Later that afternoon Hermione and Fred found themselves walking around the lake. Neither had spoken since Ron had walked away. Hermione was trying to sort out all of her thoughts and feelings. There seemed to be so many of them. Fred was wondering what was going on in Hermione's mind.
"Ron is ridiculous." Hermione stated. "He is completely crazy! Out of his mind!"
Fred stopped to throw a stone across the water and Hermione stopped a foot away from him. She watched him, studying him just being Fred.
"I don't disagree, but why do you think Ron is crazy?"
"He thinks that he has the right to control me, for one." She replied. "Ron thinks I'm undesirable to anyone. That I'm only somebody to copy work from. And to top all that off he thinks something is going on between us. The thought is absurd!"
Fred closed the distance between them. He leaned down; lips very close to her own. "Is it really that absurd?"
Hermione started to nervously babble about all the reasons why they shouldn't. Fred leaned in closer, their noses touching. Hermione held in her breath.
He grinned as he dropped a giant snowball on her head. He moved away quickly, before she could react. As she screeched Fred took off and Hermione ran to catch up with him. She chased him all the way back to the castle, but when she got to the courtyard she didn't see Fred anywhere. Another snowball flew passed her head.