PRETTY LIES • the weasley twins

chapter three

CHAPTER THREE

Laurie was so paranoid about being pranked that she completely forgot what her first lesson of the year was. Standing awkwardly outside of the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, she fiddled with her robes as she watched her classmates enter the room. After a deep breath, Laurie forced her feet to walk her into the classroom.

She kept her eyes down and sat at a desk in the back of the room. Laurie was usually the type to sit at the front of the classroom, eager to participate in the lesson. This year, however, she wanted to keep as much of a distance between herself and her father as possible.

As Laurie reached into her bag to grab her quill, a flash of red hair caught her eye. She immediately tensed up when the Weasley twins sat either side of her.

"Joining the cool kids at the back of the classroom, little fibber?" the one on her left grinned.

"Never thought I'd see the day!" the other twin added, shaking his head playfully.

Laurie was not quite sure which twin was which. Whilst she had noticed individual dividing features on both of them, she was still unable to put a face to the name. It didn't help that Laurie was absolutely terrible when it came to faces.

"I'm already missing my seat at the front of the classroom," Laurie grumbled, looking longingly at the desk she had sat in since first year. It was now occupied by an eager looking Hufflepuff student that Laurie did not recognise.

"Don't worry, little fibber!"

"It's much more fun in the back."

Laurie was saved from replying when Ella entered the classroom. Ella did a double take when she spotted her friend sitting between the Weasley twins and immediately walked over.

"Move, Weasley!" she said, glaring at one of the twins, "I want to sit next to Laurie."

The twins shared a mischievous look, making no move to obey her order.

"Well, we want to sit next to Laurie too, isn't that right, George?" the twin on the left grinned.

"That's right, Freddie." George replied, leaning back in his chair and resting his feet on the desk.

Ella's eyes flared with irritation and Laurie sent her an apologetic look as she settled into the desk directly in front of hers.

"You're popular today." George mused, raising his eyebrows at her.

"You better not let it get to your head!" Fred added.

"What are you up to?" Laurie asked skeptically as she looked between them.

They didn't get a chance to answer because her father walked into the classroom at that precise moment.

Remus scanned the students with a frown before his eyes settled on his daughter and he visibly relaxed. Remus was surprised to see his daughter at the back of the classroom since he knew that Laurie adored lessons. He was even more shocked that she was sitting between the troublemaking Weasley twins. Remus sincerely hoped that his daughter had not been drawn into their rule breaking. He made a mental note to keep an eye on the situation.

"Mr Weasley, please kindly remove your feet from the desk." Remus told George with a tense smile.

"Sorry, Professor!" George said cheerfully as he let his feet drop to the floor.

"Good afternoon," he said to the class. "Would you please put all your books back in your bags. Today’s lesson will be practical. You will only need your wands."