The next day Aria felt dreadful, last night's makeup still lay on her face and she didn't want to get up for class. Unfortunately that wasn't an option so she sat up in her bed and rubbed her eyes. She looked around trying to remember how she'd got there. Between Fred spilling his drink on her dress, Pansy stressing out and crying, last night was kind of a blur.

Aria stepped out of bed and felt the cold wooden floor beneath her, she curled her toes up and placed her slippers on. She reached her dressing table and looked at herself, she's never looked worse but that's nothing a nice hot shower couldn't fix.

After the shower she placed her uniform and cloak on and dried her long black hair, she decided to do nothing with it today and she left her face bare. She was so naturally beautiful anyway she didn't need makeup, she had many freckles, full lips and long eyelashes but Aria was still under the impression that she needed makeup.

Draco was waiting charmingly outside of potions class for her, he smiled coyly and said "Good morning,"

Aria tucked her hair behind her ears and tried to produce a smile, "Morning." she replied.

Draco offered a sympathetic look and extended his arm for her to grab onto, they walked arm in arm to potions class. They were late so when they arrived everyone's head shot to the back of the classroom.

As Aria sat down she noticed that Fred was sat opposite her. On certain days Gryffindors and Slytherins had to have classes together, obviously everyone hated this except Aria. Their eyes met and she could feel butterflies in her stomach. Did Fred remember last night as vividly as she did? Did he keep replaying it in his head as well or was it just a casual thing for him. He cleared his throat and got out his quill and potion book, Aria copied.

After a while of Professor Snape explaining the right equipment to use, Aria was ready to fall asleep but then something broke her trance. A small gust of wind hit her and she saw a little paper bird fly towards her, luckily no one else saw. She looked up trying to locate who it was from, Fred winked at her mischievously and motioned for her to open it. She unfolded the wings to reveal his scribble on the paper...

You look nice today :)

Aria's cheek flushed and she glanced at Fred who was unfortunately looking away, she scrawled her response on the other side of the note and blew it back to him.

thanks, you look terrible :)

It landed right under Fred's nose, he chuckled to himself as he read over her words. Was this flirting or was it just normal friend stuff? Are they friends? Maybe it's not a big deal.

Or maybe it was. How was she supposed to know.

After a few minutes of writing notes back and fourth she realised that Professor Snape had been watching them for quite a while. He sauntered over and placed his hand on Fred's shoulder.

"Mr Weasley," he said slowly, "The note please." 

Fred was reluctant but eventually gave in, he handed Professor Snape the note looking disappointed.

"Detention, both of you," He turned and walked back over to his desk.

Fred and Aria looked across the table at each other and giggled, at least something good came from this.

They were going to be spending detention together.

After several lessons, Aria joined Fred walking to detention, "So Lestrange, ready for this?" 

"What do you mean? It's just detention" She answered.

"That's what you think." A smirk forming on his face.

Aria gave Fred an interested look but there was no time for him to answer because they had arrived. He slipped her a note before entering the room and she stuffed it into her pocket.

"Mr Weasley, Miss Lestrange, you're finally here," Snape said dryly. "Take a seat."

He motioned to the two seats in front of him and they sat down, giving each other as many looks as possible before Snape could turn back around. After about 10 minutes he had finally finished explaining why they shouldn't be passing notes in his lessons and if they wanted to pass their OWL's they needed to pay more attention. Their task was to write 'from now on I will pay attention in Professor Snape's classes'

Aria chose not to listen to any of it, she was too busy examining Fred's alluring features. His strong hands, his sharp jawline, his gorgeous auburn hair that was chaotic and in his eyes. She was wildly in love with him and she wanted everyone to know, alas it wasn't that easy. Aria remembered the letter she had put into her pockets minutes before and unfolded it to reveal his hand writing. 

Bored?

He knew exactly what she was thinking at any given moment, before she could write her response the letters changed on the piece of paper in front of her.

I know you are Lestrange, sneak out with me :)

Usually Aria is well behaved and doesn't get into any trouble but right now all she wanted to do is be with Fred alone. She wrote down her reply and passed it to him but there was no need for him to read it because he was already reaching for his wand.

In a split second Fred muttered Petrificus Totalus, Snape froze and dropped to the floor. A smug look appeared on Fred's face and he turned to Aria and laughed, "Wanna get out of here then?"

Aria grabbed her things and swiftly ran out the classroom door, followed by Fred who was hurrying her so they wouldn't get caught. Their laughs echoed throughout the halls and Aria felt like she was on top of the world. "Quick this way!" Fred yelled as he motioned to a secret passageway Aria had never seen before. 

She ran after him through a big wooden door with several latches on, suddenly they were outside and it was beautiful...wherever they were.

"Wow this is amazing Fred," Aria exclaimed taking in the beautiful scenery, the tall hills, the chirping birds, the sun shining brightly. "Do you know where we are?" He smiled and waited for her response.

"Not exactly," she replied smiling back at him.

"This is the forbidden forest, I'm guessing you've never been here before then?" Fred's eyes were darting from Aria's eyes to her lips and back to her eyes. He was getting ready to speak again so Aria cut him off. 

"Fred?" she asked.

"Yeah?" 

"I like you." she said trying to hide a smile incase he didn't feel the same way.

"Really, I like you too!" he declared beaming from ear to ear.

Aria felt sparks shooting up her body and she once again felt like she was on top of the world, what does this mean though. How do they continue this? Do they have to keep their relationship a secret, would that be hard? What would her parents think? Aria's intrusive thoughts came rushing in and she became overwhelmed, Fred watched as her breathing grew heavier.

"Ar? You okay?" His tone was no longer playful it was concerned and shaky. He reached out to grasp her hand and guide her to safety but she pulled away and continued panicking.

Her hands were shaking and her breathing grew even heavier, what was this feeling? How could she calm herself down? So many thoughts rushed through her head all at the same time and she couldn't stop them. She couldn't differentiate real life from what was happening inside her head and her thoughts. Her vision blurred and her whole body began to shake, she lost control. Her legs could barely support the weight of her body and they gave way, she could see herself falling to the ground but after that it was black.