Before you (Fred Weasley)

CHAPTER 26

"I can't fucking believe her!" Fred yelled.

"Now we're going to do even worse than before" George groaned.

"I personally think it's a great idea" Hermione said quietly.

"Of course you do! You don't need to get your spellings checked they're always perfect" Ron sighed.

It had been more than a month since Umbridge had wreaked havoc amongst the students. Just today morning, she had banned spell check quills in the school and Fred, George and Ron were not having it.

"Well now maybe you guys can learn how to actually spell the words" I suggested.

"What's the point in that when you've got magic?" said Fred.

I shrugged.

"I'll see you guys later, I promised Padma I'd help her with her Herbology Homework"

I walked towards the Hufflepuff table where Padma was sitting with another girl who I had never seen before.

"Hey Padma"

"Hi Alice, meet Jenna Colby, she just transferred from Ilvermorny"

"Hey Alice, so nice to meet you! I'm actually in Gryffindor but Padma and I have been friends ever since we were little so I decided to hang out with her for a bit"

"That's great, are you liking Hogwarts?"

"I'm loving it..everything's so fancy! Ilvermorny was such a bore" She said.

I nodded politely before sitting down on the chair and pulling out my Herbology books.

The moment I sat down, Jenna lifted her hand and picked at a loose strand of my hair before letting it go.

"You should really think about doing something with your hair" she said, a look of disgust on her face.

"Excuse me?"

 Who was she to comment on my hair?

"Jenna!" Padma whispered.

I decided to ignore what she had said.

"So Padma, the mandrakes-"

"Allll I need your help" I turned around to see Fred looking at me with puppy dog eyes, his books clutched in his arms.

"Don't look at me like that"

"Pleeeease" He pleaded.

I gave in. Why was everyone asking me for help?

"Alright then, what do you want" I groaned.

"You're the best" He said after giving me a swift kiss on the cheek.

Padma looked at the both of us, baffled. Jenna didn't seem to notice that Fred was here as she was busy pulling books out of her bag.

"Astronomy. How on Earth do you fill this star chart? Haha geddit? Earth? Astronomy?"

"Your humour is deteriorating" I said before glancing at the chart.

"Excuse me" said a high pitched voice. We all looked to see Jenna, her eyes slightly widened, staring at Fred.

"I-I don't think we've met" She said, holding her hand out.

"I'm Jenna"

Fred shook her hand politely.

"Fred" He grinned before turning his attention back on me.

"So, as I was saying-"

"Fred Weasley?"