Chapter 4: Just say it

A/N: hello potterheads and fremione shippers! hope you like this chapter... hoped you like the last chapter. *disapparates*

Hermione's POV

we all went to the great hall to have our lunch. fred and george weren't there either. where could those two be? 

"looking for fred?" ginny said as she saw me staring at my food

"just curious. i haven't seen any of the two all morning"

"well...." ginny said looking around "you didn't hear this from me but go to where the goblet of fire is placed. 3pm" she rolled her eyes as harry and ron were betting on who will be hogwarts champion. boys. i grabbed my copy of history of magic as i continue to eat

by exactly 3 o'clock, we went to see who are brave enough to put their name on the goblet. there i saw fred and george weasley smiling to each other as people were watching their new stunt. 

"it's not going to work!" i shouted. and grinned. everyone turned their heads to me 

"and why is that granger?" george asked

"because dumbledore drew that age line himself. you think you can outsmart that with an aging potion?" 

"yes hermione."

"we believe"

"we can" they said in unison and we all laughed. i rolled my eyes and sat on the bench and watched

"imma bet on them. 5 galleons their plan will backfire?" harry whispered

"you're on" ron and ginny said

at first they jumped inside the age line. next thing we know they were on the ground, their hair was turning white as they grew their white beard. the hall was roaring in laughter. 

"five galleons, thank you" harry said as they were laughing and helping them to stand. but the laughter quickly disappeared as viktor krum entered. putting his parchment in the goblet as he looked at me. i absentmindedly smiled but shook that off as we escorted the twins to the hospital wing.

"well, they are not the only ones who tried this potion" madame pomfrey said as we looked at the other students whose beards are disappearing. 

"well brothers, that is something to be remembered' ginny chuckled as she sat on the edge of george's bed

"hermione, do i still look ravishing to you?" fred said as he rubbed his beard

i laughed at his gesture "yes fred but you and george are going to stay here until tomorrow morning"

"mum's gonna be pissed when she founds out" ron said 

"my patients need to rest! go on back to your dormitories!" madame pomfrey said as she forced us to leave.

"i'll see you tomorrow, freddie" i said and kissed him on the forehead. 

"good night mia" 

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FRED'S POV

morning came and i instantly grabbed the mirror next to the table.

"well. i'm devilishly gorgeous and again" i grinned as george continue to snore. the doors opened and i saw a hermione granger smiling at me. this i can get used to.

"good morning mia" i said as i held her hand

"you look yourself again. don't do it again." hermione said 

"yes ma'am" 

"let's have breakfast?" she asked. i nodded and went back to the common room to change into my school uniform and went to the great hall and sat next to our friends.

"hey fred, glad you're back to your old self. but where's george?" angelina asked

"snoring at the hospital wing" she laughed as she nodded and excused yourself

i almost tumbled off the seat as katie gave me a hug behind

"i was so worried about you freddie!" i looked at hermione. she was having that she's-an-annoying-person-it's-disgusting-really look. 

"i'll see you at class lovey, bye!" she said as she gave me a peck on my lips. as i turned around, hermione wasn't there anymore. ugh!

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Hermione's POV

i left the great hall with a bad mood. i can hear ginny calling my name

"hey. you alright?" i nodded. but she rolled her eyes

"trust me, i don't like her either. she's annoying me to the bone" 

"doesn't she get that her and fred are done?" i suddenly said out of nowhere

"i do. but..." we both turned around and saw katie with a grin on her face. 

"i don't want the great hermione granger gets all the boys. not especially fred weasley. if i can't have him" she said as she walks slowly towards me. i gave her a bad look

"no one can. bye ginny. hermione" she said and walked off

"she's mental. don't worry, she'll get over it" ginny said

"she needs to sort out her priorities" we looked at each other and laughed as we went to the common room.

that night was the time to reveal the three champions. i sat with ron and harry together with george and ginny. fred was in front of us and was forced to sit with katie. her hand on his arm. i rolled my eyes and decided to talk to the two

professor dumbledore had dimmed the lights as he approached the goblet of fire.

"the durmstrang champion is... Viktor Krum!" everyone had cheered and applaud as krum went to greet dumbledore and went to the door for the champions

"the beauxbatons champion is... Fleur Delacour!" she makes her way through and went to the door as well.

"the hogwarts champion.. is cedric diggory!" the hogwarts students cheered as he went to approach dumbledore and went to the door

'we have our three champions! but only one will go down in history. only one will win... the triwizard cup!" 

everything was going so well when the goblet suddenly went red and blew out a piece of parchment.

"harry potter" my eyes widen as i looked at harry who stiffened as he heard his name. harry? a hogwarts champion? 

""HARRY POTTER!" dumbledore shouted. i slightly pushed harry to go. he looked at us with fear in his eyes 

"everything will be fine. go" i smiled a little. then he left. ron stood beside me.

"harry would never do it" he said. i nodded and looked at him 

"something's bad is going to happen. i feel it" i said and shivered

"harry's in danger isn't he?" ginny whispered. 

"we don't know. all we know is he won't do this. he has a lot of other things on his mind"i said. 

"let's return to the common room. all of you are in shock" george said. we nodded and left. 

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Fred's POV

finally after that shocking turn of events katie went to her friends to gossip at the girls common room. it was already late and i saw hermione with ron , george and ginny near the fireplace. they were still in shock, waiting for harry. 

"hey. everyone alright?" george sat beside me on the floor 

"they're still worried for harry mate. our little sister has been pale even though she ate the sweets i stole from the kitchen to make them feel better" he whispered. 

"i just wish we're there next to him. trying to find out who did this to him. again" ron said

"i looked at the books and even if he's a 14 year old, he has no choice. he's a champion now" hermione said sadly. 

"it's his fourth year and everything is getting worse for the three of you" ginny said. hermione patted her shoulder. "he'll be fine. he has us-" the portrait opened and we saw harry drowning in his thoughts. hermione and ron ran towards him and gave themselves a hug.

"are you alright mate? "

"did dumbledore and crouch find a way to get you out of this madness?" they asked as we approached them. ginny gave him a tight hug as harry buried his face on her shoulder. 

"yeah. i'm fine. but. i have no choice. i'm.. i'm a champion" he said ron put his hand on his shoulder. 

"you have us mate. you're not going to go through this alone"

hermione nodded. i lightly pulled hermione so they won't see. 

"mia i'm sorry about katie. she just-"

"i know. i think it's better if i um... keep my distance" 

"what? no mione i want you here beside me" i pleaded

"why fred? katie doesn't want me near you. i know my place."

"i don't love her anymore i love-"

"tell her that then. she thinks i'm stealing you which i don't" i can see tears forming 

"hermione please. i don't like her anymore-"

"try telling her that. i have to go" she said and went to her common room

"tough luck mate" george said

"katie is worse than a grindylow and now hermione won't even let me finish. i just want to let her know that i love her"

"why don't you remove that grindylow from you so that you can ask her out. " george said

"how? she doesn't want to! she's driving me mad!" 

"forge, you're not my twin if you don't know how to break  girl's heart" george grinned and left.

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that morning i had a gloomy day. george was with angelina and my 'mione has been ignoring me for weeks as katie keeps following me

"fred let's grab something to eat shall we?" she said as her hand makes her way to my hand. i shrug it off

"katie could you stop this! i'm not dating you! so stop forcing yourself to me. we're done! i love hermione!" i said out of annoyance. she only smiled

"okay." she turn around and walked away. that easy? i thought

"but you're not going to be happy. weasley" 

'"try me bell. " i said and made my way to the common room as all the students went to the stadium for the first task. i changed and went to there as well. i looked for hermione but she wasn't there. ron ginny and george were cheering for harry. "where's hermione?!" i shouted through the cheers

"she went to the tent to give harry the best of luck" ron shouted back. i nodded and waited.

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Hermione's POV

harry and i were talking in between the curtains of the tent when suddenly gave him a hug because i'm worried sick for him when a big flash of light appeared and we both looked that rita skeeter took a photo of us. 

"young love! how..... disturbing" i gave her an annoyed look

"you 'ave no right 'ere" viktor suddenly walk inside. "thiz tent eez for champions.. and friends" rita skeeter shrug and left as the photographer also took a photo of him. viktor looked at me and walked away. okay.. what was that all about?

dumbledore went inside with mr crouch as they talked to the champions which i had the chance to leave and went back to my place.

i saw fred staring at me next to george so i stood between ron and ginny instead ignoring him, even though i want to run into his arms. well. we never really get what we want at all.

it was harry's turn and the horntail is said to be the worst dragon. harry had summoned his broom but the dragon managed to break free from the chains and went after him. i held ginny's hand as she was paler than me and of course scared. 

it was an awful time. we waited for harry's return and merlin's beard he's alive! we screamed and cheered as he grabbed the egg. we waited at the common room to congratulate him for being alive and for succeeding the first task. 

2 weeks has passed when professor mcgonagall told us there  will be a yule ball as a tradition for the tournament. ron was whinning about the dress robes mrs. weasley sent to him

"has anyone asked you to the dance?" ginny whispered. i shooked my head.

"i'm kinda expecting fred to ask me..." i blush at the thought and she grinned

"give him time. he's still having 2nd thoughts since you've been avoiding him"

'i know.. it's just i don't want anyone picking a fight just because of a guy" she nodded

'i know what you mean. hermione. don't tell anyone but... harry asked me to the ball" i giggled and smiled

"that's great! anyway i have to go gin. need to go to the library" i left and went to the library

while i was at the library i heard a few girls talking

"yeah i can't believe fred asked me to the dance!" i looked between the shelves and sa katie bell with her friends as she holds a long stem rose and bragging about it. i felt my heart breaking and disappointment ran into my head and sighed. maybe fred was just really playing with me. as i look through the shelves to read, i can hear foot steps behind me

"um... hi" i turned around and saw the famous viktor krum smiling at me

"uh.. hi.. are you looking for a book?" i pointed at the books. he looks at them then at me

"um.. no. i wuz tryin' to 'ave a chance to talk to you privately" i blushed and nodded

"about what?" he smiled and we sat at table near the window where no one can see us.

it was already dark outside and i know it's getting late. 

"i'm sorry viktor but we have to go back to our dormitories" i smiled. he nodded as we left the library

"ermyoninee" viktor said. i chuckled as he continue to struggle saying my name

"yes?" i asked as we were infront of the portrait

"would you like to go to the ball with me?" i was shocked as he held my hand.

"oh.. wow. but... your fans-"

"i really want to go with you... you are deeferrent from all of them" i smiled

"sure viktor. thank you." he kissed my hand and bid goodbye. oh my.

i went inside and saw fred pacing and he looks restless

"fred?" he looked at me and smiled

"hey 'mione. can we talk before you go to bed?" i nodded in confusion

"is there something wrong?" 

"nothing. i just want to ask you something" 

"okay what is it?" he took a deep breath and said

"i want to be your date to the yule ball. can we go together?" he said as he smiled

"oh. um... fred..." he looks sad and smiled

"i know you don't want to go with me it's-"

"no... um... someone already... asked me and... i said yes.." he looks shocked

"i'm sorry-"

"it's fine. i guess i wan't that quick enough" he gave a nervous laugh.

"i thought you were going with katie" he gave me a stern look

"why would i ask her? i want to ask you"

'i heard her in the library bragging about it. you giving her a long stem rose" he sighed and gave me a weak smile

"i don't do flowers. go to bed hermione. sorry to bother you." he left me dumbfounded. i felt my finger a little heavy. i saw on my finger a diamond cut ring glistening. i saw fred disappear and sighed and went to bed. 

a/n: sorry to keep everyone waiting! had a busy week. exams are coming up hope you like it! i also apologize for viktor's accent HAHAHAH i forgot how he speaks. i feel so old now