Chapter 8
The game had taken a sour turn in George’s opinion. They were so close to winning but a dementor had attacked Harry causing him to fall off his broom.
Ron, Hermione and the whole quidditch team except Oliver Wood who was in locker rooms drowning himself in the showers had gathered around Harry’s hospital bed.
“Don’t worry mate, Oliver will get over it. It’s not your fault” Connell comforted Harry as best as he could as the team watched him stare at his shattered broom.
Fred had nudged George directing their attention to the doorway of the hospital unit. Cedric Diggory had come in with his trademark nice guy smile, claiming that he would try for a rematch. This caused both the twins to roll their eyes and head back to the locker room, rounding the corner they bumped into another group.
“George!” Aine gasped at him, she was soaked from the rain. Behind her as Corrine and Jameson who were also equally soaked, George lifted his eyebrow in a questioning mode.
“Jameson wanted to check on Connell so we are gonna go ahead,” Corrine explained, quickly dragging Jameson by his arm. George gave Fred a nod to go ahead also. Aine stared up at him, George noticed how she was slightly shaking.
“I wanted to tell you that you played really well. You were.. you played beautifully” Aine began as she crossed her arms over herself.
“Where’s your wand?” George asked
“In my dorm?” She answered confused
“Oh it’s just you’re cold right?” George said in a worried tone as he grabbed her hand.
“George?” Aine questioned but he just tightened his hand and led her to the locker room. Looking around the men’s section, he noticed Oliver and Fred had already left.
He guided Aine to a bench and began to grab his wand. He casted the drying charm on her, causing her clothes to instantly dry and her to stop shaking.
“Thank you” she smiled and he gave her a smile.
“It’s the least I could do since we came for nothing” He murmured.
“No! It was great. Well until the end” Aine argued, making both of them chuckle.
“Just another year at hogwarts. Next year there’s gonna be dragons on campus” George joked as Aine laughed again.
At this point he had taken most of his gear off and was sitting next to her on the bench. He couldn’t help grinning at her smile, and the fact she was wearing his jumper. He was such an idiot thinking he had ruined things, Aine had basically reassured him before the game.
“Hogsmeade!” George slightly shouted at her mostly because of nerves. Aine turned her head giving a confused smile.
“First Hogsmeade trip is next week, do you wanna come with me? Like we can just hang out together?” George rushed out.
“I can’t” she began
“Oh” George could feel his confidence fall back down.
“I want to! It’s just I already promised Corrine and Jameson. This would be my first time because last year..” Aine trailed off not wanting to say it because she wanted to be sensitive towards Ginny
“You were petrified” George finished sadly. He didn’t even think of that, he was such an idiot.
“Right and then I work in the greenhouses in the afternoon so I won’t even be there all day.” She reassured him and moved closer.
“Can we reschedule?” Aine asked shyly. George nodded yes furiously, he didn’t care if he had to wait till Christmas he would wait for her. He just wanted to be with her.
Aine giggled and looked at him, his face was covered in freckles and his hair was still wet from the rain. She moved her hand to his hair and pushed a few strands behind his ear. George held in a pleased moan, He never knew that someone playing with his hair would make him so happy.
“Aine” He whispered placing his hand on hers
“Yes?” She asked, looking into his eyes.
“I really wanna kiss you” He tried to keep his voice even.
“Huh?” Aine almost fell over because of how boldly he said it. She felt like she just imagined what he said.
“Can I kiss you?” George asked, putting his hand on her hip and the other on her cheek. He waited for what felt like forever for her to give a nod.
Aine was nervous, this would be her first kiss and it was gonna be with George Weasley. She closed her eyes when George's lips were almost an inch away.
All of sudden the door banged open and someone walked through. George and Aine jumped away as the person started to turn the corner.
“Ollie! Are you still crying here?” Connell Murphy yelled while opening his locker. George and Aine sat there frozen, thinking if they didn’t make a noise he wouldn’t notice them.
But George Weasley had to sneeze
Connell turned around at the noise and his jaw dropped slightly. He wasn’t an idiot, he had been noticing one of the twins falling Aine around like a lost puppy. He had overheard conversation between them in the common room when they thought he wasn’t paying attention. But to bring his younger sister into a boys locker room, no one else was around. What the hell was this kid thinking?
“Aine? What are you doing here?” Connell had asked Aine but he was glaring at George.
“George used a drying charm on me, he saw me soaked on my way to see you” Aine explained feeling embarrassed that Connell was playing protective brother.
“Right so he couldn’t have grabbed his wand and done it in the hallway?” Connell replied in a sarcastic tone.
“I suppose so,” Aine answered, shifting slightly away from George. It was too late though he had seen how close they were, he saw George hands on hers before they had moved away.
“So is that what happened then? You casted a drying charm and that’s it?” Directing it George this time.
“Yes-“ George began
“We should go back soon, it's almost curfew” Aine cut him off and Connell finally looked at her.
“You’re right. We should. I have to get changed but you guys can go ahead” Connell smiled out at them. George released a breath not believing that he just got over it. Aone and George stood up and basically ran out of the locker room.
“I’ll see you in the common room” Connell smirked as George grabbed the door handle.
‘Man he was just starting to like me’ George thought as he exited.
“Sorry about him, he’s so annoying” Aine grumbled as they walked down the hall.
“No it’s okay. He’s right you shouldn’t be in there. At least he didn’t take point” George tried to think of the bright side.
Aine reached out and grabbed his hand, causing him to stop and look back at her.
“I’m also sorry that we didn’t get to know you,” she mumbled shyly, lowering her head.
George felt his face go hot and he laughed a little at how cute she was being.
“That’s alright we can reschedule” he mimicked her from earlier. Aine giggled at him and tried to drop his hand but he just held on tighter and walked her down to hufflepuff.
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Aine Murphy laid in her bed, she couldn’t sleep not for the usual reasons though.
‘He almost kissed me..’ Aine kept replaying the scene in her head, wondering what would happen if Connell didn’t come in. She let out a small giggle and kicked her feet in bed.
“You alright Aine?” One of her roommate asked in a sleepy tone
“Yeah don’t worry I’m going to sleep now” Aine replied and closed her eyes.
The next morning, Aine had woken up in a gleeful mood. Practically skipping out of Hufflepuff dorms to breakfast with Jameson.
“You’re in a good mood for a girl who got caught snogging one of the twins in the locker room” Jameson commented as they walked to the great hall.
“Wait what?” Aine stopped mid skip and turned towards Jameson.
“Oh so it’s not true? Nasty rumor mill then” He replied as they sat down where Corrine was waiting.
“What’s this I hear about you shagging in the boys locker room?” Corrine asked with a grin knowing it’s not true.
“Hold on! How do you guys know this?” Aine asked, confused.
“ohh so it’s true you were shagging in the locker rooms” Corrine and Jameson teased at the same time.
“Well I heard from Roger who heard from Marcus for heard from that little second year Collin? who said that apparently Connell was talking to Oliver about how he was gonna knock Weasley #2 out if he could find him” Corrine responded.
“Yeah I heard that apparently Connell walked in on you guys going at it and then you guys ran off together holding hands” Jameson laughed
“Wow rumors spread fast it was literally before curfew when that happened” Aine mumbled scraping some jam on her toast.
“We are wizards and English, gossiping is in our blood” Corrine shrugged as Aine raised an eyebrow
“Oh shush I’m sure the Irish are much worse at it” she continued
“Besides the point! Aine what happened?” Jameson cut off Corrine, both of them turning towards Aine.
Aine looked around the great hall, it was still early so not many people were around but she could still see people looking over at her.
“So we didn’t kiss, we did hold hands, he asked me out but that was before Connell was there. We only went to the locker rooms because he needed his wand” Aine quickly explained
“Awe you held hands?”
“Gross? He asked you out”
Aine sighed as her friends spat with each other , looking back to gryffindor table waiting for George to appear.
“It’s cute, did you say yes to the date?” Corrine asked
“Well I told him no technically” Aine began
“Happy days” Jameson laughed as Corrine kicked him.
“We are gonna reschedule!” Aine giggled and looked back at gryffindor table
“Maybe we should head to class, I doubt Weasley is gonna show up” Corrine suggested, noticing that breakfast had about 20 minutes left. All 3 of them agreed and parted with their classes.
Aine was currently on the way to potions, feeling a bit self conscious with all the eyes on her today. Before last night she never noticed people staring at her. She even fixed her skirt to normal length in the middle of DADA. unaware of her surroundings a hand grabbed her and dragged her into a broom closet.
“George!” Aine gasped loudly and smacked the finger in the arm. When she noticed it was him she relaxed but was still upset because who drags people into a broom closet?
“Sorry, I just wanted to check in with you about all the things going around. I wanted you to know I didn’t say anything like that and if any one has been bothering you I’ll hex them” George rushed out looking quite panicked
Aine reached out and grabbed his hand and squeezed it gently
“George, I know you didn’t say that stuff. Don’t worry” she assured him
“It’s just- “ George began
“I didn’t see you at breakfast.” Aine cut him off.
“You usually tell me good morning at breakfast and you didn’t come” she continued
“I was avoiding Connell..” he replied sheepishly
“Oh?” She questioned
“Not that I’m scared or anything!” He shook his head furiously and puffed out his chest causing her to giggle.
Looking down towards her, he smiled and caressed his hand against her face.
"i really am sorry love" He whispered lowering himself closer to her
“It’s not your fault” she reassured with a smile
“I should probably go.. don’t wanna be late to potions” she mumbled, getting lost in his eyes.
“Ah who cares about potions?” He joked leaning a hand against the wall behind her.
In an instant Aine remembered last night, she thought about how they were alone now and no one could interrupt them.
“George” she whispered
He raised his eye as to say ‘yes’
“I really want you to kiss me” she finished
George’s eyes widened, he didn’t expect her to say that. He felt his stomach fill up with butterflies hearing her say it, it got him quite excited. Licking his lips, he grabbed her waist and placed his hand on her chin guiding her face to him.
‘Now or never’ they both thought. Aine closed her eyes and held her breath, she felt his lips press against hers gently.
It lasted a few seconds and then he removed them, George made a face and then leaned back down kissing her firmly. His other hand went to her waist and he squeezed both sides, she let out a gasp and he moved his tongue in.
Aine could tell this was not his first kiss and let him take the lead. She kinda lectured herself because a chaste kiss had turned into a make out session but she really liked kissing him. He was really good at it.
‘I love this’ George thought as he kept kissing Aine. After the first peck of her soft lips he just wanted to do it more slightly, losing control. He felt Aine grip his shirt and was reminded of where they were.
“I’m sorry” he blurted out after pulling away.
“Ah no it’s okay it was really cracker” Aine blushed her accent slipping thru a bit more. She felt flustered and different in a good way, her fingers grazing her lips as if she still couldn’t believe what happened.
“That was my first kiss” she said in a dreamy tone as George's mouth dropped slightly. He had kissed a few girls before but for it to be Aines he kinda felt special.
Aine felt like she was on cloud 9, she could float through all of her classes today.
“I’m so late to potions!” She gasped remembering that she should’ve been in class a few minutes ago.
George chuckled at her frazzled face.
“I can walk you” he responded and she looked up at him
“What class do you have now?” She asked suspiciously
“Free period” he lied easily and she relaxed.
“oh well you don’t have to walk me! It’s only down the hall you should go study” she responded and put her hand on the doorknob
“Wait” George grabbed her arm and pulled her close again.
“I know you’re working Halloween night, but I’d really like to spend time with you while you are, if that's okay” he asked gently.
She nodded, causing him to grin wildly and push his lips against her lips one more time before she rushed out of the broom closet.
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‘I kissed George Weasley’ the thought repeated itself in Aines head multiple times throughout the day. She didn’t even care that Snape took 5 points for her being late because she kissed George Weasley!
Corrine smacked her hand as she almost added too much moonstone to their potion.
“What’s going on with you? You’re never spacey in potions” Corrine complained as this would’ve been her 4th mistake if she wasn’t paying attention.
“Nothing~ I’m just thinking about Hogsmeade” she replied in a dreamy tone again which didn’t convince Corrine at all.
“That’s a week away? Excited to buy new lip balm or something?” She replied dryly checking the instructions in her text book.
“Hmm, maybe there is magical lip balm?” Aine asked
“Yeah it makes your lips desirable using hints of amoretia” she chuckled looking at Aine who had a “really?” Look at her face.
“No Aine I’m just kidding” Corrine replied as she lowered the fire and Aine grabbed some vials. Snape came around, inspecting their potion he muttered an “acceptable” and walked away as they bottle it up.After their cleaning their work station Corrine and Aine exited the potions classroom noticing Aine still in a daze Corrine spoke up.
“You know we can go study in the courtyard instead of the library, maybe you’ll see George” Corrine noticed at the mention of his name Aines smile got bigger.
“Unless you already saw him today” she continued as Aine nodded.
“And that’s why you were late to potions?” She asked as Aine gave a coy smile.
“And what made you late exactly?” Corrine started to giggle.
Aine gave her a look and smiled again
“We were just talking~” Aine replied as they changed their course.
“Talkin or shaggin?” Corrine sassed as Aine smacked her arm.
George listened to Fred’s romantic advice as he noticed Aine and Corrine enter the courtyard.
“And girls love it when you squeeze their arse while kissin” Fred said, making crude motions with his hands. George had told him what happened earlier in the day, but wasn’t expecting Fred’s lesson on kissing. George rolled his eyes as Fred continued and he started to watch Aine.
His eyes zoned in her thighs as she pulled out a book, balancing it for a second before pulling another one. She placed the books on the bench next to her and then styled her hair up while she giggled with Corrine
“- and if she asks a question and says are you sure? She probably knows the answer to the question which makes things more complicated” Fred continued.
Complicated.
The word haunted George's mind for a second. He didn’t want to be complicated with Aine, and he wasn’t naive. He knew that love isn’t easy all the time but he didn’t want it to be complicated. That was Fred and Angelina constantly being on and off, Fred told him it was a mutual decision between both of them but George could see how sad Fred would be if he saw Angelina with another guy and vice versa when Angelina would see Fred flirting with someone else. Whenever George asked why they weren’t together he never got a straight answer besides it’s complicated. His eyes moved towards Aine again who had noticed him and gave him a wave.
“Anyways and that’s why if you’re ever in a bind give her a little gift like chocolate or flowers” Fred finished slapping George’s shoulder.
“Right, that's very sound advice” George smiled at his brother.
Fred pulled out some exploding snap and offered to set up a game as George looked at Aine one more time deciding that she didn’t need anything complicated either.