Well, here I am, updating as I promesed.

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I wrote this chapter on wednesday during school, because all the lights in the city went off and I was stuck in my gym for three hours doing nothing, so I decided to write, and this is what I came up with. Hope you enjoy it.

I forgot to tell you, the story stars about two weeks after the battle of Howgarts.

Disclaimer: I guess everyone would love to be the brilliant mind who came up with the idea of Harry Potter, and I'm not the exception, but I don't own any of the characters. The one who does is the awesome J.K.Rowling

Of love and bets

Chapter 2

What did you just do?

After they finished shaking hands, Fred turned around, took George by the arm and disappeared.

Ron sat down, went back to the game, stared at it for a moment, smiled and said: "Ja! Check mate!"

Harry stared at him incredously. He could simply not believe that after all Ron had done, he would just keep playing as if nothing had happened.

"What?" asked Ron after noticing Harry was staring at him.

"What?! What?! How can you just keep playing after all you've done?"

"What do you mean after all I've done?" asked Ron clearly confused

"Are you feeling ok? Because today you've been saying pretty stupid stuff"

"Like what?"

Harry was getting mad. Not only Ron had done something extremely stupid, but he seemed oblivious to it.

"Oh, I'm guessing you mean… the bet?" said Ron doubting, almost asking, surprised by Harry's reaction.

"Of course I mean the bet! Or did you do something else more stupid than the bet that I should know about?"

"It wasn't stupid. It was just a bet. I'm sure you've done a bet sometime"

"This is different. You bet Hermione for Merlin's pants!"

"I did not bet Hermione. I bet she can't fall in love with Fred, which she can't." explained Ron as if that would settle the conversation

"Oh, yeah, right, I'm sorry. So you didn't bet her, you just gave Fred the opportunity to make her fall in love with him."

"She won't fall in love with him. She likes me, even you said so, remember"

"That's worst. You're taking advantage of her liking you to win a stupid bet and prove Fred's wrong. I thought you loved her"

"I do love her. And I'm not taking advantage of her. I would never do that. But you don't know what is like to be always the one the twins always prank, the one they always make fun of. And this is my chance to get back at them, and if you think I'm not taking it, you're wrong"

"Ok, first of all, I do know what is like, because in case you've forgotten, Dudley used to prank me all the time, and he's definitely than the twins, I can assure you. But I don't go around betting people I love to get back at him. It's just wrong. Just think about it. Is it get back at the twins worth lose Hermione?"

"I am not going to lose Hermione. I told you, she can't fall in love with him"

"How can you be so sure?"

"Oh, c'mon, you don't really believe Hermione can actually fall in love with him, do you? It's Hermione we're talking about" Ron said as if what Harry was saying was the most absurd thing he'd ever heard.

"Well, I don't know. Maybe she will after you ignored her for three months"

"I don't think so. Besides, I won't ignore her. I just won't go out with her alone"

"Fine. Let's say you win the bet. How do you think she is going to react when she finds out about the bet?"

"She won't. The twins can't tell, it's part of the deal, remember?"

"Yeah, and as she's so stupid…. C'mon, you said yourself. This is Hermione we're talking about. She'll figure out"

For the first time since he accepted the bet, Ron was worried. He knew Harry had a point. Hermione was pretty smart. She didn't need anyone to tell her about the bet. As soon as she suspected something weird was going on, she would figure out what.

"See. It's not such a good idea. You should call off the bet"

"No" Ron shook his head energetic.

"Why not? If you don't think is a good idea, don't go on with it"

"It's too late, I can't back off" said Ron. Harry hadn't obviously got anything he had said about the twins making fun of him, but he didn't want to fight anymore.

"Sure you can"

Ron just shook his head, and Harry decided to give up, knowing Ron would not listen

"Hey…" said Ron shyly

"Yeah?"

"Are you going to tell Hermione?"

"Of course not. You're my friend, and even though you may do some stupid things, I'll always help you" Harry knew Ron was nervous and worried, as always he did something wrong, so he decided to help him (once again).

"So are you going to help me with the bet?"

"Yep. We're gonna make sure you win, and that Hermione doesn't noticed"

"Thanks mate"

"Anytime. Just think about what you said before you said next time. Hermione doesn't need to suffer anymore. Now, what were you saying about the game?"

"Check mate"

Fred let go of George arm and went toward his closet, but before he made it all the way, George said

"Please tell me you just didn't bet Hermione can fall in love with you with little Ronnienkins"

Fred turned around to face his twin and said with a smile

"I didn't bet Hermione can fall in love with me with little Ronnienkins"

"Fred!" George exclaimed

"What? I'm just saying what you told me to say. You gave me an order, so I did it"

"Oh wow, now you obey. Stop joking and get serious"

"I'm prankster. I'm a prankster. How can we ever get serious? Fine" said Fred after he saw the threatening look George throwed at him

"Now, can you tell what you just did?"

"I find ourselves a tester for a whole year. Sweet, isn't it?"

"Yeah, but you're forgetting that you have to win an unwinnable bet first"

"It is not unwinnable. One thing is that no one has ever dare to play and another is that is unwinnable"

"Well, this little "game" we're talking about is Hermione, you know? The bookworm"

"That doesn't mean she doesn't have feelings, she might be a know-it-all, but she's still human, you know?"

"Touché"

"Like I said, everyone has as melting point"

"Is going a be hard, though"

"Only if a twin of mine decides not to help me" Fred looked at George with a grin in his face. George looked at him for a moment before grinning and said

"Oh, ok. How can I say no to Forge?"

"I knew you would say that Gred"

"So, now where do we start?"

A smirk crossed Fred as he said

"Don't worry. I have a plan…."

I know this chapter is not as long as the first one, but as I told you, I wrote it all in a while. I hope you like, and remeber to leave a review when you finish reading.

I'll try to post the next chapter in monday or tuesday.

See you

Samy