Getting Some Strength *Angie*

[Fred Weasley]

Fred woke up early this morning. Well, early from the usual time he was waking up. He couldn't help it, when he opened his eyes this morning, it just became impossible to close them and go back to sleep. So instead of turning over and over again in his bed, he got up and dressed himself. He knew at this time breakfast was already there on the tables of the Great Hall. Not like you had to hurry though, every time a plate was empty it was magically filling itself. But since he was awake, Fred thought he could just go already. Besides, he had the feeling he was suppose to have some quidditch practice today. Another reason to eat! To 'get some strength'. Every time his mother was saying either him or George was eating too much, both of them were saying they were 'getting some strength' for their work to do. Usually pranks naturally.

He headed down to the great hall and made his way to the gryffindor table. There wasn't much people around. It made Fred grumpy slightly. He recalled he had no class in the morning at all, so why on earth did he have to wake up so soon? He grabbed a few things, bacon, omelet, toast, a fruit, and threw them in the plate in front of him. He filled the glass with milk and slowly started to eat in silence. Anyone knowing the twins might have found it weird, no prank, no joke, not a little comment even an unfunny one. After all, he may be awake, it didn't mean his brain was...

[Angelina Johnson]

Angelina sat on her bed, running her brush through her hair for what seemed like the twentieth time. She couldn't believe how much work her hair required sometimes. Some mornings, she had to even straighten her hair, which didn't really help much, especially when she was tired. Finally able to get her hair in a better condition, Angelina stood up from the bed, and left her dorm silently. The other girls were still sleeping and she didn't want to bother them.

Heading downstairs as quietly as she could, Angelina crossed the common room and left out the portrait. The walk to the Great Hall was silent, chilling almost. The entire castle seemed to silent every now and then, which was kind of sad really. The death of Harry and disrupted the entire castle, and she knew nothing would ever bee the same again.

Entering the Great Hall, Angelina traveled her gaze down the Gryffindor table, looking for someone that she knew. It wasn't until her eyes fell on Fred that she almost gave up hope. Taking a deep breath, Angelina headed towards Fred, whispering silently underneath her breath. As she neared him though, she stopped talking to herself, and threw a small smirk onto her lips.

"Where's your double?" she asked, keeping the smirk on her face as she sat down next to him, glancing down slightly at the amount of food on his plate. She shook her head, replacing the smirk with a smile. "Ah, getting some strength I see" she commented, rolling her eyes playfully.

[Fred Weasley]

Fred didn't notice Angie until he heard her voice. Since he knew her since their first year at Hogwarts, it was hard to mistake it with anyone else's. He raised his head and noticed her smirk. Someone who clearly was able to wake up early, unlike him. He shrugged at her question. "Still sleeping." he explained, with a piece of toast still in his mouth. He made sure though she wouldn't see it, that wasn't really beautiful after all.

He had a light smirk when she took a look at his plate. Sure was quite a breakfast! "I need it with those boring classes and that quidditch practice... We do have a quidditch practice right?" he asked, frowning a little. He often seemed to forget about it. Not like it was a problem though, Angie was there to remind him.

[Angelina Johnson]

Angelina shook her head, smiling gently at him. "Oh really? Well if you go and get his lazy arse out of bed, then we'll start practice, of course I still have to hold tryouts to replace....." she said trailing off as she looked away from him. It really was hard to talk about Harry sometimes. The pain that a lot of them felt about his death was so fresh it was almost impossible to bare.

Grabbing a piece of toast, Angelina picked at it, placing it on a plate in front of her as she did. She wasn't really hungry anymore. After all, thinking about the death of a friend wasn't really something that would allow her to eat easily. She cleared her throat and looked up at him. "But yes, we have practice." she said softly, looking down at her toast again.

[Fred Weasley]

Angie was about to print a smile on Fred's face talking of his twin's lazy arse when it froze at the mention of the tryouts. Yeah, of course... He knew they needed a keeper but it was certainly not about Wood that she thought to have stopped her sentence in the middle of it. No, it was Harry. It hurt Fred as well and he returned serious and grumpy. He knew it was even harder for his brother Ron, and also for Ginny who always fancied him, but that was quite a hard time for Fred too! Harry was still a friend after all.

He simply nodded when she mentioned the practice, unable to speak. "I think Ginny will be there. She's very good and I don't say that because she's my sister." he said though without the conviction he would have usually put into it. He just wanted to think of the tryouts to come without thinking of Harry.

[Angelina Johnson]

She looked up at him, nodding her head. "I wouldn't be surprised. I mean, she seems to be quite promising in whatever she tries." she said trying to get her mind off of Harry. It hurt too much to think about him, and she wasn't in the mood to be hurt right now. At least not by a memory of a guy that she hardly knew. She'd rather think about something more happy, like a crush or something.

Picking at her toast some more, Angelina glanced around the Great Hall, trying to think of something to say. "So, got any new pranks in the works?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

[Fred Weasley]

At the second Fred put the part of omelet in his mouth, Angie asked about the pranks. She really had the timing today! He raised a finger to show her she'd have to wait a little for him to swallow the egg before speaking. Once done he stared at his friend. "Ask me that when my brain will be awake too." he said, half-jokingly. But his tone showed he really was not totally awake yet.

He gulped down a large portion of milk before taking one of the bacon. "Want some?" he asked, showing his plate even if there was tons on the table in front of her. "By the way, how can you wake up this early every morning?" he said, eating his bacon, an elbow on the table to face her without having to turn or anything.

[Angelina Johnson]

Angelina rolled her eyes playfully. "We both know your brain won't be awake for another hour or so, and I don't want to wait that long." she said with a laugh, finishing off her toast. She looked at his plate when he offered some to her, and smiled, taking some fruit from it. She stuck the strawberry in her mouth, and looked back over at him, raising an eyebrow.

"I don't know. I don't really sleep well anymore, well other than when I slept on the couch with George the other night." she said, quickly averting her eyes from him. She wasn't sure if telling him this would be such a good idea, after all, Angelina wasn't sure whether or not her feelings for him or his brother were good right now, so she kept her mouth shut, and kept her eyes turned away from him.

[Fred Weasley]

Fred laughed softly when Angie talked of his brain. One point for her. Yeah, his brain wouldn't work properly until - there was a lot of chances about it - he'd be on the field, the cold air of the morning blowing. Then he'd be fully awake. He just hoped she wouldn't start with a long speech like Wood. But in the same time, she was probably not about to do it, after all the team was not complete yet.

He raised an eyebrow hearing her story about George. His smirk finally appeared on his face. The fact she was avoiding his gaze just made him want to tease her more. "You slept on the couch with George?" he said, half-questioning, half-teasing her. "He didn't tell me that. Is he getting secretive all of a sudden?" he said, yet again only to joke about Angie's clear embarrassment.

[Angelina Johnson]

She looked back at him quickly, feeling her cheeks turn a rosy shade of red. "Well, I, we were tired. Neither of us have been getting a lot of sleep. We slept down there, and awoke to a lot of giggling students." she commented, hoping that would cover everything. She wasn't quite sure if she should mention everything else that had happened after that. She didn't want him to think something else than what had really happened, or anything like that. That wouldn't be good.

"Secretive? I doubt it. He probably couldn't find you and then it slipped his mind. After all, it only happened like a night or so ago. He's probably just....tired is all." she stated, fumbling with her words. If anyone was being secretive, it was her, and she didn't like it. Nope, not one bit actually. She hated hiding things from her friends, especially those two. They were her best friends, and she would be hurt if she lost them over something stupid.

[Fred Weasley]

Fred amused himself watching her searching for her words, blushing and trying to find excuses. In the end he just laughed, stopping her. "Hey, like I care what you and my brother are doing. You could have been snogging on the couch, why should it bother me? You two are mature enough to know what you're doing." he said, to make her understand she didn't need to say anything else, he got her point. nothing happened, they were just tired and fell asleep on the couch. So what? He fell asleep on Angie's shoulder more than once thanks to Oliver and no one ever thought they were a couple because of that.

He pushed away his plate, full now. "Thanks Angie, you just boosted my mood. Now I can take on that boring day. What do we have, today, potions right? Or is it tomorrow. I really should keep my schedule next to me."

[Angelina Johnson]

Angelina looked over at him, raising an eyebrow at him. "If you say so." she said, not quite whether or not she should believe him. He was notorious for lying, and she wouldn't be surprised if he was doing just that right now. After all, she had feelings for the guy, just like she had feelings for his twin, so it wouldn't be that big of a surprise, if what happened with her and George had bothered him even in the tiniest sense. At least she hadn't snogged him on the couch, she thought, thinking about what else had happened that morning.

Standing up from the table, Angelina grabbed her bag, and pulled out her schedule, looking down at it. "Potions, and Charms unfortunately." she answered, glancing over at him as she put her schedule back into her bag. "Of course I have more classes than you. I'm also taking muggle studies, and ancient runes." she commented, looking down at her bag as she closed the snap, making sure it was secure before putting it back on the floor.

[Fred Weasley]

Fred's face was torn with pain hearing the program of the day. Potion AND charms! Poor them. He felt even more sorry for Angie who had more classes. "Yeah talking about that... muggle studies I understand, it's useful if you want to be among muggles and all, but ancient runes, what's the use of that? What can you really learn in there that is interesting?" he asked aloud. Divination he could understand, if you wanted to tell future, or just get money easily by lying to people about their future. Arithmancy, well he found it pointless, but if you wanted to work at Gringotts it was necessary. But ancient runes... he just couldn't find anything that could need it. "In fact, I don't even know what you want to do after the end of the year." he let out, just noticing the fact.

[Angelina Johnson]

Angelina shrugged, looking at him. "Your brother Bill learned a lot of what he does in that class." she said in a matter-of-fact voice, one that was quite similar to how Hermione use to speak. "Anyways, I like taking the class. It's my second year of it, and I've learned a lot of fascinating facts in that class. Besides, the professor is an easy grader, so I don't have to worry so hard about what I turn in.

Picking up her bag, and putting the strap over her shoulder, Angelina looked at Fred. "After graduation? Gee, I don't know. I might go off and play in Professional Quidditch, but then I kind of want to come back here and be a professor." she said, showing how unsure she was about her future through her voice. "I don't have to ask you what you're going to do, I already know." she said, sticking her tongue out at him.

[Fred Weasley]

Fred listened to Angie's many reasons for liking ancient runes. He pointed his finger at her. "That last one was the only good part from my point." he said. Yeah, alright, he wasn't totally serious. He didn't care about ancient runes, but if Angie liked it, well she could continue as long as she wanted. He was always doing what he loved, or most of the time, so of course he wanted his friends to do the same.

He raised an eyebrow at the mention of her being a professor. "You? I wished I had you teaching me. I would've known how to get you wrapped around my finger." he teased her nicely. He laughed and stuck his tongue back at her. "You better come visit us when we will have our shop. If you don't, I'll send you pranks every day in your daily mail. Something nice like ink that will splash all over your face." he said on an amused tone. They both knew it was the meanest thing Fred would ever be able to do to Angie as a prank.