Fred had just knocked on Danika's door. He waited patiently for her to respond, but seconds passing made it feel like an hourglass frozen in time. He didn't understand why he even cared so much. He didn't know her, and yet he had the nagging urge to apologize. On the other hand, his mother would yell at him if he didn't, even though he was a grown man now. "Why am I apologizing?" he thought. "I don't know anything about her and George and I always pull pranks on people. It's not like I haven't done things to people in the past. Why is this bugging me so much?"

His thoughts were interrupted and his heart rate was slightly elevated because he had not come up with a planned apology. "Come in." He heard Danika say through the door.

Fred took a deep breath and turned the doorknob. He barely pushed the door and it opened to reveal Danika sitting in her bed, wearing the same clothes she had on earlier. Her knees were pulled tightly to her chest and her arms were wrapped around her legs to hold them in that position. Luckily for Fred, she wasn't crying because he knew it would only make the situation worse. He was horrible with apologies and even far worse with girls. The only girl he had ever asked out was Angelina Johnson, which was for the Yule Ball in his sixth year. He seemed to never understand women because they had their own set of rules and logic. Now, he was faced with apologizing to a girl who was three years younger then him, her seventeen and him twenty, and with no clue whatsoever.

Danika glanced at him, and then turned her gaze back to the floor. "Oh. Hey." She said unenthusiastically.

"Hey." Fred said, closing the door.

He stood there feeling completely retarded. There was a lack of words, as his brain seemed to not be functioning in the process of forming a sentence. Danika looked at him questioningly with her green eyes. "Did you want something?" She asked, seeming annoyed by his presence.

Fred cleared his throat. "I brought you a muffin. It's banana nut." He explained, holding up the muffin he had snatched from the table before coming up to her room.

"I can't eat that," she replied. "I'm allergic to nuts."

"Oh. Sorry." Fred said, feeling even more stupid.

He threw the muffin in the trash and decided to sit on the bed next to her. Danika did not react so he wasn't sure if his sitting was welcome or not. As he sat, he could see her long legs more. They were fully exposed because her short shorts only covered her personal regions. He stared for a moment and snapped back to reality before she would notice. He looked at her and decided he could only give her a simple apology. "I'm sorry about making fun of your nickname. I didn't know your parents we're dead and gave you that nickname. Otherwise, I wouldn't of said anything." He apologized, making it sound better then he had intended.

Danika turned her head and looked at him. "It's fine. You didn't know." She responded.

Fred looked into her eyes and could tell she was full of hurt and loss over her parents. His parents were there for him throughout his whole life so he could never feel her pain. He still felt bad for upsetting her, but he felt relieved he had apologized. "Come on. Let's see if the others want to play a game of Quidditch." He suggested.

Danika gave him a half smile. "Alright." She said.

***

George, Ginny, and Ron had all agreed to play Quidditch when Fred suggested it. Now, they were all outside waiting for instructions since there were five of them. A typical Quidditch team had seven players: three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper, and one Seeker. They were short two people and obviously they would be playing for fun since they couldn't have teams. Fred had already come up with a plan before coming outside. "First of all, George, Ron, Ginny, and myself all have our own brooms because we played Quidditch. We also have one extra broom which Dani can use." He explained, handing her the extra broom.

She smiled at him and took a hold of the broom, which was old and a bit more worn out then the rest. "Second of all, some of us will have to have dual roles. George, Dani, and myself will be Chasers, along with George and I being Beaters," he explained. "That leaves Ron being Keeper and Ginny can be the Seeker."

Everyone nodded as if they approved of Fred's plan. "Ah yes. Most importantly we can play with the actual equipment." George said, smiling.

George opened a brown chest he had carried out earlier when they had come outside. He revealed two bats, two Bludgers, a Quaffle, and even a Golden Snitch. Danika, Ginny, and Ron stared in amazement and the twins grinned hugely. "Woah!" exclaimed Ron. "Where did you guys get them?"

"We bought them." Fred said.

"But isn't something like this really expensive?" Ginny asked.

"Yes, but you've seen how well business is at the shop." George answered.

Everyone understood what George meant. Their shop always seemed to be filled with students and others who were willing to buy their products. George handed one of the bats to Fred and grabbed the other one for himself. Then, George set all of the different balls lose. Everyone mounted their brooms and kicked off of the ground. They flew up into the air and Ron flew next to some hoops they had managed to make. Ginny frantically searched for the Golden Snitch and Fred had the Quaffle. He started flying towards the hoops Ron was protecting, but he saw Danika flying towards him. He threw the Quaffle towards his brother but Danika swooped in and caught it.

Fred smirked as he watched her catch it because he had no idea she was so good at Quidditch. He went to fly after her, but a Bludger came his way and he had to hit it away with the bat. Just as he did, he saw Danika throw the Quaffle through one of the hoops. Ron looked upset and George yelled, "What happened to Weasley is our king!?"

Everyone laughed except for Ron. Fred yelled over to Danika. "How did you get so good!?"

"I don't know! I've never played Quidditch before!" She shouted back.

Just then, Fred saw a Bludger coming towards Danika. He could tell she couldn't see it so he flew over. He tried to hit it with the bat, but he didn't react quickly enough and it struck him right in the shoulder. He fell off his broom and everyone watched in horror. Danika managed to fly down and catch him before he landed on the ground. She slowly landed the broom and laid Fred on the ground up against a huge rock. Luckily, he was conscious, but he winced in pain.

Ginny, George, and Ron all flew down and landed on the ground safely. They ran over and knelt down to him like Danika was. "You're supposed to beat the ball, not get beaten up by it!" George joked.

Fred managed a weak smile. "I can't feel my arm." He said, wincing in pain.

"What does that mean?" Ron asked, looking confused.

Danika felt Fred's shoulder and he winced at her touch. "I think it's dislocated. We'll have to pop it back in place." She explained.

Fred looked at his siblings who looked slightly scared, and then he looked to Danika with a scared face of his own. He knew it would be painful. "No!" He shouted.

"Oh, come on bro. It's for your own good." George said, holding his brother up against the rock.

"No! No!" Fred shouted, trying to push him off with his uninjured arm.

Ron grabbed Fred's arm so he wouldn't squirm. Fred started kicking his legs so Ginny sat on them. He was acting like a big baby, but then again, it was his fault because he had taken the blow from the Bludger. On the other hand, he couldn't let Danika take the hit. He didn't really even understand why he took the hit for her, but he knew it hurt horribly. "It will be ok," said Danika, trying to comfort him. "On the count of three."

Ron, Ginny, and George turned their heads. They didn't want to see this. "One." Dani counted.

She found the pressure points of his shoulder with her hand. "Two." She said.

Fred took a deep breath and winced because he knew it was coming. "Three." She said, twisting his arm in an awkward position and popping his shoulder back into place.

Fred shouted in pain and then he whimpered slightly. Everyone covered their ears from the loud scream, which resulted in them no longer holding him in place. He managed to shove everyone off, including Danika, with his free arm and his legs. He looked at her angrily as if she was the cause of his pain. In a sense, she was, but he didn't have to save her and she was just trying to help. "We better get him inside to mum," suggested George. "She'll know what to do now."

George helped his twin up by having Fred lean on him with his free arm. The injured arm was closely held against Fred's body. The two of them slowly walked back inside the house. The rest quickly ran after, and once they went inside the house, Mrs. Weasley was frantic. She wanted to know how it happened and then demanded Fred be taken up to his room. George helped him up there and Mrs. Weasley followed with her wand in her hand. Everyone else followed behind her.

Once Fred was sitting on his bed, Molly Weasley conjured a sling for him. His shoulder was instantly resting in a sling, but he was still in a lot of pain. "If it was a broken bone I could mend it easily, or if the bone was gone, I could use Skel-O-Gro," she explained. "But a dislocated shoulder just has to heal."

"I have some muggle medicine that could help with the pain." Dani offered.

Fred glared at her as if he still blamed her for his pain. "I think you've done enough already." He said, in a mean tone.

"Alright. Everyone out," demanded Mrs. Weasley. "Let Fred rest."

Everyone started to walk out except for George because it was his room too, and Danika, who stalled for a moment. She turned to Fred. "Thanks." She said quietly.

Then, she left his room and walked back to her own. Mrs. Weasley was the last one out and she closed the door to her sons' room to allow Fred the luxury of rest.