Joke's On You ~George Weasley~

Chapter 14 : The Bet

Not keen to hold a conversation with Pansy, I try to exit but soon heard her sly voice.

"Where are you going Walker ?" She asks.

I slowly turned around, giving her a fake smile in the process.

"Heeeeey Pansy" I reply, slowly backing away to the door.

"So where are you off to then ? Going to watch Potter drown ? I might come to see if he makes it out alive. Ha" She laughs, turning her head back to, whatever, she was doing.

Letting out a massive sigh of relief, wrapping my scarf around my neck.

I went to go find Ron, Ellie, Hermione and Ginny.

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"Place your bets ! Place your bets !" Fred's voice calls out.

"Come on ! Who do you think will come first place eh ?" George asks smiling, pointing at me.

Stoping abruptly, drawing out of my conversation with Ellie.

"What ?" Ellie asks looking at them, placing both hands on her hips.

"No not you Ellie I was talking to Ms. Walker here eh" George speaks raising and eyebrow. I giggle slightly at this.

What is wrong with me ? I never giggle.

Snapped out of my thoughts by Ellie whispering in my ear.

"Don't worry it's only for fun but please don't bet it's not healthy it's said it can become. . ." Ellie trails off, she sighs.

I walked up to him and pointed my finger at him.

Ellie marches off, in defeat, to meet Ginny.

"Okay Weasley, I'll bet you one thing" I say crossing my arms.

"Oh yeah and what's that ?" He asks, mimicking my actions.

"I'll place a bet. . .I bet you that Harry will come second place and-" I pause, walked up to him. He leans over me our noses inches apart.

To try to intimidate me.

I didn't flinch. I never flinch.

"And what's the cost ? What do I get when I win ?" George asks, leaning back giving a cocky laugh.

"You-win ?" I fake laugh "Ok then Mr.Weasley I bet you that you can take me to The Yule Ball and-" I pause, holding up one finger to add emphasis.

"And ?" He asks, taking a step towards me again.

"Uh ah you didn't say what position he'll come-so what place do you think he'll finish ? So we can actually have a bet" I say to him.

He was about to walk away.

"Fine," George says, putting his hands on both sides of his betting box the strap hanging around his neck "I bet : I take you to The Yule Ball and one kiss that he'll come dead last" He says, raising his eyebrows saying this.

"You bet" I say putting out my hand, he shook it firmly, maintaining eye contact with me and I with him.

"You're on" He says. I pull him in, speaking in his ear.

"Well I guess it will be anywhere 'you' choose that is. . .if you win" I smile, pulling back.

I walked away. I lightly jogged to meet up with Ellie. After I saw how far ahead she was I ran to her the rest of the way.

"Ellie! Ellie!" I say frantically, clapping a hand to her shoulder trying to regain my breath.

"What ?! What is it ?! What's happened ?!" She asks, turning around grabbing both of my shoulders scanning my face.

"I've done something. . .something terrible" I say finally catching my breath.

"What ?! For Gods sake SPIT-IT-OUT-WOMAN" Ellie says, shaking my shoulders.

I let out a small unconvincing laugh, playing with a loose thread on my fingerless gloves.

"Okay it's probably not that bad-but seriously what is it ?" Ellie asks, shaking her head crossing her arms across her chest. She lets out a chilly breath.

"ImadeabetwithaWeaslyTwin!" I speak hurriedly. A bewildered look on her face, a hand to her temple trying to understand what I was saying.

"What ?!" She exasperates, her eyebrows furrowed.

"I-made-a-bet-with-a-WEASLY FRICKIN TWIN" I almost scream shaking her shoulders, her eyes went wide, pulling my hands off her shoulders.

Ellie let out a 'Tired of my crap and stupid things I do' sigh, she asks : "What one ?"

"George" I breathe.

"The sassy one ? Are you sure it was George ? I mean they are twins afterall, the one yo-" She said, I cut her off.

"Yes I'M-SURE" I cut her off, hoping that no-one was listening in.

"You mean the George Weasley ?" She asks, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Yes. . .I'm sure 100%" I say looking at her dead in the eyes giving her the 'I'm serious' look.

"So what did you bet on ?" She asks, looking back at me. Interested in how this would unfold.

"Weeeeeell. . .my date to The Yule Ball and a kiss" I say, putting my head lower trying to hide my face with my my scarf.

"What just a innocent kiss on the cheek but. . .what-you didn't bet your date for the Yule Ball to be him ?!" She asks, wrapping an arm around my shoulders pulling me closer to the 2nd trial. 

"Yeah, I did I just said if one of us win we can put a kiss where the winner chooses but the only reason why I bet my date is because I broke up with Cedric-" I say wrapping the loose thread around my finger, pulling it off and flicking it away.

"Elyse! Why ? What happened ?" She asks confused, pulling me close.

"I caught him flirting with another girl when I was on my way to my common room with Pansy" I says, waving her hands away.

I sit on the edge, of the dock dangling my legs over the side.

"No way, do you wan't me to jinx him for you ?" She ask, nudging me with her shoulder sitting next to me.

"Yeah well that would be great but," I smile with a sigh "I don't want to see him fail" I say, kicking my legs back and forth.

My eyes land on George, quickly I look back again at the water, seeing it's black murky depths beneath luring me to jump in.

I wanted to so much but I couldn't, I would probably get in massive trouble. 

Back to the trial, I hope that Harry comes second.

I hope to Merlin that he comes second.

For my sake.