Fell in Love Without You

Chapter 21: Weird Like That

"So you and Fred are together..." Roger paused to throw a handful of jelly beans in his mouth. We were in the library during our spare period, supposedly planning the next prefect meeting. Instead we were gossiping.

"In secret, yes" I finished for him. Roger was the only one who knew about Fred and he was the only one I could tell because my best friends both loved Annabelle. I couldn't even tell my sisters because the less people knew the better for Fred and I.

"So we need to break up" Roger nodded thoughtfully.

"Yeah we do... but not yet" I shrugged. "Fred's breaking up with Annabelle tonight. We, as in you and me, can't breakup just yet because it will be so obvious what's going on" I explained. Fred and I had spent the rest of
the night talking about what we needed to do. I smiled remembering the feeling of waking up in his arms this morning

"Ah makes sense..." Roger nodded. "So how're we gonna break up? Huge fight? Public display? Lots of swearing?" he chuckled. Clearly he was loving this.

I laughed. "This has to be the weirdest relationship I've ever been in" I shook my head.

"And the easiest. Shit, if I could find someone like you A.V I'd be the luckiest guy in the world" He sighed and scratched the back of his head.

"Too bad you see me like a sister hey?" I nudged him. He laughed.

"That and you're in love with someone else" he nudged me back.

I smiled and sighed happily. "So true" I grinned.

Something smacked into the side of my face and I frowned. A paper plane fell to the desk in front of me.

I unfolded it and read the words. No flirting in the library.

I smiled and looked around. On the other side of the room, Fred sat behind a propped up book, pretending to be doing homework.

Come over here weirdo, he knows. I wrote back and threw it across the room.

I watched him read it then he shot to his feet within seconds he was throwing himself into the seat next to me.

"You told your boyfriend about us?" he asked with a slight frown. He looked around furtively before placing a kiss on my cheek.

"It's a strange relationship like that" I shrugged and smiled at Roger.

Roger just nodded. Then he cleared his throat. "While you're here Weasley, I just want to say that if you hurt this girl in any way I will personally come after you and hurt you" his face was stony and dead serious. Fred picked up my hand and gripped it tightly.

"I promise you I won't hurt her" he nodded seriously. I bit my lip and squeezed his hand back. Both boys nodded at each other and like that one of those silent guy messages was passed.

"So where's your girlfriend?" I asked, pulling a face and dropping his hand. The library was just too risky.

"Around... probably looking for me... but I'm a master of quick escapes" He grinned and leant back in his chair, hands behind his head.

"Well you better get ready to go Mister Houdini... she's at the door" I nodded to the library doors where Annabelle, Angelina and Alicia were walking through.

"Crap" He sighed and stood up. He made it back over to his desk as she made her way over.

"Baby I missed you" I heard her exclaim. I sighed and turned back to Roger.

"Why are you torturing yourself?" Roger murmured. I glanced over at Fred who had an arm around her waist.

"Because it's the only way this will work" I shrugged. Fred glanced over at me and winked. I smiled and looked away.

"It's not normal" Roger mumbled.

"Nothing we do is 'normal', Roge" I laughed lightly. But Roger was right. He may be mine now but at the same time he was still very much hers.

And it sucked.

I couldn't help glancing up every few minutes to see what was going on. Quite often I'd find him looking at me as well. It was like a game. He'd catch me, I'd catch him, he'd smile, I'd smile, he'd look away, I'd look away. Every time he smiled, butterflies exploded in my stomach.

I just wished I could have him all the time.

"Alright, well I need to get a book for ancient runes... I'll meet you at Transfiguration?" I closed the prefect notebook and stood.

"Sure, I'll save you a seat" Roger smiled. He leaned over and kissed my cheek before leaving. I shook my head and went to the shelves.

I scanned the spines of the books for the one I needed, humming lightly to myself.

"I don't like him touching you" Fred's voice in my ear made me jump. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed my neck.

"Fred, Library!" I hissed. I turned around and faced him. "Bit risky"

"I don't like Roger touching you" He frowned. I kissed him softly and sighed.

"And you think I like Annabelle slutting all over you?" I frowned.

He sighed and rested his head against mine. "I'm working on it... she's stuck to me like I'm a life preserver"

"She's going to cause trouble" I agreed.

"I'll work it out. It's you I want to be with. I promise you... And like you said, it'll be less trouble for everyone if Annabelle and I broke up first before we really get together" He kissed me softly and I was momentarily breathless.

"Fred... we're in the library"

He sighed and dropped his hands. "I know. Risky" He ducked to kiss me again and shot me a cheeky grin. "See you later love".

I let out a breath and leant against the bookshelf as he skipped off out of the library. This was going to be harder than we both anticipated.

I yawned and glanced at my watch. It was a little after midnight on the seventh floor and there was no one in sight. This was probably the worst part about being head girl – rounds three times a week. It was so boring and cut into sleep time.

Not to mention it was cold.

I heard a shuffling behind me and stopped. My heart beat thudded in my chest and I peered into the darkness.

"Anyone there?" I called out.

I shivered. This castle was so creepy at night... even though I knew there were ghosts all over the place, it was still freaky to run into one. Especially Bloody Baron.

I heard the noise again and sucked in a deep breath and turned around fully. "Come out please. It's after hours and you're not meant to be out of bed" I held my wand up and tried to steady my breathing. I was met with silence.

Until...

"ARGH!" I screamed as I was grabbed around the waist and pulled behind the tapestry closest to me. I struggled and tried to remember basic self defence... I'm pretty sure a palm to the nose would hurt... and a kick to the shin.

Oh wait, I'm a witch! "EXPELLI-" a hand was placed over my mouth.

"Please don't hex me" He chuckled. My eyes widened.

"Fred!" I exclaimed, pushing his hand off my mouth and scowling. "You scared me half to death you ass!"

He laughed and held me close. "Fred Weasley love... The opportunity was just too good to pass up" He grinned cheekily at me. I frowned and turned away from him, my heart still hammering in my chest. "Hey... hey don't be like that" He put his hand on my cheek and guided my head toward him.

"I should give you detention" I whispered before our lips met and I melted. I tangled my fingers in his hair and pulled myself closer to him. His tongue flicked across my lips, hungry to get inside. My back was up against the wall but I wanted him closer. I needed him closer.

"We don't have to worry about getting caught here" He murmured against my mouth. "I wish we didn't have to worry about being caught at all" His hands slid down my back and cupped by butt.

"You're still with Annabelle... it can't be helped" I shrugged and rested my head against his shoulder.

"It'll be over soon. I need it to be over" He kissed my head. "I need to be with you"

"Wait for me to break up with Roger" I chuckled quietly.

"We need to hurry" He bought my face up to his again. "I don't know how much longer I can keep my hands off of you in public" He kissed me again and I sighed.

"AVERY? Hey AVERY!"

Fred and I both froze. "It's Roger" I muttered. "I have to go"

"No don't..."

"See you when I get back. My room" I gave him a quick kiss and ducked out of the tapestry. "Over here!" I called out. "Thought I heard something" I walked quickly down the hallway toward Roger.

"What? Like your boyfriend?" He grinned and nodded to my messed up hair and my robe half off my shoulder. I blushed and fixed myself.

"Shut up Roge... let's just keep going" I sighed. He chuckled.

"We breaking up tomorrow?"

"Give it a bit more" I shrugged. He put his arm around my shoulder and held me close.

"Don't worry A.V... everything will work out soon" He promised. I nodded. Of course it would.

Plea's Note:

I can't believe this is kind of the downhill slide for this story! This morning I finished the final chapter on the base Copy so all that's left now is to upload the chapters. It's kind of sad, but GOOD NEWS: I started writing Roe's this afternoon, after much thought and excitement and I have posted the very first section on my blog...

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hope you enjoy it.

xo Plea