Chapter Eighteen
Twinly Fun
Draco stared at Blaise for a long moment after the ebony-haired teen was seated. Blaise knows. Draco's thoughts were reeling around that one frightening notion. Blaise knows. Draco had never told a single soul who he really had a crush on. He let Pansy drape herself all over him, and he couldn't help but admit that girls fawning over him constantly was a great ego booster.
Draco had known for a while that he was only interested in one person. But because of who he'd developed feelings for, Draco never shared the secret with anyone. Not even his best friend, Blaise. Somehow, though, Blaise had figured it out. Damn. Blaise is a lot smarter than I thought. Draco had seen the nonchalant glance at Harry while Blaise was singing the chorus of his song. Which meant that Blaise knew for a fact exactly how Draco felt about Harry Potter. An involuntary shudder ran through Draco as it dawned on him how much blackmail Blaise had on him.
Draco glanced over at Blaise once more as another thought flitted through his mind. I have to talk to Blaise alone when this whole thing is over… He can't tell…
After Blaise's song, not even Harry's fingers trailing over his ankles could get Draco to be relaxed like he was.
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Harry was confused. Why did Blaise look at me like that? wondered Harry. Does he know something about me I don't? He glanced past Draco toward where Blaise Zabini was seated. He was avoiding looking in Harry's direction, so Harry couldn't even try to figure out what that look was all about.
Harry shrugged and settled back into his half of the olive loveseat. His fingers were still tracing little patterns over Draco's ankles, but Draco didn't seem to be enjoying it as much as he had before. Harry frowned slightly. Being able to touch Draco, even just his ankles, was soothing to Harry. But if Draco doesn't want me to do it anymore, that's a bit selfish of me… Harry frowned again and stopped his pattern-making. But after a second, Draco's feet wiggled a little.
Harry looked up at Draco, and Draco smirked back.
After that, Harry didn't stop anymore. And the curiosity over Blaise's look at him left his mind.
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Seamus took the stage again, grinning broadly. "Nice job, Zabini! I hope whoever you were singing to figures out who she really loves and all that."
Blaise and Draco breathed soft sighs of relief that it was not obvious who Blaise was singing to.
Seamus beamed out at the audience again. "And now I would like to present two more of my marvelous housemates. This pair has been, is, and always be infamous here at Hogwarts. I don't think anyone will ever trust a sweet coming from either of them ever again, though! May I present Fred and George Weasley, Kings of Mischief!"
The Great Hall exploded with cheers for the seventh years as they took the stage. The jokesters grinned their identical grins and took the stage happily. They each shook Seamus' hand cheerfully and bowed him off the stage.
Fred and George grinned cheeky grins at the audience. They positioned themselves very carefully at the edge of the stage. Many of the students in the audience noticed Mrs. Weasley gasp worriedly. Mr. Weasley was visibly restraining the woman, keeping her from running up to the stage and telling the twins off for being so close to the edge of the stage. Then Fred snapped and George clapped simultaneously.
At Fred's snap, they were changed into pajamas, covered in ducks. Fred's jammies were pale blue with pink ducks, and Georges were pink with blue. On identical sets of feet, duck-shaped fuzzy slippers appeared to match the ducks on the opposite boy's pajamas. Their carrot-colored heads of hair had been separated into two short pigtails each, sticking straight up. And in each teen's right hand was a stuffed duck, matching the ducks on his feet, and his twin's jammies. A great roar of laughter spread through the Hall at the sight of the two seventeen-year-old boys dressed like twelve-year-old girls going to a sleep-over.
At the same time as the pajamas had shown up on the twins' backs, a great bed had appeared on the stage behind them, due to George's confident clap. It was a huge four poster, just like what each and every student slept on every night, except twice as big. The bedding was white patterned with pink and blue ducks that matched George and Fred's pajamas. There was a mountain of pillows at the head of the bed, some pink, some blue, and some white.
The twins grinned at each other, and at their mother. Then they split and walked to the side of the bed. As soon as they had climbed up onto the seemingly very cushy bed, the boys glanced at each other. A slight nod, and then George waved his wand over his head to start the music.
As the bubbly music started, the boys flopped onto their stomachs and kicked their feet up. They put the ducks down between their arms, and then each rested his chin on his upturned palms. They bobbed their heads from side to side along with the music, waiting for their cue.
Fred sat up and made like he was writing out a letter. While his brother sang, George just laid on his stomach, playing with his stuffed duck.
"We write home, almost every night
Our mum writes back, 'when you gonna make your life right?' "
An exasperated sigh was heard coming from their mother's direction. Fred winked at her and continued, shaking his head.
"Oh Mummy dear, we're not the Ministry types,
And Twins, they wanna have fun."
George sat up quickly, grabbed a pillow, whapped Fred in the back of the head, and joined in.
"Oh, Twins just wanna have fun"
Fred glared at George, but sat back so George could sing his part. Fred grabbed his own duck and hugged it tight, pouting.
"Errol comes in the middle of the night
Our father writes 'Whatcha gonna do with your life?' "
Arthur had looked quite amused when Molly Weasley had gotten all flustered, but when he was mentioned by his sons, his face went all pink and he sunk himself down in the seat. Molly looked down at him, amused. Her face clearly said, "Laugh at me, hmm? See how you like it!" George just smiled and continued.
"Oh Daddy dear, you know we're all about stunts,
'Cause twins, they wanna have fun"
Fred had grabbed another pillow and whapped George as he joined in.
"Oh, twins just wanna have fun"
George glared back at Fred, who sent him a cheeky grin. George sighed and they started bouncing around on the bed while they sang.
"That's all we want!
Some fun!"
The twins grinned at their headmaster for a moment.
"When our Hogwarts days are done, yeah
Us twins we wanna have fun"
Then they turned to face each other, a pillow in each hand.
"Oh twins just wanna have fun"
They started a crazy pillow fight with each other and feathers started spraying all over the place.
"Twins, they wanna-
Wanna have fun
Twins
Wanna have-"
A music break started in the song. George and Fred each grabbed a sack from their hiding spot under the pillows. They bounced off the bed and stood on either side of the stage. The boys reached into the sacks and started pelting the audience with sweets. Upon closer inspection, it seemed the twins were tossing out Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes into the crowd. Each one had an advertisement on it, telling the holder that they should talk to either Fred or George about getting more sweets if they were satisfied with the results from these. The audience, save Molly Weasley, who was starting to turn a bit purple, was whooping with cheers and laughter.
George and Fred eventually ran out of Wheezes, but they had planned for that. They started throwing pillows out into the crowd, creating mass hysteria… And a giant, nearly school-wide, pillow fight. Once they had tossed out all but two pillows, they bounded up onto the bed again. And they were just in time for their cue. As the boys started singing again, the pillow fights died down so everyone could see the rest of the performance.
Fred pointed toward his father.
"Some guys work for the ministry,"
George nodded and then swept out a hand slowly, staring off into the distance.
"Some guys fly off, they wanna follow their dreams"
They turned back to back, their heads facing the audience.
"We wanna be the ones to play in the sun"
They started jumping up and down on the bed, seemingly having the time of their lives.
"Oh twins they wanna have fun
Oh twins they wanna have-
That's all they really want…
Is some fun"
They grinned over at Dumbledore again.
"When the Hogwarts days are done
Oh us, we wanna have fun"
They threw an arm around each other and grinned out at their schoolmates.
"Oh twins they wanna have fun"
They bounced a bit more on the bed as they sang the ending bit. They each picked up their ducks and started dancing around on the bed with them.
"Twins, they wanna
They wanna have fun
They wanna have-
They just wanna, they just wanna
They just wanna, they just wanna
Twins just wanna have fun"
They bounced themselves off the bed and danced out into the crowd, carrying their pillows with them. They started the massive pillow fight again. Everyone, at the twins' encouragement, started singing along. Fred and George brought a few people up on the stage with them, mostly twins, including Parvati and Padma Patil, among others. Everyone was singing the same thing over and over.
"They just wanna, they just wanna
They just wanna, they just wanna
Twins, twins just wanna have fun"
Finally, the music faded out, and the crowd broke out into thunderous applause for the twins. George and Fred each gave a Patil twin a squeeze, much to the girls' delights. Then they ushered everyone off the stage. A quick bow, and the Weasley twins left the stage.
They were still proudly wearing their ducky jammies and slippers and carrying their stuffed ducks.
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