Secrets Only Trouble Knows - George Weasley

41 - Black and Purple

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Nova's POV

After having talked through everything with George on top of the Astronomy Tower and staying with him a little longer to look up at the stars, we both finally decided it was time to head back to our dormitories for the night.

Though just one day ago I hadn't been planning on mending my relationship with George anytime soon, I was now so happy that things had worked out the way they had tonight. I was very skeptical about accepting his request to meet him at our spot and especially anxious about how the conversation itself would go, but surprisingly it had all gone better than expected.

Not only had George been extremely considerate of my feelings by letting me rant to him and just explain my side of the story, but afterwards he also seemed to fully understand where I was coming from and accept responsibility for his mistakes. After talking with him, I could tell he genuinely felt sorry for everything, not just for New Year's but also for how this whole past school term had been as well. It was also clear that he was telling me the truth when he said he would work on things with Adrian, and that was all I could ask of him.

But despite resolving things with George, that didn't mean everything was over yet. George had only been half of the problem— I still had Adrian to deal with. And while I was certainly still frustrated with him for being a proper instigator all of the time and for being the one to have started the fight on New Year's, I finally decided it was time to try and resolve things with him as well.

I wasn't necessarily looking forward to it though. If discussing things with George was difficult and awkward I knew it was going to be infinitely more uncomfortable to talk with Adrian since there was no denying the fact that I had to address the elephant in the room— the fact that he liked me and I couldn't return those same feelings.

Nevertheless, I didn't really have much of a choice. He was still my best friend despite everything and if I wanted him in my life, I had to get over it and talk with him, no matter how awkward things may be.

After giving myself a quick pep talk as I hopped into my bed tonight, I decided I'd speak with him tomorrow. It was a Saturday which meant I'd have a lot more time to sit down with him and talk.

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The next day rolled around and I strolled into the Great Hall for breakfast, starting for the Slytherin table like I had been planning. I expected Adrian to be sitting there like he always is, but as I got closer I noticed he, along with some of the other boys like Graham Montague and Marcus Flint, where nowhere to be seen. There must have been a Quidditch practice holding them up, so I decided I'd get something to eat first and then head out to the pitch to try and talk to Adrian there.

Walking back over to the Gryffindor table, I plopped down next to George, giving him a smile. Immediately my table of friends went silent and for a moment I was confused, not having thought much about my actions, but then I soon remembered none of them knew about the progress I'd made with him last night.

"Wait, what's going on?" Jasper asked, pointing his fork at me as he gave George and me a skeptical look.

"Did you just smile at him?" Callie whispered to me, jutting her head towards George.

"Forget the smile, she sat down next to him," Flora pointed out.

"Nova's willingly enduring being in George's presence?" Kol joked. "Consider me shocked."