Chapter 20

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George and I sat on his bed and told stories to each other, trying to be silent and not laugh so as to not wake Fred up from his potion induced nap. George had told me that nothing on earth could stir him awake once he was knocked out, but I still shushed him every time that he got too loud.

"Is he alright?" I asked after Fred had thrashed around a few times.

"Yeah," George said carelessly. "He was doing this all day yesterday. He gets really hot and throws his blanket off, then gets cold. It's a cycle, really".

I shook my head and arose from the bed to go try and help Fred get more comfortable. "He really should be wearing a shirt," I said disappointedly.

"Why? Too distracting?" George asked teasingly.

"No and shhh," I scolded before checking to make sure that Fred was still asleep. I brought the comforter up to his shoulders in hopes that it would stop his shivering, even though his temperature would probably spike soon and the comforter would be thrown off again.

"Just leave him, sitting over there and pulling his blanket up every time he throws it off isn't going to help anything. Why are you so worried?" George asked.

"I don't like that he's uncomfortable," I said while situating his blanket again after he had moved and brushed a piece of his hair out of the way. "If I can do anything to help it, I will". I turned around to see George smiling at me, but in a fond, endearing way instead of his normally teasing smile. "What?" I asked.

He shook his head. "Nothing. You're just cute".

I could feel myself blush and shook my head at his comment before cleaning up the cold mug of tea and any extra garbage around Fred's bed.

"You don't have to stick around you know. Not that I don't want you to, I just don't want you missing out on your Sunday to watch Fred sleep," George said.

After finishing rearranging the pile of books and magazines on Freds nightstand, I turned around to George. "No, it's fine, I want to. I don't- oh wait. Shit".

"What?".

"I did tell Hermione that I would be back right after we went to the field so that we could start studying. Fuck". I quickly walked over to put on my shoes that I had left by the door.

"Okay, have fun. I'll see you at dinner and maybe Fred will come along too," George said and got up from his bed to walk over to me.

"Sorry I can't stay," I said apologetically. "When he wakes up go get him some more ginger tea with honey. And make sure he puts on a sweater. And-"

"Y/n," he interrupted. "We're fine. I've dealt with sick Fred plenty of times".

"Oh, right," I said, feeling stupid. "Anyways, if Fred wants to, do you guys want to study together before exams this week? I told Hermione that I would study with her and Ginny but I have a feeling that won't be very fun".

"Yeah, I'm sure he'd want to. Just let us know when," He said before walking me out the door. "Now go before Hermione gets even more mad".

"Okay, okay, see you at dinner," I said before smiling back and him and then quickly walked away to my own room.



"Where have you been?" Hermione asked once I walked into the room. She didn't sound mad, just a little bit annoyed and not surprised.

"I went over to check on Fred after George and I finished," I responded before walking over to my bag to grab my schoolwork so that I could join Hermione and Ginny who were already studying.

"Oh, right," Ginny said with wide eyes. "I probably should have gone and checked on him, my mum asked me to". She looked guilty for about a total of 2 seconds before saying, "Oh well".

I chuckled and moved to sit next to them with my books. "He's fine. Just passed out right now; you're mom sent him a few cold stoppers".

"Oh, good. Those ones that my mum gets knock you out like hell, but make you better in a few days. Hopefully he can go to classes tomorrow," she said as she copied something down from her textbook.

"I think he will. Anyways, what are you guys working on?".

"Well you missed out on some valuable defense against the dark arts studying, but now we're working on divination," Hermione said while moving her book so that it sat between the two of us.

Ginny rolled her eyes. "She didn't miss out, 'Mione, we just made flashcards. Y/n, you can just use mine".

I smiled at her and thanked her, and Hermione just gave a shrug and murmured, "whatever," without looking up from her writing.

Noticing her sour mood that most likely stemmed from the stress of exams, a grin took over my face before I pounced on her with a hug and said, "Thank you, 'Mione," teasingly. I could tell that she had tried to keep a grouchy look on her face, but after letting out a yelp of surprise at my embrace, she couldn't help but laugh.

"You made me mess up my writing," She said after I pulled away. She had tried to look angry, but the corners of her mouth betrayed her and quirked up.

"Ah, sorry," I said even though we all knew that I couldn't care less.

She shook her head with a smile and began to show me what I should be doing, the mood of the room much lighter.

We ended up getting about an hour of solid studying before it was time for dinner and then more studying, and then finally bed.


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"Why can't we just stay here?" Fred asked in a whiny voice. Both he and George wanted to stay in their room to study, but I knew that little to no work would actually get completed if we stayed.

"Because we won't get work done. Now come one, let's go to the library," I said before leaving, not giving them a choice.

Fred hadn't come to dinner the night before, but apparently a full day and night of just sleeping was enough to knock out whatever sickness that he had, so he had gone to his classes that day.

Classes were boring as always, except now they were even more boring because I already knew everything that we were reviewing for the finals and didn't get to at least learn something new. I didn't love the idea of sitting in the library and having to be quiet while we read our books and took notes, but I knew that that was the only way that I could actually get some valuable review without Hermione's help.

"Okay but it's your fault if we get in trouble with Ms. Prince," George said once they had caught up with me as we walked into the main hallway.

"No it's not. Just be quiet and do your studying. These tests are a big deal".

Both of them groaned and rolled their eyes as we approached the library.

When we walked in, we were greeted by a lot of the students populating the room. It wasn't too many, there were still a few tables open, but it was more than normal. The room wasn't completely quiet, there were students asking questions and quizzing each other, but it was still quiet enough to concentrate. There was just a faint buzz of hardworking students that filled the room and it was almost comforting to be with other people who looked to be just as stressed as I was at the time.

We walked over to a table that sat in one of the far back corners of the library that sat next to a large window looking out at Hogwarts and sat down. We all pulled out our individual books and papers and started silently working, to my surprise.

The peaceful studying lasted for a total of 10 minutes before the two brothers became bored. I had just found the chapter in my potions book that I needed to review and had just gotten into my notetaking when I was interrupted.

"Y/n. I'm bored," Fred said.

I looked up from my book with an unimpressed look and then turned back to continue reading.

"Yeah, what are we even supposed to be doing?" Fred asked.

"Studying?" I said with a chuckle. "What did you guys do last year to study?".

"We didn't," Fred said nonchalantly.

I gave them both a disapproving look. "How did you pass then?".

They both shrugged and George said, "I just figured it out when we got to the test and it turned out fine".

"Yeah, I guess you could just say that we're smart like that," Fred said over confidently.

"Well, not this year. I'm making you guys study," I said sternly.

"I think you're forgetting that we're two years older than you. You can't make us do anything," Fred replied.

I rolled my eyes. "Sometimes I forget that you guys are older than me because you act like bloody children. Now come on, just be quiet and study".

"Okay, but can you at least quiz us or something?" George asked.

"Sure, okay," I said and reached across the table to grab George's textbook. "But after you have to do me".

Fred smirked and said, "No problem".

I looked up at him, unamused at his innuendo, and turned back to the book to read through and ask them questions.

I spent about 15 minutes skimming over their magical creatures textbook and asking them questions from the text, which I actually found pretty interesting. They were ahead of me in most of their classes, and I had always been interested in care of magical creatures so I enjoyed reading about it a few years ahead of my level.

After finishing up one of the chapters, we switched to them asking me questions about transfigurations, the class in which I needed all of the help that I could get.

After a while, I felt a tap on my shoulder and I turned around.

"Blaise! Hi!" I said after seeing the tall boy behind me.

"Hey, Y/n. I haven't seen you in a while, thought i'd come say hi," he said casually with his hands in his pockets.

"Oh, yeah, I've just been kind of busy this year. Sorry about that," I said with an apologetic smile.

"What have you been up to? I was actually wondering-"

He was cut off by Fred clearing his throat and saying, "We're actually studying right now, so maybe you guys could catch up another time".

His words didn't sound too harsh, but when I turned around I saw that both he and his twin were glaring at Blaise with looks that made a shiver run down my spine. I had always seen the two of them as sweet and wholesome, but looking at them right now reminded me that they were in fact strong and powerful, and could probably beat anyone of their choosing up. I realised that I never wanted to be on the receiving end of those looks.

"Okay, will do fellas," Blaise said in an unbothered and condescending voice with his hands in the air. "I'll see you later, Y/n," he said before winking and walking away.

I nodded and then turned back to Fred and George with a wince, knowing that they already hated Blaise for some reason and also knowing that Blaise had just pushed their buttons.

"Let's get back to work," I said with a smile.

George nodded and began to read the textbook again, still with a sour look on his face, but Fred apparently didn't feel like getting back to the studying. "He's such a prick," He said harshly.

I sighed. "I know that he gets under your skin, but I swear he's actually really sweet. I don't know why he acts like that sometimes".

"He's sweet to you because he wants to get into your pants," George said calmly.

"Again," Fred added bitterly.

I shook my head. "That's not true". They both tilted their heads the same way and gave me matching unimpressed looks. I shook my head and chuckled at their eerily identical looks and said, "Come on, keep quizzing me".


We stayed in the library for another hour before getting bored and heading back to their room until dinner began. We went to dinner and I ate with them before heading back up to my room with Ginny and Hermione.


"Okay, I finished reading through this one, do you guys want to move onto potions?" I asked. We had been studying for a couple hours and it was now dark out, and I knew that I could probably only get one more subject in before it was time for me to get in bed.

"Yeah, I'm almost done, let's just-" A knock on the door interrupted whatever Hermione was going to say.

I gave them both a confused look and we all shrugged, none of us expecting anyone. I got up from my seat and went to open the door to see both Fred and George standing there.

I looked up at both of them with a confused look and said, "Hey?".

Fred smiled. "Do you want to go on a walk?".

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