Hermione was walking down the road deep in her own thoughts. I know I should be happy for Ron and Harry, but they seem so different now that they have girlfriends. I mean, it's already affecting our friendship… But she snapped back to reality when she heard someone calling her.

"Hermione! Hermione!"

"Wha-?" she looked behind her and saw Fred bounding up to her.

"Hi Fred… Why aren't you with George?" she asked.

"Well…" said Fred, catching his breath. "We were supposed to spend the day together, but apparently, he had other plans with Alicia and didn't tell me. And it kinda put me in an uncomfortable situation, so I made up an excuse to leave them alone for a while…" "How'd you know I was Fred anyway?" he added with a quizzical look on his face.

"Oh… I didn't … I sort of guessed" said Hermione, looking a bit embarrassed.

Fred laughed. "Nice guess though." They both started laughing, and started to walk down the road going wherever their feet would take them.

"What was your excuse anyway?" asked Hermione after they stopped laughing.

"Oh… I said I wanted to walk on my own for a bit." Fred replied. Hermione burst out laughing again.

"What's so funny?" Said Fred, looking a bit shocked.

"It's just that you're, well… you!" Hermione answered and continued to laugh.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Asked Fred, looking confused. "Care to elaborate?"

"Well, your excuse must have been hard to believe" continued Hermione. "Considering you're a Weasley twin and everything. I mean, it's not very likely to see one of you without the other; it's like, against all the laws of nature or something. Get it?" She explained, and continued to laugh.

"Oh… I get it now" said Fred, and started laughing also. "No wonder Alicia looked so confused when I made up that lame excuse." There was a thoughtful pause, and after a while, Fred decided to re-open the topic.

"So… how come you're all alone?" Fred asked Hermione.

"Oh… well… It's kinda like your situation actually. I felt left out since I was the only one in the group without a 'pair', so I made an excuse that I wanted to see a new bookstore, because I knew they wouldn't want to come with me."

"Oh… ok" said Fred. "Hey, do you want a bite to eat? I'm starving… my treat."

"Ok sure!" replied Hermione, "I'm kinda getting cold anyway."

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