You've gotten this far, might as well keep going, right?

Disclaimer: I am not J.K.R., or I wouldn't be stuck here, watching AVPM, AVPS, and AVPSY . . . I'M JEWELS FREAKIN' POTTERHEAD!

Don't let the muggles get you down,

Jewels

"Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes?!" Hermione looked at Luna, aghast at the idea.

Luna shrank back a bit. She hadn't meant to upset Hermione. "Well, you said yourself, we do need jobs, and no one else will take us, and we know Fred and George! And this is such a happy shop and George said he thinks we'd be really good at working here and please do this with me, Hermione? I know we aren't exactly best friends, but we are close and I like to think we're friends, and I'm too scared to do a job alone and please?" Luna begged, talking very fast, due to her nerves.

Hermione sighed, massaging her temples. She didn't loathe the store or the twins. On the contrary, she loved them like older brothers and their store was amazing. But she was Hermione Jean Granger. Know-It-All. Bookworm. Brightest Witch of Her Age. The Complete Opposite of a Prankster.

But as she looked into Luna's pleading eyes, she gave in. "Alright. I'll do it."

Luna let out a very Ginny-like squeal and squeezed Hermione into a hug. "Thank you, Hermione! I owe you one, I promise."

Luna turned to go tell Fred and George, but Hermione grabbed her shoulder. "Wait, Luna. You said you owed me one, right?" Luna nodded. "Well, I just want you to go back to being you."

Luna blushed sheepishly. Hermione, being Hermione, had noticed, of course. She had been trying, very subtly, to become normal. She thought it might make people like her better. But perhaps these thoughts were just the wrackspurts, making her brain go a bit fuzzy. She nodded to Hermione, agreeing to go back to her looney self, and then set off through the shop to find the twins.

At dinner that night, everyone had interesting stories to share.

"Well, I'm thinking of asking Penelope to marry me soon," Percy had muttered, blushing as he poked at his food. He and his girlfriend, Penelope Clearwater, had been dating for years now and everyone had been betting on when he'd pop the question.

After Mrs. Weasley had finished cooing over him, Harry began to talk about his Auror training. But halfway through his story, Ginny burst through the front door.

"Sorry that I'm so late, buuuut," Ginny looked at them all with a grin to rival that of the Cheshire cat, "you're looking at the Holyhead Harpies newest Chaser!"

Everyone gave the youngest Weasley hugs and words of congratulations. She beamed at her boyfriend, Harry, and he gave her a congratulatory kiss.

"Well, if we're announcing new jobs," Hermione said, after everyone had gotten settled back at the table, "Luna and I got a new job too. It was really hard to find a job at first. Nobody wanted to hire the 'F-ing insane kid' and the 'uneducated mudblood.'" Everyone looked horrified, except for Luna, who just politely took another bite of dinner, and George, since he had been informed earlier, just watched Hermione intently.

"Yes, but then we did manage to get a job in the end, much to Hermione's distaste," Luna added, ignoring Hermione's reddening cheeks.

"Her distaste? But she was the one who suggested we all get jobs in the first place," Harry frowned. "Where are you two working now?"

"With us."

Everyone looked over at George, then Fred, then back at George. They seemed skeptical, but who wouldn't? Hermione? Plus Fred and George? It doesn't add up!

"Very funny, but honestly, where are you two working?" Ginny asked, looking at her best friends.

"At Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes," Luna replied, as if it were a completely different answer.

"You see? They're working at Weasleys' Wizard - WHAT?!"

"No, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, Ginny."

Fred and George burst out laughing. Luna grinned at the pair of them.

"It's true, Gin," Hermione added, when Ginny looked to her for more information. "Luna and I are the newest employees of Fred and George's joke shop."

"But - !"

"At least we respect them, Ginny!" Fred said angrily. "To us, Hermione and Luna aren't just employees, they're friends, and far from being," Fred shuddered, "you know. What Hermione said earlier."

"Honestly, Fred, it's just a couple harmless words," Hermione sighed. "Mudblood, ha. That's right, mudblood and proud of it!" Fred stared at Hermione in astonishment for a minute, then grinned at her. She grinned back. Maybe working at the joke shop wouldn't be too bad after all.