Lorena's P.O.V:
The bell signaling the end of the class rung and I along with Alex and Iris got up from the grass and dusted our clothes before Iris nudged me...hard. I turned to her with a WTF expression when she cocked her head to look behind me. I turned and saw the two boys from breakfast, Fred and George Weasley walking up towards us. "Hello!" I said to the boys when they reached us. "Hello gorgeous." they both said at the same time. "Do you guys always do that?" Iris asked and they said "Do what?" at the same time causing me and Iris to giggle and Alex to smirk. "This is Iris and Alex, and guys this is Fred an George Weasley, Lee's friends." I introduced them. "Lee's friends?!" they both said feigning hurt. "I thought we knew each other well enough to be called your friend as well!" Fred said. "Yeah but I- oh whatever, my friends." "Yes!" they both jumped in the air and high fived at each other. "We better get going." Alex said "It was nice meeting you guys. Some other time yeah?" "Definitely! Lorena hasn't told us about her pranks yet!" George said sending a wink my way. "All in due time, all in due time. " I said with an air of importance and they all laughed. "Bye then!" we waved and headed our own ways, catching a slightly angry Lee's voice saying "What were you two doing?!" which I laughed off.
We were all called from our classes early to assemble near our carriage. Apparently there was an important announcement. The atmosphere was full of excited whispers and murmurs as to what it could be. Once we had settled down Madam came towards us. We all stood up and greeted her after which she asked us to sit down. "As you all know, we have been called to Hogwarts to take part in the Triwizard Tournament." We all nodded our heads and she then continued "Now the very purpose of the Tournament is to encourage inter-school relations . To do this, the founders have put in a place a ball, The Yule Ball, which is first and foremost, a dance." Excited whispers and murmurs continued again to which I rolled my eyes. I wasn't very interested. All these balls were the same. You take a guy out, they play some god awful music, someone spikes the punch, a few fights breakout and the popular girls dress like sluts making you feel overdressed. Yup, been there, done that. "Another one of those huh?" Alex whispered to us when Madam ordered silence. The Yule Ball is a tradition of the Triwizard Tournament. It is a formal dance held on the evening of Yule (the pagan Winter solstice/Christmas celebration) of a tournament year, and is opened by the tournament champions and their partners. The ball begins at 8:00 and it ends at midnight. We were given a day off to decide what to wear and a trip to the Hogsmeade village to pick out our dresses. I wasn't planning on going, that is until I met Lee up at dinner and he told me that they had invited the Weird Sisters to play at the ball. I had always harboured a slight crush for the Myron Wagtail, the lead singer of the band. Alex and Iris who were also sitting with us wiggled their eyebrows at me and I blushed. "I see someone has a wittle crush!" Lee said looking at me and I couldn't help but notice Fred and George's forks full of spagetti freeze in the air for just a moment. "Yeah well.." "On who?" both the twins said at the same time, though a little more forcefull than intended. "Myron." I whispered and Lee said "Sorry sweetheart, I didn't catch that." Lee said and I blushed even redder if possible. "Aww she looks so cute!" George said and I looked up. George was smiling at me but Fred was looking down on his plate, his brow creased. He then suddenly got up and dumped his napkin on the table before walking out in long big strides. I looked at the others and they just shrugged their shoulders. I got up and left... in search of Fred.
I found him outside in the coutyard with his wand between his fingers, twirling it around. "You know nothing is going to come out of that crush anyway right?" I said behind him and he turned around sharply, facing me. I went out to stand behind him and hugged him from the back. He then turned around so we were hugging. After standing out there for a few minutes we decided to take a walk in the courtyard after which he'd drop me back to my carriage. We sat down on one of the stone benches while he explained the different constellations in the sky. I never knew Greek mythology could be so fascinating. After what seemed like seconds, it was curfew time and we both had to leave. We were outside my carriage door when he said "Lor?" "Hmm?"I answered back and he looked at me and came closer. He then took my hands in his and asked me "Would you like to attend the Yule Ball with me?" My answer was instantaneous "Yes." I got into the carriage with smug looks from Alex and Iris who questioned me about the night, well mainly Iris. Alex was just sitting cross legged on the bed and listening with a smile playing on his lips. After I had given them more than enough info I climbed into bed and snuggled up into the sheets, waiting for the Hogsmeade trip tomorrow, images of Fred and the stars running through my mind.
