Chapter 18:
You're insecure,
Don't know what for,
You're turning heads when you walk through the door,
Don't need make-up,
To cover up,
Being the way that you are is enough.
-One Direction (I actually don't love the orignial but I found this cover on youtube by Savannah Outen and Jake Coco and it's absolutely gorgeous and has alot more meaning. Go watch it! It's worth it and I'm not a One Direction fan.)
The elation and joy from winning the Quidditch cup did not last very long for the fifth years seeing as their teachers were getting them ready for their OWLs. A week after the match, everything seemed to be back to normal and concentrating on their studies. On Saturday morning, Nora had been studying with Aveline for two hours when the rest of their friends came down from the dormitories.
"Already studying? How long you've been down here it's only nine." Fred smiled as he sat down next to her.
"Two hours." Nora laughed without looking up from her ancient runes book.
"Right." He chuckled as he put his arms around her waist and pulled her towards him. "You should really take a break." He added as he pushed away her book.
"Fred, I can't." She sighed seeing the look on his face. "Fine, five minutes and I'm done." She smiled.
"That's what I like to hear." Fred laughed. He watched her study for the following minutes. He found it adorable the way she pulls her eyebrows together whenever she was deep in thought.
"Are you staring at me?" Nora laughed pulling him from his daydreaming.
"Yes." He laughed. "You're quite adorable when you're concentrating."
"Why thank you but I'm done concentrating for today. We have our date after all." She said putting her books away.
"That we do." Fred grinned as he pulled her towards him.
"Fred I have get my things together." Nora said but it was clear that she did not care much about getting her things in order.
"No you don't." He grinned before kissing her softly.
"I'll get ready and meet you in thirty minutes." Nora grinned as she gathered her books and ran upstairs.
"So are you excited?" Aveline sighed as she threw another shirt on her bed.
"Of course." Nora smiled. "And here you go it's George's favorite color." She added throwing her a purple blouse before staring at her clothes once again.
"I like it!" She said as she headed towards Nora. "You can't pick what to wear!" Aveline grinned.
Nora blushed lightly. "It's our first date and I want it to go well."
Aveline burst out laughing.
"What's going on?" Nataleigh asked as she, Alicia and Lucy came in.
"Nora's worrying about what to wear on her date with Fred." Aveline laughed.
"Are we done laughing at me?" Nora said with a slight smile.
"Satan, this is ridiculous. He doesn't care what you wear!" Nataleigh laughed.
"True, he's known you for years and has Quidditch practice with you at 5am." Alicia grinned.
"So he's seen you look like crap." Lucy finished as everyone burst out laughing.
"Thanks a lot girls." Nora rolled her eyes.
"Wear yellow. He can't keep his eyes off you when you do." Aveline smiled as she handed her a pretty yellow sundress with a lace detailing on the top.
"Very pretty." Nataleigh approved. "And you've got the blonde hair, and the light tan and the freckles so it'll look amazing." She smiled at her sister. "Your first date with Freddy, we'll have to tell their children this story one day." She teased as Nora rolled her eyes again before heading to the bathroom to get ready.
"Will you do something with my hair when you're done?" Aveline called from the room.
"Of course. Where are the others?" Nora smiled as she came out from the bathroom.
"They already left. And you know I kind of hate you." Aveline laughed as she looked at her friend.
"And why is that?" Nora chuckled.
"I need at least twice as much make-up and I still don't look half as good as you." She laughed.
"We both know that isn't true. So what do you want me to do with your hair?" Nora asked.
"I have no idea. Make it look as if it wasn't as limp and ugly as it is." Aveline sighed.
"It isn't ugly it's straight...ish." She laughed as she quickly did two French braids which she pinned into a messy bun. "Happy?"
"Very! What would I do without you?" Aveline grinned.
"I have no idea." Nora teased as she took a white cardigan and put it in her bag before Aveline took her arm and pulled her downstairs. The twins were facing away from the staircase, fully invested in a conversation with Lee and Erik who was the first to notice the girls.
"Wow! Maybe I should have made a move before you two gits." Erik teased the twins nodding towards the two girls. Fred walked to Nora with a large grin plastered to his face.
"You look beautiful." He said as they headed out the portrait hole.
Nora smiled at the ground trying to hide her slight blush.
"Isn't that cute? Satan's blushing! How come when I say that you hit me or shout?" Erik teased.
"Oh shut it Manwhore." Nora laughed. "Don't you have a date to get to?"
"Yep!" He smirked.
"Do you remember the girl's name?" Aveline asked.
"Actually yes, it's Isabella, she's a fifth year like you guys I think." He said proudly.
"Isabella Coleman? As in the Slytherin and Niko's ex?" Nora laughed. "Even you don't want to go there, she's insane! Even Niko couldn't date the girl."
"Which says a whole lot." Fred added with a laugh.
"Oh bloody hell, fine I'll just cancel or something." He groaned.
"Good luck with that." Nora laughed Erik parted ways with them to go invent an unlikely story to tell his date.
"Do you ever think he'll settle down?" Aveline laughed.
"Never." The twins answered.
"Of course he will, when he'll be thirty or something but he'll eventually settle down. Won't he?" Nora laughed. "Nat finally stopped the compulsive dating, why can't he?"
"True, I actually thought they might end up together." George said.
"What?" Aveline shouted before she and Nora burst out laughing.
"Well they'd always argue and they were pretty much the same before she started dating Wood!" George said raising his hands up in defense.
"Rubbish! Nat and Fred probably argue twice as much! They won't end up together because of it! Well I sure hope not." Nora laughed.
"That isn't the same, Fred's been stuck on you since we've been kids." George laughed.
"I'm glad to hear it." Nora smiled as Fred pulled her closer to him.
"We'll see you guys later, we're heading over to the bookstore. Three Broomsticks at one!" Aveline smiled as they parted ways.
"So I heard you might have been nervous this morning." Fred teased as they walked around the village.
"And since when do you listen to what Nataleigh says?" Nora said looking at the ground trying to hide her blush.
"Since Alicia was the one who said it." He laughed.
"Oh well, I just didn't know what to wear and I didn't want to look like crap and..."
"You're rambling Freckles." Fred grinned as he stopped in front of her and lifted her chin so she would look at him. "You look beautiful today and you never look like crap." He said before kissing her softly.
Nora sighed into the kiss feeling a slight bit reassured about her absurd insecurities.
"So do you want to go to Honeydukes or keep rambling?" Fred grinned as he put his arm around her waist and pulled her close to him.
"It's a very difficult choice but for your well-being I think Honeydukes is a better decision." She teased as they headed back towards the main street of the village. As they entered the shop Nora shrieked seeing the cage full of sugar mice running around.
"They're only candy Freckles." Fred said as he tried to stop laughing at her reaction.
"They're MICE candy. I do not like mice or any rodents! They freak me out!" She chuckled.
"You like Scabbers." He pointed out.
"I do not like Scabbers whatsoever! Why do you think I have a cat?" Nora laughed as she headed towards the liquorice wands and the sugar quills.
"I'll catch up with you in a minute." Fred said knowing that she could easily spend fifteen minutes choosing candy. Nora eyed him suspiciously for a moment but he simply ruffled her hair leaving her to pick out sweets. She went to pay before finding Fred not wanting him to feel like he needed to get her anything. Money was always a touchy subject seeing as Nora's family had more than they could ever dream of and the Weasley's worked very hard for what they had which was not all that much. She spotted Fred speaking with Lee further away and headed towards the two boys.
"Are you getting anything?" She asked.
"We've already done our shopping." Fred grinned mischievously.
"I'll catch up with you guys." Lee said with a matching grin.
"What was that about?" Nora asked eyeing him curiously as they exited the store.
"Oh nothing..."
"Fred..."
"What?" He laughed. "You're paranoid you know. And I could have gotten you those." He said pointing at her bag.
"It's fine. Really! We've talked about gifts before and you know I won't budge." Nora said seriously.
"But..." Fred started.
"No! Just put any money you'd spend on me on your joke projects. Consider it an investment." She smiled.
"Fine." He sighed.
"So what did you buy?" Nora asked trying to change the subject.
"Oh. Let me show you." Fred grinned. Nora noticed that the bag was slightly shifting.
"Fred...Please tell me you did not..." She was cut off by Fred throwing a sugar mouse towards her. She shrieked loudly and kept stomping her feet afraid that the sweet would come up on her.
"Frederick Gideon Weasley I hate you!" She shouted emphasizing each word as she kept hitting him on the shoulder. Fred could not stop laughing and her frustration just made him laugh even more.
"I'm sorry." He said between fits of laughter. "But you've got to admit it was funny."
"I will do no such thing because it was not funny at all." She said frowning at him.
"I really am sorry Freckles. Forgive me?" He asked with a grin as he took a step closer to her.
"I'll have to think about that." Nora teased. "And you are not coming anywhere near me as long as you have that bag in your hand!" She added.
"Don't worry I only bought five." He chuckled.
"So there's still four?" She shouted.
"Don't worry I'll protect you from the evil candy." He laughed as they went to join their friends at the three broomsticks.
"What have you two been up to?" Aveline asked as they sat down.
"Fred's been terrorizing me with sugar mice." Nora said.
"They're only candy." Fred laughed.
"They're like mice! Which means they're horrible!"
"For once I actually think Satan's right, those things are quite gross." Nataleigh said.
"You weren't talking about me were you?" Erik asked as he came back with everyone's drinks.
"Of course we were. We only talk about you Erik. All day long." Nataleigh rolled her eyes.
"You shouldn't be saying that in front of your boyfriend." He teased as he winked at her. Wood laughed as Nataleigh sighed in exasperation. Everyone laughed and chatted for the next few hours before they decided to head back to school.
"Aren't you coming Erik?" Nora asked as only she, Fred and Erik were still there.
"I'll catch up with you guys later, I've got to talk to Rosmerta." He said.
"Really? Isn't she a wee bit old for you?" Nora smirked.
"I don't sleep with everyone you know Satan." Erik chuckled.
"That's news to me." She teased. "See you later."
Nora and Fred made their way back to the castle taking their time to enjoy the day. Nora kept a slight distance between them and kept glancing at the bag of sweets that Fred kept in his right hand.
"Freckles, I swear to you I will not throw a mouse at you." He laughed as he pulled her closer to him.
"You better not or I won't help you with potions!" She threatened.
"Why did you have to say potions?" Fred grunted.
"Because as fun as today was, tomorrow we're back to studying for our dear OWLs!" She laughed. "How did your meeting with McGonagall go yesterday? I forgot to ask."
"It was fine. She actually told me to keep up with charms, potions and transfiguration at least because they would be the most useful for our pranks."
"I told you she was nice." Nora smiled at him. "You know I'm proud of you right? I really think you and George are going to have a wonderful jokeshop. You've been working really hard."
"You should tell that to Mum, she thinks we're wasting our time." Fred sighed as they stopped walking for a moment.
"I will! Unlike you I'm not scared of Molly! Much..." She chuckled as she put her arms around his neck.
"Trust me she is a scary woman, you've seen the howlers!" He laughed.
"Well trust me, you're brilliant and she'll come around eventually." Nora smiled as she leaned up and kissed him softly.
"Do you really think it'll work? Are we being too ambitious?" He asked as they pulled away.
"Who's insecure now? All joking aside, I truly believe that it'll work and that it will be bloody brilliant." She grinned.
"Alright then." Fred grinned as he threw his arm around her shoulder. "You're shorter." He remarked.
"I am not shorter. You're getting freakishly tall." Nora laughed.
"Are you sure you aren't short?" He teased knowing very well she was quite tall.
"Let me think...Nope, I'm not short." She grinned. "You're just tall, and you're hair is getting really long. Are you going for a Bill look are you planning on cutting it anytime soon?"
"Don't worry, I'll get it cut when we finish the school year." He laughed.
"I'm glad to hear it." She grinned as they entered the castle and directly went towards the great hall for supper.
They sat down at the Gryffindor table and chatted with their friends about their day and study plans for the next month.
"Hey Ron? Where's Hermione? She hasn't been around much lately." Nora asked him.
"Probably off killing rats." Ron mumbled.
"What was that?" Fred laughed.
"Her cat ate Scabbers." Ron almost shouted.
"We found blood on Ron's sheets where Scabbers was and Crookshanks was in the dormitory." Harry explained.
"You're sure Nora didn't get rid of him, she hates rats?" Fred teased but Nora hit him on the shoulder.
"Right...I'm sure he's better off. You've been saying he's rubbish for years." Fred said trying to regain himself.
"And he's been sick for a while. So the orange beast just put him out off his misery." George added.
"Whatever. It's still her fault." Ron mumbled angrily as he left followed by Harry.
"Well wasn't that fun!" Fred laughed. "And are you sure you didn't have anything to do with this?" He asked Nora.
"Of course not!" She nudged him. "I might hate the rat but I wouldn't kill it! And I scream bloody murder whenever it's near me so I don't think I would have gotten anywhere with it."
"Good point." George grinned. "The murder of Scabbers is still Crookshank's fault." He teased as everyone laughed.
"Poor Ron." Aveline said sympathetically. Everyone stayed silent for a second before they all burst out laughing. At that moment Nora shrieked as she felt a splash of cold liquid on her back. As she turned around to see what had happened she heard McGonagall who sounded outraged.
"10 points from Gryffindor! Johnson, I want to see you in my office now. What were you thinking? Throwing pumpkin juice to someone's back for absolutely no reason!" She shouted. "And Norabel, I suggest you take a shower and wash that dress soon if you don't want it to stain." She added with a sympathetic expression.
"What the hell just happened? Did Angelina really just do that?" Aveline said as everyone burst out laughing.
"As fun as this is, I'm going to get a shower because this is quite disgusting." Nora sighed.
"I'm sorry." Fred said trying to stop laughing.
"For what? Dating a nutter before me?" She asked.
"Pretty much." He said with a grin.
"Don't worry about it, I'll get Cedric to throw something at you and we'll be even." Nora teased as she got up.
"I'm sure he'd love that." George laughed as she waved goodbye and headed upstairs.
After taking her shower and getting dressed Nora headed down to the common room where she found Fred, George, Aveline and Nataleigh by the fire.
"Are you alright?" Fred asked with a worried expression as she came towards them.
"I'm fine. Kind of pissed off but fine." She chuckled as she sat down next to him and rested her head on his shoulder. At that moment Lee came running into the common room.
"I have it!" He yelled holding a glass vial with an orange liquid
"And what might that be?" Aveline asked raising her eyebrow.
"Wait...It isn't...Did you steal that from Snape's supplies?" Nora asked.
"Are you asking as a prefect or as a friend?" Lee grinned.
"He's going to slaughter you if he ever finds out." She shook her head disapprovingly.
"That's why we won't get caught Freckles!" Fred said kissing her on top of the head as he got up and headed upstairs with Lee and George.
"Do you think they'll make it work? Their jokeshop I mean?" Nataleigh asked looking up from her sketchbook.
"I do." Nora smiled.
"I'd like to see Molly's face when they do." She laughed.
"Is she nice?" Aveline asked suddenly sounding quite nervous.
"Of course she is! She's great! Possibly mental at times but great." Nataleigh answered. "And she probably won't even pay attention to you since her long life dream of planning Fred and Nora's wedding is now an actual possibility." She added which made Nora roll her eyes.
"I'm not getting married any time soon trust me." Nora said. "And don't worry Ava, she'll love you and probably make you eat...a lot. Do you still want to come over this summer? Mum sent me an owl this morning saying you could stay for as long as you want."
"Are you sure? I don't want to impose."
"You're always welcome and Erik's been talking about moving out so you can have the room adjoining to ours whenever he leaves. And meanwhile we still have tons of empty rooms." Nora smiled.
"Alright then, I'll write to my parents. I doubt they'll take the time to read my letter because they'll probably be fighting but I'll still give it a try."
"Is it still bad?" Nora asked.
"Well they don't spend more than five minutes around each other without yelling so yeah. But it's alright, I'm used to it. I just don't get why they're still together." Aveline sighed. "What are you doing Nat?" She asked trying to change the subject.
"Drawing." She said as she flipped the sketchbook to show them a beautiful dress.
"That's gorgeous Nat!" Nora said looking at it closely.
"Thanks." She grinned. "What would you say if I told you that I wanted to do fashion design when were done with Hogwarts?"
"I say go for it!" Nora chuckled.
"Yeah you're bloody brilliant!" Aveline added. "If I ever need dress robes I'm coming to you!"
"Thanks. Well I guess I'm definitely getting disowned then." She chuckled. "Don't worry I was planning on telling him to go screw himself this summer anyways. I'm done with his nonsense."
"Well I'm really proud of you. And we can be disgraceful young witches together." Nora teased as Erik came in and let himself fall on the couch next to Nataleigh.
"Not bad Porny." He said looking at her drawing.
"Why thank you Whorebag." Nataleigh answered with a smile.
"Are you done flirting with Rosmerta?" Nora asked.
"I wasn't flirting with Rosmerta. I wanted to talk to her about owning a bar. I was thinking about opening one when I get out of Hogwarts. Actually I already bought a place in Diagon Alley. There's even a flat over it." He said.
"Really?" The girls asked.
"Yes really." Erik laughed. "Where are your other halves? They're more fun." He teased.
"Library." Nataleigh answered.
"Doing Merlin knows what upstairs." Aveline laughed.
"Ditto." Nora chuckled. "So you're moving out then?"
"Yes I am. Don't worry I'll come and visit." He winked at her.
"Aren't we the luckiest women on the planet?" Nataleigh said sarcastically.
"Possibly." Erik teased.
A/N: I'm so sorry! It's been over two weeks :S I've been working insane hours and my twin sister just moved in with me because her idiot ex broke up when she was six months pregnant...I never liked the idiot. Anyways, she wrote most of this chapter because she's on bed rest probably for the next few months and I was working like a nutter. But I actually think she did a great job and managed to do some not so subtle foreshadowing. Also, she's thinking about starting her own fanfic with some of my Oc's but concentrating on someone else's story and I was wondering which character you'd like to see more of? She was possibly thinking about a Megg/Draco fic or a marauders era fic or anyone else really. So tell us what you think. I finally changed what some of the characters look like! I found the perfect person for Meggan, she's really exactly how I had imagined her! (Even if her hair is darker...I'll change her description in the story eventually) And I changed their father because the other actor was too old...Anyways I hope you enjoyed the story, the next chapter will be up sooner, I've already written some of it. If you have a minute please review it really means the world! And thank you so much to those who have reviewed they were amazing reviews! Next chapter will have more backstory from their family, especially their mother's history and loads more. I love you all! Xoxo.
Information about the story:
(I've been asked some of these questions so I thought I'd clear it up for everyone.)
Nora's family: Their mother and father are both from rich pureblood families and had an arranged mariage. She had the triplets when she was eighteen and Meggan and Neil when she was twenty. After that, she left her husband and her family and married a muggle (John) with who she had Adeline and Ella. Niko is the way he is because he took after his father's belief system and is manipulated by him.
Erik: Erik lost his father when he was young and ran away from his mother's home when he was fifteen because she was a crazy pureblood. He's lived with Nora's family ever since. He has an older brother that we will meet eventually.
To ForeverTeamEdward13: I'm glad you liked it! Thank you so much for your reviews :)
To Ashley: I'm happy you liked it. I really think Cedric is just overly nice. And Fred and Nora are really meant to be. :)
To Cheerfully Blue : Your review made me smile so much! I'm so happy you love this story and my OCs! There will be more backstory in the next chapter so hopefully you will like it! I hope the mini information helped you a little. So yes the twins have the same father as the triplets. And thanks for the pointer about the rating. The story changed a bit as I wrote it. I'll bump it down for now and we'll see in the future. I'm glad you like Nora even though she can be quite neurotic and it is a great compliment to me that you like the portrayal of Fred. I love Erik too :P He's pretty much a copy of my bestfriend so he's really close to me. And there will be more about him in the future! Nora and Erik are like brother and sister even if they aren't related so that's why her mother left them together. If it would have been Nataleigh, their mother probably wouldn't have :P And I don't think that your comment was critical at all, I really enjoyed reading it and answering it. If you have any other questions, go ahead I'll be more than happy to answer them. I have a notebook full of information, backstrories, pictures and family trees about the next generation so I have alot of information to share :P I hope you keep enjoying the story and thank you so much for the review! Keep reviewing if you have comments :)
To KellyLupin: I'm really happy you enjoyed the last chapter and that you liked re-reading this story! It's like my baby so it means the world! There will be a lot of backstory coming up in the next chapter so hopefully you'll enjoy it! I hope you keep loving this story as much as you do! I know the world is tiny! He's 6'2, he has red hair (like a Weasley:P)and blue eyes...I don't know what else to say :P And I think I know everyone else on your floor :) Everyone is really nice. I hope you keep enjoying the story.