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Katie had decided that staying up for a bit of late night studying would probably be best, especially since her potions marks had slipped somewhat. She was on her fifteenth consecutive page when suddenly the portrait to the common room swung open, and in stumbled Angelina rather clumbsily.
She watched as Angelina quietly made her way to the girls dorm and eased up the stairs, taking slow, careful steps until she vanished into her respected dorm.
Frowning slightly and shaking her head, she returned to the book from which she read, but her focus was no longer on its contents, but rather on her friend that returned to Gryffindor Tower at three in the morning.
What's she up to now, Katie thought with a small sigh.
Angelina's late night journeys continued throuhgout the month. Katie came to the conclusion that her friend was spending extra time with Roger Davies, and she doubted they were studying or doing anything less than snogging.
Finally Katie approached Angelina about her late night outings after a fifth such night.
"Angelina, it's two o'clock in the morning/ Where were you?" Katie was seated on the stairs leading to the dorms, blocking Angelina's way. "Out with Davies again?"
Angelina provided a weak smile and shook her head, attempting to pass Katie, "You don't know anything, Katie." When her friend stood and blocked her way, Angelina gave the blonde girl a small push, "Come on, I'm tired. Let me by so I can get to my bed and get some sleep."
"You've been gone since after dinner, and you've been coming into the dorms late for weeks now." Katie settled her hands onto the stairs' rails, further blocking Angelina's entrance to the dorm. "I'm worried about you."
"Well don't be," Angelina growled, finally able to push past Katie and storming up to the girls' dormitory. "And don't stick your nose in other people's business, Bell!"
That went well, Katie thought grumpily as she seated herself back onto the stairs and rested her head in her hands.
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Katie was now no longer in Angelina's good graces, and Alicia often made ridiculous excuses to Angelina in order to still hang out with her blonde friend. It seemed things were getting more and more complicated, and it seemed that their long-term friendship would finally meet its end.
"--and I said that I wouldn't go to the Yule Ball with him because--" Alicia paused, noticing how Katie wasn't paying much attention. She waved a hand infront of the girl's face.
Katie started and glanced over to Alicia. She smiled an apology, "Sorry, you were saying?" Of course Alicia was talking about the Yule Ball, that's all anyone was talking about really. Since she and Lee were an item, though nobody really knew about it, she would be going with him. According to Alicia, Angelina would be attending the ball with, who else, Roger Davies. Scum of all scum. Alicia was going on and on about how she was turning down guy after guy, and how she did have someone in mind, but didn't have enough guts to approach him. As for the twins? Katie had no idea, the two were even more secretive than usual, which was starting to freak everyone out.
"So has anyone asked you yet, Miss Bell," Alicia asked, once she had finished going on and on about how she had turned down five guys on the way to Gryffindor Tower. Katie doubted it, but she kept her thoughts to herself. "Hey, maybe Lee will ask you to go. You two would be so cute together."
A small smiled graced Katie and she shook her head, "He hasn't asked me, but we kind of agreed on it."
There was a moment of silence between them, and in that span of time, Katie popped a piece of a chocolate frog into her mouth and sighed, "She still hates me, doesn't she?"
"Oh yeah, big time." Alicia nodded.
"No disrespect meant or anything, but she can be so stubborn, and has too much pride." Katie shook her head a sighed, "I'm worried about her though. She's completely obsessing over that bloody prat."
"And he isn't faithful to her anyway," Alicia went on, "You know that Fluer girl?"
Katie's eyes widened considerably, "Are you serious? Did you tell Angie?"
Alicia went on to explain how she had told her step sister about what she had seen occur between the forgien student and Angelina's Hogwarts hottie. "--so Angelina's just acting like I never said anything about it, and she's just refusing it to be true. I think we need to take drastic measures and actually prove it to her."
This thought hadn't occured to Katie. Yes, she did want her friend to end this ridiculous relationship with the Ravenclaw nobody, but she didn't want to break her friend's heart by proving that this boy was truly a scum-bag. Then again, it would take Angelina a million years to realize anything on her own. Katie and Alicia would simply be giving her a push in the right direction.
Katie nodded, "Looks like we have no choice."
"You're right."
At that moment, Lee walked in, whistling some stupid tune that was stuck in his head. When he noticed Alicia and Katie, he stopped and grinned, "Hullo, ladies. Beautiful afternoon, isn't it?" He seated himself next to Katie and draped a lazy arm over her shoulder.
Alicia blinked, but said nothing.
"Yes, I agree. It's a beautiful afternoon, Lee," Katie agreed with a small smile. "In fact, the day is so beautiful I think I'm going to go for a walk." She glanced over at her boo (She grinned at the thought. Her boo. Hehe!) and jerked her head toward the common room's exit, "Care to join me?"
Again, Alicia blinked, but said nothing.
Lee nodded and stood only when Katie made a move to do so herself. The two made their way out of the common room, leaving Alicia to stare openly. Before they had left completely, Alicia was able to find her voice, "Is there something going on that I don't know about?"
"No," Lee and Katie replied together. Lee went on, "Now if you will excuse us, I want to walk around aimlessly with my girlfriend while it's still daylight."
Alicia nodded, "Oh, ok then. Have fun guys!"
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"Wait a minute--"
Angelina strode into the library, arms full of books and loose parchment. Because of recent... activities, Angelina had been neglecting her work, and she was almost at the bottom of her classes. Studying and actually doing her homework would actually be a good idea.
After settling herself down at a table towards the heart of the library, Angelina opened her books, unrolled scrolls and parchments, and prepared herself for her silent, isolated study time. First she would go over her potions work, closely followed by herbology, then transfiguration, and she would then move on to--
"Oh, sorry," Fred mumbled when Angelina looked up suddenly, putting an abrupt hault to her train of thought. The red head rubbed the back of his neck, "I was just--" He stopped and shrugged before turning around to walk down a row of books, but he didn't go down that particular row, instead he made a small face and ducked behind something, obviously trying to conceal himself from something or other.
This was all very unusual to Angelina, and curiosity seemed to get the better of her. Getting up slowly and silently, Angelina made her way over to where Fred was standing, and looked down the row of the books, prepared to see Lee or George, armed with dunng bombs and awaiting to ambush Fred.
But she didn't quite see that. Instead, she saw her boyfriend snogging with that Fluer girl.
Angelina's body was rigid and ice cold, her gaze homed in on the sight and took it in, barely able to comprehend what was going on, only understanding that this was really bad. Really really bad.
Without realizing it, the Gryffindor made a move forward, raising her fists slightly, but Fred quickly stopped her and pulled her back. Angelina would surely get into serious trouble for not only attacking a foriegn guest but for mutating her future ex-boyfriend and possibly going on a mad hexing spree.
Angelina struggled against Fred's strong hold for a moment, but finally stopped. A moment after their silent struggle, Angelina pushed him away from her and stormed out of the library, not bothering to take her things with her.
Fred watched her go, shaking his head slightly, then he glanced back down the row where Fluer and Roger had been. They were now gone. They had proabably parted ways, afraid that others would soon discover them together. Well, they had already been discovered, so there was little else for the two to hide.
Deciding to do his good deed for the day, the red head gathered his friend's books, parchments and quills. He carefully put everything into her bag, making sure he didn't ruin any work or notes she might have been taking. With everything in its proper place, he slung the bag over his shoulders and left the library and directed his steps to Gryffindor Tower.
When he arrived, he was a little disappointed to hear that Angelina hadn't arrived yet. Alicia was a bit reluctant to relay this information one half of the infamous duo, but upon hearing the tale of what Angelina and he had seen in the library only moments ago, Alicia let the information flow freely from her lips.
As Fred hastily departed from the common, he bumped into Katie and Lee who were just entering.the common room. Fred muttered his apologies, but never stopped.
"What's with Fred?" Lee asked Alicia as he took a seat on one of the plush arm chairs. "He looked like he was in a big hurry."
Katie seated herself next to Alicia, and nodded at Lee's statement. She leaned back on the couch, her eyes trained on to her friend, "What's going on?"
And so the story of what Roger had been doing behind Angelina's back was once again relayed. Katie's eyes were wide in shock, "That dirty prat! How could he do that to Angelina? That low-life!" Lee nodded vigorously to Katie's sudden, but expected, outburst.
"But in a sense, this is what we wanted to happen, right? She had to find out somehow, and she wouldn't listen to any of us," Alicia said silently. She shrugged a bit, "When she comes in here don't say anything about it, or she'll just be seriously pissed."
"Don't say anything about what to who?" Angelina's voice filled their ears, and instantly, Katie, Lee and Alicia stiffened.
Angelina walked into the common room with Fred at her side. There was evidence that she had been crying. Her eyes were red and a bit swollen. Her voice was rather hoarse when she spoke, and there were even dried tear on her cheeks.
There was even more evidence showing that Angelina had put up a small fight with Fred, because he had a small bruise forming on his lower arm, and the front of his shirt was slightly wrinkled as though roughly grabbed by tight fists.
"Oh, nothing, Angie," Lee began somewhat naturally. "The sky is really blue today, wouldn't you guys agree?"
Katie and Alicia nodded quickly, agreeing with the boy's statement, nevermind the fact that the twilight sky was a brilliant shade of red as the sun began to set. The three grinned widely. A very fake and unconvincing smile meant to make Angelina think they knew absolutely nothing about what had happened earlier.
After a moment of awkward silence between the five, George stumbled into the common room, "Bloody hell, Angelina!" Everyone focused on George as he staggered over to them, "Davies, that bloody prat was caught running around with that French girl, so I gave the little git a piece of my mind." He grinned sheepishly, "Well, to be more exact, a piece of my fist actually. Both of them to be more exact."
Alicia and Katie began to quickly shake their heads, trying to motions for George to shut up, but the twin didn't seem to take notice of the two girls and went on to describe how he had cornered the Ravenclaw boy and beat him to the best of his abilities, which wasn't very long, because a few of Davies friends came into the scene and ran George down.
Angelina smiled one of those watery smiles before mumbling an incoherent statement, and heading off to the girls' dormitory. Lee and Fred had enjoyed George's story, but Katie and Alicia were a bit worried about how sensative Angelina might have been about the whole Roger Davies thing blowing up in her face. Especially after the countless number times Angelina had snuck out of the common room to do whatever is was she had done with him.
"Yeah!" George was boasting, "Hit him right in the gut before his boys were able to get to me, but they weren't even able to touch me. I got away easily."
Lee laughed, "Let's just hope they don't report you to someone, or else you'll be in a world of trouble."
Fred nodded, but looked toward the girls' dormitory where Angelina had vanished. His attention was once again claimed by his friends when Lee asked who they would accompany to the Yule Ball. He blinked at the question, "Uhm, the Yule Ball? I really haven't really given it much thought."
Lee rolled his eyes, "You're wierd."
During their free time, Katie hadn't been seeing much of Angelina. Her friend was probably doing the anti-social dumped girl scene and avoiding everyone and everything whenever possible. Despite Angelina's new isolated way of living, the friends were slowly becoming their once inseperable selves.
They were all seated at dinner one night, including Angelina, discussing random nonsense as they now usually did. "--so I was telling the guy the difference between a good Quidditch team and a team that just so happens to have a few good players." Lee was telling Alicia and Fred of an encounter he had had with a seventh year boy.
"When it's done boiling, you have to take it out and put into a double glass vile, or it won't work," Katie was telling George and Angelina about a potion that could turn any type of food you wanted. "My mum showed it to me a few times, and I think I've got it down, but I wouldn't dare try it here."
"Why not?" George asked, stabbing his carrots with his fork and savagely crushing the helpless vegetable against his plate several times. "Afraid of getting caught?"
Angelina rolled her eyes, "Duh, George! Unlike you and Fred, Katie has a spotless record. I shudder to think what would happen if she were caught making some sort of cooking potions." Katie could hear her friend's sarcasm and smiled somewhat, sking her head.
Lala - Hehe YES! And hey, you never know... I might just put Katie through hell and make her have a fling with Oliver but ultimately make her really go for Lee... Then again, maybe not. I am cruel and unusual like that. Only I know what's REALLY gonna happen. Haha!
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Eruaphadriel - I can't have people mad at each other for too long... Because I dunno.. I'm not good at it.. Probably because I'm such an easy-going person and can easily forgive... Unless someone seriously pisses me off... Then we might have a problem. ANd yes, the Yule Ball is coming up, wonder who's going with who? I dunno! Do you?
goodybad - Just to make sure you don't think I'm a total idiot that has bad grammer... I ain't alwayz that baaad at writin and spleling, buit I n33d to git beta.. My homework for school is near perfection, however. I'm sorry I'm about to make you cry because of the funky pairing thing going on here, but it was absolutely needed for the bestest plot ever! Oh, and I hate Flint, and didn't really feel like giving him more credit than he deserved.
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Later Days
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