Disclaimer: All the main characters belong to JK Rowling, who I wish would hurry up with book #5!

A/N: Big huge thanks to everyone! Especially to Potter-fanatic for being my 100th reviewer! Go read her story Love Square…you won't regret it! She deserves more reviews so go check it out!

Now that's out of the way we can proceed! Sorry about the teeny cliffhanger! Didn't mean to! Hehe…ok, so maybe I did. So what will Angelina do? Fred and Cedric both in the hospital wing? Should be interesting!

Chapter 11



Angelina was sitting on a hard, uncomfortable chair in the hospital wing. Her hands were twisted in her lap and she still had compost under her fingernails. She certainly wasn't looking her best. All she needed was a nice hot shower to refresh herself.

But there would be no shower. Not while Fred lay unconscious beside her. He'd been out for six hours now. Angelina was beginning to get worried. It wasn't supposed to take this long.

Angelina pulled back the curtain that separated the beds. Cedric was still out, too. She sighed and rubbed her face with her hands. Everyone was at dinner now but Madam Pomfrey had allowed her to stay with Fred. She'd been in that same spot for six straight hours.

Every part of her was numb but the less she thought of it the less her back ached. Angelina watched Fred's chest rise slowly and rhythmically. He looked so peaceful. Almost innocent.

"Innocent. Yeah, right," Angelina chuckled to herself.

She could think of many words to describe Fred Weasley but innocent certainly wasn't one of them. She smiled at him and sighed affectionately. Pig-headed, arrogant…cute, charming.

"No way," Angelina told herself firmly.

She couldn't be falling for him. Not Fred Weasley. It wasn't allowed. He was a thorn in her side. Nothing more than an annoying pain in the backside.

While she continued to mentally scold herself her hand seemed to take on a mind of its own. Before she could register what was happening she had taken Fred's lifeless hand between her own. She brought his hand up to her lips…

"Angelina?"

She yelped and threw Fred's hand back onto the bed. Her heart was pounding against her rib cage. Angelina jumped to her feet. Alicia, George, Katie and Lee were standing in the doorway. Her knees gave way and she feel back into the chair.

"All right, Angelina?" George smirked.

"That wasn't what it looked like."

"Really? What was it then?" Lee asked as they took up positions around Fred's bed.

Angelina fought to make up a credible excuse but none came to mind. This wasn't good.

"I was smelling his hand?" she offered pathetically.

"Why would you want to smell his hand?"

"I don't know. Just – just shut up."

"Leave her alone, boys. It's all right if she likes Fred," Katie said.

"Hold on! Who said anything about liking him?" Angelina exclaimed.

"Why else would you stay here for six hours?"

"Because…well…you see…"

"Yes," Alicia prompted.

"Well - ARGH! Stop picking on me!"

"It's really ok, you can like him if you want. We won't pick on you about it…much," George said with a coy smile.

"Well, I don't like him. I was just getting used to having him around. Honestly, that's all."

"She's in the denial stage," Lee whispered to George.

"Maybe you should go take a shower and freshen up a bit," Katie suggested to Angelina.

Angelina shook her head. "I'm fine."

"No offence, honey, but you smell like dragon dung," Alicia said gently.

"Well, I guess a quick shower wouldn't hurt me." Angelina stood up and stretched her stiff limbs. "Come and get me if Fred wakes up though."

"Sure," Katie said.

Angelina glanced over her shoulder for one last look at Fred then left for Gryffindor Tower. Her four friends burst into long suppressed laughter as soon as she was gone.

"She obviously likes him!"

"But what about Cedric? He's still in the picture," Alicia said.

"Not for long if Fred can help it," George laughed.

"Speaking of Cedric." Katie pulled the curtain back to reveal the Hufflepuff.

Cedric was still unconscious as well. But unlike Fred, he managed to still look completely unruffled. His hair was sitting perfectly in place while Fred's fiery red hair was sticking out in every direction.

"Bloody hell! How does he still look so handsome after what he's been through?"

"Haven't you heard, Katie? Cedric is queer," Lee said in a staged whispered.

"He is not," Alicia rolled her eyes.

"Think about it, Leesh. He's good-looking, kind, sensitive and sweet. It's just not normal, he's a big ol' queer!"

"You thought he was trying to seduce Angelina awhile ago," Katie pointed out.

"I've since changed my position. He's queer," Lee sang.

"You're such a moron."

They argued for a few more minutes about Cedric's sexuality then Fred began to stir. He opened his eyes and saw Katie standing over him. Actually there was two of her. He blinked furiously and his double vision slowly disappeared.

Alicia smiled kindly at him. "Hey, Sleeping Beauty."

"Welcome back," George said.

Fred looked around at the faces surrounding him. Someone was missing. Someone important.

"My head," he groaned.

"I'll go get Madam Pomfrey." Lee hurried off to find the school nurse.

"How are you feeling?" Katie asked.

"Like crap. Where's-"

Madam Pomfrey bustled in with a goblet of blood red potion. "You're finally awake! Here, take this potion and you'll be fine in an hour or so."

Fred struggled to sit up and took the potion. He gulped it down quickly. It had a nasty aftertaste.

"Now we just need your friend to wake up," Madam Pomfrey said, peering at the still unconscious Cedric.

"He's not my friend," Fred said immediately.

Fred felt his head begin to clear up. He was about to ask about Angelina when she appeared in the doorway. Her hair was wet and limp and she smelt likes flowers instead of compost.

"You're awake!"

"Don't sound so happy about it. So, it's nice of you to take time from your busy life to pop in to see me. Or maybe you're here to see Cedric."

"Fred, I-"

"I mean, even Alicia is here and we had a fight. You and I may not get along all the time but I thought you'd at least pretend to care. The world doesn't revolve around Angelina Johnson," Fred snapped bitterly.

Angelina just stood there with her mouth wide open. There was no way that she could ever like someone so…so stupid!

"I don't know why I even bothered!" She spun on her heel and stormed off.

"Neither do I!" Fred called after her.

Alicia shook her head. "You shouldn't have done that."

"Shut it, Spinnet, I'm not in the mood for your preaching," Fred snapped.

"Fine. Be a prat then!" Alicia crossed her arms over her chest. "But you'll never get Angelina with that attitude!" Alicia left in a huff.

"Who said I wanted her?" Fred demanded. He had a pretty good idea who had said it though. He glared at his identical counterpart.

"Yeah, I told her. So what? Gonna insult me too? You've really done it this time, Fred." George gave his brother a disappointed look then chased after Alicia.

Fred turned to Katie and Lee, the only ones left. "What have I done?"

"You've buggered up royally. I'm going to see if Angelina's all right."

And so it was only Lee left. He looked at Fred sympathetically.

"What is going on with everyone?" Fred asked him.

"Angelina sat beside your bed for six hours, Fred. She even skipped Transfiguration class and got a detention. She only left for about ten minutes to take a shower."

"She was here the whole time?"

"She never moved from that seat. She didn't even worry about Cedric either. Angelina even refused to come to dinner. I'm no expert but I think she was genuinely concerned about you."

"Whoops."

"Whoops is right. You'll have to beg for forgiveness."

Fred lay back in his bed and rubbed his forehead. Why couldn't he have just kept his mouth shut? Now he would be forced to apologise. But Fred didn't like apologising because that would mean admitting he had made a mistake

"Mr. Weasley needs his rest now. He can return to Gryffindor Tower in about an hour," Madam Pomfrey informed Lee as she ushered him from the room.

"Where am I?" a voice questioned from behind the curtain.

"Oh, great," Fred groaned. Now he had an hour with Cedric to look forward to.

Back in her room Angelina was complaining to Katie and Alicia.

"I wasted six hours of my life on the stupid git! I can't believe I was even worried about him!"

"I thought you said you weren't worried about him."

Angelina silenced Katie with a sharp glare. "I was only worried about him because he's on the team and we have our first game next week. It's not like I was crying over him or anything."

They continued to grumble about Fred and all males in general. Then an hour later Angelina changed into her pajamas and crawled into bed. She was exhausted so Katie and Alicia were going down into the common room to let her get some sleep.

In the common room, the two girls spotted Fred enter through the portrait hole. George and Lee looked up from the table they were sitting at. Many students welcomed Fred back and he smiled and waved a little before he approached Alicia and Katie.

"Look, Leesh, I'm sorry," he mumbled.

"Excuse me? What did you just say?"

"You heard me."

Alicia couldn't resist a small smile. "Yeah, I did, but I wanted you to say it again."

"One down," Fred sighed and turned to head up the girls' stairs.

"Angelina is still a little peeved so don't do anything to make her angrier," Katie advised.

"I'll certainly try not too." Fred slowly ascended the girls' staircase, automatically skipping the one step that was chamredto recognise his gender. He reached the door and knocked softly.

"Who is it?"

"Fred."

"Go away."

Fred ignored her and entered the room. Angelina threw her covers aside and leapt out of her bed. She grabbed the nearest thing she could and threw it at Fred.

"Watch it!" He ducked and Alicia's teddy bear hit the wall heavily.

"What part of go away don't you understand?"

"I came to apologise."

"I don't want your bloody apology. It means nothing to me," Angelina lied.

"Well, it means something to me. I'm sorry I jumped the gun a wee bit."

"A wee bit? A wee bit!" Angelina snatched up a shoe and hurled it at him.

Fred jumped aside just in time to avoid the flying trainer. It hit the wall with a thump.

"Ok, so maybe it was more than a wee bit but the point is I didn't mean it."

"Ha! You meant it all right!"

"Ok, so maybe I meant it at the time."

"You can't even apologise properly! Just leave me alone!" Angelina yelled.

"I'm not leaving till I've apologised," Fred stated. He went and sat on the end of Angelina's bed.

"Get off my bed and out of my room!"

"Not until you accept my apology."

Angelina sighed wearily. Then she looked down at her pyjama pants that were pale blue with clouds that moved around. She was only wearing a white singlet and Fred was staring quite blatantly.

Angelina snatched Alicia's cloak off her bed and put it on. "Stop gawking!"

"You know the deal. I'm not leaving until you accept my heartfelt apology." Fred sat crossed legged on her bed and refused to budge.

"You're incredibly annoying, you know."

"Yeah, I know. It's a gift."

Angelina smiled then suddenly realised what she was doing. A nasty scowl returned to her pretty face.

"You just smiled at me."

"I did not," Angelina scowled.

"I distinctly saw a smile. It was a very nice one, too."

"It was not a smile. You're delusional."

"Am I?" Fred grinned roguishly.

"You irritate me."

"I think we're going in a circle. I am really sorry I said all those horrible things to you. They're not true at all."

"Of course they're bloody not. I sat beside your bed for six of the longest hours of my life. How could you even accuse me of not caring?"

"I'm sorry. But that brings up my question…why did you stay with me for six hours?"

Angelina became very uncomfortable and began to fidget with her hands. She avoided Fred's gaze and went to retrieve Tiger from the floor. Alicia would get angry if she knew Angelina had been throwing her precious teddy around.

"Are you going to leave me hanging?" Fred asked.

Angelina placed the bear back on Alicia's bed then sat across from Fred. He was smiling at her as if he already knew the answer.

"Like I told the others, I was getting used to having you around is all."

"So if it had been Lee in my position you would have sat beside his bed for most of the day?"

"I don't like hypotheticals but no, I wouldn't stay with him. Don't bother to ask me why because you won't get an answer out of me."

"Ok, I'll let you keep your little secret. So do you forgive me for being a tosser?"

"I suppose so," Angelina said. A shy smile slowly crept over her face.

"Great." Fred jumped off her bed and walked across the room. He stopped at the door and looked back at her. "You have a beautiful smile."

"Uh…thanks, I guess."

"You're welcome. Goodnight, Angelina."

A/N: One of my favourite chapters! I hope you liked it too! The next chapter will be the first Quidditch game of the season. Even I don't know what is going to happen yet so it should prove to be interesting.