second chance - george weasley

sixteen

I walked inside the common room and jumped up and down with thrill.

Hermione came downstairs and saw my little jumps so she came rushing to me.

'' Mind to tell me what happened?''
'' I-I'm just happy!'' I laughed.

She smirked and tilted her head.

'' Did you drink?''
'' What?! No!'' I laughed.
'' Then?''
'' I can't tell you yet, but I will, soon!''
'' Promise?''
'' Yes!''

She laughed and we both hung out for the rest of the afternoon.

Later that day, I was drawing in when Ron and the twins walked into the common room still with wet hair from their shower.

I looked over to Hermione and we both giggled at the sight of them as we were both appreciating their looks.

Fred took George's usual place and sat by my side.

'' How was practice?'' I asked Fred.
'' It was okay, it started getting windy so we gave up and called it quits for the day.''

I nodded and looked at George who was putting his towel to dry near the fireplace.

I got back to drawing and a while later George came behind the couch I was sitting on and squeezed my shoulder gently, so I looked up to him.

'' Yeah?''

He leaned down and whispered.

'' Can we talk?'' he paused '' In private, I mean.''

I nodded and got up.

'' We'll be right back.'' George said and dragged me out of the common room.

We walked into a nearby classroom and sat on one of the tables.

'' Is everything alright?'' I asked.
'' Everything great, I just wanted to make sure we were on the same page.''
'' About?''
'' Us, about us.''
'' A-alright... what page are you in?''
'' I want you to be mine.'' He caressed my cheek.
'' I want to be yours too.''
'' I know this isn't romantic at all but... I do have to ask you one thing?''
'' Of course.''
'' Can we keep it private for a while?''
'' Uhm, okay, sure... but why? We have been 'touchy' for a while now, everyone thinks we're already dating anyways.''
'' I know, but it's because of my parents and my siblings, I want to be the one to tell them.''
'' Okay, that's fine.'' I smiled shyly.
'' I'll... I don't know, arrange a dinner? With all of them and your father, so that we could have a talk about it.''
'' Sure George, but let's take it easy, let's not rush anything, once the time comes, it comes and we tell them.'' I put my hand on his knee.
'' Yeah you're right, I'm sorry.''
'' No, no! It's okay, we're on the same page alright? I know what you mean, I also want this to be serious, I just don't want to rush it.''
'' I can respect that.''

We both smiled and he kissed me softly.

After a while we decided to go back and meet the guys at the common room.

'' Where did you two go?'' Fred whispered to me as I sat next to him.
'' He wanted to show me some of the things he gathered for the project.'' I lied.
'' Never seen him so invested in a project.''

I shrugged my shoulders and acted like I didn't know of anything.

Throughout the rest of the day nothing important happened and we just hung out at the boys door after dinner.