A/N – So I know it's a bit late but, I had to go out and I only just got back! This chapter has to be one of my favourites so far! And the next one is good! :D Hope you enjoy!

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives - William James

CHAPTER 10 – IT'S A START

"Go get changed" George demanded.

"No! That outfit is hideous, and you want me to wear those?" Hermione pointed to the 4 inch heels by the floor. "Without falling over by the end of today, bearing in mind that Fred will come looking for you at some point, that cuts down our time" Hermione sounded annoyed; she had spent an hour with George and Ginny doing her makeup, George using magic and messing around. He drew a cat nose on and whiskers at one point before Ginny shouted at him and told him he was ruining her master piece. Hermione now had a face full of make-up and some horrible outfit that was purely black

"It's all shiny and tight" Hermione pulled a face at the outfit that lay out on her bed.

"That's the point" Said George "It shows Fred" he paused to think of the right words "what you have to offer, shall we say" Hermione blushed slightly and George winked at her.

"No, not Hermione, I have enough trouble with her and Fred" Ginny gasped "And Ron! What do we do about Ron?" Ginny rambled; Hermione looked at her and shook her head.

"Can we not" Hermione asked, annoyed.

"No I think we should talk about the loving relationship you and Ron seem to have" George joked. Hermione gave him the death glare.

"Come on, I mean him and Fred can't even look at each other now" George said.

"I didn't mean to get in the way of family, it's not even something I can control" Hermione tried to defend herself.

"Hermione, we understand it's not like you did it on purpose" Ginny said, glaring at George.

"Yeah, I mean it's not your fault Fred's fallen in love with you and you set a curse on him so he'd forget you" George said, laughing.

"He didn't mean that" Ginny continued to glare at George.

"I'm sure he didn't" Hermione walked out the door and closed it quietly; she headed for the bathroom on the second floor; she stumbled down one floor and into the bathroom. She changed quickly and rushed out of the door, grabbing the heels off of the floor. She closed the door quickly, not really looking were she was going, she ran into a wall, only when she looked up from the floor it wasn't a wall.

"Hermione?" Ron looked down at her, his face filled with confusion.

"Hi" Hermione said awkwardly, looking at the floor.

"You, um, look, um nice" Ron stated awkwardly.

"Please don't, Ginny's making me wear it" Hermione said, pulling on her top viciously to make it cover more of her body.

"Oh" Ron said, realising the awkwardness of what he'd just said; luckily he was saved by a tall ginger twin.

"RON! Have you seen George?" Fred asked, his hair sticking up in odd directions; his face had crinkles on where he had been sleeping. He walked slowly up to them, realising Hermione was stood there. He tugged at his pyjamas nervously.

"Oh hey Hermione, have you seen George?" Fred stumbled.

"Um yeah, he's um" She remembered that George had said that we should keep it from him "In um the living room"

"I thought I saw him go into your room" Ron cut in.

"Yeah well he's not there now!" Hermione shouted before running down up the stairs and back to her room. When she walked in she stood in front of the full length mirror and turned sharply to both of them.

"NO!" Said Hermione, straight up.

"But you look cute!" exclaimed Ginny.

"Yeah and sexy" George agreed. Hermione hit him.

"Guys, I don't want Fred to fall in love with this" Hermione gestured towards the mirror "This isn't me at all!" Hermione finished, getting annoyed. They looked at her; she had on a tight top with a tight black skirt and stilettoes, and she looked more like a stripper than a book worm. (oh my god xD) "I get that you guys want to help, but maybe something a little more me, something that doesn't scream to Fred 'We were soul mates and I can't live without you so I'm going to dress up like a stripper to get your attention'" Hermione walked away from the mirror and back towards her trunk (all packed for Hogwarts) and rummaged through to find some jeans and a top.

"Technically, you can't live without him" Ginny pointed out. Hermione threw her jeans at her but she caught them before they hit her.

"Okay, so let's take the things that work well on this outfit and put them into something more Hermione" Ginny said. George looked Hermione up and down.

"The short skirt makes her legs look longer" he pointed out. Ginny nodded in agreement and went to find something from her trunk.

"There!" Ginny said, throwing Hermione some shorts- she caught them and then went to the bathroom to change. Once she'd changed, she looked in the full length mirror. There was black eye liner on her lids and a bit of blusher, she had dark black tights on that had some kind of dark green tartan pattern on them with black shorts and a green knitted jumper. She put on her tattered navy pumps and walked back to her room.

"I'm not changing again so –" Hermione started, but had walked back into her room to find two twins, one on the floor being sat on by the other twin and Ginny.

"Hey Hermione" said Fred from the floor.

"Shush you, intruders aren't allowed to speak unless spoken too" Ginny instructed, twisting his ear, causing him to yelp. Hermione came in and put the horrid outfit on the bed by Ginny's trunk, then sat down next to the bed on the floor, a good distance away from Fred.

"What happened here then" Hermione asked after a long silence. They continued to ignore her.

"Does that count as being spoken to?" Fred asked, getting another twist of the ear from Ginny "No! Okay I guess not" Fred said breathlessly. He looked up at Hermione and smirked, causing her to blush and hide behind her hair. Ginny kicked him in the side lightly as a warning.

"Hermione come and sit on Fred" George said. He winked at Hermione, who blushed and shook her head. "Come on he's really comfortable" Hermione looked up at George but continued to shake her head.

"I'm sure he is but –" Hermione was interrupted.

"Oh I'm comfortable to sit on" Fred joked, winking at Hermione. Ginny got up quickly screaming.

"EW Fred!" She said, half laughing. Fred laughed and looked up at George.

"Let me go?" Fred asked.

"No- don't really want to" George replied, grinning from ear to ear.

"Guys help me" Fred wined, but Ginny just walked towards Hermione and helped her up. Hermione stumbled slightly from getting up too quickly, Ginny seized her chance and pushed Hermione lightly so she stumbled over towards Fred, and George stood up quickly.

"Whoa, Hermione maybe you should sit down" George grabbed Hermione's shoulders and pushed her down to sit on Fred. George grinned at the two of them, Hermione looked annoyed and Fred's face held a mixture of bewilderment and amusement. George held Hermione's shoulders so she couldn't move. Hermione wiggled her shoulders to try and shrug him off, however he didn't let go.

"George" Hermione sighed, turning a shade of red. She tried to stand up but was pushed back down again by George, who was still grinning. Hermione tried to stand up again but Fred quickly turned around and grabbed her, Hermione gasped and slid into Fred lap. Fred laughed and poked Hermione in the side. She turned and glared at him but this just made him laugh more.

"Ginny, Hermione could you help me with – Oh" Molly said, walking through the door, taking in the view of Fred and Hermione. Hermione blushed as Molly's face lit up. "Oh it doesn't matter, George, you can help me instead of Hermione" At this Hermione's blush deepened.

"It's okay Mrs Weasley, I can help." Hermione stated, getting out of Fred's lap. Ginny thought she saw Fred look sad for a moment but couldn't be sure. Molly nodded and left the room smiling brightly. Hermione went to follow but Fred grabbed her foot.

"Do we need to talk?" He asked her quietly. Hermione shook her head.

"I don't think that's a good idea" Fred let go of her foot and Ginny pulled her out of the room. Hermione was quiet the whole time they worked on dinner, her face was still bright red and Mrs Weasley didn't help by making small comments like 'Aw you too are just so cute.' She rambled on the whole time talking about Hermione and Fred, and by the time they had laid the table and everyone was sat down, Hermione felt like crying. She kept her head low as everyone ate; she was sat opposite Fred who, along with his brother George, kept telling jokes. However, before she had finished, Fred kicked her under the table. At first she ignored it, thinking it was a mistake, but he did it again and again and again and again.

"WHAT!" Hermione shouted at Fred, causing the whole table to become quiet and look at her. Fred, who obviously didn't want the whole table to know, just shrugged and said he thought it would be fun. Hermione sighed and got up from the table, claiming she needed an early night. George, who was sat closest to the door, grabbed her arm on the way out and whispered.

"Yeah just like we planned, so sexy" George winked "You're real cute when you're angry" George joked. Hermione just walked away, giving no reaction what so ever.

Ginny got up from the table not long after Hermione had left, claiming that she still had things to pack; she climbed up the stairs slowly dragging her feet behind her.

"Gin! Oi! Ginny!" Ginny turned sharply to find Fred standing a few steps below her. Ginny leaned on her one hip, knowing this was going to be a long conversation.

"Talk to Hermione for me" Fred half stated, half asked. Ginny just looked at him, her look somewhere between confusion and denial.

"Why? What would you even want to say to her?"

"I want to talk to her, but she won't let me, she's blocking me out"

"Of course she's blocking you out, she set a curse on you and you forgot her. How would that make you feel?"

"I didn't forget her! I forgot how I felt about her" Fred sighed "It's like there's this missing bit, like she's always been there but I've never had an opinion of her. It's almost like trying to make everyone laugh, but I don't ever remember wanting to make her laugh, and I like making people laugh" Fred rambled on.

"I'll see" And with that, Ginny walked up the stairs towards her and Hermione's room. When she entered, the room was dark and lonely, and Ginny could only just make out a small form lying in the darkness.

"Hermione?" Ginny asked, slowly watching the small form shift and turn around. "Can we talk?"

"Gin, what is there to talk about?" Hermione asked, feeling impatient and wishing she could sleep. "Fred? Because he's off limits, I've spoken about him all day. George? Ron? Harry?" Hermione stumbled when she got to Ron's name.

"I was gonna talk about Fred, well more you" Ginny said, putting emphasis on the fact she was worried for her friend. Hermione sat up.

"Gin, I don't want to talk about me. That is a door that doesn't want to be opened." Ginny walked over to Hermione.

"Are you cold?"

"All the time" Hermione sighed and moved the blanket back to reveal her feet. They were turning a strange blue colour, like someone had drawn on her with pen and tried to get it off. She then rolled up the sleeves of her pyjama top and showed Ginny her wrist. There was a black line around it, like someone was snapping an elastic band around her wrist.

"You and Fred need to talk"

A/N – Soooo what's wrong with Hermione?! Review and Follow ect… Even negative comments are welcome. I was thinking of what house I would be in and all (most) (the one friend I have) my friends thought I should be in Slytherin because I think evilly but I'm still good and brave ect. Still loving Slytheins! Hello to any Slytherins and other houses (of course not discriminating) Thanks for reading update next week :D