Chapter 5: Hermione's New Boyfriend

It was nearing the weekend and Fred could not be happier. It was getting harder and harder to face Hermione. He had come to his final conclusion. He wasn't going to spend any more alone time with her.

He was sure if he kept his distance from her he would be able to get rid of whatever it was he felt for her. He would have his last lesson with her that day then convince George to switch places with him. He wasn't yet sure how he would explain being tutored by her and not telling his brother about it in the first place but he would find a way. He had to. He didn't trust himself to be alone with her much longer.

At the Gryffindor table Fred and George sat with Ron and Harry as they ate their breakfast. Ron had just made up a new game and it didn't look like Harry was enjoying it very much.

"Come on, guess this one?" Ron said with a grin on his face.

"Uh…I don't know a 12?" Harry replied.

Ron busted out laughing. "A 12? Harry that's 15." Ron held up another card. "What about this one?"

Harry squinted. "Ok, that's clearly a 7."

Ron gave another loud chuckle. "That's a 1 mate. Bloody hell Harry, your eye sight really is terrible."

"Yeah, well I'm not just wearing these for style." Harry pointed at his glasses in his hand.

"You want to have a go George? It's crazy the stuff he can't see." Ron held out the cards for his brother to take.

Harry put his glasses back on and grabbed the cards from Ron. "Well, I've had enough of let's make fun of the blind boy for one day." Harry looked annoyed at Ron who grinned. "Fred, George, you two want to have a game of quidditch before classes start?"

"Sounds good to me, what do you say Georgey?" Fred was eager to do anything to take his mind off the wavy haired temptress.

George was looking around the Great Hall. "Uh, yeah I guess so." He shrugged turning towards Harry and Ron. "Hermione's not coming down to eat is she?"

Harry and Ron both exchanged looks of amusement.

"No." Harry was the first to speak. "She's too busy with her new boyfriend." Fred's eyes shot to Harry.

"What new boyfriend?" Fred and George shouted in sync. George glanced to his right at Fred, who also glanced to his right at no one in particular.

"Well who is it?" George tried to act as calm as possible.

"Not really sure, didn't catch his name." Harry shrugged looking through the cards Ron had made. "He was really eager to take Hermione out though, made a grand speech in front of the Gryffindor common room door and everything."

Fred and George both looked bewildered. "But she wouldn't agree to go out with him?" Again they said this together. George glanced sideways at Fred, who this time gave a crooked smile back.

"Just looking out for you mate." He said quietly before looking down at his fork.

"She did." Ron answered this time. "She seemed really happy about it too."

"Yeah, they're on a date at the library right now." Harry grinned. "Ron!...Your 1's look like 7's!" He shoved one of Ron's homemade flash cards in his face.

Ron looked disbelieving at his work. "No Harry…That IS a 7."

Fred couldn't believe what he was hearing. Hermione had agreed to go out with some random guy? He had decided to back off but that didn't mean he was going to give her up to just anyone. Fred shot up from his chair. George seemed to be thinking the same thing because he was already half way out the Great Hall.

"See ya fella's!" Fred said to Ron and Harry before joining his twin in pursuit.

He wasn't sure what he would do when he saw this new friend of Hermione's, but one thing was certain, he wasn't going to stand by and let him have her.

As Fred reached the Library he spotted George at the entrance peeking through the open doors. "What are you doing?" Fred took his twin by surprise, and George gave a small jump.

"Blimey, I thought you were a teacher." George said before returning to scan the library.

"If I was I'd think you'd lost it." Fred laughed. "Why don't you just go in?"

"Yeah, and say what to Hermione exactly? Hey Granger, heard you had a new boyfriend mind if I pound the stuffing out of him?"

"It's a start." Fred nodded.

"I can't see anything. Fred you go in." George looked eagerly at his brother.

"What? Why me?" Although Fred did want to see this bloke, George was right in that he would have no reason to explain why he was there. To read? Hermione would never buy that.

"Just tell her, your there to check out a book for me and I was too embarrassed to step foot in the library myself." George said rather quickly as if he had been thinking this plan through for a while.

Fred didn't think it sounded all too bad. He gave George an uneasy look before nodding and stepping into the library. George cheered him silently from the doors.

He saw Hermione sitting at a table alone in the distance. His heart gave a sudden leap into his throat. When did it start acting that way when he saw her, he couldn't remember.

So that he wouldn't seem suspicious he thought it best to just announce his presence and walk over to her.

"Granger? Is that you? Fancy meeting you here." Fred waved happily at her before getting a few harsh shushes from all corners of the library.

Hermione shot him a vexed look. "And what are you doing here?" she said when he came into whispering range.

"Oh, you know George would never step foot in a library, I'm getting a book for him. He's paying me two galleons to do it. Nice bloke, my brother." Fred would mention the payment later to George.

Hermione lifted her eye brow, looking at Fred in disbelief. "Really? So it has nothing to with Harry and Ron mentioning I'm here on a date with someone?"

Fred swallowed hard. She had admitted it. Part of him had hoped she would say Harry and Ron were liars. "Oh?" Fred suddenly felt uneasy and wanted to walk away. "Are you here with someone? I sort of remember Harry mentioning that. Heh." Fred tried to smile but his lips wouldn't move upwards.

How could she be with someone else? He thought to himself. Hadn't he made her blush all those times? Hadn't they had fun together? He had hoped in the time they had spent in tutoring he wasn't the only one who had felt something between them but seeing her here now he realized he was stupid to think otherwise and really wanted to be anywhere but there and start forgetting her.

"Hermione, is this the right book? I looked where you told me to."

Fred's eyes shot up to see Hermione's date standing right in front of him.

"Yes, that's it. Thank you." Hermione smiled taking the book from him as he sat down next to her.

"Do I get a kiss now?" The boy asked eagerly, making Hermione laugh as Fred stared wide eyed at his competition.

"What the bloody hell is this?" Fred finally spat. Making both Hermione and her escort look up at him.

"Who are you?" the boy asked with an annoyed look on his face.

"He's just a friend. You haven't met have you?" Hermione looked from one to the other. "Fred, meet Sean. Sean, Fred."

"I know who he is." Fred eyed the boy angrily. "He's that bloody little Slytherin that called you a –Well that word!" loud shushes came from around the library again.

Hermione looked uneasy and motioned for Fred to keep down. "He's already apologized for that many times. He wanted my help on finishing his next project which I happily accepted."

"Yeah, we're on a date. So bugger off." Sean said glaring at Fred.

"I told you it's not a date. It's a study session." Hermione reminded him.

"But you said I get a kiss at the end."

"If you get top marks on your project…well, yes. But only on the cheek." She assured him.

"We'll see." The little boy winked at her, a crooked smile on his face. Hermione couldn't help but giggle.

Fred gawked at both of them. "Don't encourage him. The little twit. You better not lay a finger on her!"

"That boy's scaring me Mione, make him go away." Sean said innocently clutching to Hermione's arm. Fred shot him an ugly look and the boy smirked back at him.

Without thinking Fred made a reach at the little Slytherin making him jump back.

"Fred!" Hermione put her arm around Sean and gave him a sympathetic squeeze. "Oh, Fred you should go. Tell George I'll see him later in the lesson. Okay?"

"George?" Sean looked up at Hermione "Is he the one you're always mentioning?"

Fred glanced at Hermione who blushed

"The one that can be a hand full but is soooo much fun to tutor." The mini mouth went on.

Making Hermione quickly put a hand to Sean's mouth. "Alright, that's enough let's get back to work shall we." Hermione gave a soft nervous laugh.

"Alright, dear." Sean smiled "Bye Frank" he waved at Fred.

"Goodbye Fred." Hermione said turning her attention back to her book, still a light blush on her cheeks.

"Uh, yeah." Was all Fred could say as he turned to walk away. His heart gave another leap and he was glad his back was to Hermione as he was now grinning stupidly. She had thought being with him was fun. Well, George to be fair but it was really him. It was him she was thinking about. He had been on her mind even if it was only for a short while, it made him happy.

"Well who was it?"

Fred was brought back to reality with George's voice. "Huh?"

"Who's she with?" George questioned again.

"Oh. It doesn't look good mate. Best give her up now, while you still have your dignity." Fred pat his twin on the shoulder sympathetically, walking past him.

"Huh?" George looked completely confused.

Fred would of liked to have kept George in the dark about Hermione's "date" But as his twin just wouldn't let it go, to the point of following him to his transfiguration lesson. Fred finally spilt the beans.

"So she's not seeing anyone?" George said relived.

"Yes, now will you get before my tutor see's you and figures out you're not you but me!"

George looked confused but nodded and walked off anyway.

Fred took a deep breathe. He still intended to let Hermione go. George would be thrilled to know that Hermione may like him a little more now. And it was all thanks to Fred. And besides, it wasn't as if he had done anything wrong, just some harmless flirting to get her to like his twin. George never had to know his feeling towards Hermione and neither did she.

Fred smiled to himself and walked into Transfiguration.

"Hiya teach!" He said happily, "What are we learning today?"

Hermione glanced awkwardly up at him. "Oh, um. Well, turn to, um." Hermione flipped through her book nervously before dropping it on the ground.

Fred went over to help, bending down and touching her hand as she grabbed for the book. "Hey, you ok?" he asked, a concerned look on his face.

"Don't listen to Fred!" She suddenly let out.

Fred stared wide eyed at her. "What?"

"I mean, I may have said you're a lot of fun to tutor but don't take it the wrong way." Hermione said all this very quickly not looking directly at Fred and constantly tucking the same strained of hair behind her ear. "Not that you're not fun to be with. Not be with in that sense, you know, tutoring! Not be with, be with. Which I'm sure that would be nice. Not that I'm asking to be with you, cause I still don't know how I feel…which is beside the point." Hermione hid her face behind her hands.

Fred smiled, moving her hands away from her face. "Granger…" he looked at her sympathetically "Fred didn't tell me anything."

Hermione blushed more, if that was possible. "He…didn't?" she said hopelessly.

"No." He grinned. "I have no idea what you're talking about, from what I can tell you like being my tutor. Is that correct?"

"Umm…" Hermione looked sided ways, then up at him. "Your tutor, yes, I like being your tutor." She said weakly.

"I like being your student." He smiled back. "With that said you mind if we start the lesson?" Fred got off the floor first, and sat in his seat.

Hermione looked bewildered but collected herself and managed to stand."Heh, yes, of course."

Fred gave her a small smile, which took more effort than he let on. It had taken all his strength not to cuddle her in his arms and kiss everywhere around her face. Stating that she was the cutest thing he'd ever seen. It made him happy to know she wanted to hide the fact that she let it spill that she liked him a little. And even more so how embarrassed she was that she couldn't hide it, was too cute to ignore.

After that little happening had passed the class went on quite normally, more calmly then usual actually. Fred hadn't pulled any pranks or made any jokes at all as he did not want to leave a bigger impression good or bad on Hermione before he switched with George, which he still had every intention of doing.

He was doing really well, until…

"I'm not doing it."

"You have to."

"Says who?"

"Says…the book! Look George, I don't like it either but its part of the lesson you messed up on so we have to go over it."

"Well that lesson is dumb. Transfigure an object into a seductive female to distract your enemies in battle? Did that really work?" Fred looked up after reading a passage from his Transfiguration book. This had to be the most awkward lesson he ever had with Hermione. As she had just got done explaining to him what men found seductive, all with a deep blush on her face.

"I'll admit it is rare and unorthodox…" Hermione looked side-ways awkwardly. "But you need to know every distraction spell and this is one of them. She held up a bath robe she had brought from her dorm. "Now turn this into a hot girl!"

Fred busted out laughing holding his stomach as he fell onto his desk in amusement. Hermione bookworm, Prefect, Granger was ordering him to create something scandalous? Her expression was too perfect as she looked completely embarrassed and angry, her eyebrows tilted upward giving a certain begging look towards him to please just do what she asked so they could move on.

"George…?" Hermione said in an innocent pleading little girl voice that made Fred's ears glow red.

He finally settled "Alright, alright, let me think." Hermione smiled looking a little more pleased. "One hot girl coming up!" Fred's eyes narrowed onto the robe. He didn't really believe he could make a very seductive female. He just needed to make a nice body and a face to match to please Hermione. So he thought of the first pretty face that came to mind.

Hermione's smile suddenly faded. She now looked anxious. "Wait, George! Keep it PG!"

"Seduc-Re-nomio!"

There was a loud Puff and Hermione's robe turned into something that made her run at Fred immediately, who knew instantly to hold his wand up over his head.

There in the middle of the classroom a very much exposed though covered by a tiny bikini, if you could call it that, stood Hermione, with breast 2 times as big as her own. She giggled and blew a kiss at Fred, who couldn't stop laughing.

"Get rid of it!" Hermione shouted jumping for his wand.

"No way! This is what you wanted isn't it? Man is she hot!" Fred winked at the sexy figure.

"I'm warning you George, this isn't funny." Hermione leapt for his wand which he dangled teasingly low then wrenched up at the last minute. "Stop it right now!"

"Why should I? You wanna dance for us sweet heart?" He laughed and the busty Hermione nodded and began to shake her hips, making the real Hermione turn red with embarrassment and anger.

Fred was red in the face too but from having laughed so hard. "Haha, you see –"

"George Weasley I've had it!" Hermione raised her hand and slapped him across the face. "The lessons are over!" Hermione turned away as her eyes filled with water. Fred caught a glance and realized he had hurt her.

"Granger…wait!" Fred waved his wand and the figure vanished. He quickly followed her to the door grabbing her wrist as her other hand reached the door knob. "I messed up, it was just a joke!"

"Well I don't find it funny" Hermione still faced the door not wanting to look at him.

"I told you I didn't want to do it! You made me!" Fred wondered why he thought putting the blame on her would make her feel better.

"You're right. I was asking for it." She wiped, tears from her eyes with her sleeve. "It's just…You just don't know when you've gone too far! You're just like Fred."

"Awe Fred isn't that bad." He said defending himself. His heart sank into his stomach at the sight of her tears. Tears he'd caused and he instantly wanted to get rid of.

"Well you certainly are." Hermione wrenched her wrist from his grasp, now facing him covering her eyes with her hands, as tears poured out and she tried to sniffle them back in. "You just keep at it…You go too far, your jokes almost become cruel. I –"

Before Hermione could sniffle out another word, she felt hands on either side of her face and lips pressing hard against hers. Her body was suddenly being pushed back against the door.

Fred kissed her deeply, eye's closed tight as he moved his lips hungrily over hers. She had never been kissed like this before. Before she could do anything Fred stopped and stared at her with a look of utter distress. "You're right Hermione" his eyes seemed sad yet longing. "…I do go too far. I just don't know when to quit."