Chapter 21:
I'm on my guard for the rest of the world
But with you I know it's no good
And I could wait patiently but I really wish you would...
Drop everything now
Meet me in the pouring rain
Kiss me on the sidewalk
Take away the pain
Because I see sparks fly whenever you smile.
-Taylor Swift
Nora was woken up that morning by the sound of two people arguing loudly.
"Oh damn it Nat." Nora mumbled getting up.
"Hey! It isn't me, I'm right here!" Nataleigh said rubbing the sleep from her eyes from her bed across the room.
"Old habits die hard." Nora teased as she went to get dressed before they made their way to the kitchen where Niko and Aveline were sending each other death glares.
"Why thank you both for waking us all up." Nora laughed as she went to get a bowl of cereals.
"What was that?" Brooke asked as she entered the kitchen with Ella in her arms and Meggan behind them.
"Sorry Mrs. Montgomery." Aveline said blushing.
"Oh don't worry were more than used to arguments in this house and call me Brooke dear. What were you both arguing about then?" She asked looking from her oldest son to Aveline.
"Oh nothing important Mum." Niko said with a smirk making Aveline snort and roll her eyes.
"Alright then, I think we'll go over to the burrow." Nora said pulling Aveline towards the door.
"I'll come over later, Ginny and I had to plot our revenge against Neil and Ron." Megg added.
"If everyone is going I'm coming too!" Nataleigh said.
"I just said I'm going later." Megg said.
"And I'm going now Mini-Freckles." Nataleigh said ruffling her sister's dark hair.
"Is it so weird to have Freckles? You really need to nickname us after them?" Nora rolled her eyes.
"First of all, I don't call you Freckles I call you Satan." Nataleigh started with a grin.
"And second, you both have a face full of them and neither of you are redhead so yeah, you're Freckles or Freckle face to me." Niko finished with a smirk.
"Ava has freckles and she isn't a redhead, why don't you call her Freckles?" Nora asked.
"Because it fits you so well. You can be Freckles' Freckly Friend." Nataleigh grinned.
"Oh perfect." Aveline laughed as she followed Nora and Nataleigh out of the house.
"Behave girls." Brooke called from the kitchen.
"Always!" They called back.
"So why were you fighting with our dear brother?" Nataleigh asked.
"Nothing important." Aveline mumbled. "Something about me being uptight and crap."
"Well then do something to get you to unwind a bit. It can only do good. Ask George to help you, I'm sure he'd be glad to be of service." Nataleigh smirked making Aveline blush a dark shade of red. Nataleigh's eyes grew wider seeing her expression and Nora rolled her eyes anticipating her sister's response.
"YOU'RE STILL A VIRGIN?" Nataleigh shouted making Aveline turn purple.
"Nat, shut up!" Nora said rolling her eyes
"But you've been dating since December right? That's eight months." Nataleigh said looking overly surprised.
"It's been seven months." Aveline mumbled looking at her feet.
"Not everyone has sex on the first date Nat." Nora said rolling her eyes.
"It's healthy and I'm the one who's been in my current relationship the longest so I must be doing something right." She laughed before turning to her sister. "Are you saying that you and Fred haven't slept together either?"
"Not that it's any of your business but no we haven't." Nora said matter of factly.
"Is this another one of your commitment freak issues?" Nataleigh laughed.
"I am not a commitment freak." Nora said rolling her eyes.
"You kind of are." Aveline said with a slight grin.
"Well so are you!" Nora said defensively.
"No, I'm inexperienced. It's quite different." She answered making the others laugh.
"You know, I'm pretty sure George doesn't care about that." Nora said.
"I know, I just don't want him to be disappointed or anything." She said blushing a dark shade of red once more.
"If a guy is ready to wait for seven months without pressuring you, he really likes you. And I doubt he could be disappointed." Nataleigh said kindly.
"Well look at that, Nat the romantic." Nora laughed.
"Oh shove off commitment freak!" She teased as they arrived at the burrow.
"You're the one who started it!" Nora said as she knocked on the door before opening it and being shoved by Nataleigh.
"Morning Weasleys!" The girls smiled as Nora glared at Nataleigh.
"Good morning girls." Molly smiled back at them. "Do you want anything to eat?"
"We just ate." Nora smiled as she went to sit down between Fred and Bill.
"Good morning Freckles." Fred said kissing her temple.
"Morning." Nora answered with a smile.
"So what brings you girls over?" Bill asked taking a bite of toast.
"Ava and Niko were about to kill each other and you guys are more fun. And we had fun discussing their relationship issues." Nataleigh laughed as she sat between Bill and Charlie.
"Relationship issues?" Fred asked raising an eyebrow at Nora.
"First off, Nat, please stop talking and second, I do not have relationship issues." Nora rolled her eyes.
"She's a commitment freak." Nataleigh smirked.
"Are you done now?" Nora hissed.
"Maybe so but she's still my commitment freak." Fred laughed pulling her closer.
"Aren't you both adorable?" Bill teased as three owls flew inside.
"They're from Hogwarts. Girls, your letters are here as well." Molly said taking the letters and handing one to Fred, George, Nataleigh, Aveline and Nora.
"Oh no." Nora said looking at the envelope.
"Well open them!" Molly said impatiently.
They all stared at their envelopes for a few moments.
"Come on!" Bill said taking Nora's envelope from her hands and opening it prompting the others to do the same with their own.
"So?" Nora asked with a slightly worried expression now starting to regret taking so many classes and going over every single evaluation.
"How many subjects did you take?" Bill laughed.
"Eleven but that's beside the point!" Nora said anxiously.
"Well it's not bad." He said shrugging his shoulder. "I'm just kidding Nora, 11 outstandings. You got better grades than Percy." Bill teased giving her the paper.
"Wow congratulations." Molly said clapping her hands lightly. "What about you all?" She asked the others.
"Six OWL's." Fred and George said at the same time grinning at each other.
Everyone finished their breakfast before heading outside to play a game of Quidditch. Just before supper, they were all in the living room. Nataleigh and Charlie had teamed up against Bill and Ron in a very intense game of wizard's chess while Nora, Megg and Ginny were chatting and laughing at Witch Weekly magazine. Molly, who seemed furious, had pulled Fred and George aside ten minutes ago after finding order forms for Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.
"Are they really serious about the joke shop? I mean we guessed they were up to something with all the explosions but we thought they simply liked to blow things up." Ginny asked Nora.
"I think they're quite serious. And they're really good at it so they have my full support." Nora smiled.
"What did Fred ever do to get you?" Meggan laughed.
"He's kind of cute." Nora said winking at them jokingly as they heard a loud shout coming from the kitchen.
"NO AMBITION, UNLESS YOU COUNT MAKING AS MUCH TROUBLE AS IT IS HUMANLY POSSIBLE! WHICH DOES NOT COUNT!" Molly yelled. A moment later the door to the kitchen flew open as Fred blew pass them and headed outside without a glance at anyone while George stomped his way upstairs.
"I'll see you later." Nora said to everyone as she went after Fred.
When she got out Fred had already gotten quite far. Nora sighed and followed him hoping he would eventually stop or slow down so that she could catch up to him. After fifteen minutes, Fred stopped at a bench near the lake between their houses. He sat with his elbows propped on his knees and his head in his hands. Nora knew very well he only adopted this position whenever things were getting too much for him to handle. She sat down next to him and rubbed his back for a while before he looked up.
"Thanks." He said as he looked up at her, his brown eyes holding back tears.
Nora smiled and hugged him tightly.
"What have I ever done to deserve you?" Fred joked resting is chin on her head.
"Well as I've told Megg earlier, you're kind of cute." Nora said making Fred laugh before they fell silent for a moment.
"Do you think we have no ambition?" He asked her seriously.
Nora pulled away and looked into his eyes. "I think that you have more ambition than anyone I know. And I know how serious you both are about the joke shop. Your products are brilliant and I've never seen anything like it before." Nora said firmly before sighing. "And I think your mum will get it eventually but for now just ignore it. You're brilliant to me." She smiled brushing a strand of hair from his face.
"Meet me tonight." Fred smiled.
"Are you asking me to sneak out?" Nora laughed.
"Maybe so." He said with a large grin.
"Alright then." Nora said with a smile tugging her lips. "Meet me in the lake house at ten. There's a spare key in the sunflowers pot." She said pecking him lightly on the lips.
"The 11 OWL prefect is willing to sneak-out?" Fred asked raising his eyebrow.
"What can I say? You must have rubbed off on me a wee bit." She winked at him.
"I think I like that Freckles." He laughed throwing his arm around her. "I'll walk you home."
"Aren't you a gentleman?" Nora grinned as they walked towards her house.
Nora headed over to the living room after having supper with her family, Aveline and Sirius.
"Well I'm going to head to bed." Nora said faking a yawn.
"You really are a horrible liar. Sneaking out are you?" Megg said raising her eyebrow at her sister.
"Shut it!" Nora said looking at Sirius who was the only other person in hearing range.
Sirius laughed loudly before looking at both girls. "Don't worry, I've done my fair share of sneaking out and so has your mother. Your secret is safe with." He said with a smirk.
"Alright then." Nora grinned. "Megg, learn to keep things to yourself for Merlin's sake! And thanks Sirius." She whispered. "Night everyone!" She called out to the others as Aveline and Nataleigh followed her upstairs.
"What are you doing?" Nataleigh asked suspiciously as they all went into the room.
"Fine! I might be sneaking out to see Fred." Nora said with a slight smile.
"Oh really?" Nataleigh smirked making Aveline laugh.
"Yes really." Nora grinned. "I'll get changed." She said leaving both girls laughing and talking.
She came out a minute later wearing a black tunic, black leggings and black ballet flats.
"Are you two going to rob a bank?" Aveline teased.
"Very funny." Nora said shaking her head.
"I think it's quite becoming the spy look." Nataleigh said with a smirk.
"How are you even going to get out of here?" Aveline asked.
"It's easy, by the balcony and then there's a railing where the vines grow." Nataleigh answered.
"Nat's the expert." Nora laughed.
"See you tomorrow and don't come in too late, we can't cover for you forever." Nataleigh laughed.
"Don't worry, I'll be home before anyone becomes suspicious." She said as she went out.
Nora made her way to her family's lake house as quickly as possible making sure her mother had not noticed her exit. She took her key and opened the door.
"Well hello there Freckles." Fred greeted her from the couch.
"Well hello there Freddykins." Nora smiled as she locked the door and let herself fall on the couch next to him. He put an arm around her waist and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Are you feeling better?" Nora asked as Fred brushed his thumb up and down her arm.
"I talked with George, and you're right. If she doesn't understand it's her problem." He sighed.
"You're quite right." Nora said looking up at him. Her grey eyes met with his chocolate brown ones for a moment.
"I love you." He smiled at her moving a strand of blond hair from her face.
"And I, you." Nora smiled before pressing her lips firmly to his. The kiss quickly grew more passionate as Fred pulled Nora closer to him and she snaked her arms around his neck. After a moment, they pulled away and Fred started kissing her along her neck and collarbone. Nora let out a sigh before crashing her lips back to his more franticly this time. Fred ran his hand along her back as she tugged at his t-shirt. They broke apart for a moment so she could pull it over his head before pressing their lips together once more. Fred suddenly pulled away for a moment and got up leaving Nora looking rather confused and trying to catch her breath. He held out his hand and helped her up from the couch.
"Are you sure about this?" Fred asked her snaking his arms around her waist.
"Are you?" Nora said slyly raising her eyebrow.
"Well that's settles it." Fred grinned picking up Nora who laughed loudly as they headed towards the bedroom.
A/N : Once more, sorry for the delay, I got home three days ago! I was on a much needed vacation for three weeks in Germany with my boyfriend away from our overly busy life. The next chapter should be up in a week or less, I've already started working on it and my sister said she'd finish it to make sure you all get the most updates possible! I hope you keep enjoying the story and THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the reviews! I'm really very grateful! Thanks alot to everyone who follows the story and to everyone who's favorited! If you have any question, please ask away because I truly love talking about the story and it really motivates me seeing how much you care about the story and the characters! There are pictures of the characters on my profile, so have a look and tell me what you think! There's still a possibility of a spin-off with other characters from this story so tell me who you'd like to see more of. It's probably going to be a marauders fic with Brooke/Sirius or a Draco/Megg fic...So tell me what you would prefer! Thanks so much! I love you all! Xoxo
P.S. Once more, sorry for typos! I uploaded this as fast as I could!
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We probably won't be seeing much of Nora's father before a while since she doesn't have any contact with him but he will be more present later (way later) in the story.
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