Love Again | Fred Weasley

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"Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on." - Wham!

CW: Slight mention of a panic attack

"WILL YOU ALL BE QUIET! And how did you even get your hands on alcohol, Maj?" Iris whisper-yelled as the group walked through the hallways.

"I, am very crafty. And I know I took off my shoes but my feet still huuurt." Maja strained, now depending on Fred for stability.

Fred couldn't help but laugh, now fully holding the hand of the tired girl next to him. Katie had to be carried by Cedric, but Angelina tried to put up a tough act. "Why don't you fall into my arms like that?" George whined.

"Because you're gross." She smiled, kissing him softly. Maja rolled her eyes at the two, before looking again at Iris. She had gotten closer to Lee over the course of the night, and Maja caught her laughing at him more than usual. She remembered to ask him about that.

"Well, you're going to need something that'll help with the hangover, and I have a potion in my room." Iris quickly scanned across the group, before her eyes lit up.

"Maja and Fred, I'll take these to your dorms," She said, straining to pry Ms. Snuffles and Dragon from Maja's grip. "And I'll give you the Slytherin password, you can get it from my room."

"Worst case, Maja can't make it back to the Gryffindor common room, and you two can take my room." The girl winked.

Maja's eyes quickly widened, as the rest of the group tried their hardest to hide laughs. "Excuse me, I can get the potion all by myself!" She let go of Fred, walking in the opposite direction of the dungeons. "No you can't." Fred grabbed her hand, now pulling her in by the waist. "We'll make it back, thanks Iris."

Walking away from the group and down into the dungeons, and into the Slytherin common room, Maja felt herself tense up. She didn't particularly have anything against the Slytherins, but she felt completely out of place in their common room.

Luckily all of the Slytherins were in their dorm rooms by now, so Maja could easily make it upstairs.

"Okay Cedric, you wait here, I'll grab the potion and we can get out of here ASAP." But Fred simply shook his head and laughed. "You can't possibly think you'll make it up there by yourself. And I'm still Fred."

"Okay 'Fred'." Maja said, exaggerating his name in slight disbelief. "If you want to come then we're gonna have to be quiet." The two scurried up the stairs, still holding hands. Reaching what they assumed to be the girls dormitories, they scanned the side of the room with the huge "Property of Iris Soler" sign above the bed.

Iris, despite having a dark demeanor, kept a pretty light colored room. There were pearl lamps and two marble bedside tables, filled with old photos of her and some Slytherin friends. After waking up some of the girls, Fred found a small vial labeled "hangover potion," and handed it to Maja.

"Perfect!" She smiled, drinking the potion with ease. "You're supposed to take it the next morning!" Fred whispered loudly. Maja knew she'd come to regret that later, but couldn't do anything but laugh, making him laugh too.

She stumbled a bit closer, and he further intertwined their hands, feeling her skin against him. Maja blankly stared at his chest for a few seconds, before he broke the silence. "Maj, don't know what's going on, but we're in a room full of semi-awake girls who are definitely glaring at us right now."

"Oh! Right, well. Let's just go back to the common room, I need to sleep." She smiled before yawning. Fred laughed and spun the girl around, pointing her towards the exit.