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"Wow Granger! Who would've said you'd be falling for me one day!" Fred teased, the laughter clearly reaching his eyes.

Hermione freed herself and stood up straight glaring at him and he actually began to back away clutching his wand a bit tighter. Hermione Granger was famous for her temper and he'd learnt that the hard way when she was a prefect in school.

"More like falling BECAUSE of you wouldn't you say?" She retorted back still glaring at him. "What in the world were you thinking? Fireworks? In my class? What if there were children around? And you ruined my fruits chart!"

"Relax Granger! Look around. There are no kids. And your class is still intact. And here's your precious chart" he said handing it back to her.

Hermione slightly relaxed at the sight of her chart. She felt a tad bit guilty about yelling at the prankster. He hadn't done any harm as such except of course disrupt her morning class with kids pranking every living thing they laid their eyes on.

She almost smiled at him as she realised she had nearly fallen in shock and had he not been there to hold her surely she would've broken a rib or two.

But then again if he hadn't been there she wouldn't have been shocked by the fireworks and she wouldn't have fallen and she wouldn't have the need to be grateful to Fred for saving her.

So she decided she had earned the right to be mad at him and so the glare continued.

"Why are you here Weasley?" She asked resigning from giving him dirty looks. "Isn't it enough that you make my life a living hell on your birthday that you decided to grace me by your presence as well?

"You wound me Granger. People flock to meet the famous Weasley twins on this day and here I am, the irrestible much better looking 'single' twin actually at your doorstep and you don't even want to wish him Happy birthday?" He said pouting like a kid. (Although I bet he thinks it's a sexy pout Hermione thought grinning inwardly)

"Fred ..." She said warningly.

"Ok. Ok. I surrender. I've come to pick up Danny and Brucie." He said both his arms up in the air palms facing Hermione. "Speaking of which. Where are the brats anyway?"

"Umm. I think I saw them and Teddy packing their bags in the corner there. I really don't know where they went from there. " She replied, biting her lips clearly nervous.

"Relax. They can't go anywhere. Maybe they're in the next class playing hide and go seek. Let's go check." He said.

"Yeah. Ok. I hope they're all right." She mumbled.

"They? You should be worried about the people they come across. I hope THEY are fine. I swear those twins give me and George a complex." He smirked.

"George and me." She corrected him, irritated.

Fred rolled his eyes. Once a teacher always a teacher he thought.

"And Teddy is no less. Alone he's a great kid but together the three of them are a force to be reckoned with", Hermione complained.

Just as they crossed the threshold of the door ice cold water dropped on them from above. They both shrieked and look up to see two small upturned buckets hanging in the air and its contents all over Hermione and Fred.

They turned to look at each other and just then they heard a snicker from behind the door of the opposite class and a flash of red hair trying to hide behind the door.

Hermione and Fred now knowingly looked at each other. She opened her mouth to yell at him and say something on the lines of taste of your own medicine when she looked at his hair which had turned a bright shade of purple and matched his freckles which were dots of purple lining his nose.

Her lips twitched in a reluctant smile but when he saw her look at her in the same manner and started laughing she couldn't control herself either. She guessed that her hair must've received the same treatment as Fred's which must've been the cause of his amusement.

Both were now almost on the floor laughing, clutching their sides and tears of mirth in their eyes.

"Told you. Those twins. I bet mum's having the last laugh. Although she sympathises with Angie I'm sure she thinks George deserves them. After all the trouble we put her through" Fred said laughing.

"Oh yes. I agree with good to be put in place once in a while. Don't you think? And with your own ammunition that too." She said clearly amused by the prank.

"What can I say?" Fred said shrugging "they grow up so fast" he said wiping the fake tears from his eyes. "I've taught them well".

At this point the culprits decided to show themselves. They emerged gingerly from the other class grinning.

Hermione waved her wand and in an instant she and Fred both were dry. But the coloured hair remained. Knowing it as a W W W product it was surely not going away anytime soon.

"Well my minions! Thou hath done thy uncle proud" Fred exclaimed dramatically hugging all 3 of them.

They just giggled clearly pleased to be at the receiving end of praises rather than yelling's as it would've been the case had they tried this on someone else like their mother or Hermione alone.

Hermione rolled her eyes at the encouragement he gave the kids.
Someday they're going to come and bite you in the ass with your own pranks Fred Weasley. And then we'll see. She thought.

"Come on now kiddos. Say bye to Aunt Hermione! Let's leave her to her charts. She was very busy with fruits when she was rudely interrupted. "Fred sniggered.

She tried glaring at him but he was already on his way out.

"Fred?" She said out loud.

He turned looking at her questioningly.

"Happy birthday!" she said with a slight smile.

He gave a huge grin and ushered the kids out.

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In case you're wondering,
Its been 4 years since the war.

George proposed marriage to Angelina and they got married immediately after the war.
They have 3 year old twins called Daniel and Bruce.

Fred did not die though it took him a few months to regain his old healthy self after the wall collapsed on him.
Obviously he is still single!

If you have any other doubts feel free to ask!

Thanks for reading!

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I write faster if I know someone's reading it ;-)

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