What are you doing whispered Tessa happily. She peered over the girl's stairwell at Fred below her.
"I've got an idea," whispered Fred. "Help me a man out."
"Hang on," sighed Tessa.
"Don't forget your wand," chimed Fred.
Tessa ran upstairs tiptoeing into her room and snatching her wand from her trunk. She quietly eased the door behind her and lightly let go of the knob when she heard a click. She tiptoed back to the downstairs and leaned over looking for Fred whom waved from across the room sitting on the couch by the fireplace.
"Alright so what is that you want?" Asked Tessa quietly sitting next to him.
Fred looked up at her with a smirk as he leaned in closer sneaking an arm around her. He lightly pushed her down hovering over her as he placed one hand at the back of the chair and one by her shoulder.
"Thanks for helping me out," joked Fred as he pressed his body against hers and began kissing her passionately.
Tessa obliged running her hand over his arm and into his shaggy hair grabbing lightly. Fred stopped kissing her and began unbuttoning his shirt trying to shuck it off his shoulders and then threw it across the room.
"Bloody hell we slept in again," said Fred in a female voice as he pressed into Tessa once more. "Wake up!"
Tessa jolted out of her bed after a soft yet large object smacked her in the face.
"Merlin, fucking watch it!" Shouted Tessa as she threw the pillow back at Angelina whom was already throwing off her pj's and hopping around the room trying to put on leg through her jeans.
"Get up," shouted in Angelina.
Tessa threw her duvet off her bed and leaped put of bed. She ran to her wardrobe yanking a pair, pair of jeans and coat while ripping off her pj's and throwing them on the ground. Angelina ran past her foaming at the mouth from brushing her teeth and trying to put on a shoe. Tessa threw on her shirt and hoped into her jeans. She picked up her sneakers and coat shoulder.
Angelina ran into the bathroom and began spitting into a sink. Tessa glanced at her quickly before diving underneath her bed and snagging a brown sack stuffing it into her bag and into the Bathroom.
All in all it took both of them five minutes to change, do their hair, and brush their teeth before running out of the Common Room and down the Grand Staircase.
"When I find those two I'm gonna wring their neck for this," spat Angelina a few inches behind Tessa nearly scuffing one of her heels as Tessa seemed to be the slower one of the two this time round. "They know better than to keep the curtains closed and turn all of the alarms off".
Tessa tuned Angelina out once they hit the Great Hall entrance. Her stomach lurched as she watched Fred laughing heartily at the center table unaware that Angelina veered off the the right towards Alicia and Katie laughing with Ginny Weasley.
"That's not funny."
She heard Angelina shout as that table howled with laughter. Tessa sat next to Fred as she tried to eat a slice of toast that seemed to be harder to swallow than usual.
"You looked like you've seen a ghost, Tess," joked George as Nearly Headless Nick floated past glancing at the group.
"Katie and Alicia let us sleep in," stated Tessa annoyed as she grabbed a glass of orange juice to help wash down remnants of the toast.
"From what I heard it seemed like you had a great dream," said George laughing.
Tessa's face grew bright red and the group laughed.
"Katie and Alicia told us that you and Angelina wouldn't wake up even when the alarm blasted by your head," joked Lee.
"They had to get up and turn it off themselves," piped in Fred laughing.
Tessa's cheeks faded to a slight pink and relaxed into her seat.
"He'll be the death of me," thought Tessa as she glanced at Fred and began inhaling her breakfast before it could vanish.
It took only a few seconds to walk out of the Great Hall after finishing breakfast before Tessa felt a familiar arm wrap around her shoulder.
Tessa's chest grew light letting Fred lead her outside.
"Where will the meeting-"
Tessa paused as she watched Filch stare down the twins once they were in view. Fred took his arm off of her shoulder and sauntered passed Filch diverting his attention to Him and George when, in fact, Tessa and Lee were the ones pocketing the goods. Filch examined the two as if looking for any materials poking out of his pockets while Tessa and Lee stood at the outskirts of the group passing through quickly.
"Bloody hell," sighed Lee walking down the winding path. "Shouldn't he know by now that the twins aren't that oblivious."
"Good thing he doesn't," laughed Tessa.
"Merlin's beard," laughed Fred behind Lee as he slowed is jogging to a walk.
"Bloody Filch began questioning us," huffed George as he slowed beside Tessa.
"About what?" Asked Tessa.
"Orders and if we were going to the owlery," scoffed Fred. "Yes. We will be going to there rather than Hogsmeade." Fred began applauding sarcastically. "Great investigative work."
Tessa and Lee laughed as the tiny village came into view. The main street was busy as George veered Tessa into an empty alley way. She began rummaging in her bag until she pulled out the sack handing it to George.
"Meet us at Zonko's," said George quickly before he merged back onto main street stuffing the sack into his coat pocket and disappearing into the crowd.
Tessa walked along the street and veered into Tomes and Scrolls. She fiddled with notebooks and bought two. She meandered down a residential street she had never seen before and glanced at people front yards before reaching the each of the village and turning back around. She reached Zonko's in time to see Fred, George, and Lee crossing the street to enter after her.
"Had a good time?" Asked Fred as he entered the crowded store behind her.
"Yeah," said Tessa grabbing sweets out of jars and cupboards.
"Don't forget about those," said Fred resting his chin on her shoulder pointing at stink bombs nestled in a clothed basket.
Tessa nodded her cheeks turning pink and pulled out the basket grabbing a handful and walking to the counter. She paid for her items and hurried out of the store letting to cold air envelope her. She let out a breath of air and sat on a bench, flustered, shucking off her coat. She peered into the store's window watching Fred and George examine products and placing them back onto the shelf, or placing them into a basket. She turned back around quickly and stared at the bustling street.
"We gotta go."
Tessa looked up to see George standing over her holding the door open for Fred and Lee to exit the store. She stood up quickly shucking her coat back on and following the three towards Hogshead. The meeting lasted quicker than expected as Tessa signed the sheet and passed it to George. She followed the twins out of Hogshead listening to their plans for buying materials and ingredients before heading back to Hogwarts.
"Alright now that that's sorted," sighed Fred after arguing with George over whether to budget on potions ingredients to gather better equipment for experiments. "Tess are you still going to the Three Broomsticks?"
"And Madame Pudifoot's Tea Shop," replied Tessa veering off towards the latter waving goodbye to the group.
She entered into the dainty shop and glanced at the coupled up tables until finding two people seemingly smitten in a corner hidden by the fireplace. She sat at an empty table near the two and took off her layers immediately due to the searing heat. She glanced at the girl with the buy in disgust before getting up from the table and exiting the store. She watched the girl turn around and blow a kiss before closing the door behind her.
She glanced back the the boy whom looked smug easing into his chair and resting his arm onto the window next to him. His clothing was askew, his button down shirt displaying part of his chest, and hair tussled in every direction. Tessa stood from her seat and sat grabbed the chair by his knees dragging it loudly to the other side of the table and sitting in it.
"Looks like you're having fun Daniel," said Tessa with a broad smile plastered on her face.
"You have no idea," replied the fourth year Hufflepuff student lazily. "Dirty minx she is."
Tessa groaned lightly. Daniel stared out of the window with puppy like eyes and knocked on it lightly waving.
"So how are you feeling?" Asked Tessa quickly.
"I'm in love," whispered the boy smiling. He giggled lightly as Tessa peaked out of the window to see the girl blowing one more kiss at him and entering the Three Broomsticks.
"Excellent," thought Tessa.
"How long have you two been known each other?" she continued staring down at the boys tea half full.
"Oh we met in First period," replied the Daniel happily. He reached for his cup and Tessa placed a hand over it quickly.
"Oh this tea is too cold to drink," laughed Tessa as the boy mimicked her. "I'll buy you a new one."
Within seconds two piping hot cups of tea was placed before them as she poured milk and a small vial filled with a purple into Daniel's drink as he continued staring out the window handing it to him and pouring sugar into hers.
"So first period you say?" Asked Tessa waiting for Daniel to continue.
"Yes," sighed Daniel happily. "At first I thought her to be too much. You know I'm not much for talkative girls. But when she asked me for a cup of tea, I got lost in her eyes and-."
Daniel paused quickly and laughed.
"Well I actually don't remember much after that."
Tessa smirked lightly as she watched him take a swig of his tea and stare back out at the window.
"We're supposed to eat dinner together tonight," continued Daniel happily.
"That seems like a great idea," said Tessa happily. "And you only realized you liked her after having a cup of tea?"
"Yes," said Daniel happily. He picked up the cup again as Tessa picked up hers drinking as well.
She chugged the entire drink ignoring the tea lightly burning her throat.
"So you only thought of her in that manner until you had a conversation with her?" Asked Tessa quietly.
Daniel looked at her confused.
"I love her," said Daniel quickly. He glared at Tessa defensively leaning forward in his chair.
"Right," chuckled Tessa. "I mean one-on-one of course. Love never, truly, reveals itself until you've had time alone. Right?"
Daniel's face grew from annoyed to happy once more as he leaned back into his chair.
"You're right," agreed Daniel. "And yeah. I guess I never thought of her until a moment ago."
"Well good luck to you both," said Tessa. Daniel smiled at her appreciatively as he watched her stand up from the table. "Remember to finish that tea. Don't want it to get cold."
Daniel nodded picking up the cup once more and taking a huge gulp setting it back onto the table wiping his chin with his sleeve. Tessa put on her coat and slung her bag over her shoulder walking towards the exit.
"And button up your shirt," said Tessa over her shoulder as she opened the door and glanced behind her to see Daniel fiddling with his shirt giggling. She closed the door behind her and walked briskly across the street to Three Broomsticks.
She opened the door and walked over to the bar sitting at a stool.
"Butter beer please?" Asked Tessa as she placed some galleons on the table and looked around the room.
"Shit," thought Tessa. The girl from earlier was no where to be found.
The bottom floor consisted mostly of Seventh years, like herself drinking Fire whiskey and having too much of a good time. She looked at her bar mates next to her whom were older than the students. Tessa sighed and grabbed her Butter beer about to take a sip until she heard laughter echoing from the second floor. Tessa stood up immediately nearly spilling her drink on the gentleman with his head resting on the table next to her.
"No worries dear," chuckled the bar maid. "He's been like that for an hour. Not a care in the world."
Tessa smiled and veered towards the stair climbing them to the top. She saw the girl gathered with her friends an one extra Tessa. Exactly what Tessa requested last night after their meeting.
"Tess!"
The girl waved excitedly as Tessa smiled in return and sat at the empty seat.
"Hey Tess," said a girl to the right nervously her cheeks turning pink.
"How's it going," said Tessa pulling out the notebooks she bought earlier and placing on the table by her Butterbeer.
"Oh, Merlin," sighed the girl happily. "So well!"
The rest of the girls began giggling covering their mouths as Tessa began writing in her notebook.
"That's excellent, Gabbie," laughed Tessa The same smile she gave Daniel earlier. "How much of that potion did you use by the way?"
"All of it," said the girl quickly as she and her friends giggled.
Tessa smiled writing in her notebook and glancing back up at her.
"How fast did the potion take?"
"Oh," sighed Gabbie visibly flustered. "Like a minute. He took one sip of the drink and next thing I know his feet are intertwined with mine and he even toughed my thigh." She squealed with excitement as did her friends. All the while Tessa's smile faltering lightly, but turned it back up again before the girls could see.
"Could you put down for an order," said the Hufflepuff girl to her left excitedly.
"Sure," replied Tessa writing down the girls name as the rest of the group chimed in too. "If I give you one vial all five of you could split it. Even you Gabbie." Gabbie giggled as Tessa winked at her lightly.
"A fifth of the bottle will have the same affect for each of you," continued Tessa writing their names and houses down while nabbing the five galleons splayed on the table shoving into her coat pocket. "No hoarding this time Gabs." She waved her quill glancing at Gabbie as the entire table laughed gleefully.
Tessa stood from the table and finished her Butter beer before placing back on the table and shoving her note book in her bag. "One of the twins will meet you again next Saturday. Same place and time," said Tessa pointing at Gabby as she turned pink and nodded vigorously. Tessa turned around as the girls whispered cheerily.
"Did you see her wink at me," whispered the Ravenclaw girl happily.
"No she was at me," piped in the nervous Hufflepuff that greeted her earlier.
"She called me Gabs," whispered Gabbie gleefully.
Tessa huffed and walked down the steps towards a table at the bottom of the building away from the girl's view she nodded at the barmaid for another round holding up four fingers and sitting back down into a chair, this time taking off her coat, pulling out her note book, and writing her research on Daniel from earlier. The Barmaid placed the drinks onto her table greeting a tall group of boys heading their way.
"Thanks," said Tessa glancing up at her. "He'll be paying this time." She whispered pointing at Fred whom glared at her and pulled out some coins handing it to the barmaid stifling a chuckle. Laughter echoed to the room once more as George rolled his eyes and sat down next to Tessa's left, Fred on across from her, and Lee on her right.
"So how's it?" Asked Fred curtly. "Now that I'm out eight sickles."
"It went well," sighed Tessa still writing in her notebook. "But she poured the entire thing."
The three boys groaned as Fred rubbed his temples.
"Good thing I gave her a small vial and not the entire bottle," sighed Fred. " I told her to put in a few drops."
"Yeah well she had a slight of hand," grumbled Tessa. "She asked for more, by the way." Tessa pulled out the galleon and placed it in George's extended hand. "For her and friends."
"Was he alright?" Asked Lee chugging his butter beer.
"Eh he's fine," replied Tessa. "Might have a massive headache tomorrow, but he ingested the antidote. Should wear off in his sleep."
"If he goes asleep," interjected George.
"It was a bit strong," said Tessa. "May need to test out another batch before handing them an entire bottle."
"We have about seven days?" Asked Fred.
"Yep," replied Tessa closing the notebook and placing it in her bag. "Same time and place."