Hermione and Fred: A Mischievous Secret

Early Morning Remarks

Waking up early as always, Hermione quietly snuck downstairs to grab a bite to eat before she started her day of reading all her new schoolbooks. She had her breakfast laid out and was about to eat when Fred stumbled down the stairs like a drunk. "Hey 'Mione!" He yawned. "What the bloody hell are you doing up?" She questioned.
"I could ask you the same thing Granger!"
Fred plopped himself across from Hermione and started picking at her food. She let him be and ate from the same plate. "What will you be doing now that you've left Hogwarts? Are you going to carry on your education through another source, or are you just focusing on your shop?" Asked Hermione. "I honestly don't know yet. Umbridge is gone but Hogwarts is still a shitstorm. So I'm just going to wing it." He said quite nonchalantly.
"Education isn't something you just wing Fred !"
"Maybe not for you Granger but I for one am a free spirit, gliding through the winds of change." He said in a very relaxed and mockingly way, which made Hermione smile. "Ahh so she can comprehend humor!" Fred winked at Hermione. " I've always known what a joke is, I just haven't found any of yours funny!" Hermione smirked back. "Oi Granger, don't criticize my humor, it's the only thing I've got!" They both smiled at each other ate until George comes down whistling a merry tune. "Heya Freddy! 'Mione! How ya doing?" George nodded at Hermione and Fred as they both looked quite baffled. "Why is this morning the Weasley twins wake up with the sun?"
"I didn't eat much at dinner last night so I woke up hungry and came down to grab something to eat." George replied. "You ate 2 plates full of food, how on Earth can you still be hungry?" "Probably a Weasley thing" Fred said back with a mouthful of Hermione's food. She nodded with a smile. And all George could wonder was 'why are these dorks so bloody giggly this morning?' George grabs a plate full of pancakes and toast and heads back up to his room. "Oi you better not be eating that in my bed mate!" Fred yelled up. "Wasn't thinking of it until you said!" He hollered back down. "Dammit George!"
They looked into each other's eyes for a while with silly grins plastered on their faces. Neither one had ever realized the particular sparkle in the other's eye or how one's smile was always a little crooked or even that the hair on top their head glistened in the morning light. How odd it is you can know a person for nearly your entire life and continuously see them but under certain situation the quirks standout so clearly? "Hey 'Mione..."
"Yeah?" Their grins wider than the door frame.
"Why are you so smart?"
"Excuse me?"
"I mean all your grades are high and you reread every textbook twice before school starts" he said holding up a pile of her textbooks.
"And you can use spells that I doubt Flickwhick could do and you're , you're just so bloody brilliant! How is someone gifted with a talent that big?"
"I could ask you the same thing about your humor and integrity. How can you make hilarious jokes off the top of your head?"
"Ahh so you do find my jokes funny"
"Shh the besides the point. How come you can just set off a freaking firework in the middle of exams and leave Hogwarts? And you're quite brilliant yourself, those prank items you create are some of the greatest magic I've ever seen! Not to mention your also a pretty good entrepreneur, creating your own company just like that!"
"So why?" They both say at the same time.
"Wow Granger, you're quite the compliment giver" he smirked
"Oh shut up!"
Once again they stared at each other until one by one the Weasley family woke up. When George first came down he seemed startled my the pair of goggly eyes his brother had on. Hermione and Fred jumped once they heard George coming down the stairs. "It's ten in the morning and you blokes haven't finished breakfast yet?" Hermione and Fred looked at each other stunned. "10? That can't be?"
"We came down at 7!" Fred looked baffled. "Yeah I know, you've been eating breakfast for 3 hours!" George said back. "Oh well we better go get ready for the day!" Hermione said as she tried to cover up how surprised she really was and headed up stairs. Fred followed. When they got the the second flight of stairs they stared at each other with surprise. "We just talked for 3 hours..." Fred said looking to Hermione but really talking to himself.
"So a-a see see ya later" Hermione stumbled back to Ginny's room to contemplate what on earth had just happened and Fred did the same.
George came back up shortly and started questioning his twin.
"You like Granger, don't ya?" George asked his brother. "What? I uh, no no of course not!" Fred sounded unsure of his response as he looked off with a glazed over look. " You like Hermione, I can see it. You've never given those eyes to any other girl. And you've never had the attention span before to talk to anyone for 3 hours in a row." "I told you George, I don't!" Sounding a little more defensive. Alright but I think she likes you to, I don't know why, but she does." George said exiting the room.
Fred just sat on his bed thinking over what had happened and tried to make sense of it while a floor below him Hermione did the same.