"Talk to me?" George begged his girlfriend. Hermione simply turned away from him and continued reading. He threw himself onto the couch and sighed deeply. It had been over an hour since they left his families house and Hermione hadn't uttered a single word to him. He expected her to scream and throw a fit; he would have preferred that, the silence scared him. "Please say something –anything"

Hermione lowered the book and stared at him, "Was it worth it?" she asked her voice level.

"I don't understand" George replied quietly.

"Was punching your brother worth it? I am worth damaging the relationship? Is it worth what you are putting your family through?" Hermione asked as her eyes went back to her book.

"Yes" George answered firmly. "I am sorry, maybe it was the wrong time, maybe I over reacted but Ron has to stop being so selfish."

"He's heart broken" Hermione argued.

"And I am sorry that Katie hurt him so badly, but I am so tired of watching the way Ron treats you, the way he always treated you" George continued, "At Hogwarts it was obvious you cared for him and he never made the effort to be with you. But the moment you looked at someone else he freaked out. It's not fair. If he loved you he would want you to be happy"

Hermione's visibly softened, "Couldn't you trust me to put Ronald in hi s place. I am expert at that; I have many years of practice. You should have told me what was going on, you should have told me what he said and I would have handled him"

"I didn't think in your condition that was a responsibility you needed to take on" George admitted, "I feel that is my job to protect not just you but the baby"

Hermione put her book down and kissed him, 'I love you" Hermione told him, "Let me talk to Ron and then I want you to fix things with Ron, Ok?"

George nodded, not really looking forward to patching things up with his younger brother. He put his arms around Hermione and held her close. He knew at that moment he would do anything she asked, anything to make her happy.

Hermione waited for Ron outside of the Leaky Cauldron. She was fuming but refused to let it show. He smiled sheepishly at her when he apparated in front of the pub.

"I am really glad you asked to meet" Ron told her as they walked in. Hermione smiled and let him lead her to a table. "I am sorry about what happened"

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about" Hermione said as they sat down. "You owe your brother an apology"

Ron's face clouded over, "No" he replied, "I don't owe him anything"

"Oh but everyone in the world owes you something right?" Hermione asked sarcastically.

"Hermione" Ron started but Hermione cut him off.

"No Ronald this has been a long time coming. You are selfish and jealous. Ron you broke up with me, remember. I let you go and I moved on. I know you're lonely and hurting but you can't take that out on George. He deserves to be happy"

"But you're my happiness. Hermione when we broke up we both originally assumed it was temporary. I am sorry, I got distracted by Katie but that wont happen again" Ron told her, his voice pleading, 'Give me another chance, and give us another chance"

"I am in love with someone else, Ronald I am sorry" Hermione said, "I am pregnant with your brothers baby,

"He has my life" Ronald whined, "You should be my girlfriend that should be my baby. He took hat from me and I hate him and right now I hate you" Ron stood up leaving Hermione crying in the pub alone.

George was infuriated to see Hermione come into the shop crying. He ran to her taking her in his arms and let her cry for a moment before asking, "Does this have anything to do with Ron?"

Hermione nodded and proceeded to tell him about their conversation. He held for a few minutes then asked Angelina to take her home and calm her down. After they were gone George was frozen not sure what to do.

"We have a lot of work to do for the plan" Fred said solemnly coming up behind his twin, 'But I think a little visit to Ronald is order first. I will get Harry and Ginny and we will make this an intervention"

"Ok" George agreed before going back to work. All day he struggled with himself trying to devise a way not to maim or kill his baby brother.