"I think we should just assume that Fred and Angelina are fine and--" Lee had been whispering fiercely to George as the two made their way through the dark corridors, hoping they would randomly bump into Fred or Angelina. Perhaps even both if they were lucky.
"What?" George hissed, cutting Lee off and shaking his head quickly, "And have bloody Katie and Alicia yell our ears off all night long, listing hundreds of thousands of ways Angelina and Fred could be dead or in danger?" He held his lit wand out infront of him so that their way would be visible to them so not to stumble upon some unwanted obstacle.
Lee rolled his eyes as he continued to creep along the corridors with his friend. Though he refused to say it aloud, he had to admit that George had a point. Katie had accused him of not only being a poor friend to both Fred and Agelina, but to being a not so caring boyfriend.
Which was why he was out in the corridors.
At midnight.
Looking for Angelina and Fred.
He stumbled over George who had slowed down considerably, and swore silently.
Oh yeah, Katie owed him big time.
The two crept throughout the castle for about an hour, before they decided their two friends had probably retreated back to the common room. Well, at least they assumed their two friends had retreated to their common room until they rounded a corridor only to be greeted with a sight neither had seen coming.
Fred rolled his eyes and turned over his bed, trying to drown out the sounds of Lee and George's teasing voices. He would never hear the end of it from them. "We're seventeen years old, for Merlin's sake!" He growled, throwing his pillow to whoever was closer to him. "Act your age."
"Aw," Lee began, collapsing onto his bed of one of his best mates. "What's wrong, my friend? A little embaressed that you weren't able to snog with Angelina because your robes got stuck to her earring?" The boy laughed heartily, but laughed even harder when Fred pushed him off of his bed and to the floor.
George grinned as he took up Lee's former seat and draped an arm over his twin's shoulder, "I honestly thought your first kiss with Angelina would be a little bit less comical." He grinned and shook his head. "But, you know, can't go around planning everything in life, I guess."
And indeed, the red head had a point. Had things been planned out, Fred's robes wouldn't have gotten caught onto Angelina's earring, causing both parties a bit of discomfort. It had been a rather amusing scene, watching the two struggle to dislodge the boy's garment from the girl's piece of jewlery that she wore all too infrequently. It took five minutes for Lee and George's laughter to subside before they were able to help their friends out of their awkward position.
"Firstly of all," Fred growled, shoving his twin to the floor, and on top of Lee, "I never even got the chance to kiss her because of the minor fact that my robes were latched onto her ear, and secondly of all, Angie and I have already kissed. A number of times infact." With that said, the red head stood and exited the dormitory and retreated into the common room.
George and Lee sat up and glanced at each other.
When had this occured?
Meanwhile, Angelina sat silently on her bed while Katie and Alicia attempted to guess what was wrong. Lee and George had never really told them what they're friends had been up to, only exchanged quick good nights, and chased after Fred, teasing him all the way into the boys' dormitory.
"Are you still bummed about the whole Quidditch thing? I mean, of course you are," Katie was saying, trying to be comforting and practical at the same time, "but I mean, I'm sure we'll find people worth being on the team and all that. There's loads of talent in this house."
Angelina smiled weakly and patted her on the back, "I'm fine, just really tired. Let's go to bed, yeah?"
Alicia delivered her step sister a wary glance, but resolved to crawl back over to own bed and retire for the night. Or atleast try to. Katie made a few more feeble attempts to find out what was bothering her friend, but Angelina had nothing more to say, and was already preparing herself for a somewhat good night's rest.
"Well then," Katie sighed, crawling over to her own bed and making herself comfortable under her many layers of blankets. "Good night, 'Licia. Night Angelina."
"Night Katie. Night Angie."
Angelina smiled and turned over in her bed before gently closing her eyes, "Night dumbies."
There was a moment of silence, then--
"Oh, and Katie?"
"Yeah Angie?"
"Those bloody earrings you got me are going in the trash first thing in the morning, so don't be offended when you find them in some random trash bin."
Katie yawned and pulled her pillow closer to her, "I won't even ask."
"Good," Angelina mumbled, closing her eyes and letting sleep take her.
"Six," Fred said, grinning widely.
Alicia shook her head and smirked, "I don't think so, Freddykins."
George silenced his twin with a shake of his head, then leaned forward and whispered something to his twin. Fred nodded, frowning slightly, before looking back at Alicia. He folded his hands together and fixed Alicia with his poker face. "Alright then," he said evenly. "Ten, final offer."
"Then it looks like you two are going to fail," Alicia said, standing up from her comfortable position on the armchair of the Gryffindor Common Room. "Good luck with your futures, boys. I wish you both the best of luck."
Fred and George conferenced once more. The two nodded and then it was George who spoke, "How about fifteen, and I'll take you out." When Alicia turned around to gaze at the twin who had spoke, George winked at her and grinned, nodding his head slightly in attempts to prompt her to say yes.
Alicia was silent for a moment before she finally turned around and returned to her seat on the armchair across from the twins. "Alright then, I do your work for the both of you, I get fifteen free samples and a date with George to Kempton's," she said, naming one her favorite diners in Hogsmeade.
"Three Broomsticks," Fred argued before George could agree. "Kempton's would cause you to fall back down to six freebies."
"Fifteen freebies," Alicia said, crossing her arms over her chest, "one date to Kempton's," she went on, glaring pointedly at Fred, "and you'll both get two, error free essays for Snape's class and you, dear Fred, will score a date with Angelina to the place of your choosing."
"Really, Alicia," George began. "You don't have to do all that--"
Fred stopped his twin from saying anything more by roughly slapping his twin upside the head, "A date with Angie, yeah? Any place of my choosing?"
Alicia grinned triumphantly, nodding as she did so.
"And you're good for your word?" There was a suspicious note in his voice, as if hardly believing what he was hearing from Alicia. "I mean, not that I couldn't get a date with her if I wanted to or--"
"After that embaressing display last night," George said with a small grin, "I doubt you'll approach her on your own any time soon."
Fred shook his head quickly at his twin, a silent notion for him to shut his trap, but Alicia was intruiged. Her eyes lit with curiosity, "Oh! What happened? Angelina wouldn't tell me and Katie a thing."
"Twenty free samples of any prank you want, and a date with George at Kempton's, my treat," Fred interjected quickly, before the pair could start up on the events on the past night. "In exchange for your silence, your assistance on our essays."
Alicia grinned, "Of course! But don't forget your date with Angelina. You can double with me and George!"
George grinned and shook his twin as he watched his twin trying to decide if he were happy or terribly upset about this arrangement.
"You WHAT!"
Katie had to quickly cover her ears to attempt to block out Angelina's angry howl. Angelina and Alicia had been playing the part of best friends for so long, Katie had been counting the days until they had their first sibbling arguement.
"Ok, first of all," Alicia began reasonably, backing away from Angelina, "When I said blind date, I didn't really mean blind date. I mean, you know almost every guy at Hogwarts, and you know him already, but you just have to do this for me!"
Angelina glared daggers at Alicia and crossed her arms, "And why should I? You've probably set me up with some loser moron who's not at all worth my time! Alicia how could you?"
"Well, maybe you should go on the date," Katie suggested weakly, immidiately regretting the fact that she had stepped into the arguement without invitation.
"You're siding with HER now!" The dark skinned beauty whirled on the smaller girl. She balled up her fist and crossed her arms. "You never side with me, Katie! You're supposed to be my best friend!"
"I am, but--" Kaite bit her lower lip, cowering back in her friend's wake. She then turned to Alicia, "Well, maybe it would be better if she just didn't go on the date. Angelina's a big girl and can hook up on her own."
Alicia scoffed and waved the idea aside, "You're just saying that because you think she's gonna kill you in your sleep. Besides," she rolled her eyes and shook her head, "You know what happened last time we let Angelina choose her own guy. George ended up beating the bloody bloke down and--"
"I'M STILL IN THE ROOM ALICIA!"
And so the battle between the two raged on until finally, Angelina lost her voice; therefore, she yielded into silence. Alicia declared herself the victor of the battle and set up her 'blind date.'
Uhm.. Hope everyone enjoyed! All the love in the world kiddies!
Later Days
Richi Sama