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Characters: Hermione Granger, George Weasley, Fred Weasley, and Harry Potter..

Song: "Streetcorner Symphony" by Rob Thomas.

Word prompt: Stupefy.

"You stupefy me, you know."

"Alright, that's enough on theory about dueling stances and spells. Now we are going to try some practical application." Harry paused studying each member of the small secret club known as Dumbledore's Army. "Let's duel. Fred and Ginny. Ron and Luna. Hermione and George..." He continued on down the list of members, pairing one member against another; but George had stopped listening as he went to one of the many outlined dueling fields that lined the Room of Requirement.

He gave a warning glare towards his twin whom had been grinning cheekily and winking at him. George wished he had never let Fred know that he had a small crush on Hermione. He knew it was a mistake at the time, but they had never kept a secret from each other. Maybe it was time to start, he thought absently as he flipped his brother off. Fred just cocked an eyebrow and laughed.

"You ready?" Hermione's question pulled his attention back to the matter at hand. She was looking at him with a raised eyebrow and a rather pointed look.

"I was born ready, Granger."

She rolled her eyes before they exchanged the proper dueling etiquette. The next few minutes George was kept busy dodging and placing shields to block Hermione's offensive spells. She had aptly dodged the few spells he was able to pitch at her. She was a natural. He could tell. He tried the disarming spell once more, but he had forgotten to strengthen his shield. The resulting crack of his shield breaking was the last he heard before hitting the hard floor below him.

"Rennervate!"

George sprung up looking around him. He was alive and still in the Room of Requirement. "What happened, Gred?" He asked accepting the hand up from his twin.

"Hermione hit you with an impressive use of some unknown spell, we need to ask her to teach us that by the way, and then she followed it by the Stunning Spell."

"Where is everyone?" George inquired noticing that the room was oddly empty and quiet. "I wasn't out that long was I?"

"No, you were only out for a half an hour." A disembodied voice answered, which sounded a lot like Hermione's. A second later she flickered into view followed by the other members of the DA. "Practicing disillusioning and silencing charms." She explained.

"They needed a volunteer to see if Hermione's new hybrid of the two would work. So naturally –"

"You volunteered me." George finished.

"That's it for tonight. You all did splendidly. You will all be notified when we will meet again." Harry announced as he brought this training meeting of the DA to a close.

"Thanks George."

"Whatever for?" George asked perplexed.

"For," she paused and worked her lower lip, "joining the DA. I know you and Fred would rather be inventing then this."

"Why I never thought I'd see the day." Her baffled expression warmed his heart. "That the Hermione Granger was wrong. Me and Fred—"

"I and Fred." She corrected.

"Nope sorry love, you're just not his type." He winked at her playfully. "We signed up to see that old toad get kicked out of Hogwarts, and to help bring Dumbledore back."

"Professor Dumbledore."

"Just kiss already!"

Hermione and George jumped and looked at Fred, whom had been the one to yell out that they should kiss, before exiting the room. Coward, George thought glaring at the closed door. Hermione excused herself and joined Harry in packing up the training materials. Her blush was almost entirely hidden by her wayward locks. George sighed and couldn't help but wish that Fred had kept his big mouth shut.

Fini

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A/N: Oh, George... *sigh*

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