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It was supposed to be a good day. Waking up, getting ready for another day of writing her novel about picturing a certain red head as love interest of her novel. But it all flushed down when she saw a small envelope just sitting there on the table, almost as if it was mocking her. It’s been sitting there ever since it arrived yesterday afternoon, not expecting to receive an invitation to the wedding of one person she didn’t want to participate in. Fredrick Gideon Weasley. Her best friend since their second year of Hogwarts. It was almost ironic how a simple wedding invitation can break a heart that’s already been on the verge of breaking, tears were rolling down her face, not a single sound could’ve been heard besides her sobs. Her best friend/roommate ran out of her room as soon as she heard her. Not expecting to see her best friend on the floor crying over a single paper, she realises what happened, the one thing she dreaded even though it was only a matter of time before it happened. The way Fred was talking about that girl, she knew that her best friend was in a wait of a permanent broken heart. But now a day later, she decided to throw the invitation in the rubbish, deciding no matter how much she cared about her best friend she knew she wouldn’t be able to handle watching him promising himself to someone else for forever. Taking out a bottle of her favourite rose, she pours some of it in a glass and heads back to her room, deciding to forget about her heartbreak by throwing herself into her fictional world where she was the one Fred loved.
Soon, she’ll realise that not even wine and her own fictional world would help cure her broken heart. Not when the one she’s so in love with decided so pay her a visit, not hearing anything from her in over a week. He wondered if she got the invitation to the wedding, the day he couldn’t wait for it to finally happen. The thing is, he’s not going to be able to do it, if his soulmate in a form of his best friend isn’t there by his side, making sure he doesn’t panic like he often happens to do in stressful situations.
Upon hearing knocking on her door, she slowly gets up from her desk, heading to open the door, not expecting to see the person she wanted to see the least, standing in front of her.
Every day they were closer to the day that changes everything for forever. One of them was dreading that day, while the other one couldn’t want for it to come any sooner. Soon it was the day of rehearsal dinner or also known as the day before it all goes shit show for her. Everything was ready, her outfit ready for tomorrow. Deciding she wasn’t strong enough to make it through the wedding alone, she begged her best friend to go with her, helping her survive with alcohol. The wedding was in the backyard of The Burrow, but it wasn’t anything special or near as big as it was Bill’s, both Fred and Lillian agreeing it was best to have a smaller intimate wedding with their closest ones there. Apparating a minute away from The Burrow, she walks towards the door, knocking softly before entering the house. Everyone was on their feet, final preparations for tomorrow are being made. Ginny was the first one to notice her, running towards the girl. Brining her in the hug, she laughs. “ Hi Ginny ” they pull away from the hug, Ginny looking at the girl. “ You look gorgeous y/n. I’m still angry at my brother for not marrying you. ” y/n rolls her eyes playfully. “ Stop it, you know we would never work as a couple, plus Lillian is a lovely girl, I’m sure she’ll be a good sister-in-law. ” they talked as they walked upstairs heading towards Ginny’s room. What no one knew is that the night of the Yule ball, Fred was ready to confess his dying crush on his best friend, that’s why he brought her to the astronomy tower. He had it all planned out until they were interrupted, and it was all ruined. Fred often wondered if they hadn’t been interrupted would’ve it been her who he was marrying. Would it work out or would it fail and therefore ruin their friendship. George was the only one along with Lee who knew about it. That’s why the night before the wedding he found himself sitting in front of the small lake they had behind their house, wondering if Lillian is truly the one he wants to marry. Y/n found him after a few minutes, joining him. “ I knew I’d find you here. ” he said nothing, just kept looking in front of him. “ What’s bothering you, Freddie? ” she gently took his hand into hers, brushing her thumb gently across his hand. “ I’m just worried if I’m making a mistake or rushing this. Before tonight, I couldn’t been happier waiting for this day to finally come, but now that it’s here all my mind seems to do is make me wonder if I’m marrying the wrong girl. Maybe I should just marry you, we’ve been friends for forever, it wouldn’t change much. ” he lets out a small laugh. Letting go off his hand, I grab his face with my hands on both sides of his face. “ Fred I need you to look at me. Do you love Lillian? ” he nods his head. “ I don’t think I’ve ever loved anyone the way I love her. ” a small smile appears in the corner of his mouth. “ Do you see yourself being with her for the rest of your life? Is she the one you want to see growing old with you? ” y/n questions him. Fred waits for a few seconds before answering, with a big smile on his face. “ Yeah, I do. God, why was I even doubting this. This is why I need you by my side, you always know how to get me out of my head. Thank you, love. ” he pulls her into a strong hug. “ Hey, if you need a getaway car tomorrow, me and George will have one prepared and then we can get married. ” she joked, even though there was some half truth in it. “ it’s late, I have to go get that beauty sleep for tomorrow so do you. Goodnight Freddie. ” she plants a small kiss on his cheek before apparating herself back to her flat, before crashing down in the middle of living room, bursting into tears of heartbreak. The pieces that weren’t shatter from before, had shattered now. There were no pieces left of her heart. The rest of the night she spent in the arms of her best friend, crying herself to sleep.
It was funny really. The story of how they met, how they became inseparable and how she eventually fell in love with him. The latter didn’t come to much of a surprise. How could someone not fall in love with him, when he’s the most amazing person she’s ever come across. It was their second year in Hogwarts, and she was heading towards the library, deciding to prepare herself for the upcoming Potions exam. Merlin knows how much she dreaded those. It wasn’t her fault, most people on her mom’s side of family never really knew how to do potions. As she was walking there, someone grabbed her by her arm and started dragging her away with them in a direction of the nearest broom closet. In a second she realised it was one of the Weasley twins. Not even needing to ask why he was in such a hurry, already knowing they caused another trouble. Quickly running inside the broom closet, one of the twins put a hand on her mouth, signalling for her to be quiet. Rolling her eyes, she did as told until we heard Filch and Mrs. Norris passing by. Another minute passed on until he removed his hand from her mouth. “ I’m Fred. ” he introduced himself. “ Y/n ” she shook his hand. “ Care to explain why you dragged me into this dusty broom closet with yourself? ” Fred laughed. “ Had to move you out of the way from Filch or else you’d be in the trouble along with me. ” nodding her head, she left the closet. And that was the beginning of their weird friendship. From participating in the pranks, to making excuses why they’re not in the certain classes you shared with them to Fred asking her to go to the Yule Ball with him, leading us to the night they had almost kissed. Somewhere in between she slowly fell for her best friend without intending to. It all felt like a dream. Dancing with her best friend so closely, to sneaking off to the astronomy tower because that night, the stars were shining so bright. Slow dancing in the moonlight, it all felt almost to perfect. Both of them slowly leaning towards each other until they heard a crashing noise, interrupting their intimate moment. It made her realise that it was for the best for them to be just friends, their friendship being worth more than a relationship not knowing how it’ll end. Almost as if it was a silent agreement between them, neither of the two brought it up ever again. She would never want to ruin his day, so yes she had agreed to be his second best man, no matter how much it’ll hurt to be there so up close seeing it all unfold almost like in a film scene.
Next morning when she woke up, she felt so exhausted while getting ready. She barely had any energy in her body and she was pretty sure she also had no tears left. Putting on her beautiful dress, she did her makeup and hair. She was ready to stand there next to her best friend, and watch him marry the love of his life, no matter how much the fact that it’s not her hurted. It was a beautiful ceremony, he looked so beautiful in his dark blue suit, it really made his hair and eyes stand out a bit more, and don’t her started on how beautiful the bride was. Her gown looked straight out of a fairytale. A few tears espaced during the ceremony but when George asked her why is she crying, she brushed it off as happy tears, even though she knew she didn’t fool George with that lie. During the reception she mostly stayed at her table, trying to drown her sorrow in the wine and other alcoholic drinks. She watched as her roommate/best friend danced with George along with watching Fred and Lillian dance together like it was only two of them. Molly and Ginny often came and talked to me, but it wasn’t long until I couldn’t handle it anymore and just drowned the rest of my drink before saying goodbye to everyone, making an excuse saying she unfortunately had to go home and finish her book, her publisher gave her a deadline until tomorrow. The last person left to say goodbye to was Fred. Tapping him on the shoulder, she gives him a smile as he turns around. “ Congratulations Freddie boy once again. But I have to leave now unfortunately, I have a book to finish. ” Before she could even say anything he took her hands and put them around his neck, pulling her closer to him. “ Just this one dance and then I’m setting you free, okay? ” He begged her. Nodding her head, they start slow dancing. “ I’m really proud of you Freddie, you finally found the one you always talked about. Hopefully one day I’m gonna find my prince charming one day. ” she rested her head against his chest, listening to his heartbeat. “ I’m sorry I wasn’t the one for you. ” he said, making the tears slowly start pooling in my eyes. “ That’s not for you to apologise, we’re too good friends for us to work in a relationship. Us not kissing that night of the yule ball was for the best. If we kissed who knows if you’d meet Lillian, your true love. Don’’t you worry about me. ” and with that she pulled away from him, placing a small kiss on his cheek before apparating home. Letting him stand there alone, her words sinking in, making him wonder again if he had made a mistake by not letting her know of his feeling that night. But soon his thoughts were brushed away as he felt the lips of his wife on his.
“ Hello love ” he greets her after she moved aside, letting him in. Pulling her into a hug, he goes into the living room, while she still stands there shocked at her door. Quickly getting rid of her thoughts, she heads over to where he was. “ Hi Freddie, what are you doing here? I didn’t expect you to visit. ” she sits down next to him. “ Well it’s been over a week since I’ve last heard from you, so I decided to pay you a visit. She nods her head. ” Yeah, sorry about that. I started working on my novel again and that’s all I’ve focusing on recently. Didn’t mean to neglect your need for constant attention. “ she jokes, even though she knew he had his fiancée know to give him attention. Fred rolls his eyes. ” Yeah yeah whatever. Listen I have a question/favour to ask you. “ she furrows her eyebrows. ” Okay, I’m listening. “ taking a deep breath, he begins. ” So as you probably know I proposed to Liliana. Speaking of that, have you received my invitation to the wedding? “ it’s been over a month since they got engaged, and yet she still couldn’t bare the thought of losing Fred forever. ” Yes I have, it’s very beautiful Freddie, I am very happy for the two of you. “ she gives him her best fake smile, not wanting to upset her best friend. ” Thank you, love. My question is, would you like to be my second best man? Along with George of course. I don’t think that I would be able to do it without you by my side. Please say yes or at least think about it. It would really mean everything to me. “ This was definitely something she hadn’t expect. There goes your plan on not going to the wedding, making an excuse of why she can’t make it and get drunk in her room while watching her favourite romcoms. ” Of course Freddie, anything for you. “ those words came out before you even had a chance to think about them.