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You were able to sleep through the night curled up next to George, waking up occasionally just to look at him while he slept. He looked so peaceful, like there wasn’t a care in the world, and he was right he wasn't going to let anything hurt you because you were wrapped up in blankets, pulled close to him and he had his arm securely wrapped around you. You nuzzled into his chest a few times, taking in his natural scent, sweet but also like gunpowder. You fell back asleep till morning.
You woke up to George shifting in bed and the smell of breakfast cooking. Yawing you sat up in bed to see George still half asleep but sitting up.
He yawns, “Morning.” He could barely keep his eyes open.
“Morning Georgie” You said smiling at him.
You start to scoot out of bed when you’re greeted by Fred walking through the door.
“Good Morning sleeping beauties. How did ya sleep?” He looked at both you and George with a sly smile.
“Morning Freddy, I couldn’t sleep last night and you were taking up most of your bed.” You giggled as you remember the way he looked while he was asleep, blankets on the floor, and him sleeping like a starfish in the middle of his bed.
“You could have woken me up, I wouldn’t have complained”.
“Yea but I didn’t want to bother you, and George was tossing and turning”
You look over at George who was still trying to wake up.
“Yeah Yeah, enough talk I made food”. Fred motioned for you to follow him and walked out of the room. You stretched and got up from the bed, you could smell the food Fred had made.
“Go ahead y/n, i’ll be out in a minute”. George said while getting up and walking over to their shared closet.
“Okay”. You slowly make your way out of the bedroom paying mind to the limp you had developed. You sat down on the couch and Fred brought you some pancakes with syrup and butter. He also sat a glass of water on the table in front of you, “Hey hold still a second”. He bent down and carefully fixed the bandage that was starting to slip, “There ya go, good as new”. He smiled that same sweet smile you’ve grown accustomed to, the smile that brightens up your day, the smile that you saw after one of their many pranks.
“Thanks I wouldn’t have noticed”. You watched as George came out of the bedroom half dressed in his uniform, his tie looked like it was too small for him but you didn’t pay much attention to it. After finishing your breakfast you got up to go get changed into your uniform. While putting on your tie you notice that it seems bigger than normal but thought it was just in your head. You walked out of the bathroom to see the twins all dressed in their uniform and their scarves. It had been cold lately, even in the corridors to class but you didn’t mind it too much.
“Here’s your scarf, It's pretty cold out there”. Fred handed you your scarf and you promptly wrapped it around you, noticing that it smelled like him, but you didn’t mention it.
“Are you ready to go?” Asked George who was standing by the door.
“Yeah, I’m ready.” You walked over to the door where he was standing and he opened the door for you.
You, Fred, and George walked to the class you all shared, potions class, the twins always liked to cause trouble here in small ways. They would pass you notes and make faces at you from across the room, you tried your hardest to ignore their antics but it was practically impossible when you couldn’t get the thought of them out of your head. While you were walking to class you kept feeling Fred’s hand brush up against yours, it felt less like a coincidence the more it happened. You looked over at him but couldn’t make out any other expression that would say he was doing it on purpose, but you know they are both very good at hiding their mischievous smiles.
You walk into class and sit down in your seat, you sit only a few seats away from the twins. You could see Fred whispering to George about only god knows what, they could be saying anything with what you know about their conversations. They kept glancing over in your direction yet you couldn’t tell if they were looking at you.
About halfway through class when everyone was making their respective potions, you reached to grab a pencil you kept in your pocket when you felt a folded up piece of paper poke at your hand. You pulled the piece of paper along with your pencil and set it on the table in front of you, the twins kept glancing up from their potions to look at you. Opening the note up it read,
‘Y/n, you should come back to our dorm with us again. Me and George are trying to think up some new ideas for pranks. We can meet back up after classes are done. Your last class is Herbology right?
Love, Fred and George.’
You glanced back over at them and could see they were trying to hide their smiles, you nodded at them and went back to working on your potion, they must have slipped it into your pocket while you were getting your ingre
After potions class the twins walked you to your next class whilst discussing how boring Snape is and how they dread their next class. They despised Umbridge, or as they like to call her Umbitch, they always leave their most disastrous pranks for her to deal with. With a final goodbye you parted ways. You barely saw the twins for the rest of your classes.
After finishing up your Herbology class you walk out of the room talking to Neville about what you had just learned, you said your goodbyes and he walked off down the corridor. You stood there waiting for the twins to show, their class was a bit of a ways away. Not paying much attention to your surroundings you start flipping through the class Herbology book, you feel a pair of hands rest on either side of your shoulders. You turn around to see the twins standing there like a couple of creeps, you were used to them trying to scare you by sneaking up on you, it didn’t bother you anymore.
“Awe, we didn’t scare you that time,” Fred said with a fake pout.
“We were sure you would at least jump,” George said with an equally pouty tone.
“I’m used to you guys trying to sneak up on me now, you’ll have to try a bit harder next time,” You smirk at them knowing they will take you up on that offer.
“Anyways, are you coming back to our dorm?” George asked, sounding oddly impatient.
“Yeah, just let me get a few things and get changed back at mine,” A satisfied smile appeared on George’s face.
“We’ll walk you there”.
You start your walk back to your dorm with the twins on either side of you, Fred’s hand still brushing up against yours, now you knew it wasn’t just a coincidence. You look over at him to see a slight blush creeping up his face, it could have just been because it was cold but you knew it wasn’t the cold. You also looked over at George who seemed lost in his thoughts because he kept shaking his head and almost tripping over small cracks in the floor.
You make it to your dorm and invite them in while you grab your things, they wander around a bit occasionally asking what things are, and looking at the things you put on your wall. You went to get changed and left them to explore the room.
“Hey George, come here,” Fred said in a whisper.
“What is it?” His brother asked whilst walking over to him.
“Look, it seems like y/n was writing about us,” He replied pointing to a sheet of paper that lay on your desk.
“No, that can’t be,” George said in whispered disbelief, he stepped closer to get a better look.
“Okay guys I think I’m good,” You said not fully out of the bathroom yet.
The twins quickly stepped away from the paper and pretended like they didn’t just figure out about your crush.
“Yeah, let's go then.” Fred said while walking towards the door to open it for you, you smiled at him before walking out the door. George gave his brother a look, one could only interpret as ‘don’t say anything’.
You got back to the boy’s room and sat your stuff down on the floor with a loud thud, the twins following close behind with their belongings. You sighed and sat down on the couch in the very corner and tried to relax. George went to the bathroom to change and Fred went to their makeshift kitchen to grab a snack.
“Fred.” you asked in a soft voice.
Fred turned around quickly to face you,”Yeah y/n?”
“Ya know what just, nevermind, it’s not important”.
“No hun, tell me please.” He walked over to you and knelt down to be face to face, you could see his concerned expression through half shut eyes.
“I- I don’t really know,” You said while holding back tears.
“Oh y/n come here,” Fred said, pulling you into a hug. “You don’t need to know why you're sad, there's not much you can do about it. We all have bad days, even me”. You nuzzled closer to him trying to calm your breathing, you could feel him rubbing your arm up and down slowly. George walked out of the bedroom and rushed over to see what was wrong.
“What’s wrong?” You could hear how concerned he was
“Just sad,” You answered back, muffled by Fred’s shirt.
“Why don’t we sit on the couch, and you can help us come up with some new ideas, that’ll get your mind off things”. You nodded your head and lifted your head up to look at him.
“Okay, that sounds nice”. You scoot towards the middle of the couch so the twins could sit, Fred on your left and George on your right. George put a blanket over all three of your laps and picked up the pen and paper he put on the table. You were all talking about potential things to do and hilarious pranks to pull on Umbridge, when you started to get tired.
“So, what i'm thinking is we could slip one of our fainting candys into her drink so we have the rest of class off”. Fred suggested earning a look of ‘yeah that could work’ from his brother. You start to doze off so you lean your head on Fred’s shoulder, you feel him tense up a bit but quickly relax.
“Psst, George, look.” He motioned to a half asleep y/n on his shoulder
George looked over at Fred who had a wide grin on his face “wow they must have been tired”.
“Ya know, I never really realized how cute y/n is when they sleep.” Fred said while he was looking down at you.
“I really wish they were over more, and yeah I know they only came over cause they weren’t feeling well.” George looked down at you and smiled.
“Georgie, we need to tell her, I can’t stand waiting and playing this dumb game”. He leaned over to lay his head on yours. You felt George shift as he moved closer to you, he put his hand on top of yours.
“I know, but I'm scared they’ll not wanna be our friend if they reject us”. George sounded worried, his voice was starting to shake.
“I know we’ve been trying to make it obvious but I don't know if they notice.”
You were trying to hide a smile as they were talking, you had only been half asleep the whole time they were talking. You never really knew they had feelings for you, you thought they were only messing around with the names and when Fred kept brushing his hand against your, but apparently not. You shifted around a little and the twins went quiet. You looked up at Fred with a big smile on your face.
“Are you awake sleeping beauty, What's that smile about?” Fred asked in a sweet yet confused tone.
“You should smile like that more often, it looks good on you.” George chimed in.
“I’ve just been informed that my wish did come true.” You said while giggling a bit. The twins just looked at you confused.
“I was only half asleep while you were talking”. George and Fred just looked at each other. You could see both their faces slowly turn red, Fred’s more than George’s.
“So, you're not weirded out,” George said, waiting for his brother to snap out of his frozen state.
“Not at all, I’ve had a crush on you two since we first met. I was just afraid I had to choose one of you and I couldn’t think of doing that.” You said voice straining like you were about to cry. Fred must have heard the strain because he quickly pulled you into a big hug.
“You should have told us y/n! We have been trying our best to keep it on the down low but, I guess that didn’t work did it?” Fred chuckled a bit at their stupidity.
“Well, I guess we didn’t need to try that hard, ey Fred”.
“I guess not, but it was your idea”.
“I did not,” George said defensively.
“Yes you did, in your words exactly you said ‘Fred we should prob-” He spotted mid sentence when you kissed his cheek. His face turned bright red in seconds. You turned to face George and kissed his cheek too, his face also turned bright red.
“I don’t think I could wake up to any better information”. You said while giggling at the twins for their bright red faces.
“Does this mean we can hold your hand while going to class?” George asked in a surprisingly serious tone.
“Yes guys you can, as long as we can switch scarves once in a while.” You looked at Fred and he just smiled guiltily while looking around like he didn’t do anything.
“Fred I know you switched our scarves this morning, I could tell because it smelled like you”. George looked over at you to see if you noticed he switched your ties
“George I also noticed you switched our ties, mine was never that big”. He just smiled.
“I just like the thought of you wearing my stuff out and about.” George said with a smirk.
“So who are you gonna sleep with tonight?” Fred chimed in changing the subject quickly. George looked over at his brother and raised his eyebrows for changing the subject so suddenly.
“We’ll if you don’t kick me off the bed like you do to those blankets, you I guess, since Georgie already got a turn.” You giggled at that last part and winked at George. He just smiled in response with a blush creeping up on his face.
“We should go to the medical wing to get your bandages off if it’s all healed up”. George kissed the bandages on your head and stood up.
“We’ll walk you there”. Fred added on. He took your hand and stood up. You stood up with the twins and headed to the door, Fred didn’t let go of your hand and George stepped behind you and put your scarf on you.
“Guys, you don’t have to baby me,” You said with a giggle.
“Yes we do!” The twins said in unison. You just laughed at their response, you never understood how they were so insync. Fred opened the door and led you out towards the medical wing, George stood at your other side. You nudged George's hand with yours and held onto his pinky. You and the twins walked down to the medical wing holding hands, no one was in the hallways, they were all either in their dorms or out in Hogsmeade. Both of them were constantly smiling while they were walking with you between them. When you got to the medical ward they were sitting close to the cot they had you stationed at. Madam Pomfrey unwrapped the bandages and checked to see if your wound healed, the twins never took their eyes off you.
“It looks like it healed up nicely dear, were the twins looking after you?” Madam Pomfrey asked jokingly.
“Yeah actually, they have been keeping me company and helping me around,” You said glancing back at the twins who were seated close by.
“Well it seems your leg has healed up nicely too, you didn’t limp in here like you did when you were leaving”. She said while lifting your pant leg to look at your ankle. “These boys didn’t leave your side till you woke up, I kept telling them they should go back to their dorm but no they insisted they stay”.
“Yeah, they have been treating me very well”. You smiled and when you looked over at the twins Fred winked at you.
“Well, you’re all healed up, you can go back to your dorms now”. Madam Pomfrey smiled and pulled your pant leg back down.
“Okay, thank you Madam Pomfrey”.
“You’re welcome dear, have a nice night”.
You stood up from the cot and walked over to the twins, they both stood up in unison and followed you out the doors. You and the twins walked back to their dorm, Fred on your left holding your hand and George on your right, you holding his pinky.
You spent some time walking around the corridors while everyone was out.
“Freddie, why did you wink at me while I was in there?” You were sitting in one of the indents that was carved into the stone walls.
“Because I know me and Georgie will treat you well no matter what Pumpkin.” You blushed at the nickname he gave you, no one has ever called you by a different name besides your own. George and Fred were standing in front of you while you were talking.
“Y/n, darling, you should know that we will treat you well, we always have ever since we all met”. George sat next to you and put his hand on yours, the heat from him gave you chills compared to the cold air circulating through the corridor.
“Are you cold?” George took off the jacket that he was wearing and put it around your shoulders.
“Thanks Georgie,” you snuggled into his jacket taking in how it smelled and how it made you relax.
“We should go back to the dorm if you’re cold Pumpkin.” Fred grabbed your arm and pulled you closer to him.
“Okay, I am getting a little cold”. You leaned your head back a bit and realized George was standing behind you holding your waist. You blushed a bright red and leaned your head on Fred's chest to hide your face.
“Awe, I think we're embarrassing em George.” Fred smirked at his brother, a smirk that meant nothing but mischief.
“Let's go back to the dorm Fred, they said they were cold.” George moved from behind you and took your hand. They started walking you back to their dorm, talking about random things on the way there.