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Chapter Three - Moving Too Fast
George waited rather impatiently for the night to begin. He hadn't seen Katie at all since lunch and was growing restless waiting to see the girl he couldn't stop thinking about.
The time finally came for George to get ready for the date when he realized that though he had been spending the whole day thinking about the date, he hadn't come up with anyplace to go. In fact, he didn't know if Katie or he was supposed to be the one to plan it.
He decided that it would be smart to at least have something ready for her if he was supposed to.
As he got ready, he tried to think of the perfect scene for a date with the prettiest girl in Gryffindor when it donned on him. He smiled and finished getting ready, waiting in the common room 10 minutes early.
Katie looked in the mirror for what felt like the thousandth time that day to make sure that her hair, makeup, and clothes were all perfect. She was never this nervous for dates. She didn't know what had happened to her. This never happened when she was going out with Fred, and they were TWINS for crying out loud.
But whether she liked it or not, this was the most excited she had been all year. She checked her watch. Ten minutes until her date with the most gorgeous boy in Gryffindor.
'Wait, what?!' she asked herself, 'since when is George Weasley the most gorgeous boy in Gryffindor? Since when is he even on the scale?' she had never thought of George as more than a friend until the night before, but since then, he was all she could think about. She had even managed to forget about Fred and Angelina for hours at a time daydreaming about the time that she was going to have with George.
"Speak of the devil" she whispered to herself when the little whore walked into the room.
"What was that?" Angelina asked, readying herself for the arse whopping she was sure to get after cheating with Fred.
"Oh nothing", Katie scowled, "I was just musing over how lucky I am to have George in my life.
"Since, you know, my ex best friend and boyfriend are finally out of it."
Angelina was surprised; this was the first she had heard of Katie and George going out.
Katie caught the look. "Surprised are you?" Katie sneered, "Didn't think I could do better than the dirty, cheating twin? What makes you think that he won't do the exact same thing to you?"
Angelina was thoroughly taken aback. Katie just didn't talk like this. "I- I didn't mean- I don't think he would-"
"Don't think he would what?" Katie asked cruelly, "cheat on you, the tolerable looking chaser from the quidditch team? Don't think we haven't discussed it. You are nothing but a phase, and when he gets over you, he'll throw you aside like the trash you are"
Angelina took a step back. "WHAT happened to you?" she asked, almost scared of the stranger before her. Katie was usually so sweet. She didn't know what to think of this.
"What happened to me?" Katie asked, sneering once again, "hmmm, let me think about that. It could POSSIBLY be the fact that my best friend and my boyfriend went behind my back, but…" she feigned a thoughtful look "it just might be the fact that it feels good. It feels good to be with a man who actually wants to be with me, it feels GREAT to finally know who I can and can not trust, and it feels even better to rub your face in it."
She looked from Angelina to the magical watch she brought to Hogwarts. "Oh! Look at the time. I have a date. I'll have to see you later" and with that, she grabbed her purse, swung it over her shoulder and made her way to the common room where George patiently awaited"
George watched Katie walk down the stairs to the common room with a smug little smile on her face and he couldn't help but to smile too. The girl just had a glow that made him want to jump around.
This both made George happy and confused. He didn't know quite what to think about how fast he was getting over Angelina. He hadn't seen his brother or Angelina up close since he found out about the cheating. It seemed as though they were avoiding him.
'Damn right they better' he thought to himself. He had absolutely no clue what he would say to his brother when he saw him, but also knew that it was not something Fred should look forward to.
Lost in thought about the betrayal of his best friend and girlfriend, he was actually surprised when Katie walked up and tapped him on the shoulder. Surprised, but definitely not displeased.
He smiled and put his hand behind her back and started to lead her out of the common room,
"You look… beautiful," he said, trying to come up with a word that could describe the perfection that Katie portrayed.
Katie blushed and smiled, "Thank you" she said in a squeaky voice not her own. 'Whoa! Where did that come from?' she asked herself. Being nervous before the date was one thing, but now she was squeaking when she spoke to him? Not okay.'
She cleared her throat, "I mean- thank you."
George smiled and continued to lead her down a hallway and towards a moving staircase. "I have got the perfect place for us tonight" he told her.
When Katie saw the excited look on George's face, she found herself getting excited as well.
"Where?" she asked him, curiously.
"Just wait" he said, looking pleased that she was as excited as he was.
He led her down a few staircases and through some unfamiliar corridors in silence until he came upon an old mirror at the end of a dead end hallway. Katie was confused and looked at George, figuring they had made a mistake on their maze of a journey to get to the mysterious destination.
George smiled, satisfied that she was as thoroughly confused as she should have been. "Fancena Potrilinis" he whispered to the mirror. As soon as he did, the mirror slid back to reveal a dark, hidden room.
"Arkos Lumos" he said, smiling at the wonder he was sure lit Katie's eyes. The room burst into light in a way unusual for such a weak spell.
It took Katie's eyes a moment to adjust to the light, but when she did she was completely at awe with what she saw before her. In reality, the brightly lit room was nothing more than what had at one time been a tall, rather majestic classroom, but was now much more interesting.
On the black and scarlet walls hung framed posters of quidditch players and teams along with one empty vertical portrait, that would have stricken Katie as strange if the rest of the room hadn't been even more alluring. Along the walls there were cushy looking couches and beanbag chairs in a wide assortment of colors, shapes, and fabrics.
In the center of the room, stood a wide oak table filled with the oddest assortment of random objects Katie had ever seen. Some shrieked, some bounced, some zoomed across the table, none with an evident meaning, but all mysterious. Even odder than the empty portrait, the random doodads, or even the room itself was the large silver orb that hung over the center table. It seemed to glow and lit the entire room. It captivated her. She couldn't look away.
Watching Katie take in the room was worth the risk of showing it to her all together. When he found her eyes resting on the orb, he figured it was time to start explaining. "It's called an empower orb" George said, leaning over Katie's shoulder and breaking her concentration.
"An- a what?!" Katie asked. She had never heard of such a thing.
"An empower orb" George repeated, "Me and-" he broke off mid-sentence, the thought of his brother still hurt "-Me and my brother made it" he finished, looking as though it hurt to even mention Fred.
"Is it just some sort of light?" Katie asked, trying to understand why it was necessary when light could be shed with a simple spell that didn't involve anything hanging on the ceiling.
"No" George said, beginning to smile, "this is much more impressive than any old light could ever be". He looked at Katie, enjoying every second of the confusion written all across her face.
"Okay, I'll bite" Katie rolled her eyes, "What exactly does an 'empower orb' do?"
George smiled wider. "Well, in a nutshell, it takes any spell you perform within this room, you can say 'Arkos' in front of and it will multiply the spell power to effect everything you wish within this room"
When he saw that Katie still looked confused, he decided to demonstrate. "Okay, so today we're on a date, right?"
Katie nodded, as this was an obvious question. Why he brought this up was slightly less obvious.
"So I'd say that it'd be good if we had a slightly more… atmospheric room than this." He looked to see Katie smiling at him as though he was crazy. "Now think of the most romantic date you can possibly think of"
Katie blushed and obliged. She vaguely heard George reciting some spell, but before she could react, the whole room changed. Instead of a hardwood floor, she was now standing in the center of a red and white plaid blanket, under a bright shining sun, but in the shade of a large oak tree. She looked around her and saw a beautiful scenic view from every direction. Someone grabbed her shoulder from the back and she turned around to see George smiling at her with a surprised look on his face.
"You, Katie bell, do not cease to amaze me." He said, shaking his head and laughing to himself.
"I--''Katie started, confused, "I amaze you? You just did a single spell and we somehow left Hogwarts, the unaparatable school, to come here and I somehow amaze you."
George laughed and she joined him. "No. The magic is easy, I could teach you. to be honest, it's all an illusion. I cast a spell to send you into a daydream, but the orb strengthens the spell so much, it gives you a sort of… virtual reality and sucks me in too. If you really wanted to test it, it wouldn't be hard. Just walk about ten yards in any direction and you'll find yourself running into a hard surface. That would be the walls of the room. The orb amplifies any spell sent at it."
Katie looked at him with pure awe. This was the most amazing thing she had ever seen. It all looked so real, so perfect. It was hard to believe it was only an illusion. She was about to say something when George cut her off.
"What amazes me is that you not only chose a beautiful scenic picnic, but you have such an imagination. You created a whole new world with your mind. That isn't something that most people can do. Mostly you are within a room, but when outside, things are cut out or missing from the picture. You should be an artist. This is beautiful"
Katie blushed and thanked him. "So is the food edible?" she asked
"Of course!" George replied with a wink, "Why would I take you on a date where there can be no eating?" With that, he opened the basket, patted the blanket next to him, signaling Katie to sit down, and laid out the food in front of them.
The date was full of pleasant and frivolous discussion ranging from quidditch to classes to the divorce of the lead singer of the weird sisters, nothing too heavy, just as a first date should be.
Hours passed and soon it was past midnight , even though in the world they were in, the sun was shining brightly.
"I think it's about time that we should go." George said, sad to have to leave such a pleasant date.
Katie nodded in agreement, knowing that it was well past curfew.
"Arkos Finite Imagero" George said, pointing his wand at the sun over head. Katie watched in wonder as the sun, scenery, and even the blanket beneath them slowly disappeared to reveal her and George sitting in the middle of a hardwood floor, looking rather silly.
They stood up and dusted themselves off when reality hit Katie hard. "How are we going to get back to the dorms?" she asked George, knowing full well that if they tried simply walking back they would get detention for sure.
George smiled knowingly and pointed to her and himself in turn silently casting disillusionment spell on them both.
Katie looked at George in relief, knowing that this was not a spell your average fifth year could cast. "Thank you" she whispered, then grabbed his hand and they began running down the labyrinth of hallways toward the Gryffindor common room.
Once there, they whispered the password to a very aggravated fat lady, and entered to find the common room completely empty.
George walked Katie to the bottom of the girls staircase and smiled, "I had a really good time with you, I hope we can do it again" he told her, smiling inside and out with nerves.
"So did I. we should make this a regular type of thing." She said awkwardly and leaned in for a kiss.
The kiss, just like their last, started out sweet and innocent but soon became much more. Before he knew what was happening, George was pushed up against the wall near the stairs locked in a kiss unlike any he had ever experienced before.
"Katie" he moaned, unable to help himself.
"Mmm" she replied, "Fred"
His eyes widened and he slid down the wall, shocked.
It took a moment for Katie to register what she had done. "Oh shit." She said, completely monotone.
'Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit', she thought to herself, 'HOW could I have just done that? I didn't mean that! I have absolutely NO feelings for Fred whatsoever! I'll just have to tell him that'
As Katie was talking to herself, George stood up and walked in a stupor toward the couches of the common room. Katie followed uncertainly.
"George, I never meant to-" she started, but was cut off by the red head next to her.
"Katie, we can't do this." George said more to his feet than to the girl sitting beside him.
Katie took a deep breath and nodded, "You're probably right." She said, desperately looking at George for some sort of eye contact, anything to tell her that she hadn't ruined everything with one mistake.
"But I-" this time she cut herself off, "I don't want to lose us. This was so great, I just can't…" she trailed off, as though she couldn't say what she wanted to for lack of words.
"I know" George said, slapping the couch arm next to him, "This is so frustrating! I can't be with you if you are still in love with my brother" Katie made a sound as if to protest, but George didn't give her a chance, "It's okay." He said, "I understand. we moved way too quickly. You don't just get over someone in a day, but at the same time, I can't stop THINKING about you. do you understand?" he looked to her, hoping desperately that she would.
"I understand exactly." Katie said honestly, "But what do we do about it?"
George looked Katie in the eyes for the first time since they sat down, "We slow down." It looked as though it was paining him to say it, but he went on anyway, "We can be friends. We at least need to wait long enough for this all to blow over, for us to be ready for relationships."
Unwanted tears filled Katie's eyes. This wasn't what she wanted at all, "But will we- will we wait for each other? Can you at least promise me that you won't go out with some other girl before I get the chance to be with you? I don't know what I would do if you said no" she choked out and looked away, hoping he wouldn't notice the tears slowly running down her face.
He smiled. "That was exactly what I was hoping you would say"
Katie smiled back through her tears, "Well, I guess I should go then." She said, hoping the awkward moment would be over soon.
"Alright" George said and stood up, motioning the way to the staircase once more. They silently walked all the way to the stair case until there was no further they could go together.
"Well" Katie said awkwardly, "Goodnight"
"Goodnight." For a moment, Katie thought he was going to lean in for a kiss once more. She held her breath and looked him strait in the eyes.
"Goodnight" George repeated and turned around, cursing his brother and the bad luck that seemed to follow him every time he got into a good relationship.
They went their separate ways, both dreaming of each other, and neither happy about the arrangement just made.
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