Chapter 1
Izzy lay in her bed listening to her friends swarming around the room like the busy bees they were. They all thought she was asleep but it wasn't exactly hard to fool them.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY" the shouts started and Izzy pretended to be sleepy for their amusement then sat up quickly with a huge smile on her face. Saskia, Sophie and Alice sat on her bed with three very carefully wrapped presents and hyper faces.
"Oh thank you guys" Izzy exclaimed hugging her friends.
"Don't mention it darlin" Alice laughed as Izzy grabbed her presents. Tearing through the paper like an animal she found that her friends had bought her a large range of sweets from Hogsmeade, a cute bright pink set of woollen gloves, scarf and hat and lastly a new set of paints and brushes for her artwork. Izzy thanked them all for their lovely presents and quickly got dressed then headed down to the common room. Unfortunately it was a Monday so Izzy still had lessons but she soon forgot this when she was bombarded with screams and shouts from all her friends.
Kate, Ann Marie, Eliza and Lucy had been waiting for her with devilish grins on their faces.
"What are you smiling about? And where are my presents?" Izzy looked suspiciously at everyone who just giggled in return.
"You can't open them until this evening" Eliza sniggered back. With this they all headed down to breakfast complementing Izzy on her new woolen wear. Normally Izzy would have felt silly but just as on every other birthday she'd had it was winter.
"Nice hat Hartwell" Izzy heard the shouts of two very familiar redheads as they grabbed her by both arms and carried her down the halls.
"And where may I ask are we going?" she laughed as they passed the great hall and ran out onto the grass with her still suspended between them.
"Look up" Fred smiled down at her as her feet touched the ground. Izzy stared up at the beautiful morning sky and there between the trees where the words
"Happy Birthday Izzy x" written in gold dust. As she beamed up at it she felt the boys kiss either cheek and she blushed a deep pink.
"It's lovely, thank you" Izzy turned back to them and practically throttled them with her hug. "Oh that's not all Miss Hartwell" George smiled down at her and winked at Fred who in turn desperately rummaged through his pockets and eventually pulled out a beautiful gold ring with a tiny scarlet jewel in the centre. Izzy gasped at it as he slid it onto her dainty finger, the only thing about her which was dainty, and exclaimed
"Fred, George how did you afford this?" She stared at them both in turn then at their shabby handed down clothes.
"No I can't except it" she gazed at the ring wistfully before wriggling it off her finger only to have Fred put it back on.
"Yes you shall, it was nothing honestly" he grinned at her and she could not stop herself. She grabbed their fiery red heads and hugged them to her once again.
"I'll never take it off" she whispered into their foreheads and felt their smiles widen.
The day went considerably fast for Izzy and as the lessons finished and when the evening came she and her friends sat in the common room with more presents. Her parents had written and said that they would give her present when she came home for Christmas which made her sad until her little get-together.
"This is a present from all of us" Kate sniggered as Izzy looked confused at the badly wrapped package on her lap. As she opened it she saw several bottles of fire whiskey fall out and a new set of lingerie, a bright pink neon colour.
"Now that you're seventeen you'll need them" Saskia winked and Izzy roared with laughter at the absurdity of it all.
"Try it on then" they giggled and Izzy quickly glanced around the empty common room then quickly hopped into the corner of the room and took off her t-shirt. She had just got the new bra on when she heard the door open. She turned to see Fred, George, Lee, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny standing in the entrance all staring at her chest.
"Are we a little early for the party" Hermione said disapprovingly as Izzy quickly slipped her t-shirt back on.
"Sorry guys it was a present from the girls" Izzy cringed just glad that she hadn't decided to try on the matching underwear.
"Oh fire whiskey" George quickly snapped out of it and sat down next the girls, everyone following his lead.
"It's only Monday" Ron looked a little unsure and so did Harry. "But it's a birthday, we shall drink a toast" Fred assured them with a sly glance at Izzy.
"A toast" George announced and everyone took a glass "to Izzy, a true friend with amazing taste in bras" and at this they gulped down the whisky.
"Ok everybody you know the game" Lee laughed excitedly at this took all the boys aside and returned with a sack full of strange objects.
"Oh no not seven minutes in heaven" Eliza complained looking towards the little cupboard in disgust.
"Oh don't be such a baby" Hermione scolded. "OK then Hermione perhaps you would like to go first" Izzy suggested and everyone cheered.
"Fine I will" the girl snapped even though they were very good friends. She quickly plunged her hand into the sack and brought out a chess piece and immediately blushed as she knew exactly whom it belonged to. She and Ron stumbled into the cupboard together making everyone chuckle.
Whilst they were gone everyone took another few shots of fire whiskey especially Fred and George who were already a little tipsy. Eventually the couple emerged from the cupboard looking slightly ruffled and ten times more embarrassed than before.
"Ok it's the birthday girl's turn now" Lee sniggered trying not to burst at Izzy's horrified face. She quickly gulped down the last of her whiskey and went to pick something from the sack but Lee refused.
"No we shall get someone else to do it, we don't want any more cheating" he raised his eyebrows at Hermione. Izzy already being reasonably intoxicated simply shrugged her shoulders and headed into the cupboard. Within moments someone was in there with her.
"Hic" she hiccupped then heard a familiar laugh. "So it is Fred I am looking for is it" she groped the air in search for the boy. Then she felt him and even with slight tipsiness she felt sparks shoot through her body. "Why are you so quiet Fred?" she whispered and suddenly she felt his lips come crashing down on hers. She was so incredibly surprised by this that she went stumbling backwards still clinging to Fred's shirt and they both fell abruptly through the door.
"Oh Fred you're so romantic" Izzy cackled on the floor but he did not seem to find any of it funny and turned to go to the boys dorm. "Fred" George called after him then followed, Izzy still roaring with laughter like a madman. The girls only just about managed to get her up to bed as she passed out only moments after her fits of laughter.