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Soundtrack for this chapter:
"Misery Business" - Paramore; "20 Dollar Nose Bleed" - Fall Out Boy; "I'll Run" - The Cab; "Seventeen Forever" - Metro Station; "Starstrukk" - 3OH!3; "My Heart" - Paramore; "Molasses" - The Hush Sound; "Checkmarks" - The Academy Is...; "Brand New Day" - Tim Myers ft. Lindsey Ray.

Misery Business.

Chapter Five: We're One Mistake From Being Together.

"Oi! Angie!" I looked up glumly from my toast to see Fred practically sprinting toward me on Monday morning. I sighed heavily as he sat down next to me.

"Yes, Fred?"

"Are you, uh, okay?"

I panicked for a moment. I had never known Fred to be particularly observant, so the fact that he had noticed my slight depression thoroughly shocked me.

I plastered on a fake smile quickly. "Oh, yeah," I assured him. "Totally fine. Why wouldn't I be fine?"

He hesitated, then said, "Are you sure you're okay, Ange?"

I nodded. "Totally," I added, trying to convince myself as well as him. "I'm totally fine."

He shrugged. "Okay, then." As he got up, he added, "See you in Transfiguration!"

Then he was gone, probably off for a morning tongue wrestle with Chloe.

I pushed the thought out of my mind. Moping wasn't going to win Fred over, that was for sure. I had to bring the flirting to a whole new level.

I gulped. I had to find Alicia, and fast.

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I finally found her outside the library, of all places. "Leesh!" I gasped, skidding to a halt beside her. "Been looking... (breath) everywhere... (breath) for you! Need to learn... (breath) how to flirt... (breath) and fast!"

Alicia looked confused. "But, I already taught you how to flirt, Ange."

"But I need... (breath) a refresher course!"

Alicia raised an eyebrow inquisitively at me. "Why, might I ask?"

"I realized how desperately I need to win Fred over!"

She smiled. "At last, some initiative!"

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Alicia and I barreled into Transfiguration with seconds to spare. Professor McGonagall glared at us as we took our seats.

"Nice of you to join us, girls," she said acidly.

I smiled as genuinely at her as I could. She rolled her eyes and turned to the board, where words had begun to appear.

"Today we will begin transfiguring larger animals, such as pigs and dogs, into every day items, such as a desk or a chair..."

"Psst! Angie!"

I looked over at Fred, who was seated next to me. "Yeah?"

"Where were you, hmm?"

I hesitated, trying desperately to think of a lie. I mean, after all, I couldn't just say, "Oh, yeah, I was getting some last-minute flirting advice from Leesh." No way.

Then I remembered a piece of Alicia's advice: Be mysterious. Genius! "Oh, wouldn't you like to know," I whispered back, smiling coyly.

Fred raised his eyebrows. "What's that supposed to mean?"

I shrugged, opening my notebook to begin taking notes on what Professor McGonagall was talking about. This was actually working! He was enticed, finally! I had done something right, miraculously!

He nudged me. "Angie, seriously, now I'm curious. What were you doing?"

I just smiled and kept writing.

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"Hey! Alicia!" Fred came running up to Alicia and me as we exited the Transfiguration classroom. I raised my eyebrows at her as he slammed on the brakes beside us. She shrugged.

"Can I talk to you for a second?" he asked, panting slightly.

"Sure," she said nonchalantly. She winked at me as she started to follow Fred. "Save me a seat at lunch, 'kay?"

I nodded mutely as he led her away. What was going on here, exactly?

I tried to ignore the thumping of my heart as I made my way down to the Great Hall, counting my steps instead. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.

"Ange! Wait up!" I turned around to see George and Lee waving at me up. I waited patiently for them to catch up, but they seemed to be walking extra slow just to annoy me. The sooner I got to the Great Hall, the sooner I would get to talk to Alicia! ... Most likely, anyway.

"Have you seen Fred?" George asked once they had caught up. We started walking again, at a slower pace than I would have preferred.

"He's talking to Alicia," I said as calmly as I could.

George frowned slightly, so slightly I wasn't even sure that he really had. "Why?" he asked bluntly.

I laughed. "Jeez, George, don't get your panties in a twist. I'm pretty sure he's not gonna try to make a move on Alicia! Remember, he still has Miss Priss, and pretty much everyone knows how crazy you are about Leesh."

Lee laughed and George's face burned red. "I don't... Me and Leesh aren't..."

"You aren't, but you know you wanna," Lee teased. George's fist collided with Lee's shoulder, causing Lee to whimper in pain.

"Don't worry, you aren't the only one who wants to..." I muttered under my breath.

"What?" George asked.

"Nothing," I replied. Alicia would kill me if I told George she fancied him. She wanted to do things her own way.

As we entered the Great Hall, I spotted Alicia right away. She was practically bouncing up and down, she was so full of energy. "ANGIE!" she called, patting the wood bench beside her.

I walked toward her carefully, trying not to look too eager. I sat down tentatively beside her. George sat on the other side of her, a goofy smile on his face, and Lee sat in between him and Fred. Surprisingly, Chloe was nowhere to be seen.

I looked around to make sure no one was listening, then I hissed, "What did he say?"

Alicia smirked, her expression clearly chanting at me: "I know something you don't know, I know something you don't know!"

"Leesh, come on!" I whined.

"Heassedivyoohaddaboyfrann!" she whispered excitedly, so quickly that I couldn't even keep up.

"Huh?" I asked.

She sighed and rolled her eyes. "He asked if you had a boyfriend." She spoke to me like I was either a little child or mentally retarded, but I didn't care. Fred thought I had a boyfriend! This was a disaster!

"What did you say?" I whispered angrily.

She raised her eyebrows at my tone. "I told him I couldn't disclose that information."

"LEESH!" I whisper-yelled.

"What? You're more desirable to him now, more than ever. Look at him. See how moody he is? He's jealous, Ange."

I looked down the table at Fred. He stabbed his green beans moodily, stuffing three in his mouth at once.

"Oh, God. You did that?"

She shook her head. "No, that's the beauty of it. You did."

"But I don't have a boyfriend!"

She winked at me. "Fred doesn't know that!"

"But he'll find out!"

"Yeah, and you can tell him that when he gets to a certain phase."

"And what phase is that?" She was starting to sound more like a mad scientist with every sentence she said.

"You'll see," she said. "But until then, we continue with the next leg of the plan."

I crinkled my eyebrows in confusion. "And what does that, exactly, entail?"

She grinned evilly. "Time for a little... makeover."

DUNDUNDUNN!
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