Four weeks later: At Hogwarts
"He's totally interested, Hails" Brooke says while stuffing a sausage in her mouth. "He's looking over here right now." Brooke's my best friend that I met here at Hogwarts. So to fill you up on what happened: I got chosen into Gryffindor, It's our second week here, and I met the most dramatic, hilarious, and craziest girl at the school. Brooke. I told her that I liked Fred, but she keeps saying that he likes me too. He really doesn't. He's just my frienemy. Sometimes he's really nice to me and talks to me and sometimes he doesn't talk to me or pretends I'm invisible.
I turn around and again I find Fred not looking. I sigh and turn back to Brooke. "I know you're just saying this because you're my best friend, but…"
"NO I AM NOT!" she screams loud enough for the whole Great Hall to hear. Well almost all. A good amount of people quiet down then turns to us. I hide my head in my book.
"You know I don't like a lot of attention!" I hiss at her.
"Sorry" she laughs. "I got this." She turns to the still staring students. "You guys can carry on now!" Right on cue everyone goes back to doing whatever they were doing.
"Fred's coming over here now" Brooke whispers as she leans her head down to mine.
"Really?" I whisper back trying to keep myself from getting excited. Every time I see Fred I get butterflies in my stomach or my stomach churns in a way.
Fred sits on the available seat next to me on my right. "What was all the screamin' about?" he asks with a slight humor in his tone.
"Oh nothing" Brooke says shrugging.
"Hi Fred" I manage to squeak out. I clear my throat and try again this time making eye contact. "Hi Fred."
"Hey Hailey." I smile at him, loving the way he says my name. "How was your night?" He shifts in his seat in a position that was more comfortable.
"It was okay. How was yours?"
"It was okay." There was a moment of pause before he spoke again. "Um…George and I are going to Hogsmeade this afternoon. Do you- I mean both of you want to come with us?"
"Sure! We'll be there!" Brooke says with a huge grin on her face.
"I'm pretty sure he asked me, Brooke" I say scowling at her. I then turn back to Fred. "Yeah, we'll be there."
"Great" he says taking a deep breath and smiling. He gets up and walks back over to George.
"I told you he likes you!" Brooke declares pointing her skinny index finger at me.
"First of all" I start, "He asked both of us and second of all, get your skinny finger out of my face before I break it like a twig."
"First of all, he had said you at first then changed it to the both of us and second of all, you break my finger I'll break your neck." I laugh at how violent she was and then she starts laughing also.
I don't know why, but I change my clothes so I can look at least a little bit decent for Fred. I put on a pair of skinny jeans with a pair of converse sneakers, and a tank top with a light sweater since it's still warm outside.
When I reach the common room Fred and George are already there waiting for Brooke and I. "Tell me again why Brooke is coming" George mutters.
"Excuse you?" Brooke says standing up from a chair in a dark corner. I squeak as she comes out. Everybody in the common room laughs at me. Just like the whole school did when I tripped on the steps on my way to the Sorting Hat in the Great Hall-.- That was so embarrassing.
I glare at them and wait for them to calm down. "Okay okay" George pants. "We're done."
"Are you sure?" I raise my eyebrows and cross my arms in front of my chest.
"Yes" George says as he casually droops his arms over my shoulders. The four of us walk out of Hogwarts silently. As we reach outside, I feel a light cool breeze signaling winter is coming. I close my eyes and smile. I've always loved the outdoors. It makes me feel so complete. It's where I spend a lot of my time thinking.
When we get to Hogsmeade, the twins run straight for Zonko's. Brooke and I follow behind them slowly. We look around in the store and find a shelf where it flashes 'New!' all around it and arrows pointing to the product. "Brooke, Zonko's is now selling Love Potions." We both pick up a bottle and examine it.
"You should give one to Fred, and then he'll love you."
"He wouldn't actually like me since it's a potion, Brooke."
"I know that." I turn behind me to my left and find Fred and George reading something on a shelf.
"Maybe you should give one to Lee" I say with a smirk. Brooke thinks he's hot, but I just think he's cute.
"Uh, I'm way out of his league" she says matter of factly. I laugh at her remark.
"Who are you going to give the Love Potion to?" I quickly turn around, startled. I come face to face with George.
"No one" I reply. I turn back around and put the Love Potion down. "Are you guys ready to go?"
"Yeah" Fred says sneaking out of nowhere. Honestly, where do they come from?