The Forbidden Forest
I had to look in the mirror to make sure I look fine, or as good as I can make myself. When you're not the most classically beautiful girl in the world, you make sure you've done as much as you can.
Don't be silly. You're going into the Forbidden Forest anyway.
Trying to resist the urge to run, I walk as quietly as I can down the steps to the common room. It should be almost empty this late. But it wasn't completely empty. Just like I'd thought, Arthur was waiting.
"I'm glad you came," Arthur smiles. "I thought you might be too much of a goody-two-shoes to break school rules."
"Are you calling me a Little Miss Priss?" I ask.
"It's one of the things I like about you. Think of it as being responsible."
We left Hogwarts without being noticed. Once we were out, we stared at the edge of the forest, as if daring each other to go on.
"You're cute in the moonlight," I said.
"You're beautiful in the moonlight, Molly," Arthur said.
I blush. "Um, thanks."
"I mean it." Arthur turns to look at me, and I can see that he wants to hold the side of my face. So I let him and lean in for the kiss.
Afterward, we just sit back in comfortable silence for a minute. Then Arthur broke it by saying "Dare you to race in there."
Not that I was interested in going in, but I wasn't about to let the boy I was interested in call me a coward. So I ran inside as fast as I could. When I stopped to catch my breath, I realized that I was thankful I hadn't been eaten by werewolves. Just as I start up again, I start to trip over a tree branch that had fallen off and was in the road. Arthur caught me before I fell flat on my face.
"I'll always be there to catch you, Molly," he said. And he always has been.
