Granger Love ➵ Fred Weasley

• Chapter 1 •

*Third Person POV*

Alinda woke up to the knock on the door. Her mom came in and said "Good morning, sweetie. Hermione is already up. She's downstairs, having breakfast. You know that you'll go to the Burrow, right?"

"Yeah, mum. I'll be down in five minutes." she answered.

She heard the door close. She was excited to go to the Quidditch World Cup with her friends but also nervous because Fred was going to be there too and she had a crush on him ever since she layed eyes on him. Her heart started to pound even when she was thinking about his smile.

She quickly got up, put on some clothes and did a little makeup. After she was satisfied with her look, she went downstairs.

*Alinda's POV*

Hermione was sitting at the table eating some pancakes. "Where's dad?" I asked to my mum. She said "He had an urgent appointment." My dad was busy most of the times. Our parents were dentists but Dad always had more work to do. Mom prefers to stay at home and spend time with us. Of course, Dad cared about us but he thinks work is important too.

After a few minutes, I heard the door bell ring. I opened the door and saw Mr. Weasley. "Are you ready, Alinda?"

"Yes, our suitcases are upstairs. If you want, you can come inside."

He got inside and went into the living room. Mr. Weasley was fascinated to be in a Muggle house. I left him there and got our suitcases downstairs. I and Hermione said goodbye to Mom and apparated to the Burrow.

When we arrived at the Burrow and got inside, I realized how much I missed here. The feeling of being at home, being safe... Suddenly, I felt someone hugging me and Mione. I saw it was Ginny. "They came, mom!" Ginny shouted to the kitchen from the living room. Mrs. Weasley came and greeted us. "Welcome Alinda, Hermione. How are you?"

"We are pleased to stay here, Mrs. Weasley. We missed spending time with your family. We are both really excited for the Quidditch World Cup!" I said cheerfully.

"Oh, it's our pleasure, sweetheart. You are going to stay in Ginny's room as always."

"Okay, thank you!"

Ginny dragged us to her room. In her room, we talk about weird things, tell jokes and laugh. "OK, let's talk about boys!" said Ginny.

"Oh very interesting topic!" I said ironically.

"Then, let's start with you Al. Who do you fancy?" she asked with a cheeky grin.

"Well, Hermione knows..." I answered playfully.

"Please, you can trust me." she begged.

"It's...Fred..." I covered my mouth when I realized what I've said.

"Oh-my-GOD! Really?" she said and screamed when I nodded shyly. "He talks about you all the time. You should tell him!" she told excitedly.

"Then, you should go ask Harry too." I grinned. She blushed. "I don't know if he even likes me!" she defended.

"I'm sure he's into you.." I said but Ginny continued. "Hermione has a crush on Ronniekins, right?"

"I think so... They are cute though." I stated.

Hermione threw a pillow at us annoyingly. "Pillow fight!" I shouted. We were throwing pillows to each other. When we were out of breath, we laid on the bed and started to laugh like maniacs.

We heard the door open with a squeak and it was Fred & George. "Hey, can we steal Alinda for a second?" Fred asked. "Actually, for a long time..." George added. Hermione and Ginny pushed me to the door and I blushed because of their obvious attitude.

We went to Fred & George's bedroom. "So how's your summer going, Ally?" George asked.

"I was bored without your jokes and pranks but it was fine, I guess."

"Oh please don't compliment us..." George said.

"...because we know we're special." Fred added.

When they finished each other's sentences, it was a bit creepy but I got used to it. "We've decided to open a joke shop and we produced some products like toys, candies, prank tools and love potions!" Fred wiggled his eyebrows when he was saying it.

"Oh, come on! Why love potions?"

"Because it's hard to prepare and there will be loads of women buying it. It will bring us a lot of money!" George stated.

"Clever. Right." I admitted.

"Dinner is ready!" Mrs. Weasley shouted from downstairs. "I think we must go eat."

*Time Skip*

After we ate dinner, we sat at the living room. I was sitting on the sofa, reading a book. Then, I heard Fred's voice. "Hey Alinda, do you want some tea?" he asked, holding the cup towards me. "Of course!" I took the cup from him slowly and carefully not to spill it onto my book.

"What are you reading?"

"Ugh, it's just a book that my mom used to read to me when I was struggling to fall asleep. It was a fascinating story to listen to when I was 7 but now it all sounds ridiculous!" I laughed and he smirked.

"What is it about?"

"When did you start to have interest in books?" I asked in a sarcastic way.

"I read books but I don't read all the time." he said.

"Okay okay, so there's a girl whose name is Rapunzel and a woman kidnaps her when she was a little baby. She grows up in a tower away from everyone..." he was listening to me. I could tell from his eyes that he was interested. "...but one day a man finds the tower and he finds her. She wants to go to the light festival, so they go together and have adventures. They also start to fall in love with each other." I said. "But you should read to understand it better. You know, it's a muggle story." I put the book on his lap and he held it.

"Thanks" he said and I nodded. We talked for a bit more about different things.

"Oh, time goes fast. It's already midnight and we'll get Harry tomorrow. Good night, Freddie!" I quickly went into Ginny's room and closed the door. They were already asleep. I put on my pajamas and layed on my bed. After thinking about Fred almost for an hour, I fell asleep.