Chapter 5
It was bad enough thinking about him constantly, but now she actually had to be NEAR him too. She really wished they hadn't chosen to go back to school this year. Alex rested her head on the table in front of her. Classes had begun, and Alex still had a problem.
Harry nudged her. "Do you understand any of this?" He whispered to her as he tried to follow History of Magic.
"Huh?" Alex said, still looking down.
Harry sighed in frustration. "Alex, pay attention. You're usually good at this stuff."
Alex smiled. "Yea so I can help you."
Ron leaned over from her other side. "Duh."
She laughed and looked up. Fred and George were in the seats behind them, she could feel his eyes on her neck. She shivered and used all of the willpower she possessed to not look behind her. She focused on the board in front of her. The same old ghost teaching the study, droning on and on as always. She bit the end of her quill thoughtfully, jotted down a few notes and rested her head on her hand.
Harry quickly scribbled what she wrote. He stopped mid-sentence as he realized she wrote, I KNOW NOTHING, STOP COPYING ME.
She smiled as Harry furiously scratched out what he had written. "Not funny." He mumbled.
Alex giggled. "Yea it was."
Summer, from the row in front of Alex leaned backwards and passed her a note. Smiling her beautiful smile she waved to Harry and Ron.
Alex quickly unfolded it.
Hey you, sorry I haven't been talking to you lately. Draco and I are…well we're having some problems. He really is a pompous brat isn't he? Well anyways, hopefully I'll see you later.
Alex smiled. She loved hanging out with Summer. She wasn't like any Slytherin she ever knew.
Harry leaned in, trying to pay attention. The room was stifling hot. Finally class ended and the Professor dismissed them. Alex stood up and stretched. Harry jumped in front of her.
"ALEX!" He said, looking around.
She was confused. "What?"
He pointed to her robe. It was open, because of how hot it was, and she noticed Harry was pointing at her uniform skirt. It was several inches too small.
"I thought you got that fixed?" Harry said, hands on his hips. He looked over his shoulder; Ron and Hermione were leaning against the door waiting. Harry forcefully shut Alex's robes for her.
Alex laughed. "Relax Harry; I wear this stupid thing all day." Alex motioned to her robe as she buttoned it back up. "It was too hot."
"Yea well I'm surprised because you're not EVEN WEARING ANYTHING!" Harry got red in the face as they walked out the door.
"You know, you need to calm down." Alex said, getting annoyed. "I'm not five years old Harry. Last time I checked I was only two minutes younger than you."
Harry scowled. "You could at least act like a lady."
Ron began laughing but was cut off immediately by Hermione. She shook her head.
Alex stopped. "You could stop acting like our father." She snapped. "We didn't grow up having one; I'd appreciate if you would stop trying to control me." She walked ahead of them and quickly up to the Common Room, deciding to skip dinner.
Harry shook his head and began walking towards the Great Hall.
"Harry…" Hermione began.
He cut her off. "No Hermione. She can't keep control of her life; it's not my fault I'm trying to help. She wants her space then she can have it."
Ron stood awkwardly in between them. "I wonder if they'll have pudding tonight."
Hermione glared at him.
He shrugged defensively. "It's a simple question."
She shook her head and followed Harry. "You could at least talk to her."
Harry stopped. "Drop it Hermione."
She threw up her hands in defeat and sat down. "You obviously don't know how to handle women." She muttered.
Alex sat down in front of the fire, quickly deciding to lay down she threw herself on the couch and stared upwards.
Fred peeked over the couch questioningly.
"Why?" She muttered. "Why do I always have to run into YOU?" She put her hands on her face and shook her head.
He shrugged and sat on the end of the couch by her feet. "Just lucky I guess."
She snorted into her hands and pressed her palms to her eyes.
"What's up?" He asked, concerned.
"Nothing." She lied.
"Mmhhmm. That's why you're crying is it?" Fred said with a smile.
She sat up. "I am not crying!"
"No, but I got you to sit up." He said kindly. "Now really, what's going on?"
She shook her head. "Harry is being stupid. He's too overprotective."
Fred shrugged. "I would be too."
Alex laughed. "Yes, like you are with Ginny? Oh wait…" Alex smiled cheekily. "You let her live her life."
Fred shook his head. "He's just trying to keep you safe." She glared at him. "Well, hey that's from a brother's point of view ok."
Alex sighed. "I just want…" She looked up into his eyes. "I want to do what I want."
Fred leaned in closer. "You should be able to."
Alex smiled. "Exactly my point." She closed the gap and grabbed Fred's jaw gently with both hands, pulling him closer. He surrendered, deepening the kiss.
Alex fell backwards, Fred on top of her. He smiled, breaking the kiss and leaned back.
"You know, this would look really bad about now."
Alex looked around. "Yea…so?"
He laughed and sat up. "Alex…."
She frowned. "Don't even think about apologizing."
Fred shook his head. "I wasn't, I'm still just…you know…this is kind of awkward."
Alex nodded. "Yea, I know what you mean. But here we are." She looked up at him. "There's no denying the fact you have feelings for me." She smiled.
He laughed. "Well obviously."
"So we just can't tell anybody." Alex said slowly.
"Oh god you're going to be my dirty little secret." Fred said, laughing.
She punched his arm. "Shut up." Alex laughed. "Ok I know that sounds bad, but do you really want to talk to Harry about it?"
Fred frowned. "Not really."
Alex shrugged. "So we just…" Alex leaned up and got closer to him. "Play it by ear?" She nuzzled into his neck and kissed the bottom of his ear lobe.
He shook his head and grinned as he kissed her once more, pushing her back down onto the couch.
"We tell no one?" She asked breathlessly.
Fred shook his head, quickly stealing a kiss before answering, "No one."