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Simple Kind of Life
By Black Rapture
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Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters, locations, and other indicia belong to J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers. The songs Simple Kind of Life by No Doubt and Things I'll Never Say by Avril Lavigne belong to them, respectively, and any other persons or companies owning their names/trademarks, etc.
Title Origin(s): The song Simple Kind of Life, lyrics of which can be found below, inspired the title of this story. All chapter titles are taken from song titles, lyrics of which will also be featured below.
Note: This story was written before the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and therefore does not follow its canon.
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All I wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life
And all I needed was a simple man
So I could be a wife
-Simple Kind of Life, No Doubt
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Chapter One - Things I'll Never Say
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If I could say what I want to say
I'd say I want to blow you away
Be with you every night
Am I squeezing you to tight?
If I could say what I want to see
I want to see you go down on one knee
Marry me today
Yes, I'm wishing my life away
-Things I'll Never Say, Avril Lavigne
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Six years. Six long years. He waited, hoping he could get up his nerve to ask Angelina Johnson out. And finally, in his 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he finally got his chance. Due to the Triwizard Tournament, they were hosting The Yule Ball. He gathered all his courage and asked her. She said yes. He was overjoyed, obviously, and she seemed to be as well. Turns out all these years she's been waiting for him to make the first move! Guys can be really stupid sometimes, can't they? They had always been such good friends, but now romantic sparks were beginning to fly. Now, in his 7th and final year, Fred Weasley was still going out with Angelina Johnson. His twin brother, George, was going out with Alicia Spinnet, and his other best friend, Lee Jordan, was going out with Katie Bell. The three best friends marveled at their luck of dating Gryffindor's Quidditch chasers.
However, his little brother, Ron, would not ask out Hermione Granger. Nor would Ron's best friend, Harry Potter, ask out the Weasley's youngest and only female sibling, Ginny. Not that this bothered him, but he knew they liked each other and Harry was a good guy. However, he did enjoy teasing them about their hopeless love lives. He and Angelina had been on many group dates and several dates alone, but this year, things would really start to heat up.
It was a Saturday morning and Fred sat around in the Gryffindor common room after breakfast playing wizard chess with Ron, while Lee and George played Exploding Snap.
"Where are all the girls anyway?" snapped Ron, looking very irritated.
"Can't stand it, can you?" Fred said, grinning. Over in the corner, George and Lee chuckled.
"What are you talking about?" Ron glared at him impatiently. "Shut up over there!" He yelled, now turning his gaze to glare at George and Lee.
"I'm talking about you barely being able function unless you see Hermione every two hours." Fred teased. George and Lee snickered.
"I don't know what the hell you're implying, Frederick, but I just want to know that my two best friends are okay." Ron said angrily, emphasizing Fred's first name. He knew Fred hated it when people called him that.
"I think you know damn well what I'm implying, Ronald." Fred shot back. "I mean, you can't even win a simple chess game because you're so grumpy about not seeing her all morning."
"I CAN TO!" shouted Ron.
"Checkmate." said Fred, smiling. He watched Ron's eyes widen as he watched his king fall back onto the board.
"FINE! You win." said Ron. "Maybe I do like her, but what the hell do you want me to do about it?" Fred, George, and Lee all looked totally shocked at Ron's unexpected confession.
"Go and find her, you stupid ass!" Lee insisted. He paused as Ron thought this over. But just as Ron was about to head through the portrait hole to find her, Lee couldn't resist adding something. "Then drag her up to your dorm and do whatever you want with her." He said with a wink. Fred and George looked at each other, then at Lee, then at Ron, and burst into laughter. Ron's mouth dropped open in shock.
"Don't ever talk that way about Hermione!" he shouted, just as Hermione and Harry appeared at the portrait hole and entered the common room. Fred, George, and Lee abruptly stopped laughing and looked at Ron.
"Talk what way about me?" Hermione asked curiously. Harry looked at Ron, apparently also wanting to hear the answer to Hermione's question. Fred, George, and Lee were still staring at him, wondering what he was going to do.
"Well what are you waiting for?" Lee asked suddenly, "Are you going to take my advice or what?" Fred and George suddenly began laughing again and so did Lee upon seeing the look on Ron's face. He just kept opening his mouth as if to say something, but then closed it again moments later. After doing this about ten times, Ron turned on his heel and stalked up to his dormitory, glaring at the three of them, who were rolling around on the floor, still laughing.
"What's his problem?" Harry asked. Hermione looked like she was thinking the exact same thing.
"I don't know." George replied innocently. Hermione looked at him questioningly and was about to say something, but Fred entered the conversation before she had the chance.
"Have you seen Angelina?" Fred asked. He looked at George and Lee, then added, "Or Alicia or Katie?"
"No, but I'll go up to their dorm and see what's keeping them." Hermione answered, then walked up the staircase to the girl's dormitories.
"That was close." George said, breathing a sigh of relief. Fred and Lee just nodded in agreement. They had forgotten Harry was in the room until he spoke up.
"What was?" he asked. Fred, George, and Lee turned to him.
"Umm... we were just teasing Ron about Hermione." George said, seeing no harm in this, as he already knew Ron liked her.
"Oh." Harry shrugged, apparently not giving it a second thought. He sat down on the couch next to their spot on the floor. "What'd you say?" The three of them looked at each other for a moment and silently agreed it wouldn't hurt to tell him. Lee told him what he'd said. Harry looked at him for a second, with a shocked looked similar to Ron's a few moments ago. He then began laughing as well. Fred, George, and Lee looked at each other, then at Harry, and did the same.
"Could you possibly make more noise?" Hermione's voice came from the stairwell. The four boys stopped laughing, took a few deep breaths, and looked up. They saw Hermione standing at the bottom of the steps. Angelina, Alicia, and Katie joined her soon after.
"Hello love!" Fred greeted. She smiled and sat down in an armchair next to him. Hermione sat down on the couch next to Harry, while Alicia and Katie made themselves comfortable on George and Lee's laps, respectively.
"Angel, can I talk to you for minute?" Fred asked. She looked at him and nodded, getting up and going over to him. He took her hand and guided her out the portrait hole. "Be back in a second." He called as he walked out into the hall.
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"What is it?" She asked. Fred wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. She giggled and put her arms around his neck.
"Do you want to go for a walk with me later?" he asked, flashing her the patented Weasley smile.
"Of course!" she replied, "When?" Fred smiled and leaned in, resting his forehead on hers.
"Around eight," he answered. She nodded in agreement and pressed her lips against his. He kissed her back, and they remained like that for a good ten minutes. Katie poked her head out to check on them and put a hand over her mouth to keep from giggling. Seeing they hadn't noticed her, she slipped back into the common room.
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"Well what the hell are they doing?" George asked. Katie grinned and sat down on the couch next to Hermione, seeing that Ginny had come down and was sitting in her chair.
"Well?" said Lee and Alicia in unison.
"Did they die or something?" George joked.
"Well if they're still doing what they were when I went out there, there is a good chance they'll suffocate from lack of oxygen." Katie replied. Everybody in the room broke into a wide grin. The portrait hole swung open, revealing Fred and Angelina, his arm around her waist.
"Why's everyone grinning?" he asked, "That's kind of scary." But they just kept on smiling. Fred shrugged and sat down on an empty couch. Angelina laid her head on his shoulder.
"Awwwww..." The room sighed collectively. Angelina jerked her head up and stared around the room.
"What the hell is the matter with everybody?" she asked before leaning down and resting on Fred's shoulder again. "Psychos," she muttered.
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