How it Began

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Alice is whispering in FP's ear, both of them giggling as they walk down the school hallway. That is, until they see Hermione and Fred in a heated discussion.

"Would we be the worst friends ever if we went and eavesdropped on them?" Alice asks FP.

"I mean, they are fighting in the middle of a hallway, I think it's a free show." He answers. But before they can get closer to hear what the couple is fighting about Hermione slaps Fred across the cheek and storms off down the hall. "Well shit!" FP exclaims just before alice is tanking him by the hand over to Fred's locker.

"What the hell was that about?"

Fred turns to Alice and rolls his eyes. "You can smell drama a mile away can't you?"

"You're fighting in the middle of a school hallway Fred, it's not exactly like it was private. Now what happened?"

"She's mad because I don't want to come to her family's dinner thing tonight."

"And you earned a slap from that?"

"Well... the slap was because of something else I said." He admits, his cheeks flushing slightly."

"Oh dear, Fred what did your dumb ass say to her?"

"I just said that I'd rather not spend my Monday night with a bunch of stuck up socialites who don't even like me."

"Ooo!" FP hisses. "Bad move bro."

"Yeah no shit Sherlock." Fred answers, mentally cursing himself for saying that to Hermione. "I've gone to dinner with her family before, they can't stand me. Her parents like me but that's it. Her aunts and uncles don't."

"Well you're not supposed to insult her family." FP exclaims.

"I know, I know, dumb move. But it just slipped out and I couldn't stop it."

"You're gonna be in the doghouse for a while." FP tells him and Alice nods in confirmation.

"I know." He sighs. "What are you two up to after school, wanna grab a bite at Pop's or something? I need to take my mind off of this."

"Would love to Freddy Boy, but we got ourselves a detention." FP says, pointing to both he and Alice.

"Seriously? What happened? You get caught with your pants around your ankles again?" He asks FP, bringing up a specific memory from the previous year.

It's bound to be a life long embarrassment when your teacher comes out and sees your girlfriend on her knees for you under the bleachers, and FP has tried very hard to block that memory out.

"No." FP scoffs. "But he did catch us skipping and smoking pot on the bleachers."

"You two will never learn your lesson will you?"

"Nope." Alice confirms. "You always call us delinquents, we're just living up to the title."

A teacher walks by and it sparks an idea in Fred's head. When the teachers eyes drift onto him he raises his hand and smacks FP upside the head.

"Ow! What the fuck was that for?" FP exclaims, rubbing his head.

"Andrews!" The teacher calls and Fred flashes a smile at Alice and FP. "Detention, after school!" Fred nods affirmatively and turns back to FP.

"You two got yourselves a detention buddy." He says with a smile.

"You know you could just talk to her instead of slapping me upside the head." FP whines, still rubbing his head.

"Stop being a baby." Alice says, pressing a kiss to the side of his head. "We have class to get to." She tugs FP's hand and leads him down the hall. "Come on Frederick, you already landed yourself in detention you don't need to be late as well." She calls for him.

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"I think you're quite possibly the dumbest person I've met." FP says to Fred. "You seriously would rather be here in detention than go to some dinner party with Hermione?"

"You've never met these people, you don't understand."

"Still, at least you would have got to spend the time with your girl, instead you're stuck in here with us." FP says, gesturing to he and Alice.

"Yeah, I mean you've been in here with us before, you know how we pass the time. Why would you want to be a third wheel when you could be doing the same with Hermione?" Alice says as she leans back against the wall, pulling her feet up to rest in FP's lap.

"You two can save the make-out session for when you get home, you have company today." Fred says. "And she's so mad at me I highly doubt she'd even hold my hand let alone kiss me."

As if on cue the door bursts open and in walks Hermione. "Frederick!" She calls angrily.

"Oh shit." Alice says, a goofy grin on her face as she awaits the showdown between the couple.

"Trouble in paradise." FP says to her, making her laugh.

"You'd rather be in detention than come to dinner with my family?"

"I-" Fred starts to say, stumbling on his words.

"Don't you realize I invite you to these thins because they're hell for me too and you make it bearable?"

"I do?"

"Yes you idiot. I know how boring those dinners are, I know how much my family can be assholes to you but I need you there to keep me a little bit sane." Fred's face softens and he gestured for her to come to him, wrapping his arms around her middle when she does.

"Well that was anti-climactic, I thought they were going to rip each other's heads off." Alice says, disappointed from the lack of entertainment.

"I know. I'm disappointed in them. They're really losing their edge." FP says, peeling his eyes away from the couple and turning his attention back to Alice.

"Agreed." She says. "Now let's pass the time in a much more fun way than watching that snooze fest." Alice says with a smirk as she pulls FP into a kiss.