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A/N: NO FLAMES! Not accepted. Thank-you. Constructive criticism is welcome.
2nd A/N: This is an AU story. Given that the twins are actually triplets.
Chapter Six – Sixth Year
Winter was harsh in 1995. Alex spent most of her time in the common room curled up close to the fire. Fred and George across the common room writing angrily on a piece of parchment. They'd been to the Quidditch World cup and bet all their savings on Ireland wining but Bulgarian Seeker Viktor Krum getting the snitch. Of course the two boys had got it right, but when their opponent Ludo Bagman paid them – he'd used leprechaun Gold and it had vanish after several hours. So they'd been writing to him letting him know that he'd made a mistake.
"Boys? Is it really worth it? You've already written to him several times. Just ignore it. I'm sure with your invention you'll make heaps of money." Alex said snuggling further into her lumpy Weasley Jumper and yawning. Fred and George ignored her; both gave identical snorts and kept writing. Alex soon fell asleep on the couch; George noticed when she didn't say anything else. He got up and summoned a blanket from their dormitories. He laid it gently over Alex and stuffed a cushion under her head.
"Right," Fred said standing up with the envelope in his hand, "to the Owlery." Thankfully they met no one on the way to or from the Owlery. They had to make sure they got partners for the Yule Ball after all they needed to extra few minutes of not explaining what they doing to anyone. They got back to the Common Room, they'd only been gone for twenty minutes, to fine Alex and Alicia Spinnet with their wands out facing each other. Both girls looked murderous. Alicia looked ready to kill Alex and anyone else who got in the way of her. George and Fred exchanged a look. This wasn't going to end well.
"I do not appreciate being accused of something I didn't do Spinnet!" Alex snarled.
"I know you did it! Angelina wouldn't do that to me and Leanne and Danielle have been out with their boyfriends!" Alicia screamed.
"Who's to say I touched your bloody dress! Like I would! It's a disgusting dress I wouldn't touch it!" Alex said, her voice now a bit more of a plead then just angry words.
"You changed it and stole it then!" Alicia said, the boys could tell Alicia was running out of reasons to why Alex could have stolen her dress. Fred now saw that Alex had either been punched of hit by something very hard in the face. Her nose was trickling with blood and there was bruise forming on her cheekbone and the skin around her eye was turning purple too.
"I'm not even going to the ball! I don't dance!" Alex said, Alicia lowered her wand and Alex lowered hers slowly. Alicia looked upset.
"It's just…my dress has gone missing and I don't have time to get another one." She said. Alex smiled softly and took Alicia back upstairs to the dormitory. They heard Alicia shriek in delight and when they came back downstairs Alicia was hugging Alex. It was never easy for Fred and George to understand girls but at least they knew who they were going to ask to the ball. Fred hadn't asked her yet but George was planning on asking his partner that night. To give her two weeks to get a dress.
"Hey Katie!" The younger girl looked up and felt her face burn to see one of the twins jogging towards her.
"Oh hi…" She mumbled blush creeping over her cheeks.
"Katie…wanna go to ball with me?" He asked, Katie went scarlet.
"Sure…which one are you?" She asked.
"George. Fred wants to ask Angelina, promise you won't tell her right?" George said, Katie nodded.
"Not a word. See you later George." She said and walked away. George felt a little giddy, his sister's words about Katie being a pretty girl came back, and he realized she was right. Katie was a pretty girl. George found Alex in the common room again, she stood face-to-face with Lee Jordan, she was staring him down. He'd been head-over-heel in love with Alex for years. Since he saw her on the Hogsmeade platform on September the first 1989. Alex obviously had just been asked to the Yule Ball by Lee and she refused.
"I don't dance! I'm not going!" She snapped.
"But come on Lexi, it's a once in a lifetime chance!" Lee said clearly he really wanted her to go with him. Alex went red at the ears and her cheeks tinged pink.
"DON'T CALL ME LEXI!" She snapped loudly. Lee looked up as he heard the portrait hole shut to see now both of Alex's brothers, along with Hermione, Ron and Harry all watching the exchange. Alex had no intention of going to Yule Ball and he didn't understand why. After the Gryffindors had suffered through the dance lesson with Professor McGonagall, after Harry went through the first task. Not that he 'won' it exactly. But he got the egg he had to, after knocking out his dragon. He'd done it well. His Firebolt had served him well. Lee didn't know what he was going to do. Alex had been heard during the first task cheering Harry on with Hermione and Ron. Lee had a suspicion that she was hoping he'd ask her to the ball.
"Listen Alex. Potter isn't going to ask you to the ball! He wants to take that Chang girl from Ravenclaw! You'll have no other option but me! He's not going to ask you!" Lee had just crossed a line with Alex, her face went a deep scarlet as Lee had indeed spoken what she wanted to happen but Harry and the other interpreted her blush as anger creeping into her face, she took a step back turned away from him before throwing her body behind a punch that rivalled Hermione's punch on Draco just the year before. Lee stumbled backwards into the stone wall and when he cleared his blurred vision he came face-to-face with a very angry and less red-faced Alexandra Weasley, her wand pointed at his face.
"Say it again Jordan." She said, "say it again and I'll hex you into next year!" She snarled.
"Is that threat?" He asked, sounding not nearly as scared as he looked.
"No…it's a promise." She replied; she didn't lower her wand in the slightest. Although she wasn't looking at his hands Lee didn't realize that Fred and George were right there with their sister, ready to help if needed. Lee Raised his wand calmly, ready to hex her should she hex him.
"Expelliarmus!" Before Lee or Alex had said anything, Lee wand shot out of his hand and flew over their heads, landing comfortably in George's outstretched hand.
"George!" Alex snapped. He grinned at her.
"I wasn't about to let him hex you Lexi. You don't have to go to the Yule Ball if you don't want to. No one going to force you." He said twirling Lee's wand in his hand. Alex nodded and went upstairs, knowing that George would only give Lee his wand back when she'd gone.
"I could hex you both you know." Lee said when George tossed his wand back to him.
"If you do and Lex finds out, you'll be in the hospital before you can say 'what was that?'. Alex is an expert at certain…dangerous curses. You don't want to cross her because Alex and Ginny both have Mum's temper. Seriously Lee…believe us." Fred said putting his wand back in his jeans pocket.
