so just give me one more night (гет)

“It’s not a problem, ‘Mione,” Fred says honestly, because, well. Taking Hermione to the Yule Ball really isn’t going to be a problem. Really.
“Still, I owe you,” she says. She settles back into her seat. “How’d you know, though?”
“The panic,” Fred laughs. “You looked like you were about to fall out of your chair.”
*\
Viktor asks Hermione to the Yule Ball but she’d really rather not go with him. So she makes up a little white lie and Fred swoops into rescue her once he realizes this. Later, she swoops in to save him when George makes the wrong assumption.
It’s just a few weeks of pretending to date between two friends, just to help each other out. Nothing will go wrong. They’re sure of it.