42: Aftermath

Shifting in a different type of feeling or an unknown comforter was causing me to wake. My head was pounding again just like it was when I woke up from Jeremih's birthday. My eyes felt heavy as I sat up just a little and my hands wore sore. After rubbing my eyes it felt better, so I opened them to take a better look of the place I slept. I remembered being brought to the Dormitory and a few other things but my memory was slightly faded. When I looked around the dorm I seen what would be George's bed, and then Lee's, and then another but they were all empty. In fact, the room was empty...no one else but me.

I turned to see if there was a clock in the dorm and there was one right above the door, and it read 4:12 am. Of course, 4 in the morning like always. I didn't have my wand on me so I would have to physically get up to fetch some water for my dry mouth that I could still taste fire whiskey in. I removed the blanket that was on me and I seen that I'm wearing these black sweats and Fred's old Quidditch jersey. I swung my legs over the bed and slowly stood up, I was now slowly walking towards the closed bathroom door. The only problem was, the sweats I was wearing kept falling since they were long.

Feeling weak and clumsy, I fell down since I couldn't feel all my muscles. The bathroom door opened, and after a loud gasp I felt someone helping me up."Snow what are doing? Did you just wake up?"It was Fred, in nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist which made his V-line definitely visible. "Yeah- I just really need some water. You're up quite early..." I said while sitting on an empty bed. "Guess I got used to being up this early-plus I couldn't sleep" he replied while walking back.

Fred was looking for something on his dresser and I couldn't help but to find myself gawking over his back muscles. I looked away and just looked at my hands, I had a hair tie around my wrist so I just flipped my hair in front of me and tied my hair in a high ponytail. "Okay, ready" he said. After tying my hair I looked up and he was still in his towel. "Tilt your head up, and open". I obliged and closed my eyes because of distractions, Fred had his wand in his right hand and with his left hand, he wrapped it around my neck to keep my head from falling.

"Aguamenti" he casted, and I felt my mouth being full of water. Fred then closed my mouth for me by pushing my jaw up, helping me swallow the water down which hydrated me. I opened my eyes slowly and Fred had his eyes to my lips, he was gorgeous and I could still see a few water droplets from his hair that went to his face.

"Thanks" I said to grab his attention, he then nodded and moved away to his drawers that had clothes peaking out. I thought he was going to change in the bathroom or at least give me a heads up but without warning, he just discarded the towel.

"Geez-I ..." I quickly got up and just carefully walked to the bathroom. Obviously it's something I've seen before but I still need to show respect I suppose.

In the bathroom now, I splashed some water in my face thanking god it wasn't a dream. His sweats on me were still falling and I felt like I was going to trip again. I turned out the bathroom, and he had these red plaid pajama pants on as well but shirtless. Making my way out the room, I seen my dress folded on his dresser so I walked up to it.

It was really quiet and awkward, maybe because I said a few things last night and we both remembered. I picked my dress up and was on my way to the bathroom again.

"Hey -wait hey, whatcha doing" Fred asked while running to me and Turning me around.

"I'm going to change in my dress to give your clothes back...then I'll just leave" I told him.

"You're joking right? You can barely walk out there and it's - it's ... cold so your dress won't help. You can stay and just give the clothes back later."

As much as I didn't want to admit it, he was right. It was still dark out as well since the sun doesn't really rise till ten in the morning. I nodded and set my dress back down and Fred walked back to his bed and so I stood there in the same spot.

"You can come back and lay down"

"No it's fine. I don't want to - intrude. I like standing too"

"Don't be daft" Fred rolled his eyes while walking up to me smiling and grabbed the waistband of his loose sweats I was wearing so I could sit down on the bed. He sat next to me and I was just fidgeting with my own fingers.

"Are you sober enough to talk?" He asked while scooting closer to me, now hip to hip. Again, I didn't say anything but I nodded yes this time. "Do you remember anything?" He asked me while taking one of hands and now drawing circles with his finger in my palm.

"Nope" I lied. I already knew what he wanted to talk about but It wasn't the right time for me.

"Well drunk Snow swam in a fountain"

"Whaaaat? That's ghastly" I lied again. I thought it was cool the fuck.

"Then she was yelling at me like an arsehole"

"Oh I like her already, tell me more" I said, we weren't making eye contact. Just both of us smiling and looking at our hands as he was still messing with mine.

"So, I offered her my robe twice and she threw it at me both times. I was gonna push her in the fountain" he chuckled which made me chuckle as well."Then she was completely Mad and decided to throw her heels at my face"

I furrowed my eyebrows in distraught and took my hand away from his to then smack his hand and pull mine away. "You liar. I did not throw my heels at you, I dropped them"

"I thought you didn't remember anything?"

Shit. I started to feel my cheeks grow warm and red from the slight embarrassment. It was quiet again, but I took his hand and started drawing circles with my pointer finger on his palm. Letting him know it was my turn to talk.

"Fine, I lied. I wasn't drunk but I wasn't sober so yes I remember. I remember yelling at you, I remember hitting your chest, and I remember pushing you away."

Fred took his hand that was I messing with and placed it on my cheek, turning my face to meet his. We were close, way closer now."Is that all you remember?" he whispered near my lips. But the thought of what he said last night, lingered in my mind. So I pulled away slowly.

"That is all I remember." I lied again. I was scared.I could feel a tear sliding down my face, bringing me back to the real moment. I wiped it away quickly and stood up to grab my dress, heels and mask then he put neatly on his dresser.

"Thank you for everything, Fred but I'm going to pack my stuff for later. Then I'll give you your clothes""Snow, you could barely walk. Let me just help you." He said while walking up to me."And how on earth are you going to help me walk? Fredrick""No you did not just say my full -"

Fred grabbed me again and threw me over his shoulder just like he always did to be annoying. He grabbed his wand, opened the door and walked out with me still on his shoulder. Now in the common room, we chuckled as I kept hitting his back to let me down. He was walking around in circles."Fred put me down now!"

"Mhm. Not until you beg"

"You're joking-"

"Nope. Scream my name and beg"

"Fine, I'll scream your name."

Fred was chuckling as I was shifting on his shoulder, I could already sense his smirk creeping on his face like it always does. Especially when he thinks things are going his way.

"Fredrick! Gideon! Weasley!"

"Oh you're gonna get it" Fred placed me down on the couch in the common room and started to tickle me like the fucking devil. I was trying to hit his shoulders and face but now his left hand held both of my wrist up so I wouldn't fight back while his right hand tickled me on my side.

"You - you- arsehole!" I managed to say."Apologize and I'll stop." "Fine- I'm - sorry- please - I can't - fucking -breathe-"

Fred finally stopped and I was in the couch breathing heavily and catching my breath while he was just laughing away and taking my hands so I wouldn't fight him. Both of his hands now were holding my wrist down as he stood above me and looked down on me, this caused us both to stop chuckling and gaze at eachother.

Looking at Fred reminded me of how he always brought my mood up whenever I'd be sad or just feeling down. I had moved my legs, notifying for him to move away and so he removed his hands from my wrists and stood up.

"Well, hop on" he said while turning around, telling me to go on his back."Fred, you have to walk on moving stairs- and my house is far. Besides I could like- break you... I weigh a lot and -"

"It wasn't a question. Get on my back, now."

Demanding Fred was hot. Or maybe it was just the fire that we were near, but I got on his back and I know he purposely brushed his hands against my ass more than once but I let it slide this time. "Besides, where's the fun without a bit of risk? I might drop you for yelling my name though"

And so, Fred gave me a piggy back ride all the way up there. That's that real quidditch beater body strength, and he still didn't have a shirt on so I would've thought he got cold.

We had got to my door and everything after defeating many obstacles. I invited him in as well since it was cold and I was gonna give him his jersey back. When I looked at my clock, it was now 5 in the morning which gave me 5 hours to pack. I wasn't really focused on what Fred was doing, but he was doing something I don't know. I grabbed my trunk from my closet and put it on my bed then threw my dress, heels, and mask on my dresser. I had finally looked at Fred to see what he was doing.

"Shit! Fred put that down"The gift that Rosetta and Amelia got me was on my nightstand in the bag they gave, Fred went through it and seen the rings and even the lingerie set. "Who is this from?...who is it for?" He asked me in a slight smirk yet serious tone.

I walked up to him and grabbed the bag out of his hands and put the stuff back in there. "This was a gift from my bestfriends and it's for me and maybe for the lucky bloke I would wear it for." I said cheekily knowing it would get him jealous.

After a few minutes It was quiet and awkward, just like it was in his dorm earlier. I thought about a few things we could've been doing if we were still a thing but I had to shake them out. Fred was covering himself with with my pillows, I totally got distracted and forgot to give his shirt back. I turned around so he'd be facing my back, he wasn't paying attention either so I just took his Jersey off as I searched for a shirt.

I found a tank top and quickly put that on, I turned around to give Fred his jersey and he was watching the whole time. I was looking at him but his eyes were on my breast, it was cold so my nipples were hard. I just rolled my eyes and threw his jersey to his face.

"What the fuck, what was that for?" while putting on his jersey.

"That was for tickling me and making me scream your name"

"Oh please, you're acting like you've never done it before. And liked it"

He was right and it irritated me that he brought it up. I scoffed and ignored his chuckling. I quickly just did a simple spell that packed all my clothes for me and i set my trunk down.

"Fred, you should go get some sleep and pack."No words, he just stood up and slowly and walked up towards me. I had my necklace that my mother gifted me and he was looking at it for a few seconds. Still not saying anything, he tilted his head to the door which meant he wanted me to let him out. So I went to my door and he followed right behind me, very close. I opened my door and he walked out but as soon as I was going to close the door, he stopped it.

"Almost forgot, you need to pay up for the lovely ride I gave you." He grinned

"Mhm. Since you were so generous, whats the cost?"Fred pointed to his soft spot near his ear that he absolutely loved when it would get kissed or sucked. "Only for price purposes" I told him.

I placed my hand around his jaw to turn his head to face my right side. Now I was looking at his side view. Slowly, I brought my lips close to his ear to softly bite his lobe. Fred groaned softly from pain and pleasure as I then moved down under his ear and gave a nice wet kiss. I pulled away and he turned his attention back to my face, biting his lower lips and looking down at me.

"Holy - do it one more time...""You're annoying. Bye Fred."

After I closed my door, I could hear him singing loudly which I laughed to myself at. In my head I thought "For price purposes" as if I haven't been wanting to do that since he got out the shower this morning.

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Time went by and it was now time for breakfast, I threw on my black turtle neck and my plaid skirt and just wore it with my slip on white shoes since my feet hurt from the heels last night. Charmed my hair into curls but I combed them to make it softer. Then I made my way to the great hall.

I was a bit late since I slept in but I had time to goodbye to Ced, Pansy and Amelia. As I was walking, I heard George and Ginny behind me...my favorite Weasley's.

"I can't believe he fucking invited her. She's a bitch and just flat out rude" Ginny seemed really mad. Short tempered and she was straight to the point which I liked."I tried talking him out of it already but he felt bad if he told her she's uninvited" George was irritated as well and he seemed exhausted.

"Hey, what's going on" I asked them.

Ginny and George had looked at each other before speaking to me. The look on their faces had totally spoke, they didn't have to talk or tell me for me to know.

"At least I'll have you and Mione, by the way we're playing quidditch together and catching up on everything. George tell her about the atrocity going on" and with no more than that, Ginny took off fast. George put his hand out, gesturing for us to walk and talk.

"Gabriella's family is going through a rough patch with her and so, last week ... Fred invited her for over. But she's only staying for three days"

All I wanted was a simple nice Christmas. For once, I  thought I could enjoy the simple two weeks off without having to worry about anyone. Obviously Fred cared for her so maybe it was just time for me to step away. Respect boundaries. Or have fun and show him what he could've been having for Christmas instead.

"As much as I strongly dislike her, I'll step away. I just want to enjoy Christmas with You, Gin, Ron and Mione."

"Oh of course but doesn't mean I'll be nice to you Em, prank wars part two" he smiled cheekily. I rolled my eyes and we made our way to the train.

Once we got there, George was with Angelina and said they were gonna sit with Gaby and Fred and I was just gonna find Ro, and Grey.

I walked with George and Angelina till they found Fred and Gaby and surprisingly, in the compartment to the next right was Jeremih, Grey, and Ro. So as I gave a chuckled goodbye to George and Angelina, Fred looked up at me and I turned away towards the compartment with my mates.

I had got in and sat next to Jeremih. Ro and Grey sat Across from us and I noticed that those two had the biggest smile ever on their face from ear to ear.

Fred was literally confusing, He just can't choose or something, so I'll help him make that decision. Ignoring him will either make him fall harder for Gaby or just miss out on me and realize he is making a mistake.

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I really didn't know how to end this chapter I was stuck-