"Yes!" Alicia said after letting out a breath she didn't even know she was holding. And before she knew it, George had bent down and pressed his lips to hers. Alicia closed her eyes as a million thoughts flooded her, but she couldn't even spring any words together in her mind. She was just about to put her arms around Geoge's neck when he broke the kiss. Alicia was reminded of the winter as a cold wind blew thru the window and she opened her eyes to find George starring straight into them. Neither of them said anything. Alicia only blinked and George starred, a mixture of emotions danced across his countanence.

And then it dawned on her ... she had just been kissed for the first time...

"I ... I'm sorry ... " George trailed off. Alicia watched him look at the floor. Alicia shook her head quickly.

"No, George .. it's .. it's alright," Alicia said grinning. She giggled to reassure him and George looked up to meet her eyes. Alicia's smile faded into a small smile, and she blinked.

"So ..." George said, brushing his hand through his hair, messing it all up. Alicia giggled, but decided not to tell him.

"Shouldn't we be heading back?" She quickly asked. George shrugged and nodded.

Alicia went first down the spiraling steps of the owlery.

"I heard the Yule Ball is going to be great this year. Remember in our first year when the graduates had a ball and you and Fred went to spy on them? Oh, that was so funny! I hope our clothes down clash... though you're always wearing this maroon sweater and ..." Alicia rambled on purpose. It gave her time to think. These two occurences in the past couple minutes surely didn't mean they were ... boyfriend and girlfriend. Alicia shuddered at the ugly terms.

But they were more than just friends ... weren't they? What would Alicia do in the situation?

As soon as they had gotten to the corridor, Alicia kept rambling but she grabbed George's hand. It was soft, yet rough at the same time. Gentle, yet powerful. She had never felt this kind of security from such a simple act.

"Who's there?" came a voice Alicia had no trouble deciferring. They both stopped dead in their tracks and Alicia starred at the shadow that loomed on the wall from around the corner.

"George!" Alicia turned to him and grabbed his arm. She had only a moment to notice how strong they were...

"Let's ... go ..." George said, and Alicia turned, but noticed George wasn't moving, and was still starring at the shadow.

"Go where?" Alicia hissed. She wondered how he and Fred ever made it through Hogwarts, if they were this slow...

"Yeah ... follow me," George said, grabbing her hand and leading her down the corridor away from Filch. Alicia looked over her shoulder to see Filch had com around the corner and then George yanked her around another corner. Where the hell were they going? She had a bad feeling about this ...

"I know you're here!" came Filch's voice. Both teens sped up on impulse.

"George, where are we going?" Alicia asked suspicously. George didn't reply but her question was answered as he lead her right up to the boy's restroom.

"Excuse me?!" Alicia asked, yanking her hnd away from George's. No way would she go in there...

"There's a secret passage way in there," George hissed. Alicia's eyebrows raised.

"I don't care ... I'm not going in there..." Alicia said and she began to walk away ... she would find her own hiding place until the danger passed.

"Alicia, do you hear that?" came George's voice behind her. Alicia turned quickly and listened. She could hear Filch clling his stupid cat. "That,my dear," Alicia batted an eye, "is the sound of detention from the Yule Ball..." Alicia glanced nervously at him. She sighed and gave in.

"Oh fine, but you better be right!" Alicia warned, looking him straight in the eye. She would almost rather get caught by Filch than go in there. She smiled sarcastically at George as he held the door open for her, even though she was really having the best time she had in a while.

"So where's this secret passage of yours?" Alicia asked skeptically, recoiling from the nasty boy's bathroom around her. She hated it. George laughed.

"It's not like we have cooties, George said as he disappeared into a stall. What the hell!?

"Where are you going?!" she asked.

"when you gotta go, you gotta go!" she heard George say. Alicia's eyebrows raised.

"Don't you dare!" she protested, taking a step back from the stall he had gone into. She heard George laugh and the toilet flush. Gross!

"That's gross!" Alicia said disgustedly.

"Alicia, it's just the key to opening the secret passage ..." George said as he passed in front of her and going over to the mirror.

"Where?"

"Through here," George said, stepping through the mirror. Alicia smiled lopsidely in amazment and George smiled back.

"How did you ....?" Alicia asked as he helped her step thru into the dimly lit passage way.

"Shh!" George hissed as he finished stepping into the passage way. The mirror transformed back into glass just as there was a feint meowing on the other side of the door. Alicia watched thru the opposite side of the mirror as Filch himself opened the door.

"Anyone here, my sweet?" Filch said, holding up his lantern. Mrs. Norris immediatly scampered up to the mirror and began to sniff it.

George back away slowly and ran right into Alicia. She grabbed onto his arm. They were in for it ... she was sure.

"What do you see?" Filch said to his stupid cat as he pressed his ugly face against the glass. Alicia swallowed and tried to remain extremely still.

Filch took his face off the mirror and scratched his head.

"It's only your reflection, Mrs. Norris... don't be silly ..." Filch said. Alicia let out a breath of air as Filch began to walk away, but he quickly turned back around and tapped his finger on the glass.

"Unless ..." Filch said, rubbing his grubby hand down the glass. "Unless it's those Weasley! Hahaha, Mrs. Norris! We've got them this time! You go head them off, I've got to make a little trip to the Gryffindor tower!" Filch happily announced, exiting the bathroom along with the cat. Alicia blinked several times and breathed in and out. They were going to get caught ...

"Come on," George said. He grabbed her hand and lead her down the passage way.

"George, we're going to be in so much trouble ..." Alicia whispered.

"Not on my watch," George replied. Alicia rolled her eyes.

"But what are you going to do? I mean, Filch is going to the common room and --"

"Fred will take care of that. I'm more worried about that evil cat..." George said. They came to a sudden fork in the path. Alicia turn to look at George and found him starring boldly ahead. But she knew that face too well ... George had no idea where they were going or which path to take.

"I'm tired, George," Alicia moved closer to him and put her head on his shoulder. She starred up at him. He starred back down at her with those blue-green eyes and then kissed her on the forehead.

"Let's go this way ..." George said, taking her down the path to the right. She happily followed.

"George, are you sure you know where you're going?" Alicia asked ten minutes later as she and George turned another corner.

"Of course I do!" George answered quickly.

"Shouldn't we just go back" Alicia asked. She got annoyed when George didn't answer.

A few seconds later they came to the flight of spiral stairs.

"See! I told you I knew where we were going!" George said. Alicia raised he eyebrows

"Alright then, where the hell do these stairs lead to?" she asked folding her arms.

"Um ... " Alicia watched as George peered up the spiral stairway. "Up?"

"George Weasley!" She exclaimed. She knew they were lost. How could he have done this to her?!

She walked by quickly, pushed him against the wall and stomped up the stairs.

"What!?" called after her. She could hear him following her up the stairs.. "What did I do!? Atleast we don't have detention!" George exclaimed.

"Better there than down here with you!" Alicia said before she could think of anything else. All of a sudden she could only hear her own footsteps.... Inside her heart, she wanted to stop and turn and appologize, but her head told her to keep going. She slowwed and finally stopped. What the hell had she just done?

"I'm sorry," she whispered, hoping it would carry down the steps and to him.

"Alicia ..." was all he said as he climbed the steps.

"I just ... am afraid. I mean, where am I?!" she said whirled around and almost laughed to find him being the same height as her as he stood a step belo her. George pondered for a second.

"Somewhere ... in Hogwarts ... with me," George said, a lopsided smile on his face. Alicia laughed.

"Yeah ... and there's no place else I'd reather be ..." she whispered. And starred at him. His blue-green eyes starred into her and she closed her eyes as they kissed.



N/A Awwww! How cute! Cotton-candy-icecream-pretty-please-with-a-cherry-on- top-sugar-coated fluff! La! Actually, there was alittle more adventure in this one ... and there's some more in George's POV because ... I said so. Enjoy George's POV. And you have to read it to understand what happens in the next actual chapter. (not just the next POV)