"OF COURSE WE'LL DO IT!" beamed Fred as he and his twin grinned at the thought of the pranks that they could pull on the cousins of the men who were seated across of them.
"Yea, Lee, Fred and I haven't pulled a prank in a long time. We're always just coming up with jokes for people to prank other people with. I can hardly wait!" said George who was already thinking up schemes in his head, causing Adrian, Terrence, and Marcus to grin.
"This is going to be great! It will finally be fun being one of the pranksters instead of one of the prankees for a change!" said Oliver glaring at Lee, Fred and George since he remembered being the victim of a few of their pranks.
"Don't look at us like that Oliver, you deserved those pranks that Fred, George, and I pulled on you. You were such an overbearing quidditch obsessed prat!" chuckled Lee causing Oliver to shrug.
"That's funny I thought that I was the only one who thought that." Marcus laughed as he nudged Oliver remembering their past rivalry at school.
"Alright I get it! I admit I was a bit of a fanatic, but can we please get back to the subject..." Oliver began but he began pondering about the current situation that they were in. Why on earth would Adrian, Terrence, and Marcus want to sabotage their own cousins?
Oliver cleared his throat and said " Do the three of you fancy Katie, Angelina, and Alicia?" The question caught the three former Slytherins by surprised and all three tried their hardest to think up of excuses.
"OF COURSE NOT!" Adrian began, " What on earth would make you think that? We just happen to feel that the girls and our cousins won't be compatible in the long run. They're way too different from each other!"
The four Gryffindors were funny but they weren't stupid. They had seen the way that Adrian, Terrence, and Marcus looked at the girls. Even when they were arguing they could sense sexual tension between the six people who lived together. Although neither former Gryffindor girls nor the former Slytherin men would admit to ever having feelings for each other, Fred, George, Oliver, and Lee knew that somewhere there were some sort of feelings between them.
"Well, how do you know they aren't compatible? What do you three possibly know about the girls? You haven't been friends with them since you were 12!" said Fred.
"Look I don't know what they personally want right now. I just know that Adrian's cousin isn't right for Katie Fred! He's a Pucey he's got player written all over him! He'll break her heart!" fumed Marcus.
"My cousin is not a player! Nor are all Pucey's players Flint!" Adrian said glaring at Marcus since he took into offense what Marcus had said about Pucey men being players. Marcus sent Adrian an apologetic look and Adrian nodded his forgiveness in return.
" Whatever the both of you!" Terrence started to bellow. He was just thinking of Jonathan and Alicia and what it would be like. The very thought of Alicia and Jonathan left a bad taste in his mouth for some reason. "Alicia's going to be stalked. He'll be in her face all the time. Wherever she goes he'll be there. I just know it!"
" The Flint's do not stalk women! and if there is anyone I feel sorry for it's Angelina, cause she got stuck with your cousin!" Marcus said in retaliation. Adrian not liking Sean from the beginning, just had to get his word in.
"Flint's right, if there anyone who has it bad it is Angelina! Sure Katie might get played, sure Alicia's bound get stalked, but it's poor Angelina who's going to drown to death in a pool of Sean's saliva since he can't stop drooling over her!" Adrian said in irritation.
" So why do you guys care? Like all of you said, you don't have feelings for the girls. Why do you care so much about them dating your cousins?" George interrogated, leaving the men speechless again.
They thought for a while and finally they came up with answers to make sense. Each of them had gotten a little bit closer to at least one of the girls, even if it wasn't the girl that he had been best friends with in the past.
"Look, Alicia and I have become friends again. I know my cousin and she deserves better. My cousin does have a tendency to get a bit obsessive with women. Alicia, Angelina, and maybe Katie are the type of women who need their space." Marcus answered. It wasn't a lie he knew his cousin, and he had thought that this would be just one date, he never thought that they would all hit off so well.
Terrence looked at Fred who he knew had been rather close to Angelina. " Look Angelina and I have grown to be better friends as well. So have I and Katie. Alicia and I aren't that close, who knows we may never get that friendship we had when we were little back. But as for Angelina, sometimes when I look at her I can see pain in her eyes. She needs someone who'll love her for the great woman she is inside, not just her looks. Sean is controlling, insecure, he'll never let her be free to be the woman she is. I doubt he'd even let her out of his sight." Terrence said. He knew his cousin to be jealous and had a rather bad temper when he didn't have his way. He didn't treat women as women he treated them as possessions.
George, Lee, Fred, and Oliver knowing the details of most of Angelina's, Katie's and Alicia's life were now very concerned. Katie and Angelina had received enough bad treatment from the men that dated. If Jonathan was anything like the way Marcus said his he was, Alicia might swear of men just like Katie and Angelina had.
The four Gryffindors finally stopped pestering the Slytherins about their feelings for the girls, not that they would ever admit to having feelings for the girls. They would always stick to saying that they were just concerned.
All men started to discuss everything they knew about their cousins, and the Gryffindors discussed most of the things that they knew the girls didn't like. They had all had come up with a few ideas to sabbotage any relationships that the visiting cousins had with the three former Gryffindor women.
The sun rose early and the three women awoke early. They were extremely exited about taking the orphans to the beach and showing them some fun. It was the perfect time to go, it was the middle of August, and the water was sure to be the perfect temperature to swim in.
Katie and Angelina were all helping Alicia with the food that she had made ready for the beach. It wasn't difficult since the beach was their backyard. After they had finished, it was around 10:30 and the three girls realized that their housemates had yet to wake up.
"TERRINCE HIGGS, MARCUS FLINT, ADRIAN PUCEY! GET YOURSELVES OUT OF BED THIS INSTANT!" demanded Katie from outside their bedroom doors. The girls were feeling a bit playful and waited for their housemates directly outside each of their rooms.
"COME OUT OF THERE MARCUS FLINT!" said Angelina as she smirked at her two best friends who like her, had large pillows in their hands.
"RISE AND SHINE MR. PUCEY! IT'S ALMOST 11:00!" hollered Alicia trying to wake Adrian up.
None of the boys were getting up and the girls all yelled in unison, " THINK ABOUT THE ORPHANS AND THE BEACH!!!"
With that all three boys awoke and opened their doors only to find themselves hit across their faces with goose feathered fellows.
"OH YOU THREE WILL PAY FOR THAT! SEVERELY!" bellowed Marcus and he, Adrian and Terrence made their way to get pillows for themselves.
The girls fearing their retaliation tried made their way and ran down the stairs, but they weren't fast enough because all three men were already catching up with them.
Angelina felt a thud on her bum and turned to see Marcus laughing in his victory.
Out of nowhere Katie jumped onto Marcus's back and yelled, "Get him back Angelina!"
"No Angelina, get Terrence first!", squealed Alicia who had made her way onto Terrence's back giggling.
Angelina was about to attack both boys who were at the mercy of her two best friends but Adrian threw her over his shoulder before she could get to either Marcus or Terrence.
Terrence and Marcus maneuvered the girls from behind them so now they were carrying them bridal style.
The men started tickling the girls in retaliation for the mornings attack.
"Adrian, stop I can hardly breathe!" Angelina squealed since she was laughing so hard from being tickled.
"Alright but first all three of you have to promise not to attack us anymore!" Marcus said as he mercilessly tickled Katie.
"We promise! WE PROMISE!" yelled Alicia who couldn't take the tickling anymore as well.
The boys finally stopped and all of them were laughing. It had been a long time since the six of them had laughed together like this. It almost felt like all times. All of the sudden things fell silent and they all looked at each other.
In order to break the silence, Angelina said, "Look I think we'd all better get ready, we have to pick up the children soon. Everyone nodded and smiled and made their way to get ready for the afternoon.
After they had gotten dressed to pick the children up from the orphanage, Adrian, Terrence and Marcus excused themselves from the girls by saying that they had some friends to pick up as well.
"Oh that's fine, but after you guys come back we have to get your cousins. After all you guys are supposed to be spending time with them too." beamed Alicia who was anxious to get to know Jonathan a bit more.
"Not a problem, not a problem at all!" smiled Adrian. Angelina knew that smile from when they were little. It hadn't changed one bit and she had feeling that he and the boys were up to something, she just didn't know what.
When the boys apparated back, the girls were surprised to see Fred, George, Lee and Oliver with them. That was not at all what they had expected. They had thought the their house guest would bring along some dates for themselves.
Deciding that since there would be seven adults to stay behind without them there, the girls went to get Jonathan, Nicholas, and Sean so that they could some time with them at the beach.
When they got back, the girls introduced Fred, George,Lee, and Oliver to the two week guest. Upon meeting Sean, Jonathan, and Nicholas, the four Gryffindor men immediately had an eerie feeling about the three men who were currently wooing their three female friends. They decided that all there plans would fall through today.
While Angelina, Alicia, and Katie were looking after the children, Adrian motioned for their cousins to join the men, who were all drinking butterbeer.
"So Sean, I see you've taken a keen interest in my good friend Angelina." said Fred as he handed a bottle of butterbeer to Sean.
Oliver handed butterbeers to Jonathan and Nicholas as well. " I don't blame the three of you in taking an interest in them. They're all great girls. They're our closest girlfriends."
"How close?" asked Jonathan suspiciously as he eyed Fred, George, Oliver and Lee.
"Oh we're very close. We know basically everything about them, and we hang out quite often. They're the funnest girls we know. Would you gents care for some chocolate? They're a rare blend." said Lee as he exchanged glances with Fred, George, and Oliver who tried to keep a straight face.
Adrian, Marcus, and Terrence all had smirks on their faces knowing that no one should ever take offers from Lee, Fred, or George cause there was usually something amiss about it.
"You all hang out often? Like they go out with you all the time?" asked Nicholas who had narrowed his eyebrows at the four men.
"Yea, they are our friends. You men don't have a problem with that do you?" asked George as he eyed the three men. Who all looked like they were bothered by the subject.
"No not at all." replied Sean through gritted teeth.
"Well you shouldn't, it's not like any of you are they're boyfriends yet. I mean you've only known the girls for a day." said Fred who earned himself death glares from the three men who were getting more infuriated and jealous.
Before they could converse anymore, they heard Alicia's voice yell out " OI, FOOD'S READY COME AND GET IT!"
With that, the 10 men came rushing over to the table. Nicholas, Sean, and Jonathan immediately made their way to take their seats next to Katie, Angelina, and Alicia, which annoyed Marcus, Adrian, and Terrence.
However the boys just held everything in knowing that something was about to happen.
As they were eating, rumbling was heard and it came from the directions of Nicholas, Sean, and Jonathan.
"Sean are you alright?" asked Angelina with a look of concern on her face. "Yea Angel..." a loud farting noice was heard before Sean could finish his sentence. It reaked a terrible order and Angelina tried to hold her breath as so not to embarrass Sean.
Not to short after, Nicholas and Jonathan started letting out farting noises and all the girls faces started to turn green. The smell was so pungeunt.
Katie started eyeing Lee, Fred, George, and Oliver and gave them all a knowing look. Alicia and Angelina did the same thing.
"Excuse us gentlemen, but we need to talk to our friends in private." said Alicia, and she motioned for Angelina and Katie to get up with her.
The girls eyed the Gryffindor males and motioned for them to follow. Adrian, Marcus, and Terrence eyed the them as they left.
" Alright spill, it what did the four of you do?" demanded Angelina. However, the four men just grinned and gave them innocent looks. They explained nothing and calmy went back to the table and enjoyed the rest of their meals. Leaving the girls unsatisfied.
" KATIE, ANGELINA, ALICIA, CAN WE GO SWIMMING?" yelled one of the boys who the girls recognized as Harvey.
"SURE, WE'LL BE RIGHT THERE." answered Alicia and the girls took their shirts off and revealed the bikini's they were wearing under.
Fred, George, Oliver, and Lee thought them beautiful, but they saw them as nothing more than friends.
Adrian however nearly lost his mind when he saw Angelina's mile long mocha colored legs and beautiful toned body. Her red bikini could not hide that she had full breast.
Terrence had his eyes glued to Alicia. Her body was to die for. Her smooth skin
looked beautiful as the sunlight shown on her and her black bikini top and bottom..
As for the blue eye blonde, Katie held Marcus' eyes captive. She was gorgeous in her baby blue get up. Marcus tried not to stare to hard at her curves.
"You gentlemen can stop staring, it's disturbing." laughed Fred, who regarded Katie, Angelina, and Alicia like sisters. Adrian, Marcus, and Terrence were snapped back into reality, without going unnoticed by the four Gryffindor males. Oliver, George, Lee and Fred were all wearing smirks on their faces.
"We were not staring!" Marcus said coolly yet unconvincingly. The four Gryffindors just nodded but kept their knowing smirks.
Angelina, Katie, and Alicia started going towards the beach with some of the children.
As the women kept playing with the children, Jonathan, Sean, and Nicholas came up near Fred, George, Oliver, and Lee as well as near their cousins.
All three of them were red in the face and were full of anger. " Alright, I don't what the bloody hell you four did to us, but it's payback." said an enraged Nicholas Pucey. He was so angry for looking like a fool in front Katie and so were his other two companions.
"I'm afraid we have no idea what your talking about." said George nonchalantly while he, Fred, George, Lee and Oliver kept smirks on their faces.
"You know exactly what we're talking about!" roared Sean who's face was as red as tomato". The Gryffindor men just kept smirking shaking their heads pretending to be innocent. Adrian, Terrence, and Marcus remained silent feeling somewhat guilty for being in on the plan, and being the ones who wanted the plan hatched in the first place.
Jonathan suddenly eyed them, and said " You three are awfully silent, I bet you three were in on the whole thing. I bet anything this was all your idea!". He had such a look of fury, that all the men knew avoiding conflict.
"YEAH YOU PROBABLY WANTED ANGELINA, KATIE, AND ALICIA FOR YOURSELVES!" yelled Sean as he and his friends started to advance towards them.
"Look we have no idea what you're talking about, you're all paranoid." said Adrian as if he was talking about the weather showing no fear at all.
After a few minutes the three furious men turned their attentions, to Fred, George, Lee, and Oliver. " You four may be their close friends, but that won't be for long. We're going to change all that!" said Nicholas with such conviction and venom in his voice that it stirred anger in the four Gryffindors, as well as the girl's housemates.
"Who the hell do you three think you are! You barely know them, and you think you can control them!" yelled Lee as he began to make fist.
"If you think they're going to do as their told, you don't know them at all. And we will keep seeing our friends weather you like or not!" bellowed Oliver.
With that the four Gryffindors and the three guest started to go at it. Adrian, Terrence, and Marcus tried to break the fight up so as not to cause a scene but were unsuccessful.
The girls, who were preoccuppied playing with the children were oblivious to the fact that something was even wrong. Until, a they heard a young girl screaming in horror as.
Angelina, Alicia, and Katie turned to look at what the screaming was about, and witnessed some of the children staring and gaping at the grown men who were fighting. They immediately, made their way to the children and started to gather so that they could calm down. They sat them at benches that were not too far from sight. After they made their way towards the fighting men.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!!!!" yelled Alicia as Angelina and Katie gave the seven gentlemen who were fighting death glares.
"YEAH IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO FIGHT, OR SHOW VIOLENCE DON'T DO IT FRONT OF THE CHILDREN!!!!" bellowed Angelina who was really upset.
"What's going on here Leesh is that you're so called house guest are being more like house pest!" bellowed Oliver who was just about to take another shot at Nicholas, but Angelina and Katie held him back.
" Oh that's right! Can't think of anything better to say. That's probably because all you know about is quidditch. Barbaric game, that quidditch, it's only for the dumb and useless!" spat out Nicholas. The three girls were not happy seeing as how they were professional quidditch players themselves.
"I'm sorry you feel that way Nicholas, Angelina, Alicia and I are quidditch players ourselves so that must mean we're stupid and useless!" said a red faced Katie. Marcus was happy Katie was getting to see Nicholas's true colors. From the look of things Nicholas's dreams of Katie would be coming to a holt before the day was over.
"Well, I'm sorry Katie but as long as you're with me it's all going to have to stop." said Nicholas in such a domineering way. All the Gryffindors, and the girl's housemates were all smirks because they knew that Nicholas just got himself into even more trouble. Katie held her tongue for now just because she wanted to know the rest of the story.
Angelina who wanted to hear more of how the fist fighting started, gave Fred and George questioning looks. " Well how did the fist fight start?"
"Well let's see you're arrogant guests started getting angry at us because they had gas issues which we had absolutely nothing to with and they started making arrogant remarks that it triggered the fight!" explained Fred with puppy dog eyes, that always made Angelina laugh and she couldn't stay mad at Fred.
When Sean saw Angelina laugh, it triggered jealousy and he bellowed " Look I know, that these four had something to do with that. How dare you laugh! I FORBID YOU TO SEE THESE FOUR EVER AGAIN!"
Angelina just burst into laughter, thinking it was the most idiotic thing she'd ever heard in her life. Who the hell did the man think he was? He barely knew her, they weren't even boyfriend and girlfriend and he was already telling her who she could see and not see.
Adrian now too had a smirk on his face. This was great, their cousins were ruining their chances with the girls all by themselves. This was sure to be over soon.
Alicia was curious as to what remarks the men had made that had caused such violence. " What did you three say? Fred, George, Oliver, and Lee don't usually get into fights unless it's for a good reason." she asked as she eyed Jonathan, Nicholas, and Sean.
"Oh I'll tell you exactly what they said" began Lee, " They claimed, that we would never see you four again if they had their way. Do you see how controlling they are ladies? Look we're your close friends, we know what's best for you. And you three are way too good for them!"
"Can it dreadlocks! You'll never see Alicia again. She'll choose me over you any day, if she wants to have something good in her life." said Jonathan glaring at Lee.
Alicia looked at Jonathan as if he were delusional. Just then a little boy came up to Alicia wanting to play.
Jonathan who never liked kids, glared at the young boy, scaring him back to the bench. Alicia, who witnessed the whole thing looked at him with such anger. " Why'd you have to look at him like that he's just a young boy? You're such a brute."
"Look, Alicia I don't like kids, I never have and I never will. Once you and I are married it will just be you and me. We're not having any children." demanded Jonathan leaving Alicia disgusted.
Terrence saw the look on Alicia's face, and that it was over for Alicia and Jonathan. He got confirmation as he Alicia said, " You're right Jonathan, we're not having kids, because you're delusional to think that I'd want to marry someone like you , let alone have kids with you. Get some psychiatric help for yourself you freak!" With that, she stormed off and made her way towards the children.
"I'm going to go with Alicia, she needs help with the kids. And the reason we're here was to be with the kids in the first place, it's suppose to fun for them." said Angelina. She started to make her way towards the children but Sean grabbed her by the arm.
He looked at her in the eye demanding every bit of her attention. "Look, I want you to promise you'll never see these four boys ever again. It's either me or them. Take your pick." Angelina began to laugh dryly.
She then looked at Sean with seriously. "Look I've known them since I was eleven, we've been in the same house together at Hogwarts, we played for the same team, we've been there for each other when we've needed to be. All four of them are like brothers to me. You're an idiot to think I'd choose you ever them." All the Gryffindor males were now wearing smug looks on their faces. Sean was left standing dumbfounded.
Angelina made her way to go towards Alicia, but before she left, she looked at Sean one more time and said, " Oh and I forbid you to come five hundred miles near me."
Adrian was in a much better mood, and he made his way to go towards the children as well.
Nicholas analyzed the look on Katie's face, and he could tell that Katie was going to the same thing Angelina, and Alicia did to the boys and he wasn't going to have it.
"Katie, if you even think of dumping me it will be the biggest regret of your life!" he yelled out that Alicia, and Angelina even heard and came rushing back leaving the children with Adrian. They knew this was that last sort of thing Katie needed to hear.
Oliver, Fred, George, and Lee had clenched fist. Katie was reminded of Mason in that instant. The words were almost exactly the same.
Katie was angry and she yelled, " Listen Nicholas, I do not need you in my life. I barely know you. You're already being controlling so just shut up and stay the hell out of my life!" Her voice was trembling as she said it. Marcus eyed her and he wondered how bad it did go with her ex boyfriend. He felt sorry for her.
Katie was making her way closer to Angelina and Alicia who had were already waiting with open arms, but then Nicholas grabbed with force and made her look him in the eye as he said, " No one turns me down, don't make that mistake of saying no to me Katie, I always get what I want".
Angelina and Alicia were ready to attack him, as they saw Nicholas grab Katie, but they were held back Adrian and Terrence who didn't want them to get hurt. Fred, George, Lee, and Oliver were ready to attack as well, but before any of them could get near Nicholas, Marcus got to him first.
Marcus proceeded to grab Nicholas by the collar, and he said in dangerously low voice that was shaking with anger, " Don't you ever touch her like that again. The only time you'll hurt her is over my dead body!" Katie was shocked and so was everyone else. Right there and then she had a glimpse of her childhood best friend who saved her from all the bullies who tried to attack her.
Nicholas let her go and he had fear in his eyes because he knew that Marcus was not about to be trifled with. Marcus looked to Fred, George, Lee, and Oliver and said " Would you four mind, playing with the children for a little bit, I think the girls, Adrian, Terrence and I have to clean the beach up of its trash".
With that the six housemates pointed their wands and made Sean, Jonathan, and Nicholas vanish from their beach.
Angelina, and Alicia looked to Katie who had watery eyes. Angelina opened her arms wide for Katie to get into. Angelina hugged her as she wept and Alicia stroked her hair and her back. Terrence, Marcus, and Adrian eyed the Katie who was crying seemed to keep increasing.
"Shhh...it's okay honey we'll help you get through this, we're here." said Angelina as she and Alicia tried to calm her down.
Through sobs Katie said, " Why is it that they all like to hurt me! What's wrong with me?" The girl seemed to be in such despair.
"Oh Kate's it's not you it's them. The right guy will come and he'll treat you like a princess. He won't lay a hand on you. I promise." said Alicia softly.
All the men heard this and saw how close the girls really were. If they were like brothers, they were certainly a lot like sisters.
Marcus however, was filled with pity for Katie, and he promised himself that he wouldn't let anyone hurt her, again weather she wanted his protection or not, he would keep her safe.
When it was sunset, everyone had cleaned up and decided to let the children stay at the estate to sleep since there were lots of rooms in the house. When all the children were asleep George, Fred, Oliver, and Lee made their way to leave and they each gave Katie, Alicia, and Angelina a hug and kisses on the cheeks. They pretended to try to give kisses to Adrian, Terrence, and Marcus who pretended to give them back causing the girls to laugh.
When everyone was gone, Angelina looked at Adrian, Terrence, and Marcus in wonder. " Why are you looking at us like that Ms. Johnson?" grinned Marcus.
"I don't know, just wondering I guess." she said as she looked at them again, she looked like she was thinking.
"Wondering about what?" asked Adrian with a questioning look upon his face.
"Well, I was just wondering how on earth could people who shared the same blood be so different." she smiled. Alicia and Katie were now smiling as well and nodded in agreement.
Alicia now had a look of concern on her face. Terrence couldn't help but notice and asked her what was wrong.
She shook her head and said, " I just hope you're families won't be angry that you took ours and Fred, George, Oliver, and Lee's side. I mean you're all blood, and it's suppose to be thicker than water."
"Well Fred, George, Oliver, Lee, and the three of us were all on the same side to begin with." said Terrence who received glares from Adrian and Marcus, and looks of confusion from all three of the girls.
"Wait, what's that suppose to mean?" questioned Katie as she yawned. She was feeling tired.
"Look it's a long story and it's getting late, we'll tell you three in the morning." Adrian said, and he made his way up the stairs to his room.
Angelina, Alicia, and Terrence proceeded to head to their rooms too. It was only Katie and Marcus who had yet to go. Katie stalled on purpose because she wanted to say something to Marcus.
As Marcus made his way to get up, Katie tugged on his shirt, causing him to turn around and face her. Her eyes looked watery again and it looked like she was about to cry.
Then suddenly, she hugged him tightly and gave him a peck on the cheek, and whispered, " Thank you for defending me. It was nice to see a glimpse of my old best friend."
With that she let go and made her way to her room. Marcus noticed a single tear fall from her eye before she left. He didn't know why but he felt like he could feel her pain and it as if something tugged at his heart when she thanked him.
As he walked towards the stared he smiled to himself because he saw a glimmer of hope of getting the friendship he had with Katie back. He also smiled because he knew that if there was hope for him and Katie getting their friendship back, there was definitely of hope for Adrian and Terrence of gaining their rare friendships back with Angelina, and Alicia.
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A/N Sorry I haven't updated in so long, I've been really busy with school. I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter. Just to let you all know, I've also decided to write a sequel to my first story "Love From The Unexpected" so please be on the lookout for that one. I will update this story ASAP. I don't mean like in months. I have some time now so I'll be updating at least once a week. Again thank you all for your reviews.