November 2, 1992
"C'mon Allie!" Fred called behind him as we walked down to Hogsmede, "What's taking you so long?"
I looked up, "Nothing…" I mumbled
Both Fred and George came to a complete stop, 'Nothing?" They asked surprised,
"Then why are you taking so long?" George asked confused, "You never drag your feet!"
"Are you sick or something?' Fred asked as he walked over to me
"I'm fine…" I murmured
He put his hand on my forehead, and I turned a dark red…
"Hmm…" he looked at me thoughtfully as he pulled his hand away, "you don't have a fever."
"I already told you I'm not sick!" I tried to defend
"Maybe she's PMSing?" lee suggested as he walked up
My eyes shot wide open, "I am not! You pervert!"
"Watch the mood swings Allie…" he grinned
I glared at him. Fred and George were silent. Everything got awkward as we stared and glared at each other. "I'm going to Hogsmede…" I sighed as I turned around and walked away, blushing a deep red. Lee could be so messed up sometimes….
I had decided to try and spend as little time with the others for the rest of the day, I went to the pet store alone, Zonko's, and the Three Broomsticks; and despite how lonely that may sound to you, I actually found it to be quite a relief. I wouldn't have to risk the embarrassment of constantly turning red whenever Fred got close to me or deal with the constant awkwardness of trying to hang around with him and pretend everything was normal. It was then that Angelina walked into the Three Broomsticks followed by Katie and Alicia, noticing me without the twins they walked over to me and sat down.
"Where's Fred and George?" Angelina asked confused
"I don't know." I shrugged. Actually I did know, every time that we would visit Hogsmede we would always hit Honeydukes at sometime around two o clock. We would stack up on sugar quills and chocolate frogs and then when we could stuff no more in our pockets, leave to go devour them at Zonko's where we would stock up on our favorite practical jokes.
"Oh… well why aren't you with them?"
"I don't know…" I sighed, and this time I was telling the truth, "I just don't feel like it to be quite honest…"
Angelina, Katie, and Alicia looked at me with looks of confusion," I something wrong? Did you have a fight with them?"
"No, it's just awkward to spend time around them… something happened and now it's just uncomfortable to be near them…"
"Oh I get it…" Angelina grinned, 'You like one of them don't you? You just don't know how to tell them so now everything feels awkward."
I stared at her in disbelief, "How did you know?"
Alicia smirked, "Allison, we all know that you'd never try to avoid them unless something was up, it's kind of obvious that you like one of them."
"So which one is it? Fred or George?" Katie smiled
I looked down at my hands, then after a long pause I answered weakly, "Fred…"
They all looked at each other and smiled, like they shared an inside secret…
"Oh Allison, this is great!" Angelina smiled
'How is this great? It's going to probably ruin our friendship!"
"Oh, it's not." Angelina smiled "Look, we just came from Honeydukes Allie, and Fred and George were both there."
"Then Fred took us aside and told us what happened on the way here and how you've been avoiding them for the past two days…" Alicia continued
"And he told us that he liked you…" Katie finished smiling.
It felt like my whole world had dropped out from underneath me, "…. Wait…. What?" My eyes widened, 'No, no, no he can't like me… not like that anyway…. Are you sure he wasn't referring to our friendship?" I hung on desperately to the last thread of hope that I had.
"No… he wasn't referring to your friendship Allison…" Angelina sighed , "why are you so upset about this? It's great news!"
"I don't want anything to ruin our friendship… not even if he likes me back; I'm not going to risk it…"
"If you don't risk it Allie you're never going to know." Angelina smiled
I sighed as I looked down at my hands, "True…"
"So go for it! You already know what he's going to say…" Alicia said
"Yah come on Allie, you guys are meant for each other!" Katie smiled
"Fine, I'll go…" I finally answered.
Five minutes later at Honeydukes…
I walked into the store, the little golden bell let out a chiming ring. The lady behind the desk looked up from her desk, "Oh hello dear, I was wondering when you were going to come in… your always hanging around with those two boys back there, you're here pretty much every weekend… did anything keep you?"
Fred and George who were in the back of the store turned to look at me, Fred's face slowly broke into a happy smile. I being the stupid weak minded little fool who couldn't control and prevent the blood from rushing to my face turned a predictable bright red. Oh god I was getting tired of this…
"No, nothing was keeping me…." I said politely.
She smiled and nodded at me as I slowly began to walk to the back of the room, past the high shelves filled with sweets and past the other shopping Hogwarts students, it felt like it took forever, like I was walking down an endless hallway… at long last I came to a stop in front of them.
"Hey Allison," George grinned, "We thought you had gone back to Hogwarts early, where have you been?"
'Around…" I mumbled under my breath
Fred looked at me silently in a way that made my stomach turn. When he spoke it was with care, "George, I think I need to talk to Allie alone for a moment…" and with that he grabbed my hand gently and pulled me outside. I, predictably, blushing all the way.
We were behind Honeydukes before he spoke, "Angelina found you didn't she?" he asked a mingled look of curiosity and fear on his face. Was it fear of rejection? Fear that he may lose me as a friend?
"Yes, she found me at the Three Broomsticks."
"Oh."
"She asked me why I wasn't with you guys then I told her and…." He stared at me 'Well she told me that you liked me and … oh God this is so awkward!" he smiled and I took a deep breath, might as well get this over with… "Well… I like you back…" I blushed brighter than ever, it felt as though my face was going to combust into flames. I looked down at my feet trying to hide it, but it didn't work… he grabbed my chin tenderly and made me look up at him, his eyes were soft and gentle. "You don't have to look down you know…" He smiled amused as he let his hand drop, "You have nothing to be afraid of."
I let out a quiet sigh, 'I know… your right… and i'm not afraid of ..."
He smiled.
"It's just I'm afraid this will ruin our friendship and…"
"That won't happen. I swear if this doesn't work out that I'd sooner move in with Professor Snape then stop being your friend."
I smiled at him, my first real one in days, and for me that's a very long time…
Not my best, I know don't kill me. High school is getting to me O.O it sucks being a freshmen all the tall people seriously can start to get to you… x sighs x so forth my writing on this chapter royally sucked. (please don't kill me!) Anyways…. I hope that despite its general suckiness that you enjoyed it! I tried my best, honestly I did I'm just soooo tired and stressed out… Anyways! Read and review as always I luv reviews, absolutely luv em, they make me happy :D :D and my life more bearable! Until my next chapter!
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