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Chapter 20
"This is ridiculous Hermione," Harry declared suddenly on the first Thursday of October. They were sitting in the Gryffindor common room working on their homework, but Harry wasn't referring to the amount of homework they had been given.
"I would have to agree with you Harry," Ron replied, looking over at his friend in concern.
"Because that's something new," Hermione snapped, throwing her quill down on the table where they say. Sighing, she turned and looked at Ron. "I'm sorry. That was uncalled for."
"It's alright, Mione," he assured her, waving it off as if it were no big deal.
"What, exactly, is ridiculous?" the witch wondered.
"This! You snapping every other minute, sighing all the time, not completely here. Hermione, I know that it was difficult for you to tell Charlie that you couldn't accept his petition, but you did the right thing. He's not the guy for you."
"I know that," Hermione replied defensively.
When she had told Charlie that she couldn't hold onto his petition anymore, it was as if he had been expecting it for awhile. He apologized for lying to her and told her that he really did want to be friends especially if she would be marrying one of his brothers. She knew she had done the right thing, but it still hurt. She had really enjoyed the time they had spent together and it had always been difficult for her to break up with someone.
"Then why are you so moody?" Ron blurted out.
"Maybe it's my time of the month," Hermione retaliated back, causing both boys to turn red. After an awkward moment, Harry sighed and covered his friends hand with his own.
"Mione, we just want you to be happy again. You have three guts who want to woo you."
Hermione grinned as Ron raised an eyebrow at Harry's choice of words.
"What? I heard that word on a movie a few years back," Harry replied defensively as his friends laughed.
"You know what I mean though, right Hermione?"
"I do. And I really am sorry that I've been so moody. This whole thing is just stressful and then you add all of the work the professors ate giving out..." she sighed, smiling sadly at her best friends.
"We understand," Ron replied. Hermione raised an eyebrow, not use to him being so caring.
"Since when are you so perceptive and outwardly caring?" she teased, smirking as his face turned bright red. He shrugged in response as if it was no big deal.
"I would say about the same time you started smirking and I started meddling with other peoples lives," Harry replied grinning as he saw his fiancee walking through the common room door.
"Whose life are you meddling with?" she asked cautiously, worried that she knew the answer.
"Yours, of course," Ginny replied as she took a seat on Harry's knee and kissing his forehead affectionately.
"Did you?" Harry wondered.
"Yes."
"Are they?" Ron asked, grinning as he saw a confused look appeared on Hermione's face. That didn't happen often, but when it did he quite enjoyed it.
"Of course they are," his sister confirmed grinning.
"Brilliant," the boys said together, causing Ginny to laugh.
"What the bloody hell are you tree on about?" Hermione demanded, frustrated that they knew something that she did not.
"Nothing for you to worry about," Ginny informed her, pulling out her wand and with one easy wish of her wand all of the parchment and books were placed back in Hermione's knapp sack.
"What did you do that for?" Hermione demanded, growing quite irritated.
"Because you are finished with homework for the evening," Ginny replied.
"I most certainly am not!" she said, glaring at the red head.
"Yes you are. You need to come and change into something more comfortable."
"I'm perfectly fine in my uniform! And why can't I finish my homework?" Hermione asked.
"Because all work and no play makes Hermione a very cranky person," Ron replied, grinning at his cleverness, until he saw the look of fury on Hermione's face and quickly stood up from the table.
"I'm going to go get Luna."
"Probably a good idea," Harry replied, smirking as his friend quickly ran out of the room.
"Come on Hermione. We need to go get ready," Ginny said, grabbing Hermione's hand.
"For what?" the brown haired witch demanded as she allowed Ginny to pull her up the stairs to the room that they now shared. Since Lavender was noe living with her new husband Terry Boot in the new couples section of the castle, Ginny had moved in with Hermione.
"It's a surprise!" Ginny exclaimed excitedly, pulling a pair of muggle jeans out for both of them. She then produced a bright yellow sweater for Hermione to wear with her jeans, while she chose a bright green one.
"Is it a surprise that I'll enjoy?" she asked worriedly, remembering some of the surprises she had experienced over the years with Ginny Weasley.
"Yes, I believe so,"the red head replied, brushing her hair back into a pony tail."I know that I'm looking forward to it."
"You're going to be there?" Hermione wondered, sone of the worry leaving.
"Yes. Harry is too, along with Ron and Luna."
Hermione raised an eyebrow, but said nothing while she pulled on her boots.
"Are you ready?"Ginny asked a few moments later.
"I guess," her friend replied sighing.
"Mione don't be upset. I know that surprises aggravate you some, but I promise you, you'll like it."
Hermione smiled and nodded, not really worried about the surprise, but about the back of a partner. If Harry was going to be with Ginny and Ron had Luna, then she would be the third wheel so to speak. Or in this case, the fifth wheel.
"You ladies look lovely," Harry greeted the pair as they came back into the common room.
"Thank you," Hermione replied, smiling as Ginny gave him a peck on the lips.
"Shall we go?" he asked, offering an arm for both ladies.
"Where are we going?" Hermione asked once more.
"You'll see," Ginny grinned as Harry lead them through the halls of Hogwarts. Hermione was certainly glad that she had her sweater on as a cool early October breeze swirled around the trio.
"Brrr!"Ginny complained, holding onto Harry tighter.
"We're almost there" Harry assured his fiancee.
"The Room of Requirements?" Hermione asked, surprised as they stopped in front of a very familiar wall.
"Yes," Harry answered grinning as his best friends face turned into what he and Ron refereed to as her 'thinking face'. Ginny paced in front of the wall three times and a door appeared immediately.
"Ladies first," Harry insisted. Ginny stepped aside, allowing Hermione to enter first. Cautiously, she opened the door and gasped at the scene that stood before her. There was a massive screen that took up an entire wall. In front of it, there were two love seats and a couch with blankets a pillows on all of them. In the back corner of the room, there was a old fashioned muggle popcorn machine on wheels along with tons of various candies both wizarding and muggle varieties.
"Are we going to watch movies?" Hermione asked Ginny excitedly, wondering how in the world they figured out how to play films without electricity.
"We are, love," answered a voice from beside her.
"And you ladies get to chose," an identical voice added.
"Fred! George!" Hermione exclaimed, throwing herself happily into Fred's arms. He grinned, taking in the sweet smell of her shampoo. He could get use to this.
"What about me?" George teased, grinning.
Hermione untangled herself from Fred and did the same thing to George.
Ginny stood to the side, watching the exchange between her brothers and her best friend. She saw no jealousy when she looked into Fred or George's faces as the other gave hugs to Hermione. It was almost as if they were willing to share her with each other. How strange, she thought as Harry's warm hand on her back interrupted her musings.
"We're blocking the door, love," he informed her as Ron and Luna tried to get into the room.
"Oh sorry," she replied, smiling at Luna.
"It's alright," the blonde Ravenclaw insisted moving to stand next to her.
"I'll go get some of the popping corn and candy," Ron told his fiancee, kissing her gently on the forehead before moving across the room to retrieve the snacks.
"They are fascinating to watch," Luna said quietly as the pair of friends watched Hermione with George and Fred. The brilliant witch was standing between the pair her hands in one of each of the twins, as they looked through the movies the room had provided them.
"Have you ever seen anything like that before?" Ginny asked quietly, her brain trying to remember if she had ever read anything about twins sharing a women. There were some weird things that happened in the wizarding world where matters of the heart were concerned.
"I think I've read something in an old family book," Luna replied, smiling as George kissed Hermione's cheek as Fred did the same thing on the other side "But if you like, I'll see if I can get dad to send the book to me."
"It might be a good idea," the red head said.
"So are you ladies going to stand over there gossiping or are you going to help our girl pick out the movie for the evening?" Fred called over to the friends.
"Oi! Hold your broomstick! We're coming!" Ginny exclaimed, walking over to where the two was standing.
The girls looked through the selections and settled on two movies. One was Pride and Prejudice, something the girls had all read and had enjoyed a whole lot. The second movie was an American comedy that they thought the boys would enjoy. It was called 'Liar,Liar' and it was a movie that Hermione had watched once with an American cousin. She remembered the actor being hilarious and she knew that George and Fred would enjoy it.
Hermione sat in the middle of the couch while Ginny and Luna took their seats on their respected love seats. It seems the room accommodated for my boys and I, Hermione observed smiling.
"Here is some popping corn for you, love," George announced, handing her a gigantic bowl of goodness.
"And here is some candy and butter beer," Fred added, sitting down next to her.
"Thank you," she replied happily taking the treats.
"Everyone ready?" Harry asked as he stood by the magical machine the movie was going into.
"I believe so," Ginny answered for everyone.
"Alright, here it goes," he announced, pushing a button, causing the lights to go off a d the movie to project onto the screened wall.
"Bloody hell!" Ron exclaimed as the opening music started.
"This is brilliant!" George announced.
"How extraordinary," Luna replied dreamily.
"You've never seen a movie before, have you?" Hermione asked.
"No," four of the pureblood wizards answered.
"I watched one with you," Ginny replied, smiling at the memory of going to the theater with Hermione at the beginning of the summer.
"Well, I hope you like it," she said.
"Shhh! I can't hear," Ron complained from his seat next to Luna with his arm around her.
Hermione laughed and sat back to enjoy the Jim Carey movie. The movie did what she had hoped it would do and made het boys laugh hysterically. At one point, when the actor was in an elevator with a lady who was well endowed, George leaned over to Hermione.
" Would you do that to Fred or I if we said something like that to you? He whispered quietly where only the three of them could hear.
"It depends on the situation," she found herself replying, but still blushing the entire time.
"Merlin, women," the twins whispered, immediately turned on by those five simple words. They scooted closer to their witch, putting their arms around her. It took all of their self-control not to song the stuffing out of her, but they didn't, knowing it would embarrass Hermione to no end.
The rest of the movie went by with no issues. All of the young witches and wizards enjoying the entertainment.
"What's next?" Ron asked eagerly,clearly enjoying his first taste of muggle movies.
"Pride and Prejudice," Luna informed him.
"Is that another comedy?" he wondered.
"It can be funny at times," she replied.
"It's a movie based on a book by Jane Austen," Hermione added.
"Is that where you got the name of you owl?" the youngest male Weasley wondered.
"It is. She is my favorite muggle author."
"Shall we start it?" Harry asked, once again standing behind the machine.
"Sounds good," Fred answered scooting even closer to his girl, as did his twin. Hermione smiled and snuggled close to them.
Hermione enjoyed herself totally, loving that George and Fred laughed right along with her when Elizabeth would stand up to Mr. Darcy. At one point, a breeze from the hall came through the room, causing Hermione to shiver. George grabbed one of the blankets and spread it across the three of them, causing Hermione to grin up at him.
"Thanks," she whispered, not wanting to disturb the others.
She suspected that Ron had fallen asleep, but Luna didn't seem to mind. She was playing with his hair.
"Your welcome, love," he replied, leaning down and kissing her cheek.
Hermione smiled and grabbed George's hand, the one that wasn't around her, and squeezed.
They watched quietly as Elizabeth discovered the man that Mr. Darcy truly was. When it came to the part where Mr. Darcy declared his feelings for her the second time, Ginny and Hermione were in tears.
"Are you alright?" Harry asked his girl, concerned with the streams of liquid that was falling from her eyes.
"Shhh!" she told him, not wanting to miss a moment.
'You've bewitched me, body and soul,' Mr. Darcy declared on the screen, causing all three ladies to sigh happily at the romantic words.
George handed Hermione a tissue, which she took gratefully, without taking her eyes off of the last few moments of the movie.
"Brilliant!" Ginny declared when it was over.
"It really was," Hermione agreed.
"It was an acceptable portrayal of the book," Luna said, startling her fiancee awake.
"What? What happened?" he asked, sitting up quickly and looking around the room. "Why is Ginny and Hermione crying? Did you hurt my sister?"
"Calm down you git. The movie made me cry," his sister informed him.
"Oh," was his reply stretching his arms and yawning.
Hermione looked down at her watch, her eyes growing wide in shock. "Oh Merlin! It's really late and we have class in the morning."
Ginny looked at her own watch and sighed, knowing she was right. "I suppose we should be heading back to the tower," she agreed rather reluctantly.
"Come on Luna, I'll walk you back to your house," Ron said, offering his girl his hand to help her up.
"Thanks," she replied, circling her arms around her in a hug. She then turned to George, Fred and Hermione, who hadn't moved a muscle, even though it was Hermione who had noticed the late hour."Have a good night."
"Thank you, Luna," George replied, smiling as they watched the pair exit the room.
"You know, she's really been good for him," Hermione replied laying her head on Fred's shoulder.
"You're right," Fred agreed.
"He's not as big of a hit as he was before Luna," George added, earning a playful slap on his knee form the witch that sat between him and his twin.
"You two never stop, do you?" Harry asked, grinning as he folded some of the blankets with Ginny's help.
"No!"
"Never!"
"And if they did, they wouldn't be George and Fred," Hermione relief, moving her head from Fred's shoulder to George's.
"Who would we be, love?" Fred wondered.
"I don't know, but not my twins," she answered.
Harry raised an eyebrow and was about to comment on Hermione calling them 'my twins', but Ginny placed a hand on his shoulder and shook her head, silently telling him to leave it be.
"Guys, let me up so we can help clean up," Hermione told the boys.
"No, it's okay, Mione. The room will clean up most of it. I just wanted to clean up a little so the room will allow us to do this again."
"We can help you with that," Hermione insisted, using her wand to clean up some popcorn and candy that was on the floor in front of where Ron had been sitting.
"You would think a two year old was sitting there," George chuckled as he magically emptied the popcorn machine. Hermione laughed, having just thought the same thing.
"That's basically all we can do," Ginny announced a few moments later, seeing that the room was exactly as it had been when they had entered. She walked over to her brothers and hugged them both. "Thanks for coming."
"No problem," George replied.
"We love seeing you," Fred added, squeezing his sister tightly.
"Yes, but I know you enjoy seeing Hermione much more," Ginny said grinning.
"That's not true," Hermione started, but was quickly stopped.
"Our sister speaks the truth, love," George told her, pulling her into a hug.
"We know that she has Harry now to take care of her; to keep her safe and happy," Fred added, moving to stand in front of the girl of his dreams.
Hermione knew that Ginny had probably told them how upset she had been the last few days. She wondered how they would react.
"Well, we are going to head back to the tower," Ginny replied, taking her fiancee hand.
"Don't we need to wait for Hermione, so she doesn't have to walk back alone?" Harry asked, not sure if he liked leaving the girl that was like a sister alone with those two. Especially with the way they were looking at her.
"We will see to it that Hermione gets back to Gryffindor tower," Fred assured him, never taking his eyes off of her.
"You just make sure you get our sister back there," George said never looking away from the girl in his arms.
"Come on, Harry," Ginny whispered, pulling him out the door.
"Whats going on between the three of them?" he asked once they were out of the Room of Requirement.
"I'm not sure," she answered truthfully. "But Luna is getting a book that she thinks might help us."
I hope you like this chapter! Please tell me what you think. It took me forever to write it...it was so difficult. :) But I like how it turned out. I hope you do too. Reviews make me HAPPY! And help me write. Please review. New chapter up soon. :) Happy reading.