Chapter Two: Around Every Corner
The next afternoon Ron headed down the third floor corridor to his next class, readjusting his bag on his shoulder. He was running a tad late so he took to speed walking down the hall, hoping to make it to class on time.
Suddenly the twins came sprinting around the corner at a full tilt with identical looks of pure terror on their faces. They stopped a few feet from Ron, panting with their hands on their knees before peeking back around the corner apprehensively. "Do you think they saw us?" both twins asked at the same time. Simultaneously they both shook their heads and collapsed against the wall in relief.
"Did who see you?" Ron finally asked, causing his brothers to jump a foot in the air.
They quickly calmed down again when they saw who it was. "Oh it's just you, Ron," George sighed in relief.
"We didn't see you there," Fred added.
"Yeah, I could see that. So who are you trying to escape from?" Ron asked again.
"Ginny!" They both cried in unison. "And that Malfoy kid!"
"Ginny? Malfoy? What's going on? What are they doing?"
"They're everywhere!" George proclaimed in horror.
"No matter where we go-" Fred chimed in.
"Or what we do-" George continued.
"They're always there!" Fred finished.
"They were even outside the boy's toilet this morning!" George added ruefully.
"I still don't understand. What exactly are they doing, pranking you or something?" Ron tried again.
The twins shook their heads vehemently. "This is worse," Fred stated, still shaking his head.
"Much worse." George agreed.
"Pranking we could handle, no problem," Fred continued.
"But this is way worse than any pranking," George finished for him.
"Way worse." They both chimed in at the same time.
Suddenly they heard a noise behind them making them jump again. They peeked cautiously around the corner, but didn't see anyone and they both heaved a huge sigh of relief. "Listen, Ron, we have to go or they'll find us. Talk to you later."
The twins took off running down the corridor Ron had just come from and rounded the corner at full speed. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!" They both screamed and came jetting back around the corner the way they'd just come. "They're after us!!"
Ron eyed his brothers oddly and walked back down the corridor to see what in the world they were so afraid of. He rounded the corner and paled at what he saw. There were Ginny and Draco Malfoy snogging themselves silly, seemingly oblivious to the world. Ron stared at them for a few more seconds in shock then bolted after his brothers like someone had lit a fire under him.