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Chapter Nine: Revelations

Hermione tried to slip into her room without being noticed. Fat chance, she thought as she saw Parvati and Lavendar sitting on their beds, talking. They were obviously waiting for her to come back so they could have a good gossip session. And of course they had to have something to spread throughout the school.

"Ohmygod!" Lavendar screeched when she saw Hermione. "He gave you flowers? Ron is so sweet."

"They're not from Ron," Hermione said softly, putting them in a vase that she had found.

"They're not from Ron?" Parvati said in disbelief. "If they're not from Ron, who could they be from? ARE YOU HAVING AN AFFAIR?" she shrieked.

"No, I'm not having an affair. I broke up with Ron, and I don't want to talk about it. Now if you please, I'm going to head off to bed, and I would greatly appreciate it if you don't bother me."

She closed her curtains and put a silencing charm around herself. She was going to have a lot of questions to answer tomorrow.

The next day she woke up early and headed down to breakfast. She was so excited to get back to school, and had been beginning to miss it over the break. Harry and Ron, along with the rest of the school, were just beginning to head down to the Great Hall when Hermione was finishing up. "Hey Harry, hey Ron!" Hermione said cheerfully when the two boys came to join her.

"Hey Hermione," Harry said listlessly and sat down across from her. Ron said nothing, but shot a few glares across the table at her.

Ten minutes later, after the two boys had eaten some food, Ron asked, "So why are you up so early, Herms? We don't have class for another hour and a half."

"Does that matter?" Hermione asked. "We're back home. Isn't it exciting to you?"

This time neither of the boys even responded to her, a bit frightened by her chipperness on such a dull morning. It was a Monday, which was bad in itself, and it was the first day of classes after a long break.

Hermione peered down the Gryffindor table to see if she could find another person with flaming red hair. She frowned a bit when she didn't see him, but figured she could catch him in between classes or at lunch.

But she was wrong. By the end of the day, her good mood had severely dwindled. She hadn't seen either of the twins since the night before. She ate dinner with Harry, Ron, and Ginny, not spotting either of the two.

Halfway through dinner, Fred slipped into the spot next to Hermione. "Hello love," he said.

"Hello Fred. Where have you been all day?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, and why are you calling Hermione 'love'?" Ron asked.

"Around. So I take it you haven't told them yet, dear?" Fred said with a straight face.

"Told us what?" Ginny said slowly.

"No, I haven't told them yet. I was waiting to talk to you so we can figure out what we're going to tell them," Hermione said.

"Oh, well I know exactly what we can tell them," Fred said, grinning wickedly. "Come here," he said, standing up behind her, offering his hand. She took it and stood next to him. She gave him a questioning look, and he reassured her saying, "Trust me."

He turned to Harry, Ron, and Ginny, and obviously other people were watching the two as well now, and said, "Ron, I hope you don't get jealous, but considering that you and Hermione already broke up..." he trailed off and then abruptly kissed Hermione on the lips in front of the entire school. (a/n: That is a really long sentence.)

Hoots and catcalls could be heard throughout the hall. Ron's jaw dropped and Ginny squealed. Harry grabbed for Ginny's hand and held it underneath the table.