Yours, Fred | f. weasley x reader

Chapter 45: The First Time

"Excuse me, miss?" a voice called you and you walked over to the group of teenage girls who were lingering around the love potions.

Their faces lit up when they saw you, "oh! you're Y/N Y/L/N! I recognise you from the Gryffindor Quidditch Team!" a small brunette girl said to you and you grinned at them all.

"That's me, what can I do for you?" you asked as you looked at their handfuls of love potions.

"Er- well, we were just wondering if these actually work? Like will they make someone fancy you?" another girl said shyly.

You picked up one of the little pink bottles and turned it over in your hands, "they can allow someone to see you through say, rose-tinted glasses. If they fancy you already they'll fancy you even more, but it won't take away their free will or anything," you gestured to the bottle, "actual love potions are really dangerous, but these are diluted solutions that are only a bit of fun. So if you want to give your crush a bit of a nudge in the right direction for a short amount of time, consider this liquid encouragement."

They grinned at you and then squealed amongst themselves and thanked you as they each picked up a bottle and ran down the stairs to the counter. You walked down to the second floor shortly after and helped George to lead a child who'd broken into a box of Puking Pastilles over to the designated cauldron next to the shelf. It was Fred's idea and you were glad he'd suggested it as you left George to deal with the child while his mother hovered around, totally embarrassed while George assured her it was fine and was actually good advertising for the product.

A few hours later you were walking down the stairs when a small paper plane almost hit you in the face, you caught it and unfolded it and smiled instantly when you recognised the handwriting.

Darling,

You look beautiful today. And everyday.  

That is all. I love you.

Yours, Fred

You looked down to the counter where Fred was still cheerfully serving customers, he glanced up and met your eye, you blew him a kiss and he winked at you before turning back to the customer in front of him. You blushed despite yourself, and as you watched him happily recommending various products to excited children and teenagers, completely in his element, you were overwhelmed with how in love with him you were.

"So this is what we've been hearing about non-stop for the last couple of years?" a familiar voice said behind you, and you turned around to see Angelina and Alicia walking towards you.

You grinned excitedly at them and pulled them both into a hug, "I know it's only been two weeks but I missed you two!"

"We missed you too! It's so strange that we won't be getting on the train together in September, instead we're all going to be off doing our own things," Alicia sighed wistfully but she grinned at you, "Lee told us that you're living here now!"

You blushed and smiled back at her, "I am, Fred asked me the day we got off the train actually."

"And you're sharing with Fred?" Angelina asked, her eyebrows raised inquisitively, "that's...a big step."

"It doesn't feel like that big a deal, to be honest," you admitted shyly, "it's nice though, we just don't really see enough of each other at night to really appreciate it, he's always up before me and I'm usually asleep when he comes up from the shop." The girls nodded in understanding and you glanced over your shoulder to where the twins stood together near the counter, completely oblivious to your visitors.