I was bored last night so I wrote this story since I was sick. Yep I would be the only girl to get sick the week we have off for finals. Just like the year I got the flu during spring break. I have the worst luck. I don't own Harry Potter at all. Thanks. Please review.
Evelynn Connor hurried down the corridor wanting to go get some supper as soon as possible. She hated walking alone now. Umbridge's band of Slytherins would always torment anyone who was alone. Then again they tormented everyone, no matter who they were. Still it was safer to walk in groups now.
She had been late though, having decided to finish her Potions homework before heading to supper. That meant that everyone else had already headed down. So here she was nearly running down the quiet corridor trying to avoid a confrontation with those evil students who joined Umbridge's side.
Lost in her thoughts, Eve didn't even notice the three people running toward her until they ran into each other. Literally. A tall thin body collided with hers causing her to stumble backwards and fall flat on her butt.
"What the hell?" Eve demanded rubbing her butt as she slowly sat up to be faced with those annoyingly carefree pranksters the Weasley twins and…her best friend Katie Bell. That's odd, Eve thought to herself, Katie doesn't usually hang out with the twins.
"Oh sorry about that Connor," Fred Weasley, the one who had knocked her down, absentmindedly said.
"Why are you in such a hurry Weasley?" Eve turned to look at her friend, expecting a honest answer from her.
"Oh Eve!" Katie blinked in surprised at seeing her friend, playing with the tip of her strawberry blonde hair she avoided Eve's eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"I was on my way to supper," Eve narrowed her blue eyes at the three of them. "What are you three doing?"
"Um…you see…" Katie bit her lower lip trying to come up with a good excuse.
"Katie please tell me you weren't going to do something stupid with them?" She demanded placing her hands on her hips.
"We pulled a prank on some Slytherins and accidentally dragged Bell into it with us," George explained running a hand through his shaggy bright red hair.
"We have to go now unless we want to be caught," Fred informed them as the sounds of running footsteps got closer.
"Let's go," Eve told them before turning around and running down the corridor with the others close behind her.
"Why are you going along with us so willingly?" Fred questioned curious as he kept pace with her.
"You usually frown on everything we do Connor," George pointed out taking a hold of Katie's hand so that she wouldn't get left behind as they ran up stairs, right, and left trying to lose their pursuers.
"Oh believe me I am frowning," Eve huffed getting tired from running so much. "I just know if I was caught with you guys I would be punished also. Plus you dragged Katie into this mess, so being her best friend I have to help out."
"Ah you're so sweet Connor," Fred teased. "Who knew you had it in you?"
"Well I couldn't leave her alone with you two now could I?" Eve angrily growled. "God knows what you would have done with her."
"Are you suggesting that we are the kind of men who would take advantage of a girl?" Fred narrowed his bright blue eyes at her.
"Men? Ha! You two men? Now that's a funny joke," Eve snorted.
"Hey!" George and Fred both exclaimed.
"Now, now," Katie butted in laughing. "You two are men and you wouldn't take advantage of me. And if you did, I am a chaser, so I know I could escape easily. Eve you are too protective but I love you for it. Now lets all get along okay?"
"No!" Fred and Eve shouted.
"It's a waste to try to make them friendly to one another Kate," George reminded her. "They have always hated each other and always will."
"You're right," Katie sighed. "That's is until they admit their true feelings for one another."
"What did you say?" Eve demanded the only one out of the group who was panting heavily.
"Nothing," Katie sang teasingly.
"When I catch my breath…I swear…I'll get you back…" She panted heavily. "Dammit! I should have…been in…Quidditch."
"Love we've seen the way you ride a broom-" Fred started with an evil smirk on his freckled face.
"-and you wouldn't last 5 minutes in a real game," George finished for him.
"I know, you don't have to remind me," Eve sighed. "I was only saying it because I'm out of shape compared to your three."
"You should have came running with me during summer break," Katie reminded her friend as they made a sharp left not caring that they were making a lot of noise. We will probably get caught anyway, Eve grudgingly thought to herself.
"Yeah like I would really wake up at 6 in the morning to go running," Eve rolled her eyes.
"If we get caught we can just blame it on Connor being slow," Fred pointed out.
"Good idea!" Katie laughed.
"They're right Connor, if you ran faster we would have already escaped from our slow pursuers," George teased the now red faced Eve.
"Well sorry that I'm a normal person who doesn't work out every single day like the rest of you freaks," Eve hissed annoyed. "If I'm really slowing you down you can all go ahead of me."
"That's a good idea," George grinned widely at her. "What do you say Katie? Shall we leave these two love birds alone?"
"Why I think that's a great idea." Katie smiled as the two of them began to pick up their pace, running far ahead of them. Eve and Fred gaped at them stunned.
"Wait! Don't leave me with her!" Fred called angrily after them, debating if he should in fact leave her there all alone to be caught or stay with her.
"Katie!" Eve nearly screamed.
Katie turned around walking backwards. "Come now you two, this is the perfect opportunity for you guys to become friends…or even more. Hint hint."
"Yeah mates, we're only doing what is best for you guys," George grinned brightly holding out his hand for Katie to take as they started to run back down the corridor back to the common room.
"Sure you are!" Fred sighed but smiled at his brother. "You two just want to be alone to do naughty things together!"
"How'd you guess?" George's voice was full of teasing.
"Katie!" Eve gasped playing along. "How could you ditch your friend for a guy? That's hurting our wonderful girl relationship."
"You'll be fine," Katie laughed as their forms started to get smaller and smaller until they couldn't see them anymore.
"Just you wait they'll come back for us," Eve nodded sure of herself as they began to run once more. Fred looked over at that small (to him at least) thin cute brunette who was red faced and panting heavily and raised his eyebrows. He knew that they wouldn't be back but for some reason he didn't want to ruin her hopes.
"I cant believe they aren't back yet!" Eve huffed as they trudged up another set of the multiple staircases in Hogwarts.
Fred rolled his eyes at her. "They went back to the common room. Why would they come back for us?"
"Because we're their friends! Friends don't abandon each other," Eve pointed out.
It had been a half an hour since they had split up and thankful the sound of footsteps following them had stopped. Now the only problem was getting back to the Gryffindor common room without being caught for wandering around after hours. That's why they were taking all the back ways to get to their safety.
"Are you sure you know my brother George?" Fred smirked at her as she frowned, puffing out her slightly round cheeks in anger.
"How long are we going to have to take the long way back to the common room?" She sighed.
"I don't know," Fred shrugged. Truth be told he wasn't really paying attention to where they were going. He was just wandering around trying to piss Eve off as much as possible.
"Can I ask what did you two do to the Slytherins earlier?" Eve looked up at him confused. She knew the Slytherins had nasty tempers, like Gryffindors', but Slytherins got angry at everything.
"Let's just say that most of them will be throwing up, or having violent nosebleeds, or oozing green slim for quite some time," Fred grinned wickedly at the thought of their prank.
"How did you two get Slytherins to eat some of your products?" She tilted her head in confusion.
"That love, is a secret," Fred raised an eyebrow at her. "You know about Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes?"
"Everyone knows about it," She snorted. "Its really popular if you haven't noticed. Katie bought me a box last year for Christmas so I could get out of Potions with Snape."
"That's right Snape hates you as much as he hates Harry," Fred smiled sadly at the 6th year girl next to him.
"What I don't understand is why?" She frowned. "Harry did nothing at first to get on Snape's bad side, he doesn't deserve to be treated that way by him."
"What about you?" Fred quietly asked.
"Me?" Eve blinked in surprise. "I argued with him in first year when I thought another ingredient should take place instead of the one the book said."
"You were wrong?" Fred's brows knitted together in surprise. Eve excels at Potions, or so I've heard, Fred thought to himself confused.
"No I got it right," She shook her head.
"Then why does he hate you?"
"Because I argued with him," Eve pointed out. "It doesn't matter that I got it right, what matters is that I pissed him off. Now I'm on his bad side forever. It doesn't matter that I'm the best in the class. I bet he also looks down on me because I'm a mudblood."
"Don't call yourself that," Fred's voice was low and dangerous.
"Sorry," Eve shrugged. "I've been called that too many times to count. I guess it got stuck in my head."
"Who's called you that?" Fred demanded angrily, his eyes glowing with hatred.
"Slytherins mostly," Eve blinked startled by his passion for wanting to know who were calling her names. "No one important."
"Still," Fred muttered lowly, stomping angrily as they walked down another corridor.
"Believe me its nothing," Eve smiled at him gaining his attention back. "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
"How can you be relax with them calling you…calling you…that?" Fred's temper flared, directed towards Eve who didn't deserve it at all.
"Why should I be ashamed of who I am? Its just a nasty name bullies came up with. Nothing more than that," Eve shrugged taking a deep breath to calm herself down. "Letting them get to me is a sign of weakness. I will never show weakness to Voldemort, Death Eaters, or Slytherins. That's just asking for death if you do."
"You can say his name so calmly," Fred looked at her awed.
"I'm Muggle born remember? I didn't grow up fearing a person…well besides strangers, but every kids is taught to be afraid of strangers," Eve twirled her long soft brown hair between her pale fingers. "Right? Stranger Danger?"
"Um…sure," Fred nodded slowly having no idea what she was talking about.
Before either one of them could say another word, sounds caught their attention. Slow clicking footsteps were approaching them, echoing through out the corridor. Eve froze, her were as wide as an anime characters as she turned to look at Fred. Fred was grinning until he placed those stomping footsteps.
"Snape," They both whispered eyed wide.
"Shit we need to hide, now," Fred grabbed on to Eve's arm hurriedly looking around the corridor trying to find someplace for them to hide.
That's when Eve spotted a door looking old and worn out. A broom closet. Perfect, Eve nodded suddenly getting an odd feeling at having thought that sentence, That could be taken the wrong way. And that would be very bad…wouldn't it? Eve grabbed on to Fred's robes and pulled him after her as she marched hurriedly toward the closet. Fred opened his mouth but before he could say anything Eve pushed him in, then swiftly shut the door behind her.
Fred having been shoved into the room knocked over a pile of old brooms and some cleaning supplies. "What have you done!"
"Shh," Eve held a finger to her mouth as she put her ear to the door listening as the footsteps past by them at the same pace they had been going. Eve let out a sigh of relief before trying to turn the doorknob to get out. The only problem was that it wasn't opening. "Um Fred, the door wont open."
"You don't listen to the gossip do you?" Fred demanded glaring at the innocent girl in front of him.
"Not really. I think it's a waste of time. Why?" Eve questioned knowing that she would be starting to listen to the gossip more often now.
"Some 7th years charmed all the broom closets to lock for one hour when 2 students are inside. It's a way for everyone to still have a relationship without Umbridge finding them and giving them detention," Fred sighed as Eve blinked wide eyed. "Way to go Connor. We're locked in this small closet together for an hour."