"It's all right, you know." George said, after a short walk. He turned to her with a smile on his face and shrugged.
Hermione had just opened her mouth to speak and hesitated. "I'm not sure if I follow you?"
"Well, you were obviously going to tell me that you're not interested in me and that kissing me was a mistake. You are obviously going to tell me that there will never be anything but friendship between us and that you would like me to stop hassling you."
He shrugged again and looked a bit nervous. "I understand, really."
As he talked, Hermione watched him and to her sadness the goofy George acted far from goofy. And that's my fault, she thought and shook her head.
This made George look up. "What are you shaking your head at?"
Hermione gave him a small smile before sitting down in the grass. She looked up at him and shrugged as well.
"I'm not really sure if I agree with you on what you just said." she confessed.
"But I just said what..you were going to say?"
"How do you know I was going to say that?" she asked, raising a brow. George still stood, and as he looked down on her, he shuffled uncomfortably on his feet.
"Well, you were, weren't you? Why else did you come all the way here?" he said and put his hands in his pockets. "Look, 'Mione, it's okay really. I guess I just overdid it a bit. You just changed so much, you know. And you're just a really cool girl, not just good looking, but also smart and funny."
Hermione's smile grew larger and George laughed.
"And if you're not incredibly stressed or outsmarting anyone I seriously think you're just lovely. And Fred agrees, even Bill thinks so. And we all know Ron fancied you for ages, and "
"He WHAT?" Hermoines jaw dropped and she gaped at George. "Ron fancied me?"
George stopped his rant and looked down at Hermione, slightly surprised. "Yes? You never knew?" he asked, then grinned. "Oh this is lovely, you never noticed how Ron was all over you??"
Hermione frowned and shook her head. "No, you were all over me, Ron and I just constantly fought! He couldn't have liked me, I was all.. big haired and.."
"Not to mention big headed," George added with a wink.
"George!" she snapped, then fell silent. After several seconds she giggled softly. "So that's why he.." With a snigger she looked up at George who was grinning still. "How come I don't notice these things??"
George walked up to her and dropped himself next to Hermione. He looked at her with a quasi serious look on his face. "If you weren't so caught up with your books all the time, you would have been dating him or someone else a long time ago!"
"There was Viktor!?" she tried.
"Who? Oh.. you mean Krum?" George laughed. "Well, if you say so."
"Don't mock me, I seriously liked Krum, I mean.. Viktor!"
"I never said you didn't. I'm just trying to think of something there is to like about him.." George seemed to be in deep thought and Hermione looked at him, not understanding.
"How.." she shook her head, "George, how come my conversations with you always drift off from the point? We were discussing something important, and now we're talking about what's hot and what's not about Viktor Krum!!"
He looked at her and then started laughing, shaking his head with amusement. Hermione was silent for a moment until she started laughing as well. It didn't take long before she was laughing so hard that it hurt her. And then she saw how George was practically rolling around on the ground, laughing.
Which was when she stopped. He didn't notice at first, so she just nervously waited for him to. When he slowly stopped laughing, she bit her lip.
"I wasn't going to say any of those things, you know."
George looked at her, both brows raised. His hair was messed up, a twig was sticking out of it, but he didn't bother to fix it. He looked at her, curiously.
"You aren't going to tell me what?" he asked, crossing his arms as he sat on his knees.
Hermione shifted and rolled her eyes. "I meant, I just wanted to apologize for being such a .. brat. I was really horrible to you, I guess."
"Well I don't
know about that, if you think snogging me in the shed
is a horrible thing to do then we need to teach you something about life." he
said and smiled at her.
"Seriously?" he asked, and Hermione nodded. "If I hadn't been me, I would have
given up on you a long time ago. I mean, it was obvious you weren't interested
in me."
"I never knew you were interested in me, in the first place." Hermione protested, but George pointed at her and shook his head.
"George is
talking, so shush." he said and looked at her. "And I'm a Weasley,
I'm stubborn. I'm a Weasley TWIN, so that doubles my stubborness and stupidity." he winked.
"Basically, I just realized what an incredibly cool person you were, or could
be.. and I just lost myself
in the wonderful Granger."
"I'm sorry," Hermione started softly.
"For being incredibly cool?" George laughed.
She punched him playfully. "For hurting your feelings, after the snog in the shed." She pulled a face after saying the words, causing George to laugh again.
"Mione, you crack me up."
"And I'm not asking you to stop hassling me," she continued, "And it's not that I'm not interested.."
She knew she was turning red when she said the words, and George stopped laughing almost immediately.
"So you're saying you are?"
"Well.. not that.. I mean, yes, but .." she sighed. "You know, I just don't know!"
George smiled and stroke some of her hair out of her face. "You're cute when you give up, tiny."
By now, Hermione was glowing, though she wasn't sure if it was because of what they were discussing, or because of the fact that George was so close to her and touching her hair. without knowing it, she leaned her head against George's hand and shrugged.
"I do know that we have the most random conversations," she said softly. George grinned, nodding his head.
"And that, sometimes," Hermione looked down at the ground they were sitting on, "We just talk too much, period. I mean, look at this situation!"
There came no response from George, so she continued. "I have to drag you away from your family and Harry and we are sitting here, in the grass, discussing our so called relationship, guessing how much we like each other and .."
"Hermione," George interupted, "Seriously? You are not going to analyze this situation, are you?" he asked.
"Well, I sort of already was, before you interrupted me," she said softly.
"Sorry about that, then, but I feel something incredible is about to happen and I think I should warn you about it."
"What then?" Hermione asked, suddenly a bit worried about what George was talking about. She sat up straight and looked around, almost afraid of what was coming. "What is it?"
She heard a chuckle coming from George. "I'm going to kiss you, you daft girl." he said before he leaned down and placed his lips on hers.
"Bloody hell, Harry, stop pushing." Ginny said with annoyance.
"Ginny, what would Mum say if she heard you!?" Ron hissed to his little sister.
"Oh shush Ron," Fred said, pushing aside his little brother.
"Yeah, Mum isn't spying with us in these bushes." Ginny added. Ron merely rolled his eyes and shoved Harry's head aside."
"Hey, Ron!" this one whispered, "I can't see!"
"Harry, for someone who didn't want to spy on them, you're very eager to have a looksee!" Fred sniggered.
"Shut up, all of you!" Ginny ordered, "He's touching her hair!"
"Why on earth did we choose this lousy spot to spy on them!" Ron complained as he peeked between the braches.
"Careful Ron, they might see you." Harry warned him.
"Oh Harry, sometimes you can be such a .."
"Ron, CAREFUL," Fred hissed, "I don't think that branch will hold you for.."
"Ah! They are kissing!"
"Bloody hell!"
"RON!"
For seven seconds, Hermione experienced a state of complete bliss as she kissed George Weasley. Then, she heard a girl squealing, followed by the cry of a boy, and then a name she knew too well.
George pulled back, and both their heads turned to the trees up the hill, left from them. To their surprise, they saw Ron floating in the middle of the air. In the trees behind him, Fred was holding Ginny back and Harry held out his wand, obviously trying to keep Ron from smashing on the ground.
"Oh they didn't." Hermione groaned.
"Yes, they did!" George said, both amused and annoyed. He was still holding one of Hermiones hands, but she pulled it back and reached for her wand.
With an angry look on her face she pointed the wand at Ron. "Accio Ronald Weasley!!" she yelled and within seconds, the floating body of Ron came flying there way. Ron's face was filled with fear, especially when he saw the look on Hermione's face.
"Umph!" he brought out when he landed on the ground. George looked at his little brother, shaking his head. Then he raised his voice and waved an arm in the air.
"Fred, Ginny, Harry. Just come over already, there's no use in hiding!"
Hermione looked at Ron, still pointing her wand at him. Ron rubbed his butt and gulped.
"George, you mind taking that wand away from Hermione, I don't like the look on her face."
George grinned. "Who says I won't let her do whatever she's planning to do?"
To Ron's surprise, Hermione smirked at this and didn't move when George put an arm around her.
"Seriously though, you guys." he said, and crawled back a bit. "You wouldn't .. I mean, we didn't.."
George shrugged. "You did interrupt a very special moment, so I think it's only fair that we,"
"thank you for not minding your own business and ruining a perfect moment, yes." Hermione said, as her cheeks slightly reddened.
"Ah, come on Hermione, George. It wasn't just me, and you know I didn't mean to.."
"You snogged!" Ginny's high pitched voice suddenly interrupted.
"Ginny!" Fred sniggered but then looked at his twin. "George!" he laughed.
Ginny stood still and panted, pointing at Hermione and George. "I can't believe it, the boys were right!" she coughed. "You guys, there really IS something going on between the two of you!"
Harry joined the group, looking slightly emberassed. Hermione glared at him also. He gave her a sheepish smile.
"Did we.."
"YES." she answered and then looked at Ginny who was still pointing at them with a trembling finger.
"Oh, I can't believe this! Hermione, and .. and.. George!!" she giggled. "Oh if Mum finds out she'll"
"No!" George and Hermione simultaniously said.
"Oh come on George," Ron said as he got up and rubbed his arm. "It's not like anyone at home DIDN'T notice. And of course, Bill told her."
"Bill!!?" Hermione exclaimed.
"Yes Bill! But who cares about Bill anyway!" Ron said, and shook his head. "Aren't you afraid we are upset about all of this?!"
"All of what?" Hermione asked in confusion.
"You and George, together!"
"Well.. no I didn't think about that!" Hermione said, then paused. "We're together now?" she asked and looked at George.
Harry laughed. "You are together now, please tell us you are."
"Don't worry mate," George grinned, wrapping his arm around Hermione's waist, causing her to blush furiously.
Ron shrugged, "Well.. good. It took you guys AGES to finally snog, and that gave us time to get used to the idea."
"Ok, I am getting very uncomfortable by all of you saying you KNEW before WE knew.." she admitted, causing the others to laugh.
Fred then pulled his sister at her hair. "Let's go Gin Gin, we should really leave the lovebirds to it. I think we should get our brooms and head back to the Burrow."
Gin reluctantly obeyed and followed him.
"Fred's right," Harry said to Ron, "Besides, we should clean up the kitchen, we made quite a mess this morning when we made ourselves breakfast."
They began to walk back up the hill. George and Hermione laughed as they heard Fred say: "You're so not funny, Harry."
And with that, they were alone again. Hermione put her wand away, and only then she remembered how furious she had been a few minutes ago.
"Well that was annoying," George muttered and smiled at her. She shrugged.
"It figures." she said, "Apparently, everytime I kiss you someone has to catch us."
"It's just such a good show," George shrugged and ran a hand through her hair as she laughed.
"Yeah, right."
"No, I'm serious!" George grinned, "Well as serious as I can get. There's just nothing you're NOT good at, Hermione."
Hermione grinned and brought her face closer to his. It was weird, for once she didn't feel uncomfortable around him. She didn't feel awkward or emberassed. Not even the slightest bit annoyed. She just felt.. right, especially George lifted her chin with his finger and chuckled.
"Fifty points to Gryffindor, Miss Granger," he whispered before he kissed her again.
:( I knew I waited too long with posting that last chapter! I lost all my dedicated readers and reviewers! Boohoo, I only got six reviews for that last chapter! Of course, I knew it was crap chapter, but stillll.. Anyway, I updated again! (You didn't expect THAT, I know!) and I do believe only one chapter will come after this one and then it's done! Over! I want to write a new HP fic, haha, but I have to finish my other ones first. Especially Lee's diary.
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