Secrets Only Trouble Knows - George Weasley

40 - Yours, George

Nova's POV

"Nova, it's me, Jasper."

I turned my head towards the locked door at the sound of my twin's voice coming from behind it and stared blankly at it for a few moments, debating whether or not to let him in.

For the past few minutes I'd just been getting out all of my anger from tonight's events through crying. I'd never been much of a crier before in my life. I just didn't do it much at all, even when I was at my saddest. The only times I would cry would be when I had simply just reached my breaking point, when I was so extremely overwhelmed and frustrated and couldn't bear to hold in my feelings any longer. Tonight happened to be one of those times, so the minute I'd left the boys in the backyard after the fight I completely broke down.

By the time Jasper knocked on my door I'd gotten most of my crying out and was simply laying there numb on my bed with tears beginning to dry on my cheeks, just staring up at the ceiling.

"Please let me in, Nova." Jasper's voice rang out again.

"Are you alone?" I croaked, desperately hoping neither George nor Adrian were with him trying to apologize.

"Yes." he replied.

"Do you promise they're not with you?" I asked.

"I promise." Jasper answered.

Reluctantly, I stood up from my bed. With a deep sigh I unlocked the door, pulling it open for my brother and allowing him to step in.

I trudged back over to my bed and flopped back down on it. Jasper followed suit and climbed in next to me, wrapping an arm around my shoulder and letting me rest my head on his chest. I closed my eyes and listened to his heartbeat for a moment, trying to calm myself down.

"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked gently, his chest vibrating against my ear with the sound of his voice.

"I don't know what else there is to talk about besides how angry I am with them." I replied simply, sighing. "And how I'm going to be angry with them for a long time."

"If it makes you feel any better I gave them a proper talk after you left," Jasper said, trying to lighten the mood some. "Should have seen the looks on their faces. They know they've fucked up, I assure you that."

"Good." I answered. "Because they certainly did."

"I'm sorry they ruined this night for you, Nova. I really am. I know how much you were looking forward to it," he said softly.

"Yeah, me too." I mumbled, nestling further into his chest. "Everything was going so well, you know? The drinking, the dancing— it was all so much fun and I was so, so happy to be spending tonight with all of you. And what happened between George and I was just the cherry on top of it all. It was perfect. But I guess I should have known tonight was all too good to last..."

For a moment it was quiet between my brother and I, the only sound being that of his heartbeat and soft breathing.

"Do you mind if I ask what happened with George?" Jasper said suddenly. "I mean, I kind of know what happened, but... I'm sure there's more to the story."

"Yeah, there is," I answered, letting out a big sigh as I prepared myself to tell him everything. "Just to be clear, George didn't 'come onto me' or try to take advantage of the fact that I was drunk, like Adrian assumed. I meant what I said about it not being like that at all."

"I didn't think he did, honestly. He's not that type of person." Jasper replied and I nodded in agreement.

"Well, basically, we were just out there getting some fresh air. I don't even really know how it all happened, but he ended up telling me I was beautiful," I continued. "I didn't understand why he'd tell me that because up until now I truly didn't think he liked me in the way he apparently does, so we started arguing over that, I guess. I don't really know. But then the next thing I know he's confessing that he's interested in me right as the countdown to midnight ends. The fireworks went off after that and he just... pulled me in and kissed me."