Forbidden yet Foreseen
Life
"Trust your brother's words!"
The next morning, Ginny woke up rather drowsy. She looked around in her room, seeing Hermione's bed already made and Hermione herself being not in the room anymore. Ginny leapt to her feet panicking, almost tripping about her coat that was lying at the end of her bed. She then remembered the last night. Grinning slightly, she grabbed some clothes and headed towards the bathroom. She just laid a hand on the handle of the bathroom door when a sneeze made her body shake heavily. She sneezed loudly, the noise echoing through the house. She almost lost the clothes she carried before catching herself again.
"Bless you", she heard a voice from upstairs.
The next moment Fred stepped onto the corridor, walking past her. He was wearing a warm grey sweater and a red scarf around his neck. His hair was messy and his nose was redder than it used to be.
"Got a cold as well?", he said, his voice nothing more than a gurgle.
Ginny couldn't help but laugh out loud. She stared at Fred and his appearance seemed to be so funny that she almost tumbled into the wall. She stopped, however, when another sneeze shook her body.
"Bless you", he said again, grinning broadly.
She threw him an upset look before she entered the bathroom, about to close the door – when he took hold of the door handle and made a step inside the room. He grabbed her chin and pulled her towards him, kissing her intensely. When he let go of her again, her cheeks went red and she threw him a slight smile. He winked at her and left the bathroom.
She then sighed, wiping her nose. She spent the next minutes dressing, and washing, and brushing her hair. After she slipped into black trousers and a red sweater, she headed to her room again, packing the last things into her trunk that she had forgotten before. She then hurried downstairs to find half her family running up and down the kitchen. Her forehead furrowed as she watched them.
"Ginny!", she heard her mother scream. "Finally! Grab something to eat! We're late! We are so late!"
Ginny raised both eyebrows and sat down at the table where she helped herself to a piece of toast and some orange juice.
"You better drink some more", she heard a voice in her ear.
She looked around to see Fred's red nose almost touching her face. She let out a giggle and nodded.
"If you say so", she said, smirking.
"Trust your brother's words", he said and sat down beside her.
She wanted to respond but her father's panicked voice interrupted her.
"Out everyone! The bus is here! Quick! Grab your trunks and out!"
"Bus?", Ginny asked, standing up slowly. Fred shrugged.
When they pulled over their coats and scarves, they all headed outside to see a rather large purple triple-decker bus waiting in front of the Burrow.
"The Knight Bus", Ginny heard Harry moan.
They all started moving their trunks and luggage into the bus and then everyone entered the enlarged interior of the bus. Harry, Ron and Hermione went upstairs whilst Fred, George, Ginny and their parents stayed downstairs. Mr and Mrs Weasley sat down next to a sleeping passenger, George moved to the front to sit between two young witches who seemed to know him, and Fred and Ginny remained standing, holding onto the back of a nearby seat.
The bus leapt forwards, making Ginny tumble against Fred. They both looked at each other shortly before both looked in opposite directions again. Ginny could feel the stare of her mother but wasn't sure about it. She might have imagined it as well. Her heart was still beating fast against her chest; this feeling of being caught off guard was somehow intoxicating. She felt the hairs on her neck standing upright and when she caught a glimpse of Fred, he seemed to feel the same.
The Knight Bus hobbled on and soon after, they arrived at King's Cross Station in London. Hurrying over the platforms, they quickly reached the barrier leading to Platform Nine and Three Quarters. Harry, Ron and Hermione went first, followed by Ginny, Fred and George, with their parents on their tail. The Hogwarts Express stood steaming in front of them when they began to climb the train. Saying goodbye to their parents, hugging and kissing from her mother included, they then shut the train doors and went looking for a free compartment through the train's aisle.
Harry, Ron and Hermione found one for themselves; Fred, George and Ginny went on looking. When the train started moving, they found a free compartment. Entering it and pulling their trunks into the device above their heads, Ginny soon grabbed one seat for herself, stretching to full height. George took the opposite seat and Fred stood in the middle of the compartment, looking at Ginny and George in turn.
"Shall I go and find a place for myself then?", he said with a grin.
"If you like to", George replied, smirking.
Ginny's reply was a thundering sneeze.
"Bless you", both twins said, chuckling, before Fred sneezed as well.
"Well, looking at you two… I'd rather go and find Alicia. Before I get a cold as well…", George said, frowning. He stood up and left the compartment.
Fred leaned through the doorframe and looked after him before he turned around and closed the door, grinning down at Ginny.
"Hello", Ginny said, trying to sound seductive but with her nose occluded she sounded like an old chain smoker lady.
Fred laughed at the sight of her.
"Oh come on", Ginny protested, sitting up a bit. "You sound just the same!"
"Do I?", Fred replied, still laughing.
"And you look like Rudolph the reindeer", she said, grinning, pointing at his deep red nose. "If it glows in the dark?", she added, chuckling.
With that Fred leapt forwards, grabbing her shoulders, lifting her up and sat down at the window, putting her head on his lap with a smile.
"You asked for it", he said, winking.
"Did I?", Ginny asked, looking up at him.
"Can't remember", he said quietly, leaning down to her.
Their lips meet in a short yet longing kiss before they broke away again because of a lack of oxygen.
"I hate being sick!", Ginny murmured. "It sucks to be unable to breathe through your nose…"
"Yeah, I know", Fred said, leaning back and resting his head against the seat.
She looked up at him, sighing slightly. She suddenly felt rather tired and slowly closed her eyes, feeling Fred stroking her hair carefully. She then drifted off into the world of dreams…
A slight bump woke her up again. She turned her head a bit to look out of the window, seeing how the evening crept over the country. She then looked up at Fred, who apparently fell asleep as well, his head leaning against the window, his mouth slightly open. Ginny sat up slowly and kneeled down next to him, touching his chest gently. She then stretched, placing one hand on his cheek before she planted her lips on his mouth.
She heard him let out a chuckling snort before she watched him opening his eyes. He raised one brow in surprise when he felt her kissing him. He quickly pulled an arm around her, kissing her back. Suddenly the compartment door opened slowly but with a squeaking noise. Ginny almost got a heart attack when she saw George's reflection in the window. Yet he wasn't looking at them but talked to a girl standing on the corridor. Ginny quickly broke away from Fred and struggled to get to her feet. But with her heart beating as if it wanted to explode, she merely fell to the floor.
George entered the compartment, looking down at Ginny with his forehead furrowed.
"What are you doing down there?", he asked.
"I'm – I – I lost my… bracelet", she replied and soon vanished beneath the seats, pretending to look for something.
Fred chuckled at the sight of George's confusion.
"Yeah, whatever", George said, sitting down on the seat opposite Fred who watched Ginny crawl across the floor. "We're almost there."
Fred looked up at his twin, now noticing that he was already wearing his Hogwarts robes. He nodded and got up, patting Ginny slightly on the back.
"Stop looking, Lassie, you'll find it somewhere else, I'm sure", he said, grinning.
Ginny got to her feet again, beating down the dust from her clothes. They then opened their trunks and got out their robes to dress. Soon after, the train stopped with a loud squeaking noise. They all pulled their trunks behind them and left the train. On the platform, they found themselves in a small group of people.
Ginny looked instinctively around to find some of her friends or class mates but she could only see some first and second years and some seventh years that came right towards them, heading to Fred and George. Ginny recognized Lee Jordan and Alicia Spinnet who immediately got hold of George's hand whilst Fred, Lee and Ginny followed them towards the carriages. Ginny threw Fred a puzzled look.
He just nodded. "Came together before Christmas", he answered her unspoken question. She nodded and looked a bit jealous at her brother and his girlfriend. How she wished to do the same. How she wished to hold Fred's hand right now. But the truth – the brutal truth – cut into her heart. She'll never do that. Never. She felt tears burn in her eyes – telling herself that this might be only because of the cold air that surrounded them.
George and Alicia entered one of the carriages, Lee and Fred climbed after them. Ginny stood at the bottom looking into the interior. Next to them she saw Harry, Ron and Hermione take one carriage along with Dean Thomas whom they seemed to have met on the train. She again took a look inside the carriage, seeing how the four seventh years already sat very close together with no more room for her. She turned around to look for another carriage when she suddenly felt someone's hand grab hers.
She looked around, seeing Fred's face.
"Come on, Ginny, there's plenty of space", he said, smiling at her.
"Really? Don't you think it's –"
"No, it's not", he interrupted her and winked. "Now come on!"
She then climbed the carriage and stood in the middle of the two seat rows. Fred sat down next to Lee and pulled Ginny onto his lap before the carriage's door closed on its own. She looked around at George and Alicia who didn't seem to notice the others at all. Ginny shifted a bit uneasy on Fred's lap. She felt his hands around her waist as he held her when the carriage started to move. She turned her head around to look at him and met his smile. She smiled back before she looked outside the dark window, seeing the dim outline of the Hogwarts castle in the distance.
After they had arrived at Hogwarts, they all headed up to the Gryffindor common room to get rid of their trunks before they all went down again to have dinner in the Great Hall. When everyone headed through the portrait hole, their stomachs starving, it was Fred who held Ginny back by grabbing her hand. Everyone else had left so they were the only ones hanging in the common room.
He pulled her back to the stairs, looking around for observers. There he pointed at a small protrusion in the wall. She followed his gaze before turning to him again, looking puzzled.
"Remember that ledge", he said. "Use it to trick the mechanism that keeps you away from the boys' dormitories." He grinned. "Just in case you want to visit me sometime…", he added, winking.
She watched him, smirking. "I will", she replied, leaning closer – but he suddenly pulled away from her when she heard some noises behind them. She turned around to see Neville Longbottom lying on the ground in front of the portrait hole, apparently being tripped over his own shoes.
"Neville", Ginny blurted out in surprise, leaping forwards to help him up.
"I'm okay, I'm okay", he said, getting to his feet again. "Thanks", he added, looking at Ginny with red cheeks.
Behind them, Fred leaned laughing against the wall next to the staircase.
"How sweet", he said, chuckling.
Ginny turned around, one of her brows raised in slight annoyance.
"Funny, Fred", she replied, dryly.
"Oh you finally got it? That I'm funny?", he said, still laughing, pushing off the wall, walking towards her. "And I thought my own sister would notice that earlier", he added, putting her face in his hands.
She glared at him, caught between admiration and utter shock.
"Fred…?", Ginny began, motioning towards a surprised looking Neville.
"Right", Fred said, letting go of her. "I'm hungry", he then said and left through the portrait hole.
Ginny stood there for a while before Neville cleared his throat. She spun around and smiled at him.
"Do you want to go down with me?", she then said.
Before he could say anything, she grabbed his arm and left the common room.
A/N: Part two of Life... please read on and tell me what you think about this!
Oh, and beware: the next chapter will contain some scenes that ... make things certain -gg- Be warned!
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