Disclaimer: I own nothing. Especially not the part on the station, that is a quote from OotP. It all belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Author's notes: This is my first fanfic ever. I hope at least someone will like it. Constructive critizism and ideas are always welcome. The story is complaint with OotP and below.
A Different Kind of Relationship
Chapter 1
King's Cross
Angelina sighed. She took one last look over her shoulder before she boarded the Hogwarts Express for the final time. Her seventh year at Hogwarts had now officially ended. She had graduated with Outstanding in every subject. Gryffindor had won both the Quidditch Cup and House Cup. Now, she would go home to her father, stay there for two weeks and spend as much time as she could with her dad and friends before it was time to move into her new flat in Holyhead.
She hadn't believed it at first. Shortly after the last Quidditch game of the year, the winning game against Slytherin, she had received a letter from Holyhead in which they had asked her to come and play for the Holyhead Harpies. Apparently, there had been talent scouts at the last game and they had liked her so much that they had decided right away offer her a position on the team. She had said yes immediately even though it was only a place as a reserve chaser. They had however promised her that if she played well, then she could be promoted sooner than she thought. Playing for the Harpies had been a dream of Angelina's since she was a little kid. Her life couldn't have been better at this moment if it hadn't been for one person. Fred Weasley.
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George groaned as the blinds of his window were pulled up and a bright ray of sunlight hit him in the eyes. He pulled the cover over his head as he heard the unusually chipper voice of his twin brother.
"Rise and shine sleepyhead!"
George grumbled something incoherently in response as he heard his brother rustle around the room.
"Come on, you can't sleep all day," Fred said as he pulled the covers of his tired brother and threw them on the floor. Fred had no time to react as George practically jumped out of the bed and tackled his twin out of the room and slammed the door in his face.
It felt good to have his own room. It wasn't big, but it was large enought to fit all his stuff plus some space to move around in. He and Fred had shared a room since they were born, at one point they had had to share with Percy too which had been a nightmare.
They had only been six at the time thier uncle Bilius had dicided to visit one summer. They usually enjoyed having relatives visit but this time was different. Bilius was apparently going through some sort of depression which meant that he needed lots of time talking to their father and lots of privacy. Arthur and Molly decided to give him Percy's room since it was the cleanest. Percy had then moved inte Fred and George's room with a lot of protests from all three of them.
Now Fred and George had their own flat just a couple of blocks away from their store. Mrs. Weasley had been furious with them when they had returned home before the school year had ended. She had made them do an excessive amount of chores as a punishment for not finishing school. It had all been very inefficient since they needed to spend a lot of time in their newly opened store.
Consequently, they had searched for an empty flat and moved in as soon as they got the chance.
George glanced that hung on the wall across the room. 10 o'clock. Why would Fred wake him up so early on a day when the shop is closed. He didn't take much time to ponder over that. He went back to sleep instead.
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Angelina soon found the compartment where her friends were located.
"So, what are you all doing this summer?" Lee asked as Angelina was placing her bag on the shelf over the seats.
"Homework," Katie answered grumpily. Angelina took a seat next to her, across from Alicia who sat next to Lee. "It is so unfair that you are all finished school now and I have one year left."
"Don't worry Katie, we'll stay in touch," Alicia reassured her.
"Yeah, of course we will," Lee added. "And if you miss us too much you can always pull a Weasley."
Lee, Alicia and Katie all laughed at Lee's joke about the Weasley twins big escape from Hogwarts. Angelina could't bring herself to join and stared out the window instead. It didn't take long for Alicia to notice that their friend didn't share their amusement. Ever since the twins had flown out of Hogwarts, Fred had been a very touchy subject around Angelina. Something had happened between the two the day before he left but Alicia didn't know what, and getting Angelina to talk about it was an impossible task.
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Half an hour after the rude awakening Fred came barging into George's room again.
"Are you not up yet?!" Fred exclaimed.
George decided that there was no use in trying to get back to sleep. He got up and tiredly walked over to his drawer.
"What's with the big hurry?" he grunted.
Being forced out of the bed on one of the few days when he could have a sleep-in was not something he preferred. He, just like Fred, was not a morning person and unless they was given coffee they would stay grumpy for a very long time.
"It's 10 thirty. A perfect time for sleeping on the few days we don't have to work, because in case you don't remember, we decided to have the shop closed today."
"I do remember that we decided to have it closed today. Do you remember why?" Fred spoke slowly as if speaking to a three-year old.
"Yes...no. Maybe," George tried his hardest to recall why Fred had wanted the shop closed on this specific day. However, seeing as it was still early and George hadn't had any coffee yet he couldn't remember anything no matter how much he tried. Then suddenly it hit him.
"Ouch!" he exclaimed as the pillow Fred had thrown at him fell the floor.
"The Hogwarts Express is arriving today!"
"So?" George really couldn't see what Fred was so worked up about.
"So?!" Fred couldn't believe his brother didn't get what he meant. "The Hogwarts Express. Is arriving. Today. Do you want me to spell it out even clearer for you?"
"Yes please."
Fred let out a grunt as he strode out the room and slammed the door after himself. George just stood there in shock with a shirt in one hand and a pair of pants in the other.
It wasn't until he was getting changed after his shower that it hit him. (This time it wasn't a pillow.) He finally understood why Fred was in such a hurry. Today was the day the Hogwarts Express was bringing everybody back from Hogwarts. On it was not only their brother and sister but also all the classmates and friends that they had left behind when they fled from Hogwarts two months ago. Everyone including, or especially, Angelina.
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The train ride seemed shorter than usual. It only felt like an hour before the Hogwarts Express arrived at platform 9 ¾. Angelina pulled her trunk down from the shelf and began hugging her friends good-bye.
"Oh, I forgot to mention!" Alicia suddenly exclaimed. "I decided to throw this sort of graduation party. You're of course welcome too Katie. Do you think you could help me with all the decorations and stuff?"
"Sure, just tell us when and where", Angelina answered.
"It will be sometime before you leave. I was thinking maybe next week."
"Great! That gives me plenty of time to get enough Firewhiskey."
"Lee!"
"What! We're of age now. We can drink whatever we want."
"Just because we can, doesn't mean we should."
"You've always been the boring one Katie." Lee received a death glare from Katie but he just kept smiling.
"Let's hurry to get off before they throw us off the train," Alicia suggested.
The platform was crowded with students and parents trying to find each other. Angelina started scanning the crowd for her father but couldn't see him anywhere. Instead, she saw two other familiar faces. One of which she had hoped to never see again.
"Fred! George!" Alicia screamed and threw herself in George's arms and then hugged Fred. Katie and Lee weren't far behind her.
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When George was ready to go they set off to King's Cross station. Fred had planned on getting their early but due to George's laziness, the platform was already crowded and the train had arrived.
They quickly found their parents and the other members of the Order.
"What are they supposed to be?" Ron asked as he pointed at the twins' new green jackets.
"Finest dragon skin little bro'," Fred said, giving his zip a little tweak. "Business is booming and we thought we'd treat ourselves."
"Now, if you'll excuse us there are some people we have to say hello to."
Fred and George started making their way through the crowd to the place where they had spotted their very best friends. A lot of people greeted them on the way which made it even more difficult to get to their friends.
When they were only a few meters away, Alicia saw them and started screaming and running.
"Fred! George!" They both received hugs from her and Katie and a bone-crushing handshake from Lee.
"How are you?" "It's been so long!" "How is the shop going?"
Alicia, Katie and Lee attacked them with questions about the shop and how their family had reacted when they came home while George answered happily.
Fred noticed Angelina. She was walking in the other direction looking for someone. He quickly made his way to her and grabbed her wrist gently.
"Hey! Where are you going? You're not even going to say hello?" he asked with a smile on his face.
Angelina spun around quickly and glared furiously at him. Fred's smile changed into a confused expression.
"Haven't you missed me?"
"Missed you? You left me, without an explanation, without a goodbye and you expect me to miss you?" All the anger that had been built up inside Angelina since Fred left poured out of her.
Fred had imagined many reaction from Angelina after seeing him again, but fury was not one of them.
"I didn't mean to leave you. It just happened."
"Just happened?" she asked in disbelief.
"Well, no. I mean, me and George had planned on leaving for a while and then when that toad Umbridge took Quidditch away from us we decided to leave as soon as we got the opportunity. There was nothing left that meant anything." Fred realized his mistake a millisecond too late.
"So that was what I meant to you? Nothing? Thanks for informing me Fred." Angelina was close to tears now and had to get away from there before Fred noticed.
"No Lina, I didn't mean..." Fred tried desperately to explain.
"Good bye Fred." Angelina turned around and as fast as possible hurried through the crowd to get to her father's car which she had finally spotted.
Fred was too shocked to move. He had thought Angelina would be happy to see him and now everything would go back to how it was before he left. Apparently it wasn't going to be that easy, but he wouldn't give up.
