'Ok. What just happened here?' Ron thought to himself. 'I see Hermione, I call her over to me, I ask her how she got the streaks in her hair, then I practically admit that I like her! ... I didn't even know that I liked her!' Ron was completely dumbstruck. He was still standing where he and Hermione were talking, watching stupidly as Hermione walked away, headed for the bookshop. Just then someone unexpected walked up to him.

"Fred! George! What the bloody hell are you two doing here?" Ron exclaimed.

"Language, little brother," George said.

"Yes, what would your mother say if she were here right now?" Fred asked.

"Alright, alright. Whatever you say. But you two still haven't answered my question. I thought you two were done with your shopping, and walking around with Mum," Ron said.

"Would you want to walk around with Mum all day, following her around in her pursuit of 'cute little things' for the house?" George asked.

"Good point," Ron said.

"Exactly," said Fred. "Now what's up with you and Hermione? Does ickle Ronnie-kins have a crush?"

'Oh no! They found out! I have to play it cool. Oh, what am I gonna do?'

He decided on just denying everything they say.

"No, 'ickle Ronnie-kins' doesn't have a crush on anyone!" Ron said, a little too forcefully.

"That's not what it looked like to us, right Fred?" George said, seeing right through Ron. You tend to do that when you've known someone for all their life, and most of yours.

"Yep, sure is, George!" replied Fred. "Now, onto the dating advice!"

This was NOT going how Ron wanted it to. "I don't need any dating advice! Especially not from you two!" Ron exclaimed.

"Now listen," Fred said, as if he didn't hear him. "First of all, you need to know how to kiss. I expect you've had your first kiss, am I correct?" Fred inquired.

"Um... no," said Ron, a little nervously. He was NOT prepared for a lecture on how to kiss a girl, especially not from the twins!

"Oh, then you're farther behind than we thought!" George said. "Now, first lesson: Where to put your hands. Fred, show the man how it's done!"

"Alright George!" Fred replied. He then started walking towards Ron, as if he was going to demonstrate the correct placement on him.

"No! No, no, no! You're not gonna demonstrate on ME, are you?" Ron asked, quite frantically. This was DEFINITALY not going how he wanted it to!

"Of course I am, Ronnie-kins! You want to learn how to kiss, don't you?" replied Fred.

"No, I don't! Not like this! No!" Ron exclaimed.

Just then, Fred and George started laughing.

"What's so funny?" Ron asked. When they didn't answer him, he kicked them both in the shins.

"Now, was that really necessary?" asked George.

"Yes, it was!" yelled Ron. "Now what was so bloody funny?" Ron demanded, getting very irritated at the fact that the twins were not answering him.

"You... are... just... too... GULLIBLE!" stated Fred, who was still laughing, despite the kick in the legs.

"Look! I am not gonna stand here and listen to a couple of crackpots try to teach me how I should go about dating Hermione! You got that? I can figure out how to date her on my OWN!" Ron yelled.

"So, You do like her, don't you?" Fred asked.

"No! It's just-- Ugh! Just get out of my face!" Ron growled.

"Ok, little brother. We can take a hint! Why didn't you just say you didn't want us here in the first place?" George said, still laughing, before turning and walking off.

'Phew, glad that's over,' Ron thought to himself.

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Hope you like that little bit of dating advice from the twins. I was going to make this a really long chapter, with F and G's advice at the beginning, and then have Ron getting ready to go to Hermione's house, but I wanted to get this chapter out early to make up for my inactiveness. E-mail any flames you might have to me at 'angelic_wings2001@yahoo.com' Thanks!