Here it is! The chapter you've been waiting for!
I am SOOO sorry, I took so long. Just five minutes ago I was going to have to start this chapter from scratch because my disk still wasn't working!
I kept waiting hoping it was work (for like the past 2 weeks, sorry again) but it wouldn't so I was JUST starting over when my computer recovered it without the stupid disk! Yaaaay! And to think you would have had to wait another week!
((Ballet camp was fun btw, but not more fun than Alicia and George. I wanted to post this the entire time I was there! I hope you all didn't forget about me :((. And thanks for all those reviews ppl left while I was gone!))
Well I won't keep you any longer. Go ahead and read.
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Alicia got up early the next morning, deciding she would go for a run around the lake. After tip-toeing out of the room, and through the common room, she walked through the empty Hogwarts castle. Thoughts of Sirius Black entered her mind, but she quickly pushed them to the side.
She gasped when she stepped outside. The sunrise was breathtaking. Hogwarts was golden and the window's sparkled with the reflection of the sun. Dew shimmered on the grass like fairy dust. Everything seemed so much brighter.
A gentle breeze woke Alicia out of her stupor and she decided she had better get running. This could easily be the most romantic place, ever, she thought to herself.
For the first few minutes Alicia jogged, she took in the beauty around her. As she continued, her thoughts wandered to George. She sighed. "I love George," she said aloud to herself.
He was her best friend. He made her happy, he made her sad. He made her frustrated and he made her mad. She knew that she wasn't old enough to know what it mean to "be in love" but she knew for a fact that she loved George. As a friend, as a brother, and maybe even as something more.
That kiss had opened her eyes to a lot of things. Well for one, George had great lips. But how was she supposed to know if George actually liked her or if…or if he was just being George. He did flirt with a lot of girls. On the other hand, what Fred said was true…George didn't flirt with other girls to the extend he flirted with her.
Before she knew it, Alicia was halfway around the lake. She took a break and leaned up against a nearby tree. Why had she gone running? She hated running.
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.
Panting, she turned to go up to the Gryffindor tower but someone was calling her name from across the hall. Katie and Angelina motioned for her to come over to them. Eyes followed her as she went and stood in front of Katie, Angelina, Lee, Fred and George.
"Alicia, what's wrong?" George asked, looking worried.
Alicia whimpered trying to catch her breath. She pointed towards the doors.
"What? What did you see?" Katie asked, rubbing Alicia's arm.
Alicia stepped away from Katie's touch. "It was one of those things," she said finally.
"What things?" Lee asked.
"Oh, no," Angelina groaned.
George grabbed Alicia's hands reassuringly. "Was it a You-Know-What?"
"A slug?" Lee asked blankly. Alicia let out a small shriek and George hit Lee in the head.
"Don't say it!" Katie hissed.
For some reason, Alicia was deathly afraid of slugs. She couldn't even say the word without getting squeamish. When they had first heard of Alicia's strange phobia they thought it was funny. But since then they had learned that it was no laughing matter. Alicia was seriously terrified of them.
"It's okay Alicia," Fred said, glaring at people nearby who were snickering.
George pulled Alicia down so she was sitting between him and Fred. "What is wrong with me?" Alicia said, propping her head up on her arms. "I don't understand why I'm scared of them, they're just little—" Alicia stopped, shuddering.
"Stop talking about it, Alicia," Angelina told her.
"Everyone's afraid of something," Lee began, "I'm scared of spiders."
Alicia glared at him. "No you're not."
Lee frowned. "Well I could be."
"Georgie!" Squealed a high pitched voice. Alicia's turned around as Elliana squeezed her way in between her and George. Alicia was the only one aloud to call him 'Georgie'! He hated that name.
Alicia watched on as George shamelessly flirted with Elliana. On the other side of Alicia, Fred and Katie were motioning for Brady to come get Alicia.
Sighing, Brady got up from his spot next to Oliver and walked over to where Alicia was.
Brady glared at Fred and made no move to talk to Alicia. When was this madness going to end? Fred kept nodding his head towards Alicia and Brady was gesturing wildly with his hands. Alicia turned around.
"…Oh, hi Alicia!" Brady said, quickly putting his arms down. "I just came over to…" he glanced at Katie who was using two fingers to signify walking, "ask you if you would come on a walk with me for a second."
Alicia noticed George watching out of the corner of her eye. "Yes, Brady! You're just the person I wanted to see!" She grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the Great Hall.
"I can't stand this anymore!" Angelina groaned once they had gone.
"What?" Lee asked.
"Those two!" She whispered, pointing in the direction Alicia had just gone and at George, who was still talking to Elliana.
"Fred, what if your plan doesn't work?" Katie asked.
"Name one time one of my plans hasn't worked."
"How about last week when you thought if you gave Filch free dungbombs he would let you out of detention?" Angelina snorted.
Fred scoffed. "That was no plan, it was a mere theory!"
"If only you had listened to me in the beginning…locking them in a closet would have worked like a charm!" Lee boasted.
Katie rolled her eyes. "Shut up, Lee."
At the other side of the table, George sat pretending to be listening to Elliana. He vaguely noticed Angelina, Lee and Katie whispering about something but he didn't put much thought to it.
Why did Brady always have to come along and ruin things? Why couldn't things between Alicia and him just go back to normal? Why the hell was he talking to Elliana?
"Fred!" George called over interrupting Elliana, who was in mid-sentence. "Sorry Elliana, I just remembered—"
Fred came to his aid. "—we have to go—"
"—do something, but it was nice talking to you!"
"Bye!"
Elliana looked puzzled. "Okay, bye…"
Katie, Lee, and Angelina glared at the twins. Now they were left to make awkward small talk with Elliana.
"Er…so Elliana, do you still like George?" Lee asked, saying the first thing that came to mind. Angelina kicked him underneath the table and Katie pinched his arm. "Ouch! Just kidding…I meant to say—would you like some porridge?"
Oh, Lord. Katie groaned, resting her head on the table. Oliver Wood, who was sitting near by spit out the pumpkin juice he was drinking and burst out laughing. Angelina buried her head in Oliver's shoulder, while Lee was still trying to talk to Elliana.
Meanwhile, Fred and George were in an empty corridor talking about Alicia.
"What am I supposed to do?"
"Talk to her."
"And say what? 'Hey Alicia, I want you. I'm obsessed with you. Kiss me, I'm Irish!'"
Fred chuckled at George's little outburst. "George, it's really not that hard. In fact, you don't even have to say anything. Simply sweep her off her feet and give her our infamous charming smile."
"That might work."
"Of course it will!"
"I hope that Bradly guy doesn't take it too hard," George said. Truthfully, he really didn't care what Brady thought, but a small part of him (the part Alicia had contributed to) felt like he should be nice.
"Er…trust me, he won't," Fred muttered.
George rubbed his hands together excitedly. "I'm going to do it now."
"Well let's go!"
George and Fred headed in the direction of the Gryffindor tower. Glory is mine! They thought simultaneously. George because Alicia would soon be his, and Fred because his plan was going to work perfectly.
On the way there they ran into Angelina, Katie and Lee, who were also heading towards the Gryffindor Tower.
"Thank for leaving us with Elliana!" Angelina complained, shoving Fred. George walked faster, leaving them behind.
"What's his hurry?" Lee asked.
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."
"Well hurry up you guys! We can't miss this!" Angelina squealed, pulling Katie up ahead. Fred and Lee exchanged looks but followed the girls anyways.
When they entered the common room, George was standing off to the side while Alicia was on the other side off the room laughing with Brady, unaware of George's stare. Fred walked over to him.
"Well what are you standing there for?" Fred asked.
George looked at the Alicia and Brady uneasily. "I think I've changed my mind."
Fred shoved him in Alicia's direction. "Shut up and get over there."
George was halfway across the room when someone called his name. Oh no.
"George!" Elliana shouted before jumping on George and giving him a bone-breaking hug. Alicia glared at George in disgust.
Perfect. Just perfect. Thank you so much, Elliana. George groaned inwardly wishing he had never started talking to her. "Hi Elliana."
Angelina grabbed Fred's arm reassuringly as he looked like he wanted to throttle Elliana. Lee had Katie held tightly against him with his hand covering her mouth to prevent her from shouting expletives.
Across the room, Alicia was trying to look indifferent. Two can play this game. Alicia got up and sat up Brady's lap. She giggled and ran her fingers through his hair.
"Alicia, what the hell are you doing?" Brady asked looking at her like she was crazy.
"Just play along," she muttered through her fake smile.
Brady sighed wishing he had never agreed to go along with Fred's plan. Not that he didn't like Alicia fawning over him.
Angelina noticed what Alicia was doing and turned to Fred. "Erm, I think your plan is backfiring."
Fred glared at Elliana. "Well maybe if she would stop getting in the bloody way!" He growled.
George looked over Elliana's shoulder and spotted Alicia whispering something into Brady ear from where she sat on his lap. What the hell?
"So how was your day?" Elliana piped embracing George yet again.
"Spectacular," he reply dully. Alicia nuzzled heads with Brady while cupping his cheek in her hand. HELL NO.
"Oh, that's goo—" Elliana was cut off when George planted a kiss on her lips.
Katie let out a shriek of horror while Fred and Angelina were clenching their fists in outrage. Lee had his jaw hanging so low you could practically see his stomach.
"THAT DID NOT JUST HAPPEN," Alicia growled into Brady's neck. Before he had a chance to reply she had grabbed his head and pulled him on top of her giving him a long, painfully slow kiss.
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.
Alicia was practically slobbering all over Brady face letting out fake moans of pleasure.
George grabbed Elliana's backside.
Alicia flipped Brady over and straddled him, kissing him hard.
George pushed Elliana against the wall.
Alicia pushed Brady to the floor.
Finally getting over the shock of what was going on, Brady scrabbled out from under Alicia. Elliana quickly slipped away while George was distracted and walked over to her friends, not really knowing what to think of the situation. Alicia whirled on George.
"You are such an asshole!"
"Me! You're one to talk!"
"I'm not the one using people."
"Because you're not?"
"You don't even like her!"
"How would you know? It's not like I would tell you about it!"
"I'm not stupid, George!" Alicia shouted, shoving him backwards.
"Obviously you are!" George replied, motioning towards Brady who looked like he would like nothing better than to be somewhere else than there.
"What are you talking about! You're the one who doesn't have a nice bone in your body! Brady is nice. What's wrong with you?"
"You're a slut!"
Katie, Angelina, and Fred gasped loudly, along with a few onlookers. Alicia had a bad temper. George was in trouble.
SLAP! "ME? YOU'RE THE ONE OVER THERE WITH THAT HUSSY!"
George tried to ignore his now throbbing cheek. He pushed Alicia away from him. "NO ONE'S A HUSSY COMPARED TO YOU."
Fred groaned, ready to plan George's funeral.
Alicia pounced on George and dragged him to the floor. Those tickling fights were good for something. "I HATE YOU!"
George pushed her backwards, slamming her to the floor so he was on top. "WELL I HATE YOU TOO."
Alicia dug her nails into him arms and shoved him off. "GOOD ONE. THAT REALLY HURT ME!" Alicia retorted sarcastically.
"YOU SUCK!" George shouted back.
Lee somehow managed a chuckle.
Alicia shoved him into a nearby table, tears streaming down her cheeks. George knew better than to think she was sad. Those were tears of anger and frustration. "If I suck so much, why did you make me kiss you?"
Gasps were heard all around the room. Especially from Katie and Angelina.
George paused. "I didn't make you do anything!"
"That's a lie!"
"YOU are the one who kissed me!"
"It was your idea in the first place!"
George picked her up and tossed her on the couch. "I know you would like to think that, but your obsession with me had got to stop!"
Alicia kicked him off and chased after him, punching him in the eye. "FUCK YOU."
George watched silently at Alicia stormed up to her room, slamming the door at hard as she could. The common room turned eerily silent and everyone looked at George.
"What the hell are you looking at?" Katie snarled at a nearby guy who was snickering.
People finally cleared out and moved away from where they were by the looks Katie was giving them.
George fell back onto the couch and Fred collapsed to the floor. "That was awful," Fred groaned. Angelina went over to George.
"George? Is your eye okay?" she asked timidly.
George sighed and held his tongue. If he were to say anything right then it would be something bad towards Alicia and he really wasn't in the mood for fighting with Angelina.
"I should go talk to Alicia," Angelina said, turning and heading towards the girls' staircase.
"No!" Katie held her back, "Give her time to finish destroying the room and punching holes in the wall first."
"I bet her punches hurt like hell," Lee piped.
Katie put her hands on her hips and nodded towards George.
Lee winced. "Oops."
Angelina walked back over to where Fred was laying on the floor. "Why are you laying on the floor?" She asked kneeling beside him.
"I'm exhausted."
"From what?"
"I basically just watched myself get into a huge fight with a very good friend."
"Only it was George. That makes no sense."
Fred waved her off. "It's a twin thing, you wouldn't understand."
Katie, Angelina and Lee watched Fred and George stood up simultaneously and headed to their dorm in the exact same manner.
"If only Percy had been here," Lee commented, shaking his head.
Angelina shared a look of exasperation with Katie. Maybe Lee had been right about the broom closet.
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So there you go. Sorry I took forever.
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I'm writing the next chapter this very second.
Hopefully there will be less of Elliana. (She kind of annoys me.)
But who knows?