Summers at The Burrow - Fred Weasley

Chapter Fifty-four - A Sirius Talk

Dear Father,

im sure you have heard by now of the events that will be taking place at the school. Halloween has also arrived and i was wondering if, since lessons are canceled for the afternoon, if you would like me and a few of the others to come down with an early feast. im sure you will agree and i am excited to see you.

with love, 
Chloe

it was short and sweet and got to the point. i was not looking for a reply i was merely sending a heads up that i was coming with food that i intended on stealing from the kitchens with the help of Dobby. 

i was currently in the library trying to avoid the students from the two other schools who were constantly coming up to the older students asking for directions. i do not dislike them but they remind me of Mosquitos in a way. many of them did not come into the library since all our books were in English and they clearly preferred reading in their native tongue.

i had spoken to a few of the Beuxbaton students who asked for guidance since word must have spread amongst them that i spoke French. i was happy to help and i even made a few friends. im sure they were glad to see a familiar face around the school that knew the place.

Fred and i were currently on a thin stretch of beach by the black lake with our shoes off. we were in a constant battle to see who could get the most sand on one another and i won because Fred was in trousers while i was in the school uniform skirt. Fred and i had been hanging out more and more just the two of us and it made sense. we were secretly dating but i found it rather odd that George and Lee were giving us space. they probably knew that we were together just by little hints that we were unable to hide or deny but Fred assured me that he had not said a word about it to them and i had not spoken a word about it to the girls either.

"who do you think is going to get picked?" Fred asked.

"probably Krum." i replied without skipping a beat.

"what about from Hogwarts?" he persisted.

"Angelina's got a fighting chance but so does Cedric. he slipped his name in the fire and he seemed pretty confident about it. i suppose there's a chance we will get a Ravenclaw but im not sure who put their names in. i only heard rumors that a group of Ravenclaws snuck out of bed last night to put their names in so that they could remain inconspicuous." i said.

"so you don't think Slytherin's got a chance at all?" he spoke leaning closer to me as he waited for my reply.

"if we have a Slytherin champion half the school is going to snuff themselves using the killing curse Moody's been going on about for the last entirety of the school year so far." i exaggerated.

"glad were on the same page." he said as we high fived.

"Lunch is almost up." Fred said as he got to his feet holding his hand out for me. 

"just one more hour and then we can go see what the kitchen is working on. I've got to get a good lot of different things for my dad so that he's got enough food to last him a few days." i said lowering my voice as i took his hand allowing him to help me to my feet.

"your taking Harry, Ron, and Hermione, right?" He questioned curiously.

"yeah, i would bring you but i don't think my dad would trust you enough, plus he might beat you with a wooden stick if he ever found out you were my boyfriend." i answered.

"i like it when you call me your boyfriend." he said as he leaned close to me so that our noses were touching.

"i know." i said sarcastically as i began laughing. i jokingly pushed him away as i began walking back up to the school and he caught up next to me sliding his hand into mine as we walked all the way to the other side of the school where the great hall was. we weren't too hungry since we both had a bit of a snack while we were on the beach but we ate a bit before the food cleared and the students were cleared out. the great hall doors were closed to the students after that and we presumed they were decorating and moving the cup since we were shooed out of the entrance hall as well.