AN: Since it's been so long since I've updated, I thought I'd treat you guys to a double update. Please please please review, I love it when you do!

*Chapter 17*

"You two still haven't shagged? But you sleep together every night!" Katie said loudly enough to turn a few heads in the café. She blushed a little and lowered her voice. "What are you waiting for?"

Angelina smiled sheepishly and shrugged. They had been dating now for almost three months, but the most that she and George ever did was get really into their making out. Clothes came off regularly, but so far no sex had happened. She chalked it up to the fact that their relationship was still so new that they didn't want to scare each other…or themselves away.

"I don't really know," she said. "I know we both want to. It just hasn't happened."

"You know what you need," Alicia said. "You need a party. Parties are great because you spend the whole night talking to other people, and by the end of the night, you miss being alone with them so much that you can't wait to take your clothes off. It happens to me and Lee every time we go out, really. I mean, why do you think we're usually the first to leave? I get tired of talking to you two and seeing him talk to the boys and just want to be with him so much. Separation is like an aphrodisiac."

"But then why doesn't that happen when he spends the whole day at the shop and I don't see him 'til dinner?" Angelina asked, skeptical of this theory.

"Well because then you have other things to do, so you don't really think about it. Trust me, it's like this. At parties and when you go out, you can see them but you both are so busy all night talking to all your friends that you get tired of just looking at them and flirting with them in front of everyone that you want to be alone."

"That sounds silly," she said. "I don't need a party to want to sleep with George."

"Fine, you don't believe me? I'll prove it. We'll all go out this Friday and if it doesn't work, I'll eat my words." Alicia looked so smug that Angelina couldn't turn down the challenge. Leave it to a couple of old Quidditch players to find competition anywhere, she thought.

"Alright, you're on."

"You look gorgeous, love," George said, nuzzling her neck as she tried stood in front of his bedroom mirror styling her hair. She grinned and returned the affection with a kiss. She had tried to play it cool and dress herself like it was any other night. They went for drinks with their friends often enough that it was no big deal. She had laughed it off when he commented on her outfit being for something more special than a pub night.

As hard as she had tried to fight the urge to dress up, she couldn't help it. Earlier in the day she had been walking home from her lunch with George and passed a small clothing boutique with the most brilliant sapphire dress displayed in the window. It was modest enough for her tastes but still sexier than anything she owned. She paired it with her favorite pair of black boots, almost knocking George off his feet in the process. When he had walked into the room as she was putting it on and stopped dead in his tracks, she blushed. Now as she stood there with him behind her, his arms around her waist and kissing her neck, she began to feel that she had made a losing bet with Alicia.

"We need to go," she said reluctantly. To hell with spending all night waiting for the other foot to drop. With the way he was kissing her neck, she was ready to spend the whole night in bed with him starting now. She pooled all her willpower and pulled herself away from him to grab her little purse. George nodded, not wanting to go out either. They Apparated to the alley behind the pub and went in. As he watched her walk in front of him, he had no intention of making this a late night out.