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"Guys, seriously, do you have to do that?" James asked an exasperated look on his face.

"Hey, I have to make up for a whole year of lost time," Fred said as he ran his hand through Dell's blonde hair while her head lay upon his lap.

"Lay off them James. And, just tune it down a bit, would you guys?" Tyler tried to reason things through and make all happy.

"So did you guys seriously think Hailey had me under the Imperius Curse?" Dell asked turning back to a discussion they were having before they left to board the Hogwarts Express. Fred grimaced at this while James nodded his head.

"Well, you were acting so weird, what else were we to think? With the way Hailey's name kept on being mentioned, and she watched you…." James trailed off while Fred shook his head at Dell having grown up with the Jordan twins, their father being his father's best friend, while Tyler just rolled his eyes.

Dell just giggled and shook her head. Even with Fred and Dell going out the Marauders hadn't changed – they were more different when Dell had a crush on him and attempted to hide it.

"Hey Fred, did Roxanne bump her head or something?" Louis appeared at the door, looking at Fred with a confused look on his face.

"Not that I know of, why?" Fred asked looking at the 1/8th Veela boy who often got teased by his cousins for the fact though when they already saw the girls flocking towards him they shut up.

"Well, I was up near the front where most of the Ravenclaws are, and I passed the compartment the Scamander twins were in, and Roxanne was in there-" Louis got cut off by Dell who had sat up.

"Well, that's not unusual. I mean, they are her best friends," Dell said, cocking her head to the side as she wondered where Louis was going with it.

"I know, except for the fact she was flirting with Lysander. And, trust me, I wasn't just seeing things, because the rest in the compartment looked as surprised as I was, and Lysander looked so confused about what was happening while Lorcan looked like he was going to be sick." Louis said not seeming to see James telling him to stop.

"She was WHAT?!" Fred yelled, and Louis suddenly seemed to realize that he was talking to said girl's overprotective brother and took a step back.

"Isn't she still dating what's his name?" Fred asked turning to Dell who would be the one to most likely know the answer to it.

A guilty look appeared on Dell's face as she looked away. "Oh, did I forget to mention it? She broke up with him in the middle of exams. I thought it would be best to tell you after exams were over, but it must have slipped my mind after what happened afterwards." Dell murmured looking at a spot over his shoulder.

Fred turned away from her letting her off the hook as she had a good enough excuse (and was his girlfriend). He went to turn back to Louis but the boy was definitely a Ravenclaw and had been smart enough to leave while Fred's attention was elsewhere.

"What is she thinking? Isn't there some process you're supposed to go through after a break up? Scamander to boot! Her best friend…" Fred started to mumble to himself as he glared angrily out the compartment door as though waiting for Lysander or Roxanne to pass.

Dell slipped across the compartment and sat between Tyler and James. "Go and find the Scamander twins and tell them to run as soon as they leave the train," Dell whispered to Tyler.

James who had been listening asked, "Why both of them, it's only Lysander he's angry at."

Dell looked at James and said, "Because Lorcan and Lysander look so much alike, and Fred's really too angry to tell the difference."

"You need to find a way to get that boy's temper under control," Tyler whispered as he slipped out of the compartment unnoticed by Fred.

Dell slipped back over to the other seat and agreed with what Tyler said. They always said that Roxanne was the one who got the Weasley temper, and such was true, but when it came to his sister, Fred was way too overprotective of her, and his temper could be worse than hers.

Dell just hoped the Scamander's could run fast.

Edited 2020-02-15