tension. (fred weasley fanfic)

nine

*i've decided to switch it up for this chapter so the first half is fred's pov and the rest is novas <33*

i stirred in my sleep, the coldness in mine and george's room made it worse as i pulled the duvet closer to me. i attempted to drift back to sleep, but that was soon interrupted by george's voice booming as he stormed up the steps.

"oh just sod off!" george said, slamming the door after him as i rolled around to face him. "about time your bloody awake." he mumbled, as i furrowed my eyebrows. "don't take your shitty mood out on me." i replied, sitting up from my bed. "well, our dearest mother want's us all out of bed." george said, before leaving the room again.

i sighed, pulling on a shirt that was folded on the top of my dresser before walking down the stairs and into the sitting room. "morning fred, good sleep?" my mother said, smiling as i kissed her hair. "yeah, until george and ron woke me up." i scoffed, as she shook her head whilst putting the stack of pancakes on the plate. i tried to discreetly take one, but she slapped my hand away with the spatula.

i rubbed my hand with a scowl as i walked back into the sitting room to see ginny, ron and harry playing wizard's chess as george watched. suddenly, there was a bang which came from the stairs which caused the five of us to furrow our eyebrows.

"i told you it wouldn't be a good idea!" hermione laughed, as Nova jumped off her back. "but im perfectly fine, see?" she replied, spinning.

"morning, freddie." nova grinned, snapping me from my gaze as she looked up at me. "morning smidge." i replied, laughing at the name yet again as she scoffed. "great, my new nickname is smidge now, huh?" she asked, as i nodded.

her feet lightly padded against the wooden floor as she walked over to the kitchen, now helping my mother as she carried out the plates filled with bacon, sausages and pancakes.

"Yes! I won!" ginny cheered, abruptly standing to her feet as she gave herself a pat on the back. "totally cheated." ron mumbled, as ginny placed herself in the seat next to me. "oh, you just can't admit that you lost ronniekins." i added, winking as i put my arm around ginny's chair.

george practically threw himself in the chair next to nova, who was busying herself pouring maple syrup on her pancakes. "alright, your pancakes are practically drowning in the syrup." i joked, as Nova threw the syrup at me. "now your drowning in it." she laughed, i shook my head as i bit back a laugh whilst my shirt was now covered in sticky syrup.

george raised his eyebrows at me, smirking as i rolled my eyes, cutting into my pancakes. 

*nova*

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"Im absolutely full." i said, holding at my stomache as i finished the contents of my drink. I stood up and washed the dishes before i walked up the stairs with ginny at my side. "any plans for today?" i asked, as ginny nodded once we entered her room.

"me, hermione, ron, george and harry are gonna go for a walk down to the fields, do you wanna come?" she asked, as i shook my head whilst grabbing my clothes. "thanks for the offer but im okay, im gonna go down and search for strawberries in the fields." i smiled, as i folded my clothes under my arm. "maybe fred could go with you." she winked, as i furrowed my eyebrows. i shrugged it off and walked to the bathroom to shower.

once i was done showering, i slipped on my clothes and brushed my teeth, drying my hair with a spell before i left the bathroom. i pulled on my coat as it looked rather cold outside and put my shoes on before quickly rushing down the flights of stairs.

"Mrs weasley, is it okay if i head out to the fields? i wanna go look for some fruits." i smiled sweetly at the woman, who looked up from her newspaper and nodded with the same smile. "of course dear! go enjoy outside while its not raining." she said, causing me to laugh as i bid my goodbyes to her and left the burrow.

i listened to the birds chirping and the grass crunching below me, as i looked up at the dull sky. i spotted a familiar ginger pulling at the tree's which caused me to smile. "fred? what are you doing out here?" i asked, approaching the boy. "well im not hands deep in the nettles for no reason." he replied sarcastically, chuckling as i shook my head whilst walking on, to hear he was following.

"So, you didn't go with the others for a walk?" he asked, itching at the hives on his hand as i watched. "Your going to need a docking leaf for that." i said, ignoring his question as i looked up to see there was a few surrounding us. i grabbed one of them and held his hand in mine, rubbing the leaf onto the hives.

"thats better." he grinned, putting his hands into his trouser pockers as we continued walking. "You still smell of maple syrup." i giggled, as he laughed. "well, its not everyday i get a shower of sticky syrup all over my clothes." he replied, as i nodded.

"there they are!" i squealed excitedly, as he smiled. unfortunately for me, the tree was higher up. "want to say something?" he smirked, as he set the strawberries in his basket. "oh don't be a dick, get me some of them!!" i said, scowling as he folded his arms. "oh sorry, i didn't hear what i wanted to hear." he replied, leaning down to me. "please can you pull the bloody tree down." i spoke, deadpan as he laughed and pulled the tree down to my height.

after both of our baskets were full and the sky was getting darker, we walked back to the burrow. i slipped off my shoes, relaxing my feet as we both wandered into the kitchen. "ah, where have you two been for the past four hours?" ginny winked, as me and fred both looked at eachother. "probably shagging." george joked, which caused molly to hit him in the back of the head with the newspaper, scowling at the boys behaviour.

me and the two other girls rushed up the stairs, sitting on the bed. "alright, before the questions hermione has something to say!!" ginny clapped, as hermione blushed a crimson red. i tugged off my jacket and furrowed my eyebrows, showing my full attention to the frizzy haired girl. "I think i might be bisexual.." she mumbled shyly, as i smiled brightly. "oh hermione! im so proud of you, how did you know?" i praised, hugging the girl.

"well, i always had an attraction towards girls but i thought it was normal, turns out i'd want to date one." she grinned, more proudly as we all hugged eachother again. 

"Now, wanna tell me what's going on between you and fred?" hermione asked, raising an eyebrow as i felt the heat rush to my cheeks. "what?" i said, dragging it out awkwardly as the two girls laughed.

"Come on, i think it's a bit obvious that theres something there." ginny winked, as i gave her a look.

"Nope, I don't have feelings for your brother, ginny." i shrugged, quite awkwardly as ginny and hermione gave up with the questioning, changing the subject before fred's voice boomed from downstairs.

"Dinners ready!" fred called from downstairs, causing the three of our eyes to open widely as we all rushed down. the smell of food instantly made my mouth water, as i slipped into the seat next to fred.

"Mum, are you not eating?" ron asked, furrowing his eyebrows. "Oh dont worry about me, im not that hungry." she shrugged, smiling as we nodded whilst digging into the plates infront of us packed with food. "Now, i know that its halloween tomorrow and since me and Arthur are going out you's can throw a small party." Mrs weasley added, as fred and george grinned whilst winking discreetly.

"and no drinking! i don't want to be the one cleaning up the vomit, thank you." she tutted, before she left to go sit in the worn out armchair.

we finished our food and sat in the living room, whilst molly left to go tidy ginny and rons room. We now were wearing our pyjamas as we sipped at our hot chocolates. "psst, nova!" ginny caught my attention from the chair next to me, causing me to furrow my brows as i leaned over to her.

"maybe fred will get a cheeky shag in at the party, eh?" she giggled, as i choked on my hot chocolate with laughter. "jesus gin, what did you tell her?" george asked, as i caught my breath. "oh you know, just something funny." she winked, leaning back in her chair.

so we spent most of the night talking and laughing as we finished our hot chocolates and soon enough headed to bed.