Secrets Only Trouble Knows - George Weasley

42 - I Adore You

{ A/N: sorry I haven't updated sooner! I've been stuck writing a school paper the last few days. Hope everyone's doing alright!

Long chapter this update because I love you guys.

Also, 'Adore You' by Harry Styles was stuck in my head while I wrote this, so it partly inspired this chapter :-) Give it a listen if you strangely never have before lol }

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George's POV

"George, quit bouncing your leg, mate," Fred piped up from the other side of the couch we were sitting on. "You're making me nervous."

Fred, Kol, and Lee were hanging out around the fire in the common room with me, keeping me company while I waited for Nova to walk down the stairs for our date any minute.

I hadn't been anxious at all about today up until this very moment. Now with ten minutes to go until Nova was meeting me, I was a complete mess. I knew she and I had been together alone doing things just the two of us before but we'd never considered those times to be "dates," so I'd never been too nervous.

But now that we were calling what we were doing today our first official date, the formality of it all was what was scaring me and making me overthink everything. I was worried I'd worn the wrong thing, worried she wouldn't like what I had in store. Most of all, I was worried I was pushing her too much. The last thing I wanted to do was move too fast and end up overwhelming or scaring her.

"I can't help it, Fred," I grumbled, rubbing at my eyes out of frustration. "I'm kind of freaking out here."

"Dunno why, really," Kol said as he sunk further into the armchair he was sitting in. "I mean, you both like each other. I don't think anything can go wrong today."

"What if she doesn't like what we're doing though?" I replied quickly, running a hand through my hair. "What if she's bored? Do I even look okay—"

"George, relax," Lee said firmly. "She's gonna like what you're doing, she won't to be bored, and you do look okay. Stop getting in your head, mate."

"Yeah, everything will be fine," Fred assured me. "You've got nothing to worry about."

I suddenly felt two hands clap down on my shoulders from behind where I was sitting on the couch and I immediately jumped. I looked up to see Jasper looming above me and my anxiety reached an all time high— I just knew he was going to say something to me about Nova.

"Okay, except maybe about whatever he's got to say to you," Fred chuckled.

"George," Jasper drawled, walking around the couch and plopping down lazily in the space between myself and Fred. "It's almost twelve, isn't it?"

"Yep, almost twelve," I replied awkwardly, looking at my watch. "Nova should be down here any second to meet me."

"Right, and speaking of Nova," he said, leaning over and gripping my shoulder. "I want to have a quick little chat before you go off with her. Do you mind?"

"Um— n-no, not at all," I told him, swallowing the lump that had just formed in my throat.

Jasper looked up at the others sitting around us. "Can you give us two minutes, boys?" he asked politely.

Oh, fuck.

Fred glanced over at me and immediately snorted, clearly seeing the panic that just spread across my face and finding it utterly amusing.