More Than That

Chapter 12

"Thank you so much," Sage said as she accepted her shopping bag and change with a smile.

"You're very welcome, have a good day Miss," the cashier said and waved as she and Fred exited the shop.

They had only been at Hogsmeade for a little while - Sage had immediately found the store she wanted to go to and had already had a list of what she needed so it only took her a few minutes to grab everything and check out.

"Okay, where to now?" Sage asked and looped her arm with Freds as they walked down the street.

Fred turned to look down at her. "I thought that was all you needed, aren't we just going back?".

Sage shrugged. "I dunno, I mean we're here already, might as well make a day of it." She then turned and looked up at him as they walked with the most exaggeratingly sad expression that she could muster. "Unless you don't want to spend time with me?".

Fred rolled his eyes and yanked her closer to him while they continued to make their way through the town. "Shut up, Sage," he huffed. She giggled and turned back to scan her eyes over all the shops. "I don't care, we can go wherever. I don't have anything going on today."

She beamed up at him and proceeded to pull him with her wherever she wanted to go.

Sage dragged Fred into each shop that caught her eye, the stores ranging from boutiques to quidditch shops to candy stores.

They each had a bag of candy from Honeydukes that they were munching on when Sage grabbed Fred's arm again to bring him with her into another small shop. They walked around for a little bit (or more like Fred followed Sage around for a little bit) until Sage spotted something and chuckled.

"No, I am not putting those on," Fred said and pushed Sage's hand away after she'd grabbed a pair of sunglasses off of the rack. They were large, pink, round-rimmed sunglasses - those big ones that take up your entire face.

Sage smiled and pushed them towards his face again. "Please? For me?".

Fred continued to shake his head and hold his own for another minute but eventually gave in to Sage's pleading look and yanked them from her hand. "There. Are you happy now?".

Fred looked absolutely hilarious with the frames on, they really did take up his entire face and perfectly offset the scowl present on his face. Sage burst out in laughter in the middle of the shop and wasn't even able to stop when the owner came out from the backroom to shush her. It wasn't like there was anyone else in the store.

Fred's lips quirked up in a smile as he watched Sage try to calm down her laugher. "Want me to model them for you?" he asked and started to strike ridiculous poses that highlighted the glasses on his face.

Sage giggled at his ridiculousness and stepped in front of him to loop her arms up and around his neck, ceasing his modeling that the store owner was looking even more grumpy at. She had eventually just given up and walked back into the back room, muttering something about 'idiot kids'.

"Yeah, you look really hot," she said with an amused smile while looking up into his hidden eyes.

Fred pushed the glasses up and into his hair, pushing his messy hair away from his forehead with them. "Yeah?" he asked with a smirk and started to bend his head down.

Sage moved her head to dodge the kiss, resulting in an accidental peck on the cheek from Fred. She reached up, grabbed the glasses out from underneath his hair, and put them back on the rack. "C'mon, let's go."

Fred groaned some more as she pulled them out of the shop but Sage was unphased by his annoyance as they continued their journey down the street in search of other shops.