Magic Love

When we got back to the Burrow mum ran out, she gave Ginny a hug first.

“Where have you all been? Your father arrived with the others an hour ago!” Thank merlin, I had been getting more and more worried on the walk here. Mum came and hugged me and George.

“We came back on the portkey, what else were we supposed to do?” George said, he was right, we couldn’t just sit there and wait.

“It doesn’t matter, you’re safe and at home now.” She pinched George’s cheeks and looked at Marie. Cedric and her uncle couldn’t have got hurt right? They're both smart guys and I’m sure they could’ve got out in time.

“Your uncle Amos and your cousin haven’t notified Arthur yet, but that doesn’t mean they are in trouble. I’m sure they just haven’t made their way back yet, yes?” Marie’s face dropped, she looked like she was going to bust out in tears. I wouldn’t blame her if she did, we all knew that they were her only family and none of the rest of them that weren’t witches or wizards didn’t contact her.

She smiles, “I’m sure they are just finding their way back home.” I felt bad for her, if something had happened to them, she really had nowhere to go. Mum smiled back at her and patted her on the back, Marie still looked like she was going to cry.

“I’ve got dinner cooked, you all should have something to eat after your long walk.” We all walk to the burrow, I feel so bad for Marie but there’s really nothing I can do.

In the dining room Ron, Harry, and Hermione are all at the table, they must have already eaten though because there’s no food in front of them. Mum sat us down and gave us plates with food on them. I was suddenly very hungry.

“You two can stay in Ginny’s room, I’m sure she has some clothes you can borrow,” Mum said to Marie and Hermione, Marie’s face went all confused for a second, she was in no way going to fit in Ginny’s clothes.

“Or you two could borrow clothes from me, whatever you need.” She added, probably better than Marie trying to fit in Ginny’s clothes and ripping them or something. Marie and Hermione nodded.

Me and George both finished our plates and got more, Ginny had went to hang out with Hermione probably. We all ate in silence, George quickly finished his food and went into the living room, it was just me and Marie. She had only ate a few bites of food, probably worried sick about her uncle and Cedric. Mum had said we had to finish our plates before we leave the table, I don’t know if she realized that was sarcasm or not.

“Don’t like mum’s cooking?” I asked, maybe she’d feel better if she talked instead of sitting in silence. Her head snapped up as if I startled her, but she looked back down at her plate.

“No, it tastes good, I just don’t have much of an appetite right now,” she said, she started playing in her food. She looked so bloody sad, I felt like if I said anything she’d burst out in tears.

“I’m sure they’ll turn up, they’re both really good with their wands and both really smart. Plus, wasn’t their tent on the very edge? They probably had the quickest escape.” she looked up at me, I could’ve melted at the sight of her if it wasn’t such bad timing.

“Probably,” she said, she looked back down at her food, a bit less worry on her face now. When she looked back up, I smiled at her, hoping it would make her feel better somehow.

“Mum was only joking by the way, you don’t seriously have to finish your plate. She says it to everybody she feeds, been saying it to us for years.” her face floods with relief.

“George and I always finish ours though, big strong boys we are.” I flex my arm and smile at her, she smiles back.

“Is that what your mother says? Another one of her jokes? That’s quite a funny one I think.” she says, smiling. Something about her smile is so contagious.

I gasp and put my hand to my chest, she smiles even more, “How rude, what, are you going to say that she’s lying when she calls us handsome too?” That makes her laugh, it’s such a beautiful sound.

“No, maybe not then, but you definitely aren’t big strong boys,” Did she just admit to thinking I was handsome? I suddenly feel my face start to burn. Best I can do is play it off.

“So, you agree with her then, you think I’m handsome?” I cross my arms and raise my brow, she smiles again.

“So, what if I did?” She raised her eyebrows, and my face got even redder. I didn’t know what to say, I hoped she would say something and break the silence but she didn’t. We just sat and stared at each other, which probably didn’t help because I was only thinking about how pretty she was.

If I sat here any longer, I was going to say or do something that I shouldn’t so I cleared my throat to break the silence and got out of my chair. I got our plates and put them on the counter. She stood up.

“It’s getting late.” I said, I felt bad for leaving so abruptly but I couldn’t stay in here alone with her. “I’m gonna go to my room.” I started to walk out but turned around to say goodnight to her, I didn’t want her to think I was mad or anything.

“Goodnight.”

“Goodnight.” she says and I leave the room. What the bloody hell just happened?

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I woke up the next morning, it was probably going to be awkward between me and Marie. I made my way downstairs, I was passing Ginny’s room when Marie bumped into me, she almost knocks me over.

“Blimey, you should watch who you’re walking into,” I said, trying not to make it awkward.

“Sorry.” Her face got red, she looked starstruck, I didn’t have a shirt on and she seemed to enjoy it.

“What? Like what you see? I told you I was big and strong,” she looked up at me and rolled her eyes, she had to be playing it off.

“I was just surprised you had so little muscle” Yeah, that's totally what she was thinking. I roll my eyes and kept walking. She followed behind me.

When we got down, I walked over to George and Cedric, she came too and stood beside Cedric. At school she always seemed to linger towards Cedric, hanging out with him and his friends when our houses had to separate and she couldn’t be with Luna or Hermione.

We talked about Quidditch, she isn’t listening but she's staring at me. I feel my face start to turn red. “You’re probably really excited to be the captain for the team next year aren’t you, Marie?” Cedric says, she’s still not listening. He nudges her arm and she is knocked out of her trance.

“What?” I smile, she wasn’t even trying to play it off, her face gets a bit red after she looks at me, probably embarrassed or something.

“I was saying that you’re probably super excited to be captain of the Hufflepuff team next year, aren’t you?” she starts to smile really hard, she’s probably been waiting forever for this.

“Oh, yeah actually, I’m going to put them through so much,” she said with an even bigger smile on her face. The Hufflepuff team wasn’t the worst, but they don’t win many Quidditch cups, Cedric and Marie are probably the best players they’ve had in a while. Actually, they probably both could easily go pro.

“Good, maybe you’ll actually win.” I said, she glared at me, I didn’t want to give her the satisfaction of me laughing so I stuck my tongue out at her. She rolled her eyes at me, Cedric and George start laughing, they aren’t paying any attention to us.

“If you were on my team and I was the captain, I’d make you stay extra for practice, and by the end of it you’d be so hot, and sweaty, and sore that you’d be begging me to take pity on you.” I whispered to her, I thought it was hilarious, even more so when her face turned blood red.

“Oh, you’d love to see that wouldn’t you?” she said with a bit of sass, it was cute.

I leaned down a bit so she could hear me better, “It’s at the top of my bucket list.” with that she got even redder, but before she could say anything I turned away and walked to the kitchen and sat down.

I’m just starting to fill up my plate when she walked in with her uncle and Cedric, she sat down in front of me, I smile at her, happy she was here for longer.

“Fred, put some clothes on!” Mom yells at me, so annoying. I get up and go put a shirt on, when I come back down and sit, my eyes stay locked on Marie for a while, her being here just seems so natural, I wish it could be like this all the time.

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Ron’s talking about when he used polyjuice potion to turn into Crabbe and Goyle with Harry, I’ve only heard the story a hundred times. I nudge Marie on the leg, she looks confused before looking under the table, she glares at me.

I smile at her, it’s funny how easily I can annoy her. She kicks me, it actually kind of hurts, but I just smile at her again. I put my hands slightly off the table to show my surrender which gets a smile out of her, good.

“Well, we should get going, Cedric and Marie still have to pack for Hogwarts,” Her uncle says, they’re leaving so soon? I look at Marie and she looks at me, I don’t think she wants to leave either.

She gets up and says goodbye to us all, all of a sudden I can’t wait for school to start again.