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xiv. distractions

chapter fourteen
DISTRACTIONS

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Fred's pov

» » I SAW THEM. I don't think they noticed me from where I stood across the street, but I saw them. Holding onto each other for dear life, her crying in his arms and him taking his sweet time in kissing the side of her face.

I was never the jealous type, at least not until my feelings for her grew stronger. It was almost as if she had total control of my feelings, and I could cave at the mere sight of her. She was the puppeteer, in complete control of my strings.

Of course, I had seen other people over the years — mainly fellow Gryffindor Angelina Johnson — but they could never seem to evoke the same feelings that Edith managed to. I don't know it it was because we had been best friends for so long and we knew pretty much everything about each other, or if it had to do with something else entirely. No matter the reason, I couldn't help but feel like I had no right to be jealous. Not when our lives and past was so complicated, not when I had been acting so rudely towards her. However, I guess my rudeness was because of my feelings for her.

George and I met Edith on our very first day at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I had caught her eye from across the Great Hall as students and teachers gathered for the Sorting Ceremony, and when her name was called to get sorted, I couldn't keep my eyes off her. I was in an entranced sort of state, probably staring at her a little to long. Hell, if she ever caught my eye then and there, she must've thought me a right creep.

I felt a weak smile settle on my cheeks when she was sorted into Ravenclaw. I guess I saw it coming that me and George would ultimately be sorted into Gryffindor, as both our parents and older siblings were, so I was a little bit disappointed to learn we wouldn't be in the same house. However, that didn't stop me from marching over to the Ravenclaw table and introducing myself and my twin to the brown eyed girl. At first, she must've been a bit surprised considering my brothers and I's forwardness, but then a smile settled on her face as well.

From that day forward, the three of us were inseparable. We spent pretty much every waking moment outside of class together, making trouble and causing mischief in the hallways. It was as if George and I had found our long lost triplet, our soulmate. She was our best friend, and we never shared a dull moment.

Over the years, I found myself falling harder and harder for Edith. I just couldn't help myself. She was beautiful, truly magnificent, inside and out, and I couldn't help but love the living daylights out of her. Unfortunately, I was too much of a coward to do anything about it, despite George's many attempts at getting me to confess my feelings. I guess I was afraid it would ruin our friendship if I did, and I would much rather have her as a friend than not have her at all. So I just stuck my head back in the sand and pretended as if nothing had changed, and resorted to loving her from afar.

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I made a dumb decision.

It was probably the worst decision I ever made.

I agreed to a date with a complete stranger.

I think it must have been because I wanted to get my mind off what I had witnessed in Hogsmeade. I wanted to get my mind off them. Him and her.

She was beautiful, I couldn't deny that. With her strawberry blonde hair and big blue eyes. She seemed curious to get to know me, and in a moment of weakness, I said yes to her. I certainly didn't plan on going on a date with someone other than the person I was currently madly in love with, but I figured it was worth a try to get to know someone new.