Alohamora || Fred Weasley

XXXVIII • THIRTY EIGHT

It was Christmas Eve morning which meant that the Yule Ball was that evening. There was a certain atmosphere in the air that day. Everyone was terribly excited. Many of the girls were stressing and the boys were laughing at how stressed the girls were.

Isla and Kathleen were two of the girls whom were very excited for the ball. Charlotte not so much. Isla was trying to get the girl to get ready with them but she was happy just reading her Charms book in the corner of the common room. She decided she'd start to get ready in a couple of hours.

Eventually at around 6pm Charlotte decided to start to get ready. She quickly had a shower then dried her hair which she left curly and tied up in a half up half down hairstyle. After this Isla helped her do her makeup and used inspiration from many of her favourite muggle celebrities. She gave the girl a light coat of foundation and concelaer and gave her some purple eyeshadow to match her dress and then gave her a pink lipgloss.

Once her makeup was completed many of the girls had started going down. Charlotte prompted Isla and Kathleen to go down and take George with them and she would meet them at the great hall I'm a short while. The two girls left Charlotte alone in their dorm she quickly slipped into her dress. Which was a floor length bright purple ball gown which complimented her eyes. Once she had the gown on she put on her silver high heels and a silver necklace.

She looked in the mirror and once she was satisfied with how she looked she ventured down to the great hall. When she was their she immediately caught the attention of Fred who looked away from Angelina. Charlotte walked down the stairs trying hard not to fall, she walked past Fred and went to George who was standing with Isla and Lee.

"Well, M'Lady you look breathtaking" George said, extending his hand out to the girl.

"Why thank you Georgie, you scrub up nicely as well." Charlotte said taking the boys hand and walking over to the other champions.

"You okay Fred?" Lee asked once the two had gone out of earshot.

"Yeah why?" He asked

"You just seem different, and that was the first time your mouth closed since Charlotte arrived." Lee told the boy.

"Thats a lie, because Im here with Angelina and she looks stunning." Fred stated as a fact.

"Bullshit, Your blind Fred Weasley, you know your in love with Charlotte." Lee said walking off just before Angelina walked up to the pair. This comment really made Fred think. Lee wasn't wrong Fred really was in love with Charlotte. And he was shocked it had taken him this long to figure it out.

Charlotte and George were talking with Cedric and Cho while they were waiting for Harry to arrive with Pavarti. Soon enough the young boy arrived rather shocked as he had just found out the news that himself and Pavarti would have to open the ball and dance in front of the whole school.

Everyone was ushered into the hall and then the five champions and their dates walked in to the hall. Charlotte was looking around and she was in awe of the great hall. It looked barley recognisable, there were fairy lights hanging from the ceiling along with an icy and Christmassy atmosphere. Before Charlotte could look at everything her and George were already in their positions and the music had started. And the two of them started waltzing around the great hall with the other five champions. After a minute or so Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonnagal joined in. And before long majority of the school had joined in the festivities.

Around half an hour later all the students and teachers began to sit down and await the feast. Charlotte was seated next to George as he was her date, then on her other side sat Isla and Lee. In face they're whole group was seated on the same table. When the food arrived Charlotte was remarkably grateful, one she was absolutely starving and two it meant that she could ignore all the small talk the group was making because of the amount of tension that was brimming between the group of teenagers. And lastly it meant that she didn't have to look over to Freds eyes constantly even thought the young boy couldn't take his eyes off of Charlotte.