Warning! There is some lemon in this chapter, but I've decided I'm not a big fan of writing that so there won't be too many scenes like that, at least not for a while after this one. Happy reading, and remember to keep reviewing :)
xoxo -C
Ella turned over, her body positively aching from her lack of sleep, and saw it was growing light outside. She got out of bed sluggishly, grabbing a glass Mrs Weasley had left her on top of the dresser, on her way to the bathroom. She filled it up from the tap, before turning and leaning against the sink heavily, downing the water.
"Someone's thirsty," Fred stated mockingly, entering the bathroom. He walked over towards sink, leaning over Ella to get his tooth brush, sandwiching her between his solid, bare chest and the basin. Once again, she was pleasantly overpowered by the scent of his musky cologne fragrance, she went to take a deep breath in to inhale it, but caught herself and shook her head.
"Do you never wear a shirt?" She snapped irritably, squeezing out from between the broad shouldered boy and sink.
"Got you all hot and flustered have I?" He laughed as her cheeks flushed a deep crimson.
"Don't be an idiot. It's not attractive," She snapped, not appreciating the humiliation.
"You really aren't a morning person are you," He grinned, pulling her back towards him by the arm, "now what can we do to make you smile this morning, grumpy," He ambushed her, grabbing her by the waist, tickling her mercilessly.
"Fred!" She squealed, now laughing.
"Ah ha!" He exclaimed, relenting his torture, "I saw a smile and it's before 9 o'clock," he grinned and looked at her in a way that made Ella's stomach do a somersault, before slowly taking a step towards her.
"You must be that funny then," She grinned goofily back, barely aware he was walking her closer and closer to the wall.
"Maybe I should just drop out of school and become a comedian," He stopped walking as her back was now pressed against the wall.
"Oh, I was laughing at you, not with you," She teased him, suddenly aware of the mere centimetres between their bodies. Fred leant down close to her, so she could feel his hot breath on her ear.
"Well, we'll have to sort that out, won't we," He whispered, chuckling softly.
"Fred, you've not been using my toothbrush again have you?" George Weasley came bustling into the bathroom. "Shit, sorry," He jolted when he saw the pair on the fair bathroom wall. "I'll just be grabbing my toothbrush and going down to Ginny and Ron's bathroom then,"
"No, no. It's fine, you stay George. I was just going to go downstairs for some breakfast," Ella pulled away, realising how quickly things had escalated. She kept telling herself that they were just friends, just like her and George, except they had kissed a couple of times. Fred just groaned and slumped against the wall before glaring at his twin.
"Sorry mate, I genuinely didn't mean to ruin your game this time,"
"Do you know how close I was," He groaned into his hands, kicking the wall where he had previously had Ella pressed up against.
"If it's any consolation, the look on her face when she left the room showed she's definitely into you," George tried to comfort his brother. However, this statement just seemed to cause more frustration.
Later that day, around the dinner table, neither Fred nor Ella participated in the general chatter that they would normally be at the heart of. Most of the adults had retired to the living room, leaving the kids to chat over their hot cocos. Ella was staring at coco, not daring to look up incase she came into eye contact with Fred. She thought about what having him that close to her, this morning, had made her feel like. But she had been that close to him before, hell she'd kissed him twice before she thought. She had kissed him before, but all of a sudden she had an overwhelming desire to kiss him, that she just couldn't explain. She was interrupted from her thoughts by Sirius tapping her on the shoulder from behind her, signalling her to move into the other room with him. She stood up and followed him, casting a glance around the table as she did so. When she looked at Fred, he saw and shot her a discreet wink, making her blush fiercely as she left the room.
"Everything alright?" Sirius asked her, confused as to what had made her blush so strongly.
"Yeah, yeah," She said, turning her head away in an attempt to hide her increasingly brightening red cheeks from Sirius. He just raised one of his eyebrows and let out a loud hearty laughed.
"Anyway, I wanted to let you know I wrote to professor Dumbledore straight away last night about transferring you and I this arrived this morning," He waved a sealed letter addressed to himself, "and as you can see I haven't opened it yet. I thought I would leave the honors to you," He said, handing the letter over to Ella whose hand was now shaking slightly with nerves.
Dear Sirius,
Thank you for your letter. I appreciate that you can't tell me why you think it necessary for Miss Elspeth to move so quickly but I would ask if it is anything that will affect either her own or another one of my students safety, that you think carefully about it. However in response to your question, Hogwarts will of course welcome her with open arms as there is always a place at Hogwarts for one in need. I will see that the correct procedures are all carried out to make the transition as smooth as possible and when she returns to school she shall be provided with a Hogwarts uniform and timetable immediately, and as for the sorting issue, seen as both her parents and her brother, not mentioning I have noticed Miss Elspeth has befriended a lot of the house's members, I think it would be wise to put her into Gryffindor. However, one issue I did remember is that once she is registered with an English school, Miss Elspeth will need an official legal guardian as she is underage in the eye's of both the muggle and wizarding law. I am aware that Lily and James set Remus Lupin as her godfather, so that to me would be an easier choice as it shows her parents approval of the candidate but it is ultimately up to Miss Elspeth. Finally, I will be speaking to Barty Crouch about this but I would assume she would have to carry competing in the tournament for Durmstrang as opposed to Hogwarts but I will send word when I know for definite.
Kind Regards,
Albus Dumbledore
Ella couldn't believe what she had just read. She really was going to be moving to Hogwarts, the one place she'd been happy in as long as she could remember. It meant that she could stay with her family and that she didn't have to leave with Igor at the end of this year. She looked up at Sirius in disbelief.
"This isn't a joke letter is it?" She gasped.
"Not at all. In two weeks you will officially be a Hogwarts student and Karkaroff won't be able to touch you,"
"Oh my god, thank you so much Sirius!" She started crying and ran at and leapt on him, gripping him in a tight hug.
"Just promise me one thing, Ella," He said, suddenly serious, making her step away to get a proper look at him.
"What is it?" She asked, half worried.
"Keep up the Potter reputation your father set. Cause as much mayhem as possible and never ever give in on something you believe in. Understand?" He asked, with a hand on the younger girl's shoulder. Ella broke out into a huge grin and nodded.
The pair walked back into the kitchen, where they were met with expectant looks from everyone still around the table, after hearing a bit of a commission. Ella sat down and went back to eating her cereal.
"Well..." Harry said, speaking on behalf of the whole table.
"Well what?" Ella asked, finishing her mouthful, loving how much their curiosity was torturing them.
"What in Merlin's name was all that about to make you come in here with a huge goofy grin," George butted in getting impatient.
"Oh, that." She said, pretending to just catch on. "Oh, well, Sirius received a letter from Professor Dumbledore this morning basically I'm going to officially be Hogwarts student and Gryffindor in just under two weeks," She said casually shrugging.
"WHAT?!" Ginny yelled, running over to Ella to drag her out of her seat and hugging her.
"That's amazing!" George got out of his seat to also hug the girl who was now laughing slightly uncontrollably in her euphoria. The rest of the group followed in suit, congratulating her and patting her on the back.
"I'm going to go and break the good news to the others," Sirius taking his cue to rejoin the adults.
The group sat around the table chatting excitedly, with such high spirits it felt as though not a single one of them could feel sad or miserable ever again. By the time it was reaching midnight, Mrs Weasley came into the kitchen to send them to bed. Ella, Fred and George were the last to leave after helping Molly wash the chocolate stained mugs. As the three of them started to climb the last set of stairs (seeing as they were on the top floor there was a fair few sets) when Fred elbowed his twin sharply in the ribs behind Ella's back. George let out a gasp of pain and shock. Ella turned around and raised her eyebrows.
"You alright, George?" She asked half laughing at the boy.
"Shit, I left something up there," Was all he replied before sprinting up the stairs at full speed and diving into the room which he shared with his twin.
"Wonder what's up with him," Fred played the bewildered bystander as the pair slowly carried on climbing up the stairs. Ella just chuckled softly. "You do realise that now you go to Hogwarts you will have your own bed and I'm going to have no one to kick me out of mine," Fred teased.
"Don't worry, I will always kick you out of your bed just because I can,"
"Oh yeah? What gives you that impression?" He nudged her arm hard, nearly causing her to lose balance. "See, not even Elspeth Potter can beat up the mighty Fred Weasley." Ella quickly ran at Fred, close to crying with laughter, to try and throw him off of his balance. However, he didn't budge. She went to do it again, except as she close to him, he grabbed her by the waist, spun her around to face him and used his own body to press her up against the banister.
"Seriously, though. I need you to promise me that you're going to be careful when we go back to school," Fred said, looking her straight in the eye. "We both know, that Karkaroff is going to be less than pleased, and...and..." He either didn't actually know what Karkaroff might do or he just couldn't bring himself to admit the girl whom he had grown to care so much for could be in danger.
"Shhh," Ella pressed an outstretched finger to his lip. His lips felt soft and warm against her skin. "I will be careful," She reassured him, "and I've always got you fighting my corner." There faces were now a matter of inches away from each other. Ella could feel Fred's hot, sweet breath on her face.
"That filthy bastard won't come near you, if I can help it," He stated strongly, causing Ella to giggle. "But there's one thing I am scared for you about, and there's nothing I can do," He admitted.
"What's that?" She asked, looking up at him, her emerald eyes sparkling in the low candle light.
"The tournament. The second task is soon and I've been losing sleep thinking about it. I couldn't bare for anything to happen to you," He trailed off, breaking the eye contact.
"Fred," She whispered. She delicately placed a hand either side of his head, fingering his hair lightly. He looked up to meet her gaze, at which point she pulled his head down until their lips met. He kissed her hungrily, grazing her upper thigh with one of hands and using the other to pull her waist closer to him. Ella felt dizzy. She had lost track of any thoughts she had had in her head and now she was fully consumed with thoughts of Fred Weasley. His hand slid down her thigh and picked up leg, allowing access to her at a new angle.
"Tell me one thing first," Ella said through pants, as Fred caressed her neck with his tongue.
"What?" He panted between kisses.
"Admit that you made George leave early 'cause you were planning this," She laughed. He came up from her neck and moved the hand from around her waist, to hold her head.
"I did, but I still meant everything I said," He said, refusing to break eye contact.
"I know," She took hold of his hand and squeezed out of between Fred and the banister. She led him up the rest of the stairs and turned left into her room.
"You didn't think we were going to have sex out there did you?" Ella laughed at Fred's surprised expression.
"I just wasn't...I mean..." She broke him off by kissing him softly, before walking closer to the bed, removing her hoodie, leaving her in a low slung vest top and a pair of tight jeans. She felt his hands grab her waist and spin her around to face him. His lips crashed onto hers in a desperate hunger for her, leaving her with passion bruised lips. As the kiss got more intense, Ella felt her hips buck against Fred. That seemed to be the only encouragement he needed. He groaned into her lips. The kiss broke momentarily, to remove Ella's top, to reveal her red lace bra. She kicked off her jeans, so she was just stood in her underwear. Fred stood back for a moment, admiring her gorgeous figure, which went in and out in all the right places. All of a sudden, his lips crashed once again to hers, fiercely, with a renewed desperation and hunger. Ella started to undo his shirt, throwing it on the end of the bed, whilst he placed chaste kisses down her neck to her collarbone, causing her to moan softly. Their lips met once again, before Ella moved her lips down his neck and defined torso, running her tongue, over his sensitive nipples, playfully teasing him. She undid his trousers, allowing them to drop to the floor. He picked her up effortlessly, as she wrapped her leg around his strong waist. Their bodies hot, writhing bodies moved perfectly in sync with one another. After being thrown onto the bed, to have Fred soon follow her, Ella removed her Bra slickly whilst Fred removed his boxers, unleashing his now rock hard length. He ripped her panties off her, with desire burning in his deep brown eyes. He used his fingers to rub her, now soaking, entrance.
"Fred," She moaned into his ear, close to cumming at his touch alone, "Please," She begged.
She felt him enter her slowly. She let out a loud groan as her body twitched in an almost painful bliss. Her hips subconsciously pushed closer to him. He grinned and chuckled at her eagerness, but none the less, took the sign and began thrusting into her. She felt so good around his member, he couldn't help but moan loudly himself. He soon threw all caution to the wind, and increased the pace until Ella was close to screaming. He felt her release as her inner muscles rippled around him, triggering his own release. His body collapsed, as he suddenly felt as though his weight had tripled. It took all the strength he could muster in his arms, for Fred to stop himself from squashing the girl. He rolled off her to the side, before pulling her hot sweaty body close to his.
