Fred and I had finally went our own ways, and I snuck back to my dorm, slipping into bed when Clarisse turned to me and said sleepily, "where have you been?"
"I've been with Fred in the room of requirements." I mumbled trying to keep quiet.
"Doing what exactly?"
"Just stuff."
"Oh my Merlin, you didn't do 'it', right?"
"Well, no."
"Well, its ok if you do, cause there is no way you guys wont last forever, but I just wanna be kept informed."
"Well, things were getting heated, and I was um, taking off my shirt, but I elbowed him in the jaw on accident and we just decided to hang out." I said embarrassed, slipping under the covers of my bed, as Clarisse laughed to herself about my stupidity.
"Very nice Melissa, so smooth of you."
"Don't make fun of me." I said childishly, poking my head out from under the sheets to stick out my tongue at her, causing her to roll her eyes at my childish antics.
"I can't believe tomorrow is the final exams and the NEWT's." she said to herself.
"Yeah, it's so weird, I mean, after this, we aren't students anymore, and we wont share a dorm every year, or any of this, its all going to be, gone." And with that I remembered my parents, everything reminded me of them.
"Your thinking about your parents, aren't you?"
"Yeah, I can't help it."
"It's normal, you parents died, I'm surprised you haven't broke down again."
"Well, I'm pretty good with separation, and with this type of thing, I just figured they wouldn't want me to cry, they would want me to be happy. And their funeral is next week, I can get out all my sadness then. Until then, I must keep it together for Emma."
"That makes sense, but if you need to cry and let it out, you should."
"I guess."
And after that we both went to sleep to be prepared for the NEWT's, well, I was preparing for the prank which needed to be set up carefully, and Fred had told me to wait a certain area to stay out of trouble and be safe, he could be so annoying sometimes, but oh well.
I woke up early, and kept my morning routine very simple, my hair down, simple uniform, black ballet flats, mascara and lipstick, that was it, and I ran towards the meeting place and saw George and Fred waiting anxiously.
"Hey guys, you ready?"
"Yeah, we just got our brooms back, do you have the fireworks?" Fred questioned, nervously excited.
"Of course, I put the finishing touches on last night. And here is the map of where Umbridge will be, and I will set up the swamp, you guys will activate it, then ill rush back and use a protective charm. Are we clear?"
"Transparently." George said with a sneaky grin.
"This will be amazing." I said, my nervousness slowly fading away.
"Totally, and do you remember the safe place I told you to wait at?" Fred reminded me with an odd look in his eyes.
"Yeah yeah, I remember alright, but I'm telling you, I will be perfectly fine wherever I am."
"I know, but just do this one little thing for me."
"I already was."
"good, alright, lets go!" and with that he kissed me passionately while George took off, and then he left, while I stood there with a goofy smile on my lips and my knees shaking slightly, when I remembered I had a job to do.
I headed off to the marked hallway, and set up which consisted of placing a seemingly innocent globe on the floor, tapping it three times with my wand to secure it to the floor, and hiding in a nearby classroom as Fred and George flew by at the same time and shouted the enchantment to make it grow, and I slid out, and used the shielding charm, then running all the way back to the safe place.
"There is way too much running involved in this, I'm not an athlete, I'm a bookworm." I said to myself as I caught my breathe, and looked around. I waited a few minutes when I heard it, screams, laughter, and running, lots and lots of running as students and teachers came running, with Fred and George leading on brooms as flaming dragons flew above everyone's heads, and Umbridge threw hex's into the air.
"Before we take our leave, I have one thing left to do!" Fred shouted, which left me confused, this wasn't part of the plan.
With that he waved his wand and yelled something I couldn't make out, and I realized it was the spell that let you write in the air, I gasped when I saw what it spelled out, as did the whole hallways.
"Melissa, I love you forever always, will you marry me and make me happier than, as you say, 'a pig in shit?'"
Everyone was looking at me, as I stared at his face in shock, as he looked down at me hopefully, when I felt tears pour down my face as I nodded as fast as I could, and felt Emma hug me around the waist smiling. But she let go and yelled her goodbye quickly as Fred Flew down swiftly, picked me up and sat me on the front of the broom in front of him, and gave me one more kiss as he slid a string around my finger.
"I remember you told me wedding rings were tacky, so I thought this was good, and it's your favorite color."
"Fred, I love it, and you." I said, mentally kicking myself for using such a cliché.
"One more thing, Peeves! Give them hell!"
The poltergeist saluted, and with that we waved to everyone and flew off to Diagon alley, without a backup plan, without any proof of the dream working, completely winging it, and I loved it.
