Valentines Day is slowly coming up. It's like three days from now. Shay has been pretty much avoiding Fred because of what happened last month. You would think the two of them would be over it since they're still friends, but it just seems to be getting worse. Shay told me that Alex suggested she write Fred a poem for Valentines day. I would agree with her had Shay decided to give it him in person. But she's decided to use the cupids that go around handing out Valentines for the students. I remember what was written in the second book about those. But I don't want to ruin her mood by reminding her. She's been acting like her normal self recently, so I hope this goes well for her. "What are you doing for Valentines Day?" Pansy asked me grinning. I knew she would bring this up. We're in the Slytherin commons room. I was currently working on some homework.
"Nothing." I answered her warily.
"What? There isn't someone you want to give a Valentine to?" She pressed on.
"No. Why are you asking me this stuff? Shouldn't you focus on giving Lee a Valentine?" I asked her. She blushed.
"I am going to give him one. But why aren't you going to give Theo one?" She asked frowning.
"Oh, that. Well, Theo said he didn't want to do the whole Valentines thing. He said he thought it was stupid." I said shrugging. "Honestly, unless he's going to give me chocolate, I think it's stupid too."
"You'll accept chocolate?" She asked smirking.
"No, that's-" But it was too late. She was already gone. I sighed. I'm sorry Theo, I tried. I really do want to give him a Valentines gift, but I don't want to do it if he doesn't want one. Hm... maybe I should make him chocolate instead? I could go to the kitchens and ask Rosie or Posie for help. I smiled to myself.
"What's up with that smile?" Blaise asked me as he entered the commons room.
"It's nothing." I said shaking my head. "Are you going to give Susan a Valentines gift?"
"Yeah. I should probably do that, huh?" He said frowning.
"Duh," I said rolling my eyes. "So what are you going to get her?"
"Hm... should I get her some chocolates?" He muttered to himself before walking off. I shrugged. I finished up my homework and went to the kitchens. I tickled the pear and when I walked in I was surprised to see Fred in here.
"Hey Fred." I said smiling.
"Hey, what are you doing?" He asked curiously.
"You first." I said grinning. I really didn't want to tell him what I was doing. It was totally embarrassing to me.
"I was just in here to get a snack." He said shrugging. "I'm meeting back up with George and Lee. We're going to prank Snape." He ended up grinning at the end of his sentence.
"That sounds like fun." I said sighing.
"So? What are you doing?" He asked again.
"I'm going to attempt to make Theo some chocolates for Valentines." I said shrugging. I hope my face doesn't catch on fire with how much I'm blushing right now.
"Wow," Fred said looking amazed. "I didn't know you liked to make chocolates."
"I've never made chocolates in my life. That's why I said was going to attempt to make some." I said sighing.
"If you want, I can taste test them." He said grinning.
"Don't you have a prank to do with George and Lee?" I asked frowning.
"Yeah, but they wouldn't mind." He said shrugging.
"Okay, thanks for the help." I said smiling at him. He winked at me.
"I'm just doing it for the chocolate."
"Of course you are." I said rolling my eyes at him, but smiling.
"What can Rosie do for you Miss Pyper?" Rosie asked, walking up to me.
"Can you teach me to make chocolates?" I asked her eagerly. She nodded.
"Of course! Follow Rosie. I can help you, Miss!" She said and we got to work. Who knew it was so hard to make chocolates? They tasted horrible at first. Fred was trying to be nice and say they weren't that bad and I appreciated that. But I knew they were horrible tasting. By the third batch, they actually started to taste like chocolate and by the fifth batch, they were decent. I'm thankful that Rosie was being patient with me.
"You're definitely getting better at it." Fred said as we left the kitchens. I had Quidditch practice so I wasn't able to continue making them until tomorrow.
"Thanks for doing this." I said smiling at him. "I seriously thought about giving up after the second batch." He convinced me not to give up and to keep going.
"That's what friends are for, right?" He said grinning.
"Yeah, I'm sorry they tasted so bad." I said grimacing.
"It was your first time right?" I nodded. "Then I wouldn't feel too bad. Nobody can make good chocolate on their first try."
"This is my stop. I'll see you later, Fred." I told him smiling again. He nodded.
"See you around!" He said grinning before walking off. I went down to the Slytherin locker rooms and changed into my Quidditch uniform.
"You're here early." Flint said as I walked out onto the pitch with my broom. I shrugged.
"I was near by." I said grinning. "What are we working on today?"
"Hm... I was thinking about coming up with a strategy for our match against Ravenclaw." Flint said thoughtfully.
"That sounds like a good idea." I said frowning. "I hate that everyone gives us crap for playing dirty when the Ravenclaws did it too."
"That's why I want to work towards not doing that anymore." Flint said looking determined. I smiled.
"I'm glad." Everyone else showed up and we got to work. We worked really hard and found a strategy that might work against the Ravenclaws. There wasn't any room for dirty plays. Flint made sure of that. Higgs is still being an ass about it. He doesn't like that we're changing the way we play, but he can effing get over it because this is his last year. What he says now won't matter next year when he's not here. Bole and Derrick backed me up when Higgs tried to say that I kept him from catching the snitch last practice. It was nice. I knew we'd get along great! Anyways, Flint got him to shut up and by the end of practice, I felt like we actually accomplished something good for the team. I feel like we're going to surprise the shit out of Hogwarts.I was exhausted from practice but I made it back to my room in one piece. After a nice hot shower, I met up with Theo and Blaise and we headed up the the Great Hall for dinner.
"Did you have a nice Quidditch practice?" Theo asked smiling.
"Yeah, Bole and Derrick backed me up when Higgs decided he was going to be an ass to me." I said smiling.
"That's good." Blaise said nodding. "Otherwise I was going to have to say something." I shook my head.
"No offense, but he's 17 and you're 11." I said smiling.
"So? I can take him." Blaise said puffing out his chest. I grinned.
"If you do, don't blame if you end up in the Hospital Wing with Madam Pomfrey." I told him and he stuck his tongue out at me.
The next few days pass and the next thing I know, Valentines Day is here. Fred helped me with the chocolates again yesterday and I finally perfected the chocolates. "He better like these." Fred said grinning. "If not, I'll take them." I laughed.
"If he doesn't like them, I'll give them to you." I said grinning at him.
"Yes!" Fred said pumping his fist. So now I'm sitting in the Great Hall with Shay, Susan, Hannah, Alex, Theo, and Blaise eating breakfast. I don't know when I'm going to give Theo the chocolate. Maybe I'll wait until after breakfast to give it to him. Just then I notice a small cupid making his way towards Fred, who was sitting with George and Lee at the Gryffindor table. Oh no... Shay was watching the cupid intently as it stopped in front of Fred. Fred looked confused and then George and Lee were grinning and patting him on the back. No doubt they were making jokes. And then the worst possible thing happened. The cupid open its mouth and started SINGING Shay's poem. Oh Merlin. I quickly looked at Shay and she looked like she was ready to hide under a rock for the rest of her life. Fred's face went pale... well. He's already pale, but whatever. As soon as the torture was over, Fred scowled at George and Lee. Apparently he thought they sent him one just to prank him. I looked over at Shay and she was ready to cry.
Susan, Hannah, and Alex basically grabbed Shay and got her out of the Great Hall as quick as possible. Well she tried. After breakfast, I couldn't find Shay anywhere. Maybe she's in her room. "What's wrong?" Theo asked me coming up from behind me.
"Oh, I was looking for Shay." I said sighing.
"That Valentines poem Fred got was from her, wasn't it?" Theo said frowning.
"Yeah. I don't think Shay knew that was going to happen." I said worried for Shay's mental health. "Oh!" I muttered. "I almost forgot. I made these for you." I handed him the chocolates and he looked surprised.
"You made these?" He said wide-eyed.
"Yeah, it was hard." I said pouting. "I'm never doing it again after this year. So you better enjoy them."
"I'm sure they'll taste great." He said chuckling. He opened one and ate it. "Wow, this is melt-in-your-mouth good!"
"Really?" I asked shocked. I didn't think they tasted that great. Fred said they tasted really good too.
"Yeah." He said smiling at me. "I think it's because you made them. I'll cherish them." I blushed. "Thank you for the chocolate."
"You're welcome." I muttered avoiding eye contact out of embarrassment.
"Oh, I got you something too." He said rummaging in one of his pockets. "It's not chocolates, but it's something." He pulled out a card and handed it to me. I took it and opened it. As soon as I opened it, confetti came flying out of it. I blinked in surprise. I was not expecting that. On the card was written, 'Happy Valentines Day. I'm sorry I couldn't get you chocolates or flowers, but I hope the rest of your day is good. With Love, Theo' I smiled.
"Thank you." I said hugging him. He hugged me back, a little shocked.
"You're welcome." I heard him say before we let go of each other. So far for me, today hasn't been so bad. Too bad for Fred though, he doesn't get the rest of the chocolate. Oh well. It's divine retribution for thinking Shay's poem was a prank from Lee and George.