I had so much fun writing this. It's pretty much all dialogue, I didn't really know what else to say. Warning: There is talk of sexual content. I guess you could always just skip down to the part where Auden says,"Whatever, just go to bed." (It's towards the bottom of the page) But this story is rated PG-13, so... yeah. I hope you have/had a wonderful Tuesday and I'll upload tomorrow. Another thing depending on scheduling, I'm taking a weekend trip somewhere so I may not be able to upload Thursday or Friday. I will try, but there is no guarantee. Thank you for commenting, favoriting, and following. I hope you enjoy.

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Chapter 23: And I Hate You

"Are you a virgin?" He asked simply.

I choked on my spit. "What?"

It was the end of the first day for the scavenger hunt and we had checked in first. We were now at an inn that was around 200 miles out of town. The sound of the rain pouring soothed my nerves that had returned when I entered the room. There was a single, queen-sized bed. I was sprawled out on the bed while Fred was showering in the bathroom, but sat up quickly when he asked me the question.

"Come on, you can understand my accent. Are you a virgin?" He seemed so calm about it as he ruffed up his hair with a towel. I quickly clamped my jaw closed when I saw he was shirtless and his jeans were hanging low on his hips.

"Um…kind of personal." I said.

"So you're not?" He asked.

"What would make you say that?" I cocked an eyebrow up in curiosity and crossed my arms defensively over my chest.

"Well it just seems like girls are more comfortable with being virgins than guys. You didn't want to tell me in the first place, so I made an educated guess." He shrugged hanging the towel over the doorknob.

"That guess is in no way educated. And so you don't get any crazy ideas in your head, I've never, you know…done it." I said quickly taking a sip of water to avoid making eye contact.

"Had sex." Fred said flopping on the bed next to me.

Just as I was about to swallow the water, he said that word and it make me spit it out…on him. "Shoot, sorry."

"Why are you so jumpy about it?" He asked, smirking.

He raised his hands and tucked them under his head. I watched his muscles shift as he moved before I ran to the bathroom and grabbed a hand towel. I started drying off his abs and I felt him tense under my touch.

"Cause it's weird to talk about." I answered.

"So you like what you see?" He asked teasingly.

"W-what?"

"You're drying me off, when you could've just handed me the towel."

"Sorry." I said handing the towel over, but he wouldn't take it and made me clean up the rest myself. "I hate you."

"You've had you first kiss, right?" He asked, ignoring my last remark.

"Why do you want to know?" I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Just cause." He shrugged.

"Kind of." I've admitted and Fred raised his eyebrows for me to elaborate. I let out a sigh and threw the towel across the room. "I've never had a boyfriend and the guy who kissed me was just a friend, I don't like him more than that."

"What was his name?"

"Zach." I said quietly, hoping that Fred wouldn't hear it.

"You mean that Zach? The one that you said was just your friend?"

"We are just friends. He kissed me, I never kissed him." I corrected, praying he wouldn't be mad.

"So you haven't had your first kiss yet?" He said rather calmly and I let out a shaky breath.

"Technically, I have."

"But officially, you haven't."

"I guess, I would kind of like that." I said. "I want it to be perfect and nice and-"

"Well then between us, you're completely innocent."

"Am not!" I shouted. I was not going to be some little kid in his eyes. "I know…things."

"You can't even say sex, Auden, you're a little kid."

"I can say it. Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, testicles, boxers!" I shouted getting to my knees and jumping on the bed.

"Boxers?" Fred looked over at me, a small smile playing at his lips.

I twisted my face in anger, sat back down, and crossed my arms over my chest. "Buttface."

"You're not a little kid at all." He said sarcastically.

"You're a little kid then too! You're really immature."

"At least I've had sex."

That shut me up. I looked away from him as a pang beat heavily on my chest. Why did it hurt so much for him to say that? Of course he wouldn't be a virgin, he's in his last year of schooling and he's good-looking. But why did I not want to hear that he was with other girls? I was glad I was looking away because then he could see the frown I had a hard time covering up.

"Sorry." He said.

"It's fine. Why would it matter to me anyway?" I said shrugging my shoulders. I hoped I could convince myself too.

"Then why do you look so jealous?" He smirked.

"I'm not jealous!" I said louder than I expected.

"Then why are you in denial?"

"I'm not in denial."

"Then why are you in denial the fact that you're in denial about being jealous that you wouldn't be able to take my virginity?" He said smugly. "But then again you're probably in denial about that too. So that means you're in denial about being in denial about being-"

"Just shut up!" I shouted and he did.

The silence had returned and I took the time to tuck myself into bed and turn off the lamp on my side. I squeezed my eyes closed so I could get out of this conversation.

"Have you seen porn?" He said, breaking the silence.

"Wha-"

"So you have."

"I have not!"

"Like the guy on guy, girl on girl, gang bang…yeah that seems more your style. What about blow jobs? How do you feel about those?" I could see Fred's satisfied smirk on his face as my face burned bright red.

"Will you stop already?" I flipped over to my side and saw that Fred was under the covers too, facing me.

"Yeah, cause now your face looks like a toe-mah-toe."

"Wait what does it look like?"

"A toe-mah-toe. Like the red vegetable."

I erupted into laughter. "You mean tomato."

"Yeah, that's what I said." Fred started to get flustered as I laughed. "What's so funny? I've never laughed at your accent before."

"Well you're in my territory now, I can laugh at you." I tried to calm down seeing the expression on Fred's face, but it was too hard. "Okay, try saying Aluminum or privacy or water bottle."

"I will if you watch porn with me." He said and immediately I felt heat rise to my face. "I win, your face is red."

"That's from the laughing."

"Uh huh."

"Whatever, just go to bed." I turned away from him and pulled the covers up higher.

Then I felt it. I felt him, more like. He pressed up against me, his bare legs intertwined with mine, his hot breath tickling my neck, and he strong arms wrapped around my waist. My breath hitched and my heart pounded. Stupid hormones.

"But I'm not tired." He whispered in my ear. "I'm sure there is something that we could do to wear me out though."

What was he saying? I almost took him seriously; because it was one of the few times I didn't notice the playful tone that his voice normally carries. Then he let out a loud laugh and his chest vibrated on my back, I started to relax a little more.

"You know you haven't pushed me off you yet." He said just as my eye felt heavy enough to close.

"Will you just be quiet?" I snapped at him.

"Are you embarrassed because you have started to fall for me?" He brushed his lips against my ear and I shivered. "You realized that during the first term you didn't hate me, instead, what made you upset was the idea you couldn't have me and your longing blurred your vision between love and hate."

"Shut up Fred." I said, now trying to pry his hands off me.

"It's okay, sometimes I think that too, when I'm around you or you talk about Zach or George or any other bloke really. I also get this weird feeling whenever I see you hanging out with any other bloke, like I want to run to them and smack them. And when I saw those things Ginny gave you, I couldn't help but think how I wanted to use those with you." His voice was low and so close, but my body wanted him closer. I wanted him to kiss me and I didn't want anything that he was saying to be a joke. I wanted it so badly I started believing him. "The only thing that's keeping me sane is the fact that I know you're so innocent. To know that no other guy has laid his hands on you is comforting. Although Zach might have to pay since I wasn't able to be the one you kissed first. "

"Fred, I-" I started. Didn't he just indirectly confess that he likes me?

"Just kidding!" He said, the playfulness in his voice returned. "Were you about to confess your love to me Auden Pendergast?"

"Fred!" I shouted and jumped out of the bed.

He wasn't expecting it so I could get out of his grasp easily. I backed up against the wall, which was unfortunately only a foot away. Why couldn't my dad have gotten us a room with two beds? Why would he encourage his daughter to sleep in the same bed as a boy? Fred lifted his head from the pillow.

"Auden, I'm sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable, but I just wanted to cheer you up because you seemed upset from the questions, so I-" Fred started, worry filled his eyes just like tears filled mine. Why was I being so stupid right now?

"What are you doing?" I asked him, looking at my feet. "You said it yourself, that it isn't nice to play with someone's feelings. You always seem happy when I tell you I don't like Zach as more than a friend or I haven't officially kissed someone, but then you go around doing stuff like this that just screws with my head and I feel helpless."

"Auden, I'm sorry-"

I didn't let him talk.

"I'm in love with you Fred Weasley." I started to sob. "And I hate you for it."