Decree No.29 (O.C) Fred Weasley/ Draco Malfoy

The Lottery

"And you guys did nothing? You slept in the same bed alone all night and did nothing?!"

It was Monday afternoon, and she and Theo walked up the stairs from the common room to attend Umbridge's first assembly as Headmistress. They had been in class when Umbridge had made the emergency announcement.

"We weren't really in the mood, Theo," said Jessica as she fastened her hairband around her ponytail, "besides, we weren't alone, nor sharing. I was bunking in the spare bed whilst Lee was next to me, snoring, and George was having nightmares. It's not exactly sexy when you hear the brother of the guy you're dating shout out about ghouls and goblins."

It wasn't exactly how she had pictured sleeping in the same room as Fred for the first time.

First, he and George had to sneak her into the common room without any of the Gryffindors seeing them. Then, she had to clean up Fred's injuries from the fight as George recalled what happened to Lee with delight. Then, she had to sleep alone, with the dread of what was to come keeping her up all night.

"Oh, come on. I'll close the curtains," Fred said from across the room when he woke up in the middle of the night to see her awake. "We'll have privacy."

However, Jessica rejected his offer because she was not feeling well, just as she had done when he asked her the first time.

In all honesty, she was scared of the necklace activating again with another vision and freaking him out. She had no idea who the long-haired man she had seen was, but she knew it wouldn't get out of her head easily. To appease him, though, she did wear his shirt to bed, and this did bring a comfort that was close to being in his arms.

"What about you and Pansy?" Jessica asked him, "Did she believe you when you told her it was innocent?"

"Yeah, I think she did eventually," Theo said as they walked up the stairs. "She didn't at first, though. We're cool now, but I think I've got to work on her trusting me like I had to do with you."

Jessica smiled and nudged Theo in the arm. She was glad it was them if someone was allowed to have a normal relationship.

"What's Draco like? He barely even breathes my way now. It's pretty weird."

"I don't know, he seems normal," Jessica replied, though she didn't know what normal was with Draco anymore, "I mean, he basically confessed to falling in love with me, and now he won't leave me alone. He's attached to me at the hip after what happened. I had to stay back in the loo with 'stomach problems' just now to get a break."

"Really? That's rough."

Jessica thought Theo would've reacted more strongly to this, perhaps by supplying a sarcastic comment or something. But nothing; he merely looked interested, like he was afraid Draco would hear him.

"Listen," Jessica said as they were about to reach the Great Hall, pulling him aside and lifting the back of her hand to his face. "You have this ring, too. What does it mean exactly? And why can't I take it off?"

She had tried the night of the party. Fred tried, George tried, and even Lee Jordan tried. No spell, charm or force could lift the ring from her finger. It was stuck.

Theo examined her hands, and his eyes focused like he had an idea, but he didn't disclose it for some reason. "I don't know," he said, "Draco just got it for us one Christmas. Mine comes off, so maybe it's just too small."