Second Thoughts - Fred Weasley x Reader

Chapter One

Y/N POV

     "Y/n/n, y/n/n, wake up." I heard a gruff voice whisper in my ear as they were shaking me. I rolled over blinking awake to a lit wand in my face. "Get that out of my face!" I shout whispered while putting my hand up to cover my eyes. The voice chuckled softly. Finally, after my eyes settled, I was able to see a shaggy-haired Weasley boy's face

I smiled, saying "What are you doing Freddie?"

"You need to get up, I wanna have a bit of fun."

"Right now? It's like the middle of the night!" Although I was saying this, I was already taking the blanket off of my body and sitting up. His hand was held out in front of me. I grabbed it and was suddenly drug out the door with no shoes. That wasn't the only shock that hit me. It was raining outside and Fred was laughing while pulling me to the grass.

"What are we doing out here?!" I shouted while pushing my hair out of my face, having the biggest smile I ever could and letting the droplets of water flow through it. I started spinning in a circle with my arms out, my face towards the sky.
Fred grabbed my waist, we almost fell over but he pulled me in close so he could whisper in my ear, "I wanted to dance and it was either you or George. So you seemed to be my best option."

     This made me giggle, but I grabbed his hand and we started dancing around the grass while laughing and living in the moment. Swaying wildly around as if fast paced music was playing all around us.

       I knew Fred was a flirt, as he has always flirted with many girls and had a lot of different relationships with the girls in our year in the past. I just felt we had a certain chemistry, whether he knew it or not. We both stopped to catch our breath, but I started to get cold. Taking a bold step, I wrapped my arms around Fred, and to my surprise, he did the same.

     In his chest, I said "Freddie, I'm freezing! We should go back inside." I looked up at his face looking down at me. He was staring at me, his eyes scanning over my eyes, nose, and to my mouth. He was leaning closer into me, our faces only inches apart from one another. My heart was pounding.

     This was the perfect moment for us to share what would be our first kiss together. I could share my feelings with him and see if he had felt the same. By what we are about to do I realized it could be a sign though. I leaned in closer, our foreheads were touching, noses grazing one another, our breathing heavy from dancing around like fools.

     Fred pulled away, turned around, and ran his fingers through his hair. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and sighed. My heart felt as if it had broke. I felt tears forming in the corners of my eyes but I didn't want him to see me cry over nothing so I took a deep breath and turned towards the burrow.

"I apologize for that- it's just... the problem is," Fred was turning back towards me. He was stammering his words together. I licked my lips before speaking and turned back towards him. 

"It is really okay, let's just go inside and get dried up. You don't have to explain yourself." I turned again to go back inside, my heart ached still, he didn't like me. Fred grabbed my hand and turned me back around. Both of his hands were holding onto each of my arms.

"Y/n listen," his eyes were piercing into mine, his body stiff as a board. "The problem is... is-" My heart was beginning to pound again and he kept scanning my face but it was blankly staring back at him. "I don't want you to catch feelings for me and I don't want to lead you on. You're George and I's best friend. We're just friends and we should be nothing more. I mean look at us." Selfish bloke. For me, the moment had faded so I began to laugh it off. The only way to show I wasn't in pain. But I should have known this moment was too good to be true. I had to act like it didn't feel like a knife just stabbed through my heart, but a part of him was right. If he didn't have feelings for me, it could potentially ruin everything.