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Tweak says, "let me be your oxygen"

☆ 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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	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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