They passed Lee Jordan in the hall and Ron waved at him. Hermione smiled at him. He grinned and walked over to them.
“Hey, didn’t stay up too late, did ya?” He asked and nudged Ron’s shoulder. “It’s really _grinding_ work, that Potions…”
Hermione sighed. “Yeah, it’s hard, isn’t it Ron?”
Lee snickered and walked off. Ron was blushing furiously and he shuffled ahead along the hallway.
“What was that all about?” Hermione asked, looking at Ron. “Are you blushing?”
Ron gave Hermione a puzzling look. “Did you not pick up on any of the…”
“The what?"
“Seriously, Hermione,” Ron sighed. “Apparently books don’t teach everything.”
They continued on, Ron spacing himself a bit from Hermione. Lavender was next to cross their path.
“How’d the ‘studying’ go last night?” Lavender smirked.
“Quite productive, actually. Ron learned a lot of new things and even I learned…”
“Hermione stop. Just stop.” Ron interrupted forcefully.
“Heh heh.” Lavender laughed. “I bet you did. I bet you did.”
Lavender walked off as quickly as she had come, leaving a flustered Hermione, because Ron had interrupted her, and an increasingly uncomfortable Ron. They’d almost reached the classroom when Fred and George Weasley approached them. They too were grinning evilly. Ron tried to sidestep into the classroom, but Fred grabbed him.
“Have a good study session last night?” he asked. “Snape’s test can be pretty _hard on_ you, can’t they?”
George snickered. “Yeah, Ron, should I tell Mum that your classes are too hard? You seem to be studying with Hermione more and more often…”
Ron’s eyes widened. “Don’t tell Mum!” he yelled. A few passing students stared at him. Hermione threw up her hands in exasperation.
“What are you all talking about?” she cried. George raised an eyebrow.
“You mean you’re completely oblivious to all that we’re talking about?” he asked, turning to Fred.
Hermione shook her head, looking between the twins and Ron, who was stubbornly avoiding her gaze.
“Well, you see…” Fred started, still looking at his brother.
“We’ve been hinting at…” George continued.
“YOU AND OUR BABY BROTHER SHAGGING IN HIS DORM!!!” They yelled at once. Hermione turned bright red and her eyes widened.
“But we… we were just… we didn’t… oh God!” she yelled and ran into the classroom. George and Fred winked at Ron before heading back down the hall. Ron shook his head and walked into the room. Harry Potter walked past in the hallway and waved to the audience.
“Hi, I’m not needed in this fic, but since the series is named after me, I had to make a cameo appearance. See ya!” He said, and continued on his way.
