A few days passed since I met with the twins about their plans for getting vengeance on Umbridge, and things around the school had gotten very tense. She had been interviewing all the teachers during class, and had sent professor Trelawny into a nervous break down. Students were also seen quite often wandering the halls with bandages on their hands, something needed to be done and soon, things were getting terribly out of hand.

It was Sunday, and after the meeting last night had been canceled and re-schedualed for tonight I was anxious and excited to practice the patronus charm once again, I had a feeling that I could possibly mater it this time. I was in the hallway, planning to go to the library and study, I had a rather important Herbology test coming up and I needed to ace it.

"Melissa?"

I turned around, a bit frazzled at being awoken from my deep thinking time, and saw George.

"Hey George, where's Fred?"

"He slept in, again."

"But its already three, guess I shouldn't be surprised. I've never met anyone who slept as much as that lazy bum." I said with a laugh.

"It's a special talent of his, a special talent for a," he used air quotes as he said, "special person."

I laughed and waited for him to catch up to where I was and continued walking.

"He's special alright. So how have you been?"

"Pretty good, rounding up first years, getting ready, the usual."

"Getting ready for what?"

"You mean Fred didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what George?"

"We're working on products for our joke shop."

"A joke shop?"

"Yeah, not the most dignified profession but its most suitable for, our talents." He said with a wink.

"Well I think that's a great idea! At least you two have planned out what you want to do, and it will be something you love."

"What about you?"

"I don't know. I suppose I'm most suited for working in the ministry, or writing a book."

"Well what do you want to do."

"I really don't know, I just want to enjoy it and have fun for once in my life."

"That's a good goal."

"I like to think so."

It was odd having a serious conversation with one of the twins, normally talk was dominated by jokes or laughter, Fred and I rarely spoke seriously about anything of importance. I knew George was the more thoughtful of the twins, but I hadn't realized he was the more serious.

"So tell me more about your joke shop."

"sure, well we have quite a few items made, enough to get started, but we need to find a place, a name, and though we have a lot of ideas, its sometimes difficult to stay grounded, and dealing with money isn't Fred nor my strong point."

"I see." My mind was reeling. I could help with their joke shop! Money was simple for me, and I knew many advance spells to help with their items, and I could manage their shop while they created things and mingled with the customers.

But wait, this was something they wanted to do together, it was something to be done between brothers, I couldn't interfere in their dream.

"Melissa?"

"Huh? Oh sorry I guess I just drifted off right there."

"It's fine."

I realized we had stopped walking, and George was looking at me intensely, and I began to feel nervous.

"George, I think." I was cut off by his lips crashing into mine, with overwhelming passion.

His lips were soft, whereas Fred's normally were a bit rough and slightly chapped, and Georges kiss was soft, and very sweet, where Fred was more, well, rough and intimate. Also, George's eyes were closed, and I didn't feel as intense a connection. I didn't kiss back, I let him experiment, and get this out of his system.

He slowly backed away, his eyes opened slowly and they looked foggy and unfocused. He then seemed to snap out of it, and he looked at me alarmed, where I was strangely calm, and it frightened me a bit. "Oh Merlin I'm so sorry Melissa! I don't know what came over me."

"It's fine George, its fine. You didn't mean it."

"But I did! You don't understand! I've liked you for a long time, way longer than Fred has, and you still like him more than me, I thought I didn't like you anymore, and then Fred asked you to be his girlfriend and reminded me of all those old feelings. I can't help but like you."

I was very quiet for a moment, and then I said, "George, calm down. This will be our little secret, nobody will know. But, you will tell Fred, ill come with you. This may hurt him, but you've put me in a horrible position. We will tell him, then we will move on. Do you understand?"

"But I can't move on!"

"Yes you can dammit! You will do it for me, and for your brother. Im sorry but I don't feel that way about you, and I won't ever feel that way. I am in love with fred and nothing will change that." I stopped immediately when I realized what I had said, I had said, "I, I love Fred."

George looked stunned as well, "you love him?"

"Yeah, I guess so."

"I've got to go."

"George!"

"See you later Melissa."

I stood there watching him walk off and said to myself, "damn."

A few hours later and I was in the room of requirement half heartedly working on my spells with the rest of Dumbledore's Army. Once it was over Fred walked with me to my dorm. On the way there I looked out the window and gasped, it was a beautiful full moon.

"Fred, can we stop for a minute?"

"Sure, anything for milady."

I rolled my eyes and looked outside, it was beautiful. "Wow, I never noticed how beautiful it is out there."

"Yeah, its really something. Thankfully he as actually looking at the scenery, it would have been way to corny if he had been looking at me.

"Fred? Um, I have something I have to confess."

"Yeah?"

"Well, I know we haven't dated for that long and you definitely don't feel the same way but, I love you. I love you and I'm freaking out because I know whenever a girl says I love you first the guy freaks and dumps her but I had to say it and." I was cut off once again by a kiss, but this time, from the guy I was insanely in love with.

He backed away, smiling. "Don't freak, I love you too."

"Seriously?" I asked incredulously.

"Yeah, I thought you knew."

"You retard, how was I supposed to know?"

"I dunno, thought you'd catch on eventually."

I was so happy, I was in love with somebody who felt the same for me, nothing, not even he who must not be named could change that. I hope.