A/N: To Break This Spell666: She is a mixture of both, even though she doesn't really know what is happening and why she's feeling it. I'm going to play more of this into the sequel.
Anonymous: I'm glad you like Cassi as a match for George. I tailored her specifically to him. Making her fun loving, but still has feelings. Which is one of the reasons why her house comes into question, because if you think about, she acts quite a bit like Hermione, but with a sneakier side that I think Hermione tries to push away. That's just my opinion though.
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"Well if it isn't the blood traitors," Draco sneered, elegantly resting at the punch bowl, looking gorgeous and dressed to the nines for the ball. Cassi sighed sadly as she felt George tense next to her.
"Can you please not do this tonight Draco? We are trying to enjoy ourselves," Cassi said pleadingly and Draco swaggered up to her. She felt George take a step in front of her, but she placed a hand on his shoulder to have him move. He looked at her to see if she was sure, and when she nodded he reluctantly moved to the side.
"I saw you two out there, practically shagging on the dance floor. Have you lost all respect for yourself? What happened to hiding in the shadows Cassi," Draco asked vehemently and she felt a sudden peace come over her.
"I'm done fighting with you Draco," she told him, and he had a startled look come over his face.
"What? What do you mean," he asked, and he looked like the scared little boy he was.
"I'm not fighting with you anymore. If you can't handle the fact that I'm dating George then we are threw. I'm not fighting with you anymore," she said calmly, and he stepped closer, tears in his eyes.
"But you're my sister," he said, his voice sounding strangled. Tears began to well in her own eyes at his words.
"We can make it through this. You don't have to hate everything that isn't like you. You can come with me," she placed her hand out for him to take it. He stared at it, and lifted his hesitantly. But then he looked at the offered hand with contempt and slapped it away.
"I will not be like you. I will no longer recognize you as family," he said, but some tears fell from his eyes as he spoke the words. Tears fell from hers as well, but they were silent as he continued, "We are no longer brother and sister." With that he swept away from her. Pansy Parkinson glowered at Cassi as she followed the young Slytherin, Crabbe and Goyle on their heels. George looked into her eyes, and that's when the dams broke. She let loose a quiet sob as he gathered her in his arms, and he led her away to outside the Great Hall. There they heard yelling, and the couple turned to see Hermione yelling at Ron and Harry. Harry looked upset and Ron looked mad as Hermione yelled at them to go to bed. She soon collapsed on the stairs and slid her shoes off. Cassi and George looked at each other before they decided to walk over. The sad girl didn't seem to notice their approach until Cassi sat on her right and George on her left. Hermione looked up at the two, and sniffled to get her crying under control.
"No point in putting on a strong front love," George said as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Hermione broke down in tears again and rested her head on his shoulder. Cassi had no issues with this as she wrapped an arm around her waist and laid her head on Hermione's shoulder.
"Boys are stupid," Cassi said suddenly, breaking the silence. Hermione nodded then gave a soft chuckle when George gave an indignant 'Hey'. Cassi smiled at George, "Sorry love, but you know it's true."
"Ok, I'll give you that one," George conceded, and Hermione laughed louder now. Cassi smiled at George when they heard the happy sound, and they were happy they could cheer the younger girl up.
"Don't worry about Ron Hermione," George said quietly, and the happiness turned into somberness immediately. Hermione pushed up from her spot and looked at George, anger in her eyes.
"He can just be so thick sometimes. I don't get it. You and Fred don't act like that, and even pompous Percy isn't like that, and he acts like he owns the bloody world," Hermione exclaimed and George laughed at her description then looked at her with a slightly amused, slightly worried expression on his face.
"He acts like that because he wants attention," Hermione gave a slightly confused look so he elaborated, "He's a middle child to a large family. Three were incredibly smart and brought pride to the parents, while two others were the troublemakers, getting attention, much to their chagrin," he wiggled his eyebrows and the girls laughed, then continued, "Then has a younger sibling, a girl no less, amongst a bunch of boys. He's left all by himself. And then he finally gets to Hogwarts, can finally prove himself to the family, and he becomes the best friend of the most famous boy that has lived and the brilliant girl that was brewing polyjuice potion by her second year. He is always stuck in the middle. So he's trying to get attention. That's really all it is Hermione. The best thing you could do is act like it never happened."
"No she shouldn't," Cassi argued and the two others looked at her, waiting for her to explain. She sighed, "He'll just do it again. She should confront him about it and say that it's not okay for him to act like a five year old."
"But then that's giving him the attention he wants. If she acts like nothing happened, he'll get bored and won't do it anymore," George countered and she shook her head.
"But he would just do it more because he isn't getting the attention he wants. If she confronted him, he gets the attention, and he knows that what he's doing isn't working. Confrontation is better," she told him, and in the heat of the moment she stood up, her fists balled in defiance. He stood up as well, his chest puffed out.
"She should ignore him. Ignoring him is better."
"No confrontation."
"Ignoring."
"Confronting."
"Ignoring."
They went back and forth like this for a minute, Hermione looking back and forth between them like table tennis. When the couple had gotten nose to nose, their voices getting louder with every word, Hermione decided it was a good moment to stop them.
"Guys," she called and they looked at her, their eyes fiery with passion from their argument. She looked at them, an amused smile on her face, "Why don't I decide what I should do when I see him the next time. Does that work?" Cassi and George looked at each other for a moment, then looked back at her. They shrugged then sat back down as if nothing happened. Hermione began to laugh at the older couple, and they soon joined in.
"Glad we could make you laugh Granger," Cassi said, then gave her a side hug, "Don't worry about Ron too much, he'll get over it, and you two will be the best of friends again. I still think you should give him an earful though."
"She shouldn't," George sing-songed from beside them and Cassi looked up at him, making Hermione giggle.
"I would think that being a Gryffindor you would agree with the confrontation. If it's one things you lions live for it's the fight," Cassi said to him and he gave her a shocked look, his long hair whipping about his face. Cassi raised a single brow when he kept opening and closing his mouth like a fish. He gave a quick wink to Hermione before turning back to Cassi, making Hermione giggle again.
"I would think that being a Slytherin you would agree with the ignoring. You snakes are known to run away," George said and Cassi scoffed.
"We don't run away per se," Cassi said and George gave her a triumphant look.
"Oh? Then what is it," he asked and Cassi chewed her cheek as she searched for the words. When he was about to say something she cut him off.
"We live to fight another day," Cassi said and George laughed.
"Such a romantic notion. You snakes are usually so…what's the word I'm looking for," he looked at Hermione who smiled.
"Cynical," she supplied and he nodded with approval.
"Yes, cynical. Perfect word Granger."
"Thank you George," Hermione said then stood up slowly and stretched, "I'm going to head up stairs, I'm feeling tired. I'll see you guys later. I'm sorry you had to spend your time cheering me up." She began to walk away but George and Cassi grabbed her hands, stopping her.
"Don't apologize when someone hurt you Hermione," Cassi said and Hermione nodded silently. Cassi gave her a bright smile, which she returned, then she walked up the stairs slowly, carefully, as if her body was sore. Cassi sighed, and George scooted closer to her and wrapped his arms around her.
"This night was a disaster," she said as she leaned her head on his shoulder. George rested his chin on top of her head after he gave it a swift kiss.
"Not a complete disaster. We did practically have sex on the dance floor," George said and Cassi gave a soft laugh. They heard a slow dance song come on, about the fifth one that night and George stood up. Cassi looked at him with a confused expression, then saw the hand he had placed in front of her. "May I have this dance?"
Cassi smiled then grabbed his calloused hand and stood up. She gave a demure nod, "You may." He smiled brightly at her as he wrapped an arm high on the waist, which lowered as she scooted closer to him, resting her head on his chest as their joined hands laid over his heart.
"Stay with me tonight," George whispered as he leaned his head in. Her eyes were closed and she sighed.
"I'll stay with you forever," she mumbled out, not expecting him to hear it. He smiled and kissed her forehead again.
"You promise," he asked and her eyes flew open. She pulled away, her eyes wide. He grinned at her and bent his head down to nuzzle her cheek. Both of their eyes closed they nuzzled each other's noses, "You promise?"
"I promise," she sighed out.
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"You are certainly coming in late," Cassi said the next morning in the Gryffindor common room with Fred and George, when Rose tried to sneak in. Rose had her shoes in her hand, her hair a disheveled mess, and her eyes wide with surprise. Cassi smirked as she looked at the clock, "Or should I say early?"
Rose straightened up from her sneak position, a smirk on her face as well, "Which ever one you want to call it. All I care about is how much fun I had last night."
"Where were you," Cassi asked, even though she instantly regretted it when Rose had a lustful smile on her face, "Oh Merlin."
"I was with Richard Vaughn," Rose said proudly and the others looked taken aback.
"The Ravenclaw," Fred asked, his face a bit startled. Rose nodded slowly as she bit her lip.
"The very same. Ravenclaws really know how to shag," Rose said and she sat down next to Cassi, who was shaking her head with slight amusement. Rose continued, "Underneath all of that stoicism and genius is a passionate beast just waiting to be released. So much passion, and he had such a huge—."
"Enough," Cassi yelled, cutting her best friend off. Rose laughed when she saw the shocked and slightly disgusted look they had on their faces. Cassi began to shake her head again and Rose stood up, absentmindedly fixing her hair that didn't help at all.
"I'm going to go up and clean up, take a shower, so on. I'll see you later love," Rose gave Cassi a swift kiss on the cheek then disappeared up the girl's dorm stairs. Cassi looked at the brothers who were still frozen with shock. Cassi began to laugh which pulled them out of their petrified state.
"Is she usually so," Fred struggled to find the correct word, "direct?"
"Yes. Unfortunately," Cassi said then stood up, "I have to go too. I'll see you later babe." Cassi gave George a kiss on the lips. It seemed to last for a moment and Fred looked away to give them some semblance of privacy. Cassi smiled and looked at Fred.
"Do we make you nervous Fred," she asked, a smirk on her face and he scoffed.
"It takes a lot to make me nervous; my mum is one of them," Fred said and her smirk became a smile. She grabbed his chin and gave him a wet kiss on the cheek.
"Well that's good. Would hate to make the man I love's other half nervous," she stepped away and laughed as Fred wiped off his cheek. George laughed too and she gave him one more kiss and gave her lazy wave good bye as she walked out.
"She's something," Fred said as they watched her leave and George nodded slowly, a dopey smile on his face.
"Yea, real something. Do you think mum would like her," George asked and Fred thought about it for a second before nodding.
"Yea. She's smart, respectful, loves you. She's the perfect wife wrapped in a little package," Fred joked and George punched him in the shoulder. They laughed before becoming thoughtful again, "I think mum would love her. And if she didn't you wouldn't care and run away with her. So there you go." George agreed with the statement and they got up from the couch and joked all of the way to their dorm.
A/N: This chapter was really short, I know. I'm at a loss though. I can't really write about what happened up to the last challenge because it's not in Harry's point of view, so nothing really happened with Cassi and George. I was thinking about skipping to the challenge and move on. What do you guys think? Please tell me, because I don't want to make the decision and then people complain about how I did that. I want to hear your guys' opinion since I write for you. So review and tell me. Thanks and love you all!
