The first D.A. meeting had just ended, and Hermione was gathering her papers up while everyone else cleared out of the Hogshead. Ron and Harry had already left, leaving her on her own. She had just gotten everything in order, when someone bumped into her, knocking them out of her hands. She turned to see George and Lee chasing each other out the door, and down the path towards the school. She huffed and bent down to pick them up, only to find Fred already grabbing them.

"Sorry, love. I don't think they even realized the hit you." He stood and handed her the papers.

She sighed, "Thanks Fred." He nodded, and walked with her out the door.

"What are all those papers for, anyway?" He said, gesturing towards the stack in her hands.

She grinned wickedly. "You should enjoy this, actually." His eyebrows shot up as he looked down at her. "These are the papers I had everyone sign. I have them all charmed." Her grin widened.

"To do what exactly?" He was not nervous. He really wasn't. Hermione didn't scare him... Much..

"Well, I can always add more charms to them if I need to, but right now anyone who tells about the meetings will have their entire face covered in large boils." Freds jaw dropped as she laughed. "But I've been trying to figure out how to make the target area their forehead, and to get the boils to spell out 'SNEAK', though I've had no luck for is so far."

Fred laughed, "Blimey! Mione, thats brilliant!" Okay, so maybe he should be a little scared of her.

They continued walking, making small talk about the D.A., until their hands accidentally brushed against each other. They both quickly drew their hands away, but acted as if nothing happened. From then on they walked in a comfortable silence, neither acknowledging the electric shock that had ran up their arms at the brief contact.


Again, I know its rather short. NOT ALL OF THE CHAPTERS WILL BE THIS SHORT! I just want to reassure everyone lol