Mr. Wrong by WeasleyForMe

Fred/Hermione- They are involved together, but aren't they completely wrong for each other?

Thanks to Beneeta for input and for beta reading this, and wishIwasHermione for input!

Chapter Four

Hermione woke on Sunday to find she was alone in her room. She sighed as she rolled out of bed and dragged herself into the bathroom to take a shower. She didn't know what to do about Fred. The more she thought about it, the more she was certain that Fred was angry with her for agreeing to have dinner with Ron. As she stood in the shower, her mood started to brighten. Perhaps the best thing to do was send Fred a letter.

She quickly dried off and found some parchment. She wrote:

Fred,

I missed you this morning. I hope you aren't still upset about yesterday. I'm only going to have a friendly, casual dinner with Ron. But you should know that I'd rather go out for dinner with you. Please write back.

-Hermione

Hermione sent her owl off to Fred and George's flat with her letter. She was surprised to find that her owl returned an hour later while she was reading the Daily Prophet. She untied the new letter and read Fred's messy handwriting.

Hermione,

You know that it would be impossible for you and me to have dinner. We aren't supposed to be together. There is no romance between us. Have fun with Ron.

-Fred

She threw the parchment across her kitchen table. "Why is he being such an arse?" Hermione asked her owl as he pecked at her curtains. Just as she started to think that there wouldn't be anything wrong with dating Fred, he had to start being cruel. "I'm too old for this," she mumbled as she went to floo Ron to set up a time for dinner the following night.

Hermione was afraid that dinner with Ron was going to be awkward with forced conversation, but she was relieved to find that she was having a great time. He was filling her in on his busy Quidditch career. It was easier to listen to him drone on now that they weren't together.

During a lull in conversation, Hermione reached across the table and squeezed Ron's hand. "We really are much better as friends, aren't we?" she asked with a sweet smile.

He smiled back. "Yeah, much better."

Fred was beginning to become extremely pissed off that George had talked him into going out for dinner. He was quite miffed that George persuaded him to try the new Thai restaurant in Diagon Alley. But most of all, he was upset that he had a front row view of Hermione on her date with Ron.

George was desperately trying to keep Fred focused on him. He honestly hadn't known that Ron and Hermione would be eating at this particular restaurant. He only wanted to take Fred out to cheer him up about Hermione. George took a quick glance over at them and noticed Hermione take Ron's hand.

"Shit, George… now he's bloody well touching her!" Fred hissed as he gripped his glass tighter.

"Do you want to leave, Fred?" George asked for the hundredth time.

"No. Now I need to know what's going on. Why is she laughing so much? Ron isn't funny. She shouldn't be smiling that much. She probably wants to get back together with him. Do you think they can see us?"

"Fred, calm down. I'm going to pay the check, alright?" George asked, but Fred's eyes were plastered on Hermione. He stood to pay, and when he returned, Fred still hadn't moved. "Here's an idea, Fred. Perhaps you could just tell the girl that you fancy all of her, not just her… sexy bits."

At that moment, Hermione started laughing again. "Let's go," Fred muttered as he threw down his napkin and headed for the door. George quickly followed his twin back to their flat. He felt terrible for bringing him out in the first place.

Hermione's giggles died down. "Ron, it's getting late. I should probably be heading home."

"Do you want me to Apparate with you to make sure you get there safely?" he asked.

"Thanks, but I'll be fine. Good night, Ron," she said as she kissed him lightly on the cheek.

When Hermione still hadn't heard from Fred by Friday, she decided to drop by their shop after work. Instead of Apparating directly home from her office, she walked through Diagon Alley and enjoyed the breezy afternoon. When she walked into Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, she was surprised to see that they weren't very busy.

"Hermione?" asked George from behind her. She spun around and smiled up at him.

"Hey, George. How are you?" she asked politely.

"Fine," he answered quickly.

She traced her shoe through some nonexistent dust on the floor. "Is, uh, Fred around?" she asked as casually as she could.

George was afraid that his brother would harm the girl, but he nodded and pointed past some shelves. She smiled and headed in that direction.

"Hey," she whispered as she found him labeling some Skiving Snackboxes. He turned quickly to face her and immediately glared.

"What do you want?" he asked as he turned back to his work.

She frowned. "I wanted to see you. I miss you."

He sneered. "You couldn't miss me too much while you're going out with Ron."

Hermione sighed and crossed her arms. "Fred, you and I aren't even dating. Besides it wasn't even a date with Ron. We just got some dinner. Nothing happened."

He whirled around to face her. "I was there Hermione." Her eyes went wide.

"You followed us?" she asked, completely shocked.

He laughed sardonically. "I wouldn't do that, and you know it. George and I happened to go out for dinner and we wound up there. You looked plenty cozy holding hands with Ron."

As Hermione took a deep breath to defend herself, she heard someone call Fred's name and felt them collide with her from behind.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" said a very pleasant and familiar voice. Hermione turned to look into the dark eyes of Lee Jordan. "Hermione? Is that you?" he asked as his eyes swept over her entire body.

"Hi, Lee," she managed to say with a smile. "How have you been?" Hermione couldn't help but notice how fit he looked.

"I've been great," he said with a bright smile. "You look really nice, Hermione."

Fred cleared his throat loudly. Lee and Hermione immediately turned and focused on him. "What brings you here, Lee?"

"Just stopping in to drop off some orders for Invisible Hats for the Ministry," he replied with another smile.

"Thanks," Fred muttered. He turned back to his labeling, expecting Hermione and Lee to both be on their way. He certainly didn't like what happened next.

Hermione was intrigued. "Do you work for the Ministry, Lee?"

"Yeah, I just got a position in the Department of Magical Transportation," he replied.

"Really? I just started in the Improper Use of Magic Department last year!" she said with a big smile. "Why don't I ever see you at work?"

"Well, I have to travel a lot, so I'm not always in the main building," he told her. Fred felt like a complete outsider intruding in on the conversation, and he didn't like the way Lee was flirting with his secret lover.

"Working out in the field sounds fascinating," Hermione said.

Fred was just about to interrupt their conversation again when Lee said, "Say, if you're free one night, perhaps we could have dinner."

Hermione froze. She glanced quickly at Fred who was glaring at her. His ears were turning red, and although he looked cute, Hermione knew he was about to explode. She didn't care though. He was blowing her friendship with Ron out of proportion, and she was getting sick of his mind games. Besides, Fred refused to go out and be seen with her. "Sure, Lee," Hermione responded after a moment. "That sounds like it could be fun. It would be nice to go out with someone who appreciates spending time with me." Lee smiled at her as she pointedly looked at Fred.

Fred felt like he had been kicked in the stomach. His good friend was going to be dating the only girl he cared for. He stood stock-still and tried to remember to breathe as Lee and Hermione bid him farewell. Lee walked her to the door as they finalized their dinner plans for the following week. Then they both Apparated away.

George wandered slowly over to Fred. "Don't ask. I don't want to talk about it," Fred said as he turned and walked to the stock room.

Well, I'm assuming you'll either be really happy or quite angered by what Hermione just did.

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