\\Blinding Love// (Fred Weasley)
I was walking with Cheryl and Danni as we were carrying our luggage to the train. "Well, I guess you won't be sitting with us." Cheryl said.
"Me either. Sorry Cheryl." Danni looked at her apologetically as Theo came up behind her.
"Be good you two! I'll see you later Danni."
"Well gee, I feel left out now. I'm the only one without a boyfriend." she pouted.
I laughed. "Who knows? Maybe the guy you're looking for is somewhere on the train?"
She scoffed. "Doubt it. I'll see you later." she then boarded the train.
I waited for five minutes outside the train when someone picked me up from behind, covering my eyes. I screamed as I was being kidnapped when I heard the thoughts of Harry, Hermione, George, Angelina, Ron, and Ginny laughing. I punched Fred in the shoulder.
"Don't do that ever again!" I glared when he put me down; he laughed.
We were searching for compartments but they were all full, except two that were occupied by one first year in one of them, and two third years in the other.
"Watch this; I'll get us a compartment. Excuse me but, you have to get out." I told the first year. He cleared out pretty fast. I went to the next compartment which was full of third years.
"Hey! Get out."
"Who are you to tell us to get out?" I whipped out my wand to the boy who spoke back to me.
"Believe me; you don't want to mess with me. I can make you go bald and make sure your hair never grows back." I glared as they all decided to clear out.
"Sometimes, I believe it's almost good to have this Slytherin attitude."
The older kids filed into one compartment, the others into the other one. Halfway through the train ride, I decided to go to the bathroom to change into my disguise.
'Now, what should I do?' I thought for a moment when I decided on something punk rock-ish.
I whipped out my wand and pointed at my hair. My hair turned pitch black with green and electric blue tips. I made my hair straight and short, I had been meaning to cut it anyways. I did my eye shadow in a smoky eye, colored my lashes green and put on electric blue eyeliner. The clothes I was wearing were fine. My black jeans with my converse and green sweater with my leather jacket matched my outfit as well.
I walked back to the compartment and smiled. "Like my disguise?" I laughed.
"Disguise? Elise, if it wasn't for the rules at school, you could just dress like that normally if you wanted to." George laughed.
Another hour and a half went by when we arrived at the train station. I got off, seeing Cheryl and Danni already talking to the parents. I smirked to myself as I kept a low profile, holding Fred's hand. Near the pillar to exit out off the train station was this girl with hot pink hair and Professor Moody with Professor Lupin? I was confused.
"Hey guys." Fred greeted as we walked up to the three adults.
"Who's this?" Moody asked.
"That's his girlfriend." Ginny teased.
"Sorry for my outrageous disguise."
"I like it. I'm Tonks, I guess you know Lupin and well, that's the real Moody." I smiled at all of them.
"Disguise for what?" Moody asked suspiciously.
"Crazy friends I don't feel like talking to." I waved it off into the air.
"Well, come on you lot. We need to get going." Lupin led the way out and we all piled into two cars.
Fred, George, me, Lupin, and Tonks in our car. Harry, Ginny, Hermione, and Ron were with Moody.
In the car I fixed my appearance, besides my clothes. I softened my makeup to just a subtle black eye shadow instead of a smoky eye. I took out the crazy colors in my hair but kept it black and short to the tops of my shoulders with my layers. We made it to this muggle neighborhood where the buildings stretched apart and out popped another house. Inside it was dark, quiet, and dirty. It looked like an old house of course, but a grand one I guess it used to be.
Moody, Lupin, and Tonks all rushed to the door straight ahead. A short stocky woman with red hair, I guessed to be Mrs. Weasley came out and greeted us.
"Oh here you are! Come give me a hug you lot." I stepped out of the circle back towards the front door, uncertain of what Fred's mum was going to think of me.
"So Fred, where is this girlfriend of yours? I'm dying to meet her." she said somewhat excitedly.
Everyone stared back at me with smiles. I took in a sharp breath and smiled at her. "Hello Mrs. Weasley."
"Ah! You must be Elise. Welcome! You are certainly most welcome here. I'm afraid Mr. Weasley won't be here for a few days. I suppose Fred told you what happened?"
"Yes ma'am, I'm sorry for that incident. At least he's alive and getting well." I smiled sweetly.
"Ah, why thank you dear. Your room would be the one across from the girls' room. There are not enough beds in the girls' room."
"That's not a problem. I'm sure it's lovely." I said happily. Everyone headed upstairs. Hermione and Ginny came with me to the room I was sleeping in. It was a grand room. It had a king sized bed, a large master bath, and it was spacious.
"Wow, it's probably the biggest room in this house, or the second. The one on the third floor might be a little bigger. Lucky." Hermione grinned.
"I hope she didn't give me this room just because she knows I'm rich. I could sleep in the basement and be fine." I chuckled.
A few hours when it was almost dinner time. I had went down to the kitchen to get a glass of water when I saw Tonks and Mrs. Weasley in there cooking.
"Oh, don't mean to intrude. I was just getting a glass of water." I smiled.
"Oh not a problem dear."
"Do you need some help?" I asked Mrs. Weasley.
"No no, you're the guest."
"It's not a problem really. When I had a house, I would help my house elf prepare dinner. We only had one and sometimes it was a lot of work for her. My parents didn't like that though." I shrugged.
"Oh yes, I'm sorry about your house. You're welcome to stay here after you're done with school." Mrs. Weasley offered.
"Oh I wouldn't want to be a burden." I said modestly.
"No really, you can stay. We need more girls in this house." Tonks laughed.
"Why is that?"
"Didn't Fred tell you?"
"Yes, about the Order, a secret society to destroy Voldemort. I know. Speaking about that...can I have a private meeting with all of the members of the Order later tonight?" Tonks and Mrs. Weasley looked at each other.
"It's important."
"Alright, after dinner."
"Thank you." I smiled. I rushed back upstairs and went into my room which held everyone in there.
"Ellie, we want to ask you something." Fred said.
"Ok? What is it?"
"Well, we have this Defense Against the Dark Arts class that holds only some people. Harry teaches it, seeing as he's been through a lot of stuff."
"Yeah, no doubt about that." I said leaning against the door. "What are you guys getting at?"
"Well, we're trying to learn how to defend ourselves against the Dark Arts, seeing as how Umbridge won't let us use magic but, we need a professional." Hermione concluded.
"Wait, you guys think I'M the professional?" I scoffed at that inclination.
"Well, you're getting marked! That's something." Ron shouted.
"Ok, maybe you're right. Maybe I was trained in using the Dark Arts. That doesn't mean I'm going to train you guys. You know how many dangerous spells there are that can go wrong with trying to teach people?" I said incredulously.
"That's why we need you to teach us, or show us what other spells there are and how we can defend against them." Ginny spoke up.
"You all are nutters." I thought about it for a moment and rubbed my temples. "I suppose I can on one condition though…if ANYONE in that little class of yours doesn't listen to my advice or instructions, I'm not teaching anymore from that day on. OH! And I might have to bring Cheryl and Danni too."
"You're off your rocker! We can't trust them!" Ronald shouted.
"But you guys have trusted me and I trust them with my life. I'm the only one who will agree to this but I can make my friends help me. They know what's going on, all of my friends do and they aren't saying a thing to anyone about this. Trust me. Besides, we're the only ones who can demonstrate with each other and not get hurt."
There was a long period of silence.
"She's got a point." Harry said breaking the ice. "It's agreed. We are starting the class again when we go back to school."
"Ok. Sounds like a plan then."
Molly then came into the room. "Dinners ready you lot." We all went downstairs except Fred and me.
"You sure know how to negotiate." he smirked.
"Of course, without negotiations, the world would go awry."
"My mum seems to like you a lot."
"Yeah, I'm surprised."
Fred cupped my face in his hands and kissed me sweetly. We then walked downstairs. "Oh yeah, there's one other person you haven't met yet." He said as we entered the kitchen and sat down at the small table. There was a recognizable man sitting at the head of the table.
"Ah, who is this?" the man with dark curly hair, dressed in a black shirt and jeans asked as I sat down.
"Oh, that is Fred's girlfriend Sirius." George made fun as Fred threw a piece of bread at him.
"Sirius Black."
"He's Harry's godfather." Hermione whispered to me.
"I know who he is."
"You seem familiar." he pointed a fork at me.
"Really? Not sure who I remind you of." I shrugged with an apologetic look.
"Ah, yes, I know who you are now. You were only a baby when I last saw you. You were my second cousins daughter; Trisha Richards. I'm sorry for what happened." I nodded.
"Yeah, well, she had it coming. Strange how almost everyone I know or meet is related to Draco in some way." I laughed at the irony.
"Malfoy's such a bloody git. It was brilliant how you punched him in the nose." Ron commented.
"I seemed to have straightened it from Hermione's punch a few years ago." I snickered.
Lupin was reading the Daily Prophet when I saw Bellatrix's photo. "Lupin, what does it say about Bellatrix Lestrange on there?"
"Oh, that she helped a few others escape along with herself."
"My deranged cousin. She's a bloody nutter, that she is."
"She's your cousin too?" I asked Sirius.
"As I hate to admit it, yes."
"She's my...godmother." I muttered that last part. Tonks choked on her drink, Hermione gasped, and everyone just stared at me. I knew I had to lay out the details then.
"She hates me though because they were on a mission together back in the first war and they got caught in the act but Bellatrix didn't escape and my mother did. She blames my mother for getting her locked up, so she doesn't really like me. I've never met her except for when I was a baby." I shrugged.
"She's my aunt." Tonks glared at her plate, stabbing a pile of mashed potatoes and shoving them in her mouth.
"So you and Draco are cousins? Wow, this family circle thing is really weird. Next we'll find out that I'm actually Harry's third cousin twice removed or something!" The whole table erupted with laugher.
"Now, what is it you need to tell us?" Mrs. Weasley spoke to me in the meeting room after dinner with the rest of the members.
"Well, I doubt Fred mentioned this in the letter he sent you. I'm being forced to follow in my parent's footsteps by Voldemort."
"When is this to take place?" Lupin asked.
"The day after Christmas. I have a plan though. I've thought out everything before taking each step. Only my closest friends in Slytherin know because a few of them are being forced to follow their parents as well." I stared at the floor for a brief moment.
"Tell us this plan girl." Moody croaked out.
" I'm supposed to be marked on the twenty-sixth but, I thought, 'Hey, why not trick Voldemort into thinking I'm working for him when I'm really not but I am?'"
"So, are you suggesting a split end deal?" Sirius asked.
"Exactly. I would tell Voldemort that I thought of a way to help him from the inside out. I befriended Harry this school year and his friends and I would 'spy' on him and tell Voldemort what his friends were planning but at the same time, I would be lying to him and not really be telling him the truth at all. All the while I'd be working for you guys and telling you exactly what Voldemort is planning."
"And if anything were to go wrong, he would torture your mind and kill you." Snape said in his usual monotone.
"I highly doubt that."
"Did you inherit that gift?" Sirius asked.
"I can read people's minds but no one can read mine. It's the perfect weapon for figuring out future plans from Voldemort himself. He would believe me because he's impressed by my smarts. I was supposed to be in Ravenclaw after all." I shrugged.
"It's too dangerous. You're only a young girl." Mrs. Weasley argued.
"Mrs. Wesley, if I decline the mark, I'll surely die anyways. He'd want to know why. I've seen him, I've been to his hideout. He even gave me a birthday present." I laughed.
"I don't like the idea. How would this not get you the mark?" she asked.
"Because, by helping out Harry, I would have to be clean of any marks, meaning his."
"Well bloody hell girl, you're pretty smart to think up that." Sirius grinned.
"I still don't like this idea."
"Mrs. Weasley, as long as I play my role as the snotty, bratty, loyal Slytherin I was supposed to turn out to be, I'll be fine. My friends are going to be there so I have support."
"How would you be getting there?" Lupin asked.
"I was going to Apparate to my friends house; we had planned that and she had to make up a plan to tell her parents so I would arrive there at nine in the morning."
"Alright, well, it seems like that is settled." Sirius smirked.
"Thank you for letting me stay here. I appreciate it." I smiled as I left the meeting. I rushed upstairs to find everyone over the balcony.
"You lot are a nosey bunch." I laughed as they all jumped. "I would have told you all when I came back."
"Oh yeah, well, uh." Ron sputtered. "Goodnight."
I laughed as I went to my room. I looked back at Fred and smiled before I went inside. I took a shower and got freshened up. When I opened my trunk for pajamas, Caim slithered out.
"Gee! You couldn't have let me out?" he hissed.
"Sorry, I forgot you came with me." I apologetically looked at him.
When I got dressed, I went to the dresser where there was a mirror and began brushing my hair. A pop echoed in my room and I saw Fred through the mirror.
"Gee, what if I was naked huh?"
"I don't know, it might have entertained me."
"Or do you mean you'd want me to entertain you?" I smirked. I put down my brush and hugged him.
"We haven't had any alone time all day." he sighed.
"Yeah well, that's how things are sometimes. What are you going to do for the four days I won't be here?" I giggled.
"I'll have to kidnap you again."
"My knight in shining armor." I laughed.
I got on my bed and lay on my side, Fred lay facing me.
"Ellie, I've been thinking, would you marry me?"
With that random question, I was in shock and I didn't know how to answer. "You're mom wouldn't approve of us marrying this early."
"Who said it had to be now?"
"Well, I've sort of had a glimpse of the future." I said sitting up and having my back to him.
"Elise, what's wrong? What is it?"
I was shaking a little, trying to fight back the tears. "Fred, someone is going to die. I don't know who it is."
"One of us?" I nodded as he gathered me in his arms.
"Neither of us is going to die."
"But I saw it! I don't know what's going to happen when this war starts. Voldemort has crazy people on his side."
Fred held me and cooed in my ear. "I won't let anything happen to you, I promise."
"I don't want you risking your life for me if that's what you're saying." I became serious.
"I promise, I won't let anything happen to you though." He kissed my forehead as I calmed down.
"Fred, the future is absolute, even though it may change; it'll still stay the same all the while."
"Then we need to make the most of it." he smiled.
He made me feel so safe; he made me believe that he would really never let anything happen to me. He caressed my head and ran his fingers down my side, his fingers touching my exposed stomach and legs which made me giggle from the tickle of his touch.
"Oh, so you ARE ticklish, you told me once you weren't."
"Well gee, you never touched my legs or stomach Fred."
"Oh, so you're ticklish if I touch you here?" he ran a finger down my thigh. I flinched and backed away from him on the bed.
"Stop, no stop Fred. FRED!" I laughed as he tackled me and started squeezing my legs as I kicked and laughed. I found the will to sit up and smashed my lips onto his, making him fall onto his back. I laughed a little in the kiss as did he. I separated from him and looked into his hazel eyes.
"I love you Ellie." he whispered as he sat up and gathered my face in his palms and kissed me gently.
I was captured in the moment, a sweet taste that was recognizable to me only. I bit his bottom lip, begging for entrance. He didn't accept my invite. I growled into the kiss as my Slytherin side came out. I always got what I wanted, but I wasn't this night. I cunningly slid my hands down his neck and down his chest and lifted up his muscle shirt and caressed his stomach. My fingers were cold to the touch and his biceps flinched as I smirked and took the opportunity to slip my tongue inside his mouth. Mine rubbed against his as he played with my hair which made me smile. He parted from me and I pouted.
"Don't give me that look." he laughed. "I better go before someone walks in."
"I'll fix that problem." I said and grabbed my wand as I used a bolting spell and a muffling spell and a blocking spell so no one could enter through the door, hear what we were doing or apparate inside the room.
"There, problem solved." I said jumping back on the bed. "Now where were we?" I purred as he kissed me again.
I slid my hands back under his shirt and traced every one of his biceps. What would Cheryl say when she found out he had a six, maybe an eight pack? I smirked into our little snog as I roughened up the kiss. I scooted back against the headboard as he pushed up against me. He parted with me again and I pouted until he started biting on my neck. I gasped the next moment when I felt him bite down on my sweet spot. I held in a moan as he continued on that spot. I had to admit I was turned on now and that brought out my wild and crazy side.
I pushed his back down onto the bed as I began nibbling and sucking on his neck. After exploring both sides, I finally found his sweet spot. He groaned as I stayed there for the longest time when he had enough. He put me back up in a sitting position and took my face in his hands and started kissing me again. Another tongue war broke out. I won though still. I felt his hands trailing down my stomach and then to my curvy sides. I was breathing heavily as he nibbled on my sweet spot again.
"Fred." I breathed out.
I brought his face back up to mine and I kissed him passionately, our lips just stayed locked there for the longest time. My hands went to the hem of his shirt and I began lifting it up. I parted for only a moment as I took off his shirt. He began taking my tank top off, once again breaking the kiss again. This time I was fired up. I launched myself into his arms and kept my lips on his again. Our lips were like magnets; never really leaving each other. I trailed kisses all the way down from his jaw line, to his neck, to his chest, to his very nicely toned abs. He brought me back up and gathered me in his arms as I wrapped my legs around his waist as we kissed each other for the umpteenth time.
He rubbed my legs gently as he made me lie on my back. He kissed my neck all the way to between my breasts. I was still wearing a bra which seemed to tempt him when he had his hand behind my back. He went all the way down to my bootie short line and back up. He stuck his tongue in my mouth again as I felt him grab onto my shorts and I onto his. He slowly slid off my shorts and I started undoing his drawstring. He towered over me as we took a breather. We both were breathing heavily.
"I know its winter but gee, it feels like summer to me." I breathed out with a grin.
He towered over me, both of our body's so close to touching each others. I latched my arms around his neck and turned him over so I was on top. I had one leg on each side of him, straddling him. We started our little snogging session again. The heat got turned up another level though. We were being rough. He had taken my wrists in one hand and rubbed my inner thighs with his other. I had straddled him as I roughly kissed his soft spot, making him moan a few times. Playing rough absorbed your energy. We were both kind of sweaty now; our bodies so close together, rubbing each other and warming each other up. I got a chill when the air in the house had kicked on.
I was panting, out of breath from hardly breathing at all. Fred slid his hand down my stomach and to the rim of my undwear. I stared down to where his hand was. I was somewhat scared but, I so wanted this. I breathed irregularly as I panicked just a smidge. His hand drew away from there and just gathered me in his arms. I lay there, against him as he kissed the top of my head.
"Ellie," he breathed out. "I promised I wouldn't let anything hurt you, and I'm going to keep that promise." he cooed, caressing my cheek as I gazed into his bronze colored eyes.
"I want you, more than anything but, I already have you. You're all I really need." he kissed me softly again.
"Fred, I want you too, I just don't think we should do this now at least. I'd rather be married first. It's just something I've always told myself. I'd be married to my true love and then, I'd truly give myself to him." I smiled up at him.
"Well, we'd have to talk to my parents. My mum got married at this age, why not us?"
"We'd have plenty of money to be alright. Remember, I'm rich. Not meaning to gloat."
He chuckled. "I know, and I don't care about your money either, just letting you know I didn't fall in love with you for that."
"I know, I can read your mind, remember?" I said kissing him again.
"You'd better go; someone's going to wonder where you are." I snickered as we got up from the bed.
"Maybe I should stay?" he grinned.
"Yeah, then have everyone in this house wondering why you weren't in your room and have them thinking I'm a whore." I rolled my eyes. He laughed at me as he apparated back to his room.
Just as I had gotten dressed, there was a knock at my door.
"Hey Ellie." Hermione greeted.
"Hi, what's up?"
"Oh uh, were you busy? You look a little sweaty."
"Oh, I was just stretching before bed to keep the flexibility going in my body." I lied straight through my teeth.
"Well, I just thought Fred would be with you." she said crossing her arms, her thinking face on.
"Oh no, he came by to tell me goodnight a long time ago. I don't know where he'd be."
"Oh ok, sorry for disturbing you. Goodnight." I closed the door and silently laughed to myself.
I had taken another shower and finally went to bed. It was sometime between two and three in the morning when I heard a creaking noise. I thought it might have been Caim because he disappeared a long time ago. Not until I felt a pair of fingers caress my cheek. I smiled at my visitor and scooted to the middle of the bed. He climbed in and collected me in his arms.
"Watch us get caught in the morning." I yawned before slipping into a peaceful sleep again.
It was probably seven in the morning when I started to stir. Fred's back was to me and I smiled. I scooted closer to him and wrapped my arm around his stomach while my other caressed his head. I started drifting back to sleep when I felt him get up. It was probably best that he left anyways before we got caught, even though we didn't do anything. I started to stir again when it was about nine in the morning. I stretched for a moment until I heard a shriek. That made me jolt up.
"EW! IT'S A ROACH!!" I heard someone scream.
"Don't!" I hollered as I burst through their door. Ginny was getting ready to smack it with a thick boot when Caim morphed into a rattlesnake and started hissing at her.
"Caim, stop that!" I yelled as he crawled onto me.
"What is that?!" Ginny said exasperatedly.
"It's my morpher, Caim. He didn't mean to scare you but he was running from her cat."
"How do you know?" Ginny asked.
"He can speak to me telepathically."
"What the bloody hell was that scream?" The boys came rushing in. I started to crack up laughing.
"Nothing, they got frightened by my morpher." I shrugged as Caim turned into a collie.
"Why didn't I think of this before? Now, I'll scare the hell out of that cat." he cackled as he pranced out of the room. The boys all laughed at the two girls as I headed downstairs.
"Good morning Mrs. Weasley." I said cheerily as I gave her a hug.
"Oh well hello dear. Sleep well?" I nodded as I sat down at the table. Fred hurried and sat next to me, grabbing my hand underneath the table and squeezed it.
"You're cute." I spoke.
"Yeah well, you're the most gorgeous one here."
"Aw, Snape is a pretty girl too Fred." Fred and I busted out laughing at the table.
Everyone stared at us, trying to hold back smiles and weird faces. I repeated our conversation to every single one of them. We all started to bust out laughing. Then it got silent when Snape walked in. Everyone was either in mid bite, chewing, or drinking something. No one could hold in our laughter so there was an eruption. Ginny and Ron choked on their juice, George almost choked on some bacon and the rest of us were just lucky to not be choking on air.
"What on Earth has gotten into all of you?" Mrs. Weasley stared at us in wonder. I was almost in tears.
"Ah, that's brilliant." Harry commented as he took a bite of his toast.
"The sweet little couple." George cooed.
"Oh please George; there are plenty of things I can make fun of you and Angelina about."
"Oh yeah? Like what."
I smirked evilly. "Oh I don't know, why don't' you tell me....Cuddlykins?" I snickered. Everyone burst out laughing all over again. George was the only one not laughing but blushing.
"Ok ok, I'll lie off."
The holiday went by very fast. Fred and I would spend the night with each other every night. The boys were the only ones who knew where Fred went in the night. I suspected Hermione and Ginny knew too or had a clue. It was Christmas Eve now. Only two days until my plan was to take place. I prayed that it would work out. Just yesterday, Tonks, Ginny, Hermione, and I went on a girl's day out to Diagon Alley. I had stopped by the bank to take care of some things. One major deal was to transfer all of my parents' money into my own account.
After grabbing some money, I bought each one of them a dress of their choice from Madame' Sherrie's store. They had the most expensive dresses. They all declined but I told them to think of it as an early Christmas present. Christmas shopping on the day before Christmas was hectic. Being rich was lucky because I was saved all the best styles and dresses and colors. Good thing I was known there.
Back at Grimmauld Place it was just me, Ginny, Hermione, Fred, George, Harry, Ron, Sirius, Mrs. Weasley, and Mr. Weasley who came back from hospital, still banged up but, better than he was. We all had a toast to Harry who saved Mr. Weasley from being able to see into Voldemort's mind. After dinner, we were to open up presents but, Mrs. Weasley changed the plans.
"Now no one move. I'll be right back. The lights suddenly turned off. I heard everyone moving, I just sat there, waiting for the lights to come back on.
"La carnum en flamare." Someone had cast a spell. And there before me was a cake that said "Happy 18th birthday Elise." Everyone started singing happy birthday and I was just filled with such joy. I blew out my candles and everyone clapped.
"How did you guys know it was my birthday? Well tomorrow." I rolled my eyes.
"Fred of course." Fred came and embraced me, kissing my cheek.
"Thanks you guys." I said as Mrs. Weasley started cutting the cake.
"Ok, everyone got a piece? We'll do presents now."
Everyone ripped open something. I had six gifts in front of me. I opened one from Sirius. I opened up a small box that held a necklace. It was a pendant in the shape of a star; encrusted on it was the word 'Lucky'.
"Why is it 'Lucky'?"
"Just thought you might need some."
"Thanks, I like it." I smirked as I put it on.
Ron yipped at his gift. "Thanks Elise! This will definitely give Gryffindor twice the power of winning the Quidditch games." I laughed as he hugged his new broom.
"Yeah, for next year but if you were on the Quidditch team this year, I'd still beat you." I joked.
I opened a gift from George and is was contacts.
"Wow, contacts?" I asked.
"No, they're special. I created them. It's for looking through walls. You can see what people are doing." he grinned.
"You dirty, nosey boy." I scolded him as he laughed. I opened one from Hermione who had bought me a digital camera. "Thanks! I haven't had one of these since I was little."
Ginny's present was a charm bracelet. Harry's was a pretty looking watch. Ron's was a box of Burty Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Mrs. Weasley had hand made me a scarf that was black and white striped.
"Thanks for the gifts everyone. You all didn't have to." Harry was opening up my present.
"New glasses?"
"Yeah, just with an unbreakable spell on these lens' so you won't have to keep fixing them." I smiled. George's gift was an invention of my own.
"It's for looking around walls so when you use it around a corner, it's invisible to everyone else. Only the user can see it." I winked.
"Oh! Mister and Misses Weasley, you should go to the bank tomorrow and check your vault."
"Well, I think it's time to turn in. Look how late it is already. Off you go." Mrs. Weasley shooed us.
"Elise, it was nice getting to meet you." Mr. Weasley said as I walked off.
"Same to you sir."
Right when I had finished dressing, Fred popped in, literally. I turned around and smiled at him.
"Here's your gift. Open!" I demanded excitedly.
"Wow, what's this picture for?" he asked.
I laughed. "I'll tell you in a little while. It's very special. Now, I know what you were thinking so I decided to do the same." I said, still grinning.
"How can I keep a surprise from you?"
"I don't know what it is." I admitted.
"Well here, I hope you like it." I grabbed the blue silver box from him and unwrapped the ribbon that helped it stay closed. I opened it and I was lost for words. I must have gasped pretty loud because he laughed at me.
"I'll take that as you think it's amazing."
"It is!" I gasped in total shock. What lay before me in the box was a silver ring, encrusted with a turquoise gem sparkling in the center.
"Look at the inside of the band." he smiled. I picked it up and read the inside. It said "F heart E Forever & Always". A tear came to my eye as he took the ring from me.
"I wanted this to be your wedding ring but, this was also supposed to be your birthday present so," he said getting down on one knee.
I started to cry when I heard these sweet words. "Elise, I love you to death. You're the only girl I've ever loved and always will be. I've always cared for you ever since I met you. I would never hurt you intentionally. I want to be with you forever. You're everything I've ever wanted and the only thing I truly want. We'll be together forever, even in the next world. Please, will you marry me?"
"YES!" I screamed as he placed the ring on my left ring finger. I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him with intense passion. All of a sudden I heard "Awws" and cute comments. I parted from Fred to stare at them and laugh. I kissed Fred again as I got up from the bed.
"George, come over here."
"What? Am I in trouble?" I shook my head.
"No, look at this picture I gave Fred."
He snickered. "She got you a picture of a building." he laughed.
"Yeah, but lift up the cushion in the box, there's a surprise there." I grinned.
Fred unfolded a piece of paper and hugged me. "No way! Are you serious?"
I nodded. "Yeah, one of the many adventures I had when I went to Diagon Alley with the girls."
George snatched the paper; he was literally at a lost for words…for once.
"I know, I'm awesome." I finished his stuttering for him.
"We have our own joke shop now!!" Fred and George yelled in Unison.
"Now get out you guys, I have a present for Fred." I shooed them out.
"Gee, she must be SUPER rich." I heard Ron say as they left.
"Another one?"
"Well that was really just for you and George. I know you've guys always wanted a joke shop." I shrugged as I pulled out a box from under my pillow.
"Here, open." I said excitedly. He opened up the box and smiled at it.
"You and I must think alike." he grinned.
"Yeah, I didn't even look in your mind." I giggled. In his hand was a chain necklace with a ring linked to it. On the band it said "Loving each other forever E & F". He put on his necklace as I stared down at my ring. I frowned then.
"How did you pay for this?"
"Oh, Harry gave George and me the money he won from the tournament last year. I talked it over with Fred and we both split it. I was saving it for something special. Originally we were going to start our joke shop with that money."
"Well, glad I bought that building then. People are going to fix it up, everything will be new. You guys just have to supply your goods." I frowned at the ring again. "I can't wear the ring."
"Why not?"
"What would Voldemort say when he sees a ring on my engagement finger?" He frowned too.
"OH! I have an idea." I said taking off my necklace that Sirius gave me. I took off my ring and slipped it onto my necklace, entwining it once to keep it from falling or breaking off. Luckily my necklace was long enough to hide in any shirt. It hung just between my breasts.
"There, now we match." I smiled.
We both leaned into each other and kissed. He grinned wide, from ear to ear. I snaked my arms around his neck and lifted my left leg and wrapped it around his and brought him closer to me. He grabbed my left leg and rubbed it as we snogged each other. All of our emotions poured into one moment, knowing deep down that we could at any moment never see each other again.
"Hey Fred, I have some ideas fo-orrrr maybe later." George went out as quickly as he came in. I laughed as I kissed Fred again and went back to a regular standing position.
"Why stop? He's surely not going to come back."
I shrugged as we presumed to what we were doing. The next moment the door opened again and we heard wolf howls and woahs and laughs.
"Gee Fred; snog her face off why don't you?" Ginny shook her head as she left.
"Ah, so that's what they do in here." Ron laughed as he too left.
We laughed as he begrudgingly left to his room with the other guys, giving me a kiss on the cheek as I closed the door. I lay down on the bed, starting to drift off and slipped off into dream land.
Tomorrow was the big day.