just for me ⚘ a Fred Weasley Fanfiction

87. reunion at the Astronomy Tower

cw~

Ginny and Harry had officially been dating for almost two months, which had shocked everyone at the school, sending Hogwarts into a gossip frenzy. Juniper, who had started associating herself more and more with the Gryffindor group, felt like she was in the middle of it all. And worst of all, her fear of being considered 'approachable' had come true. She had students she had never met or seen before running up to her between classes, begging for a crumb of information about the relationship. Even in the Slytherin common room, voices shot at her from every direction as she passed through. The only places she could breathe were her own dormitory, or the Gryffindor common room when she was able to sneak in and listen to the others talk amongst themselves, reminiscent of how things were like at the Burrow.

"You'd think people would have better things to talk about." Ginny muttered during a long study session in front of the fireplace, stepping over Juniper's outstretched legs. She took her own seat in front of Harry on the floor, resting her head on his knees. Juniper looked away so her raging jealousy didn't flare up again. "Three Dementor attacks in a week, and all Romilda Vane wants to know is if you really have a Hippogriff tattooed on your chest."

"Well? What did you tell her?" Harry asked, brushing his fingers through her hair after a cautious look at Ron.

"I said it was a Hungarian Horntail." She responded with a playful shrug, arching her head up to smile at him. "Much cooler."

"Great, so you know what Harry looks like without a top on." Ron groaned in disgust, still not adjusted to his best friend dating his little sister.

"Relax, Ronald. I told her you have a tattoo too." Ginny rolled her eyes at him.

"Oh yeah?" Ron puffed his chest out, eager to hear more. "What'd you tell her I have?"

"A pygmy puff." Ginny answered, sending everyone except for Ron into a fit of laughter.
A dramatic argument between Ron and Ginny followed,the words 'permission', 'snogging' and 'hypocrite' being thrown around. It bled into another argument between Harry and Hermione, and the Potions book Harry had been using all year. Juniper was lost as they got increasingly passive aggressive with each other, her head bouncing between them like she was watching them throw a ball to each other. They were eventually interrupted by another student, who was shoving a roll of parchment towards Harry.

"Oh, it's from Dumbledore." Harry read, standing up quickly, almost running out of the door without a glance back.

"Hey!" Ginny shouted, throwing her hands up. Harry rushed over, kissing her on the top of the head before going back to the door.

"Hey!" Ron also shouted, Harry very slowly tracing his steps back, a confused look on his face as he bent down to give Ron a kiss on the head. Ron waved his arms around in disgust, pushing Harry as far away as he could. "No you stupid-. What does he want?"

"Oh!" Harry's brain clicked at once. "He wants me to go to his office as quickly as possible."

"Do you think he's found..." Hermione began, raising her eyebrows at Harry, who shrugged in response.

"No idea, better go find out." He set off again, stopping once more as he reached the door. "You guys all have some Felix, right?"

"Yep." They all held up their small vials of the gold potion Harry had divided between them. He was insistent that they should all have some, just in case, and was kind enough to include Juniper.
He left without another word, leaving the four in an awkward silence, Ron glaring at Ginny as she continued studying for her O.W.Ls with the help of Hermione.

"Do you think he wants us to drink this now?" Juniper asked eventually, turning the vial in her hands to watch the potion shimmer. "When else would we take it?"