Last update for tonight!
"Knock it off you two! I know this is a romantic place for couples but there's a limit to some public display of affection!" Madame Puddifoot said as she set down Fred and Jade's plates.
"For the umpteenth time! She's no one to me! You know you're the only one for me, gorgeous." Fred said, winking at Madame Puddifoot who rolled her eyes and snapped the back of his head with a hand towel.
"Cheeky little devil! How do you even put up with that fast mouth of his?" Madame Puddifoot asked.
"Probably a love potion." Jade smiled, scratching the back of Fred's head.
"Just say yes and I'll slip you one too." Fred said.
"Aren't you a gentleman? I'm sorry darling but I've got 40 more years on you. I've also got another version of you sitting at home and I've promised him everything till death do us part." Madame Puddifoot said.
"Like I said before, if you ever change your mind, I'll be waiting!" Fred said. Madame Puddifoot blew Fred and Jade a kiss and left.
"Aren't you a popular one with the ladies?" Jade asked, picking up her sandwich.
"You should see me at retirement homes. I'm such a catch!" Fred said, redirecting her hand to eat her sandwich.
"I can see why we're madly in love." Jade said seeing him grin after taking a large bite.
"THI I DELICIOU! You should try it!" Fred said chewing and swallowing.
"Thanks! I'll try to salvage of what's left of it." Jade said, taking it away from him.
"I'm also sorry for never responding back and asking how school was going for you." Fred said seeing Jade give him a dismissive wave.
"I'm just glad you're here now. You have no idea how much I hate that you're not there." Jade said.
"Ditto. I'm about to violate a few Hogwarts rules and take a broom ride to the Astronomy Tower to see you." Fred said wagging his eyebrows.
"Don't you dare! We both would be in a shit load of trouble. Stop smiling Fred, I better not have you hovering around my dormitory window tonight or any other night!" Jade warned.
"And then there was a bug. A really big bug. A hairy looking beetle…or was it a cockroach? But it was like…staring at me. And then I killed it." Annette told Cormac who rolled his eyes.
He had been so bored of Annette, not to mention having the urge to kill her after she made Jade angry. Where was she anyways? What was the name of the Herbology shop again? Dogma and…no, that couldn't be it. Deathly and…nope, not that either. Cormac's eye caught an unusual pair sitting at a table in Madame Puddifoot's tea shop. He stopped, seeing Jade running her hand through Fred's hair and kissing his chin. Seeing Fred grin made Cormac want to barge into the tea shop and beat him with a boiling tea kettle. Wait…hang on; was she making him jealous? Yes, there was absolutely no doubt that Jade was trying to make Cormac insanely jealous because she was insanely in love with him. 'But of course I have class! I'm a gentleman after all! I'll just make her jealous in return.' Cormac thought to himself. But why? He didn't pay attention to the question too deeply and grabbed Annette's hand, taking her into Madame Puddifoot's Tea Shop.
"Do you want to have a small rendezvous in the Shrieking Shack before heading back to Hogwarts?" Fred murmured in Jade's ear.
"It's illegal to trespass, love. We can't do that." Jade said.
"It's been a few weeks Jade." Fred groaned. Jade shook her head and looked up to see Cormac walking inside with Annette by his side.
"Pookie!" Cormac sang, waving his hand around.
"Oh shit." Jade said, whipping her head around.
"What's that annoying sound? Did you hear that?" Fred asked, looking around.
"I can see it too." Jade said seeing Cormac walking towards them. Fred turned around as Cormac stopped in front of him.
"Well if it isn't you again." Cormac said looking at Fred who turned back around shaking his head.
"What are you doing here?" Jade asked, looking at Annette who only smiled.
"We wanted tea! We could absolutely join you!" Cormac said, pulling up a chair for himself. He squeezed himself between Fred and Jade.
"Did we ask you to join us?" Fred asked, scooting backwards.
"You don't have to! So what were you having Pookie? Shall I call Madame Whose-its?" Cormac asked, signaling to Madame Puddifoot. Jade looked at Fred who mouthed 'let's go' and jerked his thumb towards the door.
"Actually we were about to leave." Jade said, starting to get up but Cormac grabbed her hand.
"No! You can't leave us! That would be just rude!" Cormac said. Fred clicked his teeth.
"I told her to polish up on her manners. Bad Jade! Don't worry McLaggen, I'll have her spanked and straightened before going back to Hogwarts. Come here you naughty little girl." Fred said, taking Jade's cloak and wrapping it around her. He took her hand and wheeled her out of the shop. Before leaving he turned to Madame Puddifoot.
"Hey gorgeous! Make sure to put the bill on the handsome blonde one! See you soon!" he said with a small wave. Jade saw Cormac trying to get out of his seat and started running off with Fred. "The Shrieking Shack's up just ahead!" Fred said.
"Fred no!" Jade said.
"But it's been weeks! And I still think McLaggen's trying to call us back." Fred said, looking behind his shoulder to see McLaggen jogging through a group of people to catch up. "Your call Jade. It's either the Shrieking Shack or you spend the rest of the afternoon with McLaggen without me." Fred said. Jade looked at the Shrieking Shack and back at McLaggen who screamed out 'Pookie'.
"Fred Weasley if we get caught and I get expelled-"
"You'll have my balls on a plate medium rare with a snip of parsley delicately placed right on it…yes! I will absolutely respect your wishes and will promise not to get you caught and expelled as I maul you inside the Shrieking Shack." Fred said, pulling her towards the building.
Astoria felt sick to her stomach. She walked alone through the cold, unable to stay in a warm shop for too long. Everywhere she turned, she saw happy couples, happy girls that knew that their boyfriends weren't working for Voldemort. Their innocence made her experience a newer threshold of grief which she knew she couldn't bear any longer. Today however, Draco was going to do something stupid and extremely dangerous. She heard something about a necklace being sent to Dumbledore but how and with whom, Astoria didn't know. She tried desperately to make Draco see reason but he never listened. She knew he loved her but not quite as much as he loved his parents. Seeing a dramatic change in his appearance and attitude, nothing changed for the better. Things became much more miserable. She left behind two of her closest friends for a man that promised her a wonderful and loving life. There was no one now, not even her sister who started turning a blind eye on Astoria's suffering. It wasn't because she was a supporter of Voldemort; it was because of Astoria's choice in leaving a good life with her friends for a much darker one filled with pain.
Astoria saw Fred and Jade run out of Madame Puddifoot's with Cormac yelling after them. For a few seconds, she had forgotten what was bothering her and giggled at the look on Jade's face the entire year every time McLaggen would scream that ridiculous name at her.
"Pookie!" Cormac yelled.
"Shut up you!" Astoria whispered, waving her wand to watch Cormac shriek as he flew back, crashing into a few garbage bins. She looked back towards Jade and Fred who ran towards the Shrieking Shack. Astoria followed them with her hood up. They disappeared into the shack and Astoria slowly made her way in the snow. After a few minutes, she made her way to the shack and opened the door to hear creaking and moaning in the other room. She quickly saw Fred and Jade clasped tightly together, standing against a wall. They were moving up and down, breathing heavily, unnoticing that Astoria quickly ran back out, extremely embarrassed.
"Fred-" Jade breathed but stopped when she heard a door close shut. Fred tried kissing Jade but Jade put her hand over his lips. "Ssh. Did you hear that?" Jade whispered.
"Hear what? It's nothing!" Fred said, moving against Jade again.
"No, I think I heard something!" Jade said, stopping Fred again.
"Excuse you but I'm in the middle of something, here!" Fred said. Jade unwrapped her legs from his waist and pulled her cloak around her, quickly walking towards the door. She stepped out, seeing a hooded figure, running out of the empty field and back into the village.
"Holy shit! Fuck me, mother of all twats!" Jade yelped, quickly putting her clothes back on.
"What the hell is going on?" Fred asked, covering his front with Jade's hat.
"I definitely knew I heard the door close. Someone walked in on us and they're running back to the village to tell…I don't know; the fucking Prime Minister maybe!" Jade said, pulling her boots on. She grabbed her hat from Fred and pulled it over her head.
"My mother's going to think I'm some kind of scarlet woman when she's called to come in again and pick me up." Jade said, tearing up.
"Tell her you were shagging me-no you're right, she'll be very upset." Fred said quickly when he saw Jade send him a death glare.
"Can you please wear some clothes so we can run?" Jade asked. She saw Fred murmuring under his breath, angrily picking up his clothes and nearly ripping them apart when he put them on. Jade bit her lip from giggling as he shoved his feet into his shoes and tore his hat off a hook.
"Can't believe for the first time in my life that I have to finish this off by myself at home." Fred said, taking Jade's hand. They quickly exited the shack and walked back to the village.
"They couldn't have been there for too long. Maybe they didn't even see us! Hopefully they didn't tell any of the Professors." Jade said, nervously looking around. Fred kissed the back of Jade's hand.
"I doubt it. Otherwise that shack would have been surrounded. Hopefully whoever saw it got some kind of inspiration on it. I hope it was an artist so he could paint us out and people would only wonder and wish they'd known who we were." Fred said.
"Have I told you how mad I think you are?" Jade asked seeing Fred wink at her. They heard screaming and wailing a few yards away and saw a group of students gathered around something.
"What's going on over there?" Jade asked.
"Everyone to the carriages at once! Come along now!" Professor Slughorn ordered. Jade and Fred saw Ginny and Dean trying to fight against the icy wind that had started to pick up speed.
"Ginny! Dean!" Jade called. Ginny and Dean turned around to see Fred and Jade heading towards them. "What's going on?" Jade asked.
"Oh my god Jade, you'll never believe it! Katie was in midair, screaming her lungs out. Harry said it was cursed-"
"What was cursed?" Fred asked.
"What are you doing here?" Ginny asked.
"Business, nice to see you too." Fred said.
"Hey Fred." Dean said seeing Fred nod towards him.
"I don't really know what happened but I saw Katie screaming. Hagrid took her away but Harry said it was the necklace that she touched. It was cursed." Ginny said.
"Everyone inside the carriages! There isn't any time to hang around!" Professor Slughorn yelled at them.
"I have to go love." Jade said, turning towards Fred who looked just as confused as everyone else.
"Do me a favor and take care of yourself. This is obviously not a good thing to have a cursed necklace out and about. Stay with Ginny, will you?" Fred asked, holding her face. Jade nodded. "I love you?" Fred said seeing Jade smile. He bent down and kissed her gently. "I'll miss you too." He said, kissing her again.
"Try not to blow yourself up, please? I'll make up for today the next time I see you." Jade whispered, hearing Fred chuckle.
"Or I'll just fly by your dormitory-okay fine I won't! Merlin's two big prostates!" Fred said, rubbing his arm. Jade gave him one final kiss and started walking off.
"Bye darling!" Jade said, waving at him.
"You're staying over a few days for Christmas this year right?" Fred asked, shoving his hands into his pockets.
"Er…I don't know." Jade said, slowing down. Fred looked slightly surprised.
"What do you mean you don't know? You've been staying over for Christmas holidays since your first year!" Fred said.
"Yes I know, it's just. Okay, fine. Sure, I'll stay over." Jade said.
"Wait, you were thinking about not coming?" Fred asked.
"In the carriages!" Professor Slughorn yelled at Fred.
"Keep your knickers in line mate, I'm not a student!" Fred said.
"Oh…aren't you one of the Weasleys?" Slughorn asked.
"Yes and I've graduated a year ago." Fred said.
"Oh! Congratulations my boy but now isn't the time! Do come to Hogwarts! I'll be having a Christmas party before the holidays!" Slughorn said.
"Sure…who are you again?" Fred asked.