a/n: Alright last one till this weekend. So far I am on forty and going to be on 41 pretty soon. I hope you guys like these chapters. The next one will be Ron's birthday.

One and Only

Chapter Thirty-three

When Ginny got back to the paper office, the first thing she did was check and see if Ron was back. He wasn't there but she decided not to go find him because at this point nothing she could say would help him. Harry decided that at his free period he would go and talk to Professor McGonagall about the idea.

Just as Ginny sat down to work on her letters two people came through the doors. Fred and George looked around until they spotted her.

"Where's Ron?" Fred asked.

"We saw the article in the paper. What did he do about it?" George asked.

"He quit the Prophet." Ginny answered.

"He what?" They asked at the same time. The fell into chairs and looked at Ginny waiting for an answer. She explained what Ron told her and then she told them about how he was acting and what he said to Hermione. Then she explained their plan to help him.

"Count us in too." Fred said.

"Yeah." George agreed. "We'll help out with it." Ginny smiled.

"Thanks." She said.

"Where is he now?" Fred asked. "Can we see him?"

"I think he's in the Head Common Room. He didn't even come down for lunch." Ginny told them. They looked most shocked at this.

"Could we go see him?" George asked. "We could try and cheer him up for a bit."

"Yeah I'll take you." Ginny said. She left Ernie in charge while she left and she took Fred and George up to the Head Common Room.

When they got up there, they found Ron sitting on a chair staring into the empty fireplace. Ron turned when he heard noise.

"What are you doing here?" Ron asked.

"We…uh…came to see you." Fred said, noticing that there was something wrong with Ron.

"How's it going?" George asked awkwardly. He too could see Ron's defeat. They took seats on either side of him and Ginny took the desk chair and pulled it over in front of them.

"Alright." Ron answered. "I'm just deciding what to do with my life. I figure I'm too stupid to be a professor, not qualified enough to be a Healer, so I'm considering being a maintenance guy at the Ministry. You know the ones who clean up and all that. It's about all I'm qualified or smart enough to do."

"Don't sell yourself short Ron." Fred said.

"You're better than that Ron. Just because you can't work at the Prophet doesn't mean there isn't another job you can do." George agreed. Ginny was close to telling him their plan for helping him. He looked so depressed and she felt so bad.

Ron looked at Fred and George with a look of disgust.

"Like you two would know. Everything comes easily to you and you have to take the mickey out of anyone who says boo to you!" Ron angrily rose from the chair. He did not feel bad at all about blowing up at Fred and George. He wanted to blow up at someone and they were the first ones who ticked him off. "Why should it matter to you if I quit the job?" He turned to start for the portrait hole but Fred and George jumped up to stop him. They pushed him back into the chair. "Let me go!" Ron argued.

"No." Fred and George said at the same time.

"You can't just walk away from things you don't want to deal with." Fred said. Each of them had a good grip on his shoulder.

"You did the right thing by giving up the job Ron." George said. "But you can't walk away from everything because you can't work at the Prophet."

"You've got better things in your life Ron, Hermione is there for you but from what Ginny told me, you blew her off before." Fred said.

"And downstairs you've got a roomful of people counting on you to get the Herald published every week." George said. "Are you going to let them down because one thing didn't go your way?"

"Just because this job didn't work out for you doesn't mean there isn't another one that will." Fred said.

"We're your brothers and it's our job to take the mickey out of you but we do know when to be serious." George said. They finished and looked at Ron, releasing his shoulders and waiting to see what he did. Ron fell back into the chair. He was silent for a minute at least.

"I don't know where to go from here." Ron said finally. "I've got to decide on a new career and I don't know where to go."

"How about taking a few days off?" Ginny said offering her piece. "You're birthday's Sunday. Give yourself a break and just relax and then on Monday decide what you want to do."

"I say that you go down to the Herald office and do what you have to do because that's what you should be doing now." Fred said.

"Come on we'll go with you. You've seen us a work so it's time for us to see you working." George agreed. A faint smile crossed Ron's lips. It quickly vanished and he looked down.

"Er…" He started unsure. "Thanks. I guess it really helped coming from you two that I'm not a failure. And…um…I'm sorry for blowing up on you two before." He mumbled the last part. Fred and George understood though.

"Anytime little bro'." Fred said.

"We might take the mickey out of you most of the time but if you needed help you can count on us." George agreed.

"And thank you too Ginny." Ron said.

"No problem." Ginny said standing up and giving Ron a hug. She was happy to see that Ron actually hugged her back and was no longer feeling too depressed. She couldn't wait to see his face on his birthday. They all walked down to the paper office. Everyone got quiet when Ron walked in. Word got around the office about him quitting. Everyone watched him enter and if a pin was dropped it would be heard throughout the whole room. Ernie stood up and walked over to Ron.

"I just wanted to say that it was a very noble thing for you to quit because of the lies." Ernie said breaking the silence. "I was planning on applying for a job there but I think that there's a place better suited for me that isn't full of lies." An actual smile crossed Ron's face.

"Thanks Ernie." Ron said. As he passed to get to his office everyone congratulated him. Ernie seemed to have gotten rid of the tension. He was passing Smith's desk, not expecting to get anything out of him but instead Smith stopped him.

"Ron can I talk to you for a second?" Smith asked. Ron walked over to Smith's desk Fred and George followed. Smith looked warily at them.

"I got this." Ron told them. They walked over to Ginny's desk, still watching Smith with threatening looks on their faces.

"I thought about what you did and I know what I'm giving up but I've decided that I don't want to work for a lie either." Smith said. "I've read all the articles that Rita Skeeter wrote and I can't justify being the one to write the lies if I work there. I guess what I'm saying is thanks for helping me see what I could be going into." He looked at Ron waiting to see what he said.

"You're welcome." Ron said. The moment of friendliness had passed and Ron walked back to his brothers and sister.

"So Ron, what is it you do here?" Fred asked.

"I boss people around." Ron answered.

"Nice." George said holding up his hand for a high-five. Ron chuckled slightly and slapped the hand. "Where's your desk?" George asked.

"Yeah, I thought it was right around here last time." Fred said.

"In there." Ron said. "I have my own office." Fred and George nodded approvingly. Ron was about to show them around but Harry burst into the office and headed straight for Ginny's desk.

"She said –" Harry was stopped from divulging what McGonagall said when he noticed Ron standing there. "Hey mate. How are you doing?"

"Better." Ron answered. "Fred and George set me straight and I'm not the only one boycotting the Prophet. Smith is giving up his job and Ernie isn't going to go for a job at the Prophet. Most of the people here said that they weren't going to." Harry smiled.

"Good for you." Harry said. "But can I talk to you for a second." He had to get something off of his chest.

"Sure." Ron answered. He led Harry into his office. They took seats on either sides of the desk.

"Listen Ron, I feel like this whole thing is my fault." Harry said. "The whole article was about me using you and it was only meant to hurt me and it ended up hurting you. You're my best mate and I didn't want this to happen to you."

"Harry, this wasn't your fault. The Prophet was full of lies anyways…" Ron explained how the whole meeting went. "So in reality it was actually a good thing." Ron finished.

"But your ok now? You seemed way out of it before." Harry said.

"Yeah, surprisingly Fred and George helped. I've just got to talk to Hermione now." Ron said. There was a knock at the door and Ron and Harry could hear Fred and George outside.

"Can we come in now?" They asked.

"Yep." Harry answered opening the door and walking out, letting Fred and George in. He closed the door so that he could tell Ginny what McGonagall said.

"So what'd she say?" Ginny asked excitedly.

"Well apparently she had a big row in the Entrance Hall with the editor and Dumbledore came too. He made him leave and when I told her about the idea for a lie-free paper she thought it was brilliant and she's going to do the whole thing with the Ministry and she's even going to make a contribution." Harry said. Ginny smiled.

"Fred and George are going to make a contribution too." Ginny said.

"Count me in too." Ernie said who's desk was near Ginny's so he had overheard them. "What's the deal with this?" A few other people listened in too and by the time Harry and Ginny had finished telling the story about it every single person on the Herald staff had made a contribution whether small or big. Harry and Ginny hid the money in Ginny's desk as Ron, Fred, and George walked out.

"What's going on?" Ron asked as he saw everyone around Ginny's desk.

"Just showing them a letter." Ginny said. "I wasn't sure what advice to give and everyone contributed their opinion." She lied and ended with a sweet smile. Harry chuckled at her lie.

"Alright." Ron said disbelievingly. "Well you all can get back to work right now, I need those articles by Wednesday!" Fred and George looked at Ron.

"You're kidding." Fred said. "That's how you tell people to get back to work?"

"You've got to work on that Ron, you're the boss you should be more demanding when you tell them that." George said.

"Watch this." Fred said. "HEY ALL OF YOU GET BACK TO WORK! WE NEED THOSE ARTICLES STAT ON WEDNESDAY!" Ron laughed with Harry and Ginny just as the door opened and Hermione walked in. She saw a smile on Ron's face and happiness filled her. She didn't care if Harry and Ginny told them about their idea or what had made him happy again, she was just glad that he was happy again. She rushed to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. He kissed the top of her head and held her close. She looked over Ron's shoulder.

"You told him?" She mouthed to Harry and Ginny. They shook their heads and pointed to Fred and George. She pulled away from Ron and looked at Fred and George. "You two fixed him?" She asked, not sure what word to use. Ron chuckled at the words she used. Fred and George nodded immodestly.

"Yeah, he blew up at us but we had a talk with him." George said. Hermione smiled at him.

"Thank you." She said.

"Eh anytime." Fred said. They all sat around Ginny's desk oblivious to what was going on in the background. Ernie had two giant stacks of papers that he had just copied. Hannah and Ernie were handing about 25 copies to each person on the paper staff.

"Pass them around to everyone and hang them up in the halls." They were saying to everyone. Everyone agreed. They didn't let Ron know because they were doing it for him. Classes were over and everyone exited the paper office with their stacks of papers in hand.

"Well we better get going." George said.

"We've got to get going. We'll see you lot tomorrow in Hogsmede." Fred said. They left the four of them to themselves. Ron put his arm around Hermione.

"You know going into the Ministry like Ginny might not be all bad. I mean the Department of Magical Games and Sports is alright because I like Quidditch and it would be good." Ron said. Hermione, Harry, and Ginny just nodded, wanting to spill their secret.

"We should go get changed and do our homework." Hermione said, changing the topic.

"Alright." Ron said, taking Hermione's hand. They walked out into the hallway and saw a massive amount of notices were on the wall.

"What's this?" Hermione asked. She read the paper from over Ron's shoulder. "Boycott The Prophet By: Ernie Macmillan.

"The Daily Prophet that most of you read every day is not as it appears to be. Editor of the Hogwarts Herald, Ron Weasley, was in line to become the next editor of the Daily Prophet but as of today Weasley declined the offer after hearing from the current editor himself that lies are what people want to read.

"An false article in the Prophet this morning claiming that Weasley's best friend was using him prompted a meeting with the editor of the Daily Prophet. Mr. David O'Connell then told Weasley that the Prophet was full of lies that people wanted to hear. Weasley refused to work for a lie and there told O'Connell that he would not work for the Prophet.

"Weasley's smart move to leave the Prophet has made an impact on everyone who had considered a job at the Prophet. Zacharis Smith turned down a job as a reporter for the Prophet as well as several other members of the Hogwarts Herald.

"The employees of the Hogwarts Herald are boycotting the lies, do the smart thing and boycott the Prophet." Hermione finished reading and a smile spread across her face. "Do you realize how many students have a subscription to the Prophet?" Hermione asked. "And after this article people are bound to cancel them. By the end of next week practically no one will have a subscription." She grabbed Ron's face and gave him a full on kiss on the mouth. "You were brilliant!" She said. Ron went red from the article and from Hermione complementing him.

As they walked to go get changed a lot of people had one of those papers in their hands and most of them congratulated Ron on doing the right thing. He felt much better than he had all day.

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