Chapter 1: Alicia's Diary
February 10
Dear Diary,
Today George turned my hair light purple
or more specifically lavender. I'm so upset I can't believe I even like him in the first
place! He said it wouldn't wear off till next month and Valentine's Day is
in four more days! I'm hiding in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom Hermione and
Ginny told me it would be a perfect place to cry in because everyone usually
just avoids it. They also said no boys had gone in it but Harry, Ron and
Lockhart. I doubt either of the twins would come in here, unless Ron or
Harry told Fred and George that this is where I'm taking refuge. Moaning Myrtle
is getting me a bit more irritated than I already am. She's teasing me about
about being sad and smudging ink. I wonder why she's picking on me. I haven't done a thing
her… Perhaps she just likes to torture people.
-Alicia
P.S. If we even pass the twins and they try to say one word I may just
jump on them or give them the cold shoulder. I hope my next page would be
more chipper and more enthusiastic not sad gloomy or smudgy. I really have
got to go! Katie and Angelina are getting very impatient with me!
Alicia shut her diary, and locked it. She rubbed her red face and sore eyes
and looked at the mirror one last time before grabbing her bag and leaving.
When she got outside with her head bowed down her friends were trying to
cheer her up. Angelina rubbed her arm sympathetically and Katie was talking
about how Angelina deals with her boyfriend Fred and her own boyfriend Lee.
"It's the same." Said Katie.
Alicia shook her head and sadly replied that it was different because she and
George weren't even close.
They finally finished ascending the stairs. Angelina gave the fat lady
the password and the portrait hole swung open. Katie led them in. When they
got inside, Fred, George, and Lee were sitting there, their face shining with
fake innocence. They looked at Angelina and Katie and their smile grew as
their eyes landed on Alicia. Alicia scowled at them, in her head she
imagined a picture of George and beside him the word Hate was etched then
suddenly disappeared. She stamped her feet and dragged Angelina and Katie
forcefully up to their room.
"I can't believe the pair of them! They said it was also their
greatest prank played! Why couldn't it have been done to Snape?" Whined
Alicia as she crossed her arms across her chest. Katie smiled at her friend
and took her hairbrush and started to brush her lavender colored hair.
"I don't mean this in an offensive way or anything, but the color
lavender suits you. It matches the shade of blue your eyes are."
Those words totally made her snap, she grabbed a small pillow and
started to sob on it. In the Gryffindor Common room the three pranksters
were laughing their butts off. The girls could easily hear them. Alicia
finally stopped sobbing and grabbed the nearest hard thing that she could
find and opened the door. She stomped out and threw a book right at
George. The book hit his face with a BOOM and fell on the floor unharmed.
When Alicia got back to her room the four-poster beds were already covered
with their curtains meaning her friends were asleep. Alicia shrugged to herself and
decided to sleep too.
"Ouch George that must've hurt!" Fred said as he put bandages on his
brother's forehead. Lee sat on a squishy armchair speechless. George glared
at his brother.
"It's yours and Lee's fault! You dared me to do it!"
"One of the best we've ever pulled off!" Lee commented, finally
snapping out of his shocked position.
"Well I'm going to bed!" Fred said in a very chirpy voice and turned back
as he was halfway there.
"Lee, George, you coming?" He asked yawning. Lee
nodded and looked at George who stared at the smoldering fire.
"Guys I'm staying here for a while," he said taking his gaze away from
the fireplace and to the book beside his feet.
"Gah! Whatever George!" yelled Fred. After Fred and Lee left he took the
book Alicia threw a few minutes back.
The book had 'Alicia's Diary' printed on the cover in gold letters. He tried
to open it but it was shut tight. George was getting frustrated with the
book so he threw it at the portrait hole. The portrait hole opened at that
time and in came Professor Minerva McGonagall. The book landed right in
front of her black shoes.
"Mr.Weasley may I please ask you what were doing?" Mcgonagall asked in
her usual strict teacher voice.
"I couldn't sleep Professor Mcgonagall," said George trying to make his
voice sound very innocent.
"What about this book?" asked Mcgonagall, not bothering to look over it closely.
"Ummm… err, you see I was having a hard time finding the page I wanted to
look at and threw it in frustration." George lied.
"Mr.Weasley. Books are very, very delicate I ask you to take care of it,"
said Mcgonagall leaving the Gryffindor Common room.
George sat frozen to the spot he was still sitting in. He looked around
the room and glanced back at the book. He caught a glimpse of golden chains.
He made a grab for it and in his hand sat a key sparkling with the red
inferno from the fireplace. He shakily placed one of his hand on the book
and his other shaky hand on the lock carefully trying to open the book with
care. There was a faint snap and the book popped open right in front of
him. He read the date. January 12th, judging by the date the book was pretty
new. He read on, glancing at the 7th year girls' door every time he read at
least one paragraph. He read and read and was getting bored about her
writing about stuffed toys and new pets. He leafed four more pages and began
to read silently to himself. It is very obvious this page caught his
attention.
January 16th
Dear Diary,
George is left in the Gryffindor Common
Room again. He had no one to go with. Hogwarts is very strict about safety
there for you have to be with someone and you can't be alone. Fred is going
with Angelina to buy each other things (For Valentine's Day), Katie told me she would
be out at Hogsmeade to go snogging with Lee. I'm the only single one from the
three of us girls just like George is in his group. Even Hermione and Ron
told each other they liked each other and summoned enough courage to ask
each other out! (Which I hate to admit I envied…) Unfortunately Harry is also still
single but he got to go because Ginny asked him and he is a perfect
gentleman that can't turn down offers, so obviously he agreed. That was unless Chang asked
him out.
-Alicia
P.S. Diary, isn't it strange when I keep telling myself single
life is the best kind, I am totally wrong! I mean sometimes you get lonely
and even jealous! Especially when you watch your friends not able to catch
their breath after kissing you wonder how it would feel to be kissed by the
boy you like.
George looked down in shock at the diary. The idea of Alicia being
lonely and sad made his heartache. Alicia didn't deserve to feel like that.
He continued reading, as he read his heart got heavier and guilt weighed on
his mind. He finally got very tired and fell on the couch with a thud. Ginny
heard this and quickly raced out of her dormitory and ran to the 7th year
boys' and came back with a turquoise Indian patterned blanket and covered
George up with it, she noticed the diary in his arms looking really confidential. Ginny quickly
kissed his cheek and ran back to her dormitory.