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A/N: Well, you guys exceeded my requested amount of reviews so quickly that I just decided to put out another chappie! Seriously, thanks for all the reviews! I'd like to thank all my new readers! I woke up the morning after posting the chapter and was just overwhelmed by all the feedback and expected that to be all of it, but I was pleasantly surprised when I continued to get them all day Sunday and all of Monday and Tuesday! Thank you SO much! I don't know what was so good about the last chapter, but thank you! Well, I've babbled on for a long time now, so here it is! I hope you enjoy it!
That evening, Harry awoke to find Lexi once again standing in front of him with her hands on her hips and looking very unhappy.
"You really can't handle liquor, can you?" Lexi asked, her voice sounding a bit shrill, but with a slight teasing edge that almost brought a smile to Harry's face.
"Doesn't look like it, does it?" Harry asked as he rubbed his temples.
"Yes, it does." Lexi said with a babying smile. "I came back to give you this potion and to make sure you're still alive."
"Is it the potion that cures hangovers whose name I can't remember at the moment seeing as how I am hung over?" Harry asked excitedly. Well, had he not been hung over, he would have been excited.
"Yep," Lexi said, walking towards him and handing him the steaming cup.
"You brew potions well?" Harry asked as he took the mug in his hands and held it away from his face, wincing at the smell.
"Well, I don't think it will kill you… I mean, it would be devastating, to defeat Voldemort and then to die of a potions mishap, but it's a chance I'm willing to take," Lexi said in mock-sympathy.
"That's very comforting," Harry said as he examined the potion while trying not to inhale.
"Well, none of my other potions have killed anyone except for that one time…" Lexi said, trailing off.
"One time?" Harry asked, feeling slightly worried.
"Oh, don't worry about it. I blame my partner," Lexi said with a shrug. "All I did was speed up the process—he would've died eventually."
"I'm going to assume you're joking," Harry said as he went to take a sip from the mug and then, thinking better of it, pulled the mug away from his face.
"Your assumption," Lexi said, shaking her head slightly. "You big baby. It won't kill you. With any luck."
"It's disgusting," Harry complained now holding the mug a good distance from his face.
"Poor thing," Lexi said, rolling her eyes. "Last time I take pity on you. I have no idea how Hermione puts up with you!"
"For the billionth time, we're not dating!" Harry said, trying not to scream as it would make his head pound harder.
"I have to go now," Lexi said, "Maybe I'll be back later with some food or something. You know, have to make sure it doesn't kill you and stuff."
"Thank you. Bye," Harry said with a wave as he brought the mug up to his lips to take his first sip.
"Bye," Lexi said and with a pop, she was gone.
Harry sipped slowly on the potion, trying not to gag.
After he finished his potion, which started working almost immediately, he sat back on his couch for a bit of deep thinking.
Unfortunately, he obviously wasn't meant to think deeply that evening. Right after he leaned back on the couch, two pops resounded throughout the flat.
"Hiya Harry," Fred said, sitting down on Harry's left side and putting an arm around Harry's shoulders.
"Hullo," George said, sitting down on Harry's right side and putting an arm around Harry's shoulders.
"Hey," Harry said quietly. Why were they here now? He just wanted to think!
"We heard about your breakup," Fred began.
"And we're hear to cheer you up," George finished.
"I doubt you'll succeed," Harry said with a bitter edge in his voice.
"Oh, don't worry, we will," Fred assured him.
"Using the only foolproof Fred and George way," George assured him.
Harry buried his head in his hands. He had become well acquainted with the only foolproof Fred and George was to cheer up a person. It was not something he wanted to do at the moment.
"Now go grab your robes so we can go to the pub," Fred said as he stood up.
"Hurry up, we don't want to be too late," George said as he stood up.
"But take your time, we don't want to be too early," Fred added.
Harry sat on the slouched back on the couch with his arms folded across his chest, somehow staring at them both with a blank look on his face.
"I'm not going to the pub," Harry said in what he hoped was a calm yet rational voice that got the point across.
Apparently it did not get his point across.
"Now Harry, we realize that you're upset," George began in a babying voice.
"But it's nothing a bit of drinking and fun out with the most fun lads you know won't cure," Fred finished as he nodded his head for emphasis.
"Actually, I just sobered up, so, see, there's no need to get drunk again," Harry explained, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly.
"Fred, it's worse than we thought," George said in a hushed voice.
Harry watched with mild amusement.
"Did Harry actually just say that there was a problem that couldn't be solved without drinking?" Fred asked with a gasp.
"What is that smell?" George asked, looking at Harry expectantly.
"Coffee," Harry said with a shrug.
"Why does your flat smell like—" Fred began to ask.
"Never mind that. How do you lads even know what happened?" Harry asked in annoyance.
"Hermione owled us," George said with a sigh.
"Said she wanted us to check on you," Fred added.
"Apparently you can't take care of yourself," George said and he and Fred started grinning innocently at the same time.
"Did she tell you why we broke up?" Harry asked in annoyance.
"Yeah," George said quietly after an awkward moment in which he and Fred attempted to argue with their eyes.
"If you won't let us get you drunk, can we atleast kick her arse?" Fred asked hopefully.
"No," Harry said sadly. "I don't think that would go over well with Malfoy."
"Malfoy?" Fred and George asked in unison.
"Yeah, her cousin," Harry said casually.
"Oh, um…" George said, obviously at a loss for words.
"Yeah," Harry said sulkily.
"That's tough luck," Fred said sympathetically.
After almost an hour of telling them exactly what happened and insisting upwards of a dozen times that no, he didn't want to go to the pub and no, he didn't want them to kick her arse, Harry finally convinced Fred and George that he would not do anything stupid, Fred and George finally left.
After they apparated out of the flat, Harry sighed and looked around and saw the mop he had abandoned lying on the floor. With a sigh, he took out his wand and walked towards it once again.
Kneeling down on the floor with a book about how to perform the charm opened in front of him, Harry tried again and again and again to get the charm to work. Unfortunately, Harry had not inherited his mother's legendary charms skills and Hermione's gifts in the subject had not rubbed off on him in any way, shape, or form.
"So, let me get this straight, you can perform Occlumency and Legilimency at a mastery level, but you can't perform a simple house cleaning charm?" Lexi asked almost immediately after the popping noise. She was standing before him with one hand on her hips and a paper bag in the other hand, wearing baggy black pants, a black tank top, and flip-flops.
"You're back?" Harry asked in surprise.
"Well, I had to come to make sure the potion didn't kill you 'cause, well, you know. If it did kill you, I had to be the first to discover the body and stuff so I could properly hide it," Lexi said as she knelt down beside him, put the bag on the floor, and peered down at the charms book.
"I see. So you were planning on killing me?" Harry asked with a smile.
"Well, I wasn't planning on it, but, well, you know how potions are," Lexi said as she pulled her wand out of her back pocket, pointed it at the mop, and muttered something under her breath. "There."
Harry watched as the mop jumped up and started cleaning the kitchen floor—what he had been trying to get it to do for days now.
"Thanks," Harry told her gratefully. Why couldn't he have done that?
"No problem. I brought dinner. Remember? You owe me," Lexi said, holding out the bag of food.
"Yes, I believe I do," Harry said as he walked over to the pantry and pulled out a bottle of butter-beer.
~~Well, there it is! I hope you liked it! Hey! Question… Faith456's review brought up an interesting question: How many of you think that Lexi actually does have feelings for Harry? Can you PLEASE answer it for me if you review? As you may have figured out, review and I'll post sooner! Lol! I'm hoping for atleast 142, but I wouldn't say no to 145…~~
Demon's Soul of Baer~ Lol! Thank you for taking the time to read it even though it didn't interest you to begin with! It's not really a love triangle. It's more that Harry is blind as all heck! No, Lexi is FAR from ugly. Heck, compared to Liz, she's downright stunning! Lol! (For an idea of what the two of them look like, you can visit my webbie through the link in my author's profile) Gee! That's SO SWEET of you! I'm glad you think my writing is good! Thank you! I'm glad you like her character!
Faith456~ Of course she's worried! Lol! If you don't get why I said that, see above… Lol! Yeah, I'm glad she's gone too!!
Tanydwr~ Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! Oh! I forgot about that plotline ::wipes sweat from brow:: Not that I forgot, it's just that I haven't been able to write more on it due to the need to get rid of a certain character… Besides, she can't see his memories until she's better at Occlumency… Lol! Thank you so much!
Shedoc10~ Thank you for your compliments, thank you for taking the time to read the story, and thanks for your constructive criticism. Well, he got his mop working… Or Lexi did… Lol! Did the descriptions and bridging at least get better as the story went on?
PotterChick1~ It's fine! I was just a bit worried for a while! Lol! Oh, yeah… Kinda lost the point around chapter five, didn't I? Lol! Leave it to me! I know… Not writing about Liz being all fake and evil is so great!
Amethyst Star~ Thank you so much! ::Hands out box of cookies:: Anyone who thinks Lexi isn't a Mary Sue is terrific in my POV! Yay! Lol! Wow! All of it in one sitting? Aww! I feel so loved! ::Hands out another box of cookies::
Dee Ann~ Lol! Glad you like the story!
LegallyBrunette2126~ Really cool penname! Lol! It was? That explains why I suddenly had so many hits! Lol! I'm glad you liked it! Thank you for saying that Lexi isn't a Mary Sue! Funny thing is, no one who ever read past the first chapter said that Lexi was a Mary Sue! Lol! Or maybe that's cuz my hissy fit was in the first chapter… Anyway, thanks!
Queen of Zan~ LOL! Yeah, well… See, Harry's friends are all girls… Now that Gred and Forge have had their say in the matter… ::Looks around confusedly:: Where is my cheesecake!?!?
Lannei~ Lol! Thank you!
Muse of the Stars~ LOl! Thank you! Was the chapter satisfying, or just Liz being gone? Lol! Just joking! Yeah, Harry was damn well hung over! He was semi-hung over before, but this time he drank himself into a stupor! Lol! Aww! One of the few you like? I'm so touched! ::Hands out a box of cookies::
Amanda21~ Thank you so much!
La Belle Dame Rose Sans Mercy~ Lol! Yeah, it was a good one too! I'm sure he appreciates the hug! Lol! I know! You know ur f—er—screwed up when you leave Lexi at a loss for words! I put it twice? Thank you for telling me! I thought I had thought about putting it once and then actually put it later… Oh well! Lol! Thanks for the rose! Can it be blue?
Dracosprincipessa~ Thank you!!
Sunlight704~ Of course she will be! The story's supposed to be semi-about her! Lol! OMG! Brain epiphany! What if I write a sequel from her point of view!?!
Heaven's Reaper~ Thank you! Only time will tell… *Evil laugh*