Yay 2 chapter's posted in one night. :3 I'm proud of myself x3

Alright, so here's chapter 10, it's not as long as the previous chapter, but as promised it isn't under 1000 word count. If I can help it, non of my chapters with this story will be under that many. Anyways, since I had that big A/N in the previous chapter, I won't write one here. Please remember to review/fav/follow. Good or bad, any feedback is better then no feedback and I appreciate every single one.

As always, I do not own any of the Harry Potter character, expect for those that I've created. In this chapter, that is Rea, Amber, Anya and David.

(Rea's POV)

It was a week before Christmas and we were swamped with school work. I hadn't seen Fred or George for more than 30 minutes between classes and meal time. I was just too overwhelmed with assignments. It usually got this way the week before any holiday, the teachers would pile on the work and the week of Christmas, students went home to spend time with their families. This year though, most of the older students were staying in Hogwarts; fourth years above were allowed to attend the Yule Ball. Any one below could go, as long as they were invited by an upper classman. Because of this, a lot of the third years and below were planning on heading home and be with their families. As far as I knew, very few third years had been invited to attend the Ball.

As for me, I had yet to obtain a date.

I didn't let it get to me, really. The hint I'd given George had been more then obvious, but since that night, there hadn't been conversation on the matter. I figured he either didn't take my hint to heart, or he was still looking for it to be someone else. One way or another, I wasn't about to ask him. For now I was going to leave it alone. May main concern was getting through this mountain of homework before the holidays.

Amber and I were studying in the Great Hall, mostly in an attempt spend more time away from the Common Room, when Fred, George, Lee Jordan and Angelina came in and sat at the same table as us. I waved at them, since they were a little ways down, before going back to my own studies. Every once in a while, I would look up from my work and glance down at their group. The third time I looked up, I was Fred tossing a wadded up piece of parchment at Angelina. Curious, I watch them a while longer. Since everyone was supposed to be studying at this time, the students needed to be quiet and respectful to the other students.

After catching Angelina's attention, Fred began moving his lips without making a whole lot of sound. He moved his lips slow enough, that it would easy to make out his words.

"Angelina?" He whispered.

"What?" She looked a bit annoyed as she answered him.

"Do you," As he spoke, he moved his arms to help convey his message. "Wanna go to the Ball," He then mimicked the movement of dancing, holding his arms up as if he were holding her as they danced. It was quite funny and I tried to keep from laughing. "With me?"

The annoyance that had been on Angelina's face quickly changed into that of happiness and excitement. "Yeah, alright." She smiled and nodded as she gave him her answer.

Fred looked over at Ron, shot him a wink, before going back to his classes. I wondered what all of that was about. Shrugging it off though, I looked from Fred to George sitting next to him. They now had their heads close together, talking to each other. I couldn't hear them and my curiosity suddenly grew. Maybe they were talking about George finding a date next. As far as I knew, he didn't have a date yet, but it was rumored that he was planning to ask Alicia Spinnet, a Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

I didn't really take these rumors to heart though, because that's all they were. Rumors. If George said it to me, then I would believe, until then, I would continue to hope he'd figure it out and ask me.

I finished my work about an hour after they showed us. Gathering my things, I told Amber I would meet her in the Ravenclaw tower when she was finished. I walked past Fred and George and gave them another smile and wave in farewell.

The remainder of the week went by more quickly than I thought it would. I wasn't complaining, in fact I was grateful. Classes were canceled for the holidays, at last, and everyone was buzzing about the Yule Ball just days away.

A trip to Hogsmeade was planned for later that day, for anyone who wanted to go and buy themselves dress robes. I didn't have anything with me that would do and since the announcement of the Ball, I'd been saving as much of my money as I possibly could, in order to buy something new and beautiful. I didn't want to bother my parents for money, wanting to do this on my own.

Amber and Anya joined me in the trip to Hogsmeade and together we went dress shopping. I was glad they decided to come along, I was horrible at this kind of stuff and valued their opinions. If they thought something looked good on me, then I would definitely take it into consideration when coming to a decision.

I was looking at a few dresses, close to the window of the shop, when I heard knocking on the glasses. Lifting my head, I looked over at the window confused. A smile appeared on my face as I saw Fred and George waving at me from the other side. Their lips were moving but their voices were muffled, making it impossible to make out what they were saying. Holding up a finger, I hurry out of the shop. They were already at the front door waiting for me.

"Hey guys!" I hugged them individually. "What are you doing here?"

"Shopping, of course." Fred said with a smirk. He held up the bag from Zonko's.

"We needed to do a little Christmas shopping and figured this would be the perfect time to do so." George gave a shrug, looking back into the shop at Amber coming out of a dressing room. "Dress shopping, are we?"

I nodded, "Yeah, we all wanted to get something nice for the Ball." I laughed and a blushed crept over my cheeks.

"Snag a date yet?" George asked.

"If you want any longer, there won't be anyone for you to go with." With his hand through the holding hole, he swung Zonko's bag around on his wrist.

"I'm still holding out for a certain someone. I think Amber has plans to ask out someone from the Qudditch team and Anya is going to go with Amber's older brother David." I stepped out of the way as someone was coming out of the shop.

Fred shook his head. "You should let us help you out, mate. We could get this bloke to ask you out before the day's over."

"I told you already. If he feels the same, then he'll ask me out on his own. It's been 3 years already, I can wait a little longer."

"You're hopeless, Realyn." Even as he said this, Fred chuckled and turned around. "Well, good luck in your dress shopping. I'm sure whatever you pick out will be wonderful." He lifted his hand and waved.

George had been oddly quiet and when I looked up at him, his face looked really pale, his brown eyes stared down at me in an expression I couldn't quite explain. It was like he was looking at me, but at the same time he was looking right past me. Lifting a hand, I waved it in front of his face. "George? George are you alright, mate?"

He quickly snapped out of whatever trance he'd been in and shook his head as if to clear his thoughts. The color rapidly returned to his face and his goofy grin returned. "Yeah, I'm great. See ya back at the castle." He turned around and hurried off after his brother.

"That was odd…" I said, watching as he and Fred disappeared into The Three Broomsticks. Shrugging it off, I went back inside with my friends. They'd picked out a few dresses and insisted I try them on.

(George's POV)

After coming back to my senses, I caught up with my brother and we entered The Three Broomsticks. Finding a table in the back, we ordered a couple Butterbeers. I sat there in silence, my brain in overtime. I was still in my own thoughts when I saw Fred's hand in front of my face, snapping his fingers in order to gain my attention.

"Oi, Georgie." He leaned down to look at my face. "Anyone there?"

I shake my head and take a drink from my Butterbeer as it arrived. "Yeah, sorry, just thinking."

"Must've been something important. Did you reconsider my plans about Bagman and the money he owes us?"

My thoughts soured as Fred brought up Ludo Bagman. The Head of the Department of Magical Games and Spots had made a bet with us back at the Quidditch World Cup, which he lost. When it had come time to pay up, the dirty weasel had paid us in leprechaun gold. Every last bit of it had disappeared. Ever since then, Fred and I had tried in vain to get what we were owed. "No, it's not about him."

"Then what's it about?" He sipped his drink and placed his bag on the table, looking through the items we bought earlier that day.

"I'm the one Rea wants to go to the Ball with…"

And there it is the moment you have been waiting almost 10 chapters for! George has finally figured it out. x3 Took him long enough, huh? Now the question is, what will he do now that he knows the truth. Will he pluck up the courage and tell her, or will he remain quiet and miss his chance to take her to the Yule Ball. Send me your thoughts!

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