(A/N): Hey uh...hey guys. Now, wait until I explain to throw your shoes, pitchforks and Molotov cocktails at me, okay? I've been suffering a very severe case of writers block lately, and I'm exhausted, especially right now. I had weight training today, and my arms and legs feel like jelly. Now, I know you've been waiting for this chapter for ages, and I apologise, because I know how that feels. I must say that I've started around 8-9 book series now, and it's all getting rather hard to remember. My NAPLAN tests start in three and a half days, so I probably won't be updating around that time because my brain will have been bled dry. Another reason I haven't been updating is because I lose inspiration whenever I write anything on a computer. I write in notebooks and the like now, it's much better for me. Speaking of computers, I got a new laptop! Just thought you should know, because another reason I haven't been updating is because all of my files were on my old Ebook, which was out of charge. You may recall me saying that it has to held in a very precise place to be able to charge, yes? Well, it took me ages, but I finally got it charged enough that I could get all my files onto my new laptop, and yeah. Now, no one has been waiting for this chapter as long as my friend Nikki, who has repeatedly asked me when I would write another chapter, and she's probably the main reason I did, so you should thank her for that!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Tyler Benjamin and the Aussie trio's story.
Fred
So here we are, back at Hogwarts for our fourth year. I'm kind of disappointed. I mean, I expected George and I to have been expelled by now, but sadly not. Oh well, at least I have more time to get him and Kelly together now. We hadn't seen them at all over the summer, we hadn't even heard from them other than the chain of letters we had sent each other, and Sarah, Nikki and I had agreed to try to get George and Kelly together in any way we could. Of course, this was made much more difficult than it need be by the fact that Kelly now had a boyfriend, a handsome Gryffindor by the name of Tyler Benjamin, and the fact that they were both so obviously in love with each other that they were totally oblivious about the others feelings for them.
So, here we were. George, Kelly and Cedric (we hadn't had the chance to include him in our plans yet), sitting on one side of our carriage and Nikki, Sarah and I on the other, watching Kelly and George intently while trying not to make it obvious. Kelly was sitting closest to the window, Cedric near the other with George in the middle, and she was staring out the window, silent as usual as the carriage started to roll towards the castle. Ginny had been nervous when we had pushed her towards the other first years a few minutes ago, but I wasn't nervous. I knew she'd be a Gryffindor, and that eventually she'd get used to being around so many people and being at Hogwarts.
I smiled knowingly at Sarah as Cedric and Nikki's eyes locked together and they both blushed slightly before gesturing to them with my head to get George's attention. A quick glance out the window confirmed my thoughts that we were getting close to the castle, and I got ready to stand as the carriage began to roll to a stop behind the other carriages in front of ours. As we stepped out of the carriage I saw kelly stop on the top step attached to the side and stare up at the castle, a small smile on her face before accepting George's outstretched hand and hopping down. I nudged Sarah, Nikki and Cedric to get their attention on the other two, who were still holding hands.I figured I might as well clue Cedric in on our plans to get the two together, seeing as we might need his help later on, and the little drama queen might get pissed if we leave him out for too long. He smirked slightly, and Sarah, Nikki and I grinned identical mischievous grins.
Just as we were about to call them out on it however, they dropped each others hands awkwardly, avoiding each others gaze. My eyebrows crumpled in the middle, confused for a minute before I saw just who was walking towards us. Tyler Benjamin, Kelly's - boyfriend? I raised a eyebrow slightly as I realised she had never really told us whether he was her boyfriend or not. As he approached, a wide grin spread across her face, and when he was close enough, he stopped in front of her and bowed. "Mademoiselle." He greeted with a small smile, pulling her hand from her side gently before moving it close to his face, laying a small kiss on the back of her hand. George rolled his eyes looking slightly disgruntled before speeding up slightly to catch up to us as Kelly let out a quiet giggle at her boyfriends (?) antics.
Nikki was whispering to Cedric as we finally reached the Great Hall, probably filling him on our plan without George noticing. Speaking of George, he was walking next to me, slightly preoccupied by watching the couple walking a little further behind us. I moved forward slightly, out of George's hearing range, to ask the girls - and Cedric- about Kelly and Tyler. "So...did I like miss the memo or something?" I whispered, glancing back at Tyler and Kelly so they would know who I was talking about.
"If you did, so did we. Then again, sometimes Kelly keeps secrets for pointless reasons." Sarah said, her tone suggesting that their was something behind her verdict.
"How so?" I asked her, one eyebrow raised in curiosity.
"Well...sometimes she just likes to keep things to herself."
"Like when she had a crush on Liam?" Nikki suggested, a small, amused smile on her lips.
"Yeah. Exactly like that." Sarah rolled her eyes before glancing back at George and grinning. "Well, he's definitely go the jealousy part down."
We all turned to look at him, only to see him watching the couple behind him intently, as if waiting for a moment to run in and snatch her away.
"George won't admit he likes her unless he wants to, and he can be a goddamn stubborn mule sometimes. Just like me!" I said the last bit with a grin, trying to add some humor to the mix, as always.
We all slid into place along the Gryffindor table, the order, along the sides of the table from left to right was like this: on the side closest to the wall was Sarah, Cedric and Nikki, and on the side closest to the walkway was Tyler, Kelly, George and I. Nikki, Sarah, Cedirc and I couldn't talk to each other about the plan, what with being so close to Kelly, George and even Tyler. This didn't stop Nikki from filling Cedric in though, seeing as they were furthest away from the two, on the oppostie side of the table. We only had to wait a few minutes for the first years to shuffle in, but that was more than enough for me to get sick of the lovey-dovey crap going on down the table, imagine what George must be feeling!
As the first years finally entered the hall, Kelly cleared her throat slightly, a amused smile on her face as their hands, still interwined, dropped below the table, out of view of the other students and teachers. As Kelly turned around on the bench to watch the first years walking by and, Kelly being Kelly, sending them reassuring smiles, Tyler twirled a lock of her hair around his finger, a small smile on his lips. After all the first years passed, she tugged his hands slightly, giggling quietly, at the adoring look on his face.
I liked this guy, he was taking care of her, making her happy, but I could see it was destroying George, and it wasn't as if we were breaking them up on purpose. It was more like we were just getting them to realise their feelings, and if they acted on them then it was their choice and we would all be very happy for them - A.K.A: Ecstatic.
The sorting started, and nothing really exciting happened until Ginny was called up. It wasn't that obvious, but I could see that her legs were shaking with the nerves, and the brave face she put on hid most but not all of her nervousness. She climbed the steps and slid onto the stool carefully, a nervous smile twitching across her face as George, Sarah, kelly, Cedric, Ron and I all gave her an encouraging thumbs up. Tyler looked like he wanted to but was unsure of whether he was allowed to, so I gave him a small smile to show him he could. He gave a surprised smile back and lifted a hand in Ginny's direction to give her a thumbs up. Ginny chuckled silently as she saw us, the sorting hat being set on her head as lightly. We counted off the seconds, 5...10...20...25-
"Gryffindor!"
The Sorting hat bellowed, allowing Mcgonagall to remove it as Ginny hopped up, along with the rest of us and the Gryffindor table who were already cheering loudly. The Ravenclaw's and Hufflepuff's were laughing but cheering too. Ginny quickly made her way over to our table and sat next to me, a wide grin on her young face.
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