A/N: Ok, I am so so SORRY for not updating sooner. I regret it cos now not all of the previous readers might want to continue reading….i really apologise..
sorry! and I apologise to margarita (is that rite?)….i feel so dumb. haha
The next morning Harry woke up and ran to the mirror. He almost yelled out in horror when he saw his reflection. Harry's once smooth skin was now blemished by pimples. How could this happen overnight? This certainly wasn't a side effect that he wanted.
He quickly got dressed and tip toed out of the room to avoid waking up the snoring Ron. To his surprise, Hermione was sitting at the top of the stairs, alone. For some reason, the two of them seemed to be the only ones awake.
"Hermione?" he asked as he approached her. She glanced quickly up at him with swollen red eyes and glanced down again, rubbing her eyes furiously with the sleeve of her nightgown.
"Mr and Mrs Weasley went to see Mrs Weasley's aunr who's ill," Hermione said, her voice hoarse. Harry was confused. Did Hermione know Mrs Weasley's aunt and was so upset or was she just making a statement?
"What's wrong?" Harry asked, worried as he sat beside her. Hermione just shook her head as she stared down at her lap. "Oh come on, Hermione!" Harry asked again.
Suddenly, Hermione burst out in tears. "Its…everything! Ron….me…you…Oh, Harry why did everything have to change?" she sobbed. Harry's face turned pink. Was it possible that Hermione was feeling the same way he did? But that didn't make sense. She had..changed too.
"I don't know how to say this….Everythings wrong….Ever since I took….Oh, nevermind. Harry- you don't think I was being unreasonable, do you? To Ron I mean," she asked, her voice quavering. Harry didn't know how to respond. How could he say that she wasn't and betray his other friend? But at the same time, he had seen him staring at her and it was really up to Hermione how she wanted to react.
Noticing his hesitation, she continued, "I know this must be awkward for you Harry…You always seem to be in the middle of our fights. I feel like I can never have the same relationship with Ron again. Oh, I wish puberty never happened to me..or him!" she wailed. Then the two of them turned red together. (A/N: there seems to be a lot of blushing in this story doesn't it?)
"Harry," Hermione said, peering at his face, "you have..pimples. How could you possibly get so many overnight?" Harry really didn't know how to respond now.
"Well, you know, Fred and George and their tricks. They replaced my talc with Acne Powder. Oh, well, got to go," Harry said quickly, ignoring Hermione's suspicious look. He got up and went back to Ron's room hoping nothing more would change, at least for today.
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Later on in the evening, Harry and Ron who had been reading up in the bedroom (mainly because they didn't know what say to each other, as usual) heard a girl's scream from the garden. "Hermione," Ron said, jumping up from his bed and running out, Harry following suit.
When they reached the garden, they saw a red faced Hermione, and the twins lying on the grass looking strangely as if they had been Stupefied. Seconds later, Ginny and Percy came running out as well.
"What's happened here? I'm in charge here so please tell me what has happened?" Percy yelled, his voice bossier than usual as he had been left in charge for the day while his parents were out.
"I…I cursed them…I di-didn't mean to," Hermione said, looking shocked at what she had just done. She pointed her wand at the twins again but Percy took it away.
"Are you mad? Do you want to curse them again?" he shouted.
"I was going to remove the curse!" Hermione protested, looking very distressed. Ron, Harry, and Ginny just stood there, not understanding what had happened.
"Why did you curse them?" Harry asked. Percy echoed Harry's question in a bossier tone, glaring at Harry as if to say the question could only be asked by him.
"Well-er..nevermind. I'll just remove the curse," Hermione said pointing her wand at the twins and muttering something. Then she ran into the house, giving the impression that she was trying to avoid a confrontation.
The twins came to life and George proceeded to yell, "What in the world did she do? I have a bloody splitting headache now!" The rest of the Weasleys and Harry just stared at them, trying to make sense of what had happened.
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After 15 more minutes of complaints from Fred and George, Harry and Ron helped them back into the house and drilled them for answers. Percy hung around too, although Harry and Ron made it very obvious he was not wanted. Ginny went up to Hermione to see what she could do.
"Well, what happened??" Ron asked impatiently, wondering what in the world had possessed Hermione to curse his brothers. On second thought- it wasn't that big a mystery, he thought as he looked at the two of them.
"Well- um- don't be mad Ron. We just, um, told her what we thought of her.." Fred said, somewhat awkwardly but there was no denying the grins on the twins faces.
Harry's raised eyebrow indicated to them that an explanation was needed. "Well, she's hot! We just thought she should know. But she really freaked out. It figures- she always was a bit to weird for my liking. And too…intelligent? Not our type at all. Don't worry Ron. She's all yours," Fred said, trying to sound normal.
Ron, who had been fuming for some reason at what the twins had done was even more furious when he heard that comment. He opened his mouth to say something, but for the first time he realized that there really was no point saying anything to them. he walked away and up the stairs leaving even Harry in shock. Ron had just given the first of many surprises to come.
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A/N: So, whaddya think? School's started again so expect updates later than usual…Once in 2 days mayb? N e way, a big thanks to all of u who despite my slow update are still faithful followers..i'll try n update my other story soon…