A/N: I'd like to thank everyone who liked my story again. Whether you have reviewed or alerted or favorited, today was a particularly bad day and you really made me smile so thank you. ^-^

And to Adams, thank you for the constructive criticism, I promise to do my best to make it better and to avoid writing awkward moments, although there might be a lot of awkward moments here. :( But it's not like I'm not trying, it's really a flaw in my writing so thank you for pointing that out. I'll do my best to minimize them on the next chapters. :D

So without further ado, I bring you Chapter 7! Enjoy~ (:

Disclaimer: I guess I could own it if my savings would be multiplied by a kazillion.

"Rambling"
by SJRegina

Hermione always found herself rambling whenever in the presence of the one and only Fred Weasley, but that's just how Fred liked it.

Chapter 7: Mornings at the Burrow

Hermione woke up to birds chirping and the sun beaming on her. She had a surprisingly good sleep even though she and Ginny practically sleeped half past 2.

She stretched her arms and legs and giggled at the sleeping form on the other twin bed. Ginny's arms and legs were sprawled out in the bed lying with her stomach and her blankets were all kicked on the foot of the bed. She glanced at the wall clock beside the door and was surprised to see that it was already 10 in the morning.

She walked towards Ginny's bed and lightly nudged her shoulders.

"Ginny, wake up. It's already 10 in the morning!" Hermione said softly but with emphasis.

"I don't care." Ginny mumbled in her pillow.

"I guess I can't enjoy breakfast at the Burrow anymore, and I was really looking forward to do that." Hermione sat roughly on Ginny's bed causing it to bounce up and down and made an exaggerated sigh.

Ginny instantly sat up and fixed her hair saying, "I'm up! I'm up!" Then they both giggled at each other.

"Can we talk more about Phase One later? I look like a wanker!" Ginny told Hermione.

"Sure, I'll go down first and greet Mrs. Weasley." Ginny nodded in agreement.

Ginny went out and went to the bathroom while Hermione did her best efforts to tame her frizzy hair a bit then used Ginny's breath spray to at least rid off the bed breath she had.

She loved the Burrow, it was so cozy and full of people. It wasn't exactly big to accomodate such a big number of family members but it was amazing to her. She then proceeded to go downstairs.

As she was going downstairs, she met up with Fred who was going up the stairs. They were both in front of each other blocking their paths.

"I'm sorry." Both of them said and both moved to the side and was once again facing each other.

"I'm sorry!" Both of them were blushing now. Fred just laughed and leaned on the wall, "Lady's first." Then he winked.

Hermione blushed again. "Thank you." Then they both proceeded to where they were going but just as Hermione was at the foot of the stairs. Fred greeted her, "Good morning Hermione." He said with a smile.

"Morning Fred." Hermione beamed at Fred before Fred looked back and Hermione skipped along towards the kitchen.

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"Good morning Mrs. Weasley." Hermione greeted by the door and sat at a chair near the countertop.

"Good morning dear." Molly greeted with her back facing Hermione as she was flipping pancakes in front of the stove.

"Arthur will be down in a minute, he'll help you go back to your home. You can both talk it over in the dining during breakfast. Would you mind setting the table for me?"

"It's alright Mrs. Weasley, at least I could do something useful." Hermione's eyes lit up when she saw Mrs. Weasley flick her wand on the drawers above and it opened and dishes and silverware floated in the air smoothly towards Hermione.

"Just lead them towards the table, they'll know what to do. They usually end up in the trash sometimes. When you want to change the arrangement, just tell them to."

Hermione was still in awe. The dishes were floating like they were alive.

"Mrs. Weasley, are they- alive?"

"Oh no. No dear. It's just a charm, once I set down the food the charm will go off." Molly said while flipping another pancake.

"I see." Hermione nodded appreciatively and led the dishes towards the table. They arranged themselves and Hermione changed them a bit. After the table was properly set, Hermione sat down on one of the chairs.

Percy then came and greeted Hermione in a very pompous manner and sat near the where the head of the table sat and read the newspaper. She was surprised her presence didn't startle him.

"I heard. Although I do not approve of how you have not alerted us earlier, I am amazed by those band's qualities." Percy said through the paper as if reading her mind.

Ginny then followed and sat beside Hermione. "Morning Percy."

"Good morning Ginevra." Ginny rolled her eyes at Percy's use of her first name.

Ginny and Hermione chatted for a bit about taming hair when Percy flipped the next pag of the newspaper and it exploded in front of his face leaving a frazzled Percy with black dirt on his face while dark smoke was illuminating smoke.

Ginny and Hermione laughed hard at the sight whilst Percy was beyond furious. Furious was actually a mellow word if used to describe Percy's reaction. His eyes were full of rage.

"Frederick! George!" Then suddenly George popped up from below the table. "Why hello brother!"

"Enjoy our treat?" Fred then popped up from below the table.

Ginny and Hermione's laugh doubled over. "You find THIS amusing?" Percy bellowed at his twin brothers now sitting beside him.

"Of course we don't."

"Nothing special."

"Just wanted to show Hermione what's a morning in the Burrow like."

"It is part of our morning routine!"

Just as Percy looked like he was going to pounce on the two who was laughing like their was no tomorrow, Ron and Harry went in.

"Morning Harry!" Ginny instantly greeted him with a smile that reached her ears and Harry greeted back with a shy smile that made Ginny blush. He greeted Hermione too and sat beside Ginny which made her blush even more.

"So you really are here! Harry wasn't lying at all!" Ron exclaimed and sat infront of Harry at the end of the table. "Sorry I doubted you mate." Ron said to Harry in an apologetic manner.

"Good morning too Ronald." Hermione rolled her eyes as how Ron didn't even greet her.

"Where's the food? I'm starving!" Just as Ron said that, food hovered over the table and landed softly. It smelled delicious! Hermione was sure she was drooling.

Ron, and his usual savage-like self picked the fork and was about to jab a pancake when Molly swatted his hand away.

"Ronald! Where are your manners? Wait for your daddy." Molly gave a stern look at Ron and smiled at Harry and Hermione.

"Morning everyone! I see we have two extra guests today." A tall man with fiery red hair entered the dining room with a big contagious smile. It was Mr. Weasley and he resembled a lot like George she realized. Fred looked more like Molly in a way.

Mrs. Weasley stood up and kissed him on the cheeck and Mr. Weasley sat down at the head. "So this must be Hermione! Hello Hermione, nice to meet you." Mr. Weasley smiled at her. "It's nice meeting you to Mr. Weasley" Hermione smiled back shyly.

"You're a muggle-born right?"

Hermione nodded in affirmation.

"So tell me about this amusing muggle invention of yours, telinision. How does it work without magic?" Mr. Weasley's eyes lit up in wonder. When Hermione opened her mouth to correct him Ron slammed his fist on the table.

"Oi Dad! I'm starving, let's talk about the tele-, teli-, whatever later!"

"Sorry son, just wanted to ask. Harry told me about the use of rubber ducks yesterday." Mr. Weasley beamed at Harry. She found it amusing how he was so fond of muggle inventions.

"Well then, dig in!" Molly smiled at everyone then Ron stacked his plate with food and ate them at a shocking speed eating the food like he didn't eat for days. As she looked over Fred and George, they were eating at the same pace. Although Percy was calm and put a healthy amount of food on his plate eating them gracefully.

Hermione put a healthy amount of food on her plate as well and was immediately dazed by the delicious taste of it. It was so good!

Just as they finished dinner, and Ron had finished his second helpings of the whole meal, everyone had gone out to play Quidditch outside in their mini-Quidditch field. Even Percy did. That left Hermione and Arthur alone in the dining room as Molly cleaned the table and washed the dishes.

"So Hermione, I've contacted the ministry and we will get you home as soon as we can. But it looks like you're going to have to stay here for a week or so. Ministry protocol you see." Arthur explained.

"It's not a problem! My parents are away for a month anyway so it's okay really!" Hermione's happiness was obvious.

"So you don't mind if you go shopping with us in Diagon Alley?"

"Actually, I think I'd rather enjoy it." What Hermione said was true. She was looking forward to tomorrow and all of the following mornings in the Burrow that would come.

But now she was going to enjoy the afternoon in the living room reading a book while drinking tea. This morning was exciting and just amazing, she was sure it would still be tomorrow, and she just couldn't wait for it!

A/N: I hope you liked it even in the slightest. I wrote this chappie pretty fast so I guess there are a lot of flaws. Please review if you liked it or not. Or if you have suggestions or would like to point out things that were wrong or you particularly didn't like. I'll try to update as soon as possible. :D

And just to avoid confusion, the seating arrangement goes like this: Arthur's at the head of the table. Molly is next to him facing Percy. Hermione is next to Molly facing Fred. Ginny is next to Hermione facing George. Harry is beside Ginny and he faces Ron. Hope this might help. ^-^

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