Chapter 14:
After the night with George when I realized that I liked him, I had been avoiding him ever since than. Fred constantly tried to get me to talk to him, but I always just made up excuses to go somewhere else when he came. Fred always made jokes how he felt like a couples counselor between the two of us. Although Fred tried to get me to tell him why I was avoiding George I refused too. I knew Hermione was going to talk to me soon, and that was more than enough to handle so need to add Fred to that also. Finally the night of Halloween came and while everybody was getting ready to go to the feast, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were getting ready to go to the death day party. I was sitting next to Hermione who was getting on her clothes when finally she sighed and said, "Ok that's it spill now."
I sighed and said, "Fine." "What's going on between you and George?" Hermione started questioning immediately. "Well I'm avoiding him, and nothing as you can see." I said. Hermione instantly stopped changing and looked at me. "You like him don't you?" She said. I just stared at her, sometimes I thought Hermione knew me better than I knew myself. "Yes." I mumbled. She sat on the bed next to me, and than said, "Well George told me what you guys talked about, and by the way I have noticed your sleeping habits. Not happy with those." She said looking at me sternly. I just shook my head and rolled my eyes. "But you do know that George likes you right?" She asked. "What no he doesn't. He only thinks of me as his little brothers friend, same as Fred." I responded. "Oh come on. Fred is constantly making jokes about you too, and every time he does he turns bright red." Hermione said starting to change again. "Well I would too, it doesn't mean he likes me. And even if he does it can't happen." I said stubbornly. Hermione just sighed, knowing I wasn't going to believe her.
Finally I walked down to the common room, and waited down there for Fred and George since I was going to the feast with them. This was going to be the first time I've had a real conversation with him since that night. All the boys came down at once which made it a lot easier on me I was thinking until all the talking stopped when they saw the tension between me and George. Well this was going to be a long night thought. "Well this isn't awkward." Muttered Harry. Hermione came bounding down the stairs at the perfect moment, and shouted, "Ok let's go we can't be late." Ginny walked down the stairs after a few minutes and came and sat down by me. I looked at her wondering what she was doing, weren't we leaving soon? She saw my confused face and laughed, "They may be down here right now, but they will find a way to be late." I nodded and smiled remembering how we almost missed the train, well Ron and Harry did miss the train.
"So, what's up with you and George?" Ginny whispered at dinner. Fred had been making many jokes since he was sitting in between me and George, and Ginny who was sitting on my other side laughed at all of them. "Nothing." I whispered back. "Hermione told me Arrington." She said and I saw her roll her eyes. "Oh." I muttered. I was going to have to kill Hermione. "Well don't worry it's pretty obvious, I kind of already knew anyways." Ginny said seeing my face. "Really?" I asked surprised. "But Harry and Ron don't know." Ginny just laughed and said, "Honestly they don't notice anything right in front of their face. George made the lamest excuse that night and they believed it. I just don't understand why you don't think he likes you." "Because he doesn't. And even if he did it wouldn't matter." I said stubbornly. "What are you two whispering about?" Fred asked, "I wanna know let me in the secret!" He said whining like a two year old. I just rolled my eyes and said "Mind your own business Fred."
Finally the long dinner ended and we were walking back to the common room, when I ran into Harry. "Did you hear it?" He asked his voice sounding really worried. "Hear what-" I started to ask when I suddenly heard it. "... rip... tear... kill..." Suddenly we both took off following the voice. I could hear Fred, George, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione calling out to us, but I kept following the voice. "sooo hungry... for sooo long... time to... kill... time to kill..." me and Harry looked at each other really worried when suddenly we came to a wall. "Harry look." I said pointing upwards at the wall. On the wall written in bright red shiny blood was:
THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAD BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR BEWARE.
I looked below the words and noticed Flich's cat, "Is it dead?" I heard Harry whisper looking at the cat. Harry moved closer to the cat and I whispered "Harry no." trying to drag him backwards but it was to late. Suddenly everyone coming from the feast was moving through the halls and all stopped at the walls. "Enemies of the heir beware? You'll be next mud bloods." Malfoy said reading from the wall and then sneering at Hermione.