Mischief and Mayhem Fred X Reader

Chapter 4

It was raining outside when I woke up, thunder crashed every now and then. The small draft from the cracked window was chilly, and the rain left a slight fog outside. When I lifted my head the letter from Melodie stuck to my face and I chuckled. I felt all sniffly and stuffed up from the cold. It's been a good while since I've woken up this early. Back at home I always wake up really early, I feel so much safer here that I actually sleep through the night. I love my home and my mom, but it's not the same as being here. Though this summer I don't think I'll be spending the entire summer at home. I might do something with the Weasleys, or I might go visit my nan. I continued to think as I got dressed. At some point, I headed down to the common room to get some work done, but that didn't happen. I did that thing where you think of everything but doing work, and I couldn't ignore how sick I'd been feeling. I feel stupid for falling asleep in front of the window, that's more than likely what's causing this.

         After what felt like hours of "work," I headed down to get breakfast. Toast always pleased me, It may as well be one of the most basic forms of breakfast, but it was my favorite. I sat and ate while making small chatter with other people around me. At one point Melodie came by and I told her about her very late letter. We had a good amount of laughs before she had to return to her Hufflepuff friends. A little while later my favorite boys arrived.

"Finally you three show up! Where the heck have you guys been? How late did you guys stay up?" I fake fumed.

"You are awfully naggy this morning," Lee said as he rubbed his eyes.

"No I have just been up for hours, and I've been bored," I said drawing out the end dramatically, sniffling a little.

George eyed me after my sniffle. "What..?" He eyed me, "Are you getting sick?" He said, examining me.

"No!" I said defensively but broke out in a fit of coughs. I sat up straight and I knew they didn't believe my lies.

"Maybe you should visit Madame Pomfrey?" Fred said and the other two agreed. Resting his elbows on the table, Fred asked "How did you even catch something anyway?"

"Guys, it's not anything severe," I sniffled again, "It's just because I fell asleep in front of an open window. I'm sure this will clear up by tomorrow."

"That wasn't smart. Just promise us that if it gets worse you'll go see her?" George asked, "Yeah, don't be stupid." Lee added.

"Fine, I promise," I said as I stretched.

          I sat with the three as they ate and conversed. Apparently, the reason they were so late this morning was that they were working on a new thing for their trick shop and lost track of time. Knowing them it was more than likely true, but something was off. They were hiding something. I let it go though, there's no telling what they're supposedly hiding. Even so, George will probably tell me later on anyway, he is my best friend after all. We tell each other everything.

    

    During potions I coughed and sniffed, earning me ugly looks and remarks from Snape. I leaned closer to my group without looking away from the board and whispered, "For such a greasy man he sure does not like me having a little cold."

This made them chuckle, earning us a reduction of house points. I mouthed apologies to them with a frown.

          While I was mixing I coughed hard, causing me to mess up my potion. Snape was so infuriated he was red in the face. He sent me out for the remainder of the class time.