"Of course! I'd love to! Don't look so surprised!"she laughed when he played dumb and shoved him off the bed.
"Hey! No one shoves Fred Weasley and gets away with it!" he cackled and grabbed her leg and pulled her onto the floor, hitting her with a pillow!
"Back off you evil beast!" Hermione laughed and hit him with her soft red pumps. This went on for ages until Ginny walked in and found Hermione on the floor with Fred propped over her.
"WHOA!"
"No, Ginny, its not what you think! We were, um, well, basically, having a pillow fight!" Hermione said and went very red
"A pillow fight?" Ginny asked, disbelievingly
"Yep." Said Fred, climbing up from the floor and helping up Hermione "See you tomorrow then Mione, 9 remember!"
"Fred! I'm not stupid!"
"Just checking!" he laughed, gave her a hug, saluted Ginny and went from the room, whistling.
Ginny turned to look at Hermione, one eyebrow raised
"Um, yeah?"
Hermione got up early the next morning, washed her hair, put in some mousse to tame it slightly and clipped her fringe back with a deep blue ribbon. She looked out of the ribbon, it was sunny and hot already, the thermometer on the window said 30 degrees! She pulled on some short blue denim shorts, a pink vest with a lace fringe to it. She put on her pink quartz and silver bracelet with some ankle bracelets and her brown sandels. Hermione slicked on some pale brown eyeliner and mascara and some lip balm. She grabbed her bag with her phone and money in and hurtled downstairs where to her surprise, Ginny, Harry and Mr Weasley were sitting having breakfast.
"Your up early dear!" Mrs Weasley commented as she brought in some pancakes.
"Yes, um, I'm meeting someone in diagon alley for the day!" she said and sat down and took a pancake.
"Who?" asked Mr Weasley "Just out of interest!"
"Um, well.." she stuttered as Ginny sniggered into her mug of tea.
"Its a boy isn't it dear!" laughed Mrs Weasley and sat down next to her " I can tell!"
"Do we know him?" Bill asked, walking into the kitchen
"Oh yes, you all know him!" cackled Ginny
"Whats this?" asked Charlie, as he wondered through from the garden, only wearing a pair of shorts.
"Hermione is meeting a boy in diagon alley and Gin says we all know him really well!" Bill said, sitting down and stuffing in a pancake into his mouth.
"Oooo! Hermione! Spill!" cried Charlie and sat down on her other side
"Honestly, you're worst than me, when it comes to gossip!" laughed Ginny
"So, who is this mystery boy?" laughed Harry, joining in
"Is he tall?"
"Blonde?"
"Money?"
"Got a sister?" asked Charlie and Mrs Weasley slapped him on the head
"Charles Weasley!"
"I was only asking!"
"Well don't! And leave the poor girl alone! Have a great time dear!" laughed Mrs Weasley as Hermione fought her way through the crowd around the table to the fireplace.
"Who is it?" yelled Charlie as she stepped in the grate.
"Not telling!" she laughed and winked "DIAGON ALLEY!" she yelled and disappeared in a flash of green.
"I wonder if Fred will know?" wondered Bill while Ginny burst into hysterics, nearly choking on her pancakes.
"Whats wrong with Ginny?" asked Ron coming down
"Maybe she's been on the Vodka again!" laughed Charlie, and then stopped as Mrs Weasley slapped him on the head.
With a grin, Hermione climbed out of the grate in diagon alley and looked out around the alley. She laughed and walked to Fred and Georges shop and walked in.
"Hello?" she called and almost immendiantly had the air knocked out of her as Fred came running and gave her a huge hug, swinging her around.
"Forge, don't kill the girl before you've had the chance to take her out!" a voice laughed and Hermione saw George standing on the stairs laughing
"Fred, cant breathe!" Hermione muttered and he let her go. "Geez, you sure you weren't a octopus in a past life?"
"Might have been!" grinned Fred and grabbed her arm and pulled her close to him "Haha i will now eat you Miss Granger!"
"Eep! Oh know what shall i do!" she laughed and George sighed
"Right, no offense, but if you're leaving, leave, i'm trying to open a shop here!"
"Soz Gred!" grinned Fred and opened the door for Hermione
"Bye George!"
"Bye Hermione, if you get bored with Fred, im always here!"
"I'll bare that in mind!" she giggled and linked arms with Fred and walked out of the shop and onto the alley, which was already bustling with people. Fred was looking very hot with his hair still damp and tousled from the shower and wearing just below the knee denim shorts and a green t-shirt with the number 1 in white writing on the back which showed off his abs and on his feet were white plimpsolls.
"So where'd you want to go first?" he asked looking down at her
"Um, don't mind, Madam Malkins?"
"You want to go into Madam Malkins?"
"Yeah! We can try on stupid clothes!" she grinned and pulled him into the shop. 15 minutes later, they left, after taking numberous photos of Fred in a lacy revealing red dress and Hermione in flashing yellow and pink male dress robes
"I think we looked pretty stylish!" chortled Fred as they wondered into the pet shop
"Stylish would never be the word to describe you Weasel!"
They turned around, and standing by the rats was Draco Malfoy.
"I see you have brought a mudblood with you, aw, mudblood & weasel! Not even Weasel King, one of the weasel twins, well, you're taste in men isn't getting any better Granger!" he drawled
"Oh, shut up Malfoy!" snapped Fred
"ooooo! Defending your girlfriend now?"
"You in hear to see your family Malfoy? Those snails over there look very much like your father, and hey look! Its your long lost twin brother!" butted in Hermione, pointing to a slimy, oily, black rat which was in cage all by itself.
"Dont insult my family like that Granger!" Malfoy snapped, stepping forward angrily
"Watch me ferret face!"she replied and pulled Fred out of the shop and down the street. "Ugh, honstely he's repulsive! Thankyou by the way!"
"I never thought i'd see Miss Hermione Granger offended someone like that – i am appualled!" he laughed when he saw her face
"Oh, shut up!"
A few hours later they were sitting in the ice cream palour, eating massive triple knickerbocker glories when Hermione reached into her bag pulling out her blackberry.
"Hey look, a text from Ginny!"
"A what?"
"A text, its a message muggles send to eachother using phones!"
"Oh, does mum know Ginny has a 'phone'"
"Dunno, i doubt it!"
"What does this 'text' say?"
"That your dad, bill & Charlie have just made a massive swimming pool, the length of half the garden, with a slide and bubble thing, in the back garden. And i need to get my bum over there now, with you if necessary to go in it with her as she doesn't want to be on her own with ron & harry."
"Wicked! Right okay, lets go!" Fred laughed, grabbed her hand and dissapearated
"Fred Weasley! Dont do that!" Hermione scolded when they reached the burrow "At least warn me!"
"Sorry!" he laughed sheepishly and they walked into the Burrow
"Hermione!" a voice cried and Hermione was practically strangled by Neville
"Heya Neville!" laughed Hermione and smiled at him warmly, "Luna!" she cried and hugged the blonde haired girl next to him "Why are you all here?"
"Ginny invited us over as they have a pool now!" Luna smiled "Where were you, we expected you to be here when we arrived!"
"Yeah, i've been in Diagon Alley since around 9, with fred!"
"Wow! Together? Just you to?" Luna asked
"Um, yeah!" Hermione nodded, looking at Fred who shrugged his shoulders
"Hermy!" yelled Ginny running down the stairs "I was beginning to wonder if Fred had eaten you!"
"Not today Gin!" laughed Fred "I'm going to go and get changed, i'll see you out there in a min Mione, oh Neville." He added "I'll show you to Harry & Rons room as no one else has!" and Neville followed him up the stairs, chatting about what had happened this summer.
"Right, come into my room to change guys, Herms, i have the perfect outfit for you!"
"Oh yay!" Hermione giggled as she linked arms with Luna and Ginny and went to Ginny's room.
"Oh my merlin, no way!" she cried a few minutes later when she'd tried on the bikini "No,No,No,NO!"
"Aw, look, come and show Luna, and we'll see what she thinks!"
Hermione stepped out of the en suite bathroom and into the room.
"You guys look so nice!" she cried
Ginny was wearing a bright green bikini with white flowers with ring ties. Her hair had been scraped back into a ponytail with a white flower pined in it.
Luna had a deep yellow and blue striped bikini hoop necked top with blue board shorts. Her hair had been plaited into 2 either side of her face.
"Hermione, you look stunning, its fine promise!" Luna said serenely
"I agree!" Ginny added
Hermione looked in the mirror. She was wearing a very low cut, bright red bikini with ribbon ties. The bikini seemed to show off every single curve she had! Ginny had put her hair into a loose ponytail with a red ribbon.
"Hermione, come on wear it!" Ginny begged
"Fine, fine! Come on then!" she laughed and all 3 walked outside and across the garden to the pool. There was some decking with 7 deck chairs on all of which were white with a different colour stripes. The boys were already in the pool.
"Heya!" called Neville and they (him, Harry, Ron & Fred) all swam to the side of the pool.
"You look really pretty!" Harry said to Ginny who blushed and climbed in the pool next to him, the next thing they were swimming around laughing. Neville got out of the pool, and nervously asked Luna if she wanted to go on the flume with him. She laughed and said of course and so they went off. Leaving Hermione with Fred and Ron.
"So, i take it, by the look on that very pretty face of yours, you aren't going to climb into the pool like a proper lady? Hot bikini by the way! Very, um, curvy?" laughed Fred, looking up at her.
"How did you guess!" grinned Hermione and jumped into the pool, completely soaking Fred. He laughed and grabbed her legs and pulled her under. Ron groaned when they both came up, gasping for air.
"I'm just going to get some drinks, don't let me interfere with your little love fest there!" he said harshly and climbed out of the pool.
"Well isn't he a happy bunny!" laughed Fred as they both swum around
"Very! Hey Neville!" she yelled and swum over to him and Luna who were laughing "Whats the slide like?"
"Amazing!" he breathed "You go upside down and loop the loop and everything!"
"Wicked! Mione, come on it with me!" asked Fred, swimming over.
"Do i have to?" she asked
"Yes!" he grinned and picked her up and put her over his shoulder and placed her on the decking, by the foot of the slide.
"No fair!" she laughed as Fred jumped out of the pool. She made to jump back in but Fred caught her around the waist and carried her, bridal style up the very high steps.
"Oh my god, its so high!" she cried, when they'd got to the top "Where higher than that 100 year old oak tree!"
"Oh yeah! Right come on!" he said and placed her on his lap, wrapping his arms around her waist
"Oh my god Fred!" she cried
"1, 2, 3!" he yelled and let go of the bar, pushing them forward. It was a sheer drop down and Hermione screamed, while laughing. They whooshed down, they curved up and around a loop the loop 3 times, then it was a seris of tight bends and then a sheer drop again which curved into a sharp up, which sent them both flying into the pool!
"Merlin, that was suicidal!" laughed Fred, pulling Hermione up from the bottem "I bet Charlie & Bill did that!"
"It was cool though! Can we do it again?" she giggled
"Maybe? On one condition!"
"And what is that Mr Weasley!" Hermione replied, fluttering her eyebrows
"You, come to diagon alley with me tomorrow again"
"Well, if i can fit it in to my very busy sceduale then yes!" she laughed, knowing she and fred both knew had nothing planned. "Fred?" she said nudging him "Whats wrong?" she asked when she saw his face
"That Little Git!" he muttered
"Who?" she asked and then followed his gaze
Ron was walking across the patio, with none other than Lavender Brown, who was all dressed in pink and had obviously just faked tanned.
"Oh."
"He's done that on purpose, that little..."
"Hey, Fred, chill okay. Its no big deal, promise!"
"You sure?"
"Yeah, i'm with you remember!" she laughed and playfully splashed him.
"Heya all!" called Lavender as she walked over to the pool "Heya Hermy!" she squealed and waved at Hermione who gave her a very cold glare back.
"What happened to 'getting some drinks'?" asked Fred sourly
"yeah, well i decided i should invite Lavender as I know Hermy and her get on really well!" he smirked as he saw Fred make his way forward and Hermione pull him back.
"So guys! I'm just going to get change! Be back in a sec!" Lavender squeled and tottered off in the direction of the house. When she got inside, Fred climbed out of the pool and rounded on Ron, who was standing at the side of the pool, looking pleased with himself
"You. Utter. Git!" hissed Fred, stepping forward with each word "You did that on purpose because you're jealous!"
"Of what exactly?" Ron smirked back "Of little miss ugly over there!"
BAM!
Fred punched Ron with all the strength he could muster and Ron staggered backwards, towards the pool. Hermione screamed and went to pull Fred away but he shook her off.
"You. Complete. GIT!" Fred yelled and with each word, hit ron. Ron suddenly got up and threw himself at Fred, so he fell back onto the tiled decking with a crunch. Ginny & Harry swam over and Harry pulled Ron off Fred and Hermione grabbed Fred, gently helping him up. Ron had a rather bad cut above his eye and a very bruised jaw line. Fred had a cut, bleeding lip and a big bruise/cut just by his head where he had hit the floor.
"Come on, i'll help you with the bandages and stuff!" Hermione said and grabbing his hand, walked with him into the burrow kitchen.
"Won Won? I heard a bang?" Lavender called and tottered out of the changing room "Is anyone dead?"
"If she's not careful, she might be!" whispered Harry to Ginny who laughed.
"Honestly, what were you thinking!" asked Hermione as she dabbed at Fred's cut lip with some dittany.
"He called you ugly and he brought Lavender on purpose to annoy you!"
"Yes, but you probably shouldn't have hit him! What on earth is your mother going to say?"
"I really don't care! Come on, it was a good punch!"
"That maybe so but you still shouldn't have done it – you scared me, just lunging for him like that!"
"Sorry, he did deserve it though, come on Mione, admit it!"
"Fine, Fine – he deserved it!" she laughed "And if I wasn't in a bikini and at your mothers house, i would happily go and curse him into obivilion!"
"I doubt mum would mind! Are you done with my lip?"
"Yep, Reparo!" Hermione said, waved her wand and Freds lip was healed "See, perfect!"
"Well, i'll just check that!" Fred whispered and all of a sudden kissed Hermione full on the mouth. Hermione was so shocked she didn't respond but after a while she began to kiss him back. His hands were in her hair and hers around his neck and nothing could ever ruin this moment.
"MERLINS BEARD!"
They jumped apart and saw Bill standing in the doorway, looking rather a bit more than a little shocked.
"You should at least warn people if you're going to be doing that! Imagine if mum had walked it! It doesn't help that you both aren't wearing much!"
"Shut up Bill!" snapped Fred
"Just saying, what happened to your face?"
"Ron!" they both chourused "Fred hit him!" Hermione added
"Cripes! Why?"
"He annoyed me!"
"Right... who is that girl in garden who is wearing something that looks like its off Beverly Hills Mansion or 91210?" asked Bill
"Lavender Brown." Hermione replied "She's a complete cow and i hate her!"
"Okay, i'll just go on out then and leave you to it!"
"Bill, don't tell anyone okay?"
"I won't!" Bill sighed and stepped outside "But it doesn't mean i wont hint!" he laughed quietly.
"So Fred, how was your day?" George asked at dinner outside by the pool "I hear you went in the pool you lucky pig!"
"Yeah, it was good."
"The best bit was probably when he was in the kitchen!" Bill sniggered as Hermione went a very deep shade of pink and Fred shot him an angry look
"Why, what happened in the kitchen?" asked Mrs Weasley
"Lets just say he was busy with Hermione ..."
"Getting some ice cream!" Hermione butted in quickly "But, um, there was a whole debarcle as we kinda dropped it and stuff and then it wasn't actually ice cream it was lemon curd and yeah!"
"Sounds fun!" George laughed
"It certainly looked like they were having a great time when i walked in!" Bill grinned "They were very, absorbed!"
"Mum?" asked Ron
"Yes dear."
"Can me and Hermione's friend Lavender stay for 2 weeks this holiday?"
"I don't see why not! Fred, why are you pulling that face? Is something wrong?"
"Oh, no, no , nothing!" he muttered and busied himself with the lemonade, muttering darkly.
"I'll owl her to come tomorrow then!"
"Okay, dear. She sounds very nice!"
"Compared to a piece of dung!" Fred whispered to Hermione who choked on her salad and had to be patted on the back by Ginny.
After dinner, when the sun was going down, Ginny, Hermione, Fred, George and Harry all sat under the big 100 year old oak tree, watching the sun going down and the butterflies and fireflies, fly lazily around above them.
"I cant believe Ron invited Lavender Brown to stay for 2 weeks!" Ginny sighed, catching a falling leaf
"I know! And it happens to be the same weeks that me and Fred decided to close the shop therefore we'll be here all of the time!" replied George, pulling a face
"Its riduclas! She'll be all "Oh darling" and "Honey!" and "Babe!" the whole time!" groaned Fred, who was playing with a lock of Hermiones hair while she leant against him.
"Hey! I say babe!" butted in Hermione smiling at him
"Yeah, but you only say it to me! And you don't fake an americain accent while you do so and were heels that are sparkly, pink and like 10 inches to hide the fact that she's 10 times smaller than anyone else!" he laughed and pulled one of her curls fondly.
George exchanged looks with Ginny and Harry, who grinned.
"Fair point!" Hermione agreed with him "But you do!" she added and winked at Fred. He gave a very evil chuckle and all of a sudden, in one swift movement, picked her up, ran over to the pool and dropped her in. With a scream she went under, only to come back up again, soaking wet, curls everywhere and looking extremely angry. Or, she was supposed to look angry except she was laughing so much it was ruining the image.
"Frederick Weasley!" she yelled and with a running leap, he splashed into the pool next to her, swamping her with a wave of water.
As the other 3 watched the pair, splashing eachother, laughing, tugging eachother under the water, giggling and giving eachother piggy backs, they all sighed
"Honestly, when will they go out!" asked Ginny "There blaters mad for each other, i mean look!" and pointed to the pool, where Hermione had her arms around Fred's neck, his around her waist and they were talking, heads rested on eachother.
"I know, its really obvious! I don't think its the fact there both scared to admit it, i think its the fact that
Mum would go mental
Ron would go mental
Everyone would say it wouldn't work
Everyone expects her to go with Ron" George replied
"Okay, well all of them are true, except the last 2! I don't think them at all! I mean, yeah everyone would say it wouldn't work but just looking at them, you can tell that they are perfect for one another, and yeah i guess everyone expects her to be with Ron, but seeing them now – pah, Fred and Hermione deffo!"
"When did you start saying deffo?" asked Ginny laughing as Harry blushed
"Um, well, Hermione says it and its kinda catchy!"
Just then there was a yell from the pool, Fred had just pulled Hermione under the water. With a sigh, as it was getting dark, George, Ginny and Harry wondered in, leaving Fred and Hermione.
With a splash, the sopping wet pair, climbed out of the pool and lay, looking up at the sky on the grass.
"Well, that was expected!" laughed Hermione, flicking a wet curl away from her face
"Yeah, i never knew you were so heavy!" he laughed and snaked his arm around her waist "Jokes honey!"
"Turning into Lavender Brown are we?" she grinned as he looked shocked
"OMG no way!" he squealed in a perfect imitation of her
"Fred"
"Hm"
"Its strange isn't it? To think that Voldemorts out there, while were messing about in pools! Perfectly happy, well i am anyway"
"Yeah, it is actually." He said then he added to himself "But, I've got everything I want – but you"
They lay there for hours just lying close next to each other, hands intwined, talking or just staring at the stars in the sky.