When Mina woke up, the sun was just rising, casting light straight towards her eyes. She winced and turned the other way, into her nice, very large pillow. Her pillow that was currently breathing?

She risked a peak, to see she was sleeping on Fred, before she quickly shut her eyes again.

When had she fallen asleep? Did she fall asleep while he was still awake? She was absolutely mortified, but the fear of waking him up kept her in place. It definitely wasn't the fact that he was very warm and she was very comfortable. She drew her blanket around her and matched her breathing to his, and before she knew it she was asleep again.

The next time she woke, she knew it had been later in the day. The room felt warmer than it had last time, and she could no longer hear Ginny and Hermione's steady breathing. Something was moving her hair and when her eyes finally fluttered open she saw Fred smiling down at her. She smiled back, before looking around to see that Ginny and Hermione weren't in the room.

"They went down about two minutes ago. Honestly, I'm amazed they didn't wake you up with the amount of noise they were making."

Her eyes sleepily rounded back to Fred, who was still slowly twirling a piece of her hair through his fingers, as he answered the question that was on the tip of her lips.

"You could've woken me up, I didn't mean to completely fall asleep on you." The first time, at least.

"You were a surprisingly comfortable blanket," Fred joked.

Slowly, and somewhat regretfully, she pulled herself away from him. A chill ran through her, but she chalked it up to the now suddenly cold room, and not the fact that she would've like to have stayed like that for longer.

"What time is it?"

"A little past eight right now. Mum will probably make breakfast in an hour or so."

She nodded.

Turning to her bag she pulled out some clothes for the day, and bunched them underneath her arms.

"Okay, I'm gonna go change and then go downstairs with everyone else."

This time Fred nodded. They stood there staring at one another for a moment before she seemed to remember what she was doing before dipping out of the door.

Fred smiled to himself as he leant back against the wall. He slept really well last night, and the presence of his crush had surely helped that. Slowly he stood, and stretched to crack his back, and tried to decide on whether he was going to change or just go downstairs the way he was. As he did, a small piece of paper caught his eye on Ginny's nightstand.

What could this be?

She had tucked it between several books, but it stuck out just enough to draw attention. Ginny hated homework, and she was unlikely to touch any of it until the train ride back to Hogwarts, so that was out of the question. Was it a diary? No, why would it only be one page then? He pulled it into his hands, saying a silent apology for going through his sister's stuff, before looking it over.

And then he read it again, and again as a smile moved its way across his face.

It couldn't be a joke, because it was in Mina's handwriting. He couldn't begin to imagine how Ginny had gotten her hands on it, but in this moment it didn't matter. His heart thumped fast, and with each beat it whispered to him. She likes me. Mina likes me. He was already running through so many different way of telling her that he liked her too. He was positive he had never been happier.

He drew it close to his chest, knowing now that he'd seen it there was no way Ginny was going to get it back, before deciding that he had to go hide it among his things. It was something he cherished and he'd be damned if someone took it away from him. And then, he smiled to himself, he'd go and change. Preferably into something that looked good.

When Mina came back to the room to drop off her pajamas, Fred had already left.

She let out a small shrug.

She would see him downstairs, it wasn't like she needed to see him immediately. Pulling her bag into her arms she slowly made her way down the stairs, and dropped it by the fireplace where she knew she could find it for when she had to leave for her uncle's in a couple of hours, and then made her way into the kitchen to ask Mrs. Weasley if she needed any help.

While at first, she had been serious on not needing help, eventually she caved and put a bowl in her hands, keeping her busy.

That is until Angelina burst into the kitchen quickly.

"Mrs. Weasley, can I borrow Mina real quick?"

Mina looked to her as she nodded, before setting her bowl down and wiping her hands on her pants. She looked back at Angelina who was already making a beeline for outside. As she left, her eyes fell onto Fred in the room just past the kitchen.

He looked good.

A nice button up shirt and a pair of jeans were one of the things that were rarely things he wore, so she wondered what the occasion was. His eyes caught hers and his entire face lit up. She smiled back at him, and he started to make his way towards her before Angelina appeared at her side again.

"Mina?"

She blinked, before nodding, and cast one last look to Fred as she walked out the door with Angelina.

The garden was warm. Various plants she couldn't name reached out beyond their barriers, in need of a good trimming, and a shed just at the edge of the yard had remnants of muggle goods. Anywhere else, it would be a mess, but here it was so unbelievably in the Weasley smile that she had to resist a smile as Angela turned to her, a serious look on her face.

"I can't believe what just happened," she let out a joyful whisper, and Mina smiled happily at her friend.

"What?"

"Well, first you have to swear to complete secrecy. We don't want anyone to know," Angelina held up her pinky finger, and Mina entangled hers with it, shaking it slightly. "Okay, so Fred came downstairs in a good mood. You noticed right?"

She nodded her head.

She had noticed, it would've been hard to miss it. The clothes and the grin on his face. He wore happiness well.

"Well, Fred came downstairs and pulled me off to the side. And he told me he liked me! Can you believe it?" Mina's smile faltered, but she hoped Angelina had missed it. She wouldn't want to drag her down into her pity party when she was so happy. But she couldn't help being confused.

Why then had he not slept downstairs with everyone else? Maybe they were teasing the two of them for liking each other and he couldn't bear the truth. But then why did he let her sleep leaning against him? There was no answer to that, except for one that Mina did not like. He had known that she liked him this entire time and pitied her. She wanted to cry on the spot, but she willed the tears to stay back.

"Oh, wow."

Angelina nodded her head, her own smile growing bigger as hers faltered.

"I know. I needed someone to tell, and since we're so close I went straight to you," she lied through her teeth, for what seemed like the bajillionth time that morning. "And I know this might be kind of tough if my hunch has been right. You like him right?" She waited for Mina's small nod, before continuing, her viper like heart beating with her victory. "So I know this must be tough for you, but I thought you deserved to know."

"Thanks Angelina," her voice wobbled slightly and she cringed, knowing it would be hard to miss that. "That's really nice of you to think of me. I really am happy for you, but I think I should leave and just-" she let out a stifled breath "- and just try to get over him. Again, I am really happy for you, it's just a little tough for me right now, and I'd hate to ruin your happiness with me pitying myself."

Angelina nodded her head, before placing a hand onto her shoulder.

"Mina, I would do the exact same thing in your situation. You take all the time you need."

She nodded her head and stood up, and Angelina did the same. She opened her arms for a hug, and reluctantly Mina fell in to it. It was getting harder for her to blink back the tears as she pulled away and mumbled a small 'I should go now'.

Angelina smiled to herself as she watched Mina's retreating figure. That should give her plenty of time to get Fred over to her and away from Mina. And she knew Mina wouldn't dare try to do anything because of what she had just told her in the confidence of their friendship. She was going to be sick, if she had to think of Mina as her friend, but the naivety of the girl made it easy for her to take advantage of it. And take advantage of it she had.

Somehow Mina made it back to the kitchen. The tears hadn't fallen yet, but she knew it was only a matter of time.

"Mrs. Weasley I really do hate to go, but I just remembered my uncle said he needed me over early in order to help get ready for his guests. I don't want to risk making him angry."

Mrs. Weasley eyed the girl over, and thankfully missed her misty eyes, before nodding her head.

"Alright, floo powder is just by the fireplace there. You know how to use it right?" Mina nodded. "Good." Her arms opened for a hug and Mina gladly fell into them. "You come by whenever you need to, you hear? You're practically family the way Ginny and Fred talk about you."

Mina couldn't bear to think about him right now so she only nodded. Taking up a handful of the powder and her bag she risked one last glance to the kitchen. Mrs. Weasley had gone back to working, although keeping a thoughtful eye on her to make sure she went through all right, and Fred had just crossed into the kitchen. His eyes lit up and his smile was still in place. Which was more than in a could say for herself.

"Mina, what are you doing?"

She didn't have time to respond, because she had already said her uncles address and threw down the powder. When the smoke had cleared she was no longer in the warm kitchen of the Weasley's, but instead in her uncles house. She quickly made it to the room she usually stayed in when she was here and locked the door behind her.

And only then did she let her tears fall freely.

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LESS IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE: This is one of the few scenes I had in mind when I first though to this story, and it just warms my heart to finally come to it. Hopefully you all like it, if not I throughly enjoyed writing it and that will be enough for me to power through.