Yeee ha... chapter 5! This is like, the most chapters I've ever done in my entire life on a story. AND YOU'RE HERE TO WITNESS IT! YEAH!

Livetoeat06- Destiny will definitely be back. ) And I'm not sure about Fred and Angelina... I'm sort of making this up as I go.

Alison- Thanks! I'm kind of focusing on Alicia and George in this story... I might throw in some other stuff. I'm not even sure if Ginny and Harry are dating anymore, but since she's in this chapter, I might put that in.

Purple alien- Unfortunately, Destiny is not going to be fired for purposes later to be revealed. (That sounded cool.) Well, not really. I mean, she's not going to be fired, but I'm not sure why.


Disclaimer: All belongs to J.K. Rowling, except for select characters that are not recognizable from the books by said author.

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True to her word, Alicia stopped by Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes after work that day. She needed to buy some food anyway, so she lugged a gallon of milk and a few shopping bags into the shop with her.

"Alicia!" cried a voice.

"Oh, hey, Ginny! Do you work here?"

The redhead shook her head as she hugged Alicia. "Nope, I work at the ministry. Strange, huh?"

Alicia laughed. "Where are Fred and George?"

"Somewhere. George just broke up with his awful girlfriend, did you know? We're all so happy! We hated her." She smiled gleefully. "I don't have to listen to her say, 'Ginevera, darling! You look adorable! Kisses!' anymore!"

Alicia sighed. "I do. I work with her."

Ginny patted her shoulder sympathetically. "I think they're in the back with Verity." She motioned for Alicia to follow her through the aisles of the store, filled with fireworks, candies, and dental floss.

"What's that?" she asked, pointing to the floss.

"Tie-floss. It ties you to the sink while you're flossing."

Alicia laughed.

"Alicia!" Fred and George both said at the same time.

"Stopped by?" George asked.

"She said she would," Fred reminded him.

"What did you buy?" George asked.

"Milk. Want some?"

They shook their heads.

The chatted for awhile, not mentioning Destiny at all.

"Hey, Alicia," George said. "We were wondering-"

"If we could put an ad-"

"In Magic."

Alicia looked doubtful. "I dunno, guys. Magic isn't really aimed towards a joke-shop crowd."

"Of course it is! We've got tons of beauty potions and stuff."

"Um, okay, I guess. How much are you willing to pay?"

They looked down. "Uh..."

"I was kidding! Do you want to come in tomorrow and meet with the design team to work on it?"

"Definitely! George, you go. I'll take care of the store," Fred decided.

"Great!"

"I'll see you, then," Alicia said, waving. "Bye, Ginny, nice seeing you!"

On her way out the door, she stared in the window of Madame Malkin's robe shop, fighting a battle inside her head on whether or not she should get new robes.

Don't turn into Destiny! one side argued

You're not! You just like looking good, the other side fought back.

You don't need new robes!

Yes, you do! You're old ones have holes!

Alicia sighed, gave in, and went inside. She picked out a few, in peach, light green, light blue, light pink, and a few in black. She'd spent a galleon more than she'd meant to, but she needed clothes.

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"Hey, George," she grinned and led him into her office. She was wearing her brand new blue robe, and a matching headband. "Kelly, she's the main designer, she's not here yet. Do you want to hang out here for awhile?"

He shrugged. "Sure. I'd love to watch my best buddy at an exciting day of work!" He sat down in a chair in front of her desk.

Alicia laughed, and began to pick through the fan mail again.

Almost two minutes passed, Alicia still reading one quite long letter.

"I'm bored," George mentioned casually. "What are you doing?"

"Answering mail," Alicia replied, finally giving up on the letter and crumpling it.

"Can I help?"

"I guess. Here, read this one." She gave him the crumpled letter.

"Dear Alicia..." he began. "Blah, blah, blah, blah, don't like, blah, blah, blah, love, blah, blah, blah, complain, blah blah, blah, sincerely, a bitch- I mean, Karla. Well, that's easy to reply to."

Alicia raised her eyebrows.

"Sure. Dear Karla: Thank you for your long letter. First, double space next time. It hurt my eyes reading that large paragraph." Alicia laughed, and George continued. "Second, if you want us to change things, we certainly don't have time to listen to you complain! Please don't write ever again. Sincerely, the Magic team."

Alicia rolled her eyes. "Thanks, George."

"Anytime. Now, what else can I do?"
"Aleeeecia..." called a voice. "I just do not like-" she stopped short, noticing George, and pursed her lips. "Why is he here?"

"George is putting an ad in the magazine for his store. He was going to meet with the design team to work on it today."

"But Kelly's not here!" Destiny said, her voice rising with every word. "Why is he still here?"

"I wanted to hang out with Alicia for awhile," George said.

"More like you wanted to flirt with Alicia for awhile! I can't believe you'd try to date someone this soon after we broke up!" Destiny was almost screaming now. "
Just then, a large barn owl flew in and dropped a note on Alicia's desk.

She read it quickly, and then frowned. "Kelly's sick, and she won't be in until tomorrow. Do you want to come back then?"

"Can I stay?"

Alicia blinked. "Um... I guess. It gets pretty boring."

Why does he want to stay? Alicia wondered.

"I don't mind."

"I'm probably going to send you out to a ton of places, so I don't have to go anywhere."

"Alrighty."

Alicia shrugged, and finished her mail.

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"Oh, and while you're at it, will you pass out these to everyone?" Alicia handed George a stack of papers with the words "DEADLINE: MAY 4" stamped in large letters on it.

"What are you going to be accomplishing, while I'm off doing your job?" he asked.

"Working on the layout. This is a small office, and I have to do most of everything."

He rolled his eyes, but left her office to make sure everyone had signed up for an article.

"Thanks, George!" Alicia called sweetly.

He turned long enough to make a face at her.

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"Thanks for helping out so much today!" Alicia said to George as they left work together. "Everything was so much easier without me sending owls every five minutes."

"Wait a minute... I did what your OWL normally does?"

"Um... maybe..."

"You suck, Alicia Spinnet."

"I wasn't the one doing owl's work..." Alicia said in a sing-song voice.

"So you admit it!"

She laughed, and shoved him jokingly. He pushed her back, and soon they were shoving each other and laughing all along the way back to Alicia's house.

"So... what made you break up with Destiny?" Alicia asked nonchalantly, a question she'd been dying to ask since yesterday.

He sighed, and stopped walking, a few houses before Alicia's. "I don't know... I think I only dated her because she was hot."

"WHAT?" Alicia shrieked. "I can't believe you, George Weasley! That is so shallow! Is that why you dated me back at Hogwarts? That is the worst reason in the world to-"

"Whoa, Alicia calm down. I was kidding."

"Oh."

"She was really nice to me, but then she just flirted with every other guy in the world."

"Hmm."

They walked silently for awhile, up the porch steps and stood outside her door.

"Thanks again, George, you really helped! I'll see you tomorrow then." Alicia waved, and started to unlock her door.

"Wait... Alicia... I have to ask you something."

Oh, God, is he asking me out? He's asking me out!

"Um... do you want to..." he paused. "I mean, do you want me to come back tomorrow again?"

Alicia looked startled. "Oh, yeah, sure. Bye!"
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It was getting long, so I had to stop there.

I'm going to be gone for a week, and I'm leaving today! So... you'll have to wait a week and a few days for the next chapter.

HAPPY FOURTH, EVERYBODY! \ / sparklers... (pretty lame, I know.)