During the whole week, Eliza and George could hardly look at each other without being embarrassed. They had a silent agreement not to talk of 'The Incident,' as Eliza called it when talking about it with Grace, so the embarrassment stayed.

In the weekend Eliza was lucky to have a distraction. She had taken the Apparition classes, together with her friends, and since she was of age now, she opted to do the exam. The test was set to take place at Hogsmeade on Saturday morning.

Eliza's friends walked her to the gates and wished her luck. She hugged Grace and Fred and waved at the other two. She didn't fail to see the hurt look George had on his face, but she still felt too awkward to hug him.

"We'll have a little party when you get back, Eliza! In the Great Hall, during lunch, all right boys?"

"Of course, we'll be there! Wouldn't miss it for the world," George answered. Fred nodded but Lee didn't appear to have heard them, he was too busy staring at Alicia Spinnet and made to walk toward her.

Eliza went to a group of sixth years when she arrived at the village. There weren't many of them, since this was the first examination and not many students had turned seventeen yet. Eliza stood next to Angelina Johnson, who looked rather pale.

"Aren't you nervous?" Angelina whispered to Eliza enviously.

"No, just a little bit. I'm sure you'll do fine Angelina, you can Apparate perfectly!"

Angelina was just about to say something in return, probably to deny it, when the Ministry's officials arrived. Eliza was the last one to be examined, because of her last name starting with a 'W.'

Angelina was almost the first one, and she passed the examination with flying colours. She beamed at Eliza, wished her luck and went into the Three Broomsticks to catch her breath.

When it was finally Eliza's turn, she took a deep breath and concentrated on the Shrieking Shack. Focus, focus, you will make it if you just concentrate, she kept telling herself as she spun on the spot.

The horrible feeling of being squeezed through a narrow pipe enveloped her and she was relieved when it stopped. Taking another deep breath, she looked around and noticed that she had almost Apparated perfectly. Almost, because she had ended at the wrong side of the fence. Quickly she climbed over it. The Shack was, after all, thought to be haunted.

Eliza looked around. What was she supposed to do now? The thought hadn't even entered her head when she heard someone coming nearer.

"I'm sorry, Miss Weber isn't it? I thought I'd had the last one already..."

"Oh, that's all right," Eliza smiled at the woman from the Ministry.

"So, let me see... You Apparated to the right spot, so it seems like you passed!"

"Really?" Eliza asked, amazed.
"Of course! You are now legally allowed to Apparate. Though if I were you, I would be careful with Side-along Apparition for a while. Now, here is your license. Let me just sign it for you... Here you are."

"Thank you! I really though I wouldn't pass, seeing as I appeared at the wrong side of the fence..."

"You did? I didn't notice that. Well, it's only a metre difference, and you didn't Splinch yourself, so if you just focus more on your destination you should manage. I'll still give you your license, though if someone asks... you only landed less than half a metre from where you were supposed to be, all right?"

"All right, thank you very much!"

"You're welcome. Now, go on and Apparate back to the village and then I think you'd better go back to school, it's almost lunchtime."

"I will, goodbye!"

Eliza entered the Great Hall after having Apparated to the gates. She hadn't seen Angelina at 'The Three Broomsticks' so she just went on. This time she had appeared at the exact spot she had in mind. Looking over at her table, she saw Grace sitting all by herself.

"Hi Grace! Why are you alone?"

"Hi! The twins had to write a letter or something, they said it was urgent, and Lee hadn't finished his homework yet. But how did it go? Did you pass?

"I did! Although I didn't exactly Apparate perfectly... But I still passed."

"Fantastic! You're the first one out of all of us who can legally Apparate! We need to celebrate it, why aren't those boys here yet?"

Eliza just smiled and began spreading her bread with butter.

Grace kept shooting anxious glances at the door, but none of the Gryffindors she was looking for arrived.

Finally, when lunch was almost over, Lee entered. He searched for them and came over when Grace waved at him.

"Did you pass Eliza?"

"Of course she did! How could you ever doubt her?" Grace asked, mock-glaring at him.

Eliza just snorted while Lee looked uncomfortable.

"I didn't doubt her! I just..." Lee looked around helplessly.

This was Grace and Eliza's cue to laugh and Lee joined them, eventually.

"But still, congratulations Eliza! When are we celebrating it?"

"Now!" Grace answered. "If those Weasleys don't deem this important enough for their presence, we can just do it without them. I'd never have thought they were the kind of people who broke a promise...Lee, grab a drink so we can toast!"

Grace, Lee and Eliza toasted on Eliza's new license and then went to wander through the corridors. Eliza didn't want to admit it, but she felt really hurt.

Two of her best friends didn't even come to ask her if she had passed the Apparition test! They had said that they would be there in the Great Hall. If the roles were reversed, she would have congratulated them immediately. I guess they had something more important to do... Eliza thought, but this hurt her even more.

"Do you know why George and Fred didn't even ask me how my exam went?" she couldn't keep her voice from breaking a little.

"I really don't know," Grace frowned. "But I think it's very rude! How could they ignore you, especially George after 'the incident'? It's like they don't even care! They promised to be there!"

Those words didn't really help Eliza, and she kept feeling a bit hurt the rest of the day. By dinnertime, Grace was furious with Fred and George on behalf of Eliza. Eliza herself didn't mind much, she was just a bit surprised that George and Fred didn't hold onto their promise. Luckily the twins were nowhere in sight during dinner, so Grace couldn't unleash her anger on them.

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