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Simple Kind of Life
By Black Rapture
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Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters, locations, and other indicia belong to J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers. The songs Simple Kind of Life by No Doubt and Our Lips Are Sealed by The Go-Go's belong to them, respectively, and any other persons or companies owning their names/trademarks, etc.
Title Origin(s): The song Simple Kind of Life, lyrics of which can be found below, inspired the title of this story. All chapter titles are taken from song titles, lyrics of which will also be featured below.
Warning: This story was written before the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and therefore does not follow its canon.
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All I wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life
And all I needed was a simple man
So I could be a wife
- Simple Kind of Life, No Doubt
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Chapter 3 - Our Lips Are Sealed
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Doesn't matter what they say
In their jealous games people play
Our lips are sealed
Pay no mind to what they say
Doesn't matter anyway
- Our Lips Are Sealed, The Go-Go's
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The next morning, the full realization came back to them. Fred and Angelina had gone into the common room, practically on top of each other, in full view of more than half of Gryffindor. They had then encountered their four best friends when they were about to… they didn't really want to think about that. They did feel bad about locking George and Lee out of their own bedroom that night. They probably wouldn't mind, but it still wasn't very considerate. They were also terrified of going down to breakfast because they knew the whole story would be over school by now. Especially since Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown were probably two of the dozens of people to see them the previous night. They especially cringed at the fact that all the teachers, including Dumbledore, had probably caught wind of it. Just thinking about Dumbledore knowing was enough to make them shudder. As opposed to hiding the entire day, they decided to get their appearance in the Great Hall over with so as not to suffer more horrifically tomorrow, when they had classes.
Angelina got dressed and headed back to her room to change. She knew that there would be people in the common room, some of who had seen last night's show. She hurried down the boy's staircase and up the girl's again, trying to ignore the hooting and whistles. When she entered her room, she wasn't surprised to find Lee in Alicia's bed and George in hers. She looked over at Katie's bed to see Katie and Alicia sleeping peacefully. As quietly as she could, Angelina got some clothes from her closet and went to the bathroom. She brushed her teeth, dressed, and brushed her hair. As she went out again, she prayed her friends were still asleep. They weren't. All four of them were sitting up in bed and waiting for her to come out. She couldn't bring herself to look them in the eyes. She simply tossed her clothes into her hamper and hurried down the stairs.
Fred was already waiting for her at the bottom, looking miserable. She gave him a weak smile and they headed out of the common room, trying to ignore the stares. 'Oh Merlin, if it's this bad facing Gryffindor, imagine how we'll feel in front of the whole school,' she thought. She looked at Fred and he seemed to be thinking the same thing. She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. He looked up and grinned at her.
"It's now or never," he said grimly. She nodded, but was still scared to death. He took her hand, and entered the Great Hall. They felt like time had stopped. Nobody was moving, nobody was talking, nobody was eating, and it seemed like nobody was even breathing. Every head in the hall was turned towards the doors and every eye was fixed on them. Fred looked up and his heart dropped to the floor. Dumbledore was staring at them. Angelina looked in his direction as well. He felt her wince. Dumbledore's blue eyes seemed to bore into their very souls and they wished they could just crawl under a rock and die.
To his surprise, Angelina took a deep breath and headed towards the Gryffindor table, dragging him along. They sat at the end of the table and looked up at each other. He couldn't help but smile and she did too. It felt like a huge weight had been lifted off their shoulders when the hall suddenly became noisy again and everyone acted as if nothing had ever happened. It was like music to their ears. But they still felt eyes upon them. They turned and saw Alicia, Katie, George, Lee, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny grinning from ear to ear.
"Oh God," she whispered. Fred laughed.
"At least they're not yelling at us for stealing their bedroom," he pointed out. Angelina chuckled.
"I suppose," she said. When they were done with breakfast, they got up to leave. Just as when they first came in, as if on cue, everyone's heads swung robotically to watch them leave. This time Angelina felt Fred wince and didn't even bother to look where he was looking. She grabbed him and pulled him out of the hall before Dumbledore's eyes burnt a hole right through him.
"At least it's over," she said.
"Yeah," he replied, "One more thing though." She looked at him and raised one of her eyebrows. He leaned over and kissed her passionately on the lips. He felt her smile, but they instantly pulled apart as they heard the doors to the Great Hall opened. They knew who it was but still hoped it wasn't. The same group came out grinning, once again, from ear to ear.
"Do you mind?" Angelina snapped. "I think I've been stared at enough this morning to last me a lifetime."
"Tell me about it." Fred muttered. But they just kept staring and grinning.
"OH, HONESTLY!" Angelina screamed, stalking up the staircase.
"WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT?" Fred yelled angrily. Their grins faded.
"Sorry." Ron mumbled. Fred groaned.
"Do you have any idea how humiliating this entire situation is?" he asked quietly. "It's bad enough my little brother knows, much less the entire school." He then stormed up the after Angelina.
"I guess it would kind of suck now that I think about it." George admitted.
"Yeah, but it's their fault! Nobody told them to practically start humping on the common room floor!" Ron shouted. Hermione's mouth dropped to the floor. Ron realized he'd said the wrong thing, but before he could retract his statement, Hermione smacked him across the face with all her might. "OW!" he yelled.
"You deserved it." Harry said. Ron punched Harry in the face. Ginny slapped Ron on the other side of his face, leaving two red handprints.
"Ginny! What the hell is the matter with you?" George shouted.
"Shut up, George! He deserved it!" Alicia shrieked.
"Shut up, Alicia! He did not!" Katie yelled.
"Don't yell at Alicia!" George roared.
"Don't shout at Katie!" Lee bellowed. Soon, everyone was yelling at one another. One by one they all stomped up the staircase into the common room.
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When everyone was sitting silently in the common room, resolutely not talking, Fred came down.
"What's the matter with everybody?" he asked. Everyone just shrugged. Angelina came down the stairs.
"What's going on?" she questioned. Fred and everyone else just shrugged.
"RON WAS TALKING BAD ABOUT YOU AND FRED!" Hermione screamed.
"HERMIONE SLAPPED ME!" Ron yelled.
"RON PUNCHED ME!" roared Harry.
"THEN GINNY SLAPPED ME TOO!" Ron continued.
"THEN GEORGE YELLED AT ME!" Ginny whined.
"THEN ALICIA SCREAMED AT ME!" George bellowed.
"THEN KATIE TOLD ME TO SHUT UP!" Alicia shouted.
"THEN GEORGE TOLD ME NOT TO SHOUT AT ALICIA!" Katie shrieked.
"THEN LEE TOLD ME TO-- " George began, but was interrupted by Angelina.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THE MATTER WITH YOU SELFISH BASTARDS!" Angelina cried, "I'M THE ONE WHO PRACTICALLY HAD SEX WITH FRED IN FRONT OF HALF THE HOUSE AND NOW THE WHOLE SCHOOL KNOWS!" She proceeded to collapse into tears. Everyone shut up.
"Angel, come on." Fred whispered. He scooped her into his arms and carried her to the couch. Fred sat down and let her lean against him. She sobbed into his shoulder. "It's okay, baby. By next week everybody will have forgotten about it," he assured her, running his fingers through her hair.
"I'm such a bloody arse." Ron mumbled.
"No you're not, Ron." Hermione said, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"No, he's right for once Hermione." Harry replied. Ron was about to retort but Fred shot him a death glare and he shut up. Angelina continued to bawl into Fred's chest.
An hour later, Angelina had calmed down and everyone had apologized to each other.
"So… " Lee broke the silence with a sly grin, "You going to tell us what happened last night?" Angelina sat up.
"Is there anything to tell? I think between those of you who were in the common room and those of you who were in the dorm, you can figure it out," she replied. Lee just smiled and sunk back into his armchair.
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