Self Worth - Fred Weasley Fan Fic

freddie

after an hour of talking and catching up, the three girls sat in comfortable silence waiting for one of Ali's or Cami's friends to notify them to change in their robes. Alison was sketching in her notepad, Elia was reading a muggle book, and Cami just stared at the window while playing with her hair.

¨hello ladies¨

a soft, sweet voice spoke opening the sliding door as the three girls brought their heads up at the familiarity of the girl's voice

"HERMOINE!!" the three girls exclaimed as they all quickly got up from their comfortable seats to hug their old friend.

Hermoine Granger was the first friend Elia made at Hogwarts.

Elia was drawn towards Hermoine's outgoing and very talkative personality, plus she invited herself into Elia's corridor. This frizzy-headed girl was able to talk for hours about Hogwarts and the wizarding world. Elia didn't mind since she didn't plan on talking at all that day, or that year for that matter. 

She vividly remembered how badly she wanted to be a Gryffindor that night when Hermoine got sorted there although knew it was an unrealistic thought. Elia introduced Hermoine to her dorm mates the next day and the four of them created a very good friendship, the trio being Hermoine's only female friends.

"Oh have I missed you all!! How were your guys' summers??" Hermoine asked while breaking the hug to go sit down with them.

"Oh, I just went to Greece," Cami said draping herself over Elia.

"Oh just Greece eh?" Hermoine jokingly responded while placing a part of the knitted blanket Alison was using over her legs.

"Didn't you spend your summer at the Weasley's?" Alison asked as the girls cooed knowing Hermoine's little crush on Ron. Hermoine blushed and responded, "that I did, only for a month though-"

"DID YOU SEE FRED?!" Cami asked jumping up from her position on Elia.

"well considering I lived with him for a month, I think I saw him once or twice," Hermoine said in a cute sarcastic tone, and the girls giggled. Cami has had an adorable crush on Fred ever since they were first years at Hogwarts.

Before Camila gained confidence and a sense of style, she was a huge nerd. With her know it all persona and head always being stuck in a book, she was never really noticed by boys. 

One day in Cami's first year, she was walking in the halls heading to her next class when she heard a ginger, third-year boy talking to his friends trying to describe how gross the boggart they were going to see that day would look. Cami then butted in their conversation correcting them about how a boggart doesn't have a distinct figure and that it's different for everyone. While all the boys looked at her annoyed, Fred was the only one who didn't. He just smiled and responded with a polite "good to know" and Camila felt that he was meant to be her's ever since.

Elia had a crush on Fred in her first year as well, and just as big as Camis at the time. But Elia never ever spoke up about it or never allowed herself to. After a year or two, her crush on him was eventually meaningless and drifted off completely.

The girls continued to catch up about home, their summers, and Fred. all of a sudden the girls heard yelling coming from the bathroom that wasn't too far from them.

"NOT FUNNY FRED" a muffled voice exclaimed coming from the chaos when a lanky redhead sneaked inside their corridors with a huge grin on his face. It was Fred Weasley

"Hello, mind if I join you lovely ladies? not at all? wonderful!"

Cami quickly scooted away from Elia so that Fred would sit next to her. He quickly ducked his head and sat between the two girls as Cami looked at him with dreamy eyes.

"What trouble have you gotten yourself into this time Fred," Hermione asked with a sigh like it was a routine.

"Hm? Oh nothing, just dropped some instant darkness powder on Ron while he was using the bathroom" Fred responded with a snort and a not so subtle devilish smile.

"instant what now?" Cami asked curiously.

Fred's eyes widened with excitement, "Oh! it's this dark Peruvian powder that can blacken an entire room," He said, proudly facing her now keeping eye contact.

His eyes then softened. Elia has never really made long eye contact with him before, but out of nowhere, something about right now made her feel like she was a first-year again. She didn't know if it was his adolescent behavior, his hazel green eyes, or just the fact that a boy is keeping eye contact with her for more than a second, but it gave her little butterflies for the first time in forever. Something about his stare made her feel that maybe he could possibly, just maybe, be feeling it too. 

She started to feel her cheeks and ears start to get warm and felt like she should do something immediately. She looked down at her book then up again breaking their eye contact and responded "impressive" giving an approving look and he nodded back.

Camila cringed at the thought of having that stuff dropped on her in the bathroom. Cami didn't like pranks, which was ironic considering the person she's basically in love with is known for his practical jokes.

"FRED IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE" Ron yelled out as he furiously rushed in their corridor and changed his expression once he saw Hermoine watching.

"Ahh simmer down mate, wouldn't want to be acting like a daft in front of the ladies" Fred teased while the girls giggled. Ron turned red and gave him a heated glance.

Fred laughed at his brother's embarrassment "I know I know, well it was lovely chatting with you ladies but I have to be going now" He said as the girls all wished him goodbye. Fred shot Elia one last glance that almost made her melt and the two brothers walked out while Ron mumbled "I'm so glad this is your last year"

"...that man could turn me straight" Alison casually added once the two brothers were out of sight and all the girls laughed.

Everyone had a little crush on Fred and George. They were quite charming and hilarious.

"that was actually funny, good job Allie," Cami said laughing at the curly-headed girl in front of her who didn't even realize her humorous comment.

Not long after Hermoine went back to sit with the boys, the train arrived at Hogwarts.

Seeing Hogwarts right when Elia got off the train always gave her a nostalgic feeling, something she'd never get over. After the sorting of the first years and the much-needed feast, the girls headed up to their dorm to unpack and what not.

"Okay I think I'm actually going to get close to Fred this year, I can feel it," Cami said confidently.

"Oh, yea? what makes this year any different?" Alison said unpacking all her grandpa sweaters from her trunk.

"well, we did sit together on the way here to Hogwarts sooo..." Cami said laying on her bed staring at her ceiling.

"yes for like 3 seconds" Elia added making Alison snort and Cami throw her pillow at Elia.

"UGH well I can just feel it, mark my words"

The three girls then chatted until Alison, then Camila drifted off to sleep. Elia was always the last to fall asleep, which she dreaded. Even though she basically trained herself to not overthink ever since she was young, something finally happened in her life that tempted her to go there. She remembered her little crush on Fred in her first year and how she started liking him. It was during breakfast when she was dozing off from her conversation with Hermoine as she usually did when a hearty laugh caught her attention. She remembered how she felt seeing this happy and bright kid interact with his friends. Fred noticed her stare in the middle of his laughter and gave a friendly smile and waved.

Elia smiled back at the memory. Elia remembered how she admired his love for life and how happy he was all the time, something she's never really felt.

Maybe he thought about her too? No. never. How could he? Elia was boring and uninteresting, at least that's how people saw her, including herself.

But his stare. Maybe he started to look at her differently??

Elia then shut the idea off right away before it could even start. It would never happen plus, Fred was Camila's.