This chapter is in George's POV. Enjoy!
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The next day was not one of my best, it had been two days and Alicia and I still hadn't found out who took that photograph! We had searched everywhere. She went down into the library to listen for information while she finished her Charms homework, but had no luck, since the library was almost empty besides a few professors here and there. We listened in conversations our hardest during meals, but had no luck. The only talk of photographs was Colin Creevey asking Harry for one.
"George? Are you coming or what?" said a voice.
"What?" I said, looking up to see Lee Jordan.
"I've been telling you for the past minute! It's dinner time, and Professor Dumbledore is going to make an annoucement, let's go!"
I sat up from my bed and left the dormitory with Lee. We met up with with Katie and Alicia in the hall, and stood waiting for Angelina and Fred to arrive. When they did, we scrambled out of the portrait hole and walked briskly to the Great Hall. When we arrived there, we saw Professor Dumbledore walking up, preparing to make his annoucment.
"May I have your attention please?" he asked, straightening his hat. "Recently, I have checked the house points to see a major increase within the days, so I will congratulate you all with an award. In two weeks, we shall have a Halloween Ball. Dress robes are required and a date is necessary as usual, and anyone of any year may attend." Everyone applauded and gossiped appreciatvely, and I turned to Alicia.
"Want to go with me?" I asked.
"Of course!" she smiled back.
I began to eat my mashed potatoes with quite a smile, untill I overheard a conversation from Colin and his younger brother Dennis across the table.
"Are you going to give it back to them, Colin?"
"I don't know. It's not of Harry, so I'll just throw it out I suppose."
I slowly turned to Alicia, who nodded in my direction, she apparently heard them too. I stood up and slowly walked over to the Creevy brothers.
"Hey, Colin?" I whispered, kneeling down.
"Yeah?" he asked, turning around to face me.
"That picture you have, well, by any chance, is it of Alicia and me?" I asked him nervously.
"Oh yeah!" he said. "I was going to ask you. Do you want me to throw it out or give it to you?"
"Um.....give it to me." I said. The last thing I need is some trash picker or Filch to find it laying there.
"Okay, if you're sure." said Colin . "I'll give you it in the common room tonight, after I ask Melinda Whitmore to the ball!"
"Yeah, great. Thanks Colin." I said, heading back to my seat by Alicia.
"So, what's up?" she whispered.
"He took the picture. He said he'll give me it after he asks some girl to the ball."
Alicia nodded, and we joined in with the exicted chatter of our upcoming Quidditch game against Hufflepuff drawing near.
After dinner, Alicia and I headed down to the common room to recieve our photo. Luckily enough, Colin was standing by an empty scarlet chair, waiting for us.
"Here you go!" he said, fumbling in his robes and handing us a photo. I quickly stuffed it in my jeans pocket before anyone could see.
"Thanks, Colin." Alicia muttered and we started to set off,
"Phew!" she said. "I thought for sure someone would see us. Lucky aren't we?" she said as we headed for our dormitories.
"Yeah." I said, relieved of that fact that Filch wouldn't see Alicia and I snogging on the Quidditch field. She kissed me on the cheek, and we set off our seperate ways. To our dormitories, that is. When I opened the doors, Lee and Fred were standing by my bed, arms crossed.
"So........." Fred began.
"So what?" I asked.
Lee gave me and extremely wide grin, one he usually never wore unless he was around Katie.
"We overheard a certain conversation at dinner." said Fred, smiling.
"Oh, about the Halloween Ball?" I said, even though I knew I was wrong.
"Nope." said Lee, shaking his head from side to side. "About a certain photo."
"Oh, that...." I said, my gaze moving to my pocket, as if I felt the photo was no longer there. "You'd better not tell anyone." I said.
"Don't worry dear brother, we won't!" smiled Fred. "As long as you give us a look."
"We aren't going to tell anyone, we know you like your relathonships to have a certain 'secrecy'." said Lee.
"Promise?" I said. I usually would never trust Lee, but he seemed quite serious. They nodded and I pulled out the photo.
"That's nothing!" said Fred, wide-eyed.
"What the bloody?" asked Lee. Then it hit me, I never got to see the picture myself! I looked at it only to see my foot and Alicia's, apparently the photo was only of the ground, and Colin had missed. I couldn't believe it! What a fool of myself I'd had made!
"Oops." I said, but couldn't help laughing. All this worry for nothing! "I'd thought it was something else!"
Soon, Lee and Fred were laughing too, and we continued to do so for quite a while. 'Just wait 'till I tell Alicia....' I thought, and a smile came to my face.
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Stay tuned for Chapter 5, where the Quidditch game
against Hufflepuff will be played, and we will find out who goes
with who to the Halloween Ball!
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The next day was not one of my best, it had been two days and Alicia and I still hadn't found out who took that photograph! We had searched everywhere. She went down into the library to listen for information while she finished her Charms homework, but had no luck, since the library was almost empty besides a few professors here and there. We listened in conversations our hardest during meals, but had no luck. The only talk of photographs was Colin Creevey asking Harry for one.
"George? Are you coming or what?" said a voice.
"What?" I said, looking up to see Lee Jordan.
"I've been telling you for the past minute! It's dinner time, and Professor Dumbledore is going to make an annoucement, let's go!"
I sat up from my bed and left the dormitory with Lee. We met up with with Katie and Alicia in the hall, and stood waiting for Angelina and Fred to arrive. When they did, we scrambled out of the portrait hole and walked briskly to the Great Hall. When we arrived there, we saw Professor Dumbledore walking up, preparing to make his annoucment.
"May I have your attention please?" he asked, straightening his hat. "Recently, I have checked the house points to see a major increase within the days, so I will congratulate you all with an award. In two weeks, we shall have a Halloween Ball. Dress robes are required and a date is necessary as usual, and anyone of any year may attend." Everyone applauded and gossiped appreciatvely, and I turned to Alicia.
"Want to go with me?" I asked.
"Of course!" she smiled back.
I began to eat my mashed potatoes with quite a smile, untill I overheard a conversation from Colin and his younger brother Dennis across the table.
"Are you going to give it back to them, Colin?"
"I don't know. It's not of Harry, so I'll just throw it out I suppose."
I slowly turned to Alicia, who nodded in my direction, she apparently heard them too. I stood up and slowly walked over to the Creevy brothers.
"Hey, Colin?" I whispered, kneeling down.
"Yeah?" he asked, turning around to face me.
"That picture you have, well, by any chance, is it of Alicia and me?" I asked him nervously.
"Oh yeah!" he said. "I was going to ask you. Do you want me to throw it out or give it to you?"
"Um.....give it to me." I said. The last thing I need is some trash picker or Filch to find it laying there.
"Okay, if you're sure." said Colin . "I'll give you it in the common room tonight, after I ask Melinda Whitmore to the ball!"
"Yeah, great. Thanks Colin." I said, heading back to my seat by Alicia.
"So, what's up?" she whispered.
"He took the picture. He said he'll give me it after he asks some girl to the ball."
Alicia nodded, and we joined in with the exicted chatter of our upcoming Quidditch game against Hufflepuff drawing near.
After dinner, Alicia and I headed down to the common room to recieve our photo. Luckily enough, Colin was standing by an empty scarlet chair, waiting for us.
"Here you go!" he said, fumbling in his robes and handing us a photo. I quickly stuffed it in my jeans pocket before anyone could see.
"Thanks, Colin." Alicia muttered and we started to set off,
"Phew!" she said. "I thought for sure someone would see us. Lucky aren't we?" she said as we headed for our dormitories.
"Yeah." I said, relieved of that fact that Filch wouldn't see Alicia and I snogging on the Quidditch field. She kissed me on the cheek, and we set off our seperate ways. To our dormitories, that is. When I opened the doors, Lee and Fred were standing by my bed, arms crossed.
"So........." Fred began.
"So what?" I asked.
Lee gave me and extremely wide grin, one he usually never wore unless he was around Katie.
"We overheard a certain conversation at dinner." said Fred, smiling.
"Oh, about the Halloween Ball?" I said, even though I knew I was wrong.
"Nope." said Lee, shaking his head from side to side. "About a certain photo."
"Oh, that...." I said, my gaze moving to my pocket, as if I felt the photo was no longer there. "You'd better not tell anyone." I said.
"Don't worry dear brother, we won't!" smiled Fred. "As long as you give us a look."
"We aren't going to tell anyone, we know you like your relathonships to have a certain 'secrecy'." said Lee.
"Promise?" I said. I usually would never trust Lee, but he seemed quite serious. They nodded and I pulled out the photo.
"That's nothing!" said Fred, wide-eyed.
"What the bloody?" asked Lee. Then it hit me, I never got to see the picture myself! I looked at it only to see my foot and Alicia's, apparently the photo was only of the ground, and Colin had missed. I couldn't believe it! What a fool of myself I'd had made!
"Oops." I said, but couldn't help laughing. All this worry for nothing! "I'd thought it was something else!"
Soon, Lee and Fred were laughing too, and we continued to do so for quite a while. 'Just wait 'till I tell Alicia....' I thought, and a smile came to my face.
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Stay tuned for Chapter 5, where the Quidditch game
against Hufflepuff will be played, and we will find out who goes
with who to the Halloween Ball!