OH MY GOD! I'm so sorry for not updating sooner but it was just my birthday and I was busy planning my party. Then after my birthday was school. I have to tell you, my teacher sucks. I barely have time to eat dinner with all my homework! Anyways I'm so sorry and here is the next chapter.

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Chapter 12- Friends Come Together

She had been pondering the same question the whole night. The answer never seemed positive though. It was always maybe, maybe they'll say yes or maybe they'll say no. Alicia never doubted that they hadn't thought this over before.

Alicia got out of bed. She wanted to ask the question but she didn't want to be rejected. If they said no this could be the last time Alicia ever saw them.

"Morning sleepyhead!" Katie said cheerfully. "Breakfast will be ready soon so why don't you get ready and start packing a few things. Then we'll take you over to the Portkey store later this afternoon."

Alicia simply nodded since she was too lazy to talk. Then she walked into the bathroom to brush her teeth.

While eating her bacon Alicia knew she should ask the question. To start things off simply she asked, "Does the medical field pay a lot here?"

"It gives quite a bit but we wouldn't call ourselves rich," Lee answered. Then he took a huge egg and stuffed it in his mouth.

Seeing since Lee couldn't talk any longer she turned to Katie. "Well what do you use all your money for? Like what do you guys usually buy?"

"Hun, do you need a loan or something cause we have plenty to spare? How does five hundred sound?" Katie assumed looking very concerned.

"No it's not that…" She was afraid to go on any further. Alicia looked around the house and saw how cozy and comfortable it was.

"Go on," Katie urged.

"I was wondering…"

"Bloody hell Alicia, just spit it out you're making me nervous!" Lee joked.

"I was wondering… would you like to come back to England?"

Lee and Katie looked at each other nervously and then back at Alicia. Katie then looked back at her plate while Lee supported his head on his hand. Lee opened his mouth to speak but Katie tapped his hand to silence him. "Alicia, don't get us wrong, we have thought about it and we would love to go back…"

"Then come back with me! What's stopping you?" Alicia said.

They exchanged glances once more before talking. "We belong here," Katie simply said.

"No you don't! You belong back in England with all of your friends!" Alicia argued.

"It's hard to explain…" Lee trailed off.

"We just felt that we had to stay," Katie stated.

"But don't you see that we miss you so much at home?" Alicia whined. 'Maybe if I play the victim they'll go home,' Alicia thought.

"Can't you see? It just feels right."

"But it shouldn't! Don't you miss your friends anymore?" Alicia argued.

"I found my calling!" Katie burst out.

Flashback

"What do you wanna do once you leave Hogwarts, Alicia?" Angelina asked her while biting the leg off her chocolate frog. They were staying up late and hanging out with sweets in Alicia and Angelina's dorm.

"Stop! Why do you guys always wanna talk about this subject! It's so depressing," Katie complained.

"Shut up Katie! Angie and I are graduating in two months and this constant reminder tells me, 'Get your freaking life straight!' you know?" Alicia said using her hands to demonstrate her words.

"It's still depressing though…"

"Anyways… I've always planned on cooking," Angelina said to join the conversation.

"Yeah, even Slytherin knows you can freaking cook!" Alicia joked.

"I know," Katie agreed.

"I agree I'm so special!" Angelina laughed while getting attacked by her friend's pillows.

"I've always dreamed of playing professional Quidditch," Alicia answered.

"Hey, what's your dream? Like what do you really want to do but is like highly unlikely?" Katie asked.

"You're just saying that cause you don't like us talking about our futures," Alicia joked again.

"No seriously."

"You mean like destiny? Or fate?" Angelina questioned.

"No, more like a calling, you know, like something you know you're supposed to do…"

"I've never thought about that," Alicia admitted.

They each discussed very impossible and ridiculous futures that each ended up in fame, popularity, or making a significant discovery. Finally Katie thought of a good idea. "How about once we found our calling we have to do something? Like once we found it do some ritual or something?" she suggested.

"Yeah! How about we write down everything that's like negative about our lives-"Alicia started.

"And then we burn it hoping for a new start once we found this so-called 'calling'" Angelina said making quotes with her fingers.

"That's a good idea," Katie said.

"I'm chalk-full of them!" she joked.

Then they spent the rest of the night writing everything bad and negative about their lives hoping one day they would burn it happiness.

End Flashback

"What!" Alicia and Lee asked out of shock and confusion.

"That's right! I found my calling!"

"Did you burn it yet?" Alicia asked hoping she hadn't missed something so significant.

"Burn what?" Lee asked bewildered.

"It's a long story," Katie said to hush him.

Alicia calmed down. Katie had found her calling. She couldn't argue with that, and besides Katie was happy. How could you argue with someone so happy with her fate? She couldn't believe it, not only had had Katie found her calling before anyone else, she was extremely fond of it.

"Oh," Alicia said as she got back up. "I gotta go back to my room and pack. See you all later." Then she left and as she was walking down the hallway she heard Katie explain that wonderful moment to Lee.

They were walking down the street to the Portkey store. Alicia hadn't said a lot since then. What was she supposed to say? Sure she was happy for Katie but why did her calling have to keep her away from her friends? She hoped when she found her calling she wouldn't be separated from Angelina which would kill both of them.

"Leesh, look I'm sorry but I can't go back," Katie said in a desperate attempt to get Alicia talking again.

"Yeah Katie, and I'm really happy for you." She looked up and tried to smile as she looked up. Alicia still couldn't tell if she was lying or not.

"We're here," Lee announced as they stepped in front of the store.

Alicia and Katie walked in while Lee levitated Alicia's trunk behind them. She walked up to the counter where it was a different lady but she seemed to be the other girl's sister. Showing her the piece of paper she yelled over her shoulder in Egyptian that Alicia must have known were instructions for the Portkey. Then the lady from a couple of days ago that was at the counter walked out with a boot for the Portkey.

"I guess this is good-bye," Katie stated.

"Yeah, I'll be sure to tell Angelina, Fred, and George about you guys," Alicia reassured her.

"And tell them that we'll write soon with our apologies for not keeping in touch," Lee said.

Then they said more good-byes and many hugs. Nodding to them both with a smile she took hole of her trunk and then took the boot.

The dizzy feeling she got took over her but soon enough she felt solid ground underneath her. She opened her right eye first to see her surroundings and when she knew everything was safe she opened the other. It was the Portkey store that she had gone to days before except it was daylight.

She then greeted the same man at the counter and walked out the door excited about telling Angelina all about what happened.

The apartment was empty when Alicia got there. 'George must be at work,' she thought but she still didn't know if he was angry at her. Then she decided that she would tell him when he got home and wrote a letter to Angelina to get to her apartment as fast as she could.

She was there in fifteen minutes flat. Alicia started rambling about everything Angelina had to slow her down to understand her. "Now what's this about Lee and Katie? What about Fred? Talk slowly," Angelina said confused.

Alicia took a breath and then explained everything and every detail about her trip to Egypt. She described everything from the hotel room to Lee and Katie to finding a cure to Fred's disease. "What the helicopter?" Angelina said because she didn't like to swear, "You know how to cure Fred and you found Lee and Katie!"

"Yeah, and Katie, she found her c-calling," she didn't know why saying that disappointed her that much. Maybe it was anger at herself for not keeping in touch with such a friend.

"Really? Did she burn the parchment yet?"

"No, I think she's waiting for us," Alicia answered.

"Well you know what we have to do now don't you?" Angelina asked making it sound obvious about what they were supposed to do now.

"What?"

"Cure Fred silly!" Angelina yelled excitedly and the grabbed Alicia by the arm and apparated towards St. Mungo's.

Alicia stirred the potion which was now clear as water. They had two default potions already where one turned bright orange and the other turned black and when some spilled on the floor a hole burnt right through. (Cho was not happy about the floor either.) This one was transparent though and that was exactly how it was supposed to be. "I need those finely chopped roots now and don't forget they have to be in perfect cubes," Alicia ordered.

"Yeah, yeah, stop being so picky."

"Don't forget we're trying to cure your boyfriend here. And we need perfect cubes or do you want it to end up like that black crap we cooked up last time?" Alicia asked frustrated.

"Okay already! Here are your cubes," Angelina said while tossing the root cubes into the potion one by one.

"Now all we need is some armadillo oil that will mix with water. What the hell? Where are we supposed to find that?" Alicia asked.

"Here it is, are you sure you didn't drink one of our retarded potions and went blind?" Angelina asked passing her the oil.

"Yes, I'm very sure," Alicia assured her as she stirred the potion in to a milky white.

It was two hours later and Alicia and Angelina had stepped out to dinner while they waited for the potion to simmer. Now it was no longer white but yellow. "Are you sure it's supposed to be yellow?" Angelina asked uncertainly.

"Yes, it says so right here," Alicia said pointing to the page.

"That doesn't say yellow, that's a 'b'! The potion supposed to bellow! Quick, what does it sound like?"

"You idiot! No wonder Snape never liked you," Alicia pointed out while scooping some of the contents into a cup that they were going to pour into Fred's mouth.

Alicia, being a skilled healer was the one to pour it. Opening his mouth gently she poured the potion very slowly. Eventually the potion dripped into his mouth. When he had taken enough she stopped pouring and closed his mouth. Almost immediately Fred started stirring.

Yeah! I made a cliffy! Sorry this chapter's kind of short but I was in a rush to get it out. I might take a while to update again considering school has just started and I'm already getting tons of homework. Remember the poll is still open and reviews are appreciated!