Ok. I had serious problems writing this. Not really because I couldn't think of anything to write. It was more the fact that my concentration/attention span tonight was equal to that of a squirrel. But I finally finished and here it is!

Disclaimer: Queen Rowling owns Harry Potter, not me.


Promise

Hugo really hated promises. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say he hated one specific promise he made when he was fourteen. At the time it had seemed like no big deal, but when he sat across from Alice Longbottom and she laughed with Lily and Elizabeth he couldn't figure out for the life of him why he had made it.

When Frank had cornered him at a summer gathering at the Burrow and asked him to promise he wouldn't try and date Alice, Hugo had agreed almost immediately. At fourteen, Alice was just the girl he had grown up playing with. But as the four of them studied in the weeks leading up to their O.W.L.s, Hugo couldn't help but notice the smattering of freckles on the bridge of her nose and how her eyes reminded him of melted chocolate and the way her curly blond hair hung in her face when she wrote.

Sometimes he thought about dragging Alice off to an empty classroom and just snogging her senseless, promise be damned. But then he remembered how tall Frank was and all those muscles he had that could probably pound him flat and thought better of it.

Hugo tried to focus on his studies but when the test was less than a week away and Lily was turning into a slave driver, not to mention all the comments Rose was making about his study habits and his mother's letters containing scheduling and testing tips, his mind was swirling with guilt. He had never wanted to simultaneously break a promise and keep it so badly. He had been having this problem for at least a month now- maybe longer if he cared to admit it to himself.

If it weren't for the stupid promise he would have asked her to Hogsmeade months ago but his stupid sense of nobility and honor- damn his parents for raising him right- kept reminding him that he had indeed promised not to do just that.

So when Hugo kissed Alice Longbottom two days before exams started no one was more surprised than he was. It was one of the few promises he had ever broken and he couldn't believe he had but at the same time, he didn't care at all and neither did Alice.

Hugo just hoped Frank would see things in a similar light.


Meh. Idk. I'm still not sure about it but technically it's tomorrow so I just wanted to get something posted before I go to sleep. Still though, please let me know what you think!