Chapter Three: No Way
"Hey, Leesh!" George exclaimed, sitting down next to the girl. She immediately stood up, walked away, and sat somewhere else. "Angel!" he whined.
"Sorry, Georgie! She won't hear of it. But, there is...one thing."Angelina began.
"What?" George replied quickly.
"Well, you'll need to...change a bit."
"What do you mean a bit? How much is a bit?" George was slightly scared now. Angelina was known to make the best of a worst situation without changing the situation at all.
"Well, have you ever worn shining armor?" she asked, slowly. George looked alarmed.
"No way! What do I look like? That knight, Cadagan or whoever?" he replied, sounding offended somehow.
"So you've never been a knight either, then?" she asked, almost hopefully.
"Angelina, what in Merlin's name are you getting to?" George semi-shouted.
"Well, I...I sorta told Leesha that you could be her...knight in shining armor." Angelina said, quietly. George laughed.
"What ARE you laughing about?" he continued laughing. "You look like a maniac, Georgie!"
She was right, he did. His head was thrown back and he was laughing like he had just been told the funniest joke in the world. His laughing subsided after about five minutes of being stared at by anyone and everyone that had entered or had been in the Great Hall.
"Good one, Angel. How long did it take you to come up with that one?" there was still laughter in his eyes as he said this.
"I wasn't joking, George." she replied. His face, and eyes, went deadly serious.
"No way." George stated.
"Excuse me?" Angelina asked, shaking her head.
"No way. I am not going to wear shining armor or...or become a KNIGHT! Don't you have to be, like, dubbed by the queen or something stupid like that? I'm not doing anything, if Ali wants to forgive me, she will. If she doesn't...well, then...she won't." George said.
"But, Georgie, I made a BET with Alicia. I bet her that you could be her knight in shining armor by the end of the year. She was spewing out spanish like there was no tomorrow, there is no way she'll forgive you. This is your only chance." Angelina explained.
"Angel, you're crazy. If she doesn't forgive me, well, I'll live. I don't care if you made a bet, being Ali's 'knight in shining armor' sounds stupid. No way." It was clear that George desperately wanted Alicia's forgiveness, but was trying(not to mention failing) to be obscure about it.
"Georgie, shut up. You know you'll do it, I know you'll do it. Let's skip the whole 'I'm too big and manly to be a knight' charade. Now, I am going to help you. There's ten galleons saying you can do it, and you know how I hate losing." Angelina began talking of things they would do and blah de blah de blah. George didn't pay attention to Angelina at all. It was Alicia he was paying attention to.
"Alright, here are those books I told you I'd get for you. Remember? It never hurts to do some reading, find out how knights acted and all that jazz. I want you to read this as quick as possible. By Friday night at the latest. Don't give me that look, you have five days to read eight books. That's plenty of time. Saturday morning, after Quidditch practice, I'm going to quiz you on your 'knightly behaviour'. When we finish with that, I'm going to try some armor on you and take pictures. I know we didn't mean literally, but I think Alicia will think it's cute if you're actually wearing armor." Angelina went on and on.
'Oh, great. Angelina will now be controlling my life. How wonderful.' he thought, bitterly. 'But, it's worth it. Isn't it?'
"Angel, there is no way I'm wearing armor." he stated, interrupting her.
'This should be interesting.' Angelina thought.
A/N: I've finally rewritten chapter 3! I like it, don't you? Angelina is so excited and, goodness, she's going to go ALL OUT on this. What will come up next? Only time can tell, because not even I know! LOL! Review, review, review, my loves! CONSTANT VIGILENCE!