AN: Sorry this took so long but I was busy with my Boondock Saints fic and then I had to go to my grandparents' funeral. But anywho I hope that you guys enjoy this chapter and make sure to review at the bottom! Thanks a ton!

The feeling of loss and longing made tears spring to Hermione's eyes. 'Come on Hermione, Ginny's right. You're stronger than this. You can do this,' she thought, blinking her tears away.

She stood a little taller with her head held high. She took a deep breath think she could this before bumping into someone.

"Sorry," Hermione said looking up into the stormy grey eyes of none other than the ferret himself, Draco Malfoy.

"Watch where you're going mudblood. I don't need your filth dirtying my robes," he told her with a slight push. Hermione's hands curled into fists as his two goons of friends laughed.

"Come Mione. He's not worth the fight," Ginny said putting a hand on the small of Hermione's back and leading her into the Great Hall. "Just ignore him."

"How can I?" Hermione asked as they sat at the Gryffindor table. "I swear he just haunts me wherever I go. And he calls me that name. I can't stand it."

"Don't worry. Everything will be okay," Harry said as Professor Dumbledore came forward to start the year off.

/

After the feast Harry, Hermione, and Ginny all returned to their common room. The trio sat around the fire for about an hour before Harry left.

"So when do you want to start our plan?" Ginny asked as soon as the raven haired boy was out of ear shot.

"As soon as we know who fancies me," Hermione replied glancing around the room.

Ginny gave the older witch a look. "Mione nearly every guy in this school fancies you."

"Still," Hermione said looking down to hide her blush. "We should still wait a little bit. I mean we did just get here."

"That is true," Ginny said with a yawn. "I think I'm gonna head to bed. I'll see ya' tomorrow."

"Night," Hermione said. She gazed into the fire thinking.

She missed Fred so much that it made her heart hurt but she couldn't let it get to her.

"Hi Hermione," a voice said as they walked up to her.

Hermione was pulled from her thoughts to see Seamus walking past her. "Hi Seamus," she replied politely before turning back to the fire, but not before catching the downhearted look on his face.

"Well goodnight then," he said in his thick Irish accent.

"Goodnight," Hermione replied not looking back at him.

Seamus was a good guy. He was her age and was quite good looking. And that accent, well one couldn't complain about it. Hermione decided that she was going to talk to Ginny about it in the morning.

Hermione soon left the common room and went to bed herself.

/

It was almost a week before Hermione finally talked to Ginny. They were the only two in the common room, seeing as it was only half six.

"Gin I have to talk to you," Hermione told the redhead.

"What's up?" Ginny asked not even looking up from where she was finishing some homework.

"I think I might know who I want to start with."

Ginny's eyes snapped up and she leaned forward in her seat. "Who?" she asked nearly falling out of her chair.

"Seamus," Hermione replied, her cheeks turning pink.

"I think he's perfect," Ginny said. "I have seen him eyeing you recently. I guess with Ron and Fred out of the picture he thought he had a chance."

"And he does," Hermione replied with a sly smile. That's when a few people started to trickle into the common room.

"So when do we put the plan in action?" she asked.

"Today."

That's when Harry, still half asleep, stumbled down the dorm room stairs. Seamus and Dean were close behind him. Hermione looked at Ginny and the younger girl wagged her eyebrows.

"What's up?" he mumbled as he flopped down on the couch next to Ginny.

"Nothing," Hermione said a little quickly. "Well, I'm hungry, who wants breakfast?"

"I do!" Ginny cried jumping up from the couch. She hooked her arms through Hermione's. "Let's go." The pair walked from the common room giggling. Harry looked after them with a confused look on his face.

"Girls confuse me," he sighed shaking his head.

"Don't worry mate. Girls confuse everyone but themselves," Seamus said patting Harry's shoulder. "You hungry?"

/

That night Hermione sat doing her homework in her favourite chair by the fireplace. It was nearing eleven and the common room was empty. It was Friday night so most people had already gone to bed for the weekend ahead.

"Hey Hermione," Seamus said sitting down across from her.

"Hi Seamus," Hermione said looking up from her work to smile at the Irishman.

Seamus' eyes lit up and he asked, "What are you working on?"

"Just the transfiguration essay," Hermione replied looking back down at her three rolls of parchment. "I hope I didn't over do it. I mean Professor McGonagall only asked for a roll and a half and I've already written three, almost four."

"You? Over doing it? No!" Seamus teased the girl he fancied. Hermione giggled and looked at him. Both teens' cheeks went pink as the room fell silent besides the crackle of the dying fire.

"Hey Hermione," Seamus said breaking the silence. "On the first Hogsmead weekend," he paused before continuing on, "do you want to go with me?"

Hermione's face lit up with a smile, "I would love to!"

"Great!" Seamus said smiling. He stood awkwardly. "Well I guess that I'll see you later then. Goodnight."

"Goodnight," Hermione replied. After he was out of sight Hermione quickly picked up her things and rushed to her dorm room. "Ginny!" she whispered walking over to the younger girl's bed. "Ginny wake up."

"Wha?" Ginny asked sitting up in her bed.

"Seamus just asked me to the first Hogsmead weekend!" Hermione told her best friend as she sat down on her bed.

"What? No way! That's so great Hermione!" Ginny exclaimed as she hugged her best friend. "This will really ruffle Fred's feathers. I'll write to them tomorrow."

"Thanks Gin!" Hermione said as she went to her room. She was grinning madly as she fell asleep that night.

/

"Hey Fred!" George called to his twin as he walked into the store from their flat above. "We got a letter from Ginny!"

"What's it say?" Fred asked as he helped the last costumer before lunch break out of the crazy joke store. Ginny had promised that she would write to them about what was going on at Hogwarts this year.

"Well." The way he said it made Fred's heart race. He walked back to the counter and grabbed the letter from George's hand.

'Dear Fred and George. Well it's been a first week here at school not only for me but for everyone. Harry's been a little depressed due to the fact that his best friend isn't here for the year. But he owls Remus and Sirius often and they seem to cheer him up. Hermione's been busy with her work as always. Everyone could use some of your comedic relief right now. But on another topic, Harry and I have never been stronger. Oh and Hermione's got a new boyfriend. His name is Seamus Finnigan. He's in her year and they seem to be getting along fine. They're going to the first Hogsmead weekend together. Oh no Hermione's coming now. She'll be upset that I'm writing to you. Well that's all I can say for now. I'll write again soon. Love, Ginny"

Fred reread the letter. So Hermione had found someone else. She moved on just like she said. He looked up from the letter. "I'm so sorry Fred," George said as he met blue eyes. George could almost see Fred's heart breaking.

Fred didn't say anything. The parchment fell from his shaking hands. He walked from the store and to the flat.

He silently strode through the rooms that reminded him of her. Remind him of the time that she spent living at the flat after she had gotten hurt. He thought of kissing on the couch, having breakfast together, playing video games all day, sleeping with her wrapped in his arms.

Tears silently ran down his face. He hated the feeling he had right now. He hated the gut wrenching feeling of heart break, sadness, and emptiness. Those feelings were soon replaced with hate and rage.

He stormed to his bedroom. He ripped the video games from where they were plugged in and threw them to the floor. They smashed into bits of plastic and pieces of wire. He pulled game discs from their containers and smashed them, making the floor sparkle in the light. He then walked to his dresser and swiped his hand across it, sending pictures to the floor.

"Fred?" a voice called. Fred stopped his rampage and looked down at all of the things he had destroyed. The last things he had left of her. He sunk to his knees in defeat and cried into his hands.

"Fred?" Molly Weasley asked pushing open the door to Fred's room. He hadn't even realized that he had closed it. Molly looked around at the trashed room. Everything had been broken but the bed and everything that rested on his nightstands.

"Mum?" Fred asked looking up from his hands. Tears still poured down his face though.

"Fred love, what happened?" Molly asked as she continued to survey the damage. She could see pictures smashed. All of them were of her son and his ex-girlfriend.

"George and I got a letter today. From Ginny. She told us that Hermione," he choked when he said her name but continued on, "that she got a new boyfriend."

That's when the older witch got it. Her happy, prank loving son, was absolutely heartbroken. "Oh Fred come here," she said opening her arms. Fred stood and walked to his mother. Molly enveloped her son into a hug. Fred wrapped his arms around his mother and cried into her shoulder.

When his sobs finally quieted down Molly let go of her son. He pulled away from her and that's when she gave him the best advice of his life. "Fred Weasley, I didn't raise you to be a quitter. I raised you to go after your dreams. Now if you really love Hermione you'll get her back."

"You're right mum. I will get Hermione back," Fred said as he wiped his eyes.

"That's the Fred I know," Molly said patting his cheek and giving him a smile.

/ *A week later*

"Hey Mione," Seamus said sitting down next to his girlfriend on their couch. It wasn't really theirs but that's what everyone in Gryffindor called it. "So what are you up to?"

"Just that dang potions assignment for Slughorn," Hermione replied not even looking up from her work.

"So are you excited for tomorrow?" Seamus asked trying to get the attention of his girlfriend.

"Of course," she replied looking up into his blue eyes. Eyes that looked so much like Fred's. "I can't wait for our first official date." Hermione gently placed her hand under his chin and pulled him to her for a light kiss.

Kissing Seamus wasn't like kissing Fred. Kissing Fred made Hermione see stars and her stomach do flip flops. Kissing Seamus just didn't give her the same feelings.

"Hey Hermione I need to talk to you!" Ginny called as she walked down from the dorm rooms.

"Sorry gotta go love," Hermione told her boyfriend as she pulled away from him. She quickly gave him another chaste kiss before gathering her things into her bag. She got up and walked over to Ginny.

"We might want to talk about this in private," Ginny said, her eyes flashing to where Seamus was sitting. He was now talking to Harry and Dean about quidditch but knowing Ginny, she knew when things had to be private.

"Alright let's go," she said grabbing Ginny's elbow. They walked from the common room and soon found themselves on the seventh floor. The door to the room of requirement appeared and the girls walked into the small sitting room it had turned into.

"I got a letter back from Fred and George," Ginny said once they were comfy. She pulled out the letter from her bag and held it up for Hermione to see.

Hermione snatched the paper from her hand. She noticed that more words appeared on the paper as she grabbed it.

"A little needy much?" Ginny asked with a smile. Hermione ignored the comment though and read instead.

'Dear Ginny, glad to hear things are going well at school. Say hi to all the professors that we know miss us. Also glad to hear the you and the Chosen One are getting along. Mum told us that you need to keep your grades up. You have O W Ls this year in case you didn't know that. (She was just here talking to us, which is why we had to write it!) Also Fred, like Harry, is a little down hearted. I'm sure that your letter didn't help either. I just told him not to worry about it but he doesn't seem to get it. On another subject, the store is going well. Business is booming. We have new people here daily. We've talked about buying Zonko's old shop so that we could sell our stuff to you Hogwarts kids. We're coming down for a visit tomorrow to see the shop and visit with you and the rest of the gang. Oh and I also took your advice. Rae said yes to both! She is now my girlfriend and happily works at the store. We'll talk to you soon. Send our love to Harry and Hermione as well. Love, your favourite twins.'

Hermione knew that George wrote the letter. His handwriting was just a tab bit neater than Fred's. She looked farther down to read what was meant for her eyes only. She saw that both twins wrote to her.

'Hermione. You were right. You're moving on. Congrats on the new boyfriend. I guess this means we really are done. I had hopes that maybe after school we could be together but I guess not. I still love you though. Fred '

Hermione could see the tear stains, scratch marks, and smears on the parchment. Tears welled in her eyes as she read the crossed out part. She then moved on to what George had written to her.

"Hermione, don't listen to my brother. He's still upset. Listen to your heart. If it's telling you to be with Seamus then don't let Fred stop you. We'll see you tomorrow. Love, George.'

Hermione's breath caught in her throat as she re-read her letter. Her tears threatened to spill over.

"Well Fred seems to be handling this all very well," Hermione commented.

"That's not what I got from it," Ginny replied.

Hermione held out the letter to her friend. "Read this." Ginny quickly scanned the new addition to the letter.

"Rubbish. The only reason you're dating Seamus is to get back at Fred," Ginny said sitting back in her chair.

"Maybe getting back has changed," Hermione said not meeting Ginny's eyes.

"What do you mean?" Ginny asked.

"What if I want to date Fred again?"

AN: Aw good ol' drama. Well that's it for this chapter! Next chapter will be the Hogsmead visit! Stay tuned and I apologize in advance for the waits between chapters. I'm just super busy with school work, extra circulars, and other stories. Well please review now! Please and thank you!