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"Why do they give us so much homework? It makes no sense!" Fred groaned, slamming his book shut. Dell glanced over at him in the dim light of the library, her eyebrows raised. She looked down at her Arithmacy homework - which they did have quite a lot of - and back at him.

"Well, I do believe it is our OWL year, so what else did you expect? What are you doing anyways?" Dell asked, looking at Fred's work, ignoring the pounding October rain on the window.

"Muggle studies, it makes no sense," Fred mumbled, looking at Dell, a dawning expression coming on his face. "Wait a second; you grew up as a muggle! You'd understand this!" Fred said. Dell laughed, rolling her eyes, pulling his work towards her.

"I might, wizards look at it differently, from what I've seen of yours and Tyler's work before. By the way, where is Tyler? And James?" Dell asked looking over the work Fred had to do. She read over what he had written so far, trying to read his messy handwriting.

"Oh, James is on a date with some girl," Fred said, rolling his eyes as Dell snorted in agreement, "And Roxanne wanted to talk to Tyler. I think she wanted to see his Muggle Studies notes from last year. Apparently she can't read mine."

"Well, I don't blame her! You've got the messiest writing I've ever seen! And Tyler's is so neat. Actually, I've seen worse than yours; James. God, whenever I'm in the hospital wing from Quidditch injuries, and I have to borrow his notes from Arithmacy (that is, when he's not in too) it's like going through hell trying to read them!" Dell said, shaking her head. Fred laughed, but quickly stopped at a look from the librarian.

"Well, anyways, it's called a telephone, not a – what is it you even wrote? Never mind, I don't even want to know. You can talk at a normal level, and it's a great way to contact people, I don't know why wizards don't use it, it's much quicker. Kind of like talking through floopowder – you know, with just your head? – except you can't see the person, and the phone can go from room to room, and such." Dell said, handing his notes back. "Besides that, you seem to have gotten everything all right." Fred nodded his head, crossing out a few things, and looking over what Dell had written.

A few minutes later Fred declared himself done, and Dell sighed. "Well, I can't work on this anymore. Maybe I can see Dom's notes from last year – we all know James won't be any help." Dell said, rolling her eyes. Fred smirked, and chuckled quietly as they gathered up their stuff and headed back to the Gryffindor common room.

Once they entered the common room they saw James working on the homework Dell had just given up on. "There you are," He said, with a look of relief. "I need your help on this, it makes no sense!"

"I didn't finish it," Dell said, ignoring the scowl James sent her way. Just because he couldn't understand the subject at all and expected her help on it, didn't mean she could always help him.

"Tyler not back?" Fred asked as he sat on the couch beside James and Dell sat beside him. James shook his head, slamming his book shut and sending another glare at Dell. "What, is Roxanne asking him to explain the whole subject to her?" Fred asked with his eyebrows raised.

Dell rolled her eyes, as James mumbled, "Probably." Dell was about to jump in at that point when who came through the portrait hole but Tyler himself.

"Hey guys," Tyler mumbled as he dropped into the chair.

Fred looked at him with raised eyebrows and asked, "What took you so long?"

"Fred," Dell said, looking at him exasperated, "Don't ask him that. It's like me asking James who he went out with tonight."

"Carly," James said with a shrug.

"Wait – my roommate Carly? Damn it James! She and Liberty are going to be up talking all night! I'm not going to get a wink of sleep tonight," Dell glared at James angrily, and he smirked at her, obviously knowing all this, a fact that just made her angrier.

"Back to Tyler," Fred said, snapping the two out of what was sure to become a heated argument if they let Dell get into it. "So, what, did Roxanne want you to explain the whole subject to her, or something?" Fred asked with raised eyebrows.

Tyler slowly shook his head, thinking. "It was weird, actually. I don't think she even really cared about Muggle Studies that much. Actually, I think I was just a pawn." He said with a chuckle. Now even Dell was intrigued, and Fred's "Hurry up," was all he needed to tell them what had happened.

"Well, she wanted me to meet her in the Great Hall, you know how she hates the library, and since we are in different houses. Anyways, she was in there doing some homework with a few of her Slytherin friends. A few of them didn't mind when I approached – I mean, she is a Weasley; they should be used to it by now. A few didn't look too happy about it. But there was this one guy that sent me this major glare, turns out it wasn't because I was Gryffindor. I'm pretty sure it was what she meant to happen." Tyler said with a chuckle.

"What do you mean," James and Fred said together, totally lost, but Dell understood, she knew where this story was going.

"Whoa, Roxanne is cunning. She was meant for Slytherin, no matter what you guys say," Dell said. James and Fred looked at her surprised, as Tyler continued.

"Well, I gave her my notes. She commented on how much neater they were then yours, Fred. Which, I've got to say, nobody can deny. Well, I was going to leave, but she continued to talk to me, about random things, like she was just trying to keep me there. By then I was really confused. She also seemed to be getting frustrated – as though I wasn't getting what she was getting at. I was afraid she was going to turn around and get her attitude going at me, but I really didn't understand. Then this one guy just seemed to hate my guts, with the way he was looking at me. Anyways, seems it wasn't me she was frustrated at. Just as I was about to finally give up on what Roxanne was trying to get at and leave, the guy that had been glaring at me asked her out, and she said yes. By the looks of it, she was using me as a way to get him jealous. She couldn't use anybody in her own house, and the only friends she had outside her house were related to her – except for me and Dell. Well, Dell's a girl, so me. I bet you it took her a long time to think of me." Tyler finished with a nod.

"So – what you are trying to tell me is – my sister is going out on a date?" Fred said, in shock. Tyler's eyes opened wide, realizing the news he had just brought, and he slid down in his seat.

"Yes," He said, barely above a whisper. James slid away from him, and gave Dell a look that clearly said 'take cover'. But Dell didn't.

"Now Fred, don't freak out, she is 14 now, after all," Dell said, trying to keep him calm.

"I just thought that people would be too afraid of her to go out with her. Only the other Slytherin's wouldn't be – and Roxanne has such high expectations I thought she'd say no to all of them. I thought I could keep her single until she graduated. Or, at least, until I graduated," Fred said, still frozen where he sat.

"I seriously cannot believe you thought that. Seriously Fred, have you seen your sister? She's gorgeous! And though she might be scary, she has a strong will, and there are guys that like that, and like a challenge. Plus, I think one in a million girls stay single throughout school," Dell said to Fred, who was looking at her with a desperate expression. He really had believed that.

"So you're that one in the million Dell?" Dell turned around just in time to see James covering his mouth with a terrified look on his face, and Tyler hiding behind the chair he had just recently been sitting on. Seeing the look on Dell's face, James hurried to hide with Tyler, but he pushed him out for dead meat, and Dell approached James while Fred held the expression of one at a friend's funeral. He even began to hum the funeral march. A few people in the room had looked over to see what was going on, and Albus, who had heard what his brother had said, shook his head saying, "OK, now that was stupid."

"Now what the hell would make you say that?" Dell said standing over James, her eyes burning into him.

"Well, it's just – you haven't gone out with anybody-" James mumbled, cowering under her gaze, trying to fix his wrong, but digging himself into a bigger hole.

"Oh, so you think nobody would want to go out with me?" Dell said scathingly. James eyes widened and he shook his head so fast he started seeing spots.

"No, no! It's just – I know you, and you never really seem interested in that kind of stuff, you're more concentrated on other stuff… and you don't really like anybody…" James looked at Fred and Tyler for help, but they both looked away.

"Just because I don't talk to you guys about it – you are guys after all, I learnt in my first year to steer away from subjects that are classified as 'girl stuff'. Or don't you remember?" Dell said, smirking, as all three of the guy's faces turned scarlet and horror struck. A few of the on watchers laughed, and Dell mumbled, "God, you're worse than my dad."

"OK, I shouldn't have said that. It's not my business," James said, though he added in a mutter, "Though the guy will get a good Weasley/Potter threatening." Dell just smiled a little at that part. Yes, in the morning Roxanne's guy would get a warning/threat from every cousin she had. She had been warned by James that if she ever started dating somebody he would get such too, even if she was only related to the Potter's, and not the Weasley's. That really made her feel like family.

James look relieved at Dell's smile, and slowly came up from his kneeling position to sit on the couch once more. Fred sat down, and Dell sat between them, without a remark, and seeing the coast was clear, Tyler came up from his hiding spot behind the chair. "Thanks for the help dude," James said to him with a scowl.

Tyler just shrugged, and said, "Every man for himself."

"Hey, Dell, you're pretty good friends with Roxanne, aren't you?" Fred said, with a look on his face that said he had an idea.

"Well, not as much as I am with Dom, but ya, I guess you could say so, why?" Dell said, wondering what was to be asked of her now. "Well, you could find out what this guy's like for me," Fred said looking at her.

"I don't know – she'll probably figure it out that you asked me, she's pretty smart…" Dell hesitated.

Sliding off the couch, Fred kneeled before Dell and took her hands in his, "Please Dell! You'd be doing me a huge favour! I just want to make sure this guy is OK for her, so please!" Fred begged her. Out of the corner of her eyes Dell saw James whisper something to Tyler with a smirk on his face, and Tyler nodding in agreement, also smirking.

"OK, I guess. What are you two smirking about?" She added suspiciously.

"Oh, nothing," James said, his eyes on Fred. Fred's face suddenly went red, and he quickly stood up, sitting beside Dell again. Tyler and James snickered into their hands, and Fred scowled. Dell looked at them suspiciously, which made Tyler quickly stop, but James continued.

"What am I missing?" She asked the confusion clear on her face. There was no doubt about it; the three of them knew something she didn't.

"Nothing," Tyler mumbled, smacking James in the head, and kicking Fred in the shin, who gave him a look that clearly said, 'What did I do?' Dell just shook her head as she stood up and said, "Well, I'm going to bed." The others nodded and wished her good night, James still with that awful smirk on his face. Oh, and she would have Carly and Liberty to deal with when she went up. Hopefully Hailey and Kailey wouldn't be fighting that night.

But as Dell went up to bed it wasn't her roommates she was thinking about, or the weird way her best friends had been acting (they were weird to begin with, anyways). No, it was what James had said earlier. 'So you're that one in the million Dell?' Even though he hadn't meant it, and she had reprimanded him earlier for saying it, it still made her think. Was something wrong with her? Though she had said she just never talked about it with him, she never had liked any guy at Hogwarts before, which she could think of. Was that really so wrong? Shouldn't she have at least had a crush on a guy? She shook her head, trying to clear her mind. God, why did James have to find the one soft point she didn't even realize she had?

Edited 2020-02-15