I do not own any of the characters of Harry Potter, all I own is the plot and the characters I made up! Enjoy peoples of the world!
The first time Arthur met Lily Evans, he thought his heart would stop. She was beautiful in every way. He made a vow right then and there that he would not stop trying to get her attention unless it killed him. Sadly it looked like it would; judging by the look a certain James Potter was sending him.
Arthur and James were good friends, although Arthur was in the year above James. They had been since Arthur had told old Mr. Filch that it was Snape who had thrown the dung bombs in the girls' toilets and who had sent howlers to all the students about not flushing the toilets properly. Of course James had had his help but a certain Sirius Black had been conveniently sick when Mr. Filch had caught wind of what was happening, but that was a different story all together. The thing that Arthur couldn't understand was why did James like Lily so much, he was dating Molly, a girl in the same year as him and to be frank, she was gorgeous.
As Arthur sat in a day dream, Molly came and sat down next to him causing him to leap high in the air. Molly laughed and Arthur grinned sheepishly. 'Why do you like her so much?' asked Molly looking over at Lily in a way that said she wasn't jealous, just curious. Arthur followed her gaze and his eyes landed back on Lily. 'I don't know' he answered honestly 'she is beautiful, graceful and smart' he finished, turning to smile at Molly. 'So' he said, changing the subject abruptly 'how are things going with you and James? He told me you had a fight in Hogsmead last weekend? Want to talk to me about it?' he looked at Molly with a warm smile on his face. Molly almost fainted. Yeah, she was with James and had been since first year when Lily had rejected him. That was almost four and a half years but she just couldn't help but melt when Arthur smiled at her, spoke to her, or just looked in her direction.
She looked at Arthur and smiled. 'Yeah I'm fine I just think I was annoying him a bit, I know he hates shopping but I really had to buy something…it was an emergency!' Arthur laughed but not in a cruel way. 'What was such an emergency that made you drag THE James Potter into a days shopping? A romantic present for me?' he asked jokingly.
All of a sudden Molly couldn't breathe. He knew? How he wasn't supposed to know! She went bright red and looked down at her bacon she had been so hungry for moments before.
'Mol?' said Arthur clearly worried when he saw something was bothering Molly.
Molly looked up at him and he saw how red she had gone 'Did I say something?' he asked now worried he had hurt his friend'
Molly nodded and whispered 'Yes' Arthur felt really upset that he had hurt her. 'What did I say Mol? I'm sorry whatever it was' he said with so much unhappiness in his voice at the thought of hurting his friend that made Molly want to hug him 'No' she whispered looking into his eyes 'You didn't say anything to hurt me… I meant that yes I had brought you a present at Hogsmead. That's why I needed to shop with James …Here' she finished passing him a gift 'Happy Valentines day' she managed to say before running through the door of the great hall with her face as red as her hair.
Arthur stared after her in shock before looking down at the small gift she had left on the table. He picked it up and slowly began to open it when suddenly.. 'Hey weasel!' said James plopping down next to him, 'What's up' he asked as Arthur quickly hid the pressie. 'Heya Padfoot, I just finished, I better go, double potions…'
And with that he hurried out the hall leaving a bewildered Padfoot behind.
