A/N: Thank you to all the reviewers, and I'm only updating cause TFS said so. :) Oh, also, I realized that prefects cannot take away house points, (as Hermione threatened in chapter 1) but lets just pretend. Okay? Awesome. :) Review pleeease!

Oh yeah, one more thing. italics are thoughts, so are the bold italics...the difference being that they're different sides of the conversation. you'll get it, I promise.

Chapter 4: Favors and Quidditch Muscles

Disclaimer: Not mine. Insert image of Twins in knickers here ooohh...yum.

Later that night in the common room, Fred was still trying to figure out what was going on with Hermione. He was also trying to figure out why he was so bothered by it. Did he fancy her? 'Well, she's looking good.' 'Wait, where did that come from?'

Right on cue, Hermione came down the stairs from the girls rooms. Fred gulped when he saw her. She walked right past Ron and Harry, completely ignoring them, and stopped in front of him.

"Fred?"

"Yeah, 'Mione?" he asked nervously.

"Can I ask a favor?"

"Uhm..." 'Why are you so nervous? It's just Hermione.' 'Not just Hermione. New, hot, good looking Hermione.' 'Oh, shut up!' "Sure, what is it?"

"Come with me?" she asked. He nodded and she turned around and started back up the stairs. Fred followed, and received strange glances from Harry and Ron on the way. They came to the 5th year's room and Hermione went inside. When Fred followed, she closed the door behind him.

"So...what do you need?" Fred asked.

Hermione stood in front of him. 'Come on Hermione, Gryffindor bravery. This is all for the sake of a prank, remember?' 'Is it? Or do you really like it. You've wanted to get him alone like this for awhile now...' 'Oh, be quiet!'

Fred looked at her face, which was scrunched up in concentration. 'She looks awful determined. What's she doing?'

Hermione took a step forward. "You know Fred, I've been thinking. I always work hard to get what I want, but I seem to be lacking in a certain aspect of my life. I haven't been trying that hard. So tonight, I'm going to change that."

Fred looked at her, puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Hermione pulled out her wand and put a locking spell on the door. "I've found something I want, and I'm going to do whatever it takes to get it."

Fred shifted nervously and glanced at the door. "And...uhm...what is it then?"

Hermione grinned mischievously. "You." Without warning, she leaned up and planted a kiss on his lips. Fred stared at her, wide eyed.

"M...Me? But...but...what?"

"Is it so hard to believe? I pretend to be mad when you pull a prank on me, but secretly, I enjoy the attention. I spend as much time at the burrow as possible, just to be near you. I've wanted you for awhile, but it took me a little time to gather my courage." She grinned again, but part of her really wondered if she had just made that up, or if it was really true. She began to advance on him, and she backed him up until he was sitting on a bed. Now they were eye level.

"Hermione...I..." he stuttered. 'What is going on? She's Hermione!' 'But, you want her. Don't deny it.' 'What about Ron?' 'Your brother is dating Lavender, he's been over Hermione for ages.' 'But, she's still his friend...isn't this wrong?' 'No, you git. Wouldn't he rather it be his own brother that she's snogging rather than someone like Vicktor Krum?' 'Aw...bloody hell...'

Fred reached out an arm and grabbed onto her waist, pulling her closer. He could feel her breath on his face. He put his other hand in her hair and pulled her forward, meeting her lips with his own. The kiss started out soft and slow, but began to deepen as he permitted her tongue to enter his mouth; She pushed him back onto the bed, and straddled him. He ran his hands down her back and through her hair. She ran her hands down his arms. 'Mmmm...I love Quidditch.' she thought. 'Oh, what am I doing!' 'Shut up, and enjoy it. You've been waiting for this for a long time, 'Mione.'

Fred broke the kiss and looked up at her. "Are you sure about this, 'Mione? I mean, I don't know..."

Hermione sat on the bed, and looked at him. She knew this was a bad idea. It was supposed to be a prank. Just a prank. 'Then why do I feel something? Something that wasn't there before...'

"Uh...I think you should go. I need to think." Hermione stated. She pointed her wand at the door, and mumbled the unlocking charm.

Fred stood up. "Okay..." he scratched his head. "I'll...uh...see you later then." He walked out the door and down the stairs.

When Fred reached the common room, he got stares from Harry and Ron again, this time joined by George, Lee, Ginny and George's girlfriend Alicia. Fred waved a hand at them and went up the boys stairs.

"I need a cold shower..." he mumbled to himself.