A/N: I don't own Harry Potter
This is for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Insane Prompt challenge.
230 – Dialogue: "Only people who aren't fine say that they're fine."
Word count: 540
"I'm fine," she muttered pushing past him. He watched her for a moment before following. He found her face down the bed she was using. She'd left the door open. He wondered if she'd hoped he would follow her.
"I thought I said I was fine," she snapped.
"And I know better, Hermione. Only people who aren't fine say they are. Want to talk about it?" he asked standing next to the bed.
"No."
"Want to throw things at Ron's head until he apologizes for whatever he did this time?" he offered wondering if this time she would actually do it.
"No...wait, how'd you know this is about Ron?" Her voice was slightly muffled since she was talking into the pillows.
"Because, Hermione. Nine times out of ten, it's about Ron and something stupid he did. You know that,I know that,Harry knows that, at this point, even you know who might know that." Hermione sniffled a little fighting the urge to smile.
"Was that a laugh?"
"No."
"I think it was. George and I have some new products, want to help test them out?" She rolled her eyes.
"No thank you."
"Want to study them, figure out we used some superly insane complex magic and then try to analyze it?" She raised her head slightly.
"You can write it all down and spend hours researching other ways of doing it..." he added teasing slightly. She snorted.
"Wouldn't find any, you know that, Fred," she muttered. She could hear him laughing.
"I know, you know, George knows. But does that ever stop you?" he asked. She shook her head slightly. No, nothing ever really stopped her from learning new things, researching whatever the twins had come up with. It was almost like a game, in a way.
"What's the new product?"
"Spiders. That's all I'm going to say." She raised her head looking at him. He was smiling in that mischevious way of his.
"Are they life like?"
"Yes." A small smile formed across her lips.
"Can they be put somewhere...the the bed of a certain red haired git?"
"Once again, yes."
"Alright, show me what you're working on," she stated sliding from the bed. Fred smiled as she followed him down to the room he and George were using as a lab. A furry looking spider at on the table. It was about the size of Hermione's hand. Hermione studied it for a moment.
"It moves?"
"Watch," George said. He waved his wand over it and it sprang to life crawling in a circle.
"What happens if you smash it?"
"Can't. It goes intangible, your hand would go right through it. It can walk through walls too. We're trying to figure out a way to attach an extendable ear on it."
"Can I borrow it?"
"Sure," Fred said picking it up and handing it to her. George taught her the commands for it. Hermione smiled, almost evilly.
"Does it glow in the dark?"
"No. We should add that feature on the next batch," Fred noted jotting it down.
"Just a reminder though, Hermione. If Ron asks..."
"I didn't get it from you," Hermione chirped happily giving Fred a quick kiss before leaving to relocate the spider to Ron's room.