AN: Okay... I've got some bad news.. A while ago my computer crashed... Not the normal freeze-and-then-leave-it-alone-and-everything's-fine Crash, but the kind of Crash when you have to spend an hour and 10 minutes speaking to Jason from Dell (Who, I will add, deemed it necessary to flirt with me over the phone!! Shudder) on how to re-install Windows programs onto my computer.
You may be asking yourself, why do I care about a crashed computer and a semi-stalker Dell Support employee? I will tell you why, because I had my Fanfiction on my computer, and now, anything that was on my computer, has been erased. Done, gone, finito!! Oh yeah. This means that anything I may have written but not posted.. Is No More!! So.. I've spent the past few days trying to remember everything I have written and not posted...Thank God I have most of it in notebooks or we'd all be screwed. And I mean Mega Screwed!! Like backwards on a bed of nails with a sumo wrestler, (OOO DIRTY!) Screwed!! So, I may be slow on the updating for awhile, that and I start school soon too, and that will take up most of my time..
AND THEN!!! My internet got shut off... OF COURSE!!!!! Just when I was about to post! GAHHHH
AND THEN!!! I came down with a cold and was holed up in my room for days. (Yes.. That's right a cold in late August.)
The Good news?? After book 5, the story goes a lot quicker, and It's all planned after that. It's just getting through OOTP that's kicking my butt.. So... Here's my measly update... for now.. And then hopefully, I'll get another one up soon.. Okay?? LUVS!!
Disclaimer:: I own Alex, Dani, and Annette (the character) nothing else... well the plot.. I own that too.. But I'm not gettin' paid..
January arrived quickly, and the students found themselves thrown back into the swing of school before they knew it. The first full day of term, Alexandria and George hardly spoke. They cast nervous glances at one another, and seemingly refused to be alone. Fred, too, was acting strange, and was even more anxious than both Alexandria and George put together. He scarcely looked up from his feet whenever it was he was with them, and turned red whenever the winter break was mentioned.
Lee and Dani could hardly help but notice something was up, and were confused at being so out of the loop. Finally, later that evening, they cornered Alexandria while she was headed to the loo.
"Okay," Dani said, shoving her into a chair she had conjured. "What's going on? You haven't had another fight, have you?"
"No," Alexandria answered while shifting her knees uncomfortably. "Why don't you ask him?"
"We did," Lee said, crossing his arms and looking stern. "And we also asked Fred. George told us to ask you, and Fred nearly had a fit, he was so embarrassed. So, I guess you'll just have to tell us." For a time, the brunette girl said nothing.
"Er...Well we were, y'know, and then we, er, yeah, and we were, maybe, sort of, almost, but then Fred walked in."
"What?" Lee and Dani stared at her.
"Hang on!" Dani seemed to understand, and leaned forward. Alexandria hastily whispered into her ear and the blonde's eyes widened to twice their original size.
"No!" Alexandria continued to whisper for another few minutes and then Dani stood up straight, a shocked look on her face. "Great Merlin, Alex! What were you thinking?"
"I wasn't," Her friend said, ashamed.
"What?" demanded Lee, confused and feeling left out. "What weren't you thinking? HEY! Could someone fill me in, too, please?!"
Dani looked at Alexandria, who nodded.
"She and George nearly had sex in a private waiting room in St. Mungo's, but Fred walked in and interrupted them at the last minute." Dani's bluntness, combined with the weight of the statement left the Gryffindor boy speechless for almost a full minute. Finally regaining himself, he began to laugh nervously. "Now it all makes sense!"
Things between everyone went back to normal quickly (namely George and Alexandria). The only difference was the tension in the air caused by the Breakout in Azkaban. This was the subject of much of the talk that went on, especially between Dani and Alexandria. Late one night, they sat up, discussing it.
"It's all very frightening," confessed Alexandria. "Especially because... well you know."
"Because you're Half Muggle?" Dani prompted. Her friend nodded slowly, clutching her knees to her chest. "Alex, that doesn't make you any less of a witch. You know that."
"Yeah, but being a pureblood does make you less of a target," Alexandria shot back. "And it's not just that. I've got a stepfather, who's a high-ranking Ministry official, who's responsible for quite a few filled cells in Azkaban. And an aunt who's...we'll she's just a big opposer of You-Know-Who. Either way if anything gets out of hand..." She trailed off, deeming it better to not think out the details.
"If anything get's out of hand I'll have to kick some Death-Eater butt. Face it, girl, you're safe as long as you've got me!" Dani laughed, as her best friend sent a playful pillow in her direction.
"You'll probably get me killed faster!" Alexandria declared, and dodged the return of the pillow.
"I'll do it myself if you keep lipping off!"
"I'll kill the both of you for being awake this late!" Robin screeched from her bed across the dormitory.
"Don't you mean early?" Dani asked, sending her and Alexandria into fits of giggles, and they finally settled into going to sleep.
One morning, while the two Ravenclaws were enjoying their breakfast at Gryffindor table, a very agitated Marietta came up to them.
"What's the matter?" Snapped Dani, irritated.
"Ask him," Marietta said, gesturing furiously down the Table where a group of 5th years sat eating. There, across from Ron and Hermione, sat Harry Potter.
"Er, what am I asking him?" Alexandria asked, confused.
"He and Cho are going on a date," said the red-headed girl, fury in her eyes.
"Really? Way to go Harry!" Fred said, giving the confused boy a thumbs up. Marietta glowered at him.
Glancing at each other, Dani and Alexandria stood up and walked down the table to where Harry sat.
"Mornin'," chirped Dani, sitting on Harry's left.
"Sleep well?" Alexandria asked, now on his right.
"Er, hello. Listen, we're having a D A meeting next week, it's on the coins," Harry said, assuming he was taking care of their business.
"Yes, well, we wanted to ask about Valentines Day," Dani said, idly buttering toast.
"You want to have a D A meeting on Valentines Day?" Ron asked, scratching his head. "I thought for sure George would have something big planned for you two."
Alexandria smiled at him, and then shook her head. "No. Actually, we're more interested in what Harry's Valentines day plans are." She looked at the younger boy pointedly.
"Oh, er, you know then?"
"You could say that," Dani said, nodding gravely as if someone had just suggested she sever off Ron's ear with the butter knife she was holding.
"Well, what's the problem?" Hermione asked, her voice short and less than civil. "He and Cho are going to Hogsmeade together. It's not against the rules for two people to enjoy each other's company. And quite frankly, I don't think you should have any say in the matter."
Dani was looking at Hermione so severely, Alexandria was certain that she would slap her any minute. Harry certainly noticed, too, because he was now squirming uncomfortably, trying to get as far away from Dani as possible without sitting on Alexandria's lap.
"That was certainly some speech. And you're right, Hermione, we don't have any say in the matter, Little Miss Know-it-All. However, do you see that girl?" Alexandria asked, her own anger rising. Hermione, sensing the danger she was in, carefully turned her head to look at Marietta. The younger Gryffindor girl nodded. "She's a complete idiot, but she is Cho's best friend..."
"And that means," Dani picked up on Alexandria's sentence. "That if that date goes badly, she will come over here and annoy you to death. On a lighter note..."
"Congratulations, Harry," Alexandria said. "Have a great time."
Ron shook his head. "You two are hanging around Fred and George too much. You sound just like them!"
The older girls just laughed, and then went back to where they had been sitting before.
"Well?" Demanded Marietta.
"Well what?"
"What did you say?"
"Nothing. We told them to have a great time, always wash behind their ears, that kind of thing," Dani said, secretly enjoying agitating their 'old friend'.
"Nothing? NOTHING?! We have to do something! We have to stop them! We have to..."
"No, we don't," Alexandria interrupted her. We don't have to do anything." The group stood up, and began to walk away.
"You know, you really shouldn't frown like that so much," George said as they walked away.
"It'll give you wrinkles," Fred finished for him. Dani roared with laughter, and she and Fred walked out of the Great Hall arm in arm next to George and Alexandria.