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 Five

Hermione was just about to make herself dinner on Saturday when she heard someone Apparate into her living room. She quickly drew her wand and crept into the room when she heard Fred say, "It's me, Hermione." She saw his red hair and lowered her wand, although she was half temped to keep it drawn on him.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, unable to keep some of the hope and wonder out of her voice. She found it impossible to treat him horribly.

He took three steps and leaned toward her until his lips were nearly on her ear, but he stopped short of touching her. "Are you seriously considering a date with Lee?"

Hermione involuntarily shuddered before she forced herself to wrench away. "No, not exactly considering it," she said as Fred seemed to sigh with relief. "We have already set up a date for tomorrow night. He's taking me to the Leaky Cauldron. Please don't follow me this time."

Fred laughed cruelly. "Oh, please. The Leaky Cauldron? He can't take you to a nicer place than the Leaky bloody Cauldron?" His features suddenly changed from harsh to carefully neutral. "You deserve the best," he added in a whisper.

Hermione laughed sarcastically. "That's funny. Who would have known you thought I was worth only the best, especially when you won't even go out to a meal with me!" she yelled.

"Hermione…" he whispered as he gently took her hands. "The things that we share in private are better than any public relationship you could have with Lee or any other bloke." She didn't pull her hands back, but rather she felt herself pulling Fred into her arms. Her lips automatically found his without any hesitation. She vaguely heard her wand clatter to the floor as she wrapped a leg around Fred's thigh and wove her fingers through his soft hair. She was rewarded with him whispering her name into her neck as he kissed her there. "So, you'll cancel your date with him, right?" he whispered.

"No," Hermione groaned as he met her mouth again with powerful kisses. He managed to guide her down the hallway as various articles of their clothing fell to the floor along the way.

They collapsed onto her bed as Fred asked, "You won't cancel your date, even if I'm extra nice to you?" He was already feeling low, and he didn't want to lose Hermione to his friend.

Hermione sighed as he ran his long fingers over her tummy. "You don't know how to be extra nice, Fred. You're Mr. Wrong," she whispered with a sad smile. Her smile made Fred feel even lower. He spent the next hour trying to make her see that in their own way, they were perfect.

Hermione woke awhile later to the sound of pots and pans clanging together. She quickly threw on her robe and headed for the kitchen. The sight before her made her smile like a loon. Fred was wearing her apron and attempting to cook.

"Need some help?" she casually asked causing him to spin around. He had a spatula in one hand and a pan in the other.

"Nope, I'm just fixing dinner for you. It's almost finished," he replied with a smile. She sighed and took a seat at the table. A few minutes later, he carried some slightly burnt chicken curry over to the table. He took the seat across from her and smiled as she took a bite.

"Not too bad," she said. "You inherited your mum's cooking skills?"

"Not really. George is better than I am. But he inherited absolutely none of her cleaning skills."

Hermione laughed. "I noticed that the last time I was at your flat." Hermione couldn't help but notice how nice their conversation was. "Why does he have it in his brain that we can't be together?" she asked herself.

As soon as they finished eating, Hermione told Fred he should leave, because she needed plenty of rest for her date the following afternoon. He scoffed again, saying, "Sure, you'll need all of your energy for a rousing meal at the Leaky Cauldron." She glared at him as he cautiously kissed her cheek. "Night, 'Mione," he whispered as he Apparated away.

Fred arrived home to find George in the kitchen baking something that smelled delightful. "Hey, now that you're back, you can eat with me," George told him with a smile.

"Nope, I just ate with Hermione. Beautiful, sweet, kind, difficult, enraging, backstabbing Hermione," Fred said as he plopped into a chair.

"So you're ready for my advice then?"

"No, but I suppose I am ready for some of that dessert."

When Hermione woke on Sunday, she was still thinking about Fred. She tried to get excited for her date, but by the time she met Lee at the Leaky Cauldron, she was still missing Fred. But she soon found that Lee was as charming as he was handsome.

"So what is it that you do at the Ministry? You were always the most brilliant person at school… I'm sure it must be important," Lee asked with a bright smile.

Hermione blushed. She didn't want to tell him that her job was complete crap and that she hated it. "Well, I take complaints about underage magic and try to come up with a reasonable punishment."

"Fascinating," Lee said with approval. "I usually travel to accident scenes and modify the memories of any muggles involved. It's kind of boring, but most Ministry jobs are. Sometimes I think Fred and George had the right idea with their store." A pained expression crossed Hermione's face at the mention of Fred. She willed all thoughts of him to go away with little success.

"So," Hermione began, trying to find something to talk about. "Do you still have that tarantula that you used to scare all the girls with?"

Lee laughed loudly. "Yes, I do! Although I let Fred borrow him once to practice some charms on, so I'm surprised I got him back!"

This time Hermione stiffened as Fred was mentioned again. There was a lull in the conversation until their food arrived when Hermione said, "Hey, last time I saw you, I thought you were dating Katie Bell."

"Yeah, I was, but she moved to Spain a few months ago for work. I thought you were engaged to Ron Weasley."

Hermione nearly choked in a bit of her pasta. "No, not engaged. Heavens no! We were together for awhile, but that ended a few months ago as well."

"Well, this must be my lucky day then… getting to take you out while neither of us are dating anyone," Lee said with a grin. Hermione tried to smile back, but all she could think of was Fred. Although he wasn't her boyfriend, he still meant a lot to her. Unfortunately for her, he didn't feel the same way.

At the end of the meal, Hermione and Lee walked through Diagon Alley for awhile and continued to talk. It turned out they really had much more in common than Hermione ever thought they could. "Well, we should both be getting home. Work tomorrow," Lee said after awhile.

"Yeah, probably. Thanks for dinner, Lee. I had a lovely time," Hermione smiled up at him. Then suddenly her smile turned into a look of shock as Lee leaned down and lightly brushed his lips against hers.

Uh oh! I just had to throw the kiss in there for makito06 for always reviewing! We'll see what happens with the smooching in the next chapter!

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