Misunderstandings
As the week went on, Ron's arm got worse. Every morning Fred and George would show up in his room to try to convince him to get Hermione and fix it, but he refused. Hermione somehow, managed to get him out of the room every time he did something that might look suspicious near Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, and Ginny would make sure their parents didn't notice. After five days, Harry arrived, since they couldn't go by Floo Powder because of Harry's electric fireplace Mr. Weasley apparated, and had flown back by broomstick, since Harry could do that legally. As soon as he walked in the door, he was engulfed in a big hug from Hermione.
"Oof, hi Hermione" he said.
"Hermione, are you going to strangle him at the beginning of every summer?" Ron grinned, "Hey mate," he said as Hermione released Harry, slightly pink in the face.
"Hey Ron," Harry and Ron shook hands.
"How've you been? We haven't heard anything from you since you went to stay with that Muggle family your uncle and aunt left you with," Hermione said.
"Not as good as it should have been, but it was alright."
"Cool, so you're not dead or anything right?" Ron grinned as he sat down on the chair and grimaced as he bumped his arm.
"What happened to your arm?" Harry asked with concern seeing this.
"What are you talking about Harry?" Hermione asked with a hint in her voice.
Harry didn't catch the hint "His arm. Hello! How stupid are you? I mean you can clearly see that it's broken! Why aren't you doing anything about it?"
Mr. Weasley looked up.
Ron quickly spoke up, "Harry you must be seeing things again. Nothing's wrong with me."
Harry opened his mouth, "Mr. Weasley can I have your opinion on this" but Hermione dragged Ron out of the room, grabbed Harry with her free arm, and pulled him out before Mr. Weasley could see.
"Harry you idiot!" Ron yelled at him once they got to his room, "Now dad's going to be suspicious!"
"What did I do?" Harry asked innocently.
"We were hiding it from Mum and Dad!"
"How stupid are they? It's soooo obvious! Your arm is twisted in an oddly shaped fashion, and it doesn't look normal at all."
"Yeah well they were buying it!" Ron yelled, "Now Hermione and I have to kiss!"
"So Ron, you finally realized what the whole school figured out years ago," he pushed his hair back in a cool fashion, "And I found out even earlier. That you like each other, and you're finally going out! What does that have to do with anything? And wait… why are you telling me that you have to kiss her? I mean, shouldn't you tell her? Now wait… why do you have to tell any one? I mean, if you want to kiss her why don't you just…"
Ron interrupted, "What are you talking about Harry?" Harry looked up and saw that both Ron and Hermione had bright red faces. "We aren't going out you git! I got into a fight with Hermione's boyfriend…"
Harry looked puzzled, "You got in a fight with yourself… how does that work?"
Ron looked frustrated "No you git! Her Muggle boyfriend." Harry looked confused, but before he get out a stupid remark Ron cut him off, "Not me! And let's just say I didn't exactly win—"
"—or even touch him—"
"Hermione, I'm telling the story here!" Hermione giggled, "Anyway, the potion Fred and George used to fix me up, needed something of her boyfriend's— like the Polyjuice potion."
Harry looked confused, "What does this have to do with kissing Hermione, Ron? Wait… so you do like her, and there isn't a real reason, and you're just tricking her."
Ron turned beet red, Hermione however, spoke up in a sarcastic tone said, "Yeah Harry that's it. I mean it's just so obvious! That's why we've been trying to avoid it for the last five days!"
Ron spoke up still red in face, "Yeah, right. Fred and George told us that since he kissed Hermione, his saliva resides in her or whatever, so if she kisses me; my arm won't be broken anymore! And now we have to kiss, because Dad's suspicious, and next time he sees me he's going to look at my arm and he'll see that it's broken!"
"Right…" Harry said suspiciously and winked at Ron.
"Ask Fred and George, if you don't believe us! I mean I know they're listening to this conversation over extendible ears so they might as well come UP!" his voice grew constantly louder at the last three words.
There were two loud pops and Fred and George appeared in the middle of the room. "Of course we were listening! I mean, do you really think we'd let you and Hermione kiss without us seeing it?"
Ron looked up and saw a miniature camera, "GUYS!"
Fred and George smiled, "Extendible eyes. Like we said do you really think we'd miss it?" Ron looked put off by finding out that his brothers had hidden a camera in his room. "Hiya Harry!"
"Yeah, hey mate!" George exclaimed upon seeing Harry.
"Hi guys," Harry grinned, "How's business?"
"Booming" George said proudly.
"Couldn't have done it without you though mate!" Harry grinned; he knew Fred and George were referring to the money he had given them two years ago. Ron and Hermione looked questioningly at them, but were stopped from saying anything by footsteps on the stairs.
"Dad wants Ron down in the kitchen," Ginny said coming breathlessly into the room, "What happened? He looked concerned!"
"He found out" Ron grimaced, "Thanks to stupid here!" he jerked a finger at Harry.
"Oh, hi Harry!" She exclaimed and he said hi and then got up and hugged her. Ginny looked a little uncomfortable until they broke away.
"So, go on you guys!" Fred exclaimed to Ron and Hermione. Hermione slowly got up and crossed the room to where Ron was sitting on his bed and sat down next to him. They sat there staring at each other uncomfortably for a minute before Fred and George got up went over and pushed their heads together, pushing their lips together. Keeping their mouths shut tight, they pulled away as soon as Fred and George let go.
"Oh, real mature you guys!" Hermione said to the twins.
"I'm going to kill you!" Ron exclaimed, and looking at him they could see that it hadn't worked.
"Hey, that wasn't really a kiss little bro," George said.
"Yeah, that was…" Fred was cut off by footsteps on the stairs.
Ginny looked scared, "I bet you anything it's Dad! He'll know something's wrong, since Ron didn't came straight away!" Fred then grabbed Ginny, and George grabbed Harry and with loud pops all four were up in the twins' room, watching Ron and Hermione through the extendible eyes.
Ron and Hermione were in a panic, if they didn't kiss now, Mrs. Weasley would find out about everything! Hermione turned to Ron, "OK, we have to do this. Pull away when your arm's better." Ron just nodded. They hesitated a second, until Hermione suddenly came to her senses and pulled Ron into a kiss just as the handle on the door turned. After a few seconds, Ron pulled away and to his horror saw not his dad but…
"Mum!" he gasped. Hermione turned around and indeed, Mrs. Weasley was standing in the doorway smiling at them.
"Mrs. Weasley… hi" Hermione breathed by the look on her face, they could tell that she had seen them kissing, and their thoughts were confirmed when she ran up and pulled them both into a big hug.
"Oh! I'm so happy for you two!"
"What are you talking about Mum?" Ron asked, bewildered.
"Well, aren't you two going out?" Mrs. Weasley asked still embracing Hermione.
"What? No! No we…" Ron started but Hermione cut him off.
"We might as well tell her Ron, she did see us." Ron was confused, "Yes Mrs. Weasley, we admitted that we liked each other a week ago and… well, Ron asked me out just now and I of course accepted so I guess it's official. Isn't that right Ronnie?'
Ron was taken aback, "Wha-" he started to say but stopped when Hermione stomped on his foot; "Ow!" he said in an undertone, out loud he said, "Um, yeah— yeah that's- that's right" Hermione gave him a look "Er—sweetie." he finished. Hermione smiled and moved closer to him on the bed.
"Oh! You two are so sweet! We'll have to give you a dinner!" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed happily.
Ron looked nervous, "Like the one you gave Ginny and Dean?"
"Of course dear! OH! I've got to go plan!" she started to leave but then stopped and turned around, "Oh- and Ron, your father said something about your arm being broken."
"Dunno what he's talking about." Ron said holding out his arms, "They're both fine." Mrs. Weasley shrugged and went out. Ron turned to Hermione who had jumped away from him the moment the door closed, "What the bloody hell was that all about?"
"Well, what else could we say? 'Oh, no. We were just kissing to fix Ron's arm, he broke it you know.' That's about as good as getting caught stealing Ron." Hermione said, "So now we're going to have to act like a couple whenever your mum or dad is around."
Ron grimaced, "Don't forget Bill and Charlie, they're coming today and Mum's sure to tell them."
"And what was that thing your mom said about a dinner?"
"Well, when Mum found out that Ginny and Dean were dating she had the whole family get together and we all had to help her set up the dining room so it looked like a fancy romantic place. Then they sat Ginny and Dean at a small table, and Mum and Dad ordered us away, and then sat right outside the door taking pictures of everything they did. And now they're going to do that for us!" Ron finished, slightly out of breath. Hermione was spared saying anything by the arrival of Fred, George, Harry, Ginny, and to Ron and Hermione's surprise surprise, Angelina and Dean.
"Hey guys," Dean said trying to hide his laughter, (Fred, George, Harry, and Ginny weren't even trying to hide the fact that they were laughing. The twins were rolling around on the floor, and Angelina was looking at them and giggling slightly.)
"Hi" Hermione said back; Ron however, ignored him.
"Ha ha you guys, real funny! It's not like we could help it!"
"Yeah, guys, he's right" Fred said in a serious tone, getting up from the ground.
"Yeah," George said, just as seriously, then "Let's just make sure we're there taking picture with Mum and Dad on their 'romantic dinner'." and everyone started laughing again.
"Shut up guys!" Ron groaned, he then turned to Hermione, "We've got to get out of this!"
"I don't think we can," Hermione said slowly, "I mean, if we 'breakup' your Mum will know that it's too soon and we'll get called on it."
Just then they heard a voice, "KIDS! COME DOWN FOR SUPPER!"
They all started walking down the stairs, but Hermione stopped partway down the second flight of stairs and grabbed Ron's hand sending Harry, Fred, and George, into fits of laughter again. "We have to make it look real" she whispered, pointing to Ginny and Dean who were holding hands; Ron groaned.