One and Only 3 ; George Weasley

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"Stop." I laughed, shielding my face as Fred was throwing paper balls at me. Apparently it was to cheer me up. I had had a bad day and he could tell so this was his way of cheering me up. I grabbed my book and quickly held it up in front of my face. He did and I slowly lowered the book to look at him. "That's not how you cheer someone up."

"Made you laugh, didn't I?" he asked. "Do you want to tell me what's got you so bummed?"

"No." I shrugged. "It doesn't matter anyway. Can you just please help me with this?"

I motioned towards my homework that he had promised me to help with. Uncle Bash had given us an essay to write. It was due on Thursday and I had to write about muggle cinemas. I had never actually been to one but at the end of the year, the class would take a field trip to go see a movie and experience a muggle cinema up close.

"Alright." he breathed before moving over to sit next to me. "Muggle cinemas. What do you know about them?"

"Barely anything, really." I said. "I mean, only really the things grandpa has told me. I know they're used to watch movies."

"Right..." he nodded, his eyes flicking onto the book. "The subject is introduction to muggle studies, right?"

"Yes."

"What did uncle bash say when he assigned it? When I was the one taking the class, we had to write what we already knew so he could know where we were on the subject."

"Well, as I just said, I barely know anything." I said. "What is there even to know? You go to a cinema and you watch a movie."

"Wait here." he told me and pulled up to stand. "I'll see if I can find a book about it."

Fred walked over between two shelves and looked at the spine of different books. My heart almost stopped when I felt a pair of arms wrap around me from behind. Though I calmed down when I recognised the smell.

"Luke." I smiled. "What're you doing here?"

"Huh? Can't come say hi to my girlfriend?" he whispered and placed a kiss on the side of my neck.

"Of course you can." I told him, placing my hand on his arm as I leaned into him. "You smell good."

"Yeah?" he asked. "So do you. Got homework, eh?"

"Yes." I sighed. "My brother is helping me–"

"Would you please get your hands off my sister?" Fred interrupted and we both looked at him but Luke didn't remove his arms from around me.

"Is little Freddie Weasley telling me what to do?" Luke taunted. "Your sister is a big girl and I'm sure that she doesn't mind a hug from her boyfriend."

"Luke." I whispered. "Just–"

"Just what, Vivi?" Luke snapped and removed his arms from me and spun my chair around so fast that it almost tipped over. "Gonna let your brother boss you around? Tell you who you can or can't be around? You want to be a big girl, isn't that right? Well, right now you're acting like a child."

"Hey!" Fred exclaimed as he rushed over. He pushed Luke away from me by his chest and stepped in front of me. "Parkinson, leave. You might have her wrapped around your little finger but me you can't fool. If I ever see you talk to her like that again, you won't like what I'll do to you."

"You sound scared, Weasley." Luke laughed. "Good luck believing you'll be able to hurt me.
Plus, we both know your sister isn't going to stay away from me just because you say so. She loves me too much."

He glanced at me and winked before he walked out of the library. Fred turned around, eyes flicking from the door and down to me.

"That's love?"

"Shut up." I said and turned my chair back around so I could focus on my homework. "You don't know what you're talking about."

"Neither do you!" He exclaimed. "You're fifteen years old. You haven't experienced true love yet so you don't know what it's like but that and the way he talked to you... that's not love, Vivi."

"And what the hell do you know about love?" I asked. "You had a girlfriend for two months."

"Four months." he corrected me. "And I treated her with respect because that's what every girl deserves. It's funny really when you think about it. Mum and dad raised us to know how much we're worth individually, yet you decide to get together with a guy who obviously degrades you."

"Vivi?" It came from the door, earning the attention from both Fred and I. Bryson. "Uncle Percy wants to see you in his office."

"Okay." I nodded and closed my book and then my textbook as well. After I packed away both the books and my quill, I stood up, throwing the bag over my shoulder as I turned to Fred. "It was so nice chatting to you, dear brother. Now, mind your own business and stop talking to me about my boyfriend."