So… a lot of you seemed to enjoy the last chapter :)
And here I thank my amazing reviewers: Adora81, Oogie, Kukaburry, LoverPR-SN-HP, ForeverTeamEdward13, the anonymous reviewer who didn't leave their name, rowellylovesgryffindor and TigrisDeo!
So, let us just recap the last chapter… mainly cuz I just wanna say to say it… Mia and George finally kissed! Woo! Sorry, I just wanted to say it…
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter… but I do own Mia
And… I made up the spell vertosus
So… this chapter skips forward a couple weeks…
Chapter 18: The Couple and The Letter
"Can you two stop being all lovey-dovey yet?"
"To stop being something, you actually have to be it in the first place."
"I don't really want to know what you two do."
"I think it's sweet."
"You would, Angelina," Fred said. They were sitting at the Gryffindor table eating breakfast.
"After all you're teasing and plotting…" Mia said, "You regret it now, don't you?" she joked.
A couple of weeks previously, when Fred, Angelina, Alicia and Katie had gotten back from Hogsmeade, Mia and George hadn't been in the common room, so they went looking for them. When Katie had passed the courtyard, she had screamed with a mixture of delight and shock to see the two kissing. For the next two weeks, Mia and George had had to endure teasing and having the mick taken out of them.
"Part of me does," Fred said, "but, of course, all our plotting worked."
"Right… so… you plotted for me to stay behind during the Hogsmeade trip?" George scoffed.
"Well… no… but… oh, shut up!" the girls burst out laughing.
"What have we got first?" Mia asked, pushing her empty cereal bowl away.
"Erm… transfiguration?" Fred offered. Mia thought for a moment.
"Mmm… yeah. Yep, makes sense," Mia replied. "right, let's go, then, boys," she stood up.
"What? But I'm still eating!" Fred held up his toast.
"Finish it on the way," Mia shrugged.
"But the bell ain't even go-" brrrring! Mia smiled smugly.
In the transfiguration class room, everyone was staring down at the pigs squealing on their tables. Mia was twizzling her wand with one hand and fiddling with her rose necklace with the other. Fred and George were just looking at the pigs open mouthed.
"let me get this straight… we have to turn this," Mia pointed at the pig, that was now trying to eat her quill, "into a mouse and then back again?"
"Yep," George said, pushing his pig away as it went to eat his tie.
"So, that means that we have to… give it fur, make it smaller, give it a long tail, make it squeak instead of oink… all at the same time?" she asked.
"Yep," George pushed the pig away again.
"And then we have to take away the fur, make it bigger, shrink its tail and make it go oink instead of squeak?"
"Yep…" he pushed the pig away. Again.
"Um… ok… um…" Mia pointed her wand at the pig, "Vertosus," the pig, which had been walking along the edge of the table, fell onto the floor with a thud. Mia, Fred and George looked at it and Mia slid out of her chair, crouching down. "Professor!" she called, standing up. From the front of the classroom, McGonagall looked up at her. "I think I killed my pig." Mia said in a bored voice. McGonagall stood up and hurried over to her, looking down at the pig.
"Ah… no, it is simply unconscious… however, there are no more pigs… perhaps if you observe Weasley until your pig awakens and we'll try again the next lesson." Mia nodded. As McGonagall walked away, Mia turned to the twins.
"Apparently I have to observe you," she said, mimicking McGonagall.
"Yes, Mia, we heard the first time," Fred said.
"Right… well, go on!" Mia motioned with her arm. Fred and George glanced at each other, then pointed their wands at their pigs.
"Vertosus." George's pig did nothing. Well, it went to eat his tie again, but nothing else. Fred's pig sprouted fur, turning into a kind of fat, fuzzy, squealing ball. "um…" Fred poked the pig with his wand and it squealed again. Mia started clapping sarcastically.
"Well done, Fred," she said in a tone to match her clapping.
"Why, thank you!" he said, choosing to ignore her mockery, half-bowing. Mia rolled her eyes and laughed.
By the end of the lesson, Mia's pig was still out cold and the only students that had managed to turn their pig fully into a mouse was two Ravenclaw students, both of whom left the room beaming.
Later that night, Mia, George, Angelina and Fred were sitting in the common room. They were the only ones in there, apart from a small group of third years in the furthest corner. Mia and George were sitting on one sofa, with George's arm around her waist and her head resting on his chest. Opposite them, Angelina was curled up in one corner of the sofa, with Fred sprawled over the rest of it.
"Fred… don't you have a detention tonight?" Angelina asked.
"Crap!" Fred leapt up and walked quickly towards the portrait hole, "see ya later!" he called before it swung shut.
They sat there for another five minutes, Angelina had spread out, one leg dangling off the edge of the sofa. George had started tracing circles on Mia's stomach, and she closed her eyes, sighing. Angelina started to get that 'third wheel' vibe. Smiling, she stood up and walked towards the staircase. "later, guys," she said.
"Later," Mia replied as she started up towards the girls' dormitory.
George stopped drawing circles on Mia's stomach and wrapped his arm around her again. Mia sat up suddenly and turned around so she was facing George. His lips quirked into a small smile and caught her arm, tugging her towards him as he leaned forward. Their lips touched and her hand ran through his hair as she shifted so she was kneeling. He brushed his hand up her arm until it came to rest of her shoulder. Their lips parted, but came beck together a second later.
"I would prefer it if you didn't do that whilst I was in the room," Mia and George jumped and looked up to see Ginny standing with her arms crossed, looking slightly irritated, but a small smile was playing on her face.
"Then leave the room," Mia replied, blushing but smiling.
"I was anyway," Ginny replied, before going over to the staircase, and disappearing up it.
A few days later, Mia was pulling on Fred's arm as he tried to get up the stairs leading to the Owlery. "You can't send that letter, Fred!" she yelled, pulling back harder and loosing her grip, falling backwards. George caught her and crossed his arms as soon as he let go, looking at his brother.
"Of course I can send the letter! I'm going to do it right now!" he started up the stairs.
"But it's blackmail! What if you get caught!" she ran up the stairs after him, George following her.
"I'm fed up of trailing Bagman 'round the school trying to get our money back!" Fred said.
"Listen, Fred," Mia said, grabbing for his arm again, but it slipped out of her hand, "I know you're pissed off, but you. Can. Not. Send. That. Letter!"
"Yes I can!" Fred replied.
"Look, Mia's right…that's blackmail, that is, we could get into a lot of trouble for that," George said, brushing past Mia so he was right behind his brother.
"We've tried being polite," Fred said, twisting the letter around in his hand, "it's time to play dirty, like him. He wouldn't like the Ministry of Magic knowing what he did." Mia rolled her eyes and her footsteps got heavier as she climbed the stairs.
"I've told you, Fred, if you put that in writing. It. Is. Blackmail!" she said
"Yeah, and you won't be complaining if we get a nice fat payoff, will you?" Fred looked back at her.
"I didn't make the bet in first place!" she shrieked.
Fred pushed the Owlery door open and all three of them froze. Standing on the other side of the room was Harry, Ron and Hermione. And they had obviously heard every single word they had said.
"What're you doing here?" Ron and Fred said at the same time.
"Sending a letter," said Harry and George.
"What, at this time?" Mia said at the same time as Hermione.
Fred smiled easily as Mia licked her lips. "Fine- we won't ask you what you're doing, if you don't ask us," he said. "Well, don't let us hold you up," he continued, bowing slightly and pointing to the open door.
"Who're you blackmailing?" Ron asked. Fred stopped smiling and Mia licked her lips again
"Don't be stupid, I was only joking," George said.
"Didn't sound like that," Ron disagreed.
Fred and George looked again as Mia started to shuffle from foot to foot. "I've told you before, Ron," Fred started "keep your nose out if you like it the shape it is. Can't see why you would, but-"
"It's my business if you're blackmailing someone," said Ron. "George's right, you could end up in serious trouble for that."
"Told you, I was joking," said George. He took the letter off Fred and went to tie it to an owl's leg. Mia started to shake her head slowly. "You're starting to sound a bit like our dear older brother, you are, Ron. Carry on like this and you'll be made a prefect."
"No, I won't!" Ron fumed. George let the owl fly out of the window as Hermione turned to Mia.
"Do you know something about this?" she asked. Mia shuffled onto her left foot and licked her lips again.
"I… I have nothing to do with it," she replied.
"Then why're you up here?" Ron asked. Before she could answer, George cut in.
"Look, stop telling people what to do. See you later." He and Fred left the Owlery, and Mia looked at them. She glanced at the three fourth years before running out after them.
"I. Can. Not. Believe. You. Sent. That. Letter!" she stormed down to them and pushed past them, turning to face them. "Do you know what kind of shit you're gunna get into if you're caught?" Fred crossed his arms.
"If we get caught," he said. Mia just flicked her eyes from Fred, to George, back to Fred, then back to George. The she turned around and stormed down the stairs.
Fred and George glanced at each other before George ran after her. Down the corridor, she whipped around. "God, of you get caught…" she said.
"If we get caught, we're going to get into big trouble. I know." He said, brushing his thumb along her arm.
"I'm being way too sensitive over this, aren't it?" she said. George just shrugged.
Fred poked his head around the corner, making sure Mia wasn't about to blow up. When he was sure she wasn't, he came around the corner, calling out, "Hey! Person here!"
Just to annoy Fred, Mia quickly pecked George on the lips, laughing as Fred feigned throwing up.
So there we are. The first chapter with Mia and George as a couple…
The next chapter should be out soon… it'll probably be the Third Task… unless I come up with another ingenious idea…
Oh… and about the pigs… that kinda come outta nowhere… actually, it happened after my mate said something about pigs and it just kinda… appeared in my mind… don't ask…
So, please review!