Eternity// F.W

VII. The fight

As Thea feared the weeks went by quickly and soon October started, and she didn't even realize, all she saw were quills and parchment flying around, as soon as she looked up everything was orange, the days were colder and shorter, it all went faster than she expected and she started to hate it, everything was changing before her eyes, she was getting older by the days and she felt as though, even if she was 15 her life was starting to rush out.
Thea's POV:
Nobody told me how fast the weeks went by, it was a Friday today, Friday 8 of October, I got up as always and headed for the bathroom to get ready, as always I went to say hello to the boys once I got ready, George was already gone, he is in much brighter mood ever since his first date with Angelina about 2 weeks ago, He gets up early and gets ready, leaves the room to go pick her up by the stairs as boys aren't allowed in the girl's dormitories, although he does know how to get there thanks to the Marauders map, still, he waits for her at the end of the stairs every day, and walks with her to Breakfast, lunch and dinner, he still hangs with us, but now Angie was part of the group, I was not mad, it was good to finally have another girl.
I knocked on the door to find that it was just Kenneth in the room,
"Came to look for your Freddie?" he asked
"Yes, where is he?"
"He didn't arrive yesterday," he said smiling
"How come?"
"Well, I heard George say that he was hanging out with this Ravenclaw girl,"
"Well then where is Lee?" I asked, but I've got to be honest, I am pretty hurt that Fred is with another girl
"Out,"
"Out where?" I asked
"I don't know, the bathroom, how could I possibly know?"
"You are his roommate how could you not know,"
"Your right on that Princess, I am his roommate, not his friend, therefore I do not know where your precious friend is,"
"Fine," I said walking off
"Wait," he said following me
"I've got to go sorry," "not sorry" I added under my breath
"Just wait," he said grabbing my wrists and getting close "What are you doing tonight?"
"it's none of your business" I replied
"Well, I was thinking maybe we could hang tonight,"
"Ha! in your dreams,"
"Come on Princess,"
"Stop calling me Princess my name is Theodora,"
"Give me one chance,"
"Fine," I said knowing that this was the only option for him to leave me at peace
"Really?!" he said smiling " Meet me downstairs at 7,"
"Now can I go?" I said breaking away from his tight grip
"Well, I could walk with you,"
"No thank you," I said leaving, thankfully he was in his Pyjamas so it would take time for him to catch up with me
I arrived at the great hall to see Lee, George, Angie and Fred all waiting for me
"What took you so long?" Said Lee
"Yeah you left before me T," said Angie
"Morning to you too, and Kenneth took a hold of me," I said
"Towler?" asked Angie
"Yeah, A class Arsehole," I said
"what did he want?" asked George
"A date with me," I said
suddenly Fred looked up
"What did you say?" asked Fred
"Well, I didn't have that many options, so I said yes" I replied
"Wait, let me get this straight, you agreed to go on a date with him?" asked Angelina
"Yes," I said
"And you're fine with that?" she asked again
"Its the only option Angie," I said
"No it isn't," said Fred
"Why do you care?" I said mad at him, well more jealous at him for seeing other girls, I mean why am I jealous is not like we are dating, I mean I fancy him, but I should be happy for him, he is my best friend
"Why do I care" he scoffed "I care because you're my best friend Thea,"
"Whatever," I said standing up and leaving
"Wait, please" he shouted coming at me "why are you so mad"
He really moves fast, I mean she took two steps and cached up with me outside the hall
"Maybe because you spent the night with someone else and didn't care to tell me," I said like he owed me an explanation
"What do you mean?" he asked
"Do you not trust me?" I asked
"Of course I trust you angel, who told you I didn't," he asked
"Then why not tell me?" I asked
"Tell you what Angel?" he asked
"Stop calling me Angel Frederick!" I said with angry tears in my eyes
"Thea please don't cry," he said with soft eyes "Please talk to me, explain why you are upset"
"You know what its nothing, don't worry about it, now if you don't mind, I don't want to be late for Potions," I said looking down
"Okay then let's go," he said walking closer to me
"No, I want to be alone," I said taking the longer route to the dungeons wiping the tears off my eyes
I heard him groan angrily, clearly mad that he doesn't understand why I am so cross at him.
We had double potions which I founded dreadful, I wasn't that bad at it but still, Snape didn't make it better, I sat down beside Angelina, Alicia and Melissa, they all looked at me weird as I normally sat down with the twins and Lee, which not only it grabbed the attention of the class but also snape's, he wasn't so keen on me, I think it is because of my parents, they always said they never got along in school, so clearly I am not his favourite, especially if I am friends with the twins.
Nevertheless, the class ended and we had History of Magic, I liked this class, I've always liked history, both Wizard and Muggle, it was really interesting, the only problem was again, the teacher, Professor Binns never helped to make the class take interest on the subject, I sat far away from Fred, this time I sat with Melissa to avoid any questioning, although I didn't work.
"Why aren't you with your friends?" she asked softly and kindly
"Not really in speaking terms with one of them"
"Would you mind if I asked who?"
"Not at all, it's Fred there," I said pointing at him
"Oh, but I thought you were kind of you know,"
"huh?"
"Together?" she said shyly
"No, not together, just friends,"
"I didn't seem like it, I mean he calls you angel and everything while the others call you Thea," she said shyly
"Yeah, well he does that,"
"He seems sad," she said looking at him confused
"Yeah well, he shouldn't be,"
"why?" she said looking at me "I mean, why shouldn't he be sad, his best friend who he calls Angel is not speaking to him, did you even tell him why you are so cross at him?"
"no," I said looking down
"Well that's even more reason to be sad, he doesn't know what he did wrong,"
"Well, he should,"
"How come are you so sure he did something wrong?"
"He didn't do anything wrong," I said
"Then why are you so cross at him?"
"Because" is aid taking a breath "Because someone told me something he did and I wasn't too keen on it"
"did you ask him if it was true," she asked "How could you be 100 percent sure if he did it, you should have heard it from him before getting cross at something you don't actually know if it is true"
"Your right, I should have asked him"
I wondered why I never spoke to her before, she was so nice, although I knew one person who could help me, find out if Kenneth was telling the truth or just wanting me to get mad at Fred.
As we headed for lunch I made George stop
"Hey George, can I have a word with you please,"
"Yeah, sure," he said coming my way and leaving behind Fred, Lee and Angie "What's up?"
"I think you know what's up," I said looking at him sadly
"Actually no, Fred refuses to talk,"
"Well, when I met Kenneth this morning it was because I went over to you guys room to get Fred and Lee," I said taking a deep breath, "He told me Fred hadn't come last night and that he heard you saying he was out with a girl," I said looking up at him with some tears at the thought of Fred with a girl who wasn't me
"Wait he told you that Fred was out with a girl?"
"Yes,"
"Fred arrived late because he was with your father,"
"Why was he with my father?"
"Because he wanted to get you a new Cd,"
"a new cd?" I asked
"Yes, for your music player,"
"Why?"
"Because Ron told us he and Harry broke your favourite one," he said "and Fred wanted to get a new one for you"
"Really?" I said looking up
"Yeah, and your father is getting it for him,"
"And he is doing all this because?"
"Because like he said today, we care about you, he cares about you,"
"He does, does he, " I said sadly
"Yes deeply," he said "now I recommend you to go and apologise as much as you need for him to forgive you for being a git,"
"I was a git was I,"
"very much," he said "I mean if he is not even speaking"
"thank you, Georgie," I said as I hugged
"Anything for you,"
I walked to the great hall and stand beside a really sad looking Fred
"Fred?" I said softly
"Theodora,"
"May I speak with you?"
"That depends, do you want to talk with me,"
"Yes, very much,"
"Then let's talk," he said standing up and leaving the great hall
I looked at George nervously and he gave me a smile and thumbs up I walked outside and founded him sitting on a bench at the entrance of the Hall
"You wanted to talk?" he said not looking at me
"Yes, I wanted to apologise,"
"that's it,"
"No, um, I got mad at you for no reason," I said making him look up "I was a proper git, I went over to your room this morning to come and get you, and Kenneth opened the door, he said you didn't arrive last night and that he heard from George that you were spending the night with a girl," "But now I know I am wrong because I talked to George and he said you arrived late because you were with my father"
"Why did you believe Kenneth?"
"I don't know"
"Why not ask me?"
"I don't know,"
"Apparently you don't know anything," he said standing up and leaving
"Wait,"
"What, what do you want Thea?"
"Why are you so angry?"
"Its quite simple, so figure it out," he said before leaving completely out of sight
I sat there and begun to cry, I have always been an emotional person, and fighting with Freddie never helped, we never fought, so every time I have fought with him I cry, I can't stand being cross at him, but I can't mostly stand him being mad at me, it breaks my heart, is this how it felt for him today when I got cross at him and not tell him why?
I got up and left to my room, not even caring if I had class anymore, I got to the tower and went straight to my room, I got in bed and just sat there in silence, feeling tears streaming down my cheeks slowly falling asleep.
"Thea?" said a muffled voice
I didn't want to wake up
"Honey?" I heard my Pa say
"Dad?" I said sleepily
"Hey, hello kiddo," he said smiling
"What are you doing here?" I asked
"I got worried after Sprout asked me what happened to you, so I went to get dad and came as soon as I could, "
"I'm okay, seriously," I said
"You don't look okay,"
"It's okay I am fine, besides its Friday and I have to be somewhere," I said "How did you get up here?" "I mean men and boys aren't able to climb the stairs,"
"I have my ways," said my dad "Now are you sure you don't need to go to Madam Pomfrey or something?"
"Yes I'm sure" is said "Now please go and enjoy your weekend"
He left, I would've started crying but I didn't have any more tears, I went over to the bathroom and see my cheeks stained with my tears, I went up and changed from my robes to something else, I didn't put much effort as I wasn't feeling like it, besides this date is to get rid of his not to make him keep coming.
I looked over to the wall where I had my clock and realized that it was already 7 pm which meant I had to go downstairs and meet Kenneth, I looked at myself in the mirror and took a deep breath and calmed myself down, as I reach the end of the stairs I saw him waiting for me with a wide grin in his face.
"Hello princess," he said grabbing my hand
"Hello," I said softly
"Are you ready?"
"Sure but we have to be at the astronomy tower at midnight,"
"Why?"
"Because we have astronomy,"
"Oh right," he said "Well then let's go" as he leads me out of the common room, as I walked past the couches I saw Fred sitting there looking sad, why though? he is the one cross at me, I already say I'm sorry, now if he is mad without explanation he should then apologise to me.
"Where are you taking me, Kenneth?" I asked
"someplace quiet," he said
as we exited the castle and walked to the lake where I saw he had placed a blanket and had some icecream
"Wow," I said clearly impressed that he actually took time to plan something nice
"I know," he said as he helped me sit on the blanket "first years are so easy to bribe"
We ate our ice cream mostly quietly but occasionally we would talk about classes, it was as though he didn't have much interest in talking to me, and if he did it was because he wanted to talk about himself.
We went back to the common room hand in hand, I hated it, as we arrived he looked at me and kissed me, I was shocked and definitely wanted the kiss to end, he tried to slip his tongue inside but I didn't let him, I felt vulnerable, he didn't even ask for permission, At least I wasn't my first kiss, I had given a boy a kiss when I was about 11 before I came to Hogwarts, It wasn't a lovable kiss but it was whatever, but besides him and Kenneth I haven't kiss anyone else, and I haven't loved anyone either.
Also, this was my first date, and it didn't go as I expected, not that I was expecting something good, but at least better than just ice cream and talking about himself.
As he pulled away I saw Fred, he didn't look sad anymore, he looked furious, as though he might push Kenneth straight in the face, he looked hot, I can't lie, his jaw was clenched and his eyes were starring at Kenneth so hard that I thought if starring could kill then Kenneth would be 6 feet under right now
"Kenneth?" I said looking up
"Yes?" he said
"Please don't provoke them," I said softly
"I'll do anything you want Angel"
"And don't call me angel, especially not in front of Fred"
"Why not? is he going to get mad at me? "
" you know he will get mad," I said "He doesn't like you"
"I know, which is why is much more fun," he said winking at Fred
As it was now 9:30 I decided to go take a quick nap before class or else I might fall asleep, but on my way to the stairs Fred stopped me
"Thea stop," he said in front of me
"What?" I said annoyed
"What went on, why was kissing you and calling you angel?"
"Why do you care?" I replied "It's not like you want to talk to me"
" You were supposed to drive him away and now- " he said angrily
"Now what?" I interrupted
" he is all hansy on you," he said sadly looking down
"And so what if he is hansy"
"So what? he shouldn't do that!"
"Why shouldn't he?"
"Because he is not your boyfriend!" he replied loudly
"So what?" I said "besides you are the one cross at me, I said my apologies so if you want to know more you better tell me why your cross or else just go bother someone else," I said turning around and pointing my wand at his chest, luckily I was on top of 3 steps so I could be somewhat taller I turned around again and ran up the stairs crying, as I entered my room I saw that Angie and George were fast asleep, I went over to my bed and sat there crying, I guess after all I still had some tears left.

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Sorry for the absence :(