An Affair to Remember (Fred Weasley)

16) Odd

Not a single word in the dictionary could describe the expressions on the faces of Hermione, George, Ginny, Harry and Ron when they heard Adrienne say the words 'I'm married'. Saying they were shocked was an understatement, they were astonished. Adrienne's heart beat wildly in her chest as she surveyed their expressions.

'They hate me, they fucking hate me' was the only thought that plagued her mind.

Fred still gripped her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her.

"Adrienne, what?" Hermione said in disbelief.

"You're married?" asked Ginny, her eyes wide.

"You both have been sleeping together when Adrienne's married?" George crossed his arms, looking slightly upset. That wasn't a good sign at all, George was usually the more understanding one.

"I-I don't know what to say" Adrienne said truthfully.

"Why-how-how did no one know about this?" Ron asked.

"I didn't know how to tell you guys, very few people know about my marriage to Noah Davis"

"NOAH DAVIS? THAT GIT FROM SLYTHERIN?" Ron cried.

"That's the one" Adrienne said nervously.

"He was up there with Malfoy, maybe even worse" Ron shuddered.

George shot an angry look at Fred, Ginny and Hermione remained silent, still trying to process the information.

"Fred how could you?" George said, sounding a little angry.

"Hey now wait a minute, don't you all go blaming the both of them!" Harry said, getting up from his seat and walking over to Fred and Adrienne. "Give them a chance to explain"

"What do you mean by 'how could you' George? " Fred said, crossing his own arms.

"How could you not tell me? You've been in love with her since your fourth year and you never stopped talking about her to me, then you go and get together with her without even telling me about it?"

Adrienne's heartbeat raced even faster in her chest when she heard George say the words 'in love'

"I wasn't in love..I-it was just a crush" Fred said quickly.

"I can't believe you both, how long have you been sneaking behind our backs?" George truly did sound angry, or was it disappointment? Adrienne couldn't tell due to the whirlwind of emotions she was feeling at the moment.

"Shut up George, now's really not the time to be mad at them" Ron crossed his arms, walking over to stand next to Fred, Adrienne and Harry.

"I-I'm not mad, I just don't know how to react to this!" said George in disbelief.

Hermione took a deep breath and got up from her seat, making her way over to Adrienne. She held her hands in her own, her eyebrows furrowing.

"Adrienne, do you love Noah?" she asked.

Adrienne shook her head, feeling shameful.

"Does he love you?"

"Not very much, at least i don't think he does"

"Was your marriage arranged?"

"Y-yes" 

Everyone frowned.

"Does he treat you well?"

Adrienne sighed, thinking back to the number of times he had yelled at her for no reason, even attempting to hit her a couple of times. Hermione squeezed her hands in reassurance.