A/N: Songfic to "Can't Help Falling
in Love," by Elvis. A little bit of
side action for Fred and Aithne from Hemorrhage. Takes place at Hogwarts, after Fred and Bill have finished
bringing in the survivors from the Diagon Alley attack, and there was nothing
more that they, or the Nightingales, could do.
Disclaimer: Elvis owns the song, JKR owns Fred, and I own Aithne. If you wish to use Aithne, or archive this
songfic, please ask me.
Aithne sat on the window seat in the common room that went with the rooms Dumbledore had given her and her companions to stay in, not willing to let the tears flow forth. The night had been quite hectic… First the dinner at the Burrow, where Fred broke down right in front of her when he took her to see his twin's grave. They had then returned to Diagon Alley, only to find it destroyed.
She then thought back to a few days before… when Fred had kissed her. She had been so angry with him… but so relieved.
//Foolish girl… don't go thinking like that! You don't want love, you don't need love… It's much too soon…// she thought to herself.
She looked out the window and saw a few happy couples, holding hands and looking at one another as if the world had stopped turning just for them. Almost as if the war didn't matter… it didn't matter that Voldemort was ruthlessly killing people left and right, as long as they had each other. Suddenly, she heard her own voice as she started to sing.
"Wise men say,
Only fools rush in…
But I can't help,
Falling in love with you..
Shall I stay;
would it be a sin?
If I can't help,
Falling in love with you…"
She didn't know why that song was the one that came to her, but it just seemed to fit.
"Like a river flows,
Surely to the sea,
Darling so it goes,
Some things are meant to be …
Take my hand,
Take my whole life too,
For I can't help,
Falling in love with you…"
Suddenly, it hit her. She was in love with Fred Weasley.
//DAMNIT! Why did this have to happen? I'm a CIA agent, I can't fall in love… Wait, I'm not a CIA agent anymore. I'm a Nightingale, I can't fall in love! There… that's better… now where was I?// she thought, shaking her head.
"Like a river flows,
Surely to the sea,
Darling so it goes,
Some things are meant to be …
Take my hand,
Take my whole life too
For I can't help,
Falling in love with you…"
Aithne turned around and saw Fred. He smiled sadly at her and sang the last two lines.
"For I can't help,
Falling in love with you …"
A/N: This is the revised version, as I wrote this before I wrote Chapter 9. When writing Ch. 9, some things happened that I hadn't planned, so this had to be fixed. ^_^ R&R please!