Two chapters in one night. Woho.

It had been three days since they had talked. Fred didn't know if Seamus had asked Jen to the ball. There was on talk of it, but he was not going to just come out and asked Seamus if he did, and he didn't want to ask Jen because then he might have to explain. Fred had grown to liking Jen a lot. There was something about her , her mysterious story, her movements, her smell…

The night before last he had came down in the middle of the night because he couldn't sleep to see Jen asleep on the common room couch. She was resting on her side, head on the arm of the couch, hands in her lap, and her book was open and her leg was being used as a book mark. He picked up the book placed a piece of paper to hold the spot and he placed a blanket over her, and then went back to bed. He lay in bed wide awake. This situation was bothering him a little, and he thought of his other options. The next day he was going to ask Angelina to the ball, since his chance with Jen was slim to none.

Jen Pov.

It was Saturday again and Jen began to make her way up the music wing, like she always did. As she was playing she was thinking as well. She felt like a loser. No one had asked her to the ball yet. She knew no one really wanted to go with her anyways; she wouldn't be much fun really. She just wouldn't go to the ball, it was that simple. It was true she still had a crush on Fred, but he had asked Angelina Johnson yesterday afternoon, so…

She didn't let it bother her to much; she knew that the chances of her a Fred even being friends was not something that would ever happen. They would always be just acquaintances, nothing more. So she packed up her things and began to walk to the dining hall for some breakfast.

She was sitting eating a piece of toast and reading her book when she felt someone sit down next to her. She moved her eyes to look at them but didn't move her head. It was Jared Smith. He was a Hufflepuff that was in two of her classes. He was nice and they talked often during class, when it was appropriate and they both were in the same year.

"Hey Jen." He said. He was nervous about something that was obvious. She sat up straight and looked at him. She gave him a smile and said hey. She was still shy around any guy; it just happens she is shy and a klutz around Fred.

"So, there are these rumors going around that your going with Seamus Finnigan to the Ball. I just wanted to know if they were, ya know, true and what not." He said running a hand through his light brown hair. Jen shrunk a little in her seat.

"No one has asked me to the ball yet." She said looking down at her lap.

She looked up when she heard a laughed sigh of relief.

"Oh good!" he exclaimed with a smile. "I thought I was too late."

Jen blushed a shade of pink at his statement. "Too late?" she asked mousey.

Jared looked at her with a smile and said "Yeah. To ask you to the ball?"

Her eyes grew a little wider. She didn't know what to do. She didn't like Jared like that but he was extremely nice. She looked at Jared and saw Fred standing in the background behind him talking to George. Their eyes met and he smiled at her and she turned her eyes back to Jared and smiled at him. Her stomach was doing flips, and it had nothing to do with Jared. She wished it had been Fred who was sitting next to her asking her to the ball, but she replied ,"Sure. I'll go to the ball with you."

Jared smiled "Really? Cool, well I have to go practice quittich, but I will talk to you later right?" He said standing up and beginning to walk backwards away, awaiting her reply.

"Yup" she said and smiled

"Nice. See ya." He said and walked away, turning around once to look at her.

She smiled and glanced over at Fred and George to see Hermione Dragging Fred to the side to talk to him. She was jealous he was going to the ball with Angelina, but she knew nothing more was ever going to happen, so she went back to pretending to read her book.

Fred Pov.

George was trying to tell Fred something but he as to distract by what was happening not too far away at table. Jen was talking to Jared Smith, a hufflepuff, who played quittich. This bothered Fred even thought he knew that there was never going to be anything between them. He sighed quietly and joked with George. George, Lee, and he were making a plan for their next prank. They were talking in whispers when Fred happened to look up and make eye contact with Jen. His heart stopped for a moment, and he smiled at her. She quickly turned away and began talking with Jared, so he looked back at his friends, then once more at Jen. Instead he saw Hermione making a straight b line for him. He stood up more than he was and gave a devious smirk when she approached.

"Well Hermione, nice to see you finally coming around!" Fred joked.

"oh shut up! I need to talk to you." She said pulling Fred aside.

"About what?" he asked.

"About Jen. I thought you were going to ask her to the ball?" Hermione began.

Fred rubbed the back of his neck and sighed, "I was but then Seamus asked her so I asked Angelina. So what." He said.

"If Seamus asked her then why did she just now say yes to going to the ball with Jared smith, two seconds ago?" Hermione said in a harsh whispered

"Wait are you saying that, that Seamus didn't ask her? And that no one asked her to the ball until just now?!" Fred said in a stern whisper.

"Yes! That's exactly what I'm saying!" Hermione said back.

Fred stood there staring at Jen from across the room. WHAT?! Was all Fred could think? Seamus hadn't asked her at all, and he still would have had a chance if he would have just asked Seamus if he had or hell even talked to Jen to see if he did. Instead he overreacted like an idiot and now he was going to the ball with Angelina, who he semi liked, when he could have been going with the person he really did like …a lot!