"You are really going to enjoy Hogwarts, Aria. It's so beautiful and magnificent." Harry had a dreamy look on his face as he told me more about his school.
"I hope so. I also hope I don't burn this school to the ground." I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly. Ron's eyes went wide. "You burned down the Canadian School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?"
I felt the blush creep up my face. "Well…yes, but it was an accident!" I put my hands up in defense.
"How did you manage to do that?" Hermione looked as shocked as Ron. "Well, our potions professor asked us to make the Anamonty potion…you know, the one where fireworks[1] come out and all that good stuff?"
Hermione nodded vigorously, while Ron and Harry looked at me stupidly. I sighed, going on. "Me and my partner, Jacob, grabbed wolfs bane instead of frogs tongue…"
Hermione gasped loudly and put her hand to her mouth. "What? What happens when you do that?" Ron looked at Hermione expectantly. "Well, seeing as you have no intention of finding it out for yourself…Wolfs bane is what makes the fire and sparks to be produced."
She used her hands and spoke in a tone that said, you're-stupid-and-I-hate-that-I-have-to-explain-this-to-you. "If you put frogs tongue in it…a massive explosion will happen, followed by a toxic gas that is deadly…very deadly."
Ron and Harry's mouths were agape as they stared at me. I chuckled nervously and felt that damn blush creep back up my face and neck. This wasn't something I'm exactly proud of.
"That's bloody amazing!" Ron shouted. I snapped my head up to see him and Harry smiling. Hermione looked flabbergasted. "You're encouraging this?" She yelled at them.
"Hey, it's not like I meant to do it. It was an accident." I put my hands up in my defense. All three of them looked at me and smiled. "Well, I think you'll fit in quite nicely here, don't you think?"
Ron smiled. "Yeah, I think she will too." "Us too." I jumped out of my seat slightly as the twins stood on the doorway. "Bloody hell! How long have you been there?" Ron clutched his chest in an attempt to slow his heart.
"A while. We're surprised that you didn't notice us before." Fred…er….George…um…I have no idea which one said that. "Which one are you?" They laughed.
"George did." Fred said. "But…do you know which one is George?" They both said at the same time. I rubbed my temples. "The one on the left." I looked up at their faces and they looked shocked.
I smiled triumphantly. "Hell yeah, I'm awesome!" I pumped my fist in the air. "How did you do that?" George said. "My best friends for 10 years were twins when I was growing up. I'm really good at spotting differences between twins."
They both broke into smiles at the same time. "You really are amazing, aren't you, our little American?" Fred said. I smiled goofily. "You bet your ginger ass."
That was the first time I met them. It's been 2 years. I'm now in my fourth year, along with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Fred and George are in their sixth.
"Aria! Love! Come down!" I heard George's voice down from the common room. I groggily got myself up from my bed and stumbled down the stairs. "What do you want? It's the weekend, I'm tired! We've got foreign people here, I'm annoyed and I want to go back to bed!" I rubbed my eyes, trying to wake up.
"Happy Birthday to you, you're a-hundred and two! You look like a Yankee, and you smell like one too!" All of the Gryffindor's were in the common room, singing me their effed up version of 'Happy Birthday.'
I stared at them, still half awake. I smiled tiredly. "I hate you guys." Thought what I said was harsh, I ran to Harry, Ron, and Hermione and gave them hugs.
"Happy 15th birthday, Aria." Harry said as he hugged me. "Yeah, happy birthday." Said Ron. Hermione just hugged me. She told me happy birthday at midnight.
"What about us?" Two voices said. I let go of Hermione and looked over at my two favorite people. Fred and George. I ran towards them and hugged them both at the same time.
They've made my time here so enjoyable and fun here. We're the Three Musketeers. No, for real. That's what people called us. We're inseparable and I love them with all of my heart.
But I love Fred in a different way. So much different, it makes my heart swell when I think about it. I'm in love with him. I want to shout it to the world proudly, but I know I can't. He doesn't feel the same.
But, I'm happy with what we have right now. It will suffice, but only for a while. At some time…I will need something more. But right now, at this moment, I'm taking what I have and loving it.
"Happy birthday, love." Fred said. He stroked my hair. I breathed and smiled happily. For a minute, I can believe he loves me the way I love him and pretend.
Fred let go of me and George took his turn. He picked me up and spun me around. "Happy birthday, my little Yankee Doodle!" I laughed along with him. "What?" I said through laughter.
He set me down and Ron came back with a cake. I looked at them skeptically and pointed to the cake. "How did you get that?" He simply smiled and said, "Dumbledore."
I laughed when Ron handed me the cake. I looked at my group of friends. Seamus was eyeing the cake, Neville looked…out of place, but I love him anyway, Harry and Ron were smiling, Hermione was next to me with her arm around my shoulder, and Fred and George were behind me and were also smiling.
I looked at the cake and saw what was written onto it. "Happy 15th, from us to you on the 13th." The black and orange letters were waving around and the black cat on it scurried across the length of the cake and came back on the other side. My birthday is on October 13. And today, ironically, is a Friday. Friday the 13th in October. How lucky am I?
I smiled. "I absolutely, positively, LOVE you guys." I set the sweet treat on the table that was in front of the fire place. "Group hug, everybody!" I yelled. Everyone, including Neville, came up and formed a hugging group.
"I'm feelin' the love!" Harry said, as he was being crushed by everyone. We all let go and there was a silence. "Well…I'm just…gonna go get dressed and all the good stuff." I ran back up the stairs.
I went up to the picture of the constipated looking lady that's on the door of the fourth year common room. She turned her snooty little head toward me and opened her mouth that always seemed to be in a pin straight line.
"Password?" Her voice scared me the first time I heard her. Hell, she scared me when I first looked at her. "Purple Pinlops." She lifted her bird nose to me and let the door open.
I walked into my dorm and went over to my bed. I opened my drawer and pulled out some clothes. I picked out my 'The Offspring' shirt and my purple skinny jeans. Fred said it was his favorite outfit of mine.
I smiled at the memory of when he told me that and I walked over to the bathroom, where I commenced to take a shower, but I'll spare you the graphic details.
I walked out and let my curly brown hair air dry, after I towel dried it for a while. I ran down the stairs and found Fred waiting for me on the couch. "What are you still doing here, Fred? And where's George?" I walked over to him and sat on the couch next to him.
"Waiting for you. Ready for breakfast, love?" He stood and held his arm out, hooked. I hooked mine through it and stood with him. "Yup!" We walked towards the dining hall.
When we got there, Ron had the cake in front of him and looked like he was debating with himself whether he should eat it or not. I looked around the dining hall and saw all of the people here from the different wizarding schools.
Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and Durmstrang Institute. The girls from Beauxbatons pissed me off because they're really stupid and got Fred's attention…a lot.
The guys at Durmstrang like to hit on me. They got here about…two and a half months ago, and the first day they got here, one ran by and hit my ass. So much for Russians being disciplined.
I was about to sit down when a hand tapped my shoulder. I turned around and saw Cedric Diggory standing behind me. I love Fred, but damn this boy is smokin' hot.
He flashed me a smile. "Happy 15th birthday, Aria. Hope you have a wonderful day." He smiled again. I swear, I think I melted into a pile of goo at that point.
"Thank you, Cedric. I appreciate it." I smiled back, and I swear I think I saw him blushing. He looked down and pulled something out of his pocket. "This is for you. Don't open it until you open the rest of your presents with your friends, okay?"
He looked at me dead in the eye. The answer reply I came up with was brilliant. "Okay." I told him breathlessly. Nice, right? "Good. See you later, Aria."
I smiled and waved while he walked back to his table, but he was still looking back at me. "Bye, Cedric." And I sat back at my table, the blush on my face evident.
Harry looked at me, shock written all over his face. "You…and Cedric Diggory are friends?" I looked up at him. "First, no. I barely know the guy. And second, why does that seem so far-fetched that Cedric Diggory and I would be friends? You and I are friends." I poked at my eggs while I looked at him.
"I didn't mean to offend you Aria, it's just Cedric…is Cedric." Harry said, having lost words. I nodded in agreement. Fred and George scoffed. "I don't like him." George said.
"Yeah, and I really don't like him." Fred said. I smiled. Again, I could pretend that he was the jealous boyfriend that just found out another guy had a crush on his girl, but that's not what's happening.
I hugged both of them with side hugs, seeing how they're both beside me. "I'm flattered by the fact that you're both so protective of me, but I don't think that you guys should be involved in my love life…or lack thereof."
Fred laughed and wrapped his arms around my torso. "Don't worry love, I can change that." I froze. Was he asking me out? Ron laughed so hard he choked on his food a little.
"You and Ari? Ahahaha! That's too funny." And he went back to eating. Maybe he was right. Maybe Fred and I should just be friends…I felt Fred slowly slink back to his seat and he went back to eating his food.
There was an awkward silence at the table. Shit…
A/N: I am SOOOOOO SO SO SO SO SO sorry I haven't posted….i kinda forgot about this story. Hehe…well, loves, I'm posting now! :)
