Mischief Managed

25

I woke up the next morning in a room by myself and I didn't like it. I walked next door to Fred's room and climbed in bed with him. He instinctively wrapped his arms around me and kissed my shoulder. I curled up in his arms and didn't even realize I had started crying again. Fred just held me tightly to help make sure I was okay. Once I finally calmed down enough he looked at me questioning if I was okay. I nodded at him and went back to my room to get dressed. I went downstairs to see...

"SURPRISE!" All the Weasleys were standing in the living room with Oliver and Cedric. I had totally forgot that my birthday was today. I hug everyone and thank them when there's a knock at the door. I go to open the door and see

"Happy Birthday sweetheart." I jump into Brian's arms and start crying. I was so happy to see him, especially considering I thought he hated me. Brian walks in with me still wrapped around him and sets me down once he makes it into the living room. We all sit down and talk for a while and catch up while Molly makes us some food. Once lunch is ready we all go in and sit at the table and I see that Molly cooked my favorite: BBQ chicken, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, dinner rolls, and Cesar salad. I thanked everyone for doing all this for me. After we all ate we went back into the living room so I could open presents. I open my presents from Molly, Arthur, Charlie, Bill, Ron and Ginny first. It was some new clothes, some books, some candy, things like that. The twins go next and give me some new pranking materials. Oliver gives me new quidditch gloves and Cedric gets me a hand knitted Hufflepuff scarf that his mum made for me. Brian goes next and he hands me an envelope. I open the envelope and read the letter inside:

Bella, my amazing friend. I'm so sorry things happened the way they did. I was so scared to tell you I was leaving because I was terrified you would hate me. I hope you don't hate me because I love you. Not like a best friend love either. Bella I wanna come back to Hogwarts and be your boyfriend...only if you'll accept me.

I look up and see Brian holding a bouquet of pink roses, my favorite flower, with a teddy bear. 

"Mirabella Meadow Foxe, will you please be my girlfriend?" I'm in total shock I don't know what to do. I look around and see everyone else is shocked as well. 

"I...I don't understand. You left for a year, I was told your mom made you transfer."

"She did...but I told her I love Hogwarts and I would do anything to go back. She wasn't happy about it but eventually I begged her enough to allow her to let me go. Bella I did all this just so I could see you everyday again...please give me a chance."

~Percy's POV~

We invited him so Mirabella could be happy, not so he could sweep my girl out from under me. Well, she's not really my girl but she is the love of my life...what am I supposed to do? Sit here and let him steal my girl? Possibly forever? It's her decision and right now it doesn't look good for Brian but who knows...this girl is very unpredictable. I just...if she says no, I will tell her how I feel. If she says yes, then I will support her and stay by her side like the good friend I know I can be.

~Oliver's POV~

I can't believe Brian did that, in front of all of us nonetheless. He knows that I have seriously strong feelings for her. I was gonna ask her to be my girl tonight...I can't believe him.

~Mirabella's POV~

I look at Brian and think about all him and I have been through. I can still remember the first day we met:

I had just gotten on the train, my first day at Hogwarts. I was so scared and now I couldn't find anywhere to sit. I had already met the 3 Weasley boys at the station but then I lost them. I can't find an empty compartment so I find one with just one person in it. I open the door slowly and knock.

"Hi, do you mind if I sit with you? There's no other empty compartments." The boy looks at me and nods. I thank him and sit across from him.

"Hi, I'm Brian Lestrange. What's your name?"

"Mirabella Foxe. Nice to meet you." 

"You too."

That was the beginning of our friendship. I never really thought he had romantic feelings for me, because honestly I didn't have romantic feelings for him. I never saw him that way. 

"Brian, I don't want you to think that something is there when it's not. I'm so sorry, but I've never seen you in a romantic way." 

Brian is now super mad...I can tell. "Oh I see. You don't see me that way because you're so caught up being a damsel in distress that you don't notice when someone has fallen in love with you. Whatever, forget our friendship, forget everything, I'm gone for good." And with that, Brian storms out the door and out of my life.

After Brian's outburst I look at Percy and smile.

"Can you top that?" We all laugh and Percy blushes as he hands me a box. I open the box and find a handmade scrapbook of all of our memories together. I flip through the pages and see everything from my first quidditch game, to Christmas and New Year's. I smile and hug Percy.

"This is the sweetest thing. Thank you so so much." Percy blushes and brushes it off.

This birthday was a unique one, I'll never forget it.