Summary
Hermione Granger was currently engaged to Harry Potter, the boy who lived.
She should be happy about this, in fact ecstatic about it, after all she had been in love with him since first year. But she wasn't, she loved Harry to bits but the spark wasn't quite there.
However with a certain red head the spark was definitely there. Wasn't it?
Disclaimer: I have a secret to tell you. I am J K Rowling, you see I have writers block for the seventh and final book so I've decided to write this as an extra thing.
Not mine!
"I suppose we should unlock the door. Would you like to do the honours Miss Granger?" Asked Fred handing Hermione the key with a flourish.
"Well of course I would Mr Weasley." Hermione took the key and unlocked the door.
A couple of customers made there way into the shop.
"And so it begins." Muttered Hermione to herself before joining Fred behind the counter.
Chapter 5 Working with the Weasley's
Hermione and Fred had been rushed off their feet since they had first opened the shop at nine that morning.
It was now three 'o' clock in the afternoon and Hermione was ravenous, the taste of Fred's pancakes had long since evaporated and she needed some food.
"What time is it?" Hermione asked Fred.
"It's approximately 3:01 pm."
"One whole minute since I last asked you?"
"Yup," Replied Fred going back to serving the customer in front of him.
"Don't you ever close for lunch?"
"Nope, normally we have a lunch cover but I don't think you're ready to be left on your own yet."
Hermione groaned, she didn't know how much longer she could cope. "Don't worry, George should be here soon, then I'll take you out to lunch to say thanks for today."
She smiled at Fred and felt a lot happier. She was lost in her own thought thinking about what she would order for lunch when she was broken out of these thoughts by someone coughing trying to get her attention. "Oh, sorry."
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"Finally!" Hermione cried when she saw the living clone of Fred walk into the shop.
"Excuse me?" Asked George joining her behind the counter.
"Mione needs her food, do you mind if we have our lunch hour together? Thanks." Asked Fred not waiting for George's answer. "Como on Mione." He beckoned.
They disappeared out of the shop door going to lunch.
"Where do you want to go?" Enquired Fred looking around the bustling street of Diagon Alley.
"I don't care, as long as it sells food."
"Let's go to the Leaky Cauldron then." Hermione nodded and speed walked to the end of the street. "Hermione, wait up!" Fred called after her.
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"What will you be 'avin?" Asked Tom the bartender at the Leaky Cauldron.
"I'll have a steak and kidney pie, with extra roast potatoes." Said Fred handing Tom his menu
"And the lady?"
"I'll have haddock and chips, please."
"Comin' right up." Replied Tom smiling at Fred and Hermione before going into the kitchens.
"I'm so hungry I could eat a hippogriff." Hermione stated.
"I'm sure that could be-" Fred stopped and looked at the door behind Hermione. "Come on," He hissed grabbing her hand and pulling her into the other part of the bar.
"Fred, what-?"
"Harry's in there." He replied grimly. Hermione let out a small gasp.
Fred pulled her to face him so that Harry couldn't see her, he and some other snobby quidditch players were heading towards them.
Hermione noticed how close they were and began to blush, they were almost touching. Fred then pulled Hermione closer to him and put his arms around her waist, Harry passed them not noticing Fred.
Once he was sure that Harry had sat down and couldn't see them, he let go of Hermione's waist and took her hand instead, leading her back to their seats.
They sat down in silence. Fred was the first one to break it by saying: "I'm sorry about before, I wasn't sure if you wanted to see him."
"Don't worry about it, he doesn't even care about where I am, or he wouldn't have come in here with his other 'friends'"
"You don't want to see him, do you?"
"He is still my fiancé Fred."
"I know, I'm not stupid." Snapped Fred
"I never said you were," Replied Hermione "I was only stating the obvious."
"You're not still considering marrying him, are you?"
"I never said I wasn't going to marry him."
"But, but he's a monster, after he's hit you once he wont be afraid to do it again." Protested Fred
"Don't you call my fiancé a monster."
"Don't give me reason to." Retorted Fred
"I've had enough." Said Hermione standing up.
"Where are you going?"
"Over to my fiancé, he wont judge me."
"No, but he'll beat you to a pulp."
"He hit me once."
"That's all it takes for him to control you, soon you wont be able to leave your house, you'll be over paranoid and you'll think that everyone's against you." Snarled Fred "Hermione, I've seen it happen to loved ones before, I don't want it to happen to you."
"Then you have to trust me."
"It's not you I don't trust, it's him."
"I know Fred, I know." Hermione replied sadly before walking away.
"Hermione." Fred called after her, but she carried on walking, not turning back.
That was the last time Fred saw Hermione Granger. She walked out of his life almost as quickly as she had walked in.
END OF PART 1
A/N: What do you think? The next part will be set seven years later when she's married to Harry. I've made the years apart so long because Hermione doesn't want to see Fred, she wants to erase him from her life.
(I added that last part in because in reviews you were saying that seven years is a long time, it's just so I can get that cleared up. X x)
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