Ode to Perfection, George Weasley X OC

Chapter 6: Awkwardness

It's a month after the Miss Norris attack and a few other muggle born students have become paralyzed. The entire school is worried and abuzz about who this heir is, many thinking still that it is one of the Malfoys. But that does not stop the need for getting schoolwork done.

Capella now finds herself arguing with the fat lady portrait that guards the Gryffindor Common Room. "Please! I need to get in to see George Weasley! We are working on our project in the Common Room!" Capella pleads with the portrait. "Then what's the passcode?" The portrait smirks. "You are smart, aren't you? You think anyone, especially a Weasley, is going to give me, a Malfoy, the passcode to get into their common room whenever I want?" Capella says, crossing her arms.

"Malfoy? What are you doing here?" Capella turns around to see Fred with a confused look on his face. "Weasley! Thank Merlin! This portrait won't let me through no matter how much I tell her I am working on a project with George in there!" Capella says, sighing with relief now that she can get in the room.

"You. Have to work on a project with George. In the Gryffindor Common Room? Yea not happening Malfoy" Fred says then walks past the portrait into the room. Capella lets out a frustrated screech before the portrait opens again to reveal George. "Fred said you were out here, thought he was joking, still had to come and check for myself. Come on in" George says gesturing Capella into the room. "Thank you!" Capella says, throwing her hands in the air then following George.

Once inside Capella is in awe about how beautiful their common room is. The Slytherin Common Room was nothing like this. "Wow...it is so beautiful and cozy in here" Capella says, turning in circles taking in every area in the room. "Of course, it is? Aren't all common rooms like this?" George asks, confused. "At least the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are. We've been to their parties, remember Georgie? Also, why'd you let Malfoy in?" Fred says, coming up beside his brother with Lee.

"The only common room we haven't seen is the Slytherin one" George remarks. "Yea because no one other than Slytherins are allowed to those parties" Fred scoffs. Capella rocks back and forth awkwardly. "Well, being in the dungeons it's not the coziest of the places. Really cold and dark honestly" Capella responds. "That's the truth ain't it" Ron says from across the room.

Harry, who was sitting beside him, elbows him in the side. "Let's sit and work, yea?" George says awkwardly, gesturing to a pair of chairs in the corner. They both sit down and start working on the transfiguration project again. The entire time Capella is there it is completely silent and awkward between the two. It's not just awkward between the two, Capella could feel the awkward tension in the air.

She could feel all the stares she was getting from the other Gryffindor students in the room, particularly from Fred and Harry Potter's little trio. Capella could hear the hushed whispers from the people around her and the ones walking past her. Capella was getting more uncomfortable in the place by the second, but she had to stick it out and do some work for this project.

"Do you really think she's the heir to Slytherin?" One girl whispers to her friend as they walk by the table. Capella remembers the incident and that every other house's students hate her and Draco even more because of it. Then she remembers that she WAS supposed to be the person to open the Chamber. But something feels off about it, she doesn't think this is a good idea anymore. Capella has to warn someone without straight out saying it.

Capella clears her throat before speaking for the first time since sitting down. "So, George, we are supposed to do research on the person who invented the Vanishing spell. Do you think the person kept a diary?" Capella asks George. "Why? What would a silly ol' diary do for us?" George asks, annoyed. "Well, it's just people keep their every thought inside the. Some say they are their heart and soul. Maybe if the inventor kept one, we could find all of his research and findings that came with creating the spell" Capella says, coming up with a reason quickly.

"What would you know about a heart and soul?" Fred scoffs, gaining the attention of the young trio again. "That it is important that a person have both" Capella answers honestly. "And who did you learn that from? Your father" Fred laughs along with Ron. Capella can feel that she is really hurt by Fred's sentence.

Her father is the person with the least amount of heart of any person she knows. But she can't show how much it affected her, that's not the way the Malfoys are allowed, no emotions are their backbone in society.

"No actually. I learned it in mannerism school. Why do you want to know? Looking at going to the school yourself?" Capella snaps back. "Mannerism school? When did you go there?" George asks, confused. "I've been going every summer since I was four" Capella answers. "Wow a Malfoy needing finishing school I'm not surprised" Another red head boy says from another table.

"Right on there Perce, you got her good!" Ron cheers. "What's it to you lot anyway? I was talking to George about our project. Last I checked that didn't involve any of you" Capella says snarky. "And last we knew Slytherins weren't allowed in our common room, especially Malfoys" Hermione snarls.

"Well, where would you all like us to work on our project? The library is closed after class hours. I doubt you want George going in the Slytherin Common Room. Seems like this is our only option much to my displeasure." Capella answers. All surrounding people snarl at the idea of George going into the Slytherin Common Room alone. They all might be mean to Capella, but they were nothing compared to what the other Slytherins would do to George.

"Well, we don't want the HEIR in here! Might give our things a bad omen" Ron snickers, "Oh yea cause I'm a mean Slytherin I must be the heir huh?" Capella says, rolling her eyes. "Confessing Malfoy?" Harry snarls. "Accusing Potter?" Capella snaps back. "Hey, hey. Let's all calm down. I invited Capella here to work on the project alright?" George intervenes. But no matter how hard he tried he couldn't get the group to all get along and like one another.

He was having a hard time in his own mind at that. On one hand he knew Capella was sweet and caring. But on the other hand, she is a Malfoy, that is enough evidence to think that she is the heir of Slytherin. But still George tries to intervene, trying to make peace with all his friends and siblings with Capella, the girl he is trying so hard not to completely fall for.

"Save it... I'm out of here" Capella says, grabbing her things and leaving out of the portrait hole on back down the hall and stairs to the dungeons.