Blue Belle {Fred Weasley}

Chapter 47

Belle curled into Fred's side near the fire as he and George explained about their new sweet, Lee and Belle listening having a silent staring competition. Lee was so close to faltering when Fred moved slightly causing the girl to blink and Lee to cheer silently. Belle rolled her eyes before glancing up at Fred who was staring at her. He brushed the hair from her forehead before turning back to George. Belle sighed and played with the button on his sweater twiddling it around her fingers.

"If you want me to take it off, you could just say." Fred teased making her blush. "I'm joking, Bella, calm down."

George and Lee snickered as he buried her head into his shoulder. Her eyes fluttering but as she inhaled the scent that was Fred Weasley. Fred leant his head on top of hers, his cheek pressed into her hair, and his arms around her body. If you'd don't know the pair, you would think that they were boyfriend and girlfriend and not two friends who had gone on a date that day. Lee and George took the mick sitting in the same position that they were in, Lee being Belle. Except the pair made kissing noises making the other two uncomfortable.

Belle shuffled but Fred held her tighter, his head dipped slightly, his lips close to her nose. "Ignore the pricks." He murmured so only she could hear. "They're nosey bastards."

Belle giggled quietly as Fred pressed a kiss to her button nose, his breath warming her face. "They're also annoying, but I guess George gets that from you."

Fred gasped sitting up and pressing his hand to his chest. "That hurt! Like really hurt! Get out!"  Belle couldn't tell that he was joking and she stood up and headed towards the portrait hole. Feed cursed underneath his breath and chased after her. "Bella! I was joking." He called after her, holding onto her hand.

Belle stared up at him, "I know." She smirked, " I just wanted to go for a walk."

Fred's mouth fell open in shock, "You little shit." He stated, "so bloody sneaky." He held her fingers in his and they strolled the corridors, they had at least an hour until they would be past curfew and the prefects would be prowling the corridors. The moonlight shone through the windows of the corridors as they walked hand in hand basking in the silence.

Fred stopped abruptly and pushed Belle into the wall next to a window, his right thumb ran across her cheek bones. His eyes stared into hers, searching them like a detective on a case. His eyes travelled over the all of her face taking it all in. "You're so beautiful." He whispered.

"Don't say that." Belle replied looking down.

"No. I will say it. It's true, everything about you is amazing. Including your hair, even though you hate it, I love it. It's different, like you. I like different. It's a mystery, it's exciting. I don't even know why I like you so much, but I don't care. You want to know why? Because it means I have a lot to learn. I may not be scholastic but that doesn't mean I don't like learning. I like learning about things I like, and one of those is you." His voice was low, but in that moment it felt like he was screaming it from the rooftops. His heart was racing, never had he felt this nervous before. "Belle, you have done something to me that is so over powering. Never did I think that I would be in this position with you back when we met in the hospital wing at the start of the year. I can't keep quiet anymore, well not towards you anyway, I like you so damn much and it hurts that you don't see it. Today I have done nothing more than wish that the world would let us kiss because I want to feel those goddamn lips on mine."

"Then why don't you?" Belle didn't know how she was acting so calm and confident in this moment. Her hands rested on Fred's waist as his head inched closer. His thumb still ran across her cheekbones as his breath fanned her lips once again.

Simultaneously, their eyes fluttered shut and it was then in that moment that a purr was heard and the feeling of a cat brushing up against Fred's leg broke them apart. "For fucks sake!" Fred grumbled and pulled away from Belle wanting to kick Mrs Norris to New Zealand. He slumped over to the other wall of the corridor punching it as Filch rounded the corridor. "What 'ave we 'ere, Mrs Norris?" Filch smirked, "what is dear miss Florence doing with Weasley? I hope it ain't a prank. Otherwise it'll be detention for the both of you and I am feeling extra generous, the fourth floor corridor needs cleaning and I have a few toothbrushes that need to be used."

"I can assure you sir that we were only talking." Belle stated as Fred stopped punching the wall. "Fred was asking after my homework. I refused him though. We best be going. Goodnight mister Filch." She smiled and pulled Fred along with her.

Once on a different corridor, Fred dropped her hand and sat against the wall. His knuckles were red and bleeding but he didn't care. He wanted to kiss Belle so much. The girl sat beside him and pressed her lips to his sore knuckles. "That should make them better." She whispered, "but you might also want to go to the hospital wing, kisses don't heal wounds that much."

Fred shook his head, "no. I am not leaving yet."

"Fred, let's just wait. Maybe today just isn't the day. But just know that I do like you. A lot."

"But how long will we have to wait? I'd wait for a thousand years but I just hope that isn't the case. As long as I get to kiss you in the end, I'll be happy."

"You won't kiss her at all."