My Damned Lover: Third Year

Chapter 62

It was night, and Seraphina was back at her dorm after dinner. As soon as she arrived in the common room, the Weasley twins had forced her to stay in her room. Fortunately, Hermione was keeping her company, and Hermione's story about Ron almost peeing in his pants after running into a loose boggart made her too busy laughing to think about leaving. 

A knock on the door made her look up. 

Ginny poked her head inside and grinned. "Come on down, birthday girl." 

"Oh, finally. I was wondering how long you were going to keep me imprisoned here," Seraphina joked as she stood up. 

Hermione lightly whacked her arm. "What do you mean? Didn't you have fun spending quality time with me?" 

"Of course I did," Seraphina hooked her arm around Hermione's and grinned. "It's always nice to hear Ron's embarrassing story." 

"What did my brother do this time?" 

"He peed in his pants." 

"What?!" 

"Almost," Hermione corrected. "That's the key word here." 

"You two better tell me all about this later," Ginny said with a grin. "Now let's go. My brothers are getting impatient." 

The three of them went down the staircase, and as soon as Seraphina reached the bottom, the sound of firecrackers filled the air. 

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SERAPHINA!" 

The common room was filled with Gryffindors celebrating her special day. Seraphina laughed, "Thank you." 

Fred appeared by her side and wrapped an arm around her. He waved at the crowd and said, "I'd like to thank everyone for coming to our engagement party- OOF!" 

Seraphina jammed her elbow into his abdomen. "You wish," she snorted. 

"Obviously," he said with a wince, making her smile. 

"Happy birthday, Seraphina." George said as he held out his arms. Seraphina gave him a hug before being attacked with a back hug by Fred. "Happy birthday, love! I'm so happy an angel like you were born!"

 "She's no angel." 

"I heard that, Ron." Seraphina shot him a look. 

Ron shrugged but broke into a grin. "Happy birthday. Here. A sweater from our mum. She wishes you the best." 

"Awww, thanks, Ron! I'll make sure to write her a thank you letter!" Seraphina hugged the sweater with a genuine smile. She absolutely adored the birthday gift. 

"Let the feast begin!" 

"Birthday girl first!" 

"Come here, Seraphina!" Fred caught her wrist and tugged her to the buffet table. 

"We just had dinner," Seraphina cracked up but took a plate. There was an assortment of sweets from Honeydukes. 

"Sorry we're missing your favorite. They were all out of glacial ice flakes," Harry said. 

Seraphina grinned knowingly. "It's okay. I have my own personal stash..." She chortled, and he gave her a curious smile. 

"Happy birthday, Seraphina!" The Patil twins chimed and held out gift boxes. 

"Thank you so much," Seraphina said with a broad grin. "I appreciate it." 

The rest of the night was filled with gifts, laughter, food, games, and dancing. It was now past midnight, and her birthday was long over, but the party didn't look like it was about to end anytime soon.