Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or its universe. I'm just borrowing it from Rowling-Sensei and playing with it. The only thing I do own are any OC'S and of course plot.

Pairing (s): Hugo Weasley x OC, Lily L. Potter x OC

Chapter Eleven:

Charms was beginning to become Hugo's favourite subject, as Professor Flitwick stood in front lecturing the class on today's subject; complicated memory charms. Hugo was currently sitting next to his best friend and charms partner, Frankie, though Cassiopeia was sitting just behind him. With them sitting so close together the pair had decided to take every opportunity they could to pass each other notes without gaining detection from their peers.

It was when Hugo started avidly scribbling down notes on his parchment that he felt something tap him on the back, shifting in his seat slightly he turned to face Cassiopeia. The blonde wore a mask of an impassive expression however Hugo noted how her expressive steel grey eyes were alight with excitement.

"Can I borrow some ink?" She asked with a slight grin. To anyone else the statement was a flippant question, however Hugo instantly saw through the façade.

He nodded before reaching for his own inkpot to pass back to the blonde, the situation seeming rather normal to anyone not looking for anything unusual. However rather than taking the inkpot Cassiopeia placed a folded up piece of parchment into his hands whilst offering him a smile.

"Never mind, I have my own" She said with a smile.

Upon taking the parchment Hugo opened it up to reveal the words; talk later? Written in Cassiopeia's neat scrawl.

Hugo frowned in confusion though still nodded back at the blonde; just what did she want to talk about? Hundreds of millions of thoughts were running through his mind. Maybe Cassiopeia wanted to forget that the kiss even happened and decided she wanted to remain friends?

Getting to know Cassiopeia was what he wanted and though he never expected the kiss to happen a part of him feared that Cassiopeia was just going to usher it away as an accident- a mistake and that she felt nothing.

It was as he was having his internal monologue that Frankie nudged Hugo on the arm, effectively catching Hugo's attention and getting him out of his funk.

"You alright mate?' Frankie asked with curiosity.

Hugo gave his friend a slight smile before nodding his head, though it seemed that his best friend wasn't convinced the brunette eyeing Hugo with an expression of curiosity.

The two had been friends since childhood due to the fact that their parents knew each other from school and Frankie liked to think that he knew his friend like a brother.

If Hugo was going through something, he wanted to be there to help - however it seemed that his friend wasn't too keen on sharing which left Frankie in the dark.

"You don't seem like it" Frankie teased though to his confusion his friend didn't even quirk his usual lopsided grin.

Hugo sighed before running a hand through his hair.

"Just some… girl stuff" Hugo muttered careful not to get caught talking by their professor.

Frankie nodded in understanding, girl stuff could mean virtually anything he was somewhat glad to be included - even if he wasn't getting the whole story.

Frankie glanced behind, his gaze lingered on Cassiopeia momentarily. He'd seen Hugo glance over at the Ravenclaw table during meal times when he thought no one was looking, so perhaps she was the girl giving his friend grief. She was attractive, though in a perfect sort of way- the kind of girl a guy would lust over from a distance yet not pursue.

Frankie dismissed this idea, he mused that not even Hugo would go after a beautiful woman who had a very nasty piece of work of a brother, so that meant she was ruled out.

Turning his focus a couple of rows back Frankie caught sight of Lily, the beautiful redhead had been one of his closest friends for years however it was recently that Frankie's feelings for her went a lot further than just friendship.

His face reddened when her warm brown eyes met his and a small smile graced her lips. Embarrassed at being caught, Frankie quickly averted his gaze and thus turned it towards Anna Boot, a pretty girl with tanned skin and dark hair who also happened to be Hugo's ex-girlfriend.

The Gryffindor frowned in confusion, he along with the rest of their year group knew that Hugo and Anna's relationship didn't end well and if he was going after an old flame then Frankie knew that it just wasn't going to end well for either of them.

"Well if it helps, just try and stay away from girls that will just cause you trouble" Frankie offered.

Hugo sighed, his thoughts lingering back to Cassiopeia, the blonde who just seemed to be causing so much turmoil lately.

XOXO

Once the charms class had ended the students piled out of the classroom in order to hastily head to their respective classes and free periods. Hugo however lingered behind as he waited for Cassiopeia, the blonde always being the last to leave any of her classes due to always wanting to ask the professors questions.

He found that he liked that about her, the blonde was always eager to learn and hated not being in the know. Though she was as intelligent as any Ravenclaw Hugo noted that she also as cunning as a Slytherin.

She walked out with a smile, her large black tote bag weighing her shoulder.

"I suppose you want to know what this talk is about." She asked somewhat nervously.

Hugo nodded before stuffing his hands into her trouser pockets, he didn't want to admit it but part of him was glad that Cassiopeia was just as nervous as he was.

She nodded silently before walking ahead leaving Hugo with little choice but to fall into step beside her.

"Should we go to the lake?" Hugo suggested. Though it was rather cold out it meant that the usually popular area was going to be empty.

The blonde silently nodded and allowed Hugo to lead them down towards the lakefront, the pair walking in comfortable silence.

"Why the lake?" Cassiopeia asked with curiosity.

"Not so crowded and we can talk in private" He stated which caused the blonde to nod in understanding.

She smiled before the cold gust of wind blew past them, causing Hugo to grimace slightly at the cold and Cassiopeia to tug her cloak tighter around her slender frame.

"Guess you're not just a pretty face" Cassiopeia quipped coyly, a grin stretched across her lips at her own statement.

He chuckled, glad that their kiss the previous evening hadn't ruined the dynamic between them though if Hugo wasn't mistaken then Cassiopeia was flirting with him.

"Men aren't pretty" Hugo stated with a pout.

Cassiopeia frowned slightly as if in thought before another grin formed across her lips.

"Fine you're beautiful" She teased as she took a seat at the lakes pier.

Hugo frowned slightly before gently poking Cassiopeia in the ribs, the blonde squealed slightly as she quickly raised her hands in surrender. Her laughter was melodic to his ears, the sound making Hugo somewhat hesitant to stop tickling her.

From his onslaught the blonde had fallen over onto her back, with Hugo mercilessly tickling her ribs.

"Okay I'm sorry...Hugo- fine you're handsome manly man!" She squealed whilst her arms flailed out in all directions in an attempt to escape his attack.

Hugo decided to pity her and ceased his attack, with Cassiopeia panting on the ground her cheeks pink with laughter as she tried to regain her breath. She turned to him with a pout causing Hugo to shrug innocently.

When her pout didn't disappear he draped an arm over her shoulders to pull her close though it seemed she wasn't happy and settled with burying her face into his chest.

"How are we doing this?" Cassiopeia muttered, her voice slightly muffled from where her head was placed against his chest.

"Well I just put my arms around you-" Hugo commented which caused Cassiopeia to giggle slightly.

"No I mean us" She pointed out with a slight giggle.

Hugo stiffened slightly, he didn't know how to act now. He knew that he liked Cassiopeia, he likes her a lot - though part of him was convinced that she liked him too, the other small voice of doubt was convinced otherwise.

There was no telling whether she was willing to give this thing a shot - Hugo wasn't a skilled legilimens. But if he was sure about one thing it was that he didn't want to take things too fast, which would just make more of a chance of things derailing.

"We take this...This thing slow" Hugo suggested.

Cassiopeia nodded slowly, raising her head from Hugo's chest so that she could look up at him.

"We should keep this between us...at least until we're certain that it's going to be long term" Cassiopeia added. Hugo smiled at this, he knew that Cassiopeia was organised, he'd seen the way she meticulously set up her desk for each of her lessons. But it seems that she was a planner too.

"I can go with that, but Altair- he already knows. What if he tells someone?" Hugo asked fearing that their plans would fall apart before even beginning.

"I'll talk to him" Cassiopeia stated though as far as he trusted her it did nothing to ease his concerns. What if Altair got angry and decided to tell his parents about Hugo's relationship with Cassiopeia, Hugo certainly didn't want a pair of angry Malfoy's on his case and didn't want to face the wrath of his mother for having a secret relationship.

As if sensing his worries, Cassiopeia leaned up to press a kiss against Hugo's cheek before gently nuzzling his cheek affectionately. Hugo relaxed at the content before pulling Cassiopeia closer to him, content to have the blonde beside him.

"Don't worry, Hugo" She cooed softly "I'm willing to give this a shot but I'm going to need you to trust me"

Hugo glanced down into her eyes, though Cassiopeia had the silver tongue of any Slytherin, Hugo had learned that the most expressive part of her was her eyes. She was always watching others around her intently, content with observing from a safe distance and searching those steel grey orbs he found no sign of doubt and was instantly assured.

He was going to trust Cassiopeia on this, even though part of him screamed to call the whole thing off due to the list of impending consequences if things went sour, the bigger more Gryffindor part of him convinced him to take the chance and trust the blonde in front of him.

He nodded and instantly a smile made its way across Cassiopeia's face and Hugo was certain that he made the right decision.

He smiled when Cassiopeia snuggled against his side, glad that he'd chosen a desolate spot where the pair were able to sit close to each other without the fear of getting caught.

"I just can't believe we're doing this" Cassiopeia muttered softly.

Hugo hummed in agreement before allowing his free hand to tangle itself in Cassiopeia's hair.

"It's surreal" He added wistfully.

Cassiopeia shifted in his arms, tilting her face so it was angled just right and bringing her lips inches away from his own.

"The good kind?" She asked slowly.

Hugo nodded before gently cupping her chin, Cassiopeia gasped softly at the touch and yet made no effort to move away.

"The best" He whispered before bringing Cassiopeia lips to his own in a sweet kiss where nothing else mattered but the feel of her lips against his own.

XOXO

Cassiopeia had never smiled so much in her life and her stomach swirled with excitement knowing that Hugo happened to be the sole cause of her bright mood.

Never before had she been in a relationship that didn't feel robotic or forced and though she and Hugo had decided to keep it a secret from their friends and family, she still felt rather excited.

Heading towards the alchemy classrooms she waited around for Altair to come out once the class was over. If she managed to catch her brother then he'd have no other choice but to talk to her. After Altair had walked in on her kiss with Hugo she'd noted how her brother seemed distant and less willing to talk to her. Though they were both taught in the art of both occlumency and legilimency, Cassiopeia was against entering someone else's mind without consent.

The door suddenly swung open revealing the hoard of students all too keen to escape while Cassiopeia allowed her gaze to linger towards her brother. He was flanked by two of his fellow Slytherin's; Matthew Nott and Aimeè Goyle. Whilst Matthew was talking animatedly, both Altair and Aimeè appeared rather distant.

It was then that Altair noticed her, Cassiopeia giving her brother a shy smile to which he only returned a slight quirk of the lips.

"I'll meet you guys back in the common room" Altair told his friends.

Aimeè nodded without further questioning however Matthew glanced at the blond with confusion. Though he was always chastised for being rather slow or dim by his peers; the Slytherin was rather perceptive. Though one didn't need to be a genius to know that something was going on with Altair and his sister, Matthew happened to be the first to notice that his friend was actively avoiding his twin.

"You're not coming?" He asked.

Altair scoffed before condescendingly patting his shorter friend on the back.

"I'll catch you guys later" Altair drawled and before Matthew could question him any further he was being dragged off by Aimeè.

Now alone with her brother, Cassiopeia felt somewhat awkward. The pair hadn't really spoken since the previous night and Altair had been flat out avoiding her during their shares Ancient Runes class so practically stalking him outside of his classroom was the only way Cassiopeia could get him to talk.

Though it seemed that Altair felt just as awkward as she did. One of his hands were stuffed into his trouser pocket whilst the other ran lazily through his hair as he awkwardly paced in front of her.

"So..um...nice weather we're having" He offered lamely.

Cassiopeia frowned before folding her arms over her chest.

"You know fully well that, that wasn't what I came here for" She said with slight annoyance.

Altair grimaced slightly "Hmm...the Weasley" Altair spat with distaste.

Cassiopeia frowned before quickly punching him on the arm, effectively causing her brother to yelp before running at the sore spot.

"Oi- that was a bit much" Altair scowled.

Cassiopeia gave a huff before flipping her silvery blonde hair behind her.

"He has a name and I'd like if you used it" She stated calmly.

Altair scoffed at the statement though it instantly caused his sister to glare at him. Not wanting to incur Cassiopeia's wrath, the Slytherin quickly raised up his hands in surrender.

"Alright fine. Your little boyfriend has a name" He stated with a grimace.

Cassiopeia nodded with a smile before patting her brother on the shoulder, given that he was at least a good few inches taller than she was, she had to stand on her tiptoes to reach him.

"Now that wasn't hard was it?" She teased though her brother didn't seem too happy about it.

"You stalk me after class for this- merlin knows just how bloody insane you are" Altair drawled with disbelief though Cassiopeia noted the small smirk plastered across his lips.

"It's not stalking if it's family" Cassiopeia quipped before flipping her silvery blonde hair behind her.

Altair scoffed before flicking his sister on the forehead, the action enticing a scowl from the Ravenclaw.

"You need to stop with this crazy talk. Perhaps Weas- Hugo is rubbing off on you" Altair muttered with disbelief.

"Says you, you're the craziest person I know" Cassiopeia frowned.

Altair quirked a brow before ruffling his sister's hair. He knew that she hated anyone touching her hair as it happened to be one of the things that his sister spent rather a lot of time on. But what he didn't know was that Cassiopeia was content to have only one person play with her hair and he also happened to be the same person that the Slytherin despised.

"Yet I'm not the one dating a Weasley" Altair drawled with his hands clasped behind his head in an arrogant display.

Cassiopeia frowned before quickly placing her hands over Altair's mouth. Confused with the action the Slytherin stared down at his sister with a quirked brow never seeing her in such a nervous state.

Once she was certain that no one was around to hear her brothers statement, Cassiopeia slowly released him from the hold; all the while Altair watching her with an amused expression.

"I see, you're keeping your little boyfriend a secret…" Altair drawled with disbelief.

Cassiopeia nodded "And we'd like to keep it that way" She said with a sigh before running a hand through her hair. Altair watched the action with mild curiosity - Cassiopeia never willingly messed up her own hair unless she was frustrated or nervous which meant that the situation was bothering her quite a bit.

He didn't like seeing his sister in a distressed state so with a sigh he placed a hand on her shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze to catch her attention.

"Don't worry, Cassie I won't say anything"

Cassiopeia smiled before quickly wrapping her arms around her twin.

"Thank you Tai, you don't know how much this means to me"

Altair smiled before hugging his sister back. He was determined to do right by his sister and if that meant keeping her relationship a secret then he guessed then that was what he was going to do. Though a part of him was rather curious to know how she was going to tell their father, and if Altair was certain about one thing it was that he wasn't looking forward to crossing that bridge.

A/N TIME:

So I handed in my 4000 word essay which meant that this chapter was put out later than I expected however now that's over and I handed in my script I thought that I'd hurry up with finishing this chapter to celebrate!

First up thankyou to devinwylie for following this fic, you are now aboard the Lilac train!

TRIVIA: Though my main inspiration for the Malfoy twins were the Maximoff's featured in 'Age of Ultron' a secondary influence happened to be the Vocaloid pair known as the Kagimine's (Rin and Len) and how close they are to one another. (But no shipping of course, this isn't Game of Thrones!)

JeanAndBillius: Yeah, Altair isn't all bad. He's just a bit over protective but the way he deals with things makes him a right butthole.

Stay tuned for the next chapter where our new favourite couple (yes Hugo and Cassiopeia) carry on their quest to take their relationship slow and yet remain a secret; however things aren't so simple when you have perceptive and meddling friends.

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Heavensfairy signing off x