one of us. (f.w)

chapter nine.

"know? you don't know anything."
"your mum...she-she told george and i about it when we were there."
you scoffed and rose to your feet,
still angry from the situation before.
"so you went asking my practically deranged mother about our family? are you serious?!"
"calm down!"
he leveled to your tone,
making you back down some.

seeing fred angry, or even yell, was rare.
it struck a little fear in you,
"i didn't ask her. she just told us, okay?"
you shoved his hands off of your shoulders,
barely being able to stand in his presence.
"whatever. i'm going to sleep."
"you can't stay mad at me, y/n."
"i'll do as i please."

he stood there,
feeling the confusion pain his throbbing heart.
"you're upset because i didn't want to make our kiss a big deal?"
you laughed mockingly and shook your head,
"you're a complete idiot. get out."
"seriously-"
"get out!"
"you're insane,"
he spat before he left you alone in the room.
you laid your head down that was burning with anger,
mentally cursing him.
how dare he.
act like he knows about my family.
he doesn't know anything.

"are you alright?"
the voice whispered,
creeping into the room.
you sat up and laid eyes on ginny.
"hey. yeah i'm alright."
"heard you two yelling. sounded like an old married couple or something."
you laughed and shook your head,
the bed sinking beneath ginny's weight.
"it's alright. just a bit of a misunderstanding is all."
"he's pretty stubborn."
"yeah he is,"
you agreed with a shrug.
"do you fancy him?"
"fred? please,"
you laughed.
"mhm,"
ginny grinned and got back to her feet.
"i'll see you in the morning. sleep well, y/n."
"you too."
***
you woke up the next morning with a qualm of regret sitting in the pit of your stomach.
you slowly got to your feet and began to make your way down the stairs.
you realized the only people awake were mrs and mr weasley.
"good morning, love! sleep well?"
"quite, thank you,"
you smiled and took a quiet seat at the end of the table.
"the rest of the lot should be up soon. settling in okay?"
"oh yes! definitely. thank you for letting me come. i know it's not-"
"oh not to worry dear! any friend of our children is a friend of ours,"
she winked and placed a plate full of food in front of you.
"thank you so much."
"of course."

"so, y/n,"
mr weasley began and folded his newspaper,
"you and fred?"
you nearly choked on your food.
"oh no!"
you spoke as best as you could,
the air being caught in your throat.
"just-just friends."
"really? could've sworn i heard you two arguing last night. like an old married couple."
you laughed and shook your head,
swallowing the hot liquid to calm your throbbing throat.
"no sir. just my friend is all,"
you spoke with a hint of bitterness.
"my apologizes."

as soon as you finished your breakfast,
the rest of the weasleys came piling down.
"early start, eh, y/n?"
george asked with a smile.
"you know me. always waking up early,"
you joked and joined him in a laugh.
"what's so funny?"
fred asked,
interjecting himself into the conversation.
"nothing,"
you spoke shortly and walked past him.
"are you not gonna eat?"
"already did."

fred sat back in the chair and sighed,
regretting ever walking into her room last night.
what was i thinking?
you complete wanker!

"is harry coming?"
you asked ginny,
walking along the field.
"should be soon."
"you excited?"
you continued with a little grin.
"i suppose,"
together, you two giggled.
the silence fell upon you two,
but you welcomed it.
the peace was nice after a few days of bickering and thoughts that shook your head.
"would you like to come with me and mum shopping today?"
"i'd love to. i haven't gotten any christmas presents yet."
"perfect,"
ginny smiled.
***
you walked along the many shops and smiled at the displays,
feeling all the happy feelings of christmas holiday.
you tried as hard as you could to block out the soft hum of fred weasley,
attempting to steady your racing heart.

you missed him.
you missed his jokes and his laugh,
his light bullying,
his pranks.
all of it.
if only i could take that stupid kiss back.
you thought painfully.
"i'll be in here,"
you informed the crowd and walked into the cute little shop,
looking around for a gift.
your eyes fell upon a glass figure in the case,
and smiled softly.
it was a rather unique making of a magpie.
"hi! can i buy this magpie, please?"
you asked the man behind the counter.

you weren't quite sure why you were so positive fred would love this gift.
maybe you were just desperate to makeup with fred that anything was worth it.

you exchanged your money for the gift and walked out of the shop with it carefully wrapped and placed in a bag.
"who's that for?"
ron asked as you met back up with the family.
"never you mind,"
you laughed and avoided meeting fred's eyes that were so deep into your body.
you trailed around with the family before accidentally wandering off,
walking into the ominous alley.
it was against your better judgement to come down this way,
but something about it was appalling.

you trailed further down and looked around the corner,
quietly gasping as you saw fenrir grayback and lucius malfoy.
"he's back...it's getting darker,"
lucius mumbled,
lifting his arm to show the dark mark that was deepening with color.
"bloody hell.."
you whispered,
catching the attention of lucius.
you backed away slowly and winced at the sound of the branch cracking beneath your weight.
"who's there?"
the deep, chilling voice asked urgently as the footsteps began to grow closer.
you began to run as fast as your legs would take you,
soon turning the corner and colliding with the sculptured body that knocked you to your feet.
"we've been looking all over for yo-"
"fenrir. lucius. dark mark. me."
you spoke through breaths,
clutching onto both your chest and wand.
"wh-what?"
you turned your head to see fenrir running closer towards you and fred,
so you did what anyone else would do.
you grabbed the boys hand and darted further away.
you weren't quite sure where you were going but anywhere was better.

fred soon understand what it was you were blabbering about as he ran along with you,
fenier trailing on your backs.
because of his distracted stare,
fred tripped and fell over the sticks lying in the alleyway.
"fred!"
you cried out and turned,
trying to help him to his feet.
but it was too late.
"well. what do we have here, eh? a pair of nosey little teens. my favorite,"
fenrir spoke hungrily.
fred wrapped your shaking body in his arms,
trying to shield you from any harm.
you clung yourself to his chest and shut your eyes close,
before feeling his wand in his pocket.
and just before fenrir could get any closer,
you drew his wand and yelled the immobilizing spell.

fred hurried to his feet and helped you up,
watching fenrir lay on the ground motionless.
you handed the boy back his wand,
and just as soon as,
lucius sent a hex at you that fred blocked.
fred was quick to grab your hand this time and run,
leaving you to cast protective spells continuously as you ran.

"malfoy!"
arthur yelled from down the alley as you and fred covered your bruised and shaking bodies behind the family,
their faces struck with worry.
"weasley..."
luscious mumbled,
and began their quarrel.
you turned to fred and wrapped him in your arms,
breathing hard.
his hands trembled as they snaked around your waist and pulled you close.
he basked in the relief of feeling your heartbeat against his chest.
"i'm sorry,"
he whispered into your ear.
you caressed the back of his head slowly and shook your head,
"don't be."
he pulled back and wiped the smudge of dirt off your cheek and smiled brightly,
with watery eyes.
"thank you for saving my life back there."
"thank you for saving mine. i'm sure lucious would've had me dead if you weren't so quick on your feet,"
you giggled and playfully nudged his shoulder.
"are we okay, y/n?"
"yeah. more than okay."