Year 4
They arrived at Hogwarts and the excitement began with the Triwizard Tournament. Once again, Fred didn't see that much of Hermione once the school term started as she became busy with her studies and trying to keep Harry and Ron under control.
Fred, George and many other Quidditch players began to get withdrawal symptoms from not playing. Angelina went to Professor McGonagall daily asking for them to use the patch, for 'friendly' practice. After a week of persistence, the Professor caved. The Gryffindor team played a friendly match against other Gryffindors who wanted to join. This included Ginny, Seamus, Lee, Ron, Dean and Neville, among others. They had 4 terms in total made out of just Gryffindors. They started their own mini tournament that lasted a whole weekend, with each team practising for two hours each on Saturday, and then they played off against each other on Sunday.
It soon caught on with the other houses and this happened throughout the year. Many students were pleased to be involved instead of just watching it every year.
Christmas came fast that year and the Yule Ball was the talk of the whole school. Fred was thinking of asking Hermione to the Ball but by the time he had worked up the courage he found out that she had already been asked by someone else.
Fred ended up going with Angelina. He was shocked up to see Hermione dancing with Krum but she did like stunning in her blue dress and a warm smile on her face as she was spun round in circles. Angelina was quickly stolen away by a love struck George and Fred danced with everyone and anyone around the room. Despite all the fun he was having, Fred couldn't keep his eyes off Hermione and a wave of jealous went through him as Hermione received a kiss on the cheek from Krum.
Near Midnight, when the hall was nearly empty, Fred decided to call it a night and left the hall. He stopped as he saw Hermione crying on the stairs just outside. Her hair had fallen out and her shoes were discarded on the step below her. Fred came up to her and sat down. Immediately, Hermione threw her arms around Fred's neck and cried into his chest. Fred wrapped his arms round her exposed shoulders and rubbed her back.
"Your brother is so annoying!" Hermione cried. Fred laughed gently, breathing in Hermione's scent. He shut his eyes for a moment, a feeling of longing over taking him.
"Is he worth crying over?" Fred asked.
"No, but I'm crying anyway" Hermione told Fred.
"What did he do?" he asked, stroking her soft hair. Hermione draw away, wiping her eyes with her hands. Fred handed her a napkin from his pocket.
"He had a go out me from coming tonight with Krum, he said I was 'fraternizing' with the enemy" Hermione explained. Fred laughed again, his arms still round Hermione's smooth shoulders.
"Well, Ron is ridiculous, was Harry mad?" Hermione shook her head.
"No, he was fine with it; he was confused by what Ron was saying"
"Well then, just ignore what Ron said, he is just jealous because Harry had to get him a date but you have lots of boys after you" Fred laughed. Hermione looked slightly angry.
"If he had asked me first I probably would have said yes! She grumbled and then sighed; "The person I wanted to go with didn't ask me anyway" Fred looked at her disappointed look, and asked,
"Who did you want to go with?" Hermione blushed and looked away.
"It doesn't matter now" she mumbled. Fred took her hand and she turned round and smiled, not crying anymore. The smile sent shivers down Fred's back; it was so beautiful. They looked into each other's eyes, chocolate meeting sapphire. Fred moved closer, his hand moving to her pink cheek. He wiped just underneath her eye where it was still wet. He then lent down and their lips met.
It was a quick kiss, but their lips lingered together for a second. Hermione and Fred's eyes closed for that second but reopened and they looked at each other. Their lips tinged and Fred squeezed Hermione's hand nervously. Hermione smiled and lent against Fred's chest again. Fred hugged her, smiled as well. A slow song came on in the hall, and Fred looked down at Hermione.
"Want to dance, M'Lady?" Hermione nodded, looking up.
"I thought you'll never ask" she replied, getting up. Fred stood up, and took her hand before leading her into the hall. Only a few people remained, mostly couples. Fred led Hermione onto the dance floor and took both her hands, before slowly leading the dance.
"George and Angelina are dancing" Hermione observed, looking over to the couple who were tightly hugging while swaying on the spot.
"Yeah, George has fancied her for ages" Fred told Hermione. She looked confused.
"But you came with her?" Hermione asked. Fred laughed.
"Yeah, George has been too shy to ask her out, so I did it" He replied. Hermione looked even more confused.
"It was because I know George would be overcome with jealousy and steal a dance from her, and then probably keeping dancing with her for the rest of the night" Fred explained further, "As you can see, my plan worked a treat"
Hermione nodded, and lent her head against Fred's chest, closing her eyes as they moved slowly to the soft music. Fred kissed her head, rubbing her back gently in small circles. She looked up and they kissed again. This one was longer, more passionate, as if they were trying to make up for lost time. All the times they could have kissed and they didn't. Fred was filled with complete bliss and he smiled into the kiss, too happy for words. He didn't question the kiss and nor did Hermione. They didn't need to as this it felt so right, like this was meant to be.
They broke away and smiled at each other. Hermione's eyes were bright and twinkling. They looked so beautiful and Fred wished he could cast a spell and make this moment last forever. Unfortunately, the song ended and Flinch started to pack up the chairs, glaring at everyone.
Hermione and Fred took each other's hands and followed everyone else out the hall. They slowly walked up to the common room.
"How comes you choose Krum?" Fred asked.
"I didn't, he asked me to the ball first" Hermione told Fred.
"What if I had asked you?" he asked.
"Well...I would have made up an excuse to Krum and gone with you" Hermione said, slight guilt in her voice. Fred laughed.
"Am I that special?" there was a minute silence, before Hermione mumbled.
"Yes" Fred smiled at her and squeezed her hand, spinning her around in the middle of the corridor. Hermione laughed, her hair flying around her face. Their eyes met and a smiled spread across Fred's face. They got to the common room and found that they were the last people up.
"I better go to bed" Hermione yawned. Fred suddenly wrapped his arms around Hermione and brought her close against him. He swept her into a kiss, one hand in her hair, one on the small of her back. As they kissed, Fred's stomach did a back flip and he smiled widely, enjoying the feeling of having Hermione against him. Hermione smiled as well, their lips still together.
"Goodnight, Fred Weasley" she mumbled on his open lips. They kissed again.
"Goodnight" he whispered and hugged tightly. He let her go and she disappeared up the stairs into the girl's dormitories, stopping at the top to smile at him. Once Hermione was gone, Fred punched the air, smiling like an idiot.
Finally, he thought, and too went to bed.
The next day, Fred found Hermione by the fire in the common room, reading. She blushed as Fred sat down beside her.
"Hey Sweet thing" he winked at Hermione. She smiled at him, book marking her book and turning to him. They sat in silence for a minute, just looking at each other.
"Where's George?" Hermione asked. Fred smiled and lent his back against the sofa, his forehead just touching Hermione's.
"With Angie, they've really hit it off" Fred replied. Hermione smiled, leaning slightly against him.
"Do you think we've hit it off?" she asked, her breathe tickling Fred's cheek.
"I hope so" Fred smiled. He traced her hand with his fingers.
"I hope so too" Hermione smiled. Hidden by the back of the sofa, they kissed, holding each other's hands.
"Can you do me a favour?" Hermione asked as they broke away, smiling at him Fred nodded.
"Could you possibly give me a foot massage? My feet are killing me from wearing them heels all night" Fred laughed, and nodded. He had noticed that many girls were complaining about their feet this morning and most of them were sprawled out around the room nursing their poor toes and heels. Hermione brought her feet up and laid across the sofa, her feet in Fred's lap. She than picked her book back up as Fred began to slowly rub her left foot. He laughed.
"Am I your man slave now?" Hermione looked over her book and smiled, her eyes bright and amused. Fred winked at her and continued. They talked as they sat there and Hermione slowly fall asleep. Fred smiled at her, watching her sleep peacefully.
Ron and Harry came over a little while later as Fred started to draft off. For some reason they didn't seem surprised to see Hermione and Fred together.
"I cam to say sorry" Ron told Fred, "I was a prick last night to her" Ron did look ashamed. Harry and Ron sat down and all three boys talked together. They talked about Quidditch, the next trial of the Tri Wizard Tournament and the ball last night. Hermione woke a little while later, yawning. She caught Fred's eye and smiled at him, before realising that Harry and Ron were seating in the chair next to them. When she saw them Hermione jumped up, putting her feet on the floor.
"I'm sorry, Hermione" Ron said to her, his eyes on the ground. Hermione looked surprised and slightly confused.
"I was just shocked to see you with Krum" he tried to explain his actions last night.
"Because Ron wanted him" Fred joked. Harry laughed and Ron looked up and scrawled at Fred.
"It's ok" Hermione smiled gently at Ron, forgiving him. Ron smiled back at her, and Fred noticed a slight longing look in his eyes. Fred recognised that look; he had seen it on his own face many times before.
Fred and Hermione saw each other in secret. Fred guessed that they didn't want people judging them because of their age difference. Fred was nearly of age as well and the teachers could stop them from seeing each other for legal reasons. The last thing that the teachers wanted was under age sex happening in their school, and especially if it was with a 'mature' student. And the way that Ron had reacted to Hermione going to Yule Ball with Krum made their fears even worse. If Ron behaved that badly in response to Hermione having a date with a stranger, how would he reacted to her dating his older brother?
Fred and Hermione however did become closer then ever before. They sat with each other at meals and in the common room, and in the library. Unfortunately, they were always with George, Harry, Ron, Angelina, Lee and all their other friends. They never seemed to be alone. Sometimes in the library they would get a couple of minutes alone. Hermione would excuse herself to get a book and Fred would offer to help, and they would get a few bliss minutes of kissing behind a book self. They would smile at each other and then return to their friends.
Fred got fed up of never spending any real time with Hermione so conjoined a cunning plan.
He met Hermione after her lesson one Friday and led her to the 7th floor.
"Where are going?" Hermione asked, smiling up at Fred.
"You'll see" Fred smiled back down at her, winking and taking her hand as no one was around. They stopped in front of a brick wall and Fred looked around to double check that no one was around. He than tapped a brick three times and than one brick above it twice. A doorway magical appeared and Fred quickly pulled Hermione inside. The doorway closed up behind them as Hermione looked around. They were in a small square room which had no door or windows. There were fairy lights all across the ceiling and walls, dimly lighting the room. There was a circular table in one corner with a candle burning in the middle. The smell of food drafted around the room making Hermione's stomach growl.
Fred walked over to a stereo that was on the floor and pressed play. Classical music started to fill the room. Fred turned back to Hermione and was surprised to see tears rolling down her cheeks.
"What's wrong?" Fred asked, enveloping her into a hug.
"I can't believe you did all of this for me!" Hermione told him, wiping away the tears that were falling.
"George helped" Fred smiled at her, before sealing their lips with a kiss. Their tongues met and Fred's stomach did a back flip. They broke apart and Fred rested his forehead on Hermione's, wiping her wet cheeks.
"Come on, our food will get cold" Fred told her. They sat down at the table and Fred waved his wand at their plates. Food appeared.
"Dobby showed me how to do it" Fred confessed. Hermione tutted but smiled warmly, the tears now gone. They had a beautiful feast of pasta and garlic bread, finished off by chocolate cheesecake.
"I still can't believe you did all this" Hermione sighed, looking around the room.
"I wanted to treat you" Fred smiled, "You deserve it with all the studying you do" he winked at her, and she smiled again. This smile, however, did not reach her eyes. Fred moved his chair closer to hers and gave her a hug.
"What's wrong, sweetie?" he asked. Hermione shrugged.
"No one has ever done anything like this for me before" she told him, snuggling up against him, "It's nice" Fred kissed her forehead.
"You better get used to it" Fred laughed, "I want to treat you loads"
"You don't have to" Hermione said, looking slightly worried.
""But I want to show you how much I love you" Fred replied. There was a moment silence before Hermione looked up at him, her eyes wide and confused.
"You love me?" without hesitation, Fred pulled Hermione into a passionate kiss. He wanted to spill his soul into hers and tried to prove this though this kiss. He ran his through her hair and touched her face. He stroked her back and her arms, and her legs. She responded by doing the same thing. Fred pulled Hermione into his lap, bring her closer to him. Hermione gently pulled his hair and run her hands over his chest. Once they broke apart, Fred gently kissed Hermione's neck, working his way up to her ear.
"I love you" he whispered. He felt shivers go down Hermione's spin and hugged her tightly.
"I love you too, Fred Weasley" Hermione replied, her voice sounding happy as she nuzzled her head against his neck. Fred smiled for he also felt happy hearing these words.
They kissed once again, not questioning anything.
:D I hope you like this chapter. I am trying to stick to the books, but in the film where Hermione is sitting on the stairs crying was better for the purpose of this story. Please review.