I don't own any of the Harry Potter rights, they belong to J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Okay, here is Chapter 12.
I hope you enjoy it...Review, Review, Review (You reviewing is like a Christmas Gift to me)
My story picks up with Fred and Angelina's year 7 (HP book 5, around chapter 30/31)... Here goes!
It had been a couple of days since the twins made their grand escape from Hogwarts School leaving most everyone in a dizzy array of activity. The clean-up took longer then it had to, because most teacher waited for Professor Unbridge to clean up the mess which was always a laugh. The impact of Fred and George leaving took a toll on many stressed out 7th years who contemplated leaving Hogwarts as well. As a result there were countless open discussions geared toward encouraging 7th years to say and complete there finals.
Saturday arrived to quickly for Angelina. That morning she listened half heartily to Katie and Alicia talk about what their plans were for the upcoming summer while she worked on her third and final submission essay for St. Mungo's Hospital. Angelina was supposed to have the finished essay to Professor McGonagall for review by noon, glancing quickly at the watch Oliver gave her she was only to happy it was a little after six in the morning. Angelina had not touched quill to parchment since the two paragraphs she wrote last night. Her mind often wondered to if Fred would show up tonight or if she would in fact meet him at the one eyed witch.
"We'll have practice in an hour." Angelina announced to Katie an Alicia "Katie can you go let everyone know."
"Sure thing." Katie said before hopping off Alicia"s bed and heading for the door.
"You okay?" Alicia asked Angelina.
"Yeah, it's just a lot of bloody crap on my plate." Angelina said in a huff.
"It will be okay, you work well under pressure. Besides you can work on it after practice" Alicia said as she stood up from her bed and got ready for Quidditch practice.
Twenty minutes later, Angelina sat in the middle of the sandy Quidditch field waiting on the rest of her team. She looked up to see all the Gryffindor players were now on the field. Standing up, she dusted off her uniform before speaking.
"Practice will only be an hour today, Some of you have end of year test to study for, some have essays to write." Angelina continued "As long as we work on our faults, it should be a quick productive practice."
Almost 3 hours later Quidditch practice was over along with breakfast.
"Oi, Good practice all" Ginny said with a smile as all the Gryffindor players walked to the changing rooms.
"Yeah, it was. We have a strong chance of winning." Katie said.
After showering and changing Angelina grabbed the parchment she had been working on and headed to Professor McGonagall's office. Arriving at a little after 11:30, Angelina knocked on the door, took a deep breath and walked in. She knew Professor McGonagall would not be please she had not finished her essay. Angelina spotted Professor McGonagall at her desk reading a newspaper.
"Good Afternoon Ms. Johnson, your early." said Professor McGonagall, pausing briefly from reading.
"Good Afternoon Professor" Angelina said "I'm early because I have not been able to concentrate and hoped you would be able to help."
"Have a seat Ms. Johnson, lets see what you have so far." Professor McGonagall said as she took the parchment from Angelina's hands. "Not much I see. You do realize how important this essay is. It's what will make you stand out from the other hopefuls."
"Yes, I do professor. I would not be here if I didn't take this seriously."
"Well, lets get started." Professor McGonagall said before taking a seat next to Angelina.
5 hours later Angelina's essay was complete and off to St. Mungo. One heavy weight lifted another still pending. Angelina pondered the following as she walked to the Gryffindor common room. Would she meet Fred at the one eyed witch? Would Fred come?
Angelina spotted Alicia sitting with Gwynn, who was a 7th year Gryffindor as well.
"Hi, Gwynn. How are you NEWTS going?" Angelina asked.
"Not bad." Gwynn answered. "And you?"
"Good, I'm sorry but I need to speak to Alicia for a second."
"I'll talk to you later Gwynn." Alicia called as she walked up the stairs with Angelina.
As soon as both girls entered the empty bedroom Angelina blurted out "Have you talked to George?"
"Yes, I'm suppose to meet him in the kitchen tonight" Alicia answered as she started to smile. "Your supposed to meet Fred to, right?"
Angelina didn't smile back. "Yes but I'm not sure if he's still coming."
"He'll come" Alicia said, still smiling. In Alicia's mind, it was as simple as that.
"You going down for dinner?" Alicia asked before walking out the door.
Angelina followed Alicia out the room and to the great hall for dinner. After taking two bites of mashed potatoes Angelina realized she was not hungry. Getting up quickly she said good bye to her friends before heading to her room.
Once inside the room she sat on her bed as thoughts flooded her head. She remember the first time she had seen Fred boarding the train which was to carry them to Hogwarts, she remembered how much she needed his strength throughout the years, she remembered always playing in his hair when she got restless and he was near her, and once in their fourth year she had become board in class and decided to practice writing her name, only she wrote Angelina Weasley over and over on a piece of parchment. After a couple of minutes she looked up to see Fred staring at the parchment in front of her. He looked at her briefly with a smile on his face but never said a word. As Angelina pondered all this she looked at the bedroom door across the room, got up and walked, down the stairs. Through the common room, she knew where she was heading.
Angelina approached the one eyed witch slowly, although she really wanted to run toward it. As soon as she stopped in front of it a hooded figure stepped out from the shadows. The hood fell revealing red hair and the face of Fred Weasley.
Back to Back post (almost)!! Hope you enjoyed chapter 12, I plan to write chapter 13 with all the drama I'm sure you will be looking forward to reading... But I don't think I will post it until after the New Year (to much going on)...So I just want to wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year... and remember to Post reviews if you love my story!!!
(p.s. GossipGirl17, you didn't miss anything... I just skipped ahead)
