Hexed (Fred Weasley ft the gang)

six

Xanthies eyes lingered on Freds for a moment longer than she was entirely comfortable with, examining his eyes as he was hers. Her eyes then dropped to his hands on her hips, completely dwarfing her body in his large palms, his fingertips playing with the silky material of her dress. She could feel his breath against her cheek, Xanthie felt as though she couldn't breathe. Her hands had been resting on his forearms, feeling them tense as he held her.

For the first time in a long time, Xan was at a loss for words. She didn't have anything snarky to say to him, no insults or threats. Feeling the music rise its way from the floor, through her heels and up into her body she finally stumbled back from Fred. She shook her head and moved her hand through her hair, as if trying to waken herself from whatever trance she was in as she kept her eyes firmly on the tall, ginger in front of her.

"I-I don't know what the hell just happened, but let's just pretend it didn't..." Xanthie said, sounding unsure as she held her hands up to keep a distance between her and the boy. As she kept walking backwards, she bumped into El and Ginny who had found each other in the middle of the floor and started dancing together.

"Woah, Xan. You look like you've seen Nearly Headless Nick in the nude. Are you alright?" El asked, stopping her movements to hold onto Xanthies arm. Xan looked at her and nodded, her own words "let's just pretend it didn't" playing over and over in her head.

"I'm absolutely fine, just umm-4 drinks down y'know?" Xanthie said and forced a laugh that El and Ginny returned, Ginny pointing out that she wouldn't know the feeling since she had babysitters watching her every move.

As the girls all started dancing together again, Xanthies skin burned under her dress where Freds hands had been only moments ago. What the hell was he thinking? He normally couldn't even look at her and now he was trying to swoon her with his dance moves? Xan rested her arms on Ginnys shoulders, loosely clasping her hands behind her neck as they swayed together with El pulling Hermione away from a rather drunken Ron so she could steal her for a dance and in that moment, surrounded by her only friends (beside Blaise and Adrian who were trying to woo the same girl at the back of the room), Xan decided she would forget all about that whole ordeal and drink until she couldn't stand. Her hangover was a tomorrow problem she decided.

From behind her, Xanthie felt a hand snake round her waist, the other lowering a drink into her hand, assuming the worst she lowered her gaze and seen a hand with gold ring around his middle finger and a deep scar between the thumb and index finger. Not his. Thank god. The hand spun her round and she came face to face with Lee Jordan and relaxed as he started to move with her to the beat.

"Jordan, don't you have more havoc to be wreaking?" She teased as she took a sip from the drink he handed her and grimaced at the heat moving down her throat. She raised an eyebrow at him and moved her free hand to sit on his shoulder as he swayed into her body. He felt familiar as his hand dropped to her behind.

"Thought I'd come and whisk you away for a dance, princess. Freddie didn't seem to be showing you his best moves." Lee winked and spun Xanthie around and caught her once more. Xanthie desperately tried to cover the blush that crept up her neck at the memory.

"What the fuck was that all about anyway, you two can't stand the sight of each other." He said, leaning into Xans ear so she could hear him over the rumble of the music.

"Well, Malfoy was controlling me with his wand, thinking he was funny and getting me back for requesting a song but I can't tell you what was going through Weasleys brain..." Xan remarked, hoping Lee could provide some kind of answer. Lee only looked at her with a shrug and finished his own drink, closing his hand around the now empty cup and vanishing it. Xanthie lifted her drink to her own lips and Lee gently pushed the bottom of the cup up higher, egging her on to bottom the drink in one go, "I'm gonna need you to finish this drink and catch up with me", which Xanthie happily obliged to.