Moving On

Chapter 2 Book 1

Makayla was awoken by knocking on her door. She groaned and reached for her wand to put a silencing charm on that door at least. 

"Looking for this?" Fred asked, Makayla yelped and rolled over to look at Fred. She had major bedhead and was only in thin pajamas. He was holding her wand in his hands.

"What the Hell Fred! Get out!" Makayla yelled as she threw a pillow at him. He chuckled.

"Nice hair by the way." He commented as he laughed.

"Fred! Out! I'm up! I'll be out there in a second! These Pajamas are see-through you jerk!" Makayla yelled, Fred chuckled and Makayla paled at his thought. "I swear if you ever think that again I'm going to kill you in your sleep!" Her voice cracked a bit in the middle of her sentence.

"Best time to do it!" He yelled back as he shut her bedroom door. Makayla opened her mouth to yell back, but then he'd probably open the door again and reply.

"I swear I'm buying new pajamas." Makayla muttered as she got out of bed, locked her door and got dressed. She forgot that there was only on bathroom in the entire flat, which meant it was going to smell horrible until somebody cleaned it. "Hand magic time I guess." She whispered as she made a cup full of water appear from thin air, she drank a sip and then got her toothbrush. She spit in her trash can and made the cup apparate to the sink. She heard the glass clink to the metal and Fred yell something. Makayla grinned as she stood in front of her mirror and pulled her hair into a tight ponytail. First day of work, had to go prepared. She got a nice t-shirt and jeans just to start off and put in simple earrings, just to keep her peircings from closing. She smiled as Athena flew by on the wall.

"Decent yet?" Fred asked as he opened the door again.

"You didn't give me a chance to respond before opening the door Mister, and that reminds me, the door was locked, you steal my wand, and then use it to break into my room when there's a chance I'm not even decent. If I didn't know any better Mister Weasley, id say you didn't want me to be decent." Makayla said while looking at him in the mirror. Her tone went into a joking voice at the end but he wasn't laughing, he was grinning though. She looked over her shoulder at him in the doorway. He held up her wand. She rolled her eyes and looked back at the mirror, and when he least expected it, she ran at him and grabbed her wand, knocking both of them to the floor. Makayla froze as she landed on top of him.

"Looks like somebody likes me." Fred guessed. Makayla went from frozen to agitated in mere seconds.

"I do not like you, Weasley," Makayla said as she tried to get up, but Fred rolled over to where he was the one on top of her and smirked.

"You sure?" He asked, Makayla, rolled her eyes and smiled.

"In your dreams." She said as she shoved him off and stood up, walking back into her bedroom and shutting the door.

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"That girl is impossible," Fred whispered to himself as the door shut in his face. He got to his feet and walked downstairs. Rihanna would be there soon and he was providing breakfast before they got to work.

Rihanna was already there, beaming. She wore a floral dress and some leggings and held a simple purse, her hair was in a tighter braid but bits of hair were still everywhere. Makayla came down the stairs with a smile.

"We're all going to get breakfast before we start work at the leaky cauldron. Ready to go?" Fred asked. Both girls nodded and followed Fred to the Leaky Cauldron, talking about how the shop was going to be set up.

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After breakfast, the three returned to the shop and started setting things up and cleaning shelves.

"It's nice to meet you, Rihanna," Makayla said as the two dusted the counters and register.

"Nice to meet you too. So, is there anything going on between you and Fred? I mean you two live together." Rihanna said. Makayla shook her head quickly and looked around. Spotting Fred in the back of the store, Makayla decided to continue on the subject.

"No, I mean, I and him aren't even the only ones living up there, as of right now we are, but when his brother and sister-in-law get back it'll be them too. Why do you ask?" Makayla asked as she finished the counter and moved onto a shelf by the counters.

"I don't know, he's sweet, I know that," Rihanna said as she moved to a shelf on the other side. The two were silent as Fred ran by and bolted upstairs. She liked him, she was thinking about him. Allot. She had been all morning.

"He is allott of the time," Makayla said, she slowly got lost in the memories of times she'd been around him. She couldn't help but smile at least a little bit. "And then other times he's not." Makayla forced herself to say before she got too deep into her thoughts.

"I'm sure it's not that bad. Anyhow, what kinds of things are you into? Other than working at joke shops." Rihanna joked. Makayla smiled and then shrugged.

"Well, I really like animals, kind of runs in my family. What about you?" Makayla asked. Rihanna shrugged and made her way over to another shelf to clean it.

"I like to read, that's for certain. And I can multitask while reading. And I do actually have a dog, an owl, and a cat. I love my dog, the day I got him is probably my happiest memory." Rihanna said sweetly as she seemed to drift away into the memory. Makayla waited to respond until she seemed to come back down to earth.

"What's the dog's name?" Makayla asked. Rihanna smiled once again and Makayla noticed she was sincere about everything.

"Scooby," Rihanna answered. Makayla laughed, she knew of the show.

"That's adorable," Makayla said as she finished the last shelf.

"You said you liked animals, do you have any pets?" Rihanna asked as they finished up the last of their work and sat down on the stairs.

"Well, I had two, but one passed away recently and the other ran away and I can't find her," Makayla said sadly, remembering Athena on her wall. Rihanna put a hand on Makayla's back and smiled sadly.

"That's horrible, I can't imagine life without Scooby," Rihanna said knowingly. Makayla nodded and Fred came back downstairs, pausing as the stair above the one they two were sitting on.

"I'm guessing you two are done now?" He asked with a grin. Makayla nodded Fred stepped passed them and led the way to the back room, which to the girls hadn't been allowed in until now. There were hundreds of boxes of stuff that was supposed to be out on the shelves.

"Are you kidding me?" The girls asked in unison. Fred chuckled and shook his head.

"Nope, we need all the shelves and counters out there stocked to the brim, but make it look a little sloppy because this store isn't supposed to look neat. Never has and never will. Have either of you ever been in here before the war?" Fred asked both girls nodded. Surprisingly, Makayla had been to the store once with Luna before she knew any of them. Luna said she was going to look at the vanishing dust or something Makayla couldn't remember now. She'd been there and seen the twins and everything. "I'll even help you guys with this task," Fred said and the three started grabbing boxes and putting them out and such.

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A few hours later Fred and Makayla waved at Rihanna as she left. Makayla caught a glimpse of Fred's thoughts again. Her smile faded a bit and she went inside and rushed upstairs.

They liked each other.