second chance - george weasley

eleven

FRED's POV

I was having breakfast with Ron and Harry since George was still pissed at me for going out with Violet.

All of the girls, including Violet, were also having breakfast but were a bit further apart from us.

Ron and I saw George coming into the Hall and heading our way.

Once he got there he sat by my side with a tired face.

'' Are you ok mate?'' asked Ron.

He just looked at us, rolled his eyes and passed me 10 galleons without even looking at me, and we all knew what that meant.

Both Ron and Harry gasped and laughed out loud, making the girls look at us.

'' Happy? You've won the bloody bet.'' he said.
'' I'm glad you've come to terms with it brother, but we all knew how you felt already.''
'' Yeah mate.'' Ron added.

George shrugged it off and just started eating.

'' Can we talk in private?'' I asked him.

He looked at me and got up to walk away from the table so I followed him.

GEORGE's POV

'' Sorry for asking her out, it was a bit unnecessary from my part.'' Fred apologized.
'' It's fine, we're not together nor close to that, she probably doesn't even-''
'' She does.''

I was a bit taken aback by his answer, which made me nervous.

'' How do you know?'' I asked.
'' I kissed her and she pulled away, she said she couldn't do that, and I said I knew why and she agreed.''

At the same time that jealousy rose in my stomach, I couldn't help but smile slightly.

'' So you think she fancies me?''
'' I mean, see by yourself, ask her to see her notebook, the one where she draws.'' Fred winked at me and left.

I looked over at Violet and she was looking at me but quickly turned to Ginny and pretended like nothing had happened.

AFTER CLASS

Violet had sat next to me in the courtyard and I was trying not to be awkward.

Everything was very new to me, I had only ever hooked up before, not actually liked someone.

The guys were play fighting while Ginny and Hermione were talking about the Durmstrang guys coming to Hogwarts next week.

Violet on the other end was quietly drawing, focused and minding her own business, so I took the opportunity to ask for a peek.

'' Oi Black.''
'' Yes?'' she looked at me.
'' Can I see?'' I pointed at her notebook.
'' Uhm...'' she paused and looked down at the book '' Sure.''

I sat closer to her, our thighs were touching and I could strongly feel her perfume.

She was drawing her view of the castle.

'' That's really nice, do you draw often?''
'' Yeah, I love to draw.'' she smiled down at the drawing.
'' Can I see the other ones?''
'' Well, there's... uhm... a few embarrassing ones '' she paused '' But sure, go ahead.''

She handed me the notebook.

The first pages were colored drawings of her old friends, Blaise, Bella, Draco... a lot of Draco, which I already supposed since everyone knew she had a crush on him for the past few years.