Chapter Three

After her latest encounter with Ron, Hermione was positive that moving in with the twins was the right thing to do. George was accepting to having her around, especially when she got up early and cooked breakfast for the three of them before work.

As usual, Hermione was up at six in the morning cooking breakfast. Today she made bacon and eggs.

"Mm…you're cooking again aren't you?" asked Fred as he stumbled out of his room, running a hand through his already messed up hair.

"As I do every morning yes. Sit down, It'll be done in a minute." Hermione said flipping the bacon one last time and turning off the stove.

"I'm going to go wake up your brother…do you know if Alicia stayed the night last night?" Hermione asked Fred. "Er…I…think so." Was Fred's response.

Hermione knocked on the door, waiting for a response. "Whossit?" came the tired call of Alicia.

She grinned. "It's me Alicia! You and George should get up now…I made breakfast." She said. "Kay." She said. Hermione heard her talking to George "Wake up…no…not now Georgie…come on…Breakfast."

She sniggered a little before heading back to Fred. She shook her head as she saw him sleeping on the table. "Wake up you…" she said, handing him a plate.

"I'm up…" he said yawning. Alicia and George came out a second later, and Hermione sat there plates on the table.

"Coffee Alicia?" Hermione asked. "Yea…George will just have orange juice though…he never was much of a coffee drinker." "Fred neither." Hermione said, handing the blonde girl a steaming mug of coffee and a glass of orange juice for George.

Hermione handed Fred a glass too and sipped her own coffee as she ate. This breakfast routine was very common between the four as Alicia had practically moved in, and Hermione was always the first one up.

"Fred, is it okay if I don't work today? I have some things I need to do…" George said glancing for a second at Katie, then back to his food.

"Sure, Mione and me can handle the shop today can't we?" said Fred, looking at her. "Course. All you do is sleep in the back anyway." Hermione joked, prodding George.

"You okay?" she asked him. "Yeah. Just have some stuff to do." He said, reaching for Alicia's hand and squeezing it lightly.

Hermione looked at Fred, who in turn looked at her and raised his eyebrows. "Alright George. Me and Mione have to get to work so, see you two later?"

"Yeah." Alicia smiled lightly and Hermione gave her a short hug.

"What do you suppose that was about?" Hermione asked quietly, grabbing her keys and her jacket.

"No clue." Fred said out of the corner of his mouth. "Bye!" they called together.

Hermione and Fred worked in the shop dealing with kids all day, and Ginny and Harry had shown up once holding hands after a lunch at the Leaky Cauldron.

Hermione was nervous the whole day, because she was truly concerned as to what was going on with George.

She and Fred went home that night to a note from George. 'Went to Alicia's. Don't wait up.'

"You think he's alright?" Hermione asked, after she placed an order for Chinese take out and sat next to Fred on the couch.

"I hope so." Fred said. "You got the sesame chicken right? And the rice? Cause that is all I KNOW of Chinese food…" he said. Hermione smiled. "Yes…" she said, pushing her head back against the back of the couch.

"So. We have thirty minutes before the Chinese gets here. What do you want to do?" Fred asked. "I want to go to Disney land!" Hermione said, then laughed at Fred's confused face.

"Don't ask…" she mumbled. Fred shrugged his shoulders.

The Chinese finally arrived and Hermione sat cross legged on the floor after insisting that it 'enhanced the mood of the food'