𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙞𝙖 || harry potter

chapter eighty five, when you put it like that

The arguments continued as Cassie returned, Minnie's biscuit tin clutched tightly in her arms.

"God will they just shut up." Cassie groaned, throwing herself onto the sofa where Fred still sat.

"Mhm, unlikely." Fred replied, reaching for a biscuit. "George went to try and shut them up, but that was about half an hour ago and he still hasn't managed to."

"Fan-fucking-tastic." Cassie scoffed.

"Whats the matter Cassie?" Fred asked attentively, noticing the shift in her demeanor.

"This? Everyone? Everything?" Cassie replied, sounding unsure with herself. "I'm still there you know Fred, back at Malfoy Manor. I'll never be able to leave, not after what I saw, not after what happened." she continued, tears threatening to form.

"But you have left." Fred reassured, pulling her closer. "I can never imagine what happened Cassie, but i do know you're safe now. You managed to escape, and over time you'll escape it in your mind too Cassie. You're a prisoner in your own mind, you're torturing yourself at the minute Cassie. You need to let people help you."

"Help me then Fred." Cassie sighed as she climbed to his lap, rather unexpectedly. "Help me forget even just for a minute."

Her breath raced against the skin of Fred's neck as she spoke catching him off guard.

Her hands trailed Fred's body, and he would be lying if he said he didn't like it.

"That would only make things worse." Fred said softly. "This isn't what you want, it would only be a distraction which would come back to bite you in the future."

"I need this Fred, i need to feel anything other than this pain." Cassie practically begged. Getting men was never usually this hard for her.

"You know I love you Cassie, but not like that. You're hurting, and this wouldn't fix that. It would only make it worse. I can't lose my best friend over a few minutes of fun can I?" Fred joked, trying to ease the this tension in the air.

"Only a few minutes?" Cassie gasped, expecting more if she was honest. "Good job you have the sense to turn me down then. Would've been disappointed in you ginge."

"Oh shut up and stop throwing yourself all over me." Fred laughed, pushing Cassie back down next to him gently.

"If you're not going to fuck me the least you could do is have a drink with me." Cassie proposed.

With impeccably awful timing, George appeared.

"Did I really hear what I think I just heard." George asked with a grin.

"George!" Cassie smiled cunningly.

"Absolutely not." Fred intervened. "Cassie's looking for awful choices of distraction, so it looks like we're off for a drink."

The three of them escaped back to Gryffindors common room, none of them supposed to even be there. Cassie wasn't bothered about who would see them, carelessness dripping off every action of hers recently.

"Seriously Cassie," George laughed lightly. "Was Fred really your only option. He's practically your brother too."

"Well, when you put it like that." Cassie replied gagging, and not because of the vodka.