Leaenae Serpentis

Chapter 2

Primrose and Oliver had gone on their first date two days after seeing each other at the Leaky Cauldron. They both had their school supplies lists out and were helping each other with finding the right supplies. After they were done in Diagon Alley, they headed back to the inn. To their surprise, there was a sea of redheads huddled around a table when they had entered. A pair of them had turned their heads to take a look to see who had entered.

"Oi Forge. Is that who we think it is?"

"I believe so Gred. And is she holding hands with our dear captain?"

"It appears so. Shall we go have a little look see?"

The young couple had also caught the red headed twins looking at them. They immediately sensed the danger.

"Oh no. Fred and George saw us," Oliver had whispered to Primrose.

"Let's make a run for it," she whispered back.

The twins were too fast for them. They had already cornered the young couple before they could a take a few steps towards the door.

"Well well well. What do we have here?" questioned Fred.

It seems like our obsessed quidditch captain is courting our little star seeker," replied George.

"Sooo... how long has this been going?" Fred questioned again in a higher pitch tone.

Before either Primrose or Oliver could reply, another high pitch voice interrupted them. Molly Weasley appeared behind her sons and parted them so she could stand between them.

"Oh, Primmy! How good it is to see you! How are you dear? Been eating well? Come on! Join our family at the table!"

She ushered Primrose away from Oliver and had her sit at one end of the table next to Ron. Noticing that he was looking a little lost, the twins decided to grab Oliver by his arms and dragged him to the table as well. Except, they sat him at the opposite end of the table. As far away from Primrose as possible. They were both at his sides whispering into opposite ears.

Into his right ear, George whispered, "Primmy is like a little sister to us".

To his left ear, Fred whispered, " So if you ever harm our little Primmy..."

At the same time, they whispered, "there will be hell to pay."

Oliver shuddered at the thought of the kind of pranks the twins would play on him if she ever got hurt thanks to him. It was too nightmarish.

"I promise to never hurt Primmy," Oliver replied with a nervous look, "She means a lot to me".

The twins crossed their arms and gave him one last look of disbelief before running off to Primmy's side, interrupting her's and Ron's conversation about quidditch.

"So how long have you guys been going out?"

Ron immediately turned red at the question. "What? We- um- going out? Primmy?!"

Primmy immediately broke into laughter. Ron's flustered face and stuttering were too much for her. Fred and George could not contain their laughter. The three of them were bent over holding their stomachs trying to stop their laughter. Tears were coming out of their eyes. The same high pitch voice had interrupted them once again.

"Are Primmy and my Ronnie dating? Oh, that makes me so happy!" Mrs. Weasley ran over to hug both Primmy and Ron. "Oh, you two make such a cute couple! I'm so happy that Ron chose such a suitable girl!" Their mom's smothering only made the "supposed couple" redder and embarrassed while it increased the twins' laughter.

From across the table, a shocked Oliver can only just look at what's going on in front of him. The twins notice his expression and reluctantly stop laughing. They immediately try to rectify the situation. George tries to get his mom's attention while Fred runs to the far end of the table.

"Mom! Stop embarrassing them! Ron and Primmy are not going out! She's dating someone else!"

That stopped Molly Weasley. She turned her head towards George, giving him a questioning look. "Then who is she dating?"

"Me" Oliver exclaimed after having been dragged by Fred. Oh, how everyone wished they had a camera to capture Mrs. Weasley's shock on her face. After a few minutes of stammering, her look of surprise morphed into the one that all of her children knew very well and always tried to avoid but failed; a raging mother.

"YOUNG GIRL! YOU ARE ONLY THIRTEEN! YOU ARE TOO YOUNG TO BE DATING BOYS! I ASK YOU TO AT LEAST WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE OUT OF HOGWARTS!"

Everyone instantly jumped backward at the sound of her screaming. Only one person was brave enough to speak against her wrath.

"But mom, weren't you just happy a few minutes ago when you assumed that she and Ron were dating? How are she and Ollie being an item any different?" That brave soul now had the screaming directed towards her.

"GINNY! YOU BETTER STAY OUT THIS!"

In an effort to distract from Molly's motherly wrath, Arthur Weasley stepped towards Primmy.

"Primmy! How good it is to see you! There are actually a few things I need to discuss with you in private. Now if you just please follow me?"

Noticing that Mr. Weasley gave her a way out, she stood up to follow him. Before she left the table, she gave a still confused and nervous Ollie a quick peck on the cheek, which in turn ended up enraging Molly even more. She followed Mr. Weasley to a section of the inn for their private conversation. She was curious to know what her best friend's father had to tell her that was so secretive that he had to use silencing spells in their little area.