"Miss Lupin-Black, can you stay for a moment?" Professor McGonagall called me after class. I nodded to my friends and stayed back in the classroom. "Congratulations on the task. You preformed both of them amazingly."

"Thank you, professor."

"The final task is still a few months away and I was wondering if you wanted to meet up with your potions master in the meantime? We can schedule it in your free periods when the other sixth years have potions. That way it won't get in the way of your training with mister Potter and mister Malfoy." A little smile appeared on her lips.

I didn't know why I was surprised. Of course, she would know what was happening with her champions, what was happening in the castle. Damn gossiping paintings. I must have looked a bit shocked because she added.

"I don't mind. I admire it actually. You're not thinking of yourself or the trophy. You're thinking about keeping your family safe."

I tapped my finger against the table. "I don't have much family left. And I just found them. I don't want to lose them, any of them." She smiled a little broader this time and I smiled back. "About potions... I would love to start on potions again but how will it work?"

"He'll come here. We can set up one of the old classrooms for you two to use, so you won't have to use the floo or apparate to get there."

Right! I had passed my apparition exams. I totally forgot about it for a moment. Between the tournament, classes, my family and the twins. And the fact I can't apparate on school grounds, it totally slipped my mind. Angelina had passed her exam too. The twins and Lee had to wait for the next exams in June since they were still under-age.

"That works for me."

"I'll notify him. You're first day would probably be next Monday. But I'll keep you posted."

"Thank you, professor." I smiled before I walked out the classroom.

I wasn't even a little surprised to see the twins waiting for me. It's been three weeks since the second task. Three weeks of us being something, without really being something. Just thinking back of that night made my knees weak. And when they smiled at me. My favourite lopsided smile, I nearly crumbled. And tonight, they had planned our first date together. We haven't kissed since that night, but they were more affectionate towards me. Holding my hand as we walked through the castle, their hands a little lower on my back, closer to my bum. The kisses on the cheek that they left on the corner of my mouth. More than once, I just caught myself before I would turn my head to kiss them properly.

Now they were leaning against the wall, the sleeves of their shirts rolled up until their elbows, showing off their broad forearms. I licked my lips before I smiled up at them.

"You didn't have to wait."

"We wanted to." Fred said as he pushed himself off the wall and intertwined our fingers together.

"When do we not?" George added, locking my other hand with his.

"About tonight-"

"You're not cancelling, are you?" Fred asked.

"Dear Merlin, no! I've waited a long time for this." I smiled up at them. "I was just wondering what the plan was?"

"It's doesn't work like that, little Fae." George shook his head. "Our dates with you will always be a surprise."

"Oh, come on." I pouted. "Can't I get one little hint?"

"The upside of pining after your for so long." Fred said, gazing at my pouting lips. Did they really 'pine' for that long? "Is that we've grown immune from that look."

"Is that so?" He swallowed but nodded. "And what if I did -" I looked up at him taking a step closer, my hand caressing over his chest. "This."

He stepped back, his eyes dark and he cleared his throat. "Damn you." He muttered and I grinned. "But we're still not telling."

"If I really wanted to, I could get it out of you."

"We know." They chimed. They interlocked their hands with mine again. George leaned down to brush his lips against my temple. "Let's get some food into you before you get hangry."

LB

The date. Of course, the twins blindfolded me. I wondered where they were taking me since we could only go in and around the castle. And seeing it was still cold out in the middle of March, my bet was it was going to be inside. Fred was leading the way and George had his hands on my waist guiding me forward.

"We're almost there, love." He whispered in the silent corridors. I leaned further into him, and his arms curled around me.

A few minutes later, I heard Fred tap his wand against something before George guided me forward. He untied the blindfold carefully and placed it in his pocket. Before I looked around the room, I eyed the pocket.

"Keep it safe. I have plans for that in the future." I winked.

"Fuck." They both groaned.

Then I glanced around the room. Colourful balls of light flew alongside the ceiling. The walls were decorated in streamers and balloons. Music started playing when George tapped his wand against a small music box.

"We always wanted to ask you to the ball. But we thought -"

"I know." I whispered.

"So, we thought why not have a do-over. A private one with just us." Fred said.

"It's perfect." I reached up and kissed their cheeks. "Thank you."

"So -" George bowed, offering his hand to me. "Can I have this dance?"

"It would be my honour."

He pulled me close against him. My arms curled around his neck, pressing me flush against him. His broad arms curled around me, resting his hands on my bum. We slowly moved to the music.

George leaned down to whisper. "You're perfect."

"Believe me, I'm not."

"You are. You are perfect for us, Alec." One hand played with the ends of my hair. "Fred and I -" I felt Fred move behind me, curling an arm around my waist. The three of us pressed together. A bolt of electricity shot through my entire body. "We always knew there would be one girl for us. One girl for the both of us. And we had been waiting and searching."

"I don't know what we would have done if you hadn't transferred to Hogwarts last year." Fred said softly, his chin in the crook of my neck.

"Maybe everything that happened was supposed to happen, so we could meet you."

"I think this was meant to happen too. For me to meet you two. I felt a connection with you two from the start. One I couldn't quite explain, one I tried to ignore. But I'm done ignoring it."

"What does that mean?" Fred's fingertips dug a little in my waist.

"What I said before, this stays between us. I want to explore what this is between us before others want to start meddling. I want us to be strong before telling others."

"We get it." They whispered. George added. "What about the kissing part?"

"The kissing... is really hard not to do. You two are too darn handsome."

"Says you." They chorused, grinning.

"What about kissing on dates?" I quickly added. "That doesn't mean you two asking me on a date every day."

Fred groaned against my neck and George said. "Why do you see through us so easily?"

"I always have."

"Yes, you have." George leaned closer. "I really want to kiss you."

I interlocked my hand with Fred's on my waist before closing the distance between me and George. As he deepened the kiss, Fred's free hand roamed over my side. The kiss, the feeling of both of them pressed against me, made my knees wobble. If it weren't for them holding me up, I would have crumbled to the ground. I wasn't ready when George broke the kiss, a little whine escaping my lips. He chuckled, pecking my lips once more before he twisted me around. Fred was on me in a second, and it was now George's hands going up and down my side. Fuck! They were going to be the end of me.

LB

"Oh, you're here!" I smiled as Harry walked in the training's room. I was sitting on the training mat and glanced up at him. "I thought you blew me off."

"I'm not." He smiled glancing around the room for someone before sitting down in front of me. "But Ron had roped me into a game of chess, and I couldn't get out until he ruined me."

"That's okay." I chuckled. "You ready to get started?"

"Sure. Where's Dra- Malfoy?"

"He couldn't make it. Got detention from McGonagall."

"Oh." His face fell a little. "What did he do?"

"Turned Pansy's bed into a mud bath." I smirked widely.

"A mud bath? Why?"

"I -" I wanted to tell him before I changed my mind. "You should ask him that. But don't worry, he'll be here on Tuesday."

Harry flushed, looking down at his hands. "What are we doing today?"

"Since we won't know what the task is for another two months, maybe we could just practice our duelling spells and martial arts."

"You just want to throw me to the floor, don't you?" He asked grinning.

"Among other things. But it has been a while." I chuckled. I rose to my feet and held out my hand for him. "Ready to kick some ass?"

LB

I was sitting between George and Fred again as we sat in the great hall for lunch. Angelina and Lee in front of us. They didn't seem to notice any difference in our behaviour but maybe that was because we were already so close. It's the beginning of April and things were changing. Not only with me and the twins. That was going rather well. They didn't plan a date once a day but three times a week or so. And it became harder and harder to keep my hands to myself. But we haven't kissed outside of the dates, because that would mean committing fully into a relationship. And we weren't there, not yet.

But things changed between Draco and Harry too. They started talking more and more during training sessions. Harry asked how Cissy was doing or Draco asking about Sirius. I wondered what they talked about when I wasn't there because most of the time, they were in the room together before I arrived. I've walked in multiple times on them blushing.

And then there was Remus and Sirius... they seemed closer the last time we visited. Even Harry noticed. And Sirius was opening up about his time in Azkaban. To Remus, to Harry and to me. He was looking better and was going out more. It wouldn't surprise me that Remus and Sirius were together the next time we visit them. The twins' birthday was a few days ago. And of course, they made a whole spectacle in school for the entire day. None of the teachers said anything about it, only Snape looked disgruntled. I surprised the twins with a date of my own and gave them both some new quidditch equipment.

Now the twins were distracting me by rubbing their hands up and down my legs, slipping under the hem of my skirt. But their hands slipped away when my potions' master came over. They stiffened next to me. I will say they weren't a fan. I didn't know how the potions' masters looked like before or how old they were. I just looked at their credentials. So, much to my surprise and the boys' frustration, the potions' master, Luke Golden, was in his late twenties with bright blue eyes and dark brown curly hair. He was fit and wickedly smart and the twins hated it. He was in his late twenties so the age difference is at least ten years but that didn't matter to me. He was hot yes, but I had only eyes for the two red heads next to me.

"Alec." Luke smiled. He insisted we called each other by our first names. Another thing Fred and George didn't like. "Are you ready?"

"Yep." I finished my goblet and kissed the twins on the cheek before standing up. "I'll see you guys in a few hours."

"Have fun!" Angelina called back and the twins scowled at her.

"I hope I'm not stealing too much time away from your friends." Luke said as we excited the great hall where many girls and boys swooned over him.

"No, they have their own class in half an hour."

"Good." He nodded as we rounded the corner. "I know we don't have a lot of time this year with you in the Tournament, but this seems to work between us. If you want, we can continue this next year."

I've only been learning from him for a month, so I was surprised to hear the suggestion. "Really?" I asked. "Aren't you afraid you will be sick of me in two months or think I'm a failure at potions?"

He huffed a small laugh as he opened the door to our classroom, letting me in first. "No, Alec. I am young and just like you, I got my degree in potions early. I was home taught my whole life. But I have had several boys and girls under my wing already and you stand out by far, even after this short period of time." He let a couple of cauldrons fly over to our desks. "I do extensive research before I accept a new apprentice, Alec. And even before I met you and saw what you can do. I knew you were extraordinary. I've read your essays and the recommendations of your teachers here and from Beauxbatons. I even met up with Lore Peeters."

I looked at him, shocked. My mouth was partly dropped open. I didn't know any of that. I just thought they would get a request, together with some information about my grades and teachers, that's it. But apparently not with him. I closed my mouth and fiddled with my sleeves.

"Now I'm afraid I'll disappoint you."

"I don't believe for a second that it will happen, Alec. You exceeded my expectations already. But there is one thing -" I stiffened. "Herbology." I scrunched my up my nose. "I know you don't like it and it's one of your lesser subjects, but Herbology is a big part of potions."

"I know but I can just buy everything in the shop." I said. "I don't have green fingers. Once, I even killed a cactus." He laughed. "So, yeah. I don't do plants."

He smiled softly. "We'll start with the potions first before we dive into that disaster." Thank, De la Barre!