Fred's POV:
"Blubbering git…I'll get him…"
"Fred! Fred, please stop!" Katie begged, struggling to hold me back from attacking George, who was currently propped up against the wall and being comforted by Lee. I was surprised that Katie could hold me back, but then again, these girls were surprising me a lot recently; Alicia with her great arm, and now Katie with her abnormal strength. She managed to sit me on the couch and said sternly, "This isn't worth fighting over, Fred. This is stupid and immature, let alone the fact that you two could get suspended for fighting." Her speech went on and one, and I felt like mum was punishing me. "Oh, where is he going?" she asked, quickly running out of the room after George. I wiped my nose on my sleeve and crossed my arms, too tired to get up and go up to my dormitory. Lee soon joined me.
"Quite a shiner you've got there," he said, pointing at my eye.
"Shut it, Lee," I said angrily. I turned my head so he couldn't see my swelling eye.
"Jeez Fred…" he said, sounding hurt. He got up to leave, but stopped and turned to me. "Almost forgot," he said, pulling an envelope out from his cloak and handing it to me. "School owl brought it in this morning. I was going to give it to you at breakfast, but you were at the nurse.
I took the letter from Lee, and he sat down again. I read the return address and smiled. "It's from Angelina," I said grinning for the first time in a long time. I quickly tore it open, and read it silently.
Dear Fred,
Of all the things I miss at Hogwarts, I think I miss you the most. I'm so used to waking up with you waiting down in the common room for me, and not being able to see that red head of yours everyday makes me miserable. I miss having you with me, and I feel so empty. I can't wait until I can see you again.
School's going fine. It's not Hogwarts, but the professors are superb and I've learned so much. Making friends is hard. These girls don't like me; they don't talk to me and I sit basically by myself at lunch. I'm probably worrying you with all this bad news, so I'll move on to what is good here.
I wrote to Dumbledore, asking if I could come back for the Yule Ball, to see my friends and such. He hasn't responded yet, but you'll be the first person that I let know. They have a Holiday Ball here, and many boys have asked me. Of course, I've decided I'm not going. I'd rather sit by myself and think of you then be having fun without you.
I miss you so much; I can't even put it in words. Without you, I feel lifeless and empty. I'm counting down the days until the Yule Ball.
All my love, Angelina
I sat silent, reading over her letter again and again, admiring her perfect penmanship, those loops and curves, and trying to picture her face in my mind. Only then did I realize how much I truly did miss her. By missing her so much, I had been trying to attach myself to other girls. But now I realize that Angelina is the only girl for me. She will always be the only girl for me, no one else will do. I felt a lump growing in my throat, and swallowed hard. Lee hit my shoulder for comfort, obviously seeing I was hurting.
"That's quite a girl you got there," he said.
I nodded and smiled. "I know." I folded the letter back up and put it in the envelope. The two of us, Lee and I, sat and looked at the wall, not speaking. My mind started to wonder bak to before Angelina had left, or when I met her my first year, and when we went to the Yule Ball together in our sixth year, and when I had first realized that I loved her. "I wonder what she's doing now…" I said out loud.
Lee looked at me. "Angelina?" he asked.
"Who else?" I asked, looking at the wall again.
"Probably sleeping," Lee said, yawning.
"I wish there was a way I could see her, and talk to her, and be with her…"
"There is," Lee said, grinning.
I spun my head and looked at him
"It's tricky though," he said, still grinning.
Ah Lee, I thought. You genius you, my best friend, always coming through for me.
"I'll do anything," I said. I probably sounded desperate, but I didn't care. I needed to see her.
"We could always aparate there."
I thought for a minute. "No, we couldn't Lee. You can't aparate into Hogwarts."
Lee chuckled. "You give up too easily, my friend. You can't aparate into Hogwarts, but you can at Durmstang. All we have to do is get off school grounds, and we can aparate from there."
I thought some more. "You sure it will work?" I asked, turning towards him.
"Well, no," he said truthfully. "It's worth a try though, right."
I nodded. "Lee, you're a genius."
"Yes, I know, I know," he said beaming.
"We'll research it tomorrow," I said.
Lee looked at me, stunned. "Whoa, did I just hear Fred Weasley just use the phrase 'we will research'?"
"You're right," I said, thinking again. "There must be an easier way…" I thought some more, and then a idea came to mind. I snapped my fingers and grinned at Lee. "Hermione!"