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☆ ν ε г ι т γ ☄ (thelivewire) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-06-01 21:55:00

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!1998: 06, !incomplete, fred weasley, verity weller

WHO: Verity Weller & Fred Weasley
WHAT: They need to talk
WHERE: Verity's house
WHEN: Tuesday night
WARNING/RATING/STATUS: Surprises!/R to be safe/Ongoing

Verity paced her living room, hating the anxiety bubbling up in her stomach. She wanted a drink to calm her nerves, but couldn't, and pacing wasn't helping. It was just making things worse and she thought she might throw up from nerves. She'd never been this sort of shaky, uncertain, girly sort of person and hated it.

She wasn't ready for this, but Trevor was right (Merlin, did that ever feel weird to say). Whinging about it wouldn't help anything. Straightening her back, she shook her head and forced herself into the kitchen, starting the kettle boiling. Focussing on the minutiae of making tea helped and when the knock came at the door, she was almost completely steady.

Opening her mouth to invite him in, she paused and crossed into the living room, peering through the window by the door before unlocking it. "Come on in," she called over her shoulder, making her way back into the kitchen.

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	thelivewire 2010-06-02 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Letting out a little moan, it took Verity a long moment to be able to respond. "I..." she started, then forced herself to focus on the moment at hand and not how badly she wanted to jump Fred. "I went to talk to my cousin." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	weasleyforge 2010-06-02 02:33 am UTC (link)
	"Your cousin?" Fred stopped kissing her while he tried to remember who the hell her cousin was, then he pulled back so he could turn her to face him. "The sodding snatcher?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thelivewire 2010-06-02 02:36 am UTC (link)
	"He said that I should - " Verity stopped herself as Fred's words sunk in and stared up at him, her jaw agape. "What?!" She gasped. She'd understood the words Fred had said, but couldn't quite comprehend them, couldn't make them make sense. Trevor, her cousin was a Snatcher?! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	weasleyforge 2010-06-02 02:42 am UTC (link)
	Fred blinked at her. "What? You're the one who asked me to look into his house and all. We found out it was shady... And I looked into him a little then, he's a shady sort of bloke. It makes sense." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thelivewire 2010-06-02 02:44 am UTC (link)
	Stepping away from him, Verity backed into the counter. "You never told me that he was a Snatcher!" she gaped, everything hitting her at once. That was how he'd gotten his house, and that meant the work he'd talked about doing with Gretchen was snatching... Verity shook her head, almost unable to reconcile the image she had of Snatchers with that of Trevor. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	weasleyforge 2010-06-02 02:48 am UTC (link)
	Fred rubbed at the back of his neck, and wondered for a second why it was such a surprise - but how would he feel if it was his cousin and he found out? Well, he'd cut them out of his life, actually, without a thought - or he thought he would, that hadn't worked so well with Percy.... "Sorry, love. I mean, no one can a hundred percent sure, but it makes sense." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thelivewire
2010-06-02 02:52 am UTC (link)

She couldn't handle this right now, she needed time to process it, hell, maybe to move and not leave any sort of forwarding address, but right now she had other things she had to think about. "Later," she said, holding up one hand to stay the conversation. "We'll talk about that later."

Now that he'd told her about Trev though, she hesitated about following his advice. "We need to talk about you now." She slipped out from between Fred and the counter and jammed her hands on her hips. "You said you wanted this, yeah?" she started, forcing herself to continue. "Well, you need to show that. I know that you're busy with the shop and the Order and... everything. But I haven't seen you for weeks! I'm going to have your kid for Merlin's sake. You need to be here."

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weasleyforge
2010-06-07 04:00 am UTC (link)

Fred looked mildly alarmed, more than surprised, now, because he'd jumped to the obvious conclusion and he figured shew would as well. She was quicker than him at some things that way, anyway. But he nodded in agreement - anything to get rid of that shocked and quiet sort of outrage she had going now. But then she was talking, rambling, and Fred felt himself turning red.

"Right." He said, shocked, then said it again. "Right. I need to be here, except when you spend months avoiding me or ducking out of the shop every time I try to com and see you? I haven't exactly been the most wanted bloke around here recently, Ver... I've tried." And maybe he didn't try every day, because what was going on with the Order and his family....

"Do you even know what's going on with the Order now? What those tunnels are meant to be used for? What's probably coming??"

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thelivewire
2010-06-07 04:17 am UTC (link)

Frowning, Verity tried to defend herself, even though she knew Fred was right. "It's not my fault!" She protested. "I didn't even have time to deal with this before Hestia told you and then I had to deal with your reaction and your telling your family and just... everything and I could barely think. Can you blame me for wanting to try and figure things out first?"

At his question, she shook her head, taking a step back from him. "No. I have no idea what's going on," she drawled, sarcastically. "That doesn't make this any less important, though!" She shot back, gesturing between them. "When either of us could die at any moment, don't you think it's a wee bit important to actually show me how you feel?"

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weasleyforge
2010-06-07 04:24 am UTC (link)

Fred blinked at her again, then pushed himself up from the counter and stood in front of her instead, looking down into her eyes and giving one decisive sort of nod.

"Right," He said, then this time he smiled. "Which was actually what I'd planned to do tonight anyway. You'd think you'd let me without yelling..." And he was teasing, now, even if he didn't feel so sure.

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	thelivewire 2010-06-07 04:28 am UTC (link)
	Fred's words stopped her and she raised her chin to look up at him. "Well..." she started, blustering slightly, the wind taken out of her sails by his agreeing with her. "Alright then," she matched his smile, hers slightly tentative, and reached out to shove him gently. "Start showing me how amazing you think I am then." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

weasleyforge
2010-06-07 04:31 am UTC (link)

"You mean aside from liking you so much that I knocked you up so you'd be trapped with me?" Fred grinned, laughing at her shove and then reaching for her and tugging her in close against him again, his other hand going into his pocket for something."You're right though, this is important. Maybe more important than the rest of the world, I don't know. But that work... that keeps us safe. Safer than we might be, anyway. Harry's the only chance we have to actually have the world be a place we want to raise sprog in."

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thelivewire
2010-06-07 04:38 am UTC (link)

Moving against him, Verity bumped her hip against his. "Aha so it was your fault!" she laughed and tucked herself against him, feeling right in his arms. "I know," she said after a moment, wrapping her arms around him and hugging him gently. "I know, I'm so proud of what you do, I just... wish you could be here more." Even as she said it, she knew it was selfish of her, to put her own wants over the safety of the future of the wizarding world, yet she couldn't stop herself.

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	weasleyforge 2010-06-07 04:51 am UTC (link)
	"Well, then maybe I should be..." Fred kissed her hair, then he sighed and closed his eyes for a second. "You know I love you, yeah?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thelivewire 2010-06-07 04:55 am UTC (link)
	Verity shrugged casually, even as her heart pounded in her throat. She never thought she'd hear him say those words, all the years she longed for him. "You may have mentioned it," she said, nonchalantly, pressing her face against his shirt in an effort to hide her wide grin. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	weasleyforge 2010-06-07 04:59 am UTC (link)
	"I did?" Fred sounded amused, but there was something serious underneath it, too. "Why didn't you tell me? I wouldn't have had to worry so much about saying it again." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thelivewire 2010-06-07 05:01 am UTC (link)
	"Fred," she tried to make her voice solemn, but couldn't, tipping her head back and raising up on her toes to kiss him. "You see this?" she gestured between them, at her rounded stomach. "I'm only going to get bigger, so feel free to say it as often as possible." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	weasleyforge 2010-06-08 01:37 am UTC (link)
	"Promise?" Fred's free hand went to her stomach, rounding over the slight (well, not quite as slight anymore) bump that was there. "It's sort of sexy you know..." And before he could go any further down that very wrong track, he shook his head. "Stop seducing me, woman, I had something to ask you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thelivewire 2010-06-08 01:41 am UTC (link)
	Verity shook her head and laughed, wrapping her arms loosely around his neck and kissing him again. "What is it, Weasley?" She asked, faking a weary tone, her eyes smiling. "What could you possibly have to ask me that is more important that my seducing you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	weasleyforge 2010-06-08 01:48 am UTC (link)
	"Well, maybe not more important," Fred laughed, but then he leaned back enough away from her that he could open the little box that was in his left hand for her to see it. "But the jewelry is nicer." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thelivewire 2010-06-08 01:54 am UTC (link)
	Furrowing her brows, Verity looked down, staring at the open box in Fred's hand, her mind rejecting what she was seeing. She knew it was a ring, but beyond that, she couldn't comprehend the meaning. Her heart was beating in her ears and she raised her eyes to Fred's, her voice small and choked. "F... Fred?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	weasleyforge 2010-06-08 01:59 am UTC (link)
	"Verity?" He asked the same way, not quite mocking but there was a smile behind it. And then he realized that he probably needed to actually ask the question before she could answer it. "Marry me, yeah? You know that's what rings mean?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thelivewire
2010-06-08 02:09 am UTC (link)

Taking a step back, Verity pressed her hands to her face, utterly shocked. A part of her didn't know why she was so surprised. This was how things were supposed to happen. Well, generally in the other order. Marriage then babies. But still, this was the proper thing.

Fred was anything but proper though and Verity wondered what was causing him to do this. Was it just the baby? Just the fact that her potion had been faulty one night and he was doing this because he felt he had to? Or his mother was forcing him? Her head spun, and she clutched at the counter for support. "Fred, I..." a part of her wanted to say yes, to scream that she'd wanted nothing more than to be Verity Weasley since sixth year, but she couldn't. "I need to think?" she finally managed, beseechingly, hoping he would understand she wasn't rejecting him.

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	weasleyforge 2010-06-08 02:16 am UTC (link)
	He had to admit, it would have been easier if she'd just screamed yes and started ripping his clothes of. But after the initial stab of her no doing that, he figured he understood it . "Yeah," he said, subdued but not upset. "I get it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thelivewire
2010-06-08 02:36 am UTC (link)

"It's not just... cos of..." Verity gestured between them, needing to hear him say no. It was alright if that was why he'd asked now, why he'd come tonight and proposed (god, he'd proposed, he was asking her to marry him). But if it was all out of some misplaced sense of "doing the right thing"? She couldn't say yes, couldn't ruin their relationships, a chance at their being happy with someone else (she thought their, but really meant his, because she loved him, and now that she'd had him, she wasn't sure if anyone else would be the same) just because she'd been stupid enough to get pregnant.

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