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Chapter 2- The First Date

Arthur Weasley, a nice, Muggle-loving boy had become strangely addicted to Muggle things ever since he saw a plane at the Muggle airport take off without magic. Just like that, it took off. From that point on, he became preoccupied with his Muggle books and taking apart Muggle things. His family wasn't exactly rolling in gold and he had to endure hand-me-down robes and wands from his three older brothers. Arthur was usually found sitting underneath a willow tree on Sunday afternoon with Kingsley, working on yet another Muggle device project, the sun shining on his freckles.

Molly Hattingfield, on the other hand, was as fiery as her head of red hair and had a bright eyed look whenever she came upon an idea. She was an only child and longed for a large family someday. She and Arthur shared the same group of friends, and had been crossing each other's paths since their first year. Although she would never admit this to anyone (except maybe Alice), she started liking Arthur since her very first day at Hogwarts; ever since she saw Arthur walk up to the sorting hat and say loudly, "I do not belong in Hufflepuff!"

That particular day, Arthur and Kingsley strolled down to Ogg's hut while Alice tried to straighten Molly's hair in the girls' dormitory.

"Saw you two coming down from the castle from my window!" Ogg said cheerfully as he opened the door. Ogg was getting along in his years, smoking a pipe in his mouth. He was a kind, hardworking man that would give the good image of a grandfather. His hair was grey and his clothes were patched in numerous places.

"Ogg, we need some advice," Kingsley said as they sat around Ogg's table.

"Advice?" Ogg repeated as he got out some tea.

"Arthur is going on his first date and---"

"It is not my first!" Arthur defended himself. "I went with Emmeline last year----"

"In a group, Arthur?"

"And with Patty my third year---"

"And that turned out to be a disaster." Kingsley supplied.

"And at the Yule Ball last year, I took Alice."

"And Frank almost gave you a black eye---"

"If it wasn't for me, Frank would've never gotten jealous and ask Alice out!"

"Hold on, hold on!" Ogg chuckled, holding up his hands. "I think what Kingsley means is that you are going on your first true date with a girl that you really, really like. And that she likes you a lot as well."

"How do you know if Molly likes me?" Arthur asked.

"Well, I have my sources." Ogg answered hastily. "Here, have some tea." Ogg didn't mention that Molly and Alice went down to the hut as well to talk to Ogg. In fact, Ogg knew about every crush between Alice and Frank, Molly and Arthur, and numbers of other students that came down to talk to him.

"So we need some help." Kingsley said, getting back to the subject. "We need to turn Arthur into a brand new man! Really impress Molly!"

Ogg raised his eyebrows. "What do you mean by that?" he asked.

"I think Arthur has spent too much time with those Muggle books that he hasn't groomed himself properly! What do you suggest? New haircut? Perhaps learning some new charms for Molly?"

Arthur patted his red hair nervously as if Ogg might give him a ridiculous haircut at Kingsley's suggestion.

Ogg waved his hand impatiently. "Molly doesn't care about the way Arthur dress. I think you just need to get to know Molly a bit better. Learning some charms won't hurt though. Learn a couple about how to make flowers pop out of your wand…sparkles fly…and just talk and listen to her. I know you two will have a great time."

There was knocking on the door.

"Ogg! It's us!" came Alice's voice.

"You two want to stick around or---?" Ogg asked, but Arthur already got up and was walking toward the backdoor.

"No thanks!" Arthur said quickly.

"He's afraid he'll embarrass himself in front of Molly." Kingsley wiggled his eyebrows.

Arthur and Kingsley went out the back door as Ogg got up to let Alice and Molly in.

"Ogg, this is an emergency, we need some advice!" Alice said quickly. "Hey, did you just have company over?" she saw the mugs of tea.

"Yes, in fact, Arthur and Kingsley were here a few minutes ago. What kind of advice do you need?" Ogg asked, getting out new mugs for Molly and Alice.

"Molly is going out on her first date---"

"Not my first!" Molly said defiantly.

"Well, I suppose that date with Patrick counted back in 5th year."

"And I went to the Yule Ball with Frank last year---"

"Except he almost beat up poor Arthur afterwards---"

"Well, I'm just saying this isn't my first one, that's all." Molly put in.

"But it's the first one you're having with Arthur, and the only one that really matters anyway," Alice said quickly. "So we need your advice Ogg."

Ogg looked amused. "Advice?"

"I mean, is there anything else Arthur is interested in other than Muggles?" Alice asked. "Also, we need your help on the hair straightening charm. Didn't work too well with Molly."

Molly took her hat off and revealed a mess of curls. Half of her hair was straight, half crumpled and curly.

"Hmm…" Ogg said, trying not to smile.

He went to get his wand and then set Molly's hair back to its original style.

"I wanted it straight!" said Molly.

"Relax Molly, Arthur likes you for who you are, not for your hairstyle. You look very cute. Now, instead of worrying over what to wear, why don't you spend more time talking to Arthur and getting to know him?" Ogg asked.

"Oh, I just want him to like me," said Molly sighing. "I mean, it's been all these years and he hasn't really noticed me."

"He likes you a lot Molly."

"Sometimes I think he likes Muggle books better than me."

"Nonsense!" Ogg said, pouring some more tea. "Arthur might have an, er…unusual interest in Muggles, but he surely doesn't like Muggle books more than he likes you, Molly! He's just a bit shy."

"But what if this date turns out to be a complete disaster?" Molly said and then sighed again. "It's just that, I've liked him for a long time, and I don't want the first date to be a huge mess."

"So you're starting to think about a second date already?" Alice asked, smiling.

"Oh, hush." Molly blushed.

"Rest assured, Molly. Arthur and you will have a great time." Ogg replied.

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"C'mon Arthur," Kingsley said impatiently.

Arthur was patting his hair down in the mirror and practicing his flower charms with his wand.

"You'll be fine," Frank Longbottom said. "I'm going to see Alice, see you guys later!"

"Where are you and Molly going to go?" Kingsley asked.

"Just walk around, might go into the Three Broomsticks or something." Arthur mumbled. He looked at his hand-me-down robes and frowned.

They walked out to the hallways and Apollyon Pringle, the caretaker, checked their permission slips.

"Behave you kiddies!" growled Apollyon Pringle. Behind him, Kingsley pointed his finger to his head and twirled it, jerking his head to Apollyon.

Arthur found Molly waiting for him outside of the town and Kingsley gave him a huge, obvious wink and left.

"Hello Molly," Arthur greeted.

"Hello Arthur, should we go?" Molly said politely.

"Oh, yeah sure," Arthur said.

They walked in silence for awhile, then Molly asked, "I hear you have three brothers, how are they doing?"

"They're good, one of them work with the Ministry, my brother Percy works with ice dragons, the third one plays Quiddich." Arthur answered.

"Oh, alright." Molly said.

'Say something else!' Arthur told himself. 'Come on, something interesting!'

"You did really well in the last Charms class," said Arthur. "I liked the way you made the hat dance."

Molly blushed. "Thank you."

"Here Molly," Arthur said and got out his wand. He gave a little flick and a bouquet of flowers bloomed.

"Arthur!" said Molly, quite taken back.

Arthur grinned sheepishly. "I just learned it."

"They're really beautiful." said Molly smiling. She held the flowers in her hand. "So, what do you plan on doing after graduation?"

"I was thinking about working for the Ministry."

"Oh really?" said Molly, impressed.

"For the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts department."

"Oh," said Molly, a little surprised.

Arthur's smile faltered. "It's not very great is it?" His cheeks grew pink. "A lot of people say that I'm kind of eccentric for liking Muggles so much."

"No, Arthur, I don't think you are at all!" Molly protested and then hesitated. "Well, to be honest, I do find it a little strange, but you are such a great person, Arthur. I'm sure you'll do well in whatever job you do."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Thanks." Arthur smiled and then said, "Do you want a drink at the Three Broomsticks?"

Molly nodded cheerfully.

They got themselves two bottles of butterbeer and sat talking for quite a long time. In fact, they didn't notice they were being watched. After awhile though, Molly, sensed they were being spied on, and had quite an idea who it was.

She whipped around as fast Arthur's hat almost came off.

"What do you think you are doing?" she asked, hands on her hips.

Kingsley, Moody, and Emmeline cowered down.

"We were just uh, examining the plants." Emmeline said lamely.

"You were spying on us you know it! Did Alice ask you to?"

"No!" the three friends said a little too quickly.

"Well!" Molly swelled. "You can see this is highly embarrassing for both Arthur and I to know that our conversations were overhead!"

"Sorry Molly," said Kingsley.

"Won't happen again," said Moody.

"I hope not!" Molly said with a humph and sat back down. Then, she smiled sweetly at Arthur. "So what were you saying?"

Arthur was quite taken back at Molly's outgoing behavior. He stammered for a bit and then said, "We were talking about the Yule Ball last year." He answered, but suddenly there was a huge BANG over at a corner.

They turned to find Lucius Malfoy covered with chicken feathers.

"You first years!" Lucius said and pointed at two black haired boys. "Get them!" he said furiously to his friends. He spat out a couple of chicken feathers.

"You can't catch us!" the untidy haired boy said with a smirk and then set off a dung bomb to Crabbe's face.

"What are their names?" Lucius whipped around to Macnair, standing nearby.

"Uh, James Potter and Sirius Black." answered Macnair.

"Gryffindors?" Lucius asked with disgust in his voice.

Macnair nodded.

"If I wasn't going out with Black's cousin, he'd be dead by now! But remember that Potter!"

"That Lucius!" Molly said, turning back to Arthur. "He really thinks he's something, doesn't he?"

"Well, his father has all the connections…" Arthur mumbled.

"Come on, Arthur, let's take a stroll somewhere else." Molly said getting up.

They both headed toward the door.

"Well! Weasley has a date! I guess he's not married to his Muggle books after all!" Lucius said. The Slytherins all laughed at this. Arthur's ears turned pink, but Molly grabbed his hand.

"Well at least he doesn't look like a chicken!" Molly shot back.

When they went outside, Molly looked up at Arthur. "I'm sorry," she said. "Really, Arthur, I think it's wonderful that you have an interest in Muggles."

"You don't mean that." Arthur said, but he smiled at Molly.

"Well…no." Molly said rather embarrassed. "But I like you a lot Arthur Weasley, and I don't want that Lucius to get to you!" Molly was surprised at her own boldness.

"You really do like me?" Arthur asked.

"Well, yes!" Molly answered, and then they both smiled. Then, almost by a gentle force of the wind, they leaned toward each other.

If anyone were to be on the top of a shop's roof, looking down below, they would see two red dots---the top of Arthur and Molly's hair----moving closer and closer together…

It was just outside of the Three Broomsticks, in the hustle and bustle of the crowd where Arthur and Molly kissed for the very first time.

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A/N: This story gets a bit darker later on because hellloooo they lived during the time of Voldemort's rise and fall. Also, I've written two humor Snape stories that I'm pretty proud of. They're called:

-The Agony of Snape

-Professor Greasehead

Feel free to read them! : ) And please review for this chapter!