I hope you all enjoyed that last chapter. If I'm not mistaken, I believe it's the longest chapter in this story so far. So that's pretty impressive.
I'm also really happy because this story hit over 2,700 views which I love! Also, I've gotten 26 reviews so far. And that's all fine and dandy, but I'm going to start adding a little goal for each chapter so I'll put special moments of Georcy in. Put simply, if we reach the goal, then you get one scene of unplanned Georcy, double the goal then two unplanned scenes, and same for triple and so on...
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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Year Three
Replacements and Storerooms
The first week of November whizzed by. The first Quidditch game of the season, a game between Ravenclaw and Slytherin, had come with Slytherin as the winner.
During the second Saturday of the month, I was eating lunch with the gang. George and I hadn't made up, and were continuously getting into arguments. But I still hung out with Fred whenever I could, I just ignored George.
"I just don't see how see how McGonagall can give us that much homework!" Seamus said, spooning soup into his mouth. "I mean, we already have loads of it from Snape and Flitwick. At least we get breaks from Divination and Care of Magical Creatures, Hagrid doesn't give us anything! And we barely get anything from Lupin. But God!"
Fred laughed, "That's nothing! Wait until you get into fifth year. Then you'll have to start getting ready for O.W.L.s. George even had to ask for a tutor!"
George made a sound, "Yeah, well at least I'm still good at Charms. Oh, that reminds me, if anybody needs a tutor...I'm free on Thursdays."
"Oh, shut up, will you?" I cried. "You're going to have to learn to get over that!"
He made a face at me and said, "I'll get over it as soon as you cancel your tutor sessions with Justin."
I rolled my eyes, "Oh, please. We all know the real reason you don't want me to hang out with Justin."
"Oh, really?" George said, smirking. "What's that?"
"W-what?" I stuttered. I hadn't exactly been planning on him asking me that. "We-well..."
"I knew it!" George cried.
"I know why he's upset!" Dean said, smiling. "It's because he lo-"
"Darcy!" Fay screamed, running into the Great Hall. Her hair was flying behind her in a crazed wave. "Darcy! I have amazing news for you!"
I stood up and held her still. She was as restless as a Cornish Pixie sometimes. "What is it?"
She squealed loudly, "Tobias Edwards fell down the stairs!" Then she let out a laugh.
Everyone else looked horrified.
"How is that funny?" Fred asked. "He's one of our Chasers!"
Fay nodded, "Yep yep yep! And he has three broken ribs, a broken leg, arm and he isn't going to be able to walk for three months!" She danced around a little bit. People were starting to stare.
"Oh no! We'll have to use an alternate!" Fred cried. "Oh...hey!" He looked at me, "You're an alternate!"
I shook my head, "Yeah, but I'm the younger of the two. Oliver will probably choose Colin before me. He's older."
Fay shook her head, "Nope nope nope! Colin rejected Oliver's offer to be the replacement and now-"
I screamed, "I'm on the team!"
Fred, Dean, Seamus, and surprisingly George let out cries of joy and stood up to hug me. Seamus gripped me tightly, ecstatic that his sister was on the Gryffindor team. Dean hugged me, groaning about how annoying Seamus was going to be from now on. Fred twirled me around, raving about having his 'Blackbird' on the team. George reached out to hug me, and at first I did too. But then we remembered we were angry at each other.
"Just don't make us lose, Finnigan." He grumbled, crossing his arms. I rolled my eyes and frowned.
"Wow, way to ruin the mood, Georgie." Fred said, slinging his arm over George's shoulder. He shoved it off and stalked away. "You two really need to make up."
I sighed, "Well, tell George he needs to apologize to me, and we can be friends again."
Seamus laughed, "I mean, as angry as I was at him for calling you...that...uh, I think you need to apologize too."
I gaped at him, "Are you serious? I did nothing wrong! All I did was-"
"You forgot about the one day he had with you. That hurt his feelings, Darcy. I mean, everyone wants to have their own time with you. We can't hang out as a group the whole time." Fay said. "I have you in the evenings and mornings. Seamus has you on most weekends. Dean has you whenever you work on homework. Fred has you whenever you two are pulling a prank. George needs his own time with you. And you kind of kicked him out of your life."
I frowned, "I didn't mean to!"
"Well, why didn't you change the day for Justin?" Fay asked, a small smile on her face. "I think George is jeal-"
Fred gave her a stern look and she quieted down. "Look, Blackbird. Tonight, George and I are sneaking into Snape's storeroom to make a potion for...reasons. We're going to need help. Why don't you come along? Maybe you and George can make up then." He gave the others a wink which they returned.
I blinked, confused. "A-alright. I suppose that would be fine. I'll have to cancel with Seamus."
Seamus glared at me, "Isn't cancelling what got you in this mess in the first place?"
I smiled, "Yes, but I know you'll forgive me after a while." I ruffled his hair and he smiled cheekily. "I'll do it." I told Fred. "What time should we meet?"
Fred thought, "Meet us in the Common Room at one."
At precisely one o'clock, I met Fred and George in the Common Room. George was glowering at the ground, obviously upset that I was tagging along. Fred smiled at me like he always did.
We left the Common Room in a rush, not wanting to be caught by a teacher or a prefect that was patrolling the corridors. George led the way, looking around every corner we came across.
Once, we heard a pitter patter of tiny feet. We froze in place. I bit my lip nervously. After a while, we realized that whatever it had been had left.
"What do you think that was?" I asked in a whisper.
Fred shrugged, "Probably a house elf.. They wander around sometimes."
"Or could've been a pet. Sometimes people forget to lock them up. Maybe it was Scabbers!" George said, not looking at me. "Ron's been looking for him for ages."
I nodded in understanding even though he wasn't really talking to me. What ever it had ben, I sure hoped it wouldn't be coming back.
Eventually, we reached Snape's storeroom. The door was, as predicted, locked. Alohomora didn't work. (We each tried several times.) Fred attempted to blow the door off its hinges with a silent bomb from Zonko's. It was finally breached by George who performed a charm on the door. I guessed it was a super complicated one since neither Fred nor I knew what he was doing.
"Congratulations, brother!" Fred said with a grin on his face. "You get to collect the goods. Darcy, you join him. I'll hold the door open. Wouldn't want you to be locked here after all."
I blinked in confusion but agreed and entered the storeroom with George.
"What do we need to get?" I asked, looking at the shelves.
George was silent for a few minutes. I was about to yell at him for ignoring me when Fred called from his position at the door.
"We need pickled newt, shriveled worm eggs, pine needles, essence of werewolf, and crushed rose petals. It might take a while to find it all."
He wasn't kidding. The storeroom had hundreds of jars containing strange things. It amazed me to think that I had only worked with some of these substances. I had to constantly squeeze past George in the room. There wasn't a lot of walking space in the place. It sort of became an unspoken competition to see who could find the most ingredients.
I hd just grabbed the crushed rose petals when I turned around and SMACK! I ran right into George. We both almost dropped the jars we were holding.
"Watch it!" he hissed. "You should learn to be more careful."
I glared dangerously at him, "Why don't you learn to mind your own business?"
He opened his mouth to retaliate but was cut off by the sound of a slam. We turned to see that the storeroom's door and slammed shut, leaving us in almost total darkness. I carefully set the jar of crushed rose petals on one of the shelves and walked over to the door.
"Fred?" I knocked. "Are you out there?"
Fred grunted and the door shifted slightly. "Yeah. The door slipped. Might be a while until I can get it open. If I could only remember how to do that damned spell..."
"Brilliant." George groaned. He lit his wand and set it on the shelf. "Just great."
I frowned at him. "Well it's not all great for me either, Weasley."
"You two get comfy." Fred called to us. "I'm going to get someone to help me out." I listened to his footsteps walk away from us.
We were quiet for a long time. Neither of us spoke. I could barely hear him breathing. I realized then how this was the quietest George and I had been around each other in a while. Recently, we'd spent all of our time together arguing over tiny, and honestly, stupid things.
"So." George said finally. "Are you nervous for the first game?"
I looked away from him.
"You shouldn't be nervous. It's not that bad."
I didn't say anything.
"Except it's likely you'll be hurt. Chasers always get hurt in Quidditch."
Nothing.
He huffed angrily. "You have no right to be mad, you know."
I looked at him in shock. "Are you serious? I have no right to be angry at you?"
"That's right."
I looked him up and down in disgust. "You're the one who called me those nasty names. I didn't do anything to you."
He scoffed, "Now you're being really thick. I deserve to be angry. You made me jeal- angry because you forgot about our tutor day. That's the one day I get hang out with you alone."
I frowned and sighed, "I know. I didn't mean to, George. That was the first day that came to my head and I just said it. I wasn't thinking."
"I know you weren't thinking." George said harshly. "You haven't been thinking about how others feel about you hanging out with Justin."
"Wh-what do you mean?" I asked quietly.
George licked his lips an looked everywhere except at me. "Uh, I just mean that I feel sorry for who fancies you is all. He's jealous that you're spending so much time with Justin."
I opened my mouth. "Is it Dean?"
George shook his head quickly, "No. He's moved on from you."
"Th-then who is it?"
His eyes widened. "Uh...I really shouldn't say. He'd kill me."
I smiled, "Come on! I won't say anything. I swear."
He smiled nervously, "I'm not sure..."
"Please!?" I pleaded.
He looked me in the eyes from a minutes. "It's uh...uh..." I gestured for him to continue. "Its...Fred!"
I blinked and blinked again. I had never in my wildest dreams expected Fred Weasley to fancy me. I mean, it sort of mad sense. He was always nice to me, I don't think we had ever exchanged rude words to each other. But...
"Oh God..." George groaned, running his hands through his hair. "I shouldn't have said anything. God, I'm stupid."
"I-it's okay. I guess I feel kind of bad for not noticing earlier." I said quietly.
"So..." George said hesitantly. "Are...are we okay?"
I smiled, "Yeah. We're okay."
"Are you sure?"
I nodded and said, "Oh, George. I'm so sorry." I threw my arms around his neck and hugged him. I began crying into his neck.
"I'm sorry too, Darcy." He whispered. For some reason this made me cry harder.
He chuckled and he hugged me back. "Why are you crying, Darcy?"
I sniffed, "B-because. I m-missed my b-b-best friend."
"Tsk." He said. "You couldn't have missed me that much."
I shook my head, "No. I missed you more than you think."
Suddenly, the door opened. Fred was grinning at us happily. Behind him Seamus, Dean, and Fay were smiling at us. "Did you guys make up yet?"
I glared at him, "Was that the plan the whole time? To get us to make up?"
Seamus nodded. "Yep. I'm pretty sure if you mixed those ingredients together, the whole school would explode. We made up recipe."
Fay sighed, "It took you long enough. I honestly thought you would never apologize. Then Fred came up with this plan last night."
George laughed, "Brilliant! Bloody brilliant!"
"Thank you for that assessment, Georgie. But we really should be going back to the Common Room. After you, Darcy." Fred said.
It was then that I remembered that Fred fancied me. I smirked at him and said, "You shouldn't be embarrassed you know." Out of the corner of my eye, I saw George blush scarlet.
He looked at me in confusion. I shrugged and followed Fay down the corridor.
"What the bloody hell was she talking about?"
"I-I'll tell you later."
So there you go! George and Darcy have made up and are friends again! Yay! George threw Fred under the bus to avoid being discovered! Exciting stuff! I have the next chapter planned already and I think you're going to be very angry because it involves the NOTP of Justin and Darcy...
Also...I'm not sure whether or not I should have Seamus and Fay get together this year. I'm thinking I'll have them get together when Seamus asks Fay to the Yule Ball or something. But IDK. And I'm warning you, Justin and Darcy will be a "thing" until the end of the Yule Ball. I've already thought about the breakup scene when George comes to comfort her! FLUFFIES!
I have finished my fan art of Darcy. I'm planning on adding George later. It's the new cover for now. Maybe it'll inspire some of you to draw something.
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