CHAPTER 10: CHRISTMAS
After a few more moments Hermione released her parents from the hug. "How'd you guys get here?" she asked. "Apparated with me" Mr. Weasley said as he entered the burrow. Hermione looked at him amazed, "But you've been in the lounge room the entire time!" He smiled a that's-what-you-think smile. She laughed then turned back to her parents, who stood there looking around at everyone. "Oh, umm, Mum, dad, this is Molly Weasley" Hermione said, pointing at Mrs. Weasley. "And, Arthur Weasley (you know him), Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley, Harry Potter, Georg- Where's George?" Hermione looked around, "I think I saw him before…he'll be around, don't worry" Ginny said. She frowned and then turned back to her parents, "And this is Fred" She said, she exchanged smiles with her mother.
That night Mrs. Weasley sent Fred and Hermione upstairs to plan Christmas presents for Mr and Mrs Granger. They seemed to be taking forever, mainly because Fred didn't know what was suitable for muggles.
Downstairs George was still busy at work on joke shop business. He was in the lounge room and was oblivious to the fact that Hermione's parents were there. He was just starting on an order form when a man walked into the lounge room, gazing at the monuments. "Incredible" Mr. Granger said as he looked at a photograph of a red haired man walking among a pack of dragons that seemed to take no notice of him. "Umm…hello?" Mr. Granger turned around, "OH! Hello, sorry, you scared me" Mr. Granger said. George nodded an apology then asked, "Who are you?" Mr. Granger stared at him for a second as though he thought he was dim-witted. "I'm Brian Granger…" he answered. George suddenly remembered that Fred had mentioned inviting Hermione's parents over for Christmas. "Of course you are!" he said, grinning. "Umm, Fred, may I have a word?" Mr. Granger asked. 'Fred…' George thought, then decided 'Why not?' "Yes?" George said, grinning. "I just wanted to have a word to you about Hermione" George said nothing. "See, I know you love her, and judging by her letters, she really loves you, so I just wanted to have a chat with you about her" George nearly hit himself for pretending to be Fred, "I'm not Fr-" he tried panicky. Mr. Granger cut him off and began talking to him about what he expected of Fred.
The minute Mr. Granger stopped talking George bolted. He stopped, gasping for breath at the top of the stairs. "Hey, where have you been all night?" Fred asked, coming out of a room, where he was searching for a catalogue. "Lounge gasp room" George managed to say, shortly before getting his breath back. "Yeah well, Hermione's parents are here, so introduce yourself if you see them, ok?" Fred said. George's eyes narrowed. "Oh, I know they're here, in fact I had a lovely chat with Hermione's dad" George said. Fred looked at him for a moment and then burst out laughing. "He spoke to you about Hermione, didn't he?" he said between laughs. George nodded, he couldn't help but laugh too. They laughed for ages, until finally Hermione came to see what was going on. She looked at them and raised an eyebrow. "Your dad talked to George" Fred managed in one breath. Hermione seemed confused at first and then just like them, she burst out laughing, understanding completely. "I told you he would!" she laughed.
Finally Christmas came. Everyone walked downstairs laughing and chatted. George keeping his distance with Mr. Granger (a/n: Mr. Granger knows that Fred and George are twins, but is still under the impression that he was speaking to Fred).
Everyone opened their presents exceptionally fast. Hermione gasped at the beautiful diamond incrusted silver bracelet that Fred had given her. "It's so beautiful!" she exclaimed. "Well then, you should be thankful that we tested our products on first years" whispered Fred, so Mrs. Weasley wouldn't hear. George laughed, "That's not right Fred, when she says 'It's So Beautiful!' You're meant to say, 'Just like you'" he said, battering his eyelashes. Fed hit him, joking of course. They then laughed at Hermione who was trying to tell her parents that Fred and George's gift were Berty Botts every Flavoured Beans, not Jelly Beans.
The end of the holidays came and Hermione hugged her parent's goodbye. She then boarded the Hogwarts express with the others, waving to her parents until they were out of sight. Then she snuggled in between Fred and Harry and…(you'll never guess)…began reading a book.
a/n: Ok, not the most eventful chapter, but you get that. i also apologize for it's length. But seeming that there wasn't as much to write about n this chapter compared to the others...well, yeah. Please review! Thanks to all of my reviewers, i'll mention those who have reviewed alot:D! lol.