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Chapter Fourteen
If this is George, and he's Fred… who's he?
The tension in the air was so thick; you could probably cut it with a knife. Katie was boiling over from the rage I could see on her face. There was going to be murder tonight. Yet the two of them didn't seem to pull a part as Katie yelled storming towards them now.
"Hold on there a second Katie." Someone grabbed her from behind. We turned around to be met with.
"George." We said in unison. Now I was totally confused. We looked back to the counter and there could only be one other person. Fred.
"That two timing jerk I'll…" I started just as someone grabbed my hand. I swung around to see Fred.
"Who's two timing who?" He asked staring down at me.
"But…" Me and Katie stuttered.
"Why are you over there making out with that girl and how is that possible?" Katie turned around and slapped George in the arm.
"Ladies meet our newest invention we call him. Your Doppelganger." George smiled pointing towards the redhead who seemed to be himself.
"Doppelganger?" Katie asked confused.
"An exact double of one's self." I answered. "But it's not possible; you would have to recreate a shadow of yourself for it to work correctly." I had read about this in the 'A hundred years of history in magic'. There was no one who can recreate their self without it happening spontaneously through a great deal of magic. It wasn't forbidden to do so but the results always ended up lousy and that person went crazy in the end.
"That is our secret Hermione darling." George winked at me. "Would you like to see him? He's very real."
"Even if that isn't you, it's still you. Why is that girl kissing you?" Katie asked placing her hands on her hips to shoot daggers at George.
"Well she wanted to kiss him but he has already signed the contract with you so there will be deadly consequences if he did so. We put our invention to the test and it worked. Mind you it did take us two years to perfect it." Fred answered. I turned to look at a very flushed George.
"Why did she want to kiss you?" Katie asked now out of curiosity.
"That is…" The sudden pop sound made us turn to look at the noise. His doppelganger was gone. The brunette was startled at first but shrugged and continued to look around the store. What an odd girl? I thought staring at her.
"That thing is it only lasts for three hours. It's good for being in two different places at once and for getting out of trouble. There are thousands of ideas you can use with your very own twin." Fred continued to explain. Everyone in the wizarding world was going to want one of those. They were brilliant when it came to this kind of magic.
"There are already two of you and that's bad enough as it is." Katie sighed, giving George a small grin.
"Freaked you out didn't it?" He took her hand and led her away from us into the back room.
"That so brilliant." I said to Fred as I begun wondering around the store.
"It's our top seller. Since Hogwarts is reopening we were going to get Ginny to hand out the flyers for them incase kids nowadays didn't feel like going to class." He winked at me.
"It's just like drinking polyjucie isn't it? You would still have to drink your hair or whoever's hair you want it to be right?" I asked.
"You are correct. But our way only takes a couple of hour's tops." I nodded and continued to look at all their crazy gadgets.
"So why did that girl want to kiss George?" I asked a little more curious.
"Because she confused him with her boyfriend, I don't know." He answered still standing behind me. It made me nervous but I had to hide it.
"I think you do know and refuse to tell me." I turned to look at him. He was so gorgeous.
"Is it that obvious? I want to keep the secret so much that I'm refusing to tell the one person that it doesn't affect at all. You're good Granger." It was said so sarcastically.
"Oh shut up. I was just wondering…wait you said that there would be deadly consequences if George had kissed her, because he already signed the contract. What do you mean? Like a no cheating policy?" I asked remembering that now.
"Something along the lines of that, but if they have a blood link then it can be a worse than death thing if he had attempt to cheat on her. It's actually reverse in the situation like Katie would be suffering from his infidelities. Like she'll probably go deaf for a year or blind or start internal bleeding…" I covered my mouth. All that if he was unfaithful.
"It goes both ways Hermione, the laws has to be taken seriously. Those are just considered minor curses. I'm not sure what the major ones are."
"Excuse me Mr. Weasley that customer would like a word with you." The girl that had been working for the twins for awhile now interrupted us.
"I'll be right there Verity." With a nod she left. "There's a seat behind the counter if you want to sit down." He pointed in that direction. I turned my head to oblige him and turned back to be met with his lips against mine. He released me and walked away. I touched where his kissed had lingered and walked to take a seat behind the counter. Strange.
"I think you got that boy under a spell." Katie's voice trailed into my ears.
"What spell?" I asked looking up to see her leaning against the door to the back room.
"It must be a good one. I mean you are Hermione Granger after all." I smiled shaking my head.
"Where's George?" I asked her.
"He said he had to get back to work couldn't afford to get the boss angry." She joked knowing full well that they owned this shop.
"Fred said something very similar the other day." I laughed.
"They're planning to leave soon because we have to head back to the burrow." Katie said looking at the way the twins were both interacting with the customers.
"Those girls were jealous Hermione." Katie informed me glaring at the same direction. What? Who? I never noticed.
"You're being silly; people don't get jealous of me." I laughed shaking it off.
"You're doing it again Hermione." Katie smiled shaking her head.
"I was never a threat to girls is all." I answered.
"Yes. You are. You the one who is best friends with the famous Harry potter and the taller gorgeous red hair who continued to save the world, you are now marrying one of the most brilliant wizards of all times, and your not a threat? Bullocks."
"How do you do it?" I asked her amazed.
"Do what?" She was surprised by my sudden question.
"Make me feel warm and want to cry at the same time." I smiled feeling a sudden liquid run down my cheek.
"With you it's not hard." She hugged me then.
"What's going on here? Katie what did you do to our sweet Hermione?" George had returned.
"She's just realized that she's not marrying the better looking twin is all." Katie laughed as she saw George reaction.
"I'm sorry that you're marrying my hideous twin brother." George apologized sounding so sincere. "But the law is the law."
"Darn." I laughed.
"Wait why are you two here anyways? I never thought to ask because well it didn't bother me." George questioned looking from Katie to me.
"I need to go home and change." I answered him.
"And I wanted to see you George." Katie threw her arms around a very cheerful redhead.
"Oh.Well let's find your husband then. I mean he was headed there anyways so maybe I'll close the store and you two can leave." I nodded agreeing.
"What's wrong with what you're wearing?" Fred asked as soon as we found him.
"This isn't considered proper attire Fred." I responded. "Besides I wore this a week ago. That's just gross." He didn't say anything just nodded. Very strange.
"We'll see you at dinner." Katie waved as Fred placed his hands on my waist and we apparated home.
"I'll shower and then we can leave or if you want you can head there first and I'll come after I'm done." I suggested.
"I have some work to finish anyways we can leave together." He replied.
"Okay." I answered and strolled towards the bathroom. The moment the water hit me was the most refreshing feeling I ever had. It was so relaxing; there was no better feeling then cleansing ness. When I was done getting dressing I found that I was in a navy blue knee length skirt with a plain long sleeve white button top. Placing my hair in a bun I walked out to find the living room empty. There was no trace of the redhead male anywhere. When I opened the door to his bedroom I found him lying in his bed sleeping. Oh dear. What about the banquet?
"Fred I'm sorry if I took awhile but let's go everyone's waiting." I said from the open doorway. No responds. "Fred Weasley get up we have to go." He was impossible.
"You are unbelievable you know that? This is what you call work? Fred get up this instant." I tried. I walked into the room and grabbing the pillow beside him I when crazy and begun hitting him with it. Then there was a sudden pull and I found myself straddling him instead. The pheromones, bloody hell.
"Bloody hell Granger can't a man rest for a bit." He opened his eyes and rose balancing on his elbows. Why wasn't he bothered that I was sitting on him?
"We have to be at your parents house remember? We're going to be late." I said trying to move from the position I was in. He saw my struggle and placed both his hands stilling my moving waist.
"You can fight me if you want but the pheromones only get stronger the longer you hold back." He sat up now and we were suddenly very close. I was actually his height when we weren't standing. Our noses were lightly rubbing against each other and I felted his hands smoothly graze my bare thighs seeing as I was sitting on his lap and my skirt moved a little higher than my knees. His eyes never left mine and I was sure he was ready to kiss me again but I hated when he got the best of me by being his male self so I had to react and not let him get through.
"You just watch me Fred Weasley. I'm not ready for this yet and believe me you will have one hell of a fight." I told him pushing to get out of his grip.
"It's all about basic instinct remember, I won't hold myself back when that happens." Fred smirked then. "It will force us to come together, and it will be very painful the more time is involved."
"But what if I'm not ready?" I asked a bit worried now.
"That's not my problem, that will be yours alone and you will be forced into it." He shrugged looking at my lips now.
"You mean even if you have to resort to…"
"Rape."
(A/N: Heehee weren't you thinking that…? I just want you to know that Bill's married; the pheromones are for those that are unattached. I think Lupin explained that but I can't be sure. And Fred acts this way because I want him to…heehee there is actually a reason…you'll find out soon enough.)
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