November passed quickly, the weather had gotten a lot colder. Jessica had gotten to watch her first Quidditch match. It was Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. Gryffindor had gotten pummeled by Slytherin. Fred had said that usually happens, Gryffindor hadn't won the Quidditch Cup in a while.
December brought some snow. Jessica always loved snow. It hardly ever snowed where she lived. Christmas was approaching fast. Everyone was getting excited and antsy.
There was always the option to go home for the holidays. Jessica and the Weasley twins stayed behind at Hogwarts, much to the dismay of Jessica's parents. Lily and Lee had gone home.
Jessica had gotten the opportunity to go into the room the creature went to. It her surprise, it led to a kitchen. And the creatures were called house elves. She would visit them quite a bit, and they taught her how to make some foods. She had no gift ideas for the Weasleys, so she was going to bake them food.
The three of them were discussing what they were doing for Christmas. No one reminded Jessica about her promise to Ginny, she had already been thinking about it. Fred kept hinting about something special, but wouldn't tell her what it was. George said he got her something small; he had gotten Lily a pretty nice present. It was a bouquet of flowers in perfect bloom.
On Christmas Eve, Jessica had disappeared for a few hours to see the house elves. Together they made cookies, enough for three. She asked the house elves if on Christmas morning, they could just put the cookies next to her bed. They agreed and Jessica thanked them and left.
Jessica went to go have lunch with the Weasleys. Not a lot of people were there, most of them went home for the holidays. It was snowing again, and coming down pretty hard. Fred had suggested a snowball fight and after lunch they went outside.
The three of them went outside in their warmest clothes to play. They played every man for themselves, and Jessica seemed to be hit the most. She wasn't the best shot and an easy target. After they were done, they rolled in the snow, getting coated. Jessica made a few snow angels.
When they got inside the common room, all three of them tried to get as close to the fire as they could. Jessy took a blanket and wrapped herself in it.
"Does it make sense that I love snow but I hate the cold?" Jessica asked, her teeth chattering.
"Hmmm. Yeah, that does make sense. But only a little," George said.
"Oh wait, you have some snowflakes in your hair," Fred said leaning over and brushed some snowflakes out of Jessica's hair, "It looks kinda pretty…Almost like a veil. Just a few more…and…done."
"Thank you. But now my hair is wet. I think I'm going to go wash and put on fresh clothes. So I'll meet up with you all at dinner time?" Jessica said, standing up, "See you!"
Jessica entered the common room to see Fred and George huddled together talking. She sat down next to them and crossed her legs.
"Am I allowed to be a part of this amazing conversation, or is it a Weasley thing?" She asked.
They looked at each other and talked a bit more and then looked at her.
"Okay, so we're going to sneak out after curfew to do a little bit of exploring. You can join us if you want or you can wait for us to get back and help us make an alibi for ourselves. You'll be important either way," Fred explained, "We won't do it for a few more days though. We're thinking the day before New Year's Eve."
"Hmm…I wanna help you make an alibi. I'm not exactly good at sneaking around," Jessica said.
"Okay, any ideas on an alibi?"
"Well you boys aren't the best students, and I am. We were up super late studying and doing homework. And I was helping you out. It will be kind of hard to pull off, because we're first years, but it could work," Jess suggested. The boys looked at each other.
"Why didn't we think of that?" They said in unison, "It's so obvious!"
"Oi, first years. Dinner is starting," An older student told them.
They gave a slight groan and stood up. The three of them continued to talk about the plan. Jessica sat in between Fred and George and they talked through dinner. The Christmas Eve dinner was pretty elaborate, but it wasn't like the Halloween one. Jessica was hoping Christmas dinner would be very delicious.
After dinner, the three of them went back to the common room. They had the plan memorized. Fred and George would leave around midnight, and return by 2. If a teacher caught them, they would run to the common room and pretend like they were working. Jessica would be waiting for them so their alibi could pass.
When it was time for bed, Jessica hugged them both, excited for the next day.
Everyone was up bright and early Christmas morning. The house elves put the cookies next to Jessica's bed like she asked. There were a few more presents there. She opened them and found that her parents sent her a necklace and earrings. In another box there was a sweater. It was a purple sweater with a white 'J' on it. There wasn't a tag on it, but she was thankful for this gift. She put on her new sweater and black pants.
Jessica went to the common room with her plate of cookies, surprised not to see a Weasley there. She sat on a couch and waited. The Weasleys were full of energy, but slow to wake up. Percy came down the stairs, took a look at her, then her sweater, scoffed, and left. Jessica rolled her eyes and munched on a cookie.
After a few minutes, Fred and George emerged, wearing sweaters similar to the one she had.
"You got a Weasley sweater? Mum makes those for us every year. She must like you if you got a sweater," Fred said, smiling.
Jessica put the cookies down, "Merry Christmas!" She hugged them both, "I made you guys cookies because I couldn't think of anything else to give you."
The both of them went over and started eating the cookies. Jessica joined them and they ate most of them.
"You're really good at baking, Jessy," Fred complimented her.
She laughed slightly and leaned over. She whispered in his ear, "I need to ask you something. Come with me for a second."
Fred's eyes widened. He looked over at George, "We'll be back in a minute."
The two of them stood up and went out into the hallway. They found somewhere without portraits and people.
Jessica took his hand and blushed slightly. "You remember that promise I made to Ginny a few months ago?" Fred nodded. "Well….Do you want to be my boyfriend?" She said quickly. Fred looked at her. "If you don't want to I completely understa-."
Before she could finish her sentence, Fred kissed her. It was much different than the train one. This one had feeling and caring in it. Her eyes were wide open and began to close as she kissed back. They wrapped their arms around each other and kept kissing. Fred broke it. They stared at each other.
"I'll take that as a yes," Jessica said, and snuggled up to him. He seemed almost as excited as her. Fred put his arm around her and they just sat there for a few minutes.
Fred stood up and gave a hand to Jessica. When she stood he carried her bridal style back to the common room. George gave them a funny look when they came in.
"You kids have fun?" He asked.
"Nah, it was super boring. Jessica is a lame girl," Fred said jokingly, sitting her down next to George. She giggled at him. He seemed to have gone back to his comical personality.
"I totally am. We all can't be as exciting as Freddy here," She winked and laughed at him.
"You two are joking? Jessy called you 'Freddy?' You two are the most lovey doveyest couple I have ever seen. Excuse me while I throw up," George stood up and switched seats with Fred, so now Jessica and Fred were sitting next to each other.
Fred put his arm around Jessica, "Nothing gets past you, huh? You should have been in Ravenclaw."
Jessica put her head on Fred's shoulder and smiled, "And it only took me five months and a hell of a lot of convincing from Fred. I can't remember a day when Fred didn't make some flirty comment."
"And look at where we are now."
"I can't stand all this love, I'm leaving," George started to leave when Fred suddenly burst into song.
"I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU!" He sang to George. George turned around, rolled his eyes and left.
"Maybe you shouldn't have chosen Whitney Houston," Jessica told him, laughing.
"Yeah, but I don't know many muggle singers."
"Do you want me to show you some? I can remember a song or two."
"Mmm…Not now. I'm hungry, though. George seems to have eaten all those delicious cookies. So let's go stalk him- I mean eat breakfast."
Jessica giggled again, she couldn't help it. Fred was funny, "I can show you where I made the cookies and we can have a special breakfast."
"You, dear, are a dirty girl."
She playfully slapped hit him. "It's a kitchen, dummy! Let's go."
She stood up and looked at him, he wouldn't move. Jessica tried to pick him up like he picked up her, but he was too heavy.
"We can get pancakes."
"Why are you so slow? Come on!" Fred said, on his way to the portrait.
Jess ran over to Fred and brought him through the hallway to the fruit bowl. She tickled the pear and brought him inside the painting. The house elves greeted her with calls of 'Miss Jessica!'
"You're popular," Fred said, taken aback by all the house elves.
"Excuse me, can we have some pancakes, please?" Jess asked a house elf she had seen many times before.
"Yes, miss," The house elf squeaked.
"Take a seat, Fred. If you need anything, just ask one of the house elves, they're very polite."
Fred reluctantly sat down. "Does this count as a first date?"
"Hmm…Yes, yes it does. But there's the first date rule: You don't kiss on the first date."
"You are defiantly a mind reader," He said laughing. Fred reached out and grabbed her hand, "Excuse me, can milady and I have some pumpkin juice?"
"Of course, sir," the house elf brought them some pumpkin juice quickly. Shortly after, the pancakes arrived.
"Thank you," they said together.
That evening, Jessica and Fred were sitting by the fire. He had his arms around her. They had been laughed at and "Awwwed" at by older students throughout the day with their hand holding, snowball fight, and now their cuddle session.
Fred laid his head down on top of hers. "I can't wait to see Percy's reaction to his little brother getting a girlfriend before him. A pretty, smart, funny, kind, adorable girl." Fred hugged her tightly.
Jessica blushed. "You've been waiting so long to say that, haven't you?"
"You know it."
"I'm gonna get you a great Valentine's Day gift, then. Because you care so much." Jessica gave him a backwards hug.
"Everything is going to be super different now, you know. Especially with momma bird Lily," Fred told her.
"I can convince her to be fine with it. She just cares a lot. But you know who cares about me more? You," There was a large smile on her face.
"Oi lovebirds, bed time!" George shouted from behind them.
"Fine…" Fred muttered and kissed her head.
"Merry Christmas, Fred." Jessica said as she went upstairs, smiling and slightly blushing.
