Food
Chapter 11

Fred woke up to Ani still sleeping, her arms gripping him tightly. She still smelled like the perfume she'd put on the day before and her hair looked just a beautiful as it had during the wedding, minus the water dripping from it.

He smiled, she looked like an angel and she'd be his forever, if she didn't hate him for being a wizard.

He rubbed her back softly, she was so perfect, so peaceful, he didn't want to wake her, but he had to go to the bathroom and his stomach was rumbling. His stomach groaned louder and Ani's eyes fluttered open. She looked at Fred with a smile before snuggling back in.

"Ani, love?" he said feeling horrible for trying to wake her. He waited a few seconds, hoping she would wake up, and spoke again, "love, oy, love."

Her eyes fluttered open again and she looked at him, a smile shining through her eyes. "Hmmm?" she said not able to form complete words yet.

He chuckled, causing her to rise and fall with his body, "I've got to use the loo, love."

"Mmmm, mmmhmmm," she said before snuggling back up to Fred. Fred chuckled again before slowly rolling over. He kissed her forehead softly before pulling out of her grip. He got out of the bed and stretched.

He looked around the room still completely starkers realizing that he'd just slept with the most beautiful woman he'd ever met in his old dormitory. It was almost a childhood fantasy, except he'd never dreamt of taking his wife to his dormitory to shag.

He ran off to the bathroom and came back wanting to crawl back into the warm bed after walking out of the icy bathroom, having no clothes on hadn't been much help. He started to crawl back in but his stomach growled again and he almost shushed it.

Ani woke up and turned over. She smiled at him, and he wondered if she was fully awake now.

"Morning, love," he said with a smile, he felt rather odd climbing into the bed completely naked.

"Morning," she said with a yawn. "Mmmm, food," she said already sounding like a Weasley.

Fred shook his head at her, laughing as he did so, "I'll go get some from the kitchens," he said before pulling a pair of robes out of an armoire and running off to the kitchens.

He walked out of the portrait hole and right into all of his brothers. His ears burned as he realized he was practically naked but was glad he hadn't just pulled on his pants.

"You haven't left yet?" Fred said as he walked past them, he didn't want to keep Ani waiting too long. He looked back at them, they were following him, "What is it?"

Charlie was the one to speak first but Fred knew he wouldn't be the last, "Just wanted to see our little brother before we took off," he said smoothly.

"Right, well, you've seen me," Fred said practically running down the stairs, he wanted to escape his brothers before one of them said something completely stupid.

"Oy, Fred, it's me, you're twin," George said and Fred knew he was smirking.

Fred waited for him to say something more but he didn't, Fred guessed that he really had nothing to say and he also guessed that George had been forced along by his other brothers.

"I know who you are George," Fred said as he arrived at the painting of the fruit. He turned around to see them, including Harry. "What is it?"

"Just want to know," Ron said and Fred wondered if he was just being thick or if his brothers had tricked him into asking the question they all wanted to know. "How was it?"

Harry punched him in the arm, he was obviously being thick.

Fred smiled and looked as Bill, Charlie, and George, "We'll talk later," he said to them causing them each to smirk. "And you," he said turning to Ron, "propose to Hermione and you'll know."

Ron's ears turned red fast, that always shut him up, but not this time. "But you've got to tell us Fred, they already know," Ron said referring to the three men beside him. "We'll tell you, you'll want to know just like they do."

Fred was slightly angry at his brothers, he hadn't done this to them, he'd waited for them to get back from their honeymoon before even asking.

"Ron, Hermione is like a little sister to me, and Harry, Ginny is my little sister," Fred said knowing his older brothers were going to mock the two young men after he left, "I'm not going to want to hear about that," he said before tickling the pear and walking into the kitchen.

He walked out with a tray of food to see his brothers still there, "You do realize how extremely strange this is for all of you, even if we are Weasley's. Also, this is my honeymoon, go away." He walked away and they didn't follow him.

He walked back up to the dormitory room and climbed into the bed after shedding his robes.

"Oy, love," he said as he pulled the tray of food off the nightstand and onto his lap.

"Oy," she said with a laugh, she loved to mock his British slang and accent.

She snuggled up to him, her bare skin warm against his own. He felt his body tingle as he fed her a piece of fresh pear. "How are you?" he asked lovingly. George had told him that Katie hadn't been able to walk or sit properly the day after their wedding, it had been torture trying to get her to aparate to the inn in France.

"Well," she said drawing her word out as if she was about to go into a long speech. "Lovely," she said before kissing him on the cheek.

Fred laughed, "Good, you want to go for a run?" he asked taunting her.

She looked at him and stuck her tongue out at him. He smiled and kissed her nose before placing a piece of pear to her lips. She wiggled again, trying to get as close as she could to his body, "It's so cold in here," she said trying to give him an excuse for why she wanted to be close to him.

She let him feed her the rest of the pear before wiggling again, he knew she wanted him to wrap his arms around her, she always stopped wiggling when he did that. He set the tray aside and scooted down under the covers. He wrapped his arms around her and felt her body shift as she lay on his chest once again, her body off to one side.

"Ani," Fred said softly, "are you in pain?" he sounded so mature, like a Fred who was firm and always calm and serious, but Ani could still sense the silly Fred inside, radiating from his chest and warming her.

"Yes," she laughed. She didn't want it to be a serious thing, she wanted it to be their usual banter, the way they always were, except when Fred told her how much he loved her. He could play a prank on her and then a second later be stone-faced as he told her he cared for her. He would joke with her when he told her too, sometimes saying he loved her in the middle of a pillow fight, or as he watched her study, or as she made him something to eat.

"I'm sorry," Fred said softly. He was sorry for hurting her, he almost felt bad, like he shouldn't have done that too her.

Ani kissed his chest where her head was resting, "Freddy," she said jokingly before being as serious as he sometimes was, "don't be sorry, last night was so amazing." He ran his hand over her hair, "I don't think last night could've been any more perfect if it had been a dream."

Fred leaned forward and kissed her head softly, "You are a dream," he said softly. They were silent then, Fred holding Ani tightly, hoping his grip on her could make her pain subside.

"Fred," Ani said after they had lain together for a while, "why'd you want to get married here?" she asked curiously. She wanted to know about his past, something he'd brushed off. Maybe now since they were married, he would let her in, tell her what his life had been like before they met.

"A few reasons," he said with a smile, he'd planned so many things, telling her he was a wizard after showing her a unicorn, showing her the small area of swamp that he and George had created so long ago, flying around the quidditch pitch with her on his broom, showing her the Prefect bathroom with the swimming pool sized bathtub, sneaking into Snape's office and making her his favorite potion, a sweet drink that made the drinker feel almost completely weightless, lay out and look at the stars, do so many great things that they could only do at Hogwarts, "I just wanted things to be perfect," he paused, "for you."

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