To Angelina, this was torturous.
If I don't tell him, I'll explode. If I just sit here, he'll never find out… but that could be a good thing… but then I'd still explode. Okay let's look at both sides of this… Wow… he has really nice arms… FOCUS ANGELINA, FOCUS!
It was a lot harder than she thought it would be. Every five seconds Fred would pop up in her thoughts. Finally, she put off daydreaming of her favorite twin long enough to devise a plan. She was going to finally tell him the truth. She was going to tell him that every night she cries that she's keeping something from him.
It was, as she put it, a simple plan.
George bounded into the Common Room. He was obvious ecstatic. He started to sing.
"Snape, Snape, what will you do? The teachers are starting to get to you…"
"Na, na, na, na, na, na." A voice finished for him. Fred had joined in the taunting. Angelina got up and made her way over to the boys. She was going to initiate her "simple plan". Basically, it was to flirt with Fred non-stop until he found out. She didn't care how, but she just wanted him to know.
"What's going on? Something good…? You added that little 'na, na, na, na' thing. Is Snape sacked or something?" Angelina asked, a hopeful smile on her face. Fred and George both slightly frowned.
"Not yet," Fred said.
"But we wait for the day to come…" George finished in a dreamy tone. The twins smiled again.
"The plan is to drive him mad," Fred started again.
"Crazy. Insane. Easy enough right?" George asked.
"No, would you like to know why?" Fred asked. Angelina asked mockingly,
"Why?"
"Because he's a slobbering git." George said spitefully.
"Thick one too."
"Couldn't've said it better myself."
"Well," Fred began slowly. "You didn't… I did…"
"Well, Mr. I-LOOOOOVE-Snape"
"Oh no, brother dearest. You've crossed the line."
"Sorry," George mumbled. "That was uncalled for."
"I would say so." Angelina said stepping in for Fred. Fred laughed quietly
and patted Angelina on the back.
"Thanks Ang, at least YOU'LL stick up for me!" he said giving her a hug. While hugging, Fred turned to face his twin and stuck his tongue out at him. When they let go, Angelina said to him,
"You smell good today Fred." She smiled. His cheeks went a bit pink as he replied,
"I smell like a man!" George looked over at Fred. He smelled Fred's shirt.
"Ha! I don't know many 'men' that smell like a meadow."
"Funny how YOU know what a meadow looks like." Fred snapped back. "THAT doesn't sound too manly."
"I'm just saying you smell"
"Good," Angelina finished. "Clean and refreshed, VERY sexy." Fred looked over at George.
"You see? I AM sexy. Thank you Angie." He said giving her another hug. Just when Angelina was soaking in the hug, Katie came bolting down the staircase. If you didn't know it was Katie, you would think an earthquake was going to devour Hogwarts. She ran down to the three teenagers. She grabbed Angelina's hand and started to pull.
"Come to the bathroom with me." Katie begged. Angelina looked at Fred. She was stuck between him and the wall.
"A little help Fred?" she asked half-jokingly. Fred, not knowing how to stop Katie from pulling, pushed his hips into Angelina's.
"There," he said triumphantly. "Try moving her NOW Katie!" Fred laughed an 'I-wish-I-was-evil-enough-to-cackle' laugh. He was holding on to the wall and his books. Katie let go of Angelina's hand. It fell limply at her side. She and Fred were still pressed against each other. She was secretly overjoyed.
Oh, nice hips… strong legs too… All those times we chased each other on the Grounds MUST'VE done him some good. I told him it would. Wow, those eyes are really blue… I don't think I've ever seen blue-er eyes. Is blue-er a word? No, probably not… Oh God, how long have I been looking into this kid's eyes? Think of something to say! NOW!
"I need to talk to you, by yourself. Soon." She said sloppily. It was really difficult to tell him how she felt. Seeing, as they were the closet set of opposite-sex friends at Hogwarts. Nothing ever happened with them, they'd never kissed each other; no 'friction' was created. Although, there was a lot of chemistry between the two. Neither of them could ignore the looks that they would get when they would laugh together. Neither of them could ignore the whispers that said, 'Awe, look at them' or 'She could do much better…'. At least, she couldn't ignore them.
"Okay, uh… how about after dinner tonight?" Fred asked. "You can help me with my Astronomy homework. It IS your favorite subject…" Angelina thought about this.
How can I put in the fact that I like him during astronomy homework? Oh Ang, you're smart. You'll think of something! You always do…
"Great," she said slipping away from his pelvic grasp. "I'll meet you by the fire at seven." She said racing upstairs for her own set of books. She scrambled around trying to find her Ancient Runes textbook.
The ONE time I can't find this book. It sticks out like a sore thumb every OTHER day… Oh, there it is. Silly me…
And with that she raced out the Portrait Hole, trying not to be late for her next class.
