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"Oh my God," I groaned, flopping down, flat on my back, right in the middle of the Quidditch Pitch. "I don't think I've ever thrown that much in my life."

"My arm is gonna fall off," Katie added, same tone as mine. She flopped down right next to me, and rested her head on my stomach. "It feels like we've started practices with Wood again."

"Even Wood didn't make us work for [b]eleven hours![/b]" Fred nodded, falling to the ground. "Angelina, tryouts began at eight, and it's seven now. We JUST ended."

"It's getting dark," George added, resting the back of his head on Katie's legs. "Can't we go in?"

"Yeah. We all voted. It's a unanimous vote Angelina. We all want Ron as out Keeper." Harry spoke up. "We've been out here too long."

Angelina sighed. You could tell that she was tired too. She looked over to Lee, who had been taking notes during the whole tryouts. "What do you think Lee?" she asked him. "Lee? Lee... LEE!" We all (except Angelina) laughed. Lee had fallen asleep, still clutching his clipboard.

"Come on Angelina! I'm hungry!"

"Shut up Fred, you're always hungry," Angelina rolled her eyes. She looked at her watch, up to the castle, and back to us. By now, we were all giving her the pouty faces and puppy dog eyes. "Oh fine," she gave in, cracking a smile. "One of you inform Ron. I've got to go tell Professor McGonagall of our choice."

We all tried to stand up, but were so sore from shooting Quaffles and beating Bludgers at the potential Keepers. We slowly and painfully began to get up, one by one. With a little help from Harry, I was on my feet. I was impressed by Harry. He'd grown up so much over the years. He used to be this scared little boy, but now, he was a confident, wonderful Seeker. I gave him credit.

Fred and George decided that they would be the ones who would wake Lee. We all should have known that was a bad idea. Katie, Angelina, Harry, and I were all making our way off the pitch when we heard a scream, then a few bangs, zips, and cracks. We turned around, only to see red and gold fireworks being shot off. What a great way to wake someone up. Harry, Katie, and I laughed, but Angelina didn't seem too happy. She rolled her eyes at the twins, and with a huff, marched back up to the castle.

The twins, and a very startled looking Lee made their way over to us eventually.

"Brilliant," I laughed, slinging an arm over Fred's shoulder, which didn't exactly work, seeing he was pushing six feet, and I stood barely 5'5. And to think; Katie's a few inches shorter than me.

"Shorty," Fred smirked. "Honestly Alicia, seventeen, and you're still the size of a second year. Go grow." I rolled my eyes, grinning, giving his a push. He just about fell off the dirt path that led up to the castle. Everyone laughed, and the rest of the walk back consisted of me chasing Fred back up to the castle.

"Morgana Dinkleshaff was the first female to join the ministry to fight the Dark Arts," Professor Binns was standing, or rather floating, in the front of the classroom. History of Magic... how fun. It had been a week since tryouts, and I was still a little sore.

"Psst! Licha! Lee!" Katie whispered from the next table over where she sat with Angelina. I sat with Lee, and Fred and George sat together. Both the twins had fallen asleep and had their heads down on the desk. My head had kept dropping on Lee's shoulder, and Angelina was just staring off into space.

"Hmm?" I asked Katie, trying to stay awake. This was the worst class ever. We learned the same stuff over and over again every year. The only reason why Professor Binns knew so much about the subject was because he was alive when it happened. "You don't have to whisper Kate... he can't hear you."

"You're right," Katie rolled her eyes. "Tonight we all need to meet at the pitch. We haven't gotten a chance to all hang out. We've been so busy with homework and practice, I don't think I've had a conversation with you in days."

"Great idea," I grinned, waking up a little.

"Yeah, I almost forgot what you look like Katie," Lee joked.

"Tell the twins to be out there at twelve," Katie said. I nodded in agreement and scooted out of my seat and walked over to a table, occupied by a pair of sleeping red-headed boys. Professor Binns just kept teaching.

"Hey losers, wake up," I said, kneeling in front of their desk, resting my arms on top of it. I got no response. "Hey losers, I said wake up." Nothing. I tapped them both on the shoulders. Nothing. I looked back over to Katie and Lee and shrugged. Lee put his text book in his bag, and I got an idea. I slowly pulled the book out from under George, making sure that wasn't what woke him. I took the book, held it as high as I could over my head. I slammed it down between the two, making a huge BANG! Professor Binns didn't even look. I swear, they both jumped a mile.

"It was Percy!" Fred yelped, obviously in instinct. I laughed. "Hmm, oh, Alicia."

"What was that for?" George asked, wide-eyed and breathing heavily. Hehe... scaring twins is fun!

"Listen up losers," I replied, ignoring George's question. "Tonight, be at the pitch at midnight."

"Why?" Fred asked.

"Don't worry about it. We're just going to hang out."

"Well then why don't we all just go together?" He replied.

"You're losing your touch, you know that, right?" George said to his brother. "Because if we all go together, we're likely to get caught."

"I can't think on an empty stomach!" Fred defended himself.

"Whatever," I rolled my eyes at the two. "Just be at the pitch at midnight. DON'T get caught!"

"Alicia dear," George laughed. "You don't have to worry about us getting caught. We are THE Fred and George Weasley. We don't get caught."

"Yeah," Fred agreed. "We should be the ones telling you not to get caught."

"Go back to sleep," I, yet again, rolled my eyes. They both shrugged, and layed their heads back down on the desk.

By the end of the class, it was settled. At midnight, we'd all meet at the pitch. We'd leave Gryffindor Tower in pairs and make our way out to the field. I could already tell, as I was walking out of class, this was going to be one crazy night.

"Ow, Lich, get off my foot,"

"Then watch your hands," I whispered harshly to Lee. "That was NOT my arm."

"Sorry..." The two of us were crammed behind a gargoyle statue. We had been doing fine, making our way down the dark halls, when we heard footsteps. We poked our heads around the corner, only to spot Mr. Filch. We quickly dove behind the gargoyle and waited until he passed.

"That was close," Lee whispered, and I agreed. We finally made our way to the front of the castle and slipped out the front doors. Then, it was a sprint to the pitch. We made it with no problems. Katie and Angelina were already there.

"I didn't think we were gonna make it," I said, catching my breath. "Filch almost spotted us,"

"We almost ran into Snape, but he turned the corridor before he spotted us," Angelina informed us. The four of us walked down to the hoops at the far end of the pitch.

"Hey, where are the twins?" Lee asked once we were down there.

"You know those two," Katie rolled her eyes. "They can never be on time for anything." We ignored it for a few minutes, but we all soon kept glancing at our watches.

"You guys," I spoke up. "It's 12:16. They had to have gotten caught." We were all thinking it, but I had been the one to say it.

"I told you, we DON'T get caught Alicia," I heard a familiar voice say. Fred and George were walking on to the pitch from the opposite direction of the castle. Their arms were full of cardboard boxes. The made their way over to us and set the boxes down on the grass. We all peered into the boxes.

"Butterbeer and half of Honeydukes' stock," Fred boasted with a grin.

"Do you guys honestly think we'd arrive without it?" George added.

I honestly don't know how they do it, those two. I give them credit though. Sneaking around Hogsmeade like that.

"You two need to stop stealing that stuff," Angelina said with a tone matching a mother scolding her child for walking in the house with muddy boots.

"Who said we stole it?" Fred defended himself and his brother.

"Yeah," George said with a nod. "We didn't steal any of it. We simply left the money on the counter."

"You know you're going to get caught one of these days," Katie replied. "It's really bad karma."

"Katie," George said matter-of-factly. "I'll say it once more. We don't get caught."

Katie kept going on about Fred and George's bad karma, and how it's all going to catch up with them in the end. We all just laughed at her while Fred passed around the butterbeer.

"What kind of candy do you have in here?" I asked as I tried to open the box.

"What kind of candy don't we have in here?" George replied, more as an answer than a question. He took the box from me, opened it, and gave it back. I rummaged through the Acid Pops, Canary Creams, Fizzing Whizbees, Jelly Slugs, and Bertie Bott's, all until I found what I was looking for, Sugar Quills and strawberry Chocoballs. Sugar Quills were my favorite.

"So what's on the agenda for tonight?" Lee asked.

"HA!" Katie replied. "What agenda? We're all just hanging out tonight. Lord knows the last time we got to do that. We've had so much work this year."

"They're really packing it down for NEWTs," Angelina added with a nod.

"You guys, just think," I said, opening my butterbeer. "This is out last year. No more Hogwarts after this. We'll play our last Quidditch match together. We'll take out last exams together. We'll get one more ride on the Hogwarts Express together, and then that's it." I hadn't really thought about it until then. And the thought scared me.

"ALICIA!" exclaimed Katie. "Don't say that! You're gonna make me cry. There will be NO crying tonight, got it?"

How could you think of depressing things when Katie was yelling at you? "Got it," I replied with a laugh. Katie always made me laugh.

"I've got an idea," Fred said as I unwrapped a Sugar Quill. "Katie, truth or dare?"

"Oh, gosh," Angelina said with a roll of her eyes. "Remember what happened last time we played truth or dare?"

"We all ended up with detention for a week," Lee added.

"Yeah, but there's no one out here to catch us," Fred said with a smirk. "So Katie, truth or dare?"

With a sigh, Katie replied, "Truth."

"Okay," Fred said with an evil grin. "What exactly is going on with you and Davies?" Katie turned beat red.

"Um... nothing?" Katie said, more of a question than an answer.

"Yeah right," Angelina laughed. "She'll come in to our room late at night practically floating after her little 'study sessions' with him."

"He helps me with my Herbology homework," Katie defended. We all just gave her that 'yeah right' look. "Okay! Fine!" she gave in. "So we've kissed once... or twice. Okay, a few times, but THAT'S IT!"

"So are you two together then?" George asked.

"No," Katie replied, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "It means nothing. And he really does help me with my homework. But it just gets sooooo boring in the library sometimes, and you can only read about so many plants before they all start to sound the same. There. I spilled. Someone else's turn. Ummm... Angelina, truth or dare?"

And this continued for who knows how long. After many embarrassing stunts and many embarrassing questions, we were almost out of candy, and the butterbeer was all gone.

"Alicia," George said as I was chewing on a Chocoball. "Truth or dare?" I figured that I embarrassed myself enough on my last dare; I'd take the safe route. Or so I thought.

"Truth," I answered, wondering what he'd ask me.

"Okay," he began. "What bothers you the most about your parents splitting up?"

Out of nowhere, a sharp pain made it's way to the middle of my stomach. I didn't want to answer that question. "Uh, can I have a different question?" I asked.

"Nope," George said with a simple shrug.

"George, I really don't want to answer that question. It's too personal,"

"You didn't seem to think it was too personal when you asked me about my biggest fear, Lich. I told you exactly what I'm scared of the most. You think I wanted to tell you that the thing I'm scared of the most is being rejected? So no, you can't have another question."

"I'm NOT answering that George! It's not fair!"

"You're going to chicken out? How grown up Lich! You can't even answer a simple question!"

"Would you two stop yelling?" Angelina urged. "Someone's going hear, and we're all going to get busted. Stop your bickering and shut it."

It was like neither of us had heard her.

"I'm not CHICKENING OUT, George!" I said, disgusted. "That's a personal question about my family, and I don't think I should have to answer that!"

"Typical you, Alicia," George said with a roll of his eyes.

"What's that supposed to mean? Typical me? You want me to tell you? Fine, George, I'll tell you! You know what bothers me the most about them splitting up? I've told you before, everything used to be perfect at home! And now it's not! I have to be one of those kids who see their fathers every other holiday! Not that you would know what that's like though! Mr. 'I Have The Perfect Life'"

Wow... where did all that come from? Talk about hormonal. It was bad enough like that. But no. I wasn't finished.

"I'm going to have two addresses. I'll have a different name than my mother. There. Are you happy now? I answered your stupid question!"

"Would you two calm down?" Fred said, obviously annoyed. They all gave us that 'Shut up or I'm going to kill you' look, but yet again, we paid no attention.

"You think I have the perfect life?" George questioned, sounding almost amused. "Everything I own is rubbish! I'm lucky my parents have enough money to FEED us kids. I'm failing Potions, and I've got YOU screaming at me. Real perfect, huh Lich?"

"That's ENOUGH!" Lee said, finally getting our attention. "I thought you two were done with this crap? Look at you! You're fighting like children. You're just embarrassing yourselves and you're going to get us caught."

We knew that he was right. So we both turned in opposite directions and said not one word the rest of the night. Not one.

Well there it was. I'll be the first to say it... that chapter SUCKED! I know it. But I hadn't written in so long, and it wasn't fair to yall if I didn't write something soon. But yeah, there it is. REVIEW please, even if it's to tell me how bad that sucked.

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