Disclaimer: In Sunday school I learned not to lie so I must admit…I am not J.K. Rowling…although I wouldn't mind it if I was…
A/N: I'm really sorry for not posting this sooner. There really is no excuse for how long I waited to put this up. But don't worry; I hope to have new chapters up MUCH sooner in the future!
A/N2: Hugs to all who reviewed! You really made my day! Sorry about the Katie and George thing if you don't like it… I just always saw them together…
Chapter 2
"Forge mate, I think we're early for dinner." George stated the obvious as they walked farther into the Great Hall.
"Hate to break it to you Georgina, but we wanted to come here early… now you go get the Varina and I'll get the Strune poison." Fred instructed heading toward the far side of the Hall where he knew there was a passageway leading to the Potions classroom down in the dungeons. He took out his wand, making sure nobody was around, before pointing it at a seemingly small mouse hole. "Fringinail!" He muttered and the mouse hole grew slowly big enough for a large person to fit inside. He crawled in as the hole shrunk, and started down the stone stair case.
The small stair case was hardly ever used and everything from the steps to the torch holders were covered in a thick layer of dust. The stairs winded downward in a spiral so that they didn't take up too much room. Fred grinned as he came to another mouse hole and murmured the same incantation before it sprung to full size and he tip-toed out into the potions masters' secret stash of potions ingredients. There was every ingredient you could thing of, from frogs brains to wolfsbane. He swiftly went over to the cupboard labeled Poison. Fred opened the door and peered inside, his eyes coasting around until they rested on a beaker full of reddish liquid. He carefully pulled it out and placed it on the floor before taking a small, clean butterbeer bottle out of the bag he had been given for his and George's birthday. He cautiously poured a few drops of the Strune poison into the butterbeer bottle before capping the bottle and stashing it into his bag. Then he situated the beaker back in its place and turned toward the mouse hole. He opened it before heading up the stairs and back toward the Great Hall.
"Katie, what in the world are you talking about? I can't flirt with Fred! He'd be scared out of his wits!" Angelina exclaimed as she sat back on her bed. Katie gave her an 'I don't think so' kind of look from her spot on the desk.
"Angelina, any man would be thrilled to have a girl like you flirt with them…besides, it's not that big of a deal. Flirting isn't bad or anything, people do it all the time!" Katie explained. "Besides, you do want him to notice you, don't you?"
"Well yes, but… I dunno…" Angelina sighed pathetically.
"Angelina, this is your last year at school. You can make a fool of yourself and do whatever you want because no one really cares how you act. Me, I still have another year of school, if anyone should be worried it should be me." Katie said a sense of pleading in her voice. Angelina considered her, she did have a point.
"Ok." Angelina agreed softly. "But if I make a fool of myself I'll be blaming it all on you, ok?"
"Great!" Katie grinned excitedly. "But Angelina… just one more thing."
"What?" She groaned.
"You need to wear you hair down or… just not in a ponytail all the time. And you need to wear more makeup."
"What are you? An image consultant?" Angelina demanded.
"Sorry, I was just suggesting." Katie said quickly. Angelina glanced at her reflection in the mirror. Maybe she should take Katie's advice… after all maybe Fred would like her better that way.
"Fine, but you'll have to do my hair." Angelina announced.
"Sure." Katie grinned happily. "Who knows, maybe I should become an image consultant when I graduate!" Angelina rolled her eyes at this.
"Come on, we have Quidditch practice in 15 minutes." Angelina muttered as she stood up and grabbed her broom. Katie nodded before leaving the dormitory for her's.
"Got the Varina?" Fred asked his twin as they exited the Great Hall.
"Right here." George grinned holding up a small bag.
"You actually did something good for once Gred, I'm so proud." Fred said with surprise in his voice.
"I know, I'm just so happy with myself." George announced whipping an invisible tear away as they headed toward the Gryffindor Common room. He came to a sudden halt cause Fred to run into him.
"Come on George, don't just stand there!" Fred exclaimed before following George's gaze toward the three girls coming down the stairs.
Katie and Angelina both glanced at each other as they spotted Fred and George at the bottom of the staircase.
"Remember… act cool." Katie whispered to Angelina.
"R-right… of course." Angelina nodded.
"Hey!" Katie greeted Fred and George as they got to the bottom of the staircase.
"Hello… where are you guys going?" George asked curiously.
"Quidditch practice… why else would we be wearing our robes?" Alica Spinnet pointed out, rolling her eyes.
"Er… right." George nodded. Katie caught Angelina's eye and nodded toward the twins.
"Um… so Fred…um… what are you doing for Christmas?" Angelina said sloppily.
"Going home." Fred shrugged.
"Really? Me too! Well, I mean not to your home obviously, I mean I'm going to my home." Angelina babbled.
"Yeah." Fred nodded uncomfortably.
"Um… I like your shirt… it's really neat." Angelina commented.
"Thanks." Fred said unsurely.
"Is it new?" She asked curiously.
"No… I've had it since last Christmas… George has one too, see? Except his has a G." Fred told her pointing the George.
"Oh, well they're really nice." Katie commented.
"Thanks." Fred said looking from Angelina to Katie.
"So why weren't you in the common room?" Katie asked George.
"Secret." George grinned devilishly.
"You can tell me." Katie smiled taking a step closer to George.
"Nope, that's confidential." George nodded proudly.
"Those are really nice shoes Fred, where'd you get them?" Angelina inquired nervously.
"Dunno… their George's." Fred replied simply.
"That's funny!"
"It is?" Fred asked surprised.
"Well, I mean it's funny that you and George have the same foot size… but then again you would because your… um… twins." Angelina finished. She could feel her face turning bright red.
"Uh-huh." Fred nodded raising his eyebrow.
"Well, no, actually it's not funny." Angelina said quickly. "Um, Katie, I-I think we better get to practice…now!" Angelina frowned before practically running out of the building. Katie and Alice quickly followed her out of Hogwarts and down to the Quidditch pitch.
"That was, without a doubt, the most embarrassing thing I've ever done in my whole entire life!" Angelina burst out once Katie and Alica had entered into the locker room.
"Wait; hold up a minute… what's going on?" Alica inquired.
"Come on, you can't be that thick." Angelina exclaimed. Alica crossed her arms and leaned back against the locker room wall.
"Spill."
"Ok, well I know it's kind of stupid but I really kind of like Fred and Katie likes George and we came up with this hair-brained idea that will never work in a million years because I… I just can't do it! I freeze whenever he's around and I can't breath much less talk like a normal person. I mean it wasn't this bad last year, was it?" Angelina frowned slightly.
"What a surprise." Alica said sarcastically. "And let me guess, your 'hair-brained idea' was to flirt with them?"
"Is it that obvious?" Angelina gaped.
"Not really, but I know where your coming from." Alica smiled.
"What do you mean you know were we're coming from?" Katie demanded.
"Well…" Alica sighed scanning the locker room to make sure no one was listening. "I… I kind of like Lee."
"What?" Angelina and Katie exclaimed in unison.
"Yeah, no big deal." Alica shrugged.
"Alica! I had no idea! Why didn't you tell us?" Katie questioned.
"Well, I didn't think it was important." Alica shrugged again. "It's not like he likes me back or anything."
"Oh, but Lee actually notices you! I mean, he doesn't just see you as a future customer for his joke shop!" Angelina pointed out.
"Fred and George are just intensely thick, don't worry, they'll figure it out… someday." Alica smiled reassuringly.
"Alica, how about you help us out with Fred and George and we'll help you out with Lee… you know like drop small hints or comment on how particularly pretty we look today, even if we look horrendous, stuff like that." Katie proposed.
"Sure." Alica nodded, "you got yourself a deal."
"Good!" Katie exclaimed. "Let's go play Quidditch!"
A/N: I know, you'd think it would be longer after this long wait. Sorry! And remember… please review!