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Josie slept in Sunday morning along with the other girls in her dorm, waking up near eleven. After dragging herself out of bed, she dressed comfortably and went to do homework in the common room while she waited for the twins. Lee Jordan joined her about half an hour later, a brown fluffy cat with sea green eyes trailing behind him and rubbing against his legs as he sat across from her.
"It's not mine, don't know where it came from, but it seems to like me." He was saying as she finished up her assignment for Ancient Runes. The cat climbed into his lap and curled up into a ball, leaving the three of them in silence until Fred and George came in with the rest of the team, the two of them jumping over the back of the couch on either side of her. "How's Harry today?" Lee asked, scratching the cat behind the ears. "Fine, should be out tonight." George said, his brother joining him in an odd look towards the cat. "Whose is that?" they said in unison. Lee shrugged, an action that the twins echoed as they settled in.
"So what's in store for today?" Josie asked as she put away her parchment, looking between the twins. "We suppose we'd test some products, hoped you'd-""No" Josie interrupted, crossing her legs and pulling her sweater dress over her knee. "Why not?" Fred asked, putting on his best pout. "We won't hurt you, promise!" George added. "Because with you two I'll end up going to lunch with bright pink hair, a pig snout and boils." She said, stiffening a bit when the two of them laid their arms along the couch behind her. "It's not anything like that" "They're perfectly harmless." "Anything physical will wear off in minutes." "We promise." They said back and forth, Fred playing with the hair flipping out from the back of her head while George played with the sleeve of her dress, his skin contrasting against the dark blue color. Josie couldn't do anything but stare at them, completely stunned and flustered.
"Shouldn't have told them they're attractive, they've gotten a big head and will be using it against you." Lee said, leaning back in his chair as the cat stretched up his chest. "They told you that?" Josie exclaimed, pulled from her shock. "Oh yeah, wouldn't shut up about it for days." George threw one of Josie's discarded drafts at him for a reason unknown to Josie; she was still stuck on the fact that her statement had inflated their egos. They probably heard stuff like that all the time.
"Never mind that, c'mon Josie we need a girl to test this stuff on." Fred said. "Chemistry differences and stuff." George added. "And you're our first choice." Fred had leaned closer to her, his breath hitting her ear. "If anything happens, you can blame us…" "Never see us again..." "And you'll get a bag of candy for every time you swear at us if you get angry." She laughed, the joke relaxing her, and leaned back against the seat and into Fred's hand. A shiver ran down her spine as his fingers met the back of her neck, his arm stiffening against her shoulder. Lee Jordan hid his laughter at the red that was adorning her cheeks as she muttered a "Fine".
The twins grabbed both of her hands and whisked her up to their dorm before she could blink, leaving Lee Jordan and his cat in front of the fireplace. She almost tripped going up the stairs to the boy's dormitory, catching herself on Fred's arm as they chuckled at her.
She sat on Fred's bed, lifting her feet when they pulled a trunk out from under his bed and set it beside her. The twins went to digging through the assortment of odd vials before pulling three containers and setting them beside her. She didn't like the look of this. George sat next to her, opening a bottle with a pop and handing it to her. "What this going to do?" She asked, eyeing the green substance through the glass. "Turn your hair green." "Just for a moment." "If you don't drink it all.". She shrugged her shoulders and took a sip, the liquid thick as it stung her throat. The twins watched her for a moment, grins slowly breaking out on their faces, and Josie tugged at a strand of her hair, which was now bright lime green. "Well that's different." She muttered, laughing a bit as George ran his fingers through her hair with a chuckle. "Looks good on you." Josie rolled her eyes, nudging him with her elbow. "Maybe I should put some in your drink at supper so it's easier to tell you two apart." She joked. "Wouldn't last very long now would it?" Fred commented as her hair went back to its natural light brown, fading from the roots to the tips.
Something that looked like a toffee was placed into her hands, light pink and polka dotted. "That will make you lose your voice." "Temporarily." "For a minute or two." "If you only eat half." Josie looked at them, worry in her eyes. But she's trusted them so far with no repercussions, so she tore it in half and popped it into her mouth, handing the other half back to them with a hiccup. "So?" Fred asked as he wrapped the other piece back up and leaned forward to look at her.
Josie opened her mouth to speak but her voice box had seemed to stop working, her eyes widening when she could say nothing. "Try again!" George asked excitedly, as he took her face in his hand so she would face him. He could probably feel her face heat up in his hand as she tried to speak again, sound stopping in her throat. The twins high fived each other behind her head as Fred handed her another vial.
The liquid in the bottle seemed light as air, dark rose pink and bubbling. Giving them a questioning look, she sniffed the potion before swirling it with a raise of her brow. "Just drink it." George said, grinning. The look Josie must have given them must have been hysterical, because both of the twins fell into a fit of laughter at it. Her face turned redder as she crossed her arms, a scowl forming on her lips. Their laughter died down and the two of them wrapped an arm around her waist, her stomach fluttering.
"It's not going to do anything." "It doesn't even alter your body or its functions." The said in turn, smiling at her. Her throat allowed a sigh out, the tension fading from her voice box. Her cheeks burned with their stare as they watched her take a sip out of the very small vial, downing half of it.
Nothing. Josie didn't see or feel a change on her. Turning her head both ways to look at them, her apology for its failure was stopped by her heart jumping in her chest as she met their eyes, as it usually did. The room became hazy around them, her eyes only being able to focus on the two of them. It wasn't until they both leaned in to touch their lips to her cheeks after a minute of silence that she felt the change.
In seconds she went from feeling like she always did around them, flustered, to having every sense heightened, every feelings she'd ever felt around them tumbling into her all at once. The only thing that seemed to work right in the moment was her voice, the last product wearing off.
"What was that?" she asked; her voice soft and wavering. She could barely hear their response over her heart beat, their unified voice muffled. "Is it working?" They leaned closer to her, their fingers pressing into the dip of her waist as their chests brushed her arms. Fire ignited through her body, her skin turning red underneath her collar. Josie didn't know how badly she was blushing, but she knew it was enough for them to notice for once, the signature grin they always wore when they were proud gracing their features.
She wanted to smack them and kiss them all at once, as long as she got some sort of contact and emotional release out of it. Instead she jumped to her feet, her legs shaking as she turned to look at them. "I've just remembered, I've got somewhere to be." Her exclamation was a little louder than it needed to be, her voice cracking, but she felt completely out of control at that moment. Everything that was happening inside her body was like every instance where the twins had made her flustered, embarrassed, dazed, aroused, or excited all happening again, all at once.
Dashing down the stairs, she turned sharply at the landing and ran to her dorm, tripping more than once before she reached her room. Her body felt warm, too warm. She threw open a window, cold air blowing past her as she ripped her sweater dress off and threw herself on her bed,. She did something she had never done before, something she had never thought she would ever do. She screamed into her pillow. The noise she made was one of pure emotion, the vibration of her voice shaking out the tightness in her stomach.
Lying on the bed in her bra and tights, Josie didn't move until the effects of what the twins had given her wore away, her heightened state of emotion fading to the natural spark that stayed burning in her chest for them. She didn't know whether to be mad or embarrassed, she didn't even know what had happened to her. She only knew three things, the first was that she was going to get them back for that. The second was that those feelings were not new; she had felt them before just not in that concentration. The third was that she wanted those two boys to make her feel that way again, without a potion next time.
As she thought, she heard the tiny pad of feet come into the room, the cat that had been following Lee Jordan jumping onto the bed next to her with a note in its mouth. Josie opened the note as the cat left again, and was met with Lee's scratched handwriting.
"Guess it's not a good idea to test a love potion on someone already in love, huh?"