A/N: Thanks for all the great reviews. I got my first flame, and it made me kinda sad, but I'll be okay, I promise. I mean, if you don't like it, no one is forcing you to read it, so just keep it to yourself. I don't need to be reminded how much I suck. lol.

Anyway, here's chapter 9. If you've got ideas on where the next chapter should go, let me know okay? I like when you participate!

Chapter 9: Hey Jealousy...

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, I promise.

And you can trust me not to think
And not to sleep around
If you don''t expect too much from me
You might not be let down
Cause all I really want is to be with you
Feeling like I matter too
If I hadn''t blown the whole thing years ago
I might be here with you
-Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy

The day before...

Fred was pacing around his room. He couldn't believe that Hermione had began dating him with intentions to hurt him. Even though part of him was happy she had decided otherwise, it really bothered him that she had thought that way in the first place. He wasn't exactly sure how to feel. His brother George had been trying to get him to talk about it the whole day, but Fred just flat out refused. He decided he needed to take a walk, so he ran down the boys stairs and out the portrait hole.

While he was walking, he silently prayed that Hermione wasn't doing her prefect rounds that night, because she was the last person he wanted to see at the moment. He needed to sort out his head before he even thought about talking to her. He looked up when he heard footsteps coming towards him.

"Fred, right?"

"Yeah, hi Parvati." Fred smiled weakly. He really wanted to be left alone.

"Hey. How are you?"

"Fine." He didn't want to be having this small talk with her.

"Uhm, I heard what happened with Hermione. You okay?"

Fred groaned inwardly. "Yeah. I don't really want to talk about it."

"Oh, okay."

Fred heard someone else walking down one of the corridors. He turned around and saw Hermione walking down the hall, staring at the floor intently. "Oi, it's her. Come on!" he whispered, grabbing Parvati's arm and dragging her behind a tapestry.

"What are we going to do? She'll surely see us."

Fred thought of a million excuses. Suddenly an idea popped in his head. 'She started the game playing, so let's keep it going then...' He thought. "It's okay, just play along." he grinned.

Parvati giggled.

The footsteps stopped on the other side of the tapestry. "Hey! I'm a prefect, and you're out in the hall after curfew." Hermione said to the tapestry. Fred motioned for Parvati to go first. He followed her.

Hermione's face was that of shock. Fred couldn't help but smirk at her. "Oh, the ickle prefect. Are you going to turn us in 'Mione?" He snaked his arm around Parvati's waist.

Hermione gave him a very hurt look and ran down the hall towards the common room. Fred stepped back from Parvati.

"Fred, she's going to be mad at me now!"

"Sorry, Parvati. It was the only thing I could think of."

Parvati just nodded.

"She hurt me really bad, you know." Fred sighed. "Now maybe she knows how I feel..."

Back to the present...

Hermione walked down the girls stairs with Ginny, and looked around the common room. Spotting the person she was looking for, she smiled. He was sitting alone, frantically scribbling on a piece of parchment. 'Probably the last of an essay that's due today...' She sat down next to him and waited for him to look up. She felt his eyes look at her legs, and then slowly travel up to her face.

"Oi! Hermione!" He looked back down at her legs. "I never knew you were such a bird..." he grinned.

"Well, thank you, Seamus." she smiled and batted her eyes.

He grinned at her again. "So, what can I do for you, sweetheart?"

"Well, I was wondering if you could do me a favor." She asked.

He nodded and she whispered her plan to him. "Anything for a pretty thing like you." He winked at her.

"Would you walk me down to breakfast then?"

"Sure thing." He held out his arm and she held it, and he led her down to breakfast.

When they arrived in the great hall, the entire Gryffindor table had eyes on them. She received puzzled looks from Ron and Harry, and a knowing smile from Ginny. She spotted Fred, pushing his eggs around his plate. He looked up at her and their eyes met. When he took in the scene in front of him, he put on a face that she couldn't read. After Seamus and Hermione sat down to eat, Fred stood up, throwing his fork down on his plate, and stormed out of the hall. Hermione met eyes with Ginny, and the red head nodded her head.

Hermione turned to Seamus. "I'll be right back, okay?"

"Okay sweetie." he said through a mouth full of food. Hermione and Ginny both got up and walked to the girls bathroom.

"So?" Hermione said.

"Yeah, you got him all right. If looks could kill, Seamus would be dead about 60 times over." Ginny smiled.

"So now what do I do?"

"Try talking to him I guess. I'll bet he went back to the common room to brood. George said he won't talk to him about any of it."

Hermione nodded. "Tell Seamus thanks for me?"

Ginny nodded and the girls parted ways. Hermione walked through the portrait hole, and of course, there was Fred. He was sitting in front of the fire, and staring into it with a scowl on his face. 'Okay, here goes nothing...'