A/N: I said I wasn't going to give Lee/Katie a big part but I started typing and just couldn't stop, so while this chapter includes Ginny and Oliver, for once they aren't the main characters. This is more of an interlude including other favourites (basically the twins), before chapter 9 which will be fluff abound between Oliver and Ginny in the city of love
If the italics (showing the action on the video) don't show up then this chapter may be harder to understand but I'm trying out this kind of new format for one chapter only to see how it goes and this may be revised at a late date
BTW thank you all so much for reviewing the last chapter, I was worried you'd have all forgotten this story
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Arriving at Fred and George's house the first thing Ginny noticed was the large crowd in the living room. It was packed with every Weasley brother from Britain, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Lavender, Lee, Katie, Alicia, Angelina and a lot more of Fred and George's many friends including Derek and Paddy who nodded a greeting in their direction, they obviously didn't mind been up late before travelling
'Ok I think that's the room full, we can start' Fred said beaming round happily stood at the front of the room with George as Ginny and Oliver found a space at the back to sit down
'We have organised this so that all our friends have a chance to see mine and Fred's latest work of genius' George continued
'As most of you know, Harry, Ron and Hermione kindly gave us a video player and camcorder for our last birthday and so we have finally had a chance to express our artistic talents' Fred once again took over as everyone looked rather nervous about what was going to happen next. Oliver remembered well how the twin's had decided to express artistic talent once before by colouring his beloved broom a multicoloured pattern that wouldn't wash off for months
'But without further ado we would like to show you our first ever programme' George said as the lights dimmed (courtesy of Fred) and caused most people to jump in alarm as a large screen in front of them flickered to life. It was a television, but as most people in the room were wizards who had apparently paid no attention to muggle studies they were rather apprehensive of it, these people didn't include Oliver or Ginny who were used to Fred and George's obsession with muggle technology
'Hello he's Fred Weasley' George who was on the screen pointed to Fred who was standing next to him and waving madly, they were in their own kitchen and the camcorder was apparently balanced on the counter
'And he's a random guy I pulled off the street called George who just happens to look identical to me' Fred smiled as he introduced George
'How spooky is that' George said trying to look spooked
'Very'
'We are both adventurous adventurers who are giving you the lucky viewer this once in a lifetime chance to witness just some of our many escapades thanks to this wonderful muggle invention of a comcarder'
The real George looked confused as a few people laughed at the last word, Fred just shrugged in confusion
'Camcorder' Hermione corrected suppressing a smile by burrowing her face in Harry who didn't mind at all
'Oh yeah that' Fred dismissed with a wave of his hand as the scene on the television changed to outside a small cottage
'Well here we are, this is Fred and I've just arrived at a very special person's house, let's see if she's in' screen Fred held the camcorder in front of his face as he knocked on the door
'Hello Fred, we didn't have plans to go out did we?' Angelina asked looking surprised
'No, but I thought we could make some plans to stay in' Fred's voice sounded from behind the camcorder, which he now held in front of him
'You realise Alicia is home?'
'Damn it, I thought maybe we could make out'
'I know that's a camcorder' Angelina said pointing at the object in question
'Oops. Oh oh' if Fred's face had been visible he would certainly have been sweating, but his voice gave away his nervousness
'That's right lover boy, I'm not even slightly amused by your attempts to involve me in your tacky soft porn film' Angelina gave Fred such a stern look that McGonagall would have been proud
'Now Angelina, calm down I can explain …. Actually I can't, byeeee' Fred said as he ran from the house as fast as he could while Angelina shouted abuse from her front door
Ginny looked over to see Angelina scowling at Fred, who was desperately trying to placate her and explaining that the film would interest her if she would just stay a few minutes more
'Hello Alicia' George was now at the same door Fred had been earlier but this time Alicia had answered the door
'George I've spoken to Angelina and if you even suggest holding hands I'm going to curse you' Alicia said very calmly as she twirled her wand in her hand
'That's just charming I come here ready to offer you the chance to be a star in my film and you're just rude' George said sounding insulted, the look on Alicia's face made George stop talking before too long
'I strongly suggest you start running away very fast'
'Yes dear' George agreed hastily as he followed his brother's earlier path by fleeing the house
Oliver was sure that George and Alicia were back together and happy, considering the fact she was at that very moment been held in George's arms and both were smiling happily. He had always thought they had a strong relationship, not that Fred and Angelina didn't but the latter couple argued so often that it seemed as though it was all they did. Oliver knew which relationship he hoped his and Ginny's was more like
'Now viewers don't panic, you're hosts aren't going to be disheartened just because they have girlfriends who don't want them to succeed in their ambitions' Fred said back in his own house just as there was a knock at the door
'Fred go get that' George commanded from where he was lazing on the sofa eating
'No need, I let myself in' a male voice came from the hallway
'Lee' both twins exclaimed with delight
'In the flesh' Lee Jordan smiled as he stepped into the living room
'How are you mate, we haven't seen you for ages' Fred said as he slapped Lee on the back
'I just got back from my conference course, it lasted a bit longer than I expected but even though I'm almost dropping dead from exhaustion I dragged myself round here to see you two' Lee explained, he'd been to America with work for the last few weeks
'In other words you lost your key again' George interpreted, Lee was famous for been forgetful
'Yeah' Lee said rather sheepishly
'I don't get how the hell you can lose a flashing neon green key so often' Fred said shaking his head in disbelieve, anyone who made Fred and George look organised had to be one hell of a guy, which is probably why Lee was such a great best friend
'It's just a talent I guess. So is it alright if I crash here tonight and sort it out in the morning'
'Sure, but you should really just learn how to do the accio spell properly'
'Well I'm very sorry I'm not one of the, oh say ten most powerful wizards in the world who'd actually be able to perform the accio spell on a specific key' Lee said looking rather annoyed
'No need to get moody, just pointing out that both Harry and Hermione could perform the spell, you could have asked them' Fred held his hands up in defence and backed away, momentarily blocking the camera's view as it had apparently been left running on top of the TV from where it could capture the events of almost the entire house
'Such great best friends you are' Lee said sarcastically
'I know, you're really lucky. You can sleep in the spare room, we're going back to annoy Angelina and Alicia some more' George said
'Say hi to Katie from me' Lee said as he dragged his bag towards the back room, however Fred and George hadn't yet left
'Why would Katie be there?' Fred asked looking confused, last he had heard Katie had been on holiday
'Erm she said she was staying there for a while' Lee looked slightly panicked as he stammered a response
'I thought you were away how would she tell you?' George was also puzzled
'Obviously by owl post' Lee said although it could be observed he still looked rather nervous
'Oh right, well come on George we're wasting valuable taunting time' Fred shrugged off the conversation as he left the room grabbing the camcorder from the TV as he went and the screen once again changed scene back to Angelina and Alicia's house
'Somebody answer this door right now' Fred yelled hammering on the door with all his might while George who was now holding the camcorder did the same on the front window
'Alright, just stop knocking' Katie's voice could be heard as she fumbled with the door lock and opened it looking extremely sleepy'
'We demand you let us in' George said pushing Katie aside and entering the house with Fred right behind him
'That's fine with me but Angelina and Alicia are both out' Katie said looking slightly more awake and rather amused
'Oh. Well how are you?' Fred asked, been much quieter now that he knew his girlfriend was out
'Very tired, I only just got back from my trip abroad and now you've woken me up'
'Oh yeah Angie said you'd gone away, have you brought us a present?' Fred said trying to remember where exactly Katie had gone, he had a feeling it could be America, but that sounded to be too much of a coincidence
'Yes, it's in that bag, it's labelled, now leave me alone and let me go to bed' Katie said grouchily as she padded back to bed
'Thanks Katie' the twins yelled after her as they grabbed the bag of various presents and tipped it onto the floor, they saw one labelled mum and dad and another saying Penelope and as they dug through the heap trying to find theirs George stopped suddenly
'What's up?' Fred asked eventually noticing his twin had become very still
'How would you describe Lee's door key' George asked
'Big, bulky, flashing neon green, can't miss it' Fred grinned, they had forced Lee to get the key in an effort to make him remember it, not that it had worked
'So exactly like this one' George said as he held up a big, bulky, flashing neon green key
'Where did you get that?'
'It fell out of Katie's bag'
'How would Lee's key get into Katie's holiday bag?'
'I've no idea but we should definitely investigate' George said decisively grinning
'Absolutely' Fred agreed
'Going somewhere Katie?' George asked grinning evilly as he paused the tape and a large flashlight was focused onto Katie who was stood up in the process of leaving
'Erm, well….no' she said sounding extremely flustered. Ginny felt sorry for her as Katie hated been the centre of attention but didn't really have a clue what on earth could be on the video that would make Katie want to sneak out
'Good because it's just about to get interesting, now sit back down so everyone can see, we wouldn't want to block anyone's view, would we?' George said very smoothly, Oliver was another who didn't know what was going on but he was more worried that it was getting very late and he had to travel to France tomorrow and didn't want to be too tired. But as long as Ginny stayed here, he would stay with her
'No' Katie agreed rather miserably as she sat back down just praying that Fred and George hadn't found out what she thought they'd found out
'Ok, camera this is Fred, you are now in the hidden position, behind the plant-pot, so you just record for us and we'll get some lovely embarrassing footage of Katie and Lee, ok here goes.' Fred whispered grinning into the camera (which was now tied to the light giving a bird eyes view of the room) as he jumped down and ran to open the door before the person on the other side could even ring the doorbell
'Katie what a nice surprise' Fred cried happily dragging her inside just as George pulled a protesting Lee from the spare bedroom into the living room where the four of them stood in silence
'Well me and Fred must be off now' George said cheerfully as he walked towards the door with his twin, Fred paused for a second at the door to wink very deliberately in the direction of the camera
'Have they actually gone?' Katie asked cautiously
'I'll check' Lee walked to the door and stuck his head out and looked around, 'yeah they've gone'
'Thank God. I found your key in my bag' Katie held out the object in question
'Oh is that where it got to? I did wonder. But you've forgotten something as well' Lee looked rather upset as he noticed what Katie was missing
'Really what would that be?' Katie genuinely looked puzzled as though she couldn't for the life of her think what she had forgotten
'Your ring' Lee said quietly
'It's here' Katie said as she lifted up her necklace, which had a sparkly ring hanging from it
'Maybe nobody told you, but it's meant to go on your finger' the grin on Lee's face was returning as Katie rolled her eyes at him
'Really Mr smart Alec, wouldn't that give the game away just slightly'
'Possibly but I want to do this in public' Lee said
'Do what?' once again Katie looked puzzled
'This' Lee said grinning as he leant down to kiss her,
It was by anyone's standards an extremely passionate kiss and for a few moments it looked as though the film really would become soft porn. Harry could be observed trying to stop Hermione from watching, Oliver was considering doing the same to Ginny but didn't think she'd appreciate it and on screen Katie had finally pulled away from Lee and both were grinning stupidly.
But in real life both Lee and Katie were attempting to sink into their seats as they were getting a lot of amazed looks as nobody had known they were going out, but Lee and Katie knew that an even bigger revelation was about to hit
'I never wanted to keep it a secret forever and those last two weeks were perfect, I still can't believe you asked me' Katie was speaking again
'I still can't believe you said yes' Lee murmured into Katie's hair as he held her in his arms
'How could I ever refuse you?'
'You're too good for me, you should have had all your friends and family there, not just a guy dressed as Elvis' Lee said pulling away from Katie looking rather downcast
'Lee I love Elvis and I had everything I needed, I had you' Katie smiled as she slid the ring off the necklace and held it in her hand. Lee reached out and picked it up holding her left hand softly as he gently put the ring onto Katie's finger, 'I love you Lee' she whispered as they once again hugged tightly
'I love you too Mrs Jordan'
The screen faded to black but nobody noticed, everybody was too busy staring at Lee and Katie who both looked shell-shocked
'You're married?' Angelina managed to stutter out finally, Katie seemed to only have the energy to nod in response
'To him' Alicia said open-mouthed as she jerked her thumb at Lee, as though unable to comprehend what had just happened. Once again Katie nodded, it was hard to know who was the more shocked, whether it was Katie and Lee that everyone knew they were married, Angelina and Alicia that their best friend had married in secret, Harry, Ron and Hermione that the twin's had managed to create mayhem with such an innocent gift or the twin's that nobody was congratulating them on such a brilliant film.
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Safe to say that nobody left for a long time, but by two o'clock in the morning Ginny realised Oliver was practically falling asleep against her and decided enough was enough. Saying quick goodbyes Ginny and Oliver left the twin's house and Ginny apparated with Oliver to make sure he actually reached the right place as he hardly had the energy to keep his eyes open
'Try to get some sleep Oliver' Ginny advised as he began to crawl up his stairs clutching the banister tightly and she turned to leave
'Gin?' Oliver's sleepy voice said
'What's wrong?'
'Nothing, but when we get married it won't be in secret in Vegas with a guy dressed as Elvis. Just so you know' Oliver's voice drifted down the stairs as he finally reached his room falling onto his bed still fully clothed, Ginny grinned as she left for home
And about five minutes later they both realised that Oliver had said 'when' and not 'if' and Ginny had agreed with him, their grin's grew even larger as they both fell asleep with that thought in mind
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Meanwhile across town an argument was still raging, Fred and George wanted Lee to have a belated stag night and Katie had most adamantly protested against this with the backing of Alicia and Angelina, all the other guests had taken this opportunity to slip away having thoroughly enjoyed the evening's entertainment. But as with all arguments soon it was all between Fred and Angelina, Lee and Katie left after deciding that if everyone knew they were married they were free to do what they liked so they left for Lee's place with the key very firmly in Katie's hand. George and Alicia didn't really have a disagreement in the first place, they were both too laid-back to get on each other's nerves for long so they left as well.
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Fred and Angelina finally paused for breath long enough to realise everyone had gone
'See what you did, you scared everyone away' Angelina accused angrily, ready to start yet another argument
'Me? It was you' Fred protested
'It was not, as usual it…' but Angelina couldn't say anymore as Fred had pressed his mouth to hers
'At last you're quiet' Fred said as he pulled away, seeing that Angelina was about to start shouting again he intervened 'Ok we both know how all our arguments end, so let's save some time. I'm sorry I'm a prat and I'm sorry I made you fall in love with this prat and I'm sorry I love you back'
'That's all I ever need to hear' Angelina smiled
'So can we make out now?' Fred asked
'Absolutely as soon as you switch that damn camera off' Angelina said and the screen flickered and finally faded to black
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A/N: Well what do you think. It must be said that I'm nervous as this definitely doesn't include as much Oliver/Ginny as usual, but I wanted to give insight into their friends' lives and the world around them, so this chapter was the twins and their friends. And after some more Ginny/Oliver chapters (which will be filled with love and over-protective brothers) I will have a chapter to focus more on Harry, Hermione, Ron, Lavender etc. And just wait till Cho meets Hermione and Harry, safe to say it'll be a blast
However if you all really hate this idea then tell me, I can't promise I'll listen but I promise to try
