Once Lily had returned from her vacation, Jessica and Fred had to carefully tell her about their relationship. She needed to be told a few times, and was pretty confused at how fast it happened. But she accepted them dating easily.
"As long as you two don't have raging make out sessions in front of me, I'll be fine," Lily told them.
"You don't have to worry about that, this girl right here won't let me near her lips," Fred said.
Which was true. She refused every move Fred made. Even when he snuck into Hogsmeade and got her candy from Honeydukes, she only hugged him. She had planned out the first few months of the relationship.
Lee Jordan had been completely fine with it, but still wanted to make jokes about how he should be dating Jessica instead.
January was a quick month. Fred and George put dungbombs in Snape's dungeon and Jessica had done her first real prank on Percy. She switched out a cup from breakfast with a Nose-Biting Teacup from Zonko's that the boys had gotten.
Jessica was excited for February. February meant Valentine's Day. And she couldn't wait to see what Fred would get her for Valentine's Day. She had the most perfect gift for him.
Days before Valentine's Day Jessica kept asking Fred what he got her. He kept giving her vague answers, which made her even more excited.
The older girls who found their relationship cute were almost as excited as Jessica to see how Fred would treat his valentine. The both of them were kind of embarrassed at all these girls making a big deal about it.
Lily and George had been awkward watching their friend/brother as February 14th was coming closer and closer. Jessica and Fred acted so lovingly all the time, it was strange for them.
Finally Valentine's Day had arrived. The older girls kept asking Jessica questions what she and Fred were doing. Jessica gave them hasty answers and went to breakfast.
"We need to go somewhere away from all these girls. They're all really excited about this, for some reason," Jessica whispered to him.
"Good idea. I got you a great present," He responded and clicked his tongue.
After breakfast, they went to a secret passage that they found on the Marauder's Map.
"I'll go first," Fred said. And he presented to her a large bouquet of roses and chocolates, "I found these in Hogsmeade. Do you like them?"
"The only response I have is with my gift to you," Jess said, and kissed him. Fred seemed excited; he waited almost two months for this. They stayed in their secret location, enveloped in each other. Given that they had only kissed two other times, they had gotten good at it. Jessica broke it this time, and hugged him tightly. Fred was taller than Jessica, so her head was in his chest. He kissed her head and rubbed her back.
"We're an awesome couple," Jessica said, "And that was our official first kiss. You're now allowed to kiss me freely whenever you want."
"You mean like this?" Fred kissed her head. "What about this? This? Quite like this? And this? Wait. Like this? Or this? So you defiantly mean this. Totally like this. Just like this. And this." He kissed her somewhere after every 'this.'
Jessica squirmed slightly, "Stop it! I'm getting embarrassed!"
"No one's watching us. It's called a secret passage for a reason."
"You are a little too excited. I don't mind, but we might be rushing this a bit for our age…" She nervously said.
"Well what about muggles? How old are they when they date?"
"…Our age. I've seen kids younger than us date. Bu-." Jessica got cut off by Fred putting his finger to her lips.
"Well if muggles do this, then why not us? If it bothers you, then I'll stop," Fred looked at her.
"No! It's just…I've never done this, and I'm kind of shy about this."
"Here," Fred kissed her again. But this was a single, compassionate kiss. He wanted her to feel comfortable around her. It lasted about twenty seconds.
"Do you feel better?" Fred asked.
"Yeah."
"Well as long as you feel better. How do you feel about this? And this? What about this? This right here? You okay with this?" Fred did again, but Jessica laughed this time.
"I love you," Jessica said, hugging him tightly again.
"Love you too," Fred said.
"Do you know what else I love?"
"If you say George I'll go insane."
"No. Your hair," Jessica escaped from his arms and put her hands on his hair. She ruffled it all up. Then she ran her hands through it. "It's so fluffy and soft. And it's such a pretty shade of orange. Augh! I love it!"
Fred laughed loudly. "You are too cute."
She ruffled his hair one more time. "No I'm not, your hair is just amazing!"
Fred hugged her again. "You are still cute. The cutest girl ever. You're my cute girl."
She blushed. "And you know how to treat a girl. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find a nice muggle boy."
"That's why you went for me, baby."
"Totally. You saw straight through my evil plan to get a wizard boyfriend who will cater to my every whim," Jessica said.
"Well. I'm your man, you evil woman."
Jessica giggled. "I did mention that you know just what to say to girls, right? Because you are too good of a charmer. My parents will love you."
"Dang…I forgot that we never told our parents. I think we should wait until the end of the school year to tell them, so we can have a whole summer to ourselves," Fred said.
"Honestly! Do you come up with this off the top of your head or do you plan it out? You are too good with me! I should keep my eyes on you, someone's gonna snatch you up!" Jessica turned around and had her back on his chest.
"Like I would let someone else take me. Like I said, I'm yours," Fred started rocking from side to side. He had his hands on her hands and her hands were on her stomach.
"You're too good for me," She said and looked up. Fred kissed her.
"You're too good for me."
"Best Valentine's Day ever?"
"Without a doubt, my dear."
"We've been hidden in here for a while, I think people are wondering where we went," Jessica said.
"A little bit longer? I like spending time with you," Fred said, sounding almost childlike.
She sighed and kissed him. "You are such a baby."
"You love it," He said, turning her around. Fred kissed her once more and then hugged her tightly. He let go and handed her the bouquet and chocolates. He then escorted her out of the passage and back into the common room.
Upon entering the common room, Lily saw the gifts Jessica was holding and Fred's messed up hair and rolled her eyes.
"You two just get more and more in love every day," She said strangely.
"You bet your wand we do," Fred kissed Jessica's cheek.
"I didn't need to see that."
"You defiantly needed to see that, Lily. What you don't need to see is…Never mind," Jessica clicked her tongue and looked at Fred.
"I didn't need to hear that," Lily said staring at them as Fred sat down and Jessica sat on his lap.
"Yes you did. Do you know what else you need to see?" Jessica kissed Fred and covered their faces with the roses and chocolates as they kissed.
"I'm leaving," Lily got up and walked away. They didn't hear her over themselves.
"Do you think we scared her? I mean she left pretty quickly," Fred said.
"She'll get used to it. I think she either doesn't like change or is super protective of her friend. I'm okay with it, though," Jessica got off his lap and put the gifts next to her.
"And you like your gifts, all is right with the world," Fred put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close. "My birthday is April 1st, do I get a nice present like my Christmas and Valentine's Day present?"
"Do I love you?"
"Yes. I get a special present! But what about George?" Fred asked.
"What about George?"
"We're twins, it's his birthday too, what does he get?"
"I dunno. He's not my boyfriend, so I didn't think that far ahead."
"So basically what you're saying is that I'm on your mind?" Fred asked slyly.
"All day, every day. I can't get this hair out of my head," Jessica ran her fingers through his hair again. "I'm so jealous!"
"There's that cuteness again! It's so sneaky," Fred took her hand and held it.
"There's that charm again! It's always there."
Fred kissed her head and asked her, "Guess what?"
"What?"
"I love you."
"I know, I love you too."
"As long as you know," Fred rubbed her back.
The girls that were so excited for them congratulated her on getting such nice presents. Jessica was still nervous around these girls but thanked them. She liked having a nice boyfriend. Most people never find someone like this on their first try. She felt lucky.
