December 19th;

It appears while I was off furthering my education, my siblings went completely bonkers. Now diary, I know what you're thinking, bonkers? It may seem hypocritical, but trust me here. James, my lovely six year old brother, has named himself Silly Sue and is running around with Anna's blond wig. Yes, Anna has a blond wig. Arianna meanwhile, has only gone bonkers in her usual sense; she has yet another new boyfriend (she's only three years younger then me!) and continues to watch her soap operas.

But, most importantly, Anna has a blond wig.

So, that's the wonderful things that greet me as I come home (too tired to have written this yesterday in addition to all that had happened prior to it), at least my parents are still sane. Although, we'll see how long Mum lasts when she finds out that

a) I have a boyfriend

b) She's never met him

So, I of course decided to break it to them today. My whole family, since I was hoping Andrew would visit me. And I need to gauge Mums reaction.

"Family, I have something to tell you." Clears throat.

"Shut up Ang! I'm watching my favorite soap, and it's a new episode." I mourn for the later parts of my generation.

"Arianna!" Dear Mum. "Don't interrupt Angelina, she obviously has something to say."

Five minutes later my entire family waits to hear my announcement. Deep breath.

"I have a boyfriend."

Now, at this point there should have been a nice congratulations, or a "when can we meet him?" What I got was stunned gasps, and then, the question I had feared.

"Is it Fred?" Perhaps I have confided in Anna sliiiightly too often.

"No. His name is Andrew Rimmer and he is a Raven —"

"But Angie! I like Fred. He's cool, and he sent me a joke one time."

"James! I mean…Silly Sue, you may like Fred, but he and I are just friends."

"Can I date him then?"

"Arianna! Not only do you have a boyfriend, but Fred is much too old for you, you're only 15!"

"So, he's only going to be eighteen, Mum and Dad are four years apart…"

Once again, I wait five minutes for this to calm down. By this point, James is bawling about me not dating Fred, Anna is wearing her blond wig and laughing hysterically, and Arianna and my Mum are arguing about why she can't date Fred. Dad is still in shock over the fact that I have a boyfriend, and has started to make dinner rather then be in the chaos.

"Like I was saying, his name is Andrew Rimmer." Clear throat again for effect and attention restoration. "He's a Ravenclaw, and he's really nice and smart, and I want you all to meet him."

This was going over fairly well, I started talking more about Andrew, and how he had written my secret admirer notes, when my owl came back through the window. Bloody owl! I mean honestly, if I hadn' wanted a response so badly I would have shut it in its cage. I could envision the downfall of this already.

"Who the letter from Angie? In my school, we were learning about owls. They were saying how they are nocturnal and everything, but yours is always awake during the day."

"It's from Fred."

I winced. This was not the time for Fred to have sent me a letter! I mean, it was, but he could have waited till I was alone and not talking about my new boyfriend and assuring my family he meant nothing more to me than was prudent for a girl with a boyfriend.

"You know Ang, I understand that you and Andrew are dating, but if this Fred keeps on sending you letters, and you always talk about him, its not really fair to Andrew is it? Now, as your older sister, I want you to have an open mind, because think of how bad it will be when Andrew finds out your in love with Fred."

"By no means are Fred and I dating, Anna." I replied scathingly. "His father suffered a severe attack and I wrote to him out of concern. I really like Andrew, not Fred. He is just my friend. Is that what you all think, that I prefer Fred?"

Well, the answer that greeted that was silence. Which, unfortunately, speaks for itself.

Absolutely bloody fantastic, and while you're at it, tell me how Umbridge is coming over for Christmas dinner. I stormed out of the room, I mean, I have a great boyfriend and am supremely happy and they just go and ruin it. It's completely unfair! They haven't even met Andrew and already, they prefer Fred. Which is total Dementor Droppings.

The letter from Fred distracted me for a little while, though:

Ang-

Argh! I mean, sorry. No, I really am sorry! It's just been sort of difficult getting back in the swing of things after Dad's Attack. We're at…headquarters (of You-Know-What; Leesh did in fact write a letter to George and in it mentioned that she explained the…You-Know-What to you). Anyway, as soon as we got here, we were up all night to find out if Dad was all right, so I couldn't really write much then.

To answer your question, though: Yes, he's fine. He's coming out of St. Mungo's in a few days. After we first went to see him actually, Harry was sort of subdued. He wasn't really talking to anyone…or even in the same room as most of us, come to think of it. (He's fine now, though) Then Hermione Granger showed up, and there's been prepping for Christmas (last minute gift-buying), and George and I've just received several order forms for Nosebleed Nougat (issues are resolved, thank you).

Actually, in regards to that…don't tell anyone, but we Apparated up to Diagon Alley a couple days ago, and there's a shop for sale. We're negotiating, thinking, and stocking up on merchandise. Looks like things may finally be shaping up for the business, eh?

Give my best to your family, and give James the order form I've enclosed. By the way, what number is Arianna on?

Once again apologizing profusely for the lack of news, but thanks…thanks a bunch for being concerned enough to badger me into sending it.

Fred

So then, I decided I just wouldn't reply. I know, horrible, and I was forcibly reminded of my somewhat childish attempts to completely ignore Fred not-so-long ago. But still, it's just too soon. And it's not as if he asked or said anything that requires an immediate reply! Because let's face it, the last thing I need is another letter from Fred.

December 19th Late at night

Mum came into my room, and did the standard Mum stuff, rubbing my back, soothing words. She tried to reassure me that the family is happy Andrew and I are dating, but I just can't believe it yet. Then, she said something which really cheered me up; she wanted to know if he would come over for dinner, so that everyone could meet him! And she promised James would be good, that Anna's wig would be hidden.

So, I wrote Andrew a short note, just inviting him over. I'll copy it in here actually.

Dear Andrew;

So, I was wondering if you wanted to perhaps see each other over break? My family wants to meet you as well (but they are quite mad) so maybe you could stop by for dinner sometime? Any day but Christmas and New Year's works for us, and probably the same for you I imagine? You could even come over tonight if you get this in time. Well, I'll see you later.

Love,

Angelina

If the owl was intercepted no one would know he was my boyfriend except from the word love. Sad, but I think I have time to perfect those details. If it was my first letter to him, I would have tried to make it romantic and what not. But since that went out the door with my first letter, I thought that this would do the trick. Which apparently it did since he showed up for dinner.

James (in blond wig yet again…what happened to Mum hiding it?) opened the door. First error of the evening. He kind of gazed at Andrew (who is just short of six feet, but much taller then James) in awe. Obviously not connecting the dots.

"Hi, is this the Johnson residence?"

Luckily (or so I thought), Arianna came to the rescue and pulled James away before he could utter a single word.

"Yes it is…you must be Andrew. I'm Arianna, Angie's little sister." She was clearly fighting the urge to start batting her little underage eyelashes at him. No. Way.

"Nice to meet you. Angelina said I could come over for dinner, I hope this isn't a bad time."

He was being so gentlemen like! It was adorable, and he was being so nice to Arianna even though she was clearly eying him unhappily.

After being ushered in, and the all formalities were out of the way, it was a pretty standard dinner. James sulked the whole time, and Arianna kept attempting to get me to mention Fred (and somehow get him to go out with her…), but Anna was well behaved enough.

December 25th;

Merry Christmas diary! Well, I don't know if diaries celebrate Christmas, but I think you should. It's such a happy time of year!

Plus, I get presents! Which is always a cause for celebration. The parcel owls keep rolling in, and I'm loving it.

Fred and George got me some unidentifiable substance, which I am afraid to touch. Fred also got me a pretty bracelet that changes colors (the note said something about "…a discovery that will lead to a whole new line of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes…save this!"), Alicia got me a brand new scarf, red and gold of course, and Trish bought me a book. It's by some woman named Irene Radford, and has the Muggles' version of a dragon on it, so I may read it.

Then my family got me an assortment of trinkets and a new trunk. And all my distant relatives got me candy, so that's thrilling. They don't really know what else I like since I'm away at school so often, but I'm fine; I have no objections to sweets. Also, Andrew got me a cute necklace with a lion on it! It's so eye-catching; I put it on right away. It even has on the back, so tiny that you find it unless you were looking for it, "Chaser".

I no longer care for hypocrisy. I say, without shame…Aaaaw!

All right, it's out of my system for now.

I wrote out my thank you cards, and sent some of them by owl and others by muggle post. I thanked Andrew in person, but his family was out so I didn't get to meet them. He says he has a sister and his Dad, apparently his Mum left them all a while ago when he was still little.

I have to go back to Hogwarts soon (well, ten days), Fred said in his card that they would be back though, so that's exciting! Plus, I'll get to see Lee, Alicia, and Trish even more. I only get to visit them rarely over the holidays. I'm just bubbling like a potion gone wrong right now.

January 5th;

Well, today was…well, let me explain how things went.

So, I go to Leesh's as usual, met by Trish and Lee. Fred and George Apparated over quickly to tell us they were taking the Knight Bus. There was little time to speak. Anyway, as usual, we all took a pinch of Leesh's Floo Powder and whizzed right into McGonagall's office. I know Andrew was…Floo-ing as well, but it's tradition, and I won't break tradition for a boy! Plus, I explained that to him earlier.

So, I get out of the fire faster than everyone else, because I like to run and expend my energy. I run to the entrance hall and twirl around. Then I spot Andrew, who has obviously spotted me. I run over to him, and he gives me a quick peck on the lips.

Our first kiss! Which was nice, and I was all happy, because it was sweet not some major snogging session that would — forgive me, Arianna and I ended up watching a romantic Muggle movie…or two…together — ruin the moment. Only, I kind of forget it was in the middle of the entrance hall, and forgot that only Trish knew we were dating, and that my friends were behind me. Including the twins.

You may ask, why hadn't I told them earlier? It would have made things a lot easier. The thing is, I was avoiding telling Fred, for reasons unknown to even me, and I wanted to tell him myself so telling Alicia or Lee would have defeated that.

So, they all saw. Then Andrew left (without knowing the situation) to the Great Hall. And I stood there with five people facing me, all shocked. Lee's mouth was actually open. Trish shouldn't have been angry, but apparently she hadn't known I wasn't going to tell anyone and felt I had once again imposed my insanity and social problems upon her.

"So…how was everyone's break?"

A pathetic attempt, I know. I was hoping that Alicia and Trish would work for me, but neither of them did.

"Why don't we take this to the common room?"

I quickly seconded Lee's idea; I was getting a lot of funny looks now and I wasn't too fond of it. So we trudged up the stairs in absolute silence.

Finally plopping down on a sofa, I waited to hear what was coming to me.

"So, what's going on with you and Andrew?" Leesh. I decided I had to tell the full truth, no hesitation. Deep breath.

"He was my secret admirer, Trish aided him, and we've been dating since the last day of term. What you witnessed was our first kiss." Perhaps a little excessive detail, but it goes with my entire "whole truth" motif.

I hung my head at that point because I didn't want to see their reactions. Especially Fred, because even though I DON'T like him, he was the closest thing I have to a prior relationship and I somehow didn't want him to think I was just throwing away whatever bond we had.

Suddenly, I was mobbed with hugs from Alicia. Fred left quickly, but surprisingly not to his dormitory. George smiled nervously and nodded his head, as did Lee before they followed after him.

It was only after dinner, that I learned where Fred had gone.

Authors' Note; I am good! We rolled this one out faster then fast. Truly and I'm on some sort of high from it. Not only that, but we let you all meet Angelina's family, which I'm sure you were all sub consciously wanting to do. Yes, we had fun creating the characters; one sibling based off someone Tev knows, another based on a friend of mine, and a third that was random but bugs both of us. Can you identify who created ho?

I dedicate this chapter to the real life Silly Sue, may he never flame me again. Amen to that, I'll be calling him later.

Dark Hermit Kaelin; Of course I'm good at coming up with strange names for secret operations, everyone has to have a talent, and that's the one I was blessed with. Clearly. As to the second half of your review, I shall let Proma handle the response of your constructive crit. Crit. Nice word. I do agree though, Fred was kind of boring, but nothing really happens to him so I couldn't add much. I did, however, write the letter to add something to it, plus the conversation, because the lack of dialogue would have killed me. The gilded frame…credit to Tev. Haha.

Amber; I am glad you are enjoying the story, I hope you read on from chapter one, it gets much better.

Nikki Weasley; I hope this update was soon enough for you? I'm glad you are still interested in the story. As am I.

The Mysterious M; You gave us drugs! :gasps and points like Shawn and Cory: Me shocked, but thankful none the less. Sorry you had to go to the ER! Yeah, that can't've been fun. Hope it was nothing too serious! I'm glad you think we are brilliant, its always nice to hear. Truly. Not only did we update, but we've done it again! KABAM ...w00t.

Kris; I'm glad you love the randomness, its part of the fun. It is pretty off track, although we do include some plot points. Just those essentials that Fred, Ang, and their friends really will know about. Descriptive? I will try and work on that, tell me which parts in general I need to be more descriptive on. If I recall I wrote something similar in my first review to you. Then again I do that to everyone…Fred could probably be more descriptive as well. Thanks for reviewing! Thanks a BUNCH for reviewing!

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