Chapter Three: Ironic

The night; Katie, Angelina, and Alicia flew out to the Kareoke club again. Tonight Alicia was going to sing, and Angelina and Katie were there to watch her. Alicia was singing a song by a Muggle singer named Alanis Morissette. It was called "Ironic". She loved to sing more then Katie loved to play piano. It was her way to tell everyone what she was thinking. She wrote her songs, but she never let anyone here them. Except for Katie and Angelina. She loved to be able to tell people to go away, or tell them to stay, or tell them she was in love, or tell them that she hated someone, without having to actually tell them. Much like Katie, this was also Alicia's out. She could get out of the world, and she could be free.

Alicia went up to the Sign-up sheet, and signed it. She wasn't nervous, she never was. Why should she be nervous, she didn't care what these strangers thought. She just wanted to play, screw what they said. 19 minutes later, Lora came on stage again.

"I would like to introduce Jennifer Flannery. And I need Alicia Spinett on deck." She said, then she left the stage. Alicia headed back stage while Angelina and Katie got seats. Alicia sat back stage talking to Lora until it was time for Alicia to be introduced.

"Everyone, put your hands together for, Alicia Spinett." Lora said, as Alicia walked on stage. There was clapping as Alicia started to strum her guitar.

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic...dontcha think

It was that flying feeling Katie always got, Alicia knew it well. The rush of being on stage, weather you cared or not, was amazing.

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought...it figures

Alicia didn't get nervous, but with every word she got more sure. She knew, singing always saved her from the world. It was an addiction she didn't want to get rid of.

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic...dontcha think

Flying. That always made her feel good, but this. Her other friends didn't get what this did to her. It made her feel safe. Safer then she felt in Hogwarts, safer then she felt at home.

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought...it figures

Nobody would think that three chasers loved music this much, but they did. It wasn't girly, it wasn't geeky, it wasn't manly, it just was.

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

Much like her friends in the audience, Alicia could sing for hours and play for days.

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic...dontcha think
A little too ironic...and yeah I really do think...

But it wasn't just that, everybody still didn't get it.

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought...it figures

Singing was her 'Life Anonymous' class.

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

It was like life, it had a funny way of helping her out.

Singing, to Alicia, was very Ironic.

As Alicia strummed the last chord, the audience started to clap. Alicia said her thank-you's, and then caught up with Angelina and Katie, and flew back to Hogwarts. Tonight that had opened their room window, and they wanted to make sure nobody closed it so they would be able to fly in.

When they got to Hogwarts, the window was still open. As they flew in the window, they saw their door close. Angelina, Alicia, and Katie all ran to the door to see if they could catch who had been in their room. When they opened the door, the person was gone.

Katie made her way down to the Great Hall for breakfast the next morning. She sat down across from Fred and George. The twins kept eating, until Alicia and Angelina sat down next to Katie. Fred and George both looked up. They had the same smile on their faces.

"Have a good time last night?" They asked at the same time. Alicia, Angelina, and Katie's eyes widened .

"You. You were the ones that were in our room last night?!" Angelina yelled, yet whispered. Fred held his hands up in defense.

"Hey, hey. You should thank us. A fourth year, Terrie Blechly, closed your window last night before she went to bed." He said.

"And we opened it, because we knew you three wouldn't chance getting Filch up again." George finished. Alicia huffed.

"Okay, thanks." She said, as she put food on her plate. A second later, their Quidditch captain joined them.

"Hey." He said to George, Fred, Alicia, Angelina, and Katie.

"Hey, Ol." Katie said, while everyone else just continued eating. Oliver piled food on his own plate and started gulping it down. Katie did the same. The 6 finished at the same time. They all got up and headed to their classes. Angelina to 6th year. Alicia, Fred, and George to 5th year. And; Katie and Oliver to 7th.