Harry: Ron, I am worried about Hermione. Fred is changing her, I mean literally.
Harry didn't even bother to read the rest. He knew about their plan!
*George, Hermione and Fred, Library Chat*
"Hermione, look." George was trying to explain why he had put their plan in the paper.
"I am not convinced, you idiot! Those are my friends, believe it or not! I wish I wasn't dating you-" she said, pointing at Fred, "so I could atleast- "
"It's not my fault!" Fred cried. "I didn't ask Georgie Porgie here to put that in the article and attract all the girls, and make them kiss him!"
"Stop it, you moron! I do not believe you, Fred Weasley!" Hermione shrieked.
A/N: This is not a library chat. Change to "Library Scream".
"I am not denying it, "Hermione Granger"!" Fred snapped. "I just wanted to tell you, I didn't ask Georgie here to do it! I know those two donkeys are your friends-"
"Are you calling MY friends donkeys? My friend HARRY POTTER?!" She screamed loudly. McGonagall raced to the isle.
"Miss Granger, I cannot believe you. I would have thought you had the rules down. No screaming in the library. 30 points off Gryffindor." She walked away .
"Look, if you had told me, George "Georgina" Weasley, I would have stopped you. This is upserd. You did this to me? I mean, to me and MY FRIENDS? I thought it was funny, the first few pages. The last page, of course, I would throw it at your head, if I had it you d-"
A/N: As you can see, Miss Granger is trying to keep it clean. I guess those who don't like the F/Hermione couple-then your luck is changing. as Hermione and Fred scream and yell at each other over George.
"Look-Hermione, I'll tell you the truth. Can I put a little swear in it?" George asked.
"Whatever, just tell us."
"Well, I did this because I wanted you to realize that your friends WANT you back! And I am sick and tired of you and Fred here, sitting in the damn library, making out! Instead of working, like the old Hermione I used to know, you and Fred just sit here and do nothing but-kiss! To tell you the truth, Hermione, I liked the old you better."
"You only liked the old me better because you wanted my Transfiguration answers! That's the only real reason you liked me, George!" Hermione cried. "Look, I am sorry about blowing up on you guys. But to tell YOU the truth, I liked the old Weasley Twins Better. I don't think I can take this anymore. You guys never really were interested in NewsPapers and gossiping. But you've changed." Hermione walked away, leaving a puzzled Fred, and a shocked George.