Summers at The Burrow - Fred Weasley

Chapter Fourteen - Nightly Rendezvous

"your rubbish at this." Lee said as we were in herbology extracting puss from a plant.

"Listen Lee, just because I'm trash at something doesn't mean I can't try. It's called a garbage can not a garbage can't." I said proudly as I stole the plant away from him.

We were in herbology and I had been partnered with Lee this time. He was hogging the plant the whole time because I really was incompetent and spent the majority of the class messing around with Fred who also wasn't doing what we were supposed to.

"I can't with you right now." Lee said as he gave me the hand.

"You can't with me most of the time." I snapped back.

"Miss black if I have to ask you to lower your voice one more time I'll take house points!" Professor sprout shouted at me.

"My bad." I shouted back.

I turned to Fred who had a silly grin spread across his face. He put his arm around my shoulder and pulled me in to whisper something in my ear. He turned around though so this must have been something very secret.

"You and me, sneak up to the owlery tonight. We can go to the kitchen first and grab a few bottles of pumpkin juice and have ourselves a little picnic." He said then let go of my shoulder.

"Does George know?" I asked trying to maintain the whisper conversation we were having.

"No." Fred answered. He showed me his watch as he backed away and just then professor sprout dismissed the class.

On the way out of the greenhouses and back to the castle I ran into Cedric who must have been on his way to herbology because he had his dragonhide gloves in hand.

"Oy Chloe, can i have a chat with you? It'll only be a moment."

Cedric pulled me out of the crowd and we drifted off into I tiny courtyard barely big enough for a fountain.

"So I was wondering if you wanted to sneak off tonight and spend some time together since we're never really hanging out." Cedric said with confidence.

"Oh, I already agreed to do something with Fred tonight and I can't just bail because it's not a 'Weasley twins' thing." I said apologetically.

"Well you could ask him if he's willing to let you hang out with me instead. He could even pick another night since your always together anyway." He said. Cedric's timing was truly awful.

"Ask me what?" Fred asked. He tried to pretend he hadn't been listening but it was obvious he had been listening to every word. Fred had hung back with me while George and Lee went on ahead to complain about us without us being present.

"Fred, perfect timing. I was wondering if you could postpone your thing with Chloe tonight so we can do something together." Cedric proposed the question to Fred and Fred was by no means thrilled by the idea. That's why his answer took me by surprise.

"I mean I guess." Fred said strating the back of his neck. I could tell it really hurt him to say that by the look on his face but I also knew where my priorities laid.

"Great so we can hang out tonight?" Cedric asked to solidify the plans.

"Actually I already told Fred I would spend time with him tonight so maybe we could pick a better time." I said and Fred's face lit up while Cedric's face fell.

"Well any times really good as long as I don't have practice." He said.

"Then Saturday?"

"I have Hogsmeade that day. How about next Thursday night." He suggested.