Chapter 9

George walked back to the dorm happily. Stopping in the common room he noticed Harry.

"What's up Harry?" He asked, noticing the face Harry was holding.

He shrugged. "I don't know what to do about Alex."

George frowned. "Do you think it's your job to decide things for her?"

Harry looked up and into the fireplace. "I'm not really trying to decide FOR her, I'm just trying to help."

George sat down on the edge of the couch. "I don't know a lot about girls Harry. I know I have a little sister, but she's pretty self sufficient. She can hold her own; she grew up with all of us you know." He tried to smile. "Maybe you should let her make her own mistakes."

Harry sighed. "Yea, it's just really hard."

George nodded. "That it is."

Harry stopped and suddenly started to smell the air. "Is that apple?" He asked curiously.

George sniffed his coat. "Yea…I think it is. Summer must be wearing some kind of lotion."

"Summer?" Harry asked surprised. "Astin?"

George nodded. "I asked her to study with me." He said happily.

Harry put a hand on his forehead. "That's just weird." He said laughing.

George shrugged. "Why?"

Harry looked around. "Well, I don't know, she's in Slytherin for one."

George smiled. "She's special. I like her."

Harry shook his head. "Whatever mate, if you want to deal with Draco then by all means."

George laughed loudly. "What is he going to do? Sneer in my general direction?" He shook his head. "I'm going to bed. Later Harry."

Harry waved as George walked up to the dorm. He stopped at the door. He heard giggling. He shook his head. Was he imagining things? He heard it again. Smiling he cracked the door.

"Fred? Are you nakey?" He said teasingly.

Alex hid under the covers quickly as Fred drew the curtains back around the bed. They had gone askew for a while.

George walked in to Fred peeking out of his curtain hangings, red in the face.

"Can I help you?" Fred asked, trying to keep a straight face.

George stopped and crossed his arms. "I can't believe you, it hasn't even been the first month of school."

He tried to peer behind Fred to see who he was with.

Fred smiled knowingly. "Nah-uh, mate. You won't find her."

Alex had already put on her clothes and slipped under the invisibility cloak, kissing Fred on the cheek she slipped out the back of the hangings and slowly tip toed towards George.

George hung his head. "So unfair."

"So creepy." Fred replied.

George laughed. "Alright fine I'm going to bed."

Alex slipped out of the door just before George shut it. Sighing in relief she leaned against the door.

Fred looked around the room, he was positive she made it. He smiled to himself as he leaned back, head on his pillow.

"Hey what's this?" George said, coming to the edge of Fred's bed.

"What are you talking about?" Fred asked, not moving.

"Oh HO, its underwear." George said laughing madly. "Trophy panties." He said holding them up. They were black with pink embroidery on the front…there was not a lot of back to it.

"Stringy." George said with a smile, playing with the thong in his hand.

Fred sat up and looked out of the hangings. "Ok that's just wrong." He said trying to grab them. "Hey, no! Stop!"

George dangled them in front of him. "Fredrick got some booty. Fredrick got some booty." He chanted.

Fred wrapped the sheet around him as he stood up and grabbed the piece of cloth from his brother's hand. He wasn't smiling. "She's not like that man, she's a good girl."

"Who just did the naughty." George said with a laugh.

Fred cut him off with a glare. "Don't talk about her like that."

George shrugged. "I don't even know who she is." He said defensively.

Fred got back in his bed, hiding the underwear in his trunk. "And that's perfectly ok with me." He stated frustratingly.

George sighed. "You can't even tell your own twin brother?"

Fred leaned back onto his pillow once more and frowned. "I don't know mate. I really don't know."

Alex slowly made her way to the girls' dorm. She stopped on the stairs and looked down at the common room. Harry was still sitting on the couch, Hermione was talking with him.

"Well you know, she has feelings too." Hermione was saying.

Harry nodded. "Yea, but what if she ends up with some guy who turns out to be a loser?" He said, genuinely worried.

Hermione inwardly smiled. "I don't think your giving her enough credit. She makes some pretty good decisions on her own. Just give her a chance."

Alex sighed and decided she had better get to the room before Hermione did. Tip toeing up the stairs, she made it just in time to change into her pajamas and get into bed.

Hermione walked into the room and jumped at the sight of her.

"Alex?" She questioned. "How did you get here?"

Alex grinned. "Magic."

Hermione shook her head and shut the door. "No really."

Alex held up the invisibility cloak. "I borrowed it." She said sheepishly.

"To visit Fred?" She asked, almost in disgust.

Alex nodded. "We had some unfinished business to attend to."

Hermione nodded, not understanding what Alex meant.

Alex was grateful. She didn't really want to share what just happened with anyone. She smiled to herself and remembered every detail.

Hermione stared at her. "Oh lord, you're thinking dirty again aren't you?"

Alex nodded.

Hermione shuddered. "Ugh. Gross."

"Come on, you don't have a secret fantasy about someone?" Alex asked, laying on her pillow comfortably.

A flash of blonde hair and blue eyes went through Hermione's mind instantly. "NO!" She said a little too quickly.

Alex propped herself up on her elbow, facing Hermione's bed.

"mmmhmmm. Sure Hermione." She smiled knowingly.

Hermione fiddled with a strand of her hair. "I don't want to talk about it."

Alex shrugged. "Suit yourself."

Ginny walked in and smiled at the two girls. "Hello." She said brightly. "I was just talking to Harry. He's really torn up about you two fighting, Alex."

Alex sighed. "Yea well, that's his fault."

Ginny shrugged. "Well, hopefully you'll work it out."

Alex nodded. "Yea, maybe." She swallowed a lump in her throat. Sleeping with Fred probably wouldn't help that happen any quicker. She groaned. Her hole was quickly becoming larger than it should, but how could she tell her brother she's dating Fred? Worse…intimately involved….

The next morning Alex got dressed quickly and went to find Summer. She had to talk to her. She was sitting next to Draco, talking to him. Alex held back a little when she realized they seemed to be having an important conversation. It ended shortly with Summer getting up angrily and waving him off.

She spotted Alex and quickly came over to her. "We should talk." She said a little sadly.

Alex nodded. "I need a Summer fix."

Summer wrapped her arm around Alex's shoulder as they walked off towards the stairs.

They sat on the second to bottom row, stretching out their legs before them. Summer started.

"So, I just broke up with Draco." She said slowly.

Alex gasped. "Really? Why?"

She shrugged daintily. "I just couldn't take the egotism anymore. Not to mention he hates my best friend." She said with a smile.

Alex nodded. "Yea that did seem to be a problem."

She laughed. "I think it's for the better."

Alex agreed. "Most definitely."

Summer looked to her friend. "What's up with you now a days?"

Alex sighed. "Oh you have no idea." She looked to Summer and bit her lip.

"Just tell me." Summer said smiling. "Tell me everything."