Chapter Five

When Fred proudly marched back to the common room, he did it with such confidence and arrogance that he didn't realize that he was just in there a few minutes ago.

"Back so soon?" Alicia asked, from the couch, sitting next to George.

"What's with your walk you old prat, you look like Percy?" George said, examining his walk. "I could just slap a prefect badge on you right now."

Fred marched over to the couch where George and Alicia were sitting. Angelina was watching him as well from a table, sitting with Katie and Lee.

"Hey, it's Fred!" Katie pointed out. "He's got a funny sort of walk."

"Yeah" Angelina eyed him closely laughing. "I wonder what that's about."

"For your information, dear brother," Fred began, clearly and loudly so everyone could hear. "I've got a date with the fittest girl in Hogwarts next weekend, Patricia Stimpson."

Angelina scoffed loudly and rolled her eyes.

"Oh please, Fred. I wouldn't consider you so lucky to be going out on a date with her." Angelina said matter-of-factly. "She's seen more boys than a urinal, and like urinals they carry diseases."

The group laughed along to Angelina's joke as Fred sat down with her, Katie and Lee.

"And what's so wrong about Patricia, Angie?"

"Well, if you really ask for my opinion, I just don't see what all the fuss about her is about. She's not that pretty, and besides she's short." Angelina looked down at her book, pretending to read it.

"Angelina you only say that because you're tall!" Lee added, Angelina looked up from her book and glared at him.

"Thanks for the help, Lee."

"Anytime, I happen to think your legs are beautiful!" Lee winked at her. Fred tried to stifle his laughter. Angelina glared at him too and rolled his eyes. Fred hugged her playfully.

"Aww, Angie, I'm just kiddin'. You're beautiful!" She still rolled her eyes at that comment with a sly grin on her face. However, Fred really did think Angelina was a beautiful girl.

He'd always believed that she was pretty, even when they hated each other. But now that they were fifteen it seemed like something had changed about her…Not her newly straightened hair and not the fact that he was a few inches taller than her now, but just something about her that drew interest in him. But they were just mates, and the fact that Patricia Stimpson wanted to go out with him was a once in a lifetime chance, and he couldn't give that up.

"I just don't see what the fuss is about by snogging Patricia Stimpson." She told Fred.

"Well, Angie, once you find that special person that you want, you'll discover to find the joys of snogging. Isn't that right George?" Fred asked his already occupied brother, who was snogging with Alicia on the couch.

"Huh? Oh, right." George said dizzily. Alicia laughed as they went back to kissing.

"Fred, it's not as if I haven't kissed a boy before." Angelina said.

"Yeah, Cedric and her weren't exactly celibate!" Katie laughed.

Fred had just remembered Cedric Diggory: Angelina's boyfriend in fourth year for less than a month. He broke up with her because Fred would always happen to show up on their dates with a new practical item.

"I didn't know you two actually spent enough time together to actually kiss." Fred said to Angelina.

Katie joined in to the conversation, giggling. "Well I know someone that Angelina wants to kiss."

Angelina looked over at Katie, as well as Alicia who threw a pillow at her from the couch.

"Shh" Angelina said. "It's nobody Fred, Katie's just teasing."

She glared at Katie with a grin.

"No, I'd like to know who" Fred asked with a smile. "You never talk to me about boys anymore." With him it was all charms, potions and quidditch after she and Cedric broke up.

"Oliver Wood." Katie whispered loudly. Alicia threw another pillow at her as the two started laughing and Angelina sat there, almost embarrassed because he was sitting across the common room. Fred didn't see what was so funny about the news. He really didn't fancy Oliver Wood too much. Although they were team mates, off the field he was arrogant and kind of rude. For some reason all of the girls fancied him but Fred never thought Angelina would like him as well.

He was almost speechless, and then began laughing with them.

"Oliver?!" he spat out. "I really don't think he's in love with anyone but himself!"

"Please, Fred. He just doesn't think you're jokes are funny on the field during practice. He's a great guy, he's nice to me." Angelina said, admiring him.

"Yeah, only you" Alicia said, on George's lap.

"Finally, you two take some fresh air." Fred remarked.

"Alicia's got a point though." Katie responds ignoring Fred's comment. "Have you seen the way he looks at you, Angelina?"

Angelina gave Katie a skeptical look, but then looked over at Oliver, talking to a group of seventh years, on his way out. As he walked by, he smiled at Angelina and came up to her.

"Is he walking this way?" Angelina whispered.

"I think he is!" Katie whispered back.

Oliver was standing over the table, looking down at Angelina smiling and she couldn't help but feel hot.

"Hey Angelina" he smiled down at her with his brown eyes shining down at her.

"Hi Oliver" she said in an unusually high-pitched voice.

"I was wondering if you wanted to discuss some quidditch tactics over dinner. And maybe I could help you out at practice tonight too."

"Sure" she mindlessly sighed.

"See you there" Oliver smiled at her and walked away with his seventh year friends. She and Katie giggled together like eleven year olds.

"Well, I never really noticed it before." She giggled. Fred rolled his eyes. He'd never seen her like this.

"He's not all that great. He's just some bloke that plays Quidditch." Fred told her.

"Hm, I wouldn't be talking. Tell me, why are you going out with Patricia again?" Angelina said. Fred remained silent. Katie and Angelina got up.

"Well, we're going to dinner." Katie told them.

"We'll see you all in the great hall. And remember Weasley, it's just you and me after supper and quidditch." She pointed her finger at Fred. Fred playfully grabber her finger and smiled.

"I'll try not to forget too much, Angie." He grinned. They smiled at each other for a moment until Angelina said "Quidditch practice should be amazing tonight, I wonder what Oliver has in store today!"

Fred's smile quickly dropped from his face as the two walked out. He turned around to George, Alicia and Lee.

"Is anyone else thinking that fourth year Katie Bell is pretty fit?" Lee bursted out.

Fred grunted, and sat down at the table with Lee.

"What's the matter Fred? Is she not as fit as Patricia?"

Fred grunted again. "Since when is Oliver Wood so attractive"

"Since when do you care" Alicia asked him from the couch.

"I don't! It's just weird why Angie would like such a prat such as him!"

George went "Oooh" and soon after Lee and Alicia joined him.

"What are you lot talking about?" Fred asked.

"Somebody's jealous." George said in a sing-song voice.

"Oh, come off it!" Fred said to him, reading the book that Angelina left behind. While flipping pages, he saw assorted herbology plants, and at the corner of one page it read 'A loves O' in a heart shape. He slammed the book down.

"I'm going to dinner!" Fred grunted. Lee quickly tagged along with him, leaving George and Alicia alone in the common room.

"So Fred, I was thinking, now that Angelina is after Oliver Wood, do you think that I have a chance with Katie? I mean I know it's sudden but she's fit and she's funny and…are you even listening to me?" Lee rambled on and on.

"Sure" Fred said, in a drained voice.

"Y'know, just because Oliver and Angelina have something going on doesn't mean you have to take it out on me." Lee told him.

"Come off it, Lee, I don't like her! I just think its—er—unusual! That's all." Fred tried to find the word. Lee sighed and rolled his eyes as they walked to dinner together.

The truth is it was unusual to Fred. He wasn't used to Angelina gushing over a boy like this. Although she'd liked Cedric, it just seemed different with Oliver. Something that could be stopped, but with his brown hair, brown eyes and 'charming' smile, it definitely wouldn't be easy.