Found AIAOY 4

Chapter 5

"Oh my god."  Rebecca gasped, falling into the empty compartment dramatically.  "Why is it so crowded this year?!"

Ginny threw her backpack on the bench above Rebecca's performance.  "It's as crowded as it is every year.  I'll be back later."

Ginny didn't wait for a response and was out the door in seconds.  Rebecca pulled herself up onto the bench before sighing.  "They grow up so fast."  Standing up and leaving her own backpack, Rebecca gave Harry, Ron, and Hermione a smile before heading towards Fred and George hanging around the door.  "And with that, I take my leave."

Hermione grinned, slipping up enormously.  "Last night wasn't enough?"

Harry's head snapped up.  "Last night?  What happened last night?"  Rebecca continued her exit, ignoring Harry and prompting him to repeat her name.  "Rebecca?"

"Harry?"  Rebecca said, poking her head back into their compartment.  "If it was any of your business, I would have told you.  But it isn't, so I'm not."  She closed the door behind her and heard Harry begin to demand that Hermione tell him what happened.

Hermione knew that, while she had accidentally betrayed a facet of the trust between best friends entirely by accident, the punishment of Harry was more than enough.  "Harry?"  She asked intermittently, Harry not pausing to hear her speak or take a breath.  "Harry, I-"

"I thought that they went out last night to-I don't even know, then they were so-There was this morning and the-I don't want to but I-Hermione, they didn't-"

Hermione raised her hand up to silence Harry, giving him a cold look at the insinuation and prying into the privacy of both their friend and his sister.  "She's right, actually.  It's none of your business what she does or doesn't do and I'll not tell you a word about any of it."

George eyed the door as Rebecca hurried away from it, hoping none of the other students lingered in the hallway immediately outside and heard anything being said inside.  "Everything alright back there?"

"Oh yeah, brilliant."  Rebecca patted Fred's shoulder.  "Should be a spectacular supper, Harry's losing his mind."  She looked down the hallway to where Lee said he would be.  "Now, let's go get these orders."

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Lee had accumulated quite the list of people who had shown interest in a snackbox and were willing to preorder for the first day of delivery.  "It's bonkers!  Especially the mystery snack--Every person on that list buggered me for hints.:

Fred nodded, reading through the list.  "Really?"  He asked, only half-listening.  Rebecca nudged him and looked to Lee so that he gave his friend the proper attention.  "Sorry mate, I was just running numbers.  This is quite a lot more than we expected-"

"Which is absolutely amazing!"  George interrupted.

"Yes, it is absolutely amazing."  Fred looked George pointedly.  "But we didn't plan for such a mobbing.  We don't have enough ingredients for half of these and we can't sell to some and not to others.  We'll have to think of something else."

"Or...maybe we have more than we expected."  Rebecca said quietly, offering a sheepish smile.  "Whoops."

"You didn't."  Fred asked without asking, crossing his arms.

"You did!"  George whooped, jumping in the air.

"We said no loans."  Fred said, his face blank to mask his shame.

"It's not a loan then!"  Rebecca was speaking quickly now, trying to end an argument before it could really begin.  "Think of it as an early, early birthday present!  Christmas present too!"  Rebecca waved at the list in front of him.  "Look at the list and don't be cross, there's got to be nearly thirty orders."