Chapter 8

During holidays

I packed my bags and flooed to the Burrow like I did every year, the only difference was that I was not greeted by Fred and George as I fell over. My first sight was that of Charlie and a brunette I presumed to be Elizabeth having a make out session on the couch. Upon my entrance they pulled apart.

"Liz, this is Alexis, the one the twins have been talking about for the past week." Charlie introduced, "Alexis, this is my girlfriend Elizabeth."

I smiled politely and said hi before making my way up to Ginny's room.

Ginny and Hermione were already there waiting for me.

"Did you see her?" Ginny asked.

"Yeah, they were kissing on the couch when I flooed in."

"They do that a lot. You'd think that they would go kiss where no one can see them." Hermione said.

"So what's the plan?" Ginny asked, "Hiding in my room all summer?"

"Nope. I think I'll go make my presence known." I grinned.

Hermione and Ginny matched my grin as we stepped out of the room.

"FRED, GEORGE WHERE ARE YOU?" I shouted on the stairs.

They caught on immediately.

"LEXY!" They yelled, tearing down the stairs. "We missed you so much!"

"Have you seen Charlie and Bill yet?" Fred asked loudly.

"I saw Charlie when I got here. Where are Bill and Ron and Harry and your mum and dad?"

"Follow us!" they yelled, charging down the stairs.

The five of us made as much noise as possible on our way down stairs and headed outside to find Bill, Harry and Ron setting up the Quidditch pitch.

I greeted the three boys and Ginny and I raced back inside to get Charlie to play and to grab our broomsticks.

"Charlie!" we called, running into the room, "Come play Quidditch with us!"

"I don't really want to. I'd rather stay in here with Liz."

"Liz can watch with Hermione." Ginny suggested. "We need you to play to even up the numbers."

"Can't you play without me?"

"No we can't. You always play." I said.

"Yeah it's like a family tradition, hey Lex?" Ginny added, putting her arm around my shoulders, deliberately omitting Liz from the family concept.

"No."

"Charlie, just go and play for a bit. I'll watch with Hermione." Liz said.

"Thanks Liz." Ginny said before we raced up the stairs.

When we came back down Liz and Hermione were sitting in the shade of a tree while everyone else had decided teams. I was chosen seeker for my team, playing opposite Charlie. I really loved the twins thinking. Harry, Fred and Bill were on my team with George, Ron and Ginny on Charlie's team. We played for almost twenty minutes without a glimpse of the snitch when I finally saw it three feet above Charlie. In order to draw him away, I took off in the other direction and as I'd hoped, he followed, hoping to see the snitch for himself. When he had almost caught up to me I quickly turned around and headed for the snitch. When he realised that he'd fallen for my ploy he swore loudly and went after the snitch. It was barely a foot from the ground now and I dived deeply, with Charlie on my tail. I pulled out of the dive as I caught the snitch and was knocked off my broom by Charlie who couldn't avoid me. I was laying on the ground, mentally checking for injuries when I realised that he was on top of me, his lips inches from mine.

"I win." I grinned at him, breaking the awkward silence between us.

"Yeah, that was a nice trick by the way." He said as he got up, pulling me to my feet.

Fred, Harry and Bill quickly surrounded me, loudly celebrating our victory before Ginny and Hermione dragged me upstairs.

"Alright," Hermione began as soon as we closed the door, "I found out a few things about Liz. She and Charlie are like complete opposites. She hates flying, isn't particularly fond of dragons or any creatures really, isn't very outgoing and would rather just have a quiet night alone than go out with friends."

"I had a thought." Ginny stated.

"Will I like the thought" I asked cautiously.

"Well, I was thinking that we should get some fire whiskey and play a little game of never have I ever tonight. I mean, we could get him a little drunk…"

I nodded slowly, mulling over the possibilities.

"Or we could play truth or dare, or spin the bottle." Ginny suggested.

"Truth or dare sounds like a good idea, as long as no one asks me who I like…"

"Okay, well, we won't ask and you can tell Fred and George not to ask and just pick dare for the others." Hermione reasoned.

"Alright. I'll go tell the twins and you guys can tell the others." I said.

The twins were very enthusiastic about the idea and immediately agreed to play. Harry and Ron need a bit more convincing but at the mention of fire whiskey they agreed. Bill honestly didn't mind either way and Charlie and Liz didn't really want to play but Ginny convinced them to.

That night we headed out into the garden with numerous bottles of fire whiskey. We sat in a circle in the middle of the yard and debated over who would go first. Eventually Ginny announced that because she was the youngest, she got to go first.

"Alrighty, Fred."

"Hmm, truth." He decided.

Ginny thought for a minute, "Who was your most memorable kiss with?"

Fred paused for a second; shot me an apologetic glance before answer, "Alexis."

The entire circle, minus George and I were shocked.

"Alright, my turn." Fred said, trying to distract them "Harry."

"Truth."

"Who did you really want to go to the ball with?"

Harry blushed before mumbling "Cho Chang."

There were wolf whistles from the boys and Harry blushed even more. "Alexis?"

"Dare." I decided immediately, not wanting to risk horrible questions.

"I dare you to drink what's left in this bottle of fire whiskey."

"But we'll have none left for never have I ever." Ginny protested.

"Too bad." Harry shrugged, passing me the half-filled bottle

"Alright, then." I said, unscrewing the cap and tipping the liquid down my throat. It seemed to take forever for the bottle to empty but when it did Harry, Ron, Fred and George applauded.

"My turn. Ron."

"Dare."

"I dare you to pick up a spider." I grinned. "You have to do it. You chose dare."

He sighed and set off to find a spider. A few minutes later after some squealing, he returned with a baby spider in his hand. As soon as we saw it he flicked it off and shuddered. "Hermione."

"Truth."

"What is the worst mark you have ever received?"

"95%."

"That's better than us put together." The twins commented.

"Charlie."

"Worst memory?"

"Alexis's birthday last year." He replied, without looking at me. "Bill?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to jump in the pond, fully clothed."

"Okay," he shrugged, setting off to the pond, "as long as someone else does it too."

The fire whiskey chose the worst time to hit.

"I'll come!" I shouted jumping up after him.