second chance - george weasley

four

VIOLET's POV
7th of January

I was having breakfast by my own when Bella came to sit with me in the Slytherin table.

'' Good morning.'' she said.
'' Just morning.''
'' Are we in a bad mood today?'' she tried to peek at my face '' Are we?''

I just looked at her with a serious expression.

'' Oof, we definitely are..'' she got closer and whispered with fear '' Are you on your period?''
'' No, thank god.'' I laughed at her.
'' There you go! Much better.''

She grabbed a cinnamon roll and started eating, taking a sip of coffee with it.

'' What happened?''
'' He likes Astoria.''

She started choking and almost spit out her food.

'' What?!'' she said loudly.
'' Be quiet for fuck's sake!'' I hid my face.
'' Sorry..'' she looked around '' What?!''
'' Yeah, what can I say, she must have something that I don't.''

I looked up from my plate and my eyes met with George Weasley's, we locked gazes for a few seconds and I looked back down.

Bella noticed and looked at him and then back at me.

'' Why is a Weasley looking in our direction?'' she asked me.
'' I don't know, he's weird, he does weird shit.''

She tilted her head.

'' Did I missing something?''
'' No, Bella, you didn't, stop it.''

I looked at him once more and he looked away once our eyes met again.

'' I think I'm done with breakfast, I'll finish up on the way to class.'' I got up '' By the way, make a move on Blaise already, he likes you too.''

She just gasped and looked at me confusedly.

I walked out of the Great Hall and got on my way to class.

'' Violet!'' Ron called me and ran to me '' Morning.''
'' Morning, heading for class?''
'' Yeah, may I come with ya?''
'' 'Course.''

We walked to the classroom together.

'' How's the hangover?'' I laughed at him.
'' Not that bad, yours?''
'' Inexistent. ''

He laughed at me.

We arrived and got inside the classroom, I sat next to Blaise who was already there.

'' Hey.'' he greeted me.
'' Hello.''
'' Astoria told me you were out past curfew, is everything alright?''

I sighed.

'' Astoria can kiss my ass, she has nothing to do with my business.''
'' Agreed, I told her to fuck off.''

I laughed at him and class started.

Professor McGonagall started explaining something about transforming living beings into metal and I couldn't help but joke about it with Blaise, which made us laugh and catch her attention.

'' Ms. Black, I've heard you almost got detention yesterday, are you by any means trying to go to detention today?'' she scolded me.
'' No Professor.'' I tried not to laugh.
'' Then be quiet! You too Mr. Zabini.''

She turned back around and Blaise looked me dead in the eye and mocked her saying 'Rawr' so I burst out laughing, yet Blaise was able to keep a serious face on.

'' That's it! Detention for you Ms. Black!''

I just nodded at her and tried to calm down.

LATER THAT DAY

I was in McGonagall's office with two other guys who had gotten detention as well.

'' I don't really have any books exercises to assign you, so you'll have to clean two class rooms that were turned from the inside out by a group of pixies that escaped in Professor Lockhart's lesson. '' we left her office and started walking '' You'll be divided in two groups, Fillin and Hunter, you'll be in classroom B6, and Violet you'll be in A6 by yourself.''

The three of us nodded and entered the assigned rooms, as I got inside of mine I saw chairs everywhere, turnt tables and broken vases, dirt spilled everywhere.

'' This is gonna be fun.'' I sighed.

I started by fixing the broken vases with the Reparo spell and then putting the tables back on their feet.

Then suddenly I heard the door opening and closing.

'' I'm not done yet Professor, it has only been a few minutes..'' I said annoyed without looking at her, still cleaning the dust off.
'' Do I look that old?'' said a familiar voice.

I turned around and it was George.

'' What are you doing here?'' I put the piece of cloth on top of the table and leaned against it.
'' Wanted to apologize for yesterday, and figured you could use some help.'' he looked around.
'' Yeah, thanks but no thanks.''
'' I won't insist.'' he leaned against the door.

I sighed and threw him the piece of cloth.

We cleaned the whole mess in about one hour, being silent the whole time.

After we were done I told him to leave before McGonagall found out that he helped me.

'' Thanks for the help, you should go tho.''
'' Yup.'' he opened the door '' By the way, do you need help to end the essay?''
'' No, i'll handle it, thanks.''
'' Okay. See you around.''

He left and I pulled out the nearest chair to sit.

'' I'm so confused, why is he acting so nice all of the sudden? ''

After a while McGonagall came inside and looked around the room.

'' Not bad, the other boys have made the situation worse, so I'm satisfied with this outcome, you're free to go.''
'' Okay, have a nice day Professor.''

I left the room and went straight to the Hufflepuff's dorm to knock on the door and call Bella outside.

She came out not long after.

'' Is everything ok?''
'' Just needed a hug.''

She hugged me tight.

'' You can cry if you want.'' she said kindly.
'' No, you know I don't cry.''

We talked for a while and she tried to help me with one my daily rants.

'' Why don't you go get some beer?''
'' I should, yeah.''
'' Do you want company?''
'' Were you busy?''
'' Well I was going out with Blaise but I can cancel.''
'' No, don't you dare, I'll meet you later at dinner.''
'' Okay, have fun, anything you need, call me, I'll try to use my phone.''
'' See you later.''

I waved at her and walked by my own to Hogsmeade, I sat inside the Three Broomsticks and ordered a few beers by myself, a while later Draco came in with a grim expression and came to sit with me.

'' Drinking so early?'' he asked.
'' Yeah, like always, how about you? What're you doing here?''
'' Came to have a beer too.''
'' You don't look the happiest, what happened?''
'' I think Astoria still likes Oliver.''
'' Why would she? He cheated didn't he?''
'' He did but she gets all worked up about him still.''
'' She's probably still moving on, but that doesn't mean she still likes him.''
'' Maybe..'' he sighed and took a sip of my beer.

After chatting for a while we went back to the castle together, this time he insisted on taking me to my dorm.

Once we got there, Daphne, Astoria and Pansy were outside.

'' Thank you so much for listening to me, and caring for me.'' he put my hair gently behind my ear.
'' It's okay, I'll always be here.'' I held his hand while it rested on my face.

He got closer and kissed me on the forehead, I was a bit taken aback because we weren't that touchy with each other, ever.

He left and I got inside.

'' Boys are weird.''

TO BE CONTINUED