An: I most unfortunately don't harry potter but J.K. Rowling does
It had been a week since George Weasley had asked Alicia out, neither of them had mentioned it to each other. George had pulled himself away from Alicia, giving her the occasional hug or kiss on the forehead. Alicia began to get worried that George had changed his mind, so when she told her worries to Angelina and Katie, all three of them had decided that Alicia should try really hard to get Georges attention. So on Friday morning Alicia got up at 6:00am and had a long shower, taking care to shampoo her blonde hair twice and to use her expensive conditioner, which she rarely used except of special occasions. She quickly changed into clean school robes, spraying on some of her perfume that was on a higher shelf in the bathroom. Alicia walked out of the bathroom, glancing at the clock to see it was 7:30; she was grabbed by Angelina and shoved into a chair.
"Angie! Calm down! We have an hour till breakfast!" She smiled up at her best mate who was grabbing a bristle hair brush and a couple of hair bands. Angelina walked round behind Alicia and started brushing out any knots in her hair. The door to their dorm burst open causing Alicia and Angelina's roommates to jump out of bed with a start.
"Katie dear, let's not try to give everyone a heart attack, kay?" Said Taylor Jones with a sleepy smile as she walked towards the bathroom.
Alicia watched her other roommate Dani quickly get dress and ran out the dorm. Alicia did not particularly care to wonder what Dani was up to as neither of the two girls liked each other and tended to fight a lot.
Katie grinned, nodding "Sure Tay, if that's what you want" Katie walked quickly across the room where her two mates were with her wand in hand. "So Angie what do you want me to Leesh's face?"
Angelina was silent for a moment; tugging on a knot before answering "umm, keep it natural, just cover up a few impurities and curl her lashes" She pulled out her own wand, doing a spell that caused Alicia's hair to go extra shiny. Angelina pulled Alicia's hair up into a high ponytail with a few loose curls to frame her face.
Katie covered Alicia's face with a light amount of makeup and curled her long lashes with her wand. She grinned putting on a light pink lip gloss on Alicia heart shaped lips. "You look great Leesh! I mean, you usually look great, but you look even more beautiful today!"
Alicia laughed standing up and patting Katie's blond head "come on, I'm starving." She smiled widely locking arms with Angelina and Katie walking out of the dorm laughing. They walked into an empty common room, except for two people. A tall red headed boy had his back to them, his arms wrapped around a medium height brown head girl. Alicia mentally noted that this boy looked rather like one of the twins, or their little brother Ron. She smiled slightly wondering whether Ron and Hermione had finally saw that they were perfect for each other but this thought was crushed when Angelina cleared her throat loudly, causing the pair to jump and pull apart. Standing there was Alicia roommate Dani and to Alicia's horror, George.
"Leesh, I.. I'm so sorry.. I didn't… I don't like her.. She.. Came on to me" He took a step towards the girls, Alicia felt her eyes fill with tears. "Oh really! So how come you have barely paid any attention to me" She glared at him, slapping him hard in the face before walking past him and Dani and out of the portrait. She ran quickly down the grand stair case, shoving past people with tears in her eyes, Alicia ignored people who were calling her name. She was barely paying attention to where she was going, running straight in Hagrid causing her to fall to the floor, who had been walking down the corridor with Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall. Hagrid quickly pulled Alicia up by the shoulders, setting her down on her feet.
"you okay Alicia?" He frowned seeing the tears over her face. "I'm fine Hagrid, thanks.. Im sorry about running into you, I should have been paying attention to where I was going…" He smiled warmly down at her "No, no its fine!" Alicia smiled forcefully back, dusting herself off.
Professor Dumbledore took a step towards her, wand in hand "Here let me, miss Spinnet" He gave his wand a quickly flick removing the dust from her robes.
Alicia rubbed the back of her neck "thanks sir..umm… I had better go.." She took a step around them, walking away until she heard her name being called.
"Spinnet, if you ever need to talk, you know where to find me" Professor McGonagall said kindly, Alicia wasn't used to the lack of sternness in her voice, probably because she was usually telling Alicia off. Alicia nodded "thanks professor" She turned, walking around the corner, before running again past the great hall and out of the doors, into the grounds. Alicia ran as fast as she could towards the lake, pausing as she saw Harry Potter standing there.
"Hey Harry" She said listlessly, walking slowly over to him. He turned giving her a smile "Hey Alicia, whats up?" She stared out over the lake "I.. don't think me and George are friends anymore.." at this she burst into tears.
Harry who was startled by her tears, awkwardly wrapped his arms around her, patting her back gently. "Oh im sure that's not true.."
Alicia cried into his shoulder "Yes, it is ! I walked into him kissing Dani! And…and!" She explained to him about the night they kissed and Malfoy "and, now I just don't know what to do!" She finished pulling away from Harry, who much to her surprise was getting rather tall.
He gave her a pained smile "I know what you mean, Ron hasn't spoken to me since my name got called out of that cup…he thinks I put my name in"
Alicia paused, she had forgotten about their fight "I'm sure he will get over it Harry, after you kick Krum's butt next week on the first task." She gave him a small proud smile, Alicia was rather worried about Harry being in this task, as he was like a younger brother to her but she was sure he could handle it.
Harry smiled "thanks Alicia, you seem to be the only one who believes in me" Alicia rolled her eyes "that's not true Harry, every single Gryffindor is behind you even Ronald." She took his hand a squeezing it "you ready for the task?"
He nodded "as ready as I will ever be, Hermione has been helping me practise as much as possible!" Harry grinned, his green eyes sparkling brightly "so what do you think of Krum and Fleur then?"
Alicia pulled a face "Krum is…okay, but he needs to smile more! And Fleur is definitely part veela and quite stuck up" She looked at the castle "you had better go Harry, you'll be late to class"
"what about you? Don't you have class?" He frowned, a crease forming on his forehead
Alicia shrugged "I think I'm going to go to Hogsmeade….using that one eyed witch passage" She gave him a small smile "I need to clear my head and Snape is not going to help me do that."
Harry still frowned "that's not the only reason you don't want to go to potions is it..." Alicia sighed "no… George is my partner and… I don't want to see him right now..." She looked at the floor
Harry nodded "Ahhhh, don't blame you then" He gave her a quick hug "How bout I walk you to the passage way… I'm going past it anyway..." Alicia nodded, walking slowly towards the school "yeah okay, if you're sure"
They walked in a comfortable silence, with Alicia dragging her feet slightly causing her to trip a few times. Every time she tripped, Harry would catch her before she fell at which Alicia would blush red, muttering "thanks"
As they walked through the now empty corridors, Alicia went through the pockets of her robes, checking for a few galleons. Alicia and Harry stopped outside the passage "thanks Harry, for being there... you know..." She stopped looking at the floor, before giving Harry a quick hug. She watched him wave to her and walk down the hallway towards his lesson.
Alicia tapped the one-eyed witch with her wand, muttering "Dissendium", She stepped into the passage walking towards Hogsmeade. The end of the tunnel led to the cellar of Honeydukes in which she climbed up into. Alicia came face to face with a cheery looking Mrs Dukes who own Honeydukes "Oh hello Alicia! You should have told us you were coming? Where are Fred and George?"
Alicia looked at the floor, shrugging "in class I suppose" She gave Mrs Dukes a small smile. "I can't stop… I was thinking about going for a drink in the three broomsticks" Mrs Dukes gave Alicia a soft pat on the cheek, walking her out of the shop and biding her goodbye.
Alicia walked slowly down the street towards the pub. She paused noticing two men walking closer to her, one had flaming red hair, with a muscular look to him, and the other was quite shabby looking, with sandy coloured hair. Alicia quickly realised that both of these men had recognised her and one of which would not let her stay out. She turned round and started walking back towards Honeydukes, but a long, strong arm came round from behind her.
"And where do you think you are going, little girl?" A deep voice close to her ear, Alicia could feel his breath against her neck, she giggled reluctantly as it tickled her skin. "Hmm, back to school Mr Weasley, where else?" She turned round to face a grinning Charlie Weasley and slightly behind him a smiling Professor Lupin.
Charlie laughed "the real question is.. What are you doing out of the school?" He patted Alicia's head gently "and why does that lovely face of yours look like it's been hit by a bludger?"
Alicia gave a small shrug "I needed to escape" She sighed "i don't have a lovely face Charlie, I'm just plain old me."
Charlie frowned "You are anything but plain Allie, you are one of the prettiest girls I know and I happen to adore you" Charlie gave a kiss on the forehead "Come on little sister, lets go for a drink." He wrapped an arm turning round to face Professor Lupin "Well, it was nice seeing you Remus, I better get this misfit a drink and then back to the castle" He grinned
Professor smiled at Alicia and Charlie, Alicia now looking at him properly, noticed that he looked thinner than the last time she had seen him and he had more grey hairs than before "Of course Charlie, I understand" He put a hand into his pocket, pulling out a large chocolate bar, tossing it to Alicia, who caught it easily "You look like you could do with it Alicia, send you father my regards" He patted Alicia's shoulder gently, then shaking Charlie's hand, before walking past them and down the street.
Alicia looked into Charlie's blue eyes, noticing with a pain in her chest, that both Charlie and George had the exact shade of blue in their eyes. "C'mon you, let's go get a butterbeer, while you tell Cheeky Charlie what's the matter" He gave her a goofy grin, before leading her towards the three broomsticks.
An: Okayyy, im sorry I haven't updated in a while! I actually had most of this chapter ready but I then decided to change it. Again im sorry, my life has been pretty hectic the last two weeks, good news is : I passed all of my exams- managing to get A's and B's in all of them, so YAY! And the bad news is: I unfortunately broke up with my bf.. which is generally why Alicia & George don't get together in this chapter… It was a lot different and happier before I changed it ! Soo please review and thank you to anyone who has reviewed !