Chapter 9-Good punches, breakups, and... Skinny dipping?
This chapter is basically the starting point of Fred becoming the Hogwarts playa. You know the manwhore who gets every girl he can. It also introduces Montague who is Angelina's neighbor. They knew and hated eachother before but now its more pronounced and noticeable...guess age does come with hostility,lol.
I only said all that so there will be no confusion. Oh yea if you have a question about any parts of my story feel free to ask away.
5th year (4 weeks later)
Fred and Angelina hadn't talked in weeks. Their friends would ask them what's wrong but they'd usually ignore it and change the subject or get up and leave. But it was starting to weigh on Fred's heart how much he missed her. Joking with her, talking with her, being with just her. The only good thing he'd seen so far for weeks is that Cedric stopped being around her so often.
"Fred you all right chap." Lee whispered snapping him out of his musings of Angelina.
"Fine." Fred whispered back.
Lee nodded, and turned his head forward once again , returning to his school work.
He looked up trying to find some sign of what the class work was supposed to be, looking around the room he locked eyes with Angelina who sensed he was lost.
"Read P.365 of A History of magic." she mouthed. He smiled dryly at her and she returned it but immediately looked back down when the teacher got up to walk around the classroom, checking to see if all the students were doing what they were supposed to.
The class continued for what seemed like forever until the bell had finally rung. Lee and George were the first ones out of the classroom.
"I'll catch up with you guys later." Fred shouted when they turned back around trying to wait for him. Nodding lee and George raced off to Lunch.
Fred caught up with Angelina who had just passed the threshold. "Ange, Ange, wait up!" He jammed all his papers in his bag and ran for the door dropping quills and blank pieces of parchment all the way.
He didn't care though, he shoved past students to get to Angelina but it seemed like she was speeding up. He finally made it past the last student and ran out into the corridor but she was gone.
2 Days later…..
Fred had just been released from Charms class, which he didn't share with Angelina, and was wondering down the hall a bit distraught his best friend had been avoiding him for 4 weeks already. He was so busy thinking about it he didn't even pay attention to where he went and had wondered down a corridor he recognized as the first corridor he and Angelina had played a prank on someone together. He could practically hear both their voices bouncing off the walls as they ran from Snape. That's when he started actually hearing voices and his head shot up. They were coming from up ahead:
"You let Diggory get a taste so why not me?" It was a strong, mean, drawing voice. No doubt a Slytherin boy.
"Fuck off Montague, I didn't do anything with Cedric and I sure as hell wouldn't touch you." He knew that voice all too well, it was Angelina's.
"You know you want me, ever since I moved into the neighborhood, ever since you first saw me; you knew you couldn't get enough of me."
Fred came closer and peered around the corner into the next corridor and saw Angelina trapped underneath a bulky, muscular, well in-shape boy with neck-length jet black hair, blackish bluish eyes with dark circles under them, and pale skin.
Fred had seen this boy around school many times; he became captain of The Slytherin Quidditch team when Marcus Flint had finally graduated. He noticed that he and Angelina brushed shoulders more than any other Gryffindor and Slytherin besides Potter and Malfoy. And though they didn't speak much he saw some of the evil glares he shot Angelina across the Great hall. Though he didn't believe their rivalry would get this far.
Fully stepping from the shadows into the light Fred cleared his throat. "Oi, Angelina is everything ok here." The boy didn't jump like Fred would've expected, but slowly turned his head and eyed Fred as if he just interrupted something. Angelina took this distraction as an escape and quickly ducked under Montague's arm escaping from within his grasp.
She ran over and stood by Fred taking his arm, trying to lead him away.
"Fred, its ok, it was nothing." She said quickly trying to draw him away.
"No, that's not true; I overheard him trying to have it on with you." He stood his ground.
Montague walked vainly up to Fred and glared before he spoke. "I believe you just interrupted me and Johnson's little chat." Fred and Montague were the same height.
"Actually I believe I just saved her from the likes of you." Fred glared back.
Here Angelina had to intervene: "Excuse me Fred but I do believe I'm a big girl and I can handle myself, I do not need saving when I have everything under cont-"
"Be quiet Angel." He held a hand up to silence her.
Angelina turned around silently fuming with her hands on her hips; in disbelief Fred had just shushed her.
Montague stepped up and got even more in Fred's face.
"If you didn't step in, I would've probably be off having a good shag right now…but don't worry you'll pay." Montague was about to raise his wand and curse Fred, and Fred was just about to break his nose, when everything happened in slow motion.
Angelina deftly pushed Fred out of the way, lifted her fist, and gave Montague a good punch in the face breaking his nose and her diamond ring made a scar just above his left eye.
It was only until they'd left an unconscious Montague in the corridor and were running away from the scene that they realized how good of a punch that was.
"Nice punch." Fred smiled as they ran all the way outside into the cloudy gray weather.
"Thanks." she panted. "Told you I didn't need anyone protecting me." She grinned.
Again realization hit them when they remembered this was the first time they had talked in weeks.
"I'm sorry about everything, Ange." She nodded looking as if she would cry.
"I missed you, Fred." She wiped at her face.
"I missed you too, and-and-are you CRYING, Ange?" She turned her face from his view.
"Naw I just got somethin' in my eye." He didn't say anything for the longest and she thought he would burst into laughter, but instead he wrapped his arms around her and embraced her.
"You don't know how much I missed this. So how is that idiot-I mean Cedric-how is Cedric doing."
"I wouldn't know since we split 2 weeks ago, but yeah, looks like he didn't want to put the feud to rest either…" Fred looked down at her while they were still hugging.
"What do you mean 'the feud'?"
"You know how you two can't seem to get along…well about 2 weeks ago he told me he didn't want me seeing you anymore or he'd break up with me…"
"Is that the reason you didn't talk to me for weeks?" He asked a bit disappointed.
"No, actually I chose to break up with him, because-one, I could never do that to you, and two-because I found him making out in a broom closet with Cho Chang." She sounded a bit sad.
Fred pulled away from her with an apologetic look gracing his features.
"Angie, I'm so sorry…" He said.
"Don't apologize Fred, he was an arse just like you said he'd be." She smiled softly and sadly, but immediately her smile turned to a frown and she stepped back.
"What?" Fred asked a bit alarmed.
"Angel are you ok."
"Fine." She replied icily staring at something over his shoulder. She moved closer.
"Angel, about the breakup, its ok, you never needed an arrogant arse like that in your life." He was just about to wrap his arms around her to hug her again when she grabbed him by the collar and kissed him deep, hard, and long. The kiss was like nothing he'd ever experienced and he didn't ever want to pull away.
But he suddenly wrenched back when he heard a small gasp behind them and turned to see Cedric Diggory with Cho Chang. Cedric was staring; mouth agape at the two of them. Then he turned tail and walked away, shouting something that sounded a lot like: "I knew it."
Fred turned back to Angelina's face.
"What was that all about-kissing me to get back at your boyfriend. I thought that when a girl's boyfriend cheats on her they go and cry about it, eat a pint of ice cream or chocolate, or something."
Angelina fixed him with a glare. "He's not my boyfriend anymore and under no circumstances does, Angelina Johnson cry for any guy. Besides that kiss was for me too, it's been terribly long," She laughed. "I nearly forgot how great your lips tasted...a bit like pumpkin…and so warm too."
He could tell she was kidding with him, just a little playful flirting, and blushed.
"You know you could've just asked me to beat the shit out of him for you, I would've done it."
"I know, Fred. But I don't need you to do what I so easily can."
"And what's that." He smiled mischievously "Break Cedric's legs?"
She smiled. "So anyways, you fancy a swim?" He looked at her incredulously.
"Now? It's practically raining cats and dogs…and what about that damn squid? It'll eat us alive. Dear God you can't possibly be serious?"
"Oh I'm dead serious. This is the perfect opportunity. Everybody's probably gone and headed off to bed already and I'll bet that that stupid squid is 100 feet below the surface snoring its tentacles off. And when we're done we can just sneak back in through one of those passages you memorized from that map you used to have. The rain isn't that bad either-It's like a summer rain, perfect. Both hot and cold, just in Spring."
Fred figured she was right about the squid, after all squids needed sleep too. And after that nasty breakup with Cedric that she'd just been through she probably needed a bit of fun in her life…so of course after not much thought on the subject he went along with it. "Ok whatever you want."
They went back down the hill to the Black Lake and Fred was surprised when Angelina started to strip off her clothing.
"What in Merlin's name are you doing?"
"I believe the muggles call it 'skinny dipping'." She told him, removing her starched white school blouse.
"I overheard a muggleborn say it was fun. Never tried it. I think now is an appropriate time for the experience." Fred just smiled and shook his head as she shimmied out of her skirt and started undressing as well.
"So we are gonna leave on our underwear right?"
"Wrong." She said, with a snap of her bra.
"If you want this experience to be done the right way we've got to do it like the muggles." Angelina told him, starting to take off her knickers.
Fred wasn't really shy when it came to his girl mate and this moment wasn't any different really... But as soon as she shook off her bra, he did a double-take. Angelina had really grown up since they first met, in places he never even thought about when he was 11. And in his opinion she had grown very nicely so far. The proof was all over her body.
"And what the ruddy hell do'ya thing you're staring at. You randy bastard you really shouldn't point either it's quite rude." She laughed, looking down at Fred's crotch.
Fred had no idea what she was referring to until he looked down at the full blown erection he had peeking out from his boxers. Blushing like a tomato he hurriedly covered his private parts with both hands.
"No need to be shy Fred. Nothing to be ashamed of down there." She indicated with her eyebrow, dipping southward, shadowy eyes aiming low.
"Gee thanks." He muttered, wondering all the while, why he agreed to go along with this silly plan anyways.
He was so deep in thought about it; he didn't realize Angelina had snuck up behind him with all her naked glory out for the world to see...Until...SPLASH!
Angelina grabbed her knees, laughing harder than she had ever laughed in all her years at Hogwarts.
Fred's head popped up from under the surface of the black lake. "What did you push me in for? Bloody tart!" He hoisted himself up on the bank and ran after Angelina laughing all the while as he grabbed her waist and swung her, full-force, into the Black lake. After a while she came up gasping for air.
"Fred you idiot I didn't even get to put a charm on my hair before you threw me in. You're going to pay Weasley!"
Fred just stumbled back onto the grass cackling madly. "Your hair doesn't look that bad, kind of resembles a drowned rat, but it suites you." Angelina got out and ran after him.
They continued, running, and playing and chasing and throwing eachother into the lake until Fred's skin was as blue as an ice cube and Angelina grew tired.
decided to get out and pull their clothes back on.
"This is kind of uncomfortable, hunh?" Angelina shifted around against the trunk of the beech tree, the sensation of the dry clothes sticking on her wet skin, slightly irritating her.
"Yes it is, Ms. Johnson, but that's because you ceased to think about the consequences of acting so childishly." Fred said mocking the way Professor Snape acted when he found Fred and Angelina in the back of the classroom trying to clean up their flooded potion without him noticing. (because it really was their fault for playing around rather than paying attention)
"Oh shut it, git." She smacked his shoulder , laying her head on his shoulder as they were both slouched against the tree's back.
They remained in silence for a moment before Fred spoke, "You know I'm really proud of you for not letting that bigheaded prat mess with your happiness."
"Thanks…" She flashed him a sincere smile, "But like I said, a boy isn't worth crying or losing any sleep over, and the one that is…well, he won't make you do any of those things."
"Right." Fred said absently.
"Oh and I almost forgot about that girl your going with, Bridget Lanai, how is it going with you two?" Angelina tried to look as if she wasn't that interested.
"Actually we broke up a bit before we had that row in the library, kinda why I didn't want to talk about her."
"Oh." She didn't want to seem too excstatic. "That's a bummer, but I guess she just wasn't the right girl for you,eh?"
"Your right she wasn't that great a shag anyways,she was always accussing me of the silliest things..." Fred chuckled a bit.
"Like what?" Angelina persisted.
"Well, its kind of embarassing but she thought we," He gestured to himself and Angelina. "Were shagging or something behind her back, and she was actually jealous of you. Silly, hunh?" He laughed uneasily.
"It is...so err-happy to be back on the market are we?" She joked, laughing a bit uneasily as well.
"Its nice. But I've been looking at this girl, Meagan Fortify in our Transfiguration class. I think she likes me, and she's hot ,so why not?" He said with a bit of forced laughter, his eyes cast to the ground.
Then his eyes suddenly came up to hers, it seemed like he was trying to read her thoughts, was she really ok with him dating?
Angelina looked away from his gaze at her watch that Katie had given to her, her first muggle gift
"Dang, it's already 11:00PM, come on we have Quidditch Practice all next week." She sighed getting to her feet, Fred groaned but stood up and jogged after her up to the castle.
