Title: Troubled Waters: Shadow of Doubt (6 of ?)
Author name: Darkforest214
Category: Romance, Drama, Angst
Spoilers: Books 1 through 5
Rating: PG-13
Summary: This story was the inspiration for "Diary of a Hufflepuff." Follow several characters through their adventures in love. The main characters are Fred and George and Olivia James, (one of) my original character(s).
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. Aka… I own nothing (except for the few characters I came up with…)
A/N:This chapter has parallels…aka the paragraphs in itialics run parallel to the non italicized stuff. Any questions just e-mail me or ask it in a review. And because Melvgirl was kind enough to review, here's the next chapter earlier than expected!

Students were starting to fill into the Great Hall for lunch, so instead of going back to their houses to find their friends, they went and took a seat in the Great Hall to talk to them during lunch.

"C'mon Ginny, it'll be fun," said George trying to convince her.

"Yeah, and the way George is recruiting mostly guys…well lets just say we're gonna need all the help we can get," Lillian said to her.

Ginny looked from George to Lillian's pleading faces before answering. "Fine, I'll come," she said. She sounded reluctant, but there was a hint of excitement in her voice.

"Who else is recruiting people?" asked Fred.

"One guess who," muttered Ron.

"Liv," was George's one word answer.

Upon hearing this, Ginny grinned. Maybe Tyler will be there she thought gladly to herself. She had met him at the Yule Ball, both being without a date and they had started talking. Since then he was all she could think about…

"C'mon Ty, it'll be fun," Liv said to her reluctant brother.

"Yeah, and the way Liv is recruiting mostly girls… well lets just say we're gonna need all the help we can get," said Adam.

Tyler looked from Adam to Liv's pleading faces and nodded his head. "Yeah, I'll come," There was a slight hint of excitement in his voice. "Wait, who else is recruiting people?"

"One guess who," Cousin muttered sarcastically.

"George," said Liv.

"I knew it!" said Cousin.

"And Ginny," she added as an afterthought. Tyler nodded, trying to hide his smile, but Liv knew. She had seen the two talking the night before. The look in her twin's eyes when he looked at Ginny was unmistakable because it was the same way she looked at George…

After lunch, on the way back to their common room, Tyler pulled Liv aside to talk. "What's up Ty?" she asked.

"I'm glad I never worried about you dating George. Well, I did worry a little, but—"

"You knew about him?" she asked. "But how?"

"The same way you know about me and Ginny," he said. She smiled and mouthed 'Oh.' "Don't worry, I wouldn't have told Cousin. I didn't want to spoil your fun…"

"Thanks Ty, for everything. Just be warned, Ginny's brothers won't take it as easily. They're really protective," said Liv. Tyler looked slightly worried. "Don't worry about it, Ty, I'll be able to convince George that you're a great guy, I might even be able to convince Fred, but Ron on the other hand…" said Liv trying to cheer him up. "Oh come on, lets go get our scarves and gloves. Then I'll introduce you to George."

"Wait, one question," said Ty.

"Sure, ask away," said Liv with a smile as the two walked toward the Hufflepuff common room.

"Why didn't you introduce me to him before? I mean, I know who he is and all, but you've never introduced us," he said.

"I'm you're only sister, and younger one at that. We may be twins, but you were still born before me," said Liv. "I thought you would be a bit overprotective of me," she explained.

"Oh, well I'm sorry to disappoint you…I can be overprotective if you want…"

"No thanks Ty, you just be yourself," she said, he put his arm over her shoulder and brother and sister entered the Hufflepuff common room together.

"Who all did you recruit for the snowball fight?" Liv asked when she met up with George in the Entrance Hall.

"Fred, Angelina, Harry, Lil, Hermione, Ron and Ginny here," said George, naming them off. "What about you, who all did you recruit for the snowball fight?" George asked, Ginny standing at his side eagerly awaiting Liv's answer.

"Let's see," she counted them off one at a time on her fingers as she named them. "Cousin, Adam, and my brother Tyler…only three."

Ginny smiled at the mention of Liv's brother, George didn't notice. "So I finally get to meet your brother?" said George.

"Yeah," said Liv. "There he is now. Ty, over here!" she called.

"What's up Liv?" he said as he came over. He tried to avoid eye contact with Ginny. He knew if he looked at her he'd lose control and wouldn't be able to stop smiling. "Ty, this is George, and that's Ginny, of course."

Ginny blushed, but George didn't notice nor did he notice the "be careful, George can be overprotective" look that Liv gave Tyler as they walked outside.

"Nice to finally meet my girlfriend's brother," said George with a smile as he held out his hand for Tyler to shake.

Tyler shook his hand, let go, then playfully grabbed Liv and got her into a headlock. "And it's great to meet my Little Ollie's boyfriend."

"Ollie?" George asked Ginny. She just laughed and shrugged her shoulders.

"Oh you're in for it now!" Liv shouted as she broke away and pushed him into the snow. "Calling me Ollie in front of George!"

"What? It's only my old nickname for you…" said Tyler as the two wrestled around playfully in the snow.

"We're not five anymore, Ty!" Liv exclaimed as he put snow down the back of her winter robes.

"Do you think we should break them up?" George asked Ginny as they watched the two roll around in the snow.

Ginny laughed when Liv stuffed snow in Ty's face. "Yeah we better, before a teacher sees them."

The people they recruited started coming outside, they came near George and Ginny to see what was going on.

George and Ginny went into the middle of the play-fighting twins. George got a hold of Liv and dragged her back. Ginny got her hands on Ty, but he just threw snow in her face. Ginny laughed and pushed him into the snow. Liv also got her hands on a fistful of snow and tried to smear it on George's face. Soon everyone else joined in. It was now a full blown snowball fight. No one cared who their snowball hit. What was supposed to be boys vs. girls had become an all out free for all. Gryffindors vs. Gryffindors, boyfriend vs. girlfriend, even best friends or siblings were trying to smudge as much snow as possible into each others' faces.

At one point Cousin ran straight into Adam, bounced off his chest and landed on her rear end in the snow laughing too hard to get back up. Soon everyone was lying flat on their backs, to tired, wet and cold to move. Some of the couples were laughing and talking (such as Harry and Lil). It had started to snow again and they were all very cold.

"Maybe we should go inside and try and warm up a bit before dinner," said Hermione, the voice of reason.

"I'm so cold, I don't think I could move," said Fred.

"We really should be going inside," said Liv as she tried to sit up. She rose up half way then fell back onto the snow when Tyler reached over and pulled down on the hood of her robe.

Ty stood up instead and held out his hand. "Need help, Sis?"

"Yeah," she said as she grabbed his hand and pulled really hard. He fell face first into the snow. The two started laughing, as did their friends around them.

After rolling around for a while longer everyone managed to get up. Harry and Lillian walked inside shivering and holding each other close, the same with Cousin and Adam, and Fred and Angelina.

All of their friends had gone inside and Ginny, Ty, Liv and George were the only four left outside.

"George, I'm freezing," said Liv, her teeth chattering. "Why'd you have to suggest something as cold as a snowball fight?" she said as she moved closer to him.

He wrapped his arms around her and replied, "If it had been a snowball fight you wouldn't be so cold. But you and that brother of yours turned it into a free-for-all," he said with a laugh. She laughed too as she snuggled up closer to him. They walked up to the castle with Ginny and Tyler following them.

Luckily for those two, George never turned around to see Tyler with his arm wrapped around Ginny's waist, or Ginny's head resting on his shoulder.

"I'll see you at dinner," said Liv with a smile. She kissed him and the two went their separate ways toward their common rooms.

George stopped once he was up the stairs and out of site of the Entrance Hall to wait for Ginny. When she came up the stairs she had a big grin on her face, although it vanished when she saw George.

"You had fun too?" he asked. Ginny relaxed and smiled again.

"Yeah, that was a lot of fun," she said, the two walked back to the Gryffindor common room.

"Aren't you glad I talked you into coming?" said George said as they walked.

"I have no regrets," she said, a big smile on her face.

They walked back to the common room together, talking about their day of fun, all the while, George never knowing about Ginny's true, blossoming relationship with Tyler.

Liv stopped once she had reached the bottom of the stairs and was out of site of the Entrance Hall where she waited for Tyler. When he came down the stairs shortly after her, he had a large grin on his face that only grew when he saw his twin.

"So you had fun too?" said Liv.

"I don't think I've ever had that much fun playing in the snow before," he said smiling. "Even back at home when we were growing up!"

"So it's a good thing I talked you into coming?"

"I have no regrets, Ollie," he said. He laughed as she punched him playfully on the, and he pretended it hurt. "I still can't believe you're embarrassed by your old nickname."

"It was really hard to go from "Ollie" to "Liv" it took forever for mom to stop calling me that. And quite frankly, I don't want my boyfriend to call me Ollie," said Liv jokingly. "Besides, it sometimes brings up bad memories…" she added seriously.

"Oh, Ol, I'm sorry, I forgot… I'll only call you Ollie when we're alone, Olivia," he said.

"Thanks," she said with a meek smile and a nod. "Now let's go get out of these cold, wet clothes, before we get sick," sad Liv.

"Race you to the common room?" said Tyler, as he took off running.

"No fair! You got a head start!" she called after him as she ran to catch up.

A/N: As I've said countless times before…you know the drill. R&R…oh and please pardon the fluff and Mary-Sue moments…sometimes they just can't be avoided. (Snowball fight scene is similar to something that actually happened, I just fluffed it up a bit and added some more people into the mix)