Trinity stared at herself in the floor length mirror located by her bedside in the common room. She was practically snarled at herself as she raked her fingers through her hair one way only to try the other way a second later. Should she part her hair to the right? How about the left? Bangs pinned back? Then what about the color? Natural? Strawberry? Something really off the wall like rainbow with hearts? Trinity growled at herself and pulled her hair over her face. Why did this have to be so difficult? This was just another day of the year with someone she had known her entire life almost, so why was she so nervous?

Trinity glared at herself in the mirror then and willed her features to change. Her hair layered and curved itself into voluptuous curls that gave her a flirty. She gave into holiday spirit by allowing light red lowlights to be added to her do. Her complexion was flawless and she couldn't help but add a few aqua flecks to her eyes. She looked at her figure which was slender for the most part. Her only downfall was the curve of her hips and chest. 'Damn you hips', she thought to herself as she pulled on a pair of black skinny jeans that almost looked as if they didn't want to shimmy over her wide waist. She layered on top of it a white spaghetti strap under a red V-neck top. As she left her room she grabbed a lightweight black trench coat that only fell to her mid-thigh. She felt slightly overdressed for a trip to Hogsmeade as she passed younger students who were in their school robes in the common room. She met Donovan just outside the common room and he looked nervous. He linked arms with her as soon as both of her feet hit the floor and pulled her towards the Great Hall. Trinity looked behind to see a growing group of girls oggling after them.

"What's going on?" she whispered to him, trying her best to avoid eye contact with any of the hungry eyed girls that were following them.

"This is the worst day of the year for 'closet man'." he whispered to her. She nodded as they saw the Hogsmeade group in the distance.

"Aw, poor closet man." she teased. They jumped the last couple of steps and immersed themselves in the group of people to lose Donovan's stalkers. Her broke away from her as soon as he felt safe to go find his own date for the trip. Trinity looked around for someone she knew like the troublesome trio or Luna Lovegood when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned and her eyes were drawn to a bouquet of red and orange roses. Holding them of course, was her favorite red headed twin who had a wide grin plastered on his face.

"For a beautiful lady on Valentine's day…" he started and she rolled her eyes at him as she took the roses. "…is what a chump would say."

"A chump, huh?" she giggled.

"I thought you would like them. I know you love orange roses and the red just goes with the holiday." he explained as they began the walk to Hogsmeade. She cradled the flowers in her right arm so she could link the fingers on her other hand with Fred's. They got a few stares, and heated whispers behind palms but they just kept walking.

It wasn't official yet, it was still a work in progress but it was going. They tried to hang out every couple nights and were learning to respect each others needs for their own time. Finding the line in their relationship that divided friends and a couple seemed harder and harder to find after every late night meet up in the Room. They were both starting to realize how much of a foundation they already had and how easy a real relationship would be but Trinity was afraid. She didn't want to fall into old ways and find herself submerged in lies again. But, it was getting harder and harder to deny Fred whenever he did something romantic like the roses. Trinity just couldn't help herself.

"So where to?" Trinity asked as they reached the main street that ran through the town. "Zonko's? Honeydukes? Hogs Head?" When she looked at Fred his smile was just as big as ever. The butterflies she was harboring gave a sickening lurch then.

"I actually have something planned." he said, leading her away before she could complain. They broke away from the group and headed down the way towards the Shrieking Shack. Trinity couldn't help but steal disbelieving glances at her date. Was he serious? They both knew it was just a hideout for Lupin when he attended school and it would be empty but hardly romantic! To add to Trinity's confusion Donovan, Antony, Sahara, and Claire were waiting for them at the gate with a rather large picnic basket.

They made their way to a rather large bedroom on the second floor and the girls spread out a huge purple blanket to sit on. They sat in a circle as Fred started to unload three separate boxes. He looked at the contents of each box before handing it out.

"Sandwiches and fruit for the lovely ladies. Chinese food for closet boy and his sidekick. For us, garlic chicken and veggies." Fred giggled at the bewildered look on Donovan's face. Trinity looked around the group and her eyes grew wide as she came to a realization about the girls.

"You two!" she said, pointing at Sahara and Claire. They both blushed and nodded. "How long!" Trinity demanded. The couple looked at each other then back to Trinity.

"Um…it's been unofficially official since just before Christmas." Sahara said a little unsure. "As in we're dating but no one needs to know." Trinity nodded in understanding then looked at her brother. He was halfway through feeding Antony a bite of food with chopsticks when he realized she was looking at them. He finished the affectionate act before turning his attention to her.

"And I'm going to assume this is Antony?"

"Yes of course." Donovan piped. "Antony, this is my sister Trinity, her boyfriend Fred, and Trinity's friends Sahara and Claire." the Slytherin boy nodded to them all. He was tan and had medium length golden hair than flowed with the slightest wave to curl around his ears. He seemed rather uncomfortable in all of their attention. A noise in the hall made all of them jump but they were relieved to see it was only Raquelle, Merril, and George. They took seats next to the girls and Fred handed them their own boxes.

"And this is my brother George, and Trinity's other friends Raquelle and Merril." Fred added to Donovan's introduction. Antony nodded to them as well and finally cracked a smile.

"I've heard a lot of good things." he said in a light voice that was made for music. As everyone began to dig in to their boxes, Fred broke out a few bottles of butterbeer and began to pour cups.

"I've brought you all here to the first Valentine's Day Mischief-nic. A place for the secret relationships or single people to come and mingle. As most of us are 7th years this may be the only one so let's make it a good one." Fred raised his glass and they all toasted. They broke back into their food, happy to share the positive energy.~

~After having finished their meal with chocolate covered strawberries and a rather risqué game of 'Truth or Dare', Fred walked Trinity back to her common room hand-in-hand. They were laughing so hard at each other's lame jokes that they weren't sure if they found each other actually funny or if it was the butterbeer laughing. Had they seen Umbridge trying to unsuccessfully spell them apart a few doors away, they probably would've laughed at how purple her face was turning.

Fred spun Trinity in a circle to face him when they stopped in front of the Ravenclaw common room. Her cheeks were rosy and her waves were starting to deflate. He pulled her close to him and looked down at her.

"Will I see you later tonight?" he asked quietly.

"I can't dear. I have to wait for closet man to get back and make sure he's okay. I also have to prepare for my private study with Pomfrey tomorrow." she said, pouting. He chuckled at her childishness.

"Than let this be a clue of what you're missing out on." Fred said and pressed his lips to hers. Her body instantly folded into his and his fingers tangled to into her hair. He broke away before he had a chance to lose himself (or get caught by a teacher) and poked her nose.

"I'll see you around." he mussed her hair and turned away to his own common room. She wanted to give in then, to call him her's. She couldn't give in just yet though, not yet. It wasn't the right moment.

"Be safe." she yelled to him and he waived her away.

"Always."~