Chapter 4

A/N: In Chapter 4 Fred wants to get to know Angela better.

Maaaaany thanks to my new beta, Molly!!

The next few days Fred watched her every time she entered the Great Hall, every time he saw her in the corridors with her friend, a fellow Gryffindor, or alone, every time she laughed or talked, or even when she didn't talk or laugh. He just watched her. He didn't know why, but this random girl he collided with intrigued him. She made him want to see her more and more every day. Her presence made him happy, enthusiastic, even excited!

Of course, he was discreet. He made sure that neither George, nor Lee and especially Angela could notice him. He just shot her quick glances once in a while pretending to be scanning the Hall. As for the corridors, well, he simply was in the right place at the right time. He wouldn't make a move, at least for the time being. Fred didn't know why, but he felt kind of different for this girl. He wanted it to be different from the other dates he had; he didn't want to rush things, he needed his time.

November drew in and along with it the first snowfalls on the nearby mountains. Lessons were difficult and required most, if not all, of their time. However, the twins couldn't care less; they had other plans and schoolwork was certainly not in them!

Fred kept watching Angela, more intently than before, but she didn't seem to notice and not anybody else for that matter. Well, except George.

"Who's the girl you've been watching?" he asked his brother with a smirk one day while they were having lunch.

Fred had been watching her over his goblet which was filled with pumpkin juice and he nearly choked on his drink. "Is it really that obvious?" Fred asked clearing his face off the juice.

"Well, no. But it is obvious to me." he said with a small wink "Does she know you-" he started.

"Of course not! Would I be here shooting her secret glances if she knew?" Fred answered sadly.

George couldn't help but laugh at this "Then do something, mate! Go talk to her! Don't just sit here and whine at me!"

"You asked." Fred said simply.

"Fair enough." his twin brother answered and then he continued "Who is she anyway?"

"She is Angela Estane, Ravenclaw 6th year. Her best friend is Jane Roberts, she's in Gryffindor." Fred said still looking over at her.

"How do you know?" George asked and then added when he heard about Jane "Oh, you mean that cutie, that blond one!" and nodded in her direction, where she was eating.

"I've got my sources." he said with a wink and just snorted when his brother commented on Jane's appearance.

"Hey, easy there! I didn't say your Angela is ugly or something!" he said and they both started laughing. "Anyway, make your move, don't hesitate. You have nothing to lose. Maybe you'll get a rejection, but you'll get over it!" and with this, Fred smacked him on the head.

15 minutes later, when he saw her stand up and walk out of the Hall, Fred decided to have a go at it. Besides, George was right, he had nothing to lose. "Wish me luck, mate." he said and walked out of the Hall as well, not waiting for a reply from his brother.

He saw her enter the Library, as she did everyday, and sit at her favourite table, a secluded one. She had just started opened her scrapbooks and Herbology book, when

Fred took a seat across her in the same table.

She looked up at him from her books, raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything. Instead, she looked at her book, without reading, hoping that Weasley would leave. He didn't. He was just looking at her and he seemed quite amused by her reaction. "In case you haven't noticed, I am trying to study," she started without looking up trying to be calm.

"I know." he said with a small smirk.

Enraged by his answer she hissed "Shove off, then!"

"Why?" he asked, the stupid smirk on his face still apparent.

Angela put aside her book and continued "Is this some kind of game, in which I speak and you act the fool, Weasley?"

"I like the way you spell my name." he said apathetically.

She opened and closed her mouth once or twice, stood up and said while gathering her books "I don't have time for your silly games! I won't allow you and your brother to make fun of me! Is that clear?"

"Absolutely!" Fred answered, now smiling widely.

"Ugh! You're impossible!" Angela growled and left the Library, feeling her temperature rising.

"I think he likes you." Jane said later that day.

After the incident in the library, Angela grabbed a surprised Jane from a game of chess she was having with a Gryffindor in the Great Hall and dragged her outside in the yard. There were barely any students outside, as few were willing to brave the cold.

"I think he likes you." Jane said after she had heard all that happened in the Library.

"W-What?" Angela hesitated and then added quickly "How can you say that? Obviously, Weasley wanted to annoy me, something he achieved!"

"Angie, honey, you might be smart as far as lessons are concerned, but trust me you're hopeless at 'reading' a bloke." her friend said seriously.

"Says who?"

"I do. Trust me on this one. I know the Weasleys and I know their jokes. I can tell you that if they wanted to pull a joke on you, now they would have made sure that you were embarrassed." Jane finished.

This left Angela speechless. She hadn't thought it that way. Jane, pleased by her friend's reaction, asked "So, who was it? Fred or George?"

"I have no idea…" Angela answered wondering who it was that annoyed her. Then she added "And why couldn't he just approach me and say that he likes me, instead of making me angry?"

"Tell me, if you liked him, would you approach him and say that you like him?" asked her Jane.

"No…"

"Here you go." Her friend said with a smile.

"But, why enrage me??" she demanded again.

"Because he's a Weasley!" Jane answered back.

"Oh…" Angela nodded in acknowledge.

A/N: Read&Review, please!! I hope you enjoyed it!

In the next one they get to know each other!