Owls Between Friends

A/N: Sorry this took so long. I've been having quite a few problems with my computer, amongst other things. Hopefully, WtWS will be updated later tonight along with two new songfics. Oh, and yeah, I know this is also the title of a fic by GryffinMiraur (I think), but I just couldn't come up with a good name for this chapter. Anyway, this chapter is a short interlude of letters exchanged between Angie/Abby and Lee and Fred and George. The next chapter is a Lee – George chapter followed by the reunion chappy. And speaking of Lee and George, one of the songfics is a Lee/George. And before I forget, " " means the letter has been translated from French (they're going to be used a lot in the next few chapters). Enjoy!

A/N 2: Due to JKR's latest interview, this story is officially AU for two sentences that I'm lazy to change (yet I went back and fixed WtWS) about Wood being captain of the Gryffindor team. As Charlie is four years older than Fred and George, then it would stand to reason that he'd be captain of the 1990-1991 Gryffindor team because he'd be 16.

Chipmunk,

Nothing's changed much here. Mama and Aunt Toni are still fighting, Daddy's still a horrible Keeper, and Chocolate Frog is still acting like a bloody idiot. (Don't listen to her, Lee. She's just jealous that I'm the lovable twin.) See what I mean?

Audrey and Matt are fighting again. I hate to say it, but she has a point. How can you forget your girlfriend's birthday, especially if it's the day after yours? (How much you want to bet Fred forgets hers?) Eh, they'll make up and he'll spend all his time over here again. (He already does. He just heads in the dungeon door to the studio. He's in our band, remember?)

How's George? Is he helping you give Marea a hard time? (Bloody Death Eater-wannabe. We should set her up with Sevvie.) Oh yeah, Sevvie came by to visit Mum and Daddy. And no, he still hasn't washed his hair. (I can't believe he and Papa are friends. Bloody bastard. I don't know how the two of you deal with seeing him every day.)

Everything's cool on the Fred front. Doesn't expect a thing. (How can he? I swear his brain turns to mush every time Angelina's around. Which, I might add, is all the damn time.) Shut up, Abigail! (Make me, Sugar Quill.) You see what I have to deal with? I never thought I'd say this, but I actually miss you.

Speedy has a letter to George from Fred. Make sure he gets it. And could you feed Arrow and Speedy this time? (Yeah. I'm tired of my owl keeling over after he visits you! If you keep it up, his name won't be Speedy; it'll be Dead-and-Buried. And you'll be lying in the grave next to him!) Oh, and by the way, Fred figured out the wandless magic thing in a way shorter time than you did. (Angie, please. A Flobberworm could've figured it out in a shorter time than he did.)

See you in July. Love,

Your big sisters

Angie and Abby (Hey, I'm older! Why does your name go first?!)

Abby and Angie (hope you're happy CF),

Hullo, my not-lacking-in-the-ego-department sisters. How many times do I have to tell you that you can't call me your LITTLE brother! It's only three months. And Abby, neither one of you is lovable. Everyone knows I'm the lovable, adorable, and every other –able kid in this family.

Yeah, George is helping me out with the Marea torture since you guys aren't here. (His mind is ALMOST as devious as yours are.) We used wandless magic for Marea's birthday prank. Darryl couldn't stop laughing, it was so funny. Pictures are enclosed. And yes, he figured it out faster than I did. But I'd like to say in my defense that not everyone has sick minds like you two do. And that a Flobberworm wasn't third in our year (and that I'd have been second if it wasn't for that git Davies).

Snape came to visit the Ice Queen – I mean, Gabrielle – and Dad? Poor you. Anyway, that's what happens when you have a Slytherin for a father. Oh wait. I do too, don't I? Oh well, at least Dad is the one good thing to come out of that house. But I'm still glad I'm a Gryffindor. Aren't you, Ange? As for setting him up with Marea, HELL NO!!! I refuse to have little greasy-haired, You-Know-Who-supporting, Dark Arts-loving brats for cousins. (Though besides the hair, I already do. Even if she denies it. Bloody swot.) And anyway, I'm convinced he's in love with Gaby. Your mum's perfect for him. And she'd get him to wash his hair and get better robes (maybe in puke green or some outlandish colour).

Fred's brain turns to mush every time Angie's around? At least there's no one there to accuse of liking her, so it's better than being at school with him. Hey, do me a favour. Walk into his room while he's sleeping. He goes on about you in his sleep, SQ. It's quite funny, really.

Audrey's still dating Shealey? I thought they broke up when she made Lincournet Captain because of the conflict-of-interest.

Speedy has a letter to Fred from George, no doubt talking about what a gracious host I am. And how much more fun he's having than Fred is. Yes, I fed them this time. Being on Abby's bad side isn't very good for my health. Besides, don't the good people at St. Mungo's get enough of Dad's money?

Angie, I'm glad you miss me. Even if it was a backhanded compliment. But I'll return it. I miss you too. But then, I'm so sick of Marea that I miss everything about school. Well, except Sevvie. And the homework. And Sevvie. And the classes. And Sevvie. Did I mention I don't miss Sevvie? I can't wait for July either.

Your favourite brother,

Lee Christopher "Christien" Johnson-Jordan

Lee,

Don't EVER kid about Sevvie having a thing for Mama! Can you imagine having him as a stepfather? It'd be hell. (He'd try to take points away from me at school for every time I didn't clean my room at home. Bastard.) We would be at Durmstrang instead of Beauxbatons. (I don't go to Beauxbatons, Abby.) Or Hogwarts. And seeing as that school turns out people like Marea, I hope I never meet anyone else from there.

We got the pictures. Watching the cake hit Marea's face was the highlight of your letter. If only we were there to see it in person. (We watched it over and over again. We should've done that to Snape when he was here.) Nah, we should've done a lot worse.

We went into Fred's room and you're right; he does talk about Angie. (He also drools and murmurs about killing Roger Davies, who is NOT a git, by the way. He's a very nice guy and quite smart. He helped me out in DADA. And he's not that bad on the eyes, either.) Methinks that Fred has a little competition. (Shut your face, Isabelle! Besides, what about Jean-Luc?) Only Mama can call me that! Anyway, as you just informed me, you don't go to Beauxbatons. So how do you know about him? (Audrey.) And I don't even like him! Bastard doesn't think girls should be allowed to play Quidditch even though I'm the best damn Seeker in the school! Just once, I'd like to knock all his teeth out! (You know, Abby, Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.) Lee, hurry up and get here before I AK this girl and have one less sister.

You're right; you ARE every "-able." Including, but not limited to, intolerable and unbearable. (Not to mention unpredictable, unstable…) Incapable, unlikable… (This is fun. AND you're the unmentionable one.) Ooh, that was a good one, Ange. (Thank you, Abs.) Anyway, Lee, you get the point. Favourite brother, my ass. Try by default. (I think that was the point.) I can tell you right now that if we had another one to choose from, you wouldn't be.

Thanks for feeding the owls this time. They were a lot happier. Which means I'm not unhappy. Which means Francesca and Darryl don't have to give THEIR money to the good people at St. Mungo's. (And Arrow and Speedy didn't peck us when the got back, so that WE didn't have to go to St. Mungo's.)

Papa said you were right; he IS the only good thing to come out of Slytherin. (He also said that Sevvie ran a close second, which makes me doubt anything he says about that house. And, yeah, I'm proud to be a Gryffindor Lioness.) He also wanted to know why you put the "Christien" in your name. (Yeah, I want to know, too. Since when does Scotland look like France?)

Love,

The Toussaint-Johnson Twins

Terrible Twosome,

Wow, Angie. I knew Davies (who IS TOO a git) liked you, but I didn't think you liked him back. It's a good thing Fred doesn't speak French or else he'd read your last letter and drive himself insane (not that he isn't already). And I knew he drools. George does, too.

Abby, I agree with your traitor twin. Whoever this Jean-Luc guy is, you've got it bad. Samantha Lewis has the same problem. She loves me. She knows she does. (And that Jean-Luc cat better pray I never meet him. No one insults my sister except me. And my other two sisters.)

And about the "Christien" thing… I'm looking forward to creaming the other teams at the tourney. 4 August 1990 cannot get here fast enough.

Your most favouritest brother (even if you had another one),

Lee

Forge,

You will not believe who Angie's parents are! Jake Johnson and Gabrielle Toussaint! And her aunt is Toni Toussaint! I kid you not (for once)! Angie has a full-scale pitch in her backyard. According to Toni, it's training season, and Angie, her two sisters, and I have been putting in four hours of practise every day. Unlike last year's Gryffindor team, we get a break every couple of hours. Toni said that we probably shouldn't, though, since if we have to play a marathon game, we wouldn't get any. Beat that! I'm in Beater training with the best in the business!

Angie doesn't live in a house; she lives in a castle. I'm serious (for once). Those prick Malfoys aren't even as rich as her. Don't tell anyone this, but I was a bit intimidated when the limo pulled up. But hey, I have my own bedroom finally. AND her family is even nuttier than ours is! I don't ever want to leave.

I should probably tell you about the rest of her family. Her older sister, Audrey, goes to Beauxbatons and is the Beater for her house team. And she's really good. (Not as good as Toni, but still really, really good.) And get this, she can block a Bludger with her BROOMSTICK!!! I was watching her train with Toni the other day and Toni sent one at Angie. Audrey was over there in an instant and swatted it away with the straw part of her broomstick. Toni chewed her out for it though. Something about Angie could've seriously been hurt. But it was still an awesome move. Audrey didn't complain about it, though. She said if it had been her other Beater (she's captain of her house team, too) she would've yelled, too.

Angie has another sister that goes to Beauxbatons, but she isn't older than she is. Since you'll never figure it out, Angelina has a twin. They're almost identical, but Abby has hazel eyes instead of brown. Anyway, she plays Quidditch, too. She's the Seeker for her house team and a bloody brilliant player. She's isn't anywhere as good as Charlie, but she's still fantastic. The three of them want to play for the Harpies one day. And Sweet Merlin, they're going to. They move like a cohesive unit, more like they should be three Chasers, not one Chaser, a Beater, and a Seeker (but when we're not training, Angie plays the Keeper position).

Angie says they have a younger brother named Chris that's an annoying pest. I haven't seen him yet; she also said he's doesn't stay there until the middle of the summer. She also said that he's good at pranks, but only because it's what little brothers do.

The one downside? Angie's dad was a Slytherin (though he doesn't act like it) and is friends with Snape. He was over here a few days ago flirting with Gabrielle and it was disgusting. Angelina called him Sevvie and you could tell he was just furious. I bet he takes points from Gryffindor when we get back to school just for that. And he'll probably take them from me because I was corrupting his only friend's precious princess. And then, he'll take them from you because you like me. Greasy-haired git.

So how are things in Scotland? Nowhere near as fun as it is here, I bet. Tell Lee I said "hi." And that Abby said to feed Speedy (the owl). Though I don't have a clue how she'd know him.

Your twin,

Gred

Gred,

Quidditch pitch, Quidditch snitch (pun unintended). Does Angie have a torture chamber in her dungeon?

Lee lives in a castle, too, but I'm staying in his room because it has three beds. (I didn't ask.) His mum and stepdad are pretty cool. He has an older cousin that went to Durmstrang named Marea. Believe it or not, she's even worse than Percy. But we've been pranking her left and right. On her birthday, we caused the cake to fly straight up and hit her in the face. It was so funny that Darryl (Lee's stepdad) couldn't stop laughing. I've sent some pictures with the letter.

Yeah, I knew who Angie's parents were. Lee told me. He said they grew up together, but I don't see how since she lives in London and he lives in Scotland. But then, his mum doesn't have the accent and Lee doesn't have it ALL the time. So I guess they moved from England to Scotland and he sort of picked up the accent? I don't know.

Snape was at Angie's house? Yecch! Glad I'm not you. We should set him up with Marea. She might be nineteen and Snape's gotta be three times that, but she reminds me of him a lot (minus the greasy hair; she's obsessed with looking neat). She goes on and on and on about the Dark Arts and how brilliant Professor Kakaroff is. She even makes the same snide remarks that Snape does, except instead of them being about Lee and me staying in Gryffindor, it's about us going to Hogwarts. She was wearing a tank top and I swear I saw the Dark Mark on her arm. Of course it might have been a tattoo, but a prick like her wouldn't have one. It's a shame, really; she's quite pretty. And she's into yoga. She'll go work out out-of-doors and like every guy in the neighbourhood will come out to watch her stretch. Beyond pathetic.

Lee got a letter today, too. He won't tell me who it's from and when I tried to read it over his shoulder, it was in another language. He was laughing an awful lot while he was reading. I hope it's from Alicia telling him that she's given up on me and wants him.

Your twin,

Forge

PS. Angie has a twin? I bet she's hot.

George,

Alicia is never going to give up on you; you might as well accept it. And yeah, Abby's hot, but only because she looks like Angelina.

Angie's owl Arrow came back with a letter addressed to CF and SQ. I tried reading it, but it was in French and the spell Angie's dad put on me only allows me to understand SPOKEN French, not written. So I was lost as hell.

I got the photos. I couldn't stop laughing either. Bloody hilarious, they were. We wanted to prank Snape while he was here, but Audrey wouldn't let us. She's the sensible one, but she still likes to have fun. She convinced Jake to change Snape's robes to neon orange and to put a Concealment Charm over them. So Snape was sitting in the parlor, chatting over tea, with BRIGHT ORANGE ROBES. And he couldn't even SEE THEM.

No, Angie doesn't have a torture chamber in her dungeon. She has something better. A recording studio. Apparently, if the Quidditch thing doesn't work out, Angie and Abby want to be rock stars. They both have awesome singing voices. They also have this huge collection of Muggle records and cassettes. I'm really enjoying their music. Even if the bands have weird names like Nirvana, The Gits, Alice in Chains, and Sound Garden. Angie is the guitarist and Abby is the drummer for a band called Phoenix Rising. They're talented. They let me sit in on their sessions and they played this song called "Shattered Faith" and it was so amazing. Well, the music, anyway. I didn't have a clue what Matt (the frontman) was singing about. It sounded like he was trying to sing with his mouth full. But the music was awesome. Anyway, Angie has two guitars: a Fender Jaguar and a Fender Mustang.

And I'm still training with Toni Toussaint and you're not. So my summer is still better.

The winner of the Amazing Summer Award,

Fred

Fred,

French? Couldn't you have at least learned a cool language like Pig Latin? Or made up one like the people that speak Spanglish did?

I don't need to practise; I'm already a world-class Beater.

And you're right; Spinnet isn't going to give up on me and move on to Lee. And even if she did, Lee fancies that Ravenclaw blonde, Samantha Lewis.

They listen to a band called The GITS? What's next? One called The Prats? The Swots? Or, how about this: The Percys? Angie doesn't strike me as someone that would play the guitar. A Mustang and a Jaguar, eh? Maybe she could combine her guitars and call the new instrument a Jagstang (A/N: Kurt Cobain owned the Jagstang idea)?

As for Angie's annoying little brother, he can't be worse than ickle Ronniekins. No one's worse than Ron is. Except maybe Ginny. And DEFINITELY Percy. We have it worse than Angie does. We have an annoying younger brother, an annoying younger sister AND an annoying older brother. Though Percy would say WE'RE the annoying younger brothers.

But then, who cares what Percy says?

Your twin,

George

PS. Torture chambers beat out recording studios.