Trying to keep all thoughts of Sirius Black out of his mind, he turned down the corridor that he had seen Alicia go down earlier. He probably would have been better off if he had the Marauders Map but he and Fred had already given it to Harry Potter, who's needs were probably a lot more important.

He took a deep breath as he stood in front of the dark stairway that he would soon have to climb. Alicia had better be up there because if she wasn't, he was definitely going to have to kill her. George began his trek up the stairwell.

The stairwell went up and up. George ran into the wall a couple of times when the stairs turned and started spiraling up the other way. He started to get dizzy after a while and grabbed the wall to steady himself.

"Eww," he said aloud when his hand touched something wet and slimy. How did Alicia do this without freaking out? Her greatest fear was slimy things.

His legs were starting to get tired. It felt like he had been climbing for an hour but it had probably only been fifteen minutes. Either theses stairs led to the highest point of Hogwarts or they were charmed to see like they were longer. He guessed it was probably a mixture of both.

The higher he climbed, the colder it got and soon he found that more and more water was dripping from the ceiling. Wind hissed and blew through the cracks in the wall making it some like someone was wailing. Just went George thought he was going to go crazy, he walked smack into a door.

George stood still for a moment trying to get his mind back in order and ran a hand through his now wet hair. He felt for a handle but there was none. No sooner than the thought had run through his mind, the door opened.

"Alicia?" George whispered as he entered a small room resembling a prison cell. Water still dripped from the walls but not as badly as it had in the stairwell. There was a window on the opposite side of the wall letting in a strong draft of wind chilling George to the bone.

"George!" Alicia's whisper came from a dark corner of the room. "Don't let the—!"

SLAM.

George whipped around put his hands on the door feeling for a handle. When that didn't work he started pounding on the door.

"Don't b-bother. It's not going to work," Alicia said with. She sat back down retreating from George's view.

After kicking the door in frustration George walked over to where Alicia sat, shivering in the corner. She was sitting with her knees hugging her chest, shuddering whenever the wind blew into the room. "Are you okay? You're soaking!"

Alicia nodded and looked at him. The vulnerable look in her eyes made George want to hug her tightly. "How d-did you k-know I was up here?" She asked through chattering teeth.

"I saw you," George answered as silently fought the urge to go wrap his arms around her to keep her warm.

"Why did you f-follow me?"

George wondered if he should tell her about Sirius Black. He didn't want her to worry but he knew she would be furious if she found out about it later.

"Someone tried to break into Gryffindor and I thought you should know," George replied coming and sitting next to her but not close enough that he was touching her. He couldn't help but notice how appealing she looked when her hair was wet and dripping on her face. Sure her lips were turning blue but that only make George want to kiss her more.

Alicia looked down, disappointed. "Oh," she said dejectedly. She had been hoping he had followed her to apologize. "Wait a minute…what did you say!" She exclaimed when her brain finally processed what he had said.

"Somebody broke into—"

"What! How do you know? Who was it? When? What happened!" Alicia asked excitedly, turning and clutching Georges hand.

George paused. It had been so long since Alicia had touched him without hitting him he forgot was it was like to feel her hands on his skin. Alicia must have realized this too because she quickly let go and inched a little farther away.

"Uh…Sirius Black ripped the portrait of the Fat Lady…I wasn't really listening but Dumbledore made the whole school go sleep in the Great Hall so I—"

"S-Sirius Black. The Sirius Black! You have got to be k-kidding me."

George looked into her eyes. "I wish I was."

Alicia's eyes darted to the door as if she expected him to come bursting through it. "They c-caught him d-didn't they?" She asked already fearing the answer.

George furrowed his brows in thought. "Well, I don't know…I snuck up here when they were making everyone go to bed. I'm sure they've caught him by now," George answered in what he hoped was a reassuring voice.

"You m-mean you willingly left s-safety just for me when you could have been k-killed by Sirius Black!" Alicia asked with a hint of anger in her shaking voice.

"It's not like I would have run into him…and I couldn't have just left you alone when you didn't even know what was going on," he explained.

Alicia huffed through her shivers. "George, I can take care of myself you know. Look, now we are both trapped in here soaking wet without any way to contact anybody to come get us out of here!"

George stared at her incredulously. "Well maybe if you hadn't been stupid, I wouldn't have had to follow you here in the first place!" George regretted what he said before the words had even finished leaving his mouth.

Standing up, Alicia fought back. "You didn't have to f-follow me up here in the first place…in fact, I wish you hadn't! And if you hadn't taken me up this st-stupid stairwell the other day I wouldn't have even k-known about it!

George stood up towering over Alicia. "I DIDN'T TELL YOU TO COME WITH ME."

"YOU TOOK MY HOMEWORK!"

"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT IT THERE!"

"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN IT!"

They glared at each other in a silent war until Alicia shook her head and went to stand next to the window. The wind howled outside and Alicia's hair blew back from her face. The rain started to fall harder and Alicia was splashed with water. "Why c-can't we stop f-fighting?" She asked as she began to shiver again.

"I don't know," George answered sounding frustrated. He walked over to Alicia and grabbed her arm, pulling her away from the window. She didn't object and went towards the direction he was pulling her. "Come over here before you freeze to death," he said, sitting her down in the corner and putting himself on the other side of her, shielding her from the wind.

Alicia shuddered as a gust of wind swirled through the window. They sat in silence for a couple of minutes and all they could hear was the howling of the wind and the sound of Alicia's teeth chattering. "What do t-think this room is f-for?"

George looked around. The room was small and square with no furniture to speak of. The only light source came from the moon through the shabby window. "Maybe they used to lock people up here for p-punishment," he answered beginning to shiver himself. He scooted closer to Alicia for warmth.

Lightning thundered loudly outside and the rain came down harder sprinkling George with water. "Do you rem-em-emberr that charm we learned last month…the f-fire one?" Alicia asked.

"Er…I think I s-skipped that day."

Alicia rolled her eyes and then managed a smile. "Out of all the people to get stuck in a s-situation like this, it just had to be us."

"Well you should k-know the charm, y-you were th-there!"

Lighting flashed outside, illuminated the room for a split second. "Sorry, I think I w-was p-playing footsie with Brady that day," Alicia answered.

George looked up at her but then realized she was only teasing him. He shook his head and turned to other way. "I c-cannot believe you j-just said that!"

Alicia grinned and reached across George, cupping his cheek in her hand and turning his face back towards her. "T-turn this way you dooface, you are g-getting rain all o-over y-you!"

George now found himself looking straight into Alicia's sparkling eyes. He put his hand over hers, which was still resting on his cheek. It was like the past couple of weeks had never happened. Alicia had never gone out with Brady, and George had never kissed Elliana. It was just the two of them. The way it always should have been.

Time seemed to come to a standstill as George laced his fingers through hers. Alicia's heart was pounding as George's eyes bore into hers as if asking a question that had yet to be answered. Alicia sucked in a breath as he leaned forward.

And then the door flew open and they never got to kiss each other again!

Just kidding.

Sorry I had to end it there! I wasn't actually sure if I wanted them to kiss right then and there or if I wanted to torture you guys some more. But get ready for the next chapter! I'll try to get it up ASAP.

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