Summers at The Burrow - Fred Weasley

Chapter Forty-four - Exposure

A few weeks passed since we arrived at school and we were quickly thrown into preparation for our O.W.L.'s. if i had any chance of a career after school then i would need to do really well on my exams because my grades were lacking in some areas and would not suffice unless i managed to overshadow them with near perfect exam scores. i needed to channel my inner Hermione.

Professor McGonagall had her usual start of term notices but soon after dove straight into her curriculum for the new year and the twins and i gave her our full attention as we worked hard to do well in her class this year. we always tried a bit harder than usual in her class since it was a valuable skill especially for our experimentations in the twins' dorm which had been wildly unsuccessful except for the fact that we had still managed to keep the testing undercover from everyone except the four of us.

we were currently in Divination and the twins, Lee and i were sat at a table in the back of the room with some of the most comfy poofs to ever exist. Fred had fallen dead asleep and was flopped over my lap as i leaned on the table concealing him from Professor Trelawney who had never tired of making wild predictions about Fred and i becoming something in the near future.

"Chloe, my dear! Do tell the class your most recent prediction, child." she insisted breaking me out of my sleepy daze. 

"Fred is going to wake up in three, two, one," i jabbed him in the armpit and he abruptly shot up. 

"excellent prediction dear! Fifteen points to Gryffindor!" she cheered as she turned back to the rest of the students asking what their predictions where.

"what was that for?" Fred asked rubbing his eyes tiredly.

"she asked me to make a prediction so i said you would wake up in three seconds and i jabbed you in the armpit to make it an accurate prediction. i got us points so you cant blame me for waking you up." i said smugly as i pulled the table close to me so that he could not lay back down. my leg had started to go numb from it being crossed and him laying on top of me so i did not want him to lay back down.

"so are we trying to get house points this year or what?" George questioned as he tossed his hands in the air dramatically.

"no, but it doesn't hurt." i replied.

"class dismissed! Chloe i would like to see you after." Trelawney asked and i rolled my eyes. i wouldn't be surprised if she held Fred back as well but when the class flooded out of the steamy room she did not call Fred back as well. i knew they would wait for me at the door but i didn't want to make this long.

"what did you need?" i asked with a sigh.

"you should beware, dear. their are people here that you should not trust." she said. it was most definitely not a real prediction or whatever especially since everyone had been telling me that since start of term.

"I'll take my chances thank you very much." i said sassily as i turned and hurried to the trap door climbing down the ladder onto the spiral staircase where the twins and Lee were their waiting for me.

"they have ought to find a better situation for these ladders and girls skirts." Fred said as he gathered the bottom of my skirt and held it for me as i climbed down the ladder.

"thank you." i said taking his other hand and curtseying jokingly as i returned to the ground.

"your very welcome, malady." he said with a overromanticized bow.

"lets get a move on before everyone else gets to lunch." Lee said as he began racing down the wide steps of the spiraling staircase of north tower.

we reached the great hall and ate quickly before hurrying to the defense against the dark arts classroom. the others had become good friends with Remus and we often went and kept him company in his office during lunch since we didn't much fancy staying in one place for too long. we had his class after lunch every day anyway so we just came extra early.