Huzzah! I'm back! And I'm sorry it's been so long, I've been having bad writers block, and then I was grounded, and then School started... But anyway, here is the next chappie!
"Scarlett, get up!" I groaned as I was flipped out of the bed, and I looked up to face a fully armed Katie. Oh yeah, she was armed alright. With her make up kit.
"Let me guess, today is my birthday." I muttered, and she nodded excitedly. Standing up, I sat in the edge of my bed and picked up a copy of my favorite book, The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Book One. "Begin."
In no less then fifteen minutes, Katie had added blush, lip gloss, eye shadow, eyeliner, and mascara to my face. And then she cracked out the curler. In five minutes, my hair had gone from its usual straight hip length state to the same armpit length soft curls that I had the night of the Yule Ball.
"Okay, now what?" I asked, putting down the book.
"You my friend are gonna wear this, this, this, this, and this." She said, tossing a black and red plaid jean skirt, a plain gold long sleeve shirt, a red three quarter vest, a pair of plain white thigh high socks, and red flats onto my bed. "Okay?" I replied. With a flick of my wand, I switched my pajamas with the clothes Katie had tossed at me.
"How do I look?" I asked, standing up and looking in the mirror.
"You look amazing! Fred is gonna freak!" She exclaimed. After handing me my wand and my black purse, we walked downstairs to the front of the castle where everyone going to Hogsmeade was waiting. I walked up to Fred and he did freak.
"Whoa, Scarlett! You look... whoa!" he said, and I rolled my eyes.
"Keep your eyes up here, and lets go." I smirked, grabbing his arm and dragging him to Honeydukes.
As soon as we stepped into the store, my nose was filled with the scents of chocolate, lavender, and so much more. The place was almost packed, making it hard to move around. I grabbed at a box of Chocolate Frogs, only to end up tripping and crashing into Fred. He caught my elbow just as I was about to kiss the floor and pulled me back up.
"Whoa, does gravity hate you?" He chuckled, and rolled my eyes skyward.
"Let's just say Gravity and I are not on friendly terms." I joked, finally snatching the box of Chocolate Frogs.
We walked around the store, tasting random treats. I laughed as Fred spit out a booger flavored jelly bean. Soon, we had walked the whole store and were now going for some butterbeer when we ran into the weirdest, most craziest sight ever. Katie was snogging George behind Honeydukes. Katie.. George... OH MY GODRIC!
"Oh. My. Godric." I managed to say. They broke apart and stared at us, their faces as red as George's hair.
"Ummm, i-it's n-not what it l-looks like." George stuttered.
"Katie... WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME! You owe me big time! Alicia owns me ten galleons! Gosh, how long has this been going on anyway?" I snapped, waving my hands in the air as I walked in circles.
"Umm, like a week, or two..." Katie muttered, and I jumped her, tackling her in a bear hug.
"Oh my Godric, I am so happy for you! So, do tell, how in bloody hell did this happen?" I squealed, giving her a bone-crushing hug.
"Umm, well, you see-" She started to explain but I cut her off.
"Scratch that, don't tell. We are all going on a double date right now!" I exclaimed, dragging Katie into the Hogs Head. Fred and George shrugged and followed us in. I shoved them all into a corner booth, Fred next to George, Katie next to me. Fred went up to order the butterbeer, then came back and sat down.
"Sooooo... care to explain why you kept this from me?" I asked Katie. With one glance at the twins, she grabbed my wrist and dragged me into the girls bathroom.
"I was gonna tell you, but I wanted to make sure you were completely over George." she answered as soon as we got in.
"Hon, I got over him like, weeks ago. But between you and me, I'm starting to really like Fred." I muttered, and she grinned.
"You do realize if we both marry the twins, we'd be sisters in law?" She smirked at my expression.
"M-m-married? Exactly what kind of thoughts have gone into that little head of yours? Fred and I aren't even dating yet!" I exclaimed.
"But you will soon, I bet you anything you will soon." she replied.
"Whatever." I walked out of the bathroom and was greeted when everyone jumped out of random places and Shouted, "SURPRISE!"
"What the bloody hell?" I gasped, looking around the room. Hermione, Harry, Ron, Ginny, Lavender, Seamus, Neville, Angelina, Alicia, Dean, and Lee were all smiling at me with goofy party hats upon their heads. Fred and George were grinning like madmen, and Katie had a smug smirk on her face.
"You dragged me into the bathroom for this?" I asked, putting my hands on my hips.
"Well, yeah, it had to be a surprise." Katie said.
"Oh, thank you!" I gave Katie another bone-crushing hug before skipping over to where the cake was.
"I made the cake myself!" Alicia said, and I hugged her. (A/N: Man, can't you just feel the love? XD)
"Is it red velvet?" I asked, stating the name of my favorite cake ever.
"Why would it not be?" Alicia replied, and we both laughed.
"Presents! Presents! Presents! Presents!" Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny started chanting, and soon everyone was chanting along with them.
"Oh, alright!" They cheered and Angelina sat me down in a chair. Harry, Ron, and Hermione handed me a small red box with a gold bow on it.
"We all pitched in." Ron said, and I smiled at them before opening the box. Inside was a gold head band with red stripes and a red bow on the side. I grinned and put it on.
"Thanks. I love it!" I gave them a quick hug before Ginny and Lavender stepped forward with pretty big box.
"What's inside?" I asked, shaking the box.
"Don't shake it! Just open it!" Ginny exclaimed, and I did. I pulled out a crimson red laptop from inside the box.
"Because we accidentally crashed your other laptop, we decided to get you a new one." Lavender explained.
"Thank you! I can finally e-mail Addie!" I hugged Ginny and Lav before Seamus, Dean, and Neville stepped forward.
"Here you go! We had my mum ship it straight from Ireland!" Seamus exclaimed, handing me a small spherical box.
Opening it, I found myself face to face with a dozen assorted chocolates. "Oh my Godric, this is amazing! Thank you!" The three boys just grinned and stepped aside for Angelina, ALicia, and Katie. (A/N: Oh yes, in my story, Neville has guts! He's not shy! Hurrah!)
"Here you go!" Alicia handed me two peices of paper.
"What is it?" I asked before screaming very loudly. "Oh my Godric, you didn't!" They were tickets to a concert for my most favorite Muggle band, All Time Low.
"We did! It took us forever to find those tickets! And if you don't take You-Know-Who with you, there is gonna be blood shed!" Katie exclaimed, and I giggled before hugging the three of them.
"Okay! I love you guys!" I sat back down and George stepped forward.
"Fred and I got this for you." He handed me a book. I flipped it over and looked at the title. 1,001 Ways To Pull A Magical Prank by Frankie Figglehorn.
"Only you would think of getting this for a birthday gift." I smiled and gave George a one-armed hug.
"I guess my gift is last." I turned to see Fred walk up with a small black box. (A/N: NO, he is not going to propose! Yet...)
"Y-yeah, I guess so." I cautiously took the black box from him and slowly opened it. I gasped as I looked inside. Inside was a golden necklace with a heart shaped pendant. Engraved on the heart was my name.
"It's beautiful..." I breathed, and everyone crowded around to look at it.
"Man, that looks like it cost a lot." Alicia mused, and everyone else nodded.
"Thank you Fred, I love it." Fred took it out of my hands and put it on my neck.
"CAKE TIME!" Katie and Alicia exclaimed, and everyone soon forgot about the necklace.
"The birthday girl sits here, Fred sits here, I sit here, and everyone else sits where ever!" Katie said, making me sit at the center if the table with Fred to my right and Katie to my left.
After they all sang and we had our cake, I decided to take a nice walk outside in the fresh air. I shivered as the wind blew in, and I hugged myself to keep warm. I wrapped one hand around the necklace Fred had given me. It felt warm.
"Might I offer a shivering lady my jacket?" I turned to smile at Fred who wrapped his jacket around my shoulders.
"Thank you. Won't you be could though?" I asked.
"I'm a guy. We never get cold." I giggled and rolled my eyes.
"Right, just like guys don't die inside." I retorted.
"We DON'T die inside!" He exclaimed, and I just shrugged and kept walking.
"So..." I trailed off, not knowing what to say. We walked in complete silence until we ended up at the school lake.
"Scarlett." I looked up at Fred, who had quite a serious face going on.
"Yes?" I answered.
"Would it be alright if I... kissed you right now?" My face flushed red as he said this.
"Yes." I breathed, and in seconds, Fred had pressed his lips to mine. It was like fireworks, and I wrapped my arms around his neck.
When we broke apart, our faces were completely red, and we were breathing heavily.
"Scarlett? Would you do me the honor of being my girlfriend?" Fred asked, looking directly at me.
"Yes, yes I would." I smiled and hugged him, feeling lighter than a feather.