"Holy crap!" exclaimed Beth when Harry walked in. How the freakin' hell did you get your name in?

"I didn't," replied Harry. "I really don't want to be in the competition."

"Too late now," replied Beth. "Don't expect me to root for you though. I'll root for my brother first."

"Whatever," Harry answered back, turning towards Ron.

Beth went over to talk to Fred, George, and Heather. Fred and George had just gotten back from the infirmary.

"I should have expected this," was the first thing Ron said to Harry. "You say you would do anything to get in. I just wish you clued me in."

Ron," Harry yelled as Ron went up the stairs, "I didn't do…"

"Harry," Hermione said coming up. "Just drop it. He doesn't want to believe you. Just give him time."

"Yeah, give him time," replied Harry. "Like that's gonna work."

The next morning Ron gave Harry the silent treatment the whole day and of course did not give any support to Harry when other students started picking on him. All day people would give him dirty looks making it seem like he was the bad guy, even though he was just as baffled as they were.

"Marissa," Beth whispered, "Marissa!"

"What?" Marissa replied irritated. "I was flirting with those guys."

"Sorry," Beth replied. "But I need to go talk to Malfoy now."

"Why?" answered Marissa.

"Because I do," Beth replied, getting irritated. "That's all."

"I don't believe you," replied Marissa.

"All right, fine, you caught me," replied Beth. "This guy asked me out today. You know Justin Finch-Fletchley? Well I was in the library and despite the fact that he hates Harry right now and I kinda hang out with Harry, he asked me out! And I know Malfoy has a spy in every house and I want to know if Justin has done anything wrong or has a girlfriend already or cheats, you know the basic stuff."

"Okay," Marissa answered finally satisfied. "Next time just tell me."

"Yeah, sure," replied Beth as she ran off.

"Yo," spoke Ron, coming up to Marissa. "Where is Beth? I haven't seen her since, uh, after our last class."

"She had to go take care of something," replied Marissa looking straight into Fred's eyes, unaware he knew about the friendship.

Fred got the message even though he knew Marissa didn't know that he knew.

"Come on, you gotta know," replied Ron. "Aren't you like her best friend?"

"So what if she is?' Fred butted in. "Maybe Marissa doesn't know. And even if she did she doesn't have to tell you. Maybe Beth doesn't want you to know, because if she did she probably would have told you."

"Okay," Ron shot back. "I get it."

At that moment Beth came into the Common Room with a big smile on her face. She then gave Marissa a thumbs up.

"Where have you been?" asked Ron instantly.

"None of your freakin' beeswax," replied Beth. Why the hell do you need to know?"

"Maybe because you've been gone for the past two hours," Ron shot back.

Before Beth had a chance to respond Harry came in and started walking over to the group, so Ron left. At the same time Fred beckoned Beth over, but she gave him the sign for I'll tell you later.

"So did you give him an answer?" asked Marissa when she finally had a chance to speak.

"Give who an answer?" Fred asked instantly. "I want name, age, year, house, and a complete background."

"Your aren't my brother," Beth said laughing. And she was talking about Justin Finch-Fletchley he asked me out earlier, so I went to give him an answer, because I told him I'd think about it."

"Your brother isn't here," replied Fred. "And by the way he told me to keep an eye out for him when you entered your first year. And I'll be doing a lot more cuz he'll be busy with the tournament."

Whatever," Beth replied. "He's my age almost 14, he's a fourth year, he's in Hufflepuff, and he's clean. And I said yes,"

"Alright," replied Fred. "Now come over here so I can give you some pointers about first dates."

At that time Beth told him everything Malfoy said and how he knew and of course Fred did give her some pointers.