Sorry for any mistakes on this chapter! I kind of did it within a couple of hours. I'm leaving for New York in about four hours for a ballet intensive (American Academy of Ballet) and I won't be back until August 14 :((
I don't think I'll be able to update while I'm there but PLEASE don't froget about my story! I'll update the second I get home!

This probably won't hold you for 5 weeks but its the best I can do! And maybe I will be able to udate while I'm gone!

The next day, Alicia sat with Brady Beaumont at a table for two in the Three Broomsticks.

Fred, George, and Lee had just gotten out of Madam Puddifoots after setting off a dungbomb under an unsuspecting couples' table. They made a quick getaway before anyone could realize who had done it.

Fred and Lee had spoken with Katie and Angelina earlier that day and they planned to meet in the Three Broomsticks. Katie and Angelina would try to get a table near Alicia and Brady so George would have a good view of Alicia.

George, Fred, and Lee entered the Three Broomsticks. "Angelina! Katie! What a pleasant surprise!" Lee exclaimed loudly , walking over to their table.

Katie whacked him on the head. "Please Lee, try to be more obvious," she mumbled in his ear as Fred and George sat down.

"Erm…George you can't sit there," Angelina said. Fred had taken the spot George was supposed to sit in.

George looked at her. "Why not?"

Angelina looked to the others for help. They stared back at her blankly. She glanced at Fred and sighed. "Because I want to sit next to Fred," she said, ignoring the looks of amusement she was getting from Katie and Lee.

George raised his eyebrows and smirked. "Oh, I see," he said nudging Angelina, and switching places with Fred.

Fred looked at Angelina smugly, putting his hand to his chest in mock surprise. "Why that is so sweet of you Angelina!"

Angelina rolled her eyes and kicked him under the table. "Shut up."

Katie chuckled to herself but then realized George hadn't spotted Alicia and Brady yet. "Is that Alicia over there?" Everyone leaned over to get a better look.

"Yeah, that's her," Angelina said as Alicia laughed at something Brady was saying. Her and Katie had gone over what they were going to say and hoped the boys wouldn't mess things up.

George was looking at the couple blankly, not showing any emotion.

"Wow, she looks gorgeous," Fred remarked.

George's eyes shot up to Fred, looking slightly annoyed. "She looks okay."

George looked back to Alicia and the girls exchanged looks.

"Wouldn't that be weird if they became like an item," Angelina said to Katie. George made a noise that sounded like an angry dog.

"They would be so cute together!" Katie said excitedly.

"They would become the best couple of the year, most likely," Lee added. Katie looked at him in surprise. For once, Lee actually said the right thing.

Fred was trying to stay in a good mood. He and George were so close that when one of them was feeling sour, it would rub off on the other one.

"It looks like you may end up losing your best friend, George! And I don't mean me," Fred stated.

Katie held her breath waiting for George to explode. But surprisingly, he never did. What he did next surprised everyone.

"Elliana!" George shouted across the room, drawing the attention of Alicia to where they were sitting. Fred gasped audibly as Elliana turned towards there table.

George had dated Elliana for a couple weeks in third year. She was gorgeous, but he broke it off with her because she didn't have a very good sense of humor and she was too boring. In other words, she wasn't Alicia and Elliana took up the time he could be spending with her.

After they broke up, Elliana still seemed to like George…in fact, she began to like both of the twins. Fred avoided her like the plague.

George motioned for Elliana to come over. Angelina patted Fred's hand as he started to hyperventilate. Katie and Lee exchanges looks of horror while Alicia stared at the scene from across the room.

"Hey, George! I haven't talked to you in ages!" Elliana squealed, wrapping her arms around Fred's neck. Fred made a face at Lee who started laughing hysterically. Katie smirked and for once let Lee be rude.

"Elliana, I'm George, that's Fred," George said as she finally let go of Fred.

Angelina turned to Katie as Elliana started to wrap herself around George. "Katie, this is going to ruin our plan! Why would George ever call her over here?" She whispered.

"He is probably going to try and make Alicia jealous. Look at her face! She is already getting jealous and all he's done is hug her. Those two are more alike than I thought," Katie mumbled back.

Fred scooted towards Angelina, away from Elliana, as George invited her to sit with them.

"I'll go get an extra chair," Elliana said. She turned towards a nearby table but George grabbed her arm.

"Don't be silly!" George said, pulling her down on top on him. Lee's jaw fell open and Katie and Angelina looked highly appalled. Fred just about died.

At the far side of the room, Alicia felt every happy thought drain out of her. She looked around making sure that there were no dementors nearby. There weren't.

"Alicia…are you okay?" Brady asked, looking concerned.

Alicia continued to watch as Elliana started playing with George's hair. "Yeah," she said meekly, resting her cheek on her hand. She should have never kissed George. Maybe he regretted it ever happening. Now he was going to replace her.

Alicia sighed and turned back towards Brady, putting on a fake smile. "Let's go sit outside! It's nice out."

George watched out of the corner of his eye as Alicia and Brady headed out the door. How can she kiss me and then go out with that oaf? What a bit—

"George…hello," Angelina said, waving her hands in front of George's face.

"Huh?"

"We have to go do that thing, remember," Angelina said, raising her eyebrows.

Lee stood up pulling Katie with him. "You know, that thing, the really important one."

George looked at them, confused. "What thing?"

Fred pulled George up without waiting for Elliana to get up. She stumbled into Lee who shouted out in surprise, causing Katie to start giggling. "The thing you're supposed to show us," he said. He then began to run circles around George as to confuse Elliana of which twin was which.

"Oh that thing," Fred said, resting his hand on George's shoulder. Angelina turned around and buried her face in Katie's shoulder, unable to watch Fred's stupidity any longer. "Well it was nice talking to you Elliana, but I have to go show Fred this thing now," Fred said pushing George towards the door.

"But you are Fr—" George began. Lee slapped his hand over his mouth before he could finish.

"Well I want to see what this thing is!" Elliana said brightly, beginning to follow them. Fred pushed her down into a chair.

"Don't be silly! Sit here and enjoy the scenery. Have a butterbeer!" Fred said ushering George out the door. Katie, Lee, and Angelina were up ahead laughing hysterically.

Lee patted Katie on the back who was having trouble breathing she was laughing so hard. Angelina was taking deep breaths. Fred was glaring at George.

"What the hell was that about?" George asked once they were outside. Katie, Angelina, and Lee looked up at the tone of George's voice.

"That's a good question!" Fred retorted. "Why would you ever even think of inviting her over?"

"Why not? I wanted to talk to her."

"Don't lie to me! I'm your bloody twin, you didn't want to talk to her!" Fred yelled. Angelina, Katie, and Lee exchanged worried expressions. George and Fred never fought, ever. It was a scary thing to watch.

"Oh? Then, you tell me Fred…why did I invite her over?" George shouted back.

"TO MAKE ALICIA JEALOUS!"

"I DON'T LIKE ALICIA!"

"THAT'S BULL!"

"Me and her are hardly even friends anymore!"

"What the hell are you talking about!"

"I can't ever talk to her without it being awkward!" George exclaimed, turning away from Fred.

"Why! What happened?" Fred yelled, frustrated.

George faced Fred and paused. He looked at the ground. "Nothing."

"George, tell me what happened," Fred said, softening his tone. He could feeling the unhappiness seeping off of George.

"I don't know," George said in a soft, barely audible voice. He turned away, walking in the direction of the castle. Fred watched his brother walk away, feeling his shoulders deflate. Angelina came and put her hand on his shoulder.

"Fred?" She asked apprehensively. Fred had almost forgotten about Katie, Lee, and Angelina.

"Yeah. Let's go," he said turning around and heading towards Honeydukes. Little did they know, Alicia and Brady sat around the corner having heard the whole fight.

Alicia whimpered and dropped her head onto Brady's shoulder. "See! I never should have kissed him. Now he hates me and I've ruined everything!"

Brady gave her a pat on the back. "Don't be ridiculous, Alicia! Are you blind? He's crazy about you."

Alicia sat back up and looked at Brady, smiling despite everything she had just heard. "Listen to what you just said and then we'll talk about who's crazy."

"Alicia, I'm serious. Can't you see it? Can't you hear it in his voice?"

"Then why does he seem more distant since I—since that night? He even said we're hardly friends!" Alicia asked.

Brady was quiet for a moment. "He's afraid you won't like him. It's probably hard for him to not kiss you again when he sees you. So he avoids you so he won't have to worry about it."

Alicia looked at him strangely. "How do you know?"

Brady shook his head and looked away. "Let's just say I've been in his position before."

Alicia's eyes widened and she gasped. "You like someone!" Brady met her daze and nodded. "Oh, you have to tell me who!"

Brady shook his head. "No."

Alicia frowned. "You know who I like, it's only fair if you tell me."

Brady tried to change the subject. "Nice day isn't it?"

Alicia shoved him playfully. "Oh stop it. Tell me! You know I won't tell anybody."

Brady groaned and gave in. "Eh…it's Arwen from Ravenclaw," he said quickly.

Alicia squealed loudly causing Brady to jump. "No! Arwen Dacalia? You guys would be ridiculously cute together! She's beautiful! Oh, I have to set you guys up."

"No! I was hoping you didn't know who she was."

"Oh, I know all right," Alicia said smirking. "And Brady? Thanks for everything…I know I haven't been the best date today."

"No, you were great," Brady said smiling, offering his hand to Alicia.

Alicia took it, and the two stood up. "And thanks for cheering me up. You really helped."

"Anytime," Brady replied as they began to make their way up to the castle.

Alicia bade Brady farewell in the common room and went on up to her room. Katie and Juliette sat on Katie's bed whispering about something when she walked in. They stopped when they saw her.

Angelina was nowhere to be seen. She was probably with Fred somewhere. Hopefully Fred and George weren't mad at each other.

"Hey, Alicia," Katie said smiling, with a touch of sympathy in her voice.

Alicia hated when people felt sorry for her. Katie probably didn't know she had heard everything that had happened earlier. "Hey Katie, Juliette. What's up?"

"Nothing really. Did you have a nice time with Brady?" Katie asked.

Alicia smiled slightly. "Yeah. He's such a great guy."

"He's pretty cute."

Alicia chuckled. "Yeah, I've noticed Katie."

"Juliette and I were just about to go down to the common room, do you want to come?" Katie offered.

Alicia thought about it for a moment but decided against it. She didn't think she wanted to take a chance of running into George just then. Or Fred. Or anyone else for that matter.

"No, that's alright. I'm just going to read for a bit," she declined politely.

When Katie and Juliette had left, Alicia grabbed her book and stretched across her bed. She looked at the cover of her book.

The Life and Love of Alexander and Elisabeth Chamberlain, it read. On the cover of the book was two hands laced together while everything around them swirled with color. Her older sister had sent it to her from Italy.

The book didn't look too bad, and it wasn't too long. Alicia didn't normally like reading sappy books but she supposed she would give this one a try. At least there was no snogging on the cover.

By midnight, Alicia was practically finished with the book. Once she got past the first chapter, she couldn't put the book down. It wasn't at all what she had expected.

In the beginning, it described how Alexander and Elisabeth met. Their parents were friends so they had been childhood friends for as long as they could remember. They didn't realize their love for each other until they were about 16 years old. At 18 years old they got married.

At this point in the story, Alicia felt her eyes welling up. They were so perfect together, and devoted to each other, it was almost too perfect.

Elisabeth was a beautiful woman who painted the most wonderful artwork in the whole town. Alexander became an Auror shortly after they were married, much to Elisabeth's dismay. Alicia wanted to tell her so be quiet. She had a perfect life, with a perfect husband who now had a well-paying job. What more could she ask for?

Alexander had been working as an Auror for 5 years when his best friend David died. Though she tried not to show it, Elisabeth was very shaken up by this and worried that one day, the same thing would happen to Alexander. After 7 years of marriage, Elisabeth gave birth to their first child.

Alicia was beginning to become resentful of how perfect they were. Why wasn't real life as easy as this? But soon Alicia was astounded to discover that Alexander is fatally wounded at work by a Death Eater and he sends for Elisabeth. With tears streaming down her face, Alicia read on as Elisabeth and Alexander said there last goodbye's.

'Never have I seen such a beautiful woman, who's smile lights up my world, who's lips hold my joy, and who's eyes reflect the love of which I feel her. Never have I seen a woman as beautiful as you,' were Alexander's last words.

Alicia was startled when the door opened and in came one of the twins.

"Alicia…are you okay?" He asked, seeing the tears on her face.

Alicia gaped at him for a moment, wondering if it was George. "Oh yeah, I'm fine! I was just…reading."

"That's why you're crying?" He said, smirking, picking up the book.

"It was really sad!"

"It's Fred, by the way," Fred said when he noticed Alicia looking squeamish.

"Oh," she replied feeling both relieved and disappointed. She looked at Fred who had made himself comfortable next to her on the bed. "Wait a minute, how on earth did you get up here? You can't be up here! That's impossible!"

Fred shushed her before she could continue. "I have my ways," he replied mysteriously.

"What did you do?"

"It's a secret. Only George and I know seeing as it was our idea."

Alicia grinned. The twins were freaking geniuses. "So why did you come up here?"

"I wanted to talk you and I really didn't think you would be going back downstairs tonight."

"Aww, you're sweet Freddy," Alicia said smiling, patting him on the cheek.

Fred grabbed her wrist. "Stop it, you're making me blush," he said jokingly. "Tell me what happened between you and George."

Alicia, who hadn't been expecting that question, sat up abruptly. "What are you talking about?"

Fred chuckled. "You responded a little too quickly for me to believe that you don't know what I'm talking about. What happened that night after we found you and my brother canoodling on the floor of the common room?"

"Canoodling? Please!" Alicia scoffed.

"Answer the question."

"Why are you asking me? Why don't you ask him? He is your brother."

Fred sighed. "Alicia dear, there are some things that I don't need to ask George. I pretty much knew from the moment he came back that night what had happened."

"Then what happened, smarty-pants? Why are you asking me if you know?" Alicia whined.

"I want to hear you say it."

"Say what?"

"What happened."

"Nothing happened."

"Alicia!"

"Okay, okay!" Alicia sighed giving in. "Well you remember how George was saying he was going to claim his 'prize' or something like that?"

"Was that before of after you took his shirt off and pounced on him?" Fred teased.

Alicia thumped him on the head. "Fred! That's not what happened. Anyways…the prize was for whoever won the tickling fight. If I won, he had to give me massages for a week, but if he won…" Alicia paused, not wanted to say the words out loud.

"Yes?" Fred egged her on.

Alicia groaned with frustration. "If he won I had to…you know."

"No, I don't know. Do tell me."

"Ugh, you know…that thing that you do with other people."

"Like Quidditch?"

"Fred! You know what I'm talking about!"

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about what happened!"

"So what did happen?" Fred said, enjoying every minute of Alicia's annoyance.

Alicia let her head fall into her hands. "I KISSED HIM!" She said finally, much loudly then she would have liked.

"Alright, alright, calm down," Fred said, chuckling to himself. Alicia glared at him.

"You kissed my twin brother. You kissed George! That's like kissing ME!" Fred taunted, poking Alicia.

Alicia pushed him away. "Gross Fred, don't say such things!"

"It was about time you two got together," Fred continued as if Alicia had not spoken.

Alicia snorted and gave Fred a look. "Fred…in case you haven't noticed, George and I aren't together."

Fred rolled off Alicia's bed and stood up. "Not yet."

"What do you mean 'Not yet'? See…you are planning something!"

Fred didn't reply but instead kissed her on the cheek and strutted over to the door. "Goodnight, Alicia."

Alicia sighed and let herself fall back onto her bed. Why did Fred and George have to be so damn complicated?

PS:
Sorry they're still not together, ahah. But don't worry, things will get better...

Exerpts from Chapter 9 :
Alicia hadn't even caught her breath before she looked to the ground and saw the thing that scared her the most. Adrenaline pumped through her body as she turned around and ran all the way back to the castle, screaming her lungs out.
Alicia burst into the Great Hall and was mortified to find that breakfast had started. Everyone looked as her, puzzled as to why she had been screaming.

When George was far enough ahead of them, Fred spoke. "He's going to find Alicia," he told them meaningfully.

"No way!" Angelina exclaimed.

"He's going to ask her out?" Katie asked excitedly.

"Something like that."

George pressed Elliana to him and kissed her with exaggerated passion. Nearly the whole common room was alert to the war that was going on between Alicia and George and were looking back and forth to see what they would do next. Katie was hissing for them to stop but neither of them could hear anything except the anger that was buzzing inside of them...

Yes...the next chapter should be pretty interesting.
See you in 5 weeks!
3Anastasia Juiliet Roman