Semper - Fred Weasley

Chapter XXXIV

„Freddie!“ Penny yelled, sitting at the kitchen table, chewing on the tip of her pen while scribbling and writing over and over on the piece of parchment in front of her.

„Yeah?“ Fred came out of the bathroom of their shared bedroom in the flat.

He stopped behind Penny’s chair and placed his hands on her shoulders, where he began massaging them gently.

Penny tilted her head back and closed her eyes as the tension slowly eased.

„As much as I would love it if you continue. But I need your help here.“ she looked back at the parchment and tapped at it with the pen.

„Hmm.. What can I do?“ he pulled Penny’s chair back, picked her up and sat down in the chair with Penny on his lap.

„So I have your parents, my parents, your siblings and partners, that’s 15 people, at two tables, one table of eight and the other of seven, right?“ Fred nodded.

„A table with the friends, Luna as well as her dad, Neville, Dean, Seamus uhm… Oliver. That’s it right? We only wanted the closest ones, right?“ Fred nodded, a smile twitching at the corner of his mouth.

„Okay, then Minnie, Professor Slughorn, Poppy, Hagrid and Professor Flitwick.“ she looked at him questioningly.

„Sounds good to me… but I have one question though.“, he looked at the drawing in front of them and then back at Penny.

„Go on.“, she said.

„Where are we going to sit?“ he bit the inside of his cheek to stifle the smile that was slowly trying to leave his lips.

Penny’s expression dropped.

She looked down at the parchment and when she saw, that she in fact hadn’t planned a seat for the two them she let out a desperate groan.

„Brilliant. And what am I supposed to do now?“, she whined and Fred took the pen out of her hand, laughing.

„Just tell me where I should add our names.“, he said and Penny thought about it for a moment.

„Depends… do you want to sit with our maid of honor and best man, or do we want to sit alone or do we want to sit with them and our parents?“, she listed the possible constellations.

Fred furrowed his brows.
„Including their partners?“, he asked and Penny lifted an eyebrow.

„Yeah? Of course.“, she said more as a question than an answer.

„So then I have to sit at a table with Ron, right?“, he asked.

„Don’t be so mean,“ Penny playfully hit him on his shoulder and laughed. „but yes, seeing as Hermione is my maid of honor, and if they haven’t broken up by then, which I doubt, then he’ll be sitting with Hermione, which means he’ll be sitting with us.“

„I’m only joking,“, he laughed. „You know that right?“, he tickled her sides.

„I know. You might be an idiot sometimes, but you’re not that big of an asshole.“, she turned to face him.

„Wow, you’re really bad at complimenting, has anyone ever told you that?“, he chuckled and shook his head.

„Fuck off,“, she laughed „just say something already.“

„Fine, I’d like to sit with them. But us six plus our parents would be too many people for one table don’t you think?“, he said while intensely staring at Penny.

„Hmm.. That would be ten people. But otherwise, if our parents would sit with your other siblings they also would be ten so it doesn’t matter.“, Penny answered.