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"Putain, it's cold out there," Roxanne said as she walked into a classroom that held only Fred and Dell.

"Picking up some words from Dominique?" Fred asked as he lounged on top of a table, Dell sitting on a chair at it, playing exploding snaps with him.

"Louis actually," She replied pulling off her gloves, having just come in from the cold outside. She rested on a table nearby, and Dell sent a small smile her way, Roxanne returning it. The two had only started talking once more a month previous, on Roxanne's terms of course.

"What does it mean?" Fred asked, but before she could answer James walked in, a large scowl on his face.

"Didn't go so well with the Jordan's I'm guessing?" Dell asked a smirk on her face as she ignored the frown on her boyfriends.

"No! Kailey looked at me as though I had three heads when I asked her out, and then sent me her sister's way. I just flirted with Hailey, and she laughed at me, so I decided to avoid the whole asking out thing. But I've still got a lot of time, it's only December!" James said, seeing the 'I told you so' coming from Dell. She just smirked and shook her head, looking back towards her game.

"You guys really shouldn't be doing this," Roxanne said frowning, also having grown up around the Jordan's like her brother. Though when James looked as though he was about to say something she just shook her head and held up her hands telling him she was going to say no more on the matter at hand.

"You should just give up now; you know nothing's going to come of it. I mean, Hailey laughed at you." Dell said right before their current game exploded causing Fred and Dell to hold up their hands.

"James Sirius Potter, the head of the marauders, does not give up," James said holding his head up proud.

"What makes you the head?" Fred said with a snort, Dell nodding in agreement. Before an argument could break out Roxanne decided to cut in.

"Where's Tyler? Isn't he coming?" Roxanne asked a very good question indeed.

"He's finishing up a date with Carly; should be here soon," Dell replied, trying to keep the annoyance out of her tone that clearly stated she didn't like his girlfriend.

"He's not bringing her, is he," Roxanne added looking as though the thought were to make her sick. It seemed the Slytherin girl didn't like Carly either.

"He better not; he knows better," James said, looking towards the door where they were waiting for one more person to enter before their party was complete.

"Come on guys, give Tyler some credit," Fred said, gathering up what was remaining of Dell and his game and putting it away.

The four had to wait half an hour before Tyler showed up.

"What took you so long?" Dell asked as Roxanne closed and sealed the door with her wand.

"Sorry, I couldn't get rid of Carly, and if I told her I was meeting up with you guys she'd have wanted to come, not seeing why she couldn't," Tyler said with a scowl on his face as he sat on the table between James and Roxanne.

"That girl is way too clingy; you should dump her," James said shaking his head.

"What? Why?" Tyler said getting slightly defensive.

"Are you happy with her?" Of all surprises it was Roxanne who asked this question as she leaned back on her elbows, looking at him.

"Well, she can be clingy, but she's smart, and she can be fun; she barely ever stops talking, and half of her sentences are filled with giggling; she knows more about James than I do; but we like similar things and," Tyler started rambling on but Roxanne cut him off.

"That's not what I asked. I asked if you were happy with her." Roxanne said, raising an eyebrow seeming to already know the answer.

Tyler hesitated.

"She makes you miserable Tyler," Dell spoke up, looking at her best friend sadly.

"No she doesn't," He said once more getting defensive.

"I haven't seen you scowl so much since I've known you, and I've known you since you were born," Fred spoke up. It was true, though at the start Tyler had seemed quite content, in the past couple of weeks a scowl had been almost a permanent feature on his face.

"I'm fine guys, just leave me be," Tyler said tiredly, trying to move the conversation away from himself and his girlfriend.

"If you say so," Roxanne said, not believing it, though closing her eyes as she lay fully down a top the table, her arms folded behind her head.

"Well, vacation starts in a week. You two are coming to the New Year's party our family is throwing," Fred asked Tyler and Dell, speaking of the Weasley's and Potter's in whole. They'd rented a rather large cabin that they were staying at for the whole vacation, and throwing a party for new years, which Tyler and Dell had been invited to (of course) but also to stay the night and until school started again.

"Of course," Dell said while Tyler nodded. Fred and James smiled, while Roxanne's face was unseen as she was facing the ceiling.

"It'll be the perfect opportunity to get with one of the Jordan's," James said with a smile.

"Remember, it has to be a date, just hooking up with them there doesn't count." Dell pointed out, and James nodded with a frown, but shrugged.

"Hooking up can lead to a date," He said impassively.

"I heard a rumour that Kailey's dating a guy at Durmstrang, and she's taking him to the party," Roxanne said making the other four turn to her.

After a few seconds James said, "Hailey then," Which just made Tyler's frown grow.

Out of the corner of her eye Dell caught a smirk on Fred's face and she gave him a questioning look. He just shook his head and she shrugged, though still wondering.

Of course, his smirk was soon long forgotten in following events.

Edited 2020-02-15