A/N Thanks for all reviews, I loved the last line of chapter 8, thought it was quite funny and I could imagine Fred saying that! Lol, not back at school yet, but having a massive house party tonight to let off final bits of summer holiday steam! So here goes;

"I'm sorry? 'Greatest fuck I'll ever have?' What are you on Fred Weasley?!"

Fred looked at her, first surprised, then confused, and then most definitely embarrassed,

"I...I just thought it...was funny," he finished lamely.

"OK well firstly, IF and I mean if, I accepted your invitation to the Hellraiser, there would be no guarantee of me having sex that night, with you."

"Ah ha! So you're thinking of accepting! Relax Hermione it was a joke, I hardly expect us to have sex. I mean you're only 15, I'm obviously 18 and a lot more experienced, and school's really important to you and blah, blah, blah."

"What? You think the reason I won't have sex with you is because it's against my morals? What do you think Justin and me did Fred - hold hands in the library? You've got a lot to learn smart arse."

She smirked and turned on her heel to walk off. Inside she was bursting with happiness at the very thought of going with Fred to the Hellraiser. She had known the minute he asked that she would say yes; but she had also read Mrs Weasley's Witch Weekly and knew better than to give a boy all he wants at the first hurdle. However, she hadn't reckoned for how persistent Fred really was,

"So is that a yes, or a no?" She could tell he was still trying to act cool, even though he was obviously shocked at her last comment.

She turned back to face him, laughing happily, "Yes Fred, it's a yes. I'll go to Hogwarts Hell with you."

His reaction was priceless. He ran up to her, picked her up and spun her around, kissed her on the cheek and said,

"Miss Granger, you won't regret it."

She was left feeling shocked and immeasurably happy as she watched Fred walk jauntily off, obviously feeling that he had regained the upper hand.

Becoming the date of one of the most popular boys in Gryffindor had certain repercussions that Hermione didn't expect or foresee. She didn't expect it to stay secret but she certainly didn't expect that the news of her and Fred going together to Hogwarts Hell would spread as fast as it did.

After her talk with Fred it was already six so she decided to go to the Great Hall and meet Ron and Harry, finally, there. They sat down together and tucked into a delicious meal and Hermione resisted telling them about her and Fred – she couldn't decide if it would be weird for Ron, because it was his brother, or Harry, because they had briefly dated, or for both.

However she needn't have worried how to break it to them because shortly after they had sat down to eat, who should come in but Fred, George and Lee, all eager to sit with the three friends for once. Fred simply winked at Hermione, sat down next to Harry, and started buttering a roll. George came and sat next to Hermione and nudged her, also winking. Lee, however, walked in singing quietly to himself "Granger and Weasley, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"

Ron turned bright red immediately, assuming that he was the Weasley that Lee was referring to. On noticing this, Lee said calmly,

"No, not you Ron, I mean you're not the one going to Hogwarts Hell with Hermione are you?"

Both Harry and Ron spat out what they were eating.

"You're going to Hogwarts Hell with someone?"

"With a Weasley????"

They both turned to look questioningly at George, because of course Fred was with Angelina, wondering if he had actually asked Hermione of all people to Hogwarts Hell. George just stared back at them.

"No idiots, not me."

"FRED?!"

Fred looked up for the first time, as if only just noticing that the conversation was going on. He simply said, cool as a cucumber,

"What?"

"Are you going to Hogwarts Hell with Hermione?"

"Oh, yeah, I asked her earlier on. Didn't I?"

Hermione blushed furious red, "Yes," she said meekly.

Ron was startled and confused,

"But what about you and Angelina?"

"Ah ha, yes, funny story there. My wand stopped working for Angelina because it seemed I had fallen out of love with her. Then we had a screaming match in which I realised that maybe I was with her for the wrong reasons. Then, I remembered the passionate moment I had recently shared with our friend Miss Granger here, and realised that perhaps it was she I wanted to be with. Though as of et, she hadn't heard that, or agreed to be my girlfriend or anything."

There was a silence around the table, apart from Fred calmly tucking into his meal. No one had ever heard Fred talk that openly about his feelings and no one realised that he had felt that way about Hermione, not even she herself. They all just stared at him until he finally could no longer ignore them.

"What?"

"You shared a passionate moment with Hermione?" George asked doubtfully.

It was at this point that Hermione mumbled something about being very full and excused herself.

Fred looked up surprised and simply said, "Yeah, we snogged and I felt her up and then she cried because I then brushed her off as just another girl with a crush on me and blah blah, now we're about to be dating, I'll just go ask her first."

He walked out the hall sedately but then ran back up to the Gryffindor common room. Hermione was sitting on a sofa alone, shaking slightly but altogether looking thoroughly amused. When she saw him come in she grinned.

"Hey."

"Hey. Did you mind me telling those guys all that? I'm sorry if you did, I just reckoned that they would find out Saturday night anyways."

"No it's cool, I was just shocked at what you told them. About you wanting to be with me and stuff."

"You knew that."

"Yeah, but, well it didn't seem real until I saw their faces. Priceless huh?"

He sat down beside her and gently kissed her on the nose. "Priceless."

She looked up at him and kissed him long and sensual. He held her tighter and increased the sensation of their kiss. Neither of them had ever felt this way before, while simply kissing someone, and it was a wonderful feeling. Hermione slowly fell back on the sofa and all of a sudden Fred was on top of her, kissing her with force and passion, and letting his tongue discover all the crevices in her mouth. They were forgetting that they were completely on show in the common room, and that if a teacher came in, they would be in detention for weeks. But to Fred it didn't matter, to Hermione it did a little. But the main thing was that they were together and both wanted that.

Eventually Fred pulled away, grinning at Hermione, who breathlessly grinned back.

"Woah, that was intense huh?"

She stroked his hair, "Yeah, it was amazing. I could do that every day for the rest of my life to be sure!"

He lifted himself off her and straightened up his shirt, which had become slightly unbuttoned in places in the heat of the moment. She did the same. They stared at each other for some time before they were interrupted by a group of girls coming down from the dormitories. As luck would have it, it was Angelina and her friends. They all stopped stock still at he sight of Hermione and Fred, who had obviously just been making out. Finally Angelina strode forward with a snide comment of,

"And you dumped me for her Fred? I thought you had a certain level of attractiveness that a girl had to be before you dated her. This one's certainly blow average wouldn't you say?" She looked at Hermione pityingly, "Enjoy your time with a big boy Granger, I shouldn't' think it will last long, you two are totally wrong for each other."

Fred had had enough though, and yelled back,

"Look Johnson, me and you are over. Yelling at Hermione and me isn't going to make me want you back, I'm sorry but that's the truth. So get over yourself, cause you used to be such a great mate, and quite honestly I don't want to loose you as that. But Hermione and me? Together now, so either deal with it or leave us alone."

A/N Aw I'm so happy! They're together, More reviews please, there's plenty more steam to come, but only if you review! Lol, back 2 school 2moro, life sucks doesn't it?! Lol xxxxxxx