Relationships
"You feeling OK?" Fred asked as he sat down by Skyler, who was reading, on the couch.
"Yeah, why?" she asked, looking up from her book.
"You didn't eat much at dinner," he replied. She grinned.
"My stomach's just been feeling a little queasy. I'm fine," she assured him.
"OK, fine," he said, rolling his eyes. Skyler laughed, Fred joining in.
Mrs. Weasley passed by the laughing teens. She shook her head disapprovingly as she entered the kitchen.
"You need to ease up Molly," Sirius, who was standing in the doorway, told her.
"Oh, and you have no problem with your daughter having sex?" she snapped, raising her eyebrows.
"Of course I do, but there's nothing either of us can do about it," he told her bluntly. "If they want to have sex, they'll find a way to."
"Speaking from experience," she said as a pointed statement toward Sirius.
"You're never gonna let it go, huh? You just hate me because Maria got pregnant in school," he retorted.
"No, I'm not going to let it go!" she shot back. "Not while your daughter is seducing my son!" And with that she walked on into the kitchen.
Sirius watched her go, then turned back to watching Skyler and Fred laughing and talking on the couch. He half-smiled. She looked happy, though he doubted she was looking for anything more than friendship from Fred. Sirius knew that Skyler had commitment issues, she got that from him. They both had different reasons for not wanting to trust people, and for being wary of lasting relationships. Sirius could tell, though, that Fred genuinely cared for Skyler. He just hoped she wouldn't beak the kid's heart.
Skyler glanced at her father out of the corner of her eye. He smiled sheepishly and turned back into the kitchen, taking the hint.
"Your mom hates me, doesn't she?" Skyler asked Fred.
"No, she's just mad about...well, you know," he answered. Skyler chuckled.
"You can say sex, you know," she told him in a sarcastic tone, but then turned somber. "You're mom does hate me though. She has from the first time she saw me." Fred gave her a curious expression. "I overheard her the night I got here. She hates the way I look, my dad, and how much like him I am."
"I don't care what she thinks," he told her, kissing her lightly. Skyler pushed him back though.
"Remember what I said?" she asked. "I don't do relationships like this, I just do casual," she told him firmly. Fred just smiled.
"Who says I'm looking for anything besides sex?" he asked flirtatiously. She smiled, but could tell he wanted more, even if he said he didn't. He leaned in to kiss her again, this time she didn't push him away.