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Chapter 10

Angelina received other mail while at training camp. Her mother usually wrote her at least two or three times a week and as far as George being invited to dinner that was she and her father's doing, she hoped Angelina didn't mind. She reassured her everything went well, George seems fine without her "supervision" and nothing was done to embarrass her although her father was very tempted to troll out her baby pictures but thankfully her mum persuaded him against it. As far as the invite to the Quidditch match that was all her brothers' doing but her father would be going to keep an eye on them. Angelina wondered herself exactly what were her two older brothers or mostly likely Alex up to? Whatever this was she was sure he was the ringleader, asking him would simply make whatever he was planning that much worse. Adam was a lost cause; it was easier to get out of Azkaban than to get him to talk. Usually she'd ask Drew, he could never keep anything from his big sister but he was still at Hogwarts and winter break was still over a week away. She'd just have to hope for the best and get even with them later if they screwed anything up.

Katie who was working extra days at the shop while she was out-of-town wrote to her as well. She promised before Angelina left she would keep an eye on George while she was away. She noticed since her departure there were definitely a lot more female customers in the shop who all seemed to have a sudden interest in pranks and were all in need of George's expert advice on the subject. Angelina had expected as much as there was always a flirty girl or two hanging about the shop trying to get his attention in some way or another. Many of them however surmised that she and George were something more than friends since despite their efforts he didn't seem the least bit interested. If that is what those silly tarts thought Angelina wasn't going to correct them. However Katie gave a more detailed account of two shop visitors in particular, Pansy Parkinson and Kellie Kegan.

The fact that Pansy was now sniffing around the shop wasn't too surprising. She now worked at the Ministry in a very low-level job in a totally irrelevant department; per Alicia it was the only job her parents Ministry connection was able to obtained for Pansy after the war. Already a sad, mean, unpleasant girl during their Hogwarts years, she was now even more pathetic. Draco Malfoy had broken off their relationship during her sixth year and she never really recovered. It was rumored that her parents still expected her to marry into another pure blood family and had even tried to arrange a marriage with a pure blood family in Romania but due to Pansy's overall disagreeable nature the marriage never came together.

She had learned from Alicia earlier that Pansy had suddenly become very curious about George about two weeks much so that she had basically cornered Alicia in the Ministry Cafeteria asking tons of questions about him, especially about his relationship with Angelina. However attempts to get any out of Alicia were a total waste of time, Alicia was one of Angelina's best mates plus she really despised Pansy. She knew exactly why Pansy was now so suddenly interested in George and it wasn't a coincidence, Witch Weekly had run a story "The Most Eligible & Successful Single Wizards under 25" over a month ago so lots of girls had "mysteriously" become interested in trying to get to know him better. Her motives about George where clear, she wanted a rich pure blood husband so she could please her parents and quit her demeaning job at the Ministry even if it meant marrying a Weasley. Not that George would ever be interested in her in any way. He'd always thought she was vile and had nothing but contempt for her since she insulted many Gryffindors, herself included over their years at Hogwarts. Katie said Pansy made a feeble attempt to have a conversation with him during her visit but George just blankly glazed at her as if she had three heads and after several more pitiful tries to get his attention, he finally advised her he was very busy, too busy for the likes of her but if she stilled needed help Verity would be able to aid her then quickly walked away. Angelina thought to herself she would have loved to have seen the look on Parkinson's face when George said that to her.

The fact that Kellie Kegan was paying another visit to the shop was a bit more puzzling than Pansy. Kellie was the Keeper for the Westgate Wings regular team. Not only was she one hell of a player, as their keeper and team captain she only allowed an average of less than three goals per match, she was also one hell of a looker. Her long lean athletic frame she was a bit taller than Angelina; she sported long blonde hair which complimented her clear blue eyes and a very pretty face. The two had met briefly at an event held by the Wizarding Wireless a few weeks ago. She seemed friendly enough as she and Angelina made small talk; she'd come by the shop a couple of times since then. During those visits the two talked about Quidditch, how her training was going and what would be a good gift for her six-year-old nephew Sam's birthday. Angelina didn't remember her interacting with George any other than a quick hello. But according to Katie the two seemed rather chummy during her visits so much so that the two left during lunch time once together. Angelina didn't like this development at all but she decided it was best to not dwell on it, instead she would just focus on doing her best and finishing her training; she would deal with Pansy, Kellie and anything else once she got back home.

She and George continued to write every day, in his letters he tells her how annoying Katie is with her constant talk about Oliver all day, he simply doesn't know how Angelina tolerates her. He tells her about the Quidditch match he attended with her father and brothers, George brought Ron along with him. It was Ron's day off and his training ended rather early, Harry had ditched him to go spend the rest of the day with Teddy Lupin. Harry hadn't really ditched him, in fact he had invited Ron to join him on his visit but little kids really weren't Ron's thing so he declined. Of course he could have just gone home, to the Burrow but surely Molly would have put him to work cleaning something so that was out too. Ron looked so pitiful, he couldn't just leave him like that while he was out having fun.

George said her father was most impressed with the fact that despite all his brother's achievements during the war that Ron had still decided to become as Auror; he kept Ron happily occupied most of the game by asking questions about his training. George asked if her brother Adam was always that quiet as he barely said anything the whole game, but whatever Adam lacked in conversation Alex more than made up for it, he was a character indeed. George wasn't sure when it happened but at some point Alex turned inquisitor and began to ask questions of a more personal nature about he and Angelina but her dad quickly told Alex if he knew what was good for him he'd mind his own business as his sister would be back and she definitely wouldn't appreciate his line of questions to George.

He even mentioned his dreadful run in with Pansy Parkinson who tried and failed miserably to be dare he say it "nice" to him but not a peep about Kellie. She even asked him in her letters if anything pressing or urgent had come up that week or if he had gone out anywhere on his own, he only stated something about a small mix up at the apothecary on some needed ingredients and that he went out to the Leaky Cauldron a few times but nothing else.

Training camp came to an end the following week and to celebrate everyone surviving mostly unscathed Saturday night culminated with a small celebration before their departure on Sunday morning. Although she was glad camp was over because she was eager to get back home, she realized she would miss her newfound friends, especially Maureen who despite her rough and gruff, give it to you straight exterior, she was really a sweetheart. The event was dress casual and by the end of the night there was dancing as the evening wound down. Belle was nuzzled up in a corner with a bloke named Richard, who was a Beater on Wimbourne Wasps reserve team. He was fit and very easy on the eyes, the two had become rather inseparable these last two weeks. Cho of course was dancing with a different bloke on nearly every song because as always she is high demand with the male population. Maureen was near the front of the hall talking to a few of the coaches about what other drills they'd recommend to help improve her speed. Angelina snuck away from the party to the bunk house to start packing early. She hoped maybe this time alone would help clear her head of all the jumbled thoughts racing through her mind, however her absence had not gone unnoticed.

"What are you doing back here so early? The night is young…" said Maureen in a boisterous jovial manner.

"Sorry…I'm not in a very festive mood right now" said Angelina on the verge of tears.

"What's wrong? That fella of yours gotcha down? He seems like a really good bloke…he writes you all the time."

"No…it's not that… not really…it's just…"

"Well what is it then? It's just us…I won't say nothing to the others…promise."

"I don't know anymore…I don't know what I'm feeling… I miss him so much … I'm afraid Maureen, what if he doesn't feel the same? What if things have changed since I've been gone, maybe he doesn't miss me at all?"

"No one writes anyone as much as you two do without feeling something. Now….is it like? Don't know. Is it love? Don't know. But let me ask you a very simply question. How do you feel about him? Do you love him?"

"I …I think… I …I…I'm not sure. I…I feel something but whether that is love or not I don't know."

"I think when you can answer that one little question; honestly… everything else will fall into place. Come on now let's get you packed up and back home so you can find the answer…no worries okay?"

"Thanks Maureen."

"Ahhhh …it was nothing besides I'm a sucker for a love story but don't you go telling anyone that because I'll flat out deny it."

By the morning Angelina was ready and really anxious to get home as training camp was officially dismissed at eight a.m. As she made her way to the portkey site to wait for the next scheduled departure she debated on whether to go by George's first or her parents. The decision was hard; her parents were early risers and were surely up by now. They'd really want to see her and would expect her to drop by today but she really wanted to see George. Finally she decided to just apparate to her flat, drop off her bags and decide later.

A/N: More of the Johnson's and a few of my own in this chapter but I like stories that have the characters interact with others realistically. There is a method to the "madness" I promise just keep reading. Thanks again for the support, I hope you enjoy this chapter and I will update again soon.