second chance - george weasley

twenty-five

VIOLET's POV

When he denied my touch I felt like I had been punched in the stomach, had I done something wrong?

'' Ahm, let's go get ready, shall we?'' He asked as we approached the dorm.
'' Okay...''

We went inside and changed clothes, I left the room with Hermione and George was waiting for us downstairs alongside with Ron.

'' You're coming too?'' I elbowed him.
'' Yeah, though I'd get myself a one of these '' He shows me his broken wand '' Stepped on it at breakfast...''
'' Why am I not surprised?'' Joked Hermione.
'' Yeah, yeah... Shut up.''

I giggled and took a moment to look back at George, who walked behind us, staring at me gloomily, yet when our eyes met he forced a smile.

I decided to slow down to match his pace and walk beside him, even tried holding his hand, but he let go not long after, pretending to fix his jacket.

After leaving the grounds, we apparated to Diagon Alley, upon arrival, Ron asked George to accompany him to Ollivander's while Hermione and I went to the Apothecary.

A few minutes later, we decided we would later brew some Amortentia ourselves just for the fun of it, so we looked for the ingredients.

'' Ok, I have rose thorn, peppermint... And pearl dust.''
'' I have the two ashwinder eggs. We're missing moonstone powder!'' She said.
'' I'll go look for it.''

We parted ways and I went further into the store.

'' Powdered rue... thyme, fluxweed...'' I murmured as I scanned the shelves.

My train of thought was interrupted by a familiar voice.

'' Well, well! If it isn't Violet Black.'' He laughed.
'' Cedric! What are you doing here!?''
'' Looking for some gillyweed, you?''
'' Well, currently in search of powdered moonstone...'' I sighed '' And failing miserably.
'' It's right at the entrance of the store near all the crystals, come, I'll show you.''

He wrapped an arm around me and we walked to the the entrance, where he pointed me in the right direction.

The powder was indeed in one of the first shelves, I tried reaching for it but it sat too high above for me to get it.

'' I got you.''

Cedric stood behind me and reached up to the shelf to get the powder, his body pressed against mine from behind and I could swear I went out of breath.

'' Here you go, love.''

I turned around and was now facing him as he handed me the package, we were close enough for me to feel his minty breath brushing the tip of my nose.

'' T-thank you.''
'' Anytime, I'll see you later?''
'' Sure thing!'' I smiled awkwardly.

My eyes accompanied him as he left through the front door, they ended up running into George's who stood right outside with his fist curled tensely.

I shrugged it off and went to look for Hermione.

'' I-I have it, let's go.''

I paid for everything and we left the store, George was still in the same spot as before, keeping eye contact with me.

'' Let's go get ice cream!'' Hermione said excited.

We walked quietly to the stand and Hermione took our orders.

'' Hello Mr. Florean! It'll be an Apple Crumble for me, Ron, what do you want?'' She asked.
'' Chocolate sounds nice...''
'' Okay, then a chocola-''
'' Actually, no, I want an Apple Crumble as well.''