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okay so this chapter is a little mushy but be patient cause they are only fourteen here the mushy gushy relationship stuff will come later when they are old enough i promise
remember that M rating? yeah it will come later
CHAPTER THREE
I remember the day I told them how I felt about them.
It was the last day of term. They were packing to get on the train back to King's Cross. We had just finished our fourth year at Hogwarts and they were giddy with relief after Ginny's rescue. Harry Potter was still a hero and their sister was safe because of him. I had comforted them in their grief and disbelief, in their completely uncharacteristic somberness.
I had been toying with my feelings and whether I should keep them to myself or let them know. Ginny's disappearance was the perfect excuse to delay any decision. But she was safe now and this might be my last chance before they left and found someone else.
But it was just too weird to love both of them, wasn't it? Besides, I didn't want to lose them as friends. If I told them it would make us awkward—we would lose the easy friendship we had. And if they thought of me as a sister? I don't think I could stand the humiliation of knowing.
But here they were getting ready to leave me until next term. I didn't know when I would see them again. I couldn't just not tell them anything, could I?
"So, are you boys ready to go home?" "Home is fine but there are far fewer people to prank." "And we have to deal with mum." "Besides, at home" "There's no you." "We'll see each other in a couple of months."
"Months without you is like a lifetime in hell." "Yeah, you have to come see us before school starts again." "We will talk to mum about it and owl you as soon as possible."
I was smiling like it was Christmas morning when they both wrapped me up in their arms and kissed my cheeks.
"I'm going to miss you both so much." "Good." "That means we've done our job." "You can't live a day without us." "You love us!" "Of course I love you two. You are my best friends and closest confidantes. How could I not be in love with you?"
They stopped grinning and shared a look I didn't quite catch the meaning of before pulling me down onto Fred's bed with them kneeling, facing me. They were completely serious. A truly rare sight from my fiery best friends. Each of them took one of my hands and looked up at me with their nearly identical blue eyes.
"Did you just say" "You were in love with" "Us?" "I did." "Did you mean it?" "Why else would I say it? You know I don't mince words." "You've been known to use words to your advantage." "Who doesn't?" "But are you really in love with us?" "Haven't I said that already?" I let impatience color my tone but I did not meet their gaze.
"Are you in love with both of us?" "Yes I am." "Is that because either of us will do and you don't want to choose?" "No it has nothing to do with choosing between you. I would never—I could never choose between you." I looked up as I said this but quickly looked down again.
"I love each of you for the same and different reasons. I love you, George, because your sense of humor saves every situation no matter what and you always make me laugh no matter how sad I am. I love you, Fred, because you are my shoulder to cry on; you always know what to say to make me smile but you never turn my sorrows into a joke. I love you both for your ability to make me smile no matter the circumstances. Separate the two of you are amazing men. Together, you are perfect for me."
I squeezed their hands and looked deep into their eyes.
"I can't choose between the two halves of my heart."
"So you want both of us?" "I have from the first day I met you. That first moment you ran into my compartment to hide and Bear decided not to eat you I knew that I wanted to spend my life laughing with the two of you. I just didn't expect to fall in love with you."
"You know that being in love with two guys is not exactly normal, right?" "I'm aware." "You know that guys have a hard time sharing, right?" "I guessed as much."
"If we told you that we didn't love you like that, what would you do?" "I would act like nothing happened and hope that you do the same. I don't want to lose my best friends because of unreciprocated feelings. That is too stupid a reason."
"What if only one of us was in love with you?" "Then I have a friend and a relationship I suppose. I don't have to have you like I want you. I just need to have you in my life."
"What if we both love you and were waiting for you to choose between us?" "You will be waiting for a very long time. I already told you, I can't choose between two parts of me."
"What if we asked you to be our girlfriend?" "I wouldn't hesitate." "Even though everyone else will say nasty things about you?" "People will spread rumors." "Why would that matter if I get to be with the men I love?"
"Then it's settled. From this day forward we three are together Forever." "You mean—" "Duh stupid. We've been in love with you since you proved that you were the goddess of pranks. It didn't take us long to figure out that both of us loved you." "So we tried to see if you liked us." "But you just acted like our friend." "So we tried to distract ourselves with other girls." "It didn't work."
"So we decided we would wait until you spoke." "You just did." "You both love me?" "Yes." "We are in love with you." "So, you're both mine? I don't have to pretend I'm happy for you when you find some girl you are interested in and she likes you back? I mean, seriously, how could anyone not love you? That was pretty much torture." "Never again."
"Like we said, we only dated other girls to get our minds off of you. We didn't want to make things awkward because we thought you didn't feel the same way."
"And you don't mind sharing a girlfriend?" "You don't mind putting up with the two of us?" "I've been doing that for a while now." "We've been sharing you for a while now." "You aren't going to be jealous of each other or anything?" "We have an understanding." "Which is?" "We can share" "So long as we share equally."
They got their stern look on and chorused: "You can't spend more time with one than the other." "I think I can manage that if you can." "We won't forget." "We won't let you forget either."
That was one of the happiest days of my life. Of course, they left shortly after our proclamations. Then their family won the Daily Prophet pot and vacationed in Egypt with their older brother Bill. Then Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban. I was freaked. I didn't hear from them all during their trip and they didn't come back until term was ready to begin.
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