Falling Slowly (A Hogwarts Lovestory) - Fred Weasley Fanfiction

02 | To be Affectionately Kind

You're not even friends with them.
Alicias words repeated over and over again in my head. This would be a problem. How could I expect them to reveal a secret like the hidden entrance to me if I was nothing but a classmate to them?
I wasn't paying attention during Charms, instead, I was searching my mind for a solution to that problem. The simpelest way would be to make friends with the twins. Which brought me to the following question: Why wasn't I yet?

The Weasley twins were quite popular at school and most people at school liked me, too. I didn't know exactly what it was that made people like me, I wasn't even trying that hard. But ever since I "became" the new Julie, Julie the witch, my social life has improved a way I could have never imagined back in Bristol.

My grades at hogwarts were good (in most subjects, I don't want to talk about Divination here) even if I spent more time outside, breathing fresh air and enjoying the beautiful landscape around the castle, than in the library.
I guess my schoolmates finally saw me as the intelligent but not too bookish girl I developed into, who enjoys living and was passionate about lots of things, like good music and, of course, sweet baking goods.
My sense of humor was also compatible with the majority of Hogwarts students, but unlike the Weasley twins I didn't see any sense in pranks and I did never laugh at other people (even if their pranks and jokes did bring a smile on my face almost every time).

So what was it that had kept me from becoming friends with them? Maybe-
"Eh, Daniels, wanna take a picture?" I heard one of them calling me.
It was Fred. I never got why some people couldn't tell them apart. Fred Weasleys mischievous grin was, unlike his brothers, always accompanied by a dark sparkle in his brown eyes.
Anyhow, I just had to admit that I must have stared at them at the other side of the classroom while I was speculating about my relationship to those two. Now I had to play cool, I didn't want to make them suspicious.
But before I could give him a proper answer, Professor Flitwick declared the class over and suddenly everyone was moving chaotically to get out of the room as soon as possible.
Angelina and Alicia waved at me as a goodbye because we didn't had the following class together. So, instead of my friends, I was accompanied by two almost identical looking redheads on my way out.
I had planned to get my Ukulele and have a little time for myself down at the lake, but I was afraid these two had other plans for me prepared.
"You know, Daniels, you could just ask me out instead of starring at me during class. Much easier", Fred smirked at me with his typical grin.
I stopped walking and looked up to his face.
"Go out with you? Why would-"
"See, Daniels", his smile got even wider, "you're obviously in love with me according to the way you stared at me for minutes instead of listening to Flitwick."
George laughed at his brothers joke. I said nothing at first.

And suddenly I realized what kept me from becoming friends with those two. I had never met someone in my whole life that was so full of himself than this redhaired moron I was talking to right now. I needed this situation to be done with.
"Nah, Fred", I smiled kindly up to him, "you just had a little piece of your frenchtoast left on your cheeks. You better remove it, doesn't suit you."

I decided to walk straight down to the lake. I could not stand to walk to the common room together with the twins, so I turned around right after my last words to Fred and left the castle.

I could still hear Georges laughter in my ears after I made fun of his brother. I smiled, a little bit proud of myself and how I handled the situation. It hasn't always been like that for me.

Sweet disposition
Never too soon
Oh, reckless abandon
Like no one's watching you
- The Temper Trap