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“I’m gay”, He rushes out.

Ron’s eyes widened, “That’s nice”, He said back awkwardly.

Ron and him were alone in the burrow, which was a rare occurrence. When’s a better time to come out to someone then when no one else is around.

”You’re the first person I told”, George fidgeted as he revealed the embarrassing truth.

Ron’s head snapped towards him so fast he swore Ron got whiplash, “Not even Fred? Why’d you tell me first?!”

”I couldn’t tell Fred! I trust him with everything, but this, this is different. Every time I try to tell him the words always get stuck in my throat”, He knew deep down he didn’t want his bond with Fred to change.

”So you told me?”, Ron deadpanned.

He threw his arms up in the air, “Don’t act so bloody surprised! You are my brother!”

”Yeah but you tell Fred everything, why is this different?”

It was different because once he told Fred he couldn’t take it back. That would be that, their bond would change, grow strained. This would also be one more thing that would make George the inferior twin. He was the quiet type, so Fred often took the reign on everything. He always lived in Fred’s shadow, but he didn’t mind that all too much! But he didn’t want people to have an actual reason to think he’s the lesser of the two.

He can imagine it now, ‘Hey did you hear about Fred’s twin? Yeah he’s a poof!’

”You don’t have to tell me”, Ron’s voice broke through his thoughts.

He shook his head, “I’m just scared of what would happen if I told Fred”

His younger brother finally looked at him, “Fred’s you’re other half, he won’t look at you any differently just because you like blokes”

George felt like he was going to cry, but held in his tears. Him and Ron fell back into a comfortable silence. He almost fell asleep until he heard Ron whisper, “So is there anyone bloke in particular?”

George promptly threw his pillow at him.

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The next morning, everything returned back to normal. Ron did his best not to act awkward around him, and George tried his best not to show his embarrassment every time Ron looked his way.

Half way through their breakfast his mother said offhandedly, “Did you see that politician came out as gay? People now a days can really do anything! I mean I didn’t think that someone that important would be gay”

George bowed his head down further, his fringe covering his eyes. Another reason he was terrified of coming out is this, he knew his parents wouldn’t be too supportive.

”So what if he’s gay?”, Ron quipped, looking up at her, “It doesn’t effect the way he works”

The whole table went silent, Harry looked at Ron with a questioning stare; while Hermione looked like she was contemplating all the events that brought her to this moment. 

“I’m not trying to say it effects his work”, She was getting more and more flustered, “I’m just saying it’s unnatural, and I didn’t think a person like him would be like that!”

”It’s not unnatural at all! They don’t chose to be gay!”, Ron defended quickly.

George didn’t think Ron would be so quick to defend gay people against his mum, but he felt warmth quickly spread through him. His little brother had a good heart.

Fred laughed beside him, “Got something to tell us Won Won?”

The boys face went as red as his hair, “Oh sod off! I’m just saying, gay people don’t choose to be gay so you should just lay off of it!”

”You know, if you were gay that would be okay?”, Fred sung.

”’Cause I’d love you any way!”, George and Fred sung at the same time. They leaned into each other and swayed a bit.

”Enough boys! Ron speak with me after breakfast”, After Molly’s command, everyone went back to eating breakfast.

Everyone quickly finished and washed their plates. George stayed behind to hear his mum’s and Ron’s conversation.

”You know you can always talk to us Ronald, but I think you’re too young to know if you’re”, She paused and then added in a whisper, “Gay”

”I’m not gay!”, Ron squeaked.

He then added in a softer tone, “I just think you should change you’re view on gay people”

”Ronald”, She sounded like she was scolding a toddler, “It’s unnatural, and you can’t even have kids!”

”Like this family needs anymore kids”, Ron muttered.

Molly only huffed and Ron walked away. He spotted George and Fred hiding and sent George a grin.

Fred whistled besides him, “I always expected Percy to be a poof, but turns out if was Ron. What do you think Georgie?”

”I don’t know, but I don’t think Ron’s gay”, George’s voice didn’t reach above a whisper, “He’s totally in love with Hermione”

Fred pretended to scratch a beard, “You do have a point, I wonder why he stuck up to mum today though?”

”Who knows?” 

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The twins headed back up to their room to work on a new product. But, George couldn’t focus on any of it. He had missed the perfect opportunity to come out to Fred. He knows now that Fred didn’t share the same views as their mother, so why didn’t he? Why was he such a coward?

He hadn’t realized how late it got until Fred told him he was going to sleep. He made sure that his twin was asleep before going to Ron’s room.

He picked up up the nearest object and threw it at the sleeping boy. He immediately sprung up and hissed, “The fuck?”

George gestured for him to follow him and headed downstairs. Everyone else was passed out to they got the living room to themselves. He took a seat on the couch and Ron sat next to him.

”So why in the hell did you wake me up at two am?”, Ron’s rough words lost their affect when he yawned halfway through.

“I wanted to say thank you”, George started playing with a strand of his hair. It was a nervous habit he developed over the years.

Ron scratched the back of his neck, “You don’t have to thank me. What mum said was rude, you coming out finally made me realize that. Because you haven’t changed your still, you. Annoying, loud, crude, I can go on”

”No it’s all right”, George laughed, “But now everyone thinks you’re gay”

“It’s whatever, they’ll realize I’m not when I start dating a girl”, Ron shrugged.

”Sorry to break it to you, but no one’s gonna be surprised when you start dating Hermione”

George laughed at the flustered mess Ron had become. He was trying to say something, but he kept stuttering and having to repeat words.

”What about you? How’d you realize you liked blokes?”, Ron asked after he finally calmed down.

He felt himself tense. His first instinct was to lie and say it was David Bowie, but he wanted to finally get this off his chest, “When I was in my third year, there was this Hufflepuff boy who was a year older than me. He was cute and we hung out a lot outside of classes. But when I kissed him, he pushed me away, calling me disgusting and that he could never like me. He was my first major crush so I realized with him. I’ve had a lot of other minor crushes here and there but after that I never acted on them”

Ron looked at him with pure sadness. He looked like he wanted to jump up and hug him but instead he said, “Fuck that stupid Hufflepuff, you’re a catch. Any bloke would be happy to date you!”

“Thanks, really”, He smiled at him.

”Anyways is it that obvious that I have a crush on ‘Mione”, Ron grumbled earnestly.

He laughed quietly, “It’s so obvious!”

”I like she likes Harry though”, Ron’s voice was so soft, he had to strain his ears to hear him.

“You really are an idiot. She likes you to!”

”Aha, really?”, Ron sounded like a blubbering idiot.

”Yes really!”

”Okay! Um, also I was thinking about this all day, you can hit me if I’m wrong, you fancy Lee right?”, Ron asked, awkwardly.

It was George’s turn to turn into a flustered mess, “No! I mean not really! It’s just a tiny crush!”

Ron covered his mouth as he laughed, “You really do like him!”

George shoved him, “It’s whatever, there’s no way he likes me!”

His brother sat there for a moment, presumably thinking, “Let’s make a bet! By the end of this school year whoever confesses to their crush first wins!”

He felt his heart stop for a minute. Had Ron lost his mind? This idea was crazy and there was no way it would work in his favor. But a part of him was drawn to the idea. His body felt light, and he was sure his face was bright red.

“B-but my crush is different!”, He protested, “At least Hermione is a girl!”

Ron only shrugged, “A crush is a crush”

”This is crazy!”

”It looks like I’m going to win”, Ron says with a smirk.

He hissed, “Fuck no! I’ll take on the bet! But what do we get if we win”

Ron’s already pale face paled more, “I didn’t think about that”

He groaned, “How about one hundred galleons?”

Ron sunk into his seat, “Did you forget we’re poor? Like book licker poor”

Ron suddenly shot up, “Whoever wins gets their own room!”

“Alright, let’s shake on it!”, George extended his hand.

They shook hands and then headed back to their rooms. George didn’t feel confident at all that he could win this, or that he could even confess in the first place. But it was worth a try.

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Summer vacation was over before they knew it. Now that the school year was about to officially start, the bet also starts. (they both decided that the bet starts as soon as they reach Hogwarts grounds).

All nine Weasleys plus Harry, walked to platform nine and three quarters. George spent the rest of his summer break thinking about the stupid bet, but he can’t help the nervousness that incases him at the thought of it officially starting soon. To be honest, the thought of telling Lee how he felt made him shake all over. He couldn’t stop thinking about how he would react. He couldn’t even think of a decent way to tell Lee. 

“I have a crush on you”, No, too blunt.

”I’ve liked you for awhile. I know we’re both guys and this must gross you out. I’m sorry that I like you, but I want you to take my feelings seriously”, Ew, too much self pity.

”Ron and I made a bet about who could confess to their crushed first. So yeah, I like you Lee. Sorry, I know it’s weird but please bare with me”, No, that sucked.

Too caught up in his own thoughts he didn’t realize they already went through the wall. He saw a sea of students and their families waiting for the train. He wondered if there was anyone like himself in the crowd. If there was they could talk, and he could finally have someone who understood him. He shook his head as if he was trying to make the though go away; having someone understand him means he has to tell someone that he’s gay, and he’s not ready for that.

”Are you okay? You look pale”, Fred whispered to him.

He nodded his head yes, “I’m fine, don’t worry”

”Good, because I have the thing we were working on all summer in my trunk. Once we get to Hogwarts we can start adding spells to it, jazz it up you know”

”Yeah, of course!”, He cheered, lightly.

A little known fact about the twins was that Fred was taller, only by three centimeters but still. In his mind, Fred always look taller because he walked with his head up. This year, George decided to keep his shaggy red hair while Fred cut his short in their normal hair cut. So for once, you could tell the Weasley twins apart. It wasn’t George’s intention for them to finally look different but he really liked how his fringe looked on him.

The train finally arrived and all the old and new Hogwarts students started to board the train. The twins started to board the train to, when Ron stopped them.

His face was flushed and he blurted out, “I’m borrowing George!”

”Huh?”, He exclaimed before getting pulled away by Ron.

”Take me trunk to a compartment!”, He yelled to Fred, “Also if I don’t come back you get all my money!”

Fred looked confused but nodded anyways. Ron’s friends also looked really confused. But they probably chalked it up to normal Ron behavior.

They finally arrived at a compartment that they thought was empty, but surprise! It wasn’t. 

Inside the compartment, was a boy in who looked George’s age but he didn’t recognize him at all. The boy was reading a book, a barely spared them a glance.

Ron cursed under his breath, “Um, do you mind if we sit here?”

The boy looked at them, “Yes”, he deadpanned.

George could feel the rage coming off of Ron, “You bloody wanker-“

The boy let out a small laugh, “I’m kidding, you can sit”

Ron deflated slightly a took a seat, George followed suit. He had no idea why Ron dragged him across the whole train but he sure as hell wanted to find out.

But Ron remained silent, which irritated him to no end. So in Ron’s unusual silence, George found himself studying the boy. He had honey blonde hair, it looked soft and as if he had just rolled out of bed. His glasses were too big for his face causing them to slip a lot. He was wearing regular muggle clothing that looked too big for him. 

Finally, when the boy left to change into his robes, Ron opened his mouth, “I didn’t think about your feelings when I created the bet. I’m sorry about that”

”Are you an idiot? Look I took on the bet knowing that it was going to be harder for me. But I’m planning on winning it”, George stated confidently.

Ron huffed, “Yeah right, I’m winning this bet! Even if it kills me!”

They ended up tackling each other, which is when the boy walked in. His Gryffindor tie was loosely tied around his collar. He immediately closed the compartment doors. Him and Ron got off each other, and the boy came back with snacks.

”Wait you’re in Gryffindor?”, George asked, “Um I’ve never seen you around, is all”, He added quickly.

”I’m in your year”, The boy said slowly.

His face flushed in embarrassment, “Oh shit, actually?”

The boy nodded, “My names Samuel Tuffin”

He’s never heard of that name at all. How could he completely miss over a person he’s been going to school with for so long?!

”Wow”, Ron drawled, “You’re kinda a jerk”

”Oh shove off!”, He snapped.

”It’s my curse, I’m unnoticeable”, Samuel broke in between their squabble.

George and Ron gave each other a look. This guy was definitely a weirdo. Ron seemed like he was deciding whether or not to call him that but George spoke up instead, “A curse?”

”Ever since I was a small child, no one ever seemed to notice me. I’m practically invisible to those around, tomorrow you two will forget this conversation happened and go back to your normal lives. Everyone does, they forget they talked to me, or my name. I go unnoticed everywhere. That is my curse”, He said solemnly.

Before either of them could comment on his curse a angry Katie Bell opens the compartment, and threw a Slytherin tie at Samuel.

”You bitch! I knew you took my tie! Stop messing with people already!”, She yelled at him. She looked two seconds away from punching him.

He put his hands up in a surrender and gingerly took the tie off. It was almost seductive, but George tried to pay no mind to that. Samuel tied the Slytherin tie back on and noticed George’s staring. He winked at him from behind his bulky glasses.

He waved at them, “I’ll see you around”

At the compartment door closed Ron let out a sigh, “What the fuck just happened?”

Good question.

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When they got to the great hall, George payed no mind to the sorting ceremony. He didn’t really care who was added to his house since he won’t be talking to them. The only thing he ended up paying attention to was the announcement of the Twizard Wizard Tournament. He honestly didn’t put too much thought into it afterwards.

His eyes flickered to Lee sitting on his left. He was attractive, but not in the typical sense. He wasn’t built or that tall. He was actually an inch shorter than George himself, but Lee was funny and easy going. He always knew what to say; even when he wasn’t sure it was the right thing to say. He wishes he could say he was purely attracted to Lee’s personality and that’s it, but who’s he kidding. Although not built, he was lean and had some muscle to him. Don’t even get him started on his jaw. 

George must’ve been starting for too long, because Lee turned his head and their eyes met. He instantly turned his head away (like that wasn’t suspicious). He was sure his face was on fire. He heard a laugh from the Slytherin table and his head instantly snapped to it. All by his lonesome, Samuel sudden burst out laughing gaining the attention of several people. He quickly covered his mouth, and looked down in embarrassment. When he looked back up he caught George’s stare and started laughing again. George wanted to bang his head on the table, because of course a random Slytherin, that he’s never seen in his life he might add, had to laugh at his foolish crush.

He sent him a rude gesture. Which got the attention of McGonagall; she sent a cold glare his way. 

“When did you get all buddy buddy with Samuel Tuffin?”, Fred asked, peering over him to get a better look at the Slytherin.

He only shrugged, “I met him today. To be honest I didn’t even know he existed”

Lee gave him a playful shove, “Who hasn’t heard of Samuel Tuffin? He’s got quite the reputation”

”Huh? What do you mean?”, Samuel Tuffin seemed as irrelevant as the rest of his shitty house.

“You’ve really never caught up on the school gossip, have you Georgie?”, Fred teased.

”Can’t say I have Freddie, why?”

“Well for starters, Samuel Tuffin is a queer. He’s given a blowjob to any bloke who’s asked. He’s apparently a half-blood but no one buys that; everyone thinks he’s a muggle-born. The firsts Slytherin’s ever seen”, Lee was practically vibrating.

Fred cut in, “He’s not only good with his mouth, he’s pretty good a spell casting as well. He’s top of the class in charms. But he’s no Hermione Granger, he’s almost failing all his other subjects”

He swallowed hard to keep his food down, “So Samuel Tuffins a poof?”

”A real surprise considering he doesn’t look like one”, Lee answered.

“Wait how do you know so much about Samuel Tuffin? You two don’t really listen to gossip”, Unless he was wrong, he was pretty sure Fred and Lee loved starting gossip not listening to it.

”Because Lee has a huge man-crush on him”

Lee jumped to defend himself, “I do not!”

”Every time we talk about the girls we hooked up with, Samuel name always found it’s way into the conversation”

Before their fight could escalate any farther George cut in, “Putting Lee’s major hard on for Samuel aside, when do out schedules come out?”

It was a pathetic attempt to change the subject but they played along. Soon their conversation drifted away from him. Before he knew it, dinner was over and everyone was leaving. He followed Lee and Fred out until he spotted Samuel by himself. He told them to go ahead without him and he followed the blonde.

When they got to a more private part of the castle, George grabbed Samuel by the shoulder and pinned him to the wall. Samuel was around two inches shorter then him, even so he could still stare into Samuel’s blank grey eyes.

”You know don’t you?”, George asked, on the verge of a mild panic attack.

”What do I know?”, He played dumb, he then leaned into George’s space and whispered, “Unless, you’re talking about your little crush on Lee Jordan”

George’s cheeks blushed, he felt naked all of sudden. No wonder Samuel was laughing in the Great Hall. He had made a massive fool of himself.

”I’m not you”, George hissed, “I’m not a queer”

Samuel pouted, “How cruel. And here I though you were supposed be be there quiet one. Denial doesn’t look good on you”

”So what if I am?”, He suddenly found some confidence, “What are you gonna do tell people? You have no one to tell!”

Samuel looked bored of this whole conversation, “Look gay, straight I don’t care. All I know is you have a major hard on for Lee Jordan, and your too scared to admit it”

”I’m not scared!”, His voice definitely did not prove that statement.

”Have you ever even kissed a guy? Like actually kissed tongue and all”, Samuel laughed at his own statement, “Who am I kidding! You’re twins with Fred Weasley known womanizer. He’s been through more women than any one in this school can count. Is he the reason you’re so scared?”

He shook his head no, “You’re a prat, you know that?”

”So lover boy? Are you going to waste your time pinning? Or are you going to confess your love!”

”Quiet! I made a bet with my brother whoever confesses to their crush first wins”

“Colored me surprised! You told Fred your gay?”

”Nah, my other brother, Ron. Friend of Harry Potter”

”Oh?”, Samuel seemed amused, “So you’re like semi famous because you’re brother is friends with the boy who lived?”

George rolled his eyes, “Harry’s a normal person”

Samuel peeled his fingers off his shoulders, and started down the hall. He motioned for George to follow.

”Hey George?”, He called without looking behind him, “Do you wanna know what it’s like to kiss a boy?”

His knees felt weak. He agreed without even thinking.

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They broke into a empty classroom. Since he and Fred gave Harry the Marauders map a while ago, he had no clue where Filch was.

As soon as the door shut, George found himself pushed into it. Soft lips met his, delicately, like butterfly wings. Before he could taste his lips Samuel pulled away and offered a smile.

”Are you ready?”, He whispered.

”Give me your all, Samuel Tuffin”

This time, the kiss didn’t have the same delicacy, it was rough. It was almost like he was trying to smash their lips together. There was no love behind it like he’s seen when his parents kiss. Or on occasion on the muggle television. Their kiss was filled with lust, need. 

Samuel opened his mouth, an invitation. He didn’t hesitate pushing his tongue in, taking the chance to move his hands from Samuel’s hair to his waist. Then, Samuel moved the kisses down to George’s neck and started to kneel down.

”I’m not ready for that”, He stuttered out in surprise.

Samuel immediately popped back up, “Sorry. We can take it slow if you want?”

“You want to do this again?”, George muttered, lightheaded.

Samuel let out a laugh, “If you want to. For know we can just hang out here”

George nodded, “I feel like we should do one of those stupid promises. Like I promise not to fall in love with you”

Samuel laughed and waved him off, “I don’t plan on falling in love with a bloke that already so far gone for someone else. But if you ever fall for me I won’t be mad, hell, I’ll understand”

He shoved him playfully, “Like I would”

They went to sit down on the desks and fell into a comfortable silence. In the moonlight, Samuel seemed to glow. 

“So what’s your favorite color”, George broke the silence.

”Green. You?”, Samuel was smirking. This bitch.

”Red and gold. Your turn to ask a question”

”Your biggest fear?”

With an honest streak he went, “Coming out, what’s yours?”

”Wait now mines going to sound bad”, He protested lightly, “It’s heights”

They both laughed at that, “Alright, alright”, George said after he caught his breath, “If you could go anywhere where would you go?”

He paused, “Probably the U.S and go to Los Vegas”

”Why Los Vegas?”

”Oh you know”, He made a gesture like he was sucking a dick.

That startled a laugh out of George, “I’m serious arsehole!”

“It seems like fun. And it seems like all of the wizard community knows me here. It would be a good escape”

”So even you have something you want to escape?”

Samuel reached up and brushed a part of George’s hair out of his face, “There are so many things I want to escape”

After saying that, he jumped off the table and went to the door. As he reached the door he turned towards George, “I look forward to seeing you confess lover boy. And call me Sam!”, with that he left.

George felt like he wasn’t real, like all of this was an out of body experience. Had all of that really just happened? Had he really just make out with Sam Tuffin? Before he could really think about it he set off for his dorm.

When he got there, Fred was waiting for him. He was gulping down a bottle of fire whisky. When he noticed George’s presence he gave him the fire whiskey.

”Where’d you go?”,  Fred asked.

He waved him off, “I just had some things to take care of”

Fred gave him a weird look, but didn’t say anything else. They continued to drink the fire whisky in relatively silence. They did that a lot nowadays, sit in silence. Some days George liked it; others it felt like he was drowning in it. Growing up, the twins told each other everything. Now, Fred knew that George was keeping something from him. He never pushed or demanded why, it made George want to tell him. Fred’s silence felt more like a punishment than an understanding.

As they finished the bottle, Fred finally spoke up, “I really love her”, He slurred quietly.

”Who?”

”Angelina, at first I though it was gonna be a stupid fling. Ya know? But it wasn’t”

”Then why don’t you ask her out?”

Fred smiled at him; it was a sad sort of thing, “Because Lee’s fancies her too”

George sucked in a shallow breath, “You can’t help who you fall for” He wished he could take his own advice.

“I know, I know. But still I’m not gonna date the girl my mate fancies”

“Lee wouldn’t mind. You know he wouldn’t. And last I heard he fancied Alicia”, George took a large gulp from the fire whisky. It was the universal truth since their first year. The sky is blue, the grass is green, Lee likes Alicia. Lee had only told George for some unknown reason.

“Really?”

“Really”, He promised.

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The next morning, George dragged Ron out of the Great Hall.

”I don’t think I can do this bet anymore”, He blurted out.

Ron hit him on top of his head lightly, “I know it’s gonna be harder for you. But my word of advice is don’t be a pansy”

”Huh!”, His fist clenched.

Ron flinched slightly, “Look, I’m planning to ask ‘Mione out in the winter. That gives you”, He paused to count on his fingers, “Around three to ask out Lee and win the bet”

”Three months?! I was going to do it at the end of the year!”, If he did it then he wouldn’t have to see him for a whole summer. 

“Guess I’m going to win”, He shrugged, he looked almost confident that George wouldn’t confess.

“Wow thanks little brother. Holy shit, I have to tell Fred”

Ron’s eyes widened and he took a step back like he was trying to get a better look at George, “You haven’t told Fred yet?!”

”Haven’t told Fred what?”, A voice voice appears.

The owner of that voice was no other than Fred Weasley. George cursed his luck.

”I haven’t told you, but I think we should find a way to enter the tournament to piss off Minnie”, George lied easily.

”Georgie, you are a genius!”, Fred cheered.

”I know Freddie”

Fred tone darkened a little as he told George his plan, “We need a spell that makes us look older than we are. Then maybe we can confuse the Goblet of Fire!”

After talking about the pros and cons of that plan. Him and Fred then went to the library to study how to make the potion. Both of them were talented at potions. However, they both hated Snape to the point that they never tried in his class.

Once they found the book, they went to it back to their dorm room when they heard a bully session start. He didn’t really recognize any of the voices, besides Tyler Jacks. He was a Slytherin in the same year as him and Fred. Fred was the one who stopped George from leaving pulling him behind a book case to hear them better.

”Oh come on, you used to be so much fun? What happened?”, Tyler drawled.

”Yeah!”, A girl spoke up, “Did you finally gain some self respect? I never knew a whore as low as you can actually have some!”

“Or perhaps”, A deep voice joined in, “You found a new-“

Before the guy cold finish a cracking nose cut him off. There was a moment of silence before the small group starting yelling.

”You broke his nose!”, One shouted.

”There’s so much blood. Are you fucking mental?!”, Another yelled.

Madam Prince had enough of their yelling and stormed over there. Luckily for the twins, she didn’t see them.

”You! Bring him to the nurse!”, Her shrilly voice sounded ten times more annoying when she was yelling.

”Now, which one of you did that”, She demanded.

”It was Sam Madam Prince! He had anger issues you see and tends to snap at the smallest things. We were studying and all of a sudden he just punched Ollie like it was nothing!”, The girl lied, to her credit, she did sound terrified.

“Is that true?”, Madam Prince’s voice didn’t drop in volume.

”Yes ma’am”, An all too familiar voice told her. It was Sam’s.

George felt pity for Sam. He hated feeling pity for anyone, he knew what it was like to be pitied. But this, was just unfair on so many levels. Besides him, Fred was clenching his fist; he looked ready to beat someone up.

”Seventy five points from Slytherin! And two weeks detention with Snape! Now get out of here before you run anymore of my books!”, She said it like Sam was the dirt below her.

As Sam left, the twins followed. As soon as they got out of the library Sam whipped around to face them. His cheeks were flushed, and he looked ghostly pale. His glasses hung lower on his face; like he couldn’t be bothered to push them up again and again.

”Why didn’t you tell the truth?”, Fred snapped at Sam.

The blonde only rolled his eyes in response, “Why would I? It wasn’t that important anyway. It was a lose lose situation”

“Well if you’ll excuse me”, Sam bowed his head slightly and walked away fast to avoid the twins questioning stares.

”What a weird guy”, Was all Fred said.

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It took more work than Fred would have thought, but after four days the potion was finished. They tried it out that morning at breakfast. They easily slipped it into their drinks and clanked them together. After taking a large gulp he noticed that his features started changing. He looked over to Fred, who currently looked like he should be in a senior citizen home. 

They walked over to the goblet, but when they were within five feet of it, it blasted them backwards. In the back of his head, George knew it was going to fail but it was good to see everyone laugh.

As the twins made it back to their table after the failed attempt, Angelia slid into the seat next to Fred and started poking at his face. Wrinkles and all, you could still see the blush that started to form. 

Lee laughed from somewhere behind him, “I can’t believe you two did that without me! I would’ve made sure to get a better view to laugh at your dumb arses”

”Hey!”, George protested lightly, “It was a pretty smart idea!”

”Yeah I’ll give you that. Wait when does this stuff even wear off?”

Fred and George looked at each other in pure panic. And then they knew, that they had royally fucked up. For being so careful about this plan, neither of them thought about how long it was going to last.

Lee grabbed George’s head and shook him gently, “You are so stupid!”

George agreed one hundred percent. George spared a glance at the Slytherin table to see Sam reading a muggle book. He must have sensed George looking at him because he looked up and met George’s eyes. 

“Idiot”, Sam mouthed.

”Go fuck yourself”, Fred mouthed back.

Sam kindly flipped him off and went back to reading his book. George went back to listening to whatever Angelina, Fred, and Lee were talking about. Because it was those three it was either quidditch or if Percy and Penelope Clearwater broke up.

Right before breakfast ended, Ron dragged him out of the great hall. This was starting to become a daily occurrence, George dully noted.

”Viktor Krum likes Hermione!”, Ron was in a crouched position. His head was resting on his arms as he looked up at George.

”But they’ve only been here for a little less than three weeks”, George stated trying to put some sense into that empty head space Ron calls a brain.

”I know!”, Ron wailed, “But he really does like her. I can tell from the way he keeps looking at her when she isn’t paying attention. ‘Mione’s gorgeous and all and I’m happy she’s getting attention, but how am I going to compete with Viktor Krum of all people?!”

”You hope that she likes gingers”, He told Ron. 

Ron wailed again, “Who in their right bloody mind likes gingers!”

”Anyone who’s ever hooked up with a Weasley”, George deadpanned; reaching up and fiddling with a piece of his own red hair.

”I wonder how Fred does it”, Ron muses, “He gets so many girls! I mean he is a ginger after all!”

”Well I think it’s more of Fred’s personality if I’m being honest. We have the same face and girls always ask me for him”

Ron sunk lower into his arms, “I have a horrible personality!”

”Alright I think you’re man crush on Viktor Krum really broke your self esteem”

”It’s not a man crush!”, Ron snapped.

”It’s just that Viktor’s so handsome, and he’s stoic so all the girls go for him. Also he’s rich! I can’t compete with that. I think our whole house is worth less than his left pinkie!”, Ron added in despair.

“Well Viktor Krum might be hotter than you!”, Ron winced, “And richer! And he’s not a ginger! Oh I almost forgot he’s older”, George never got to finish his tangent because Ron got up and flicked his forehead.

”Ow! Stop the violence! This is why women don’t like you!”

Ron growled at him, and looked like he was about to do a lot more than flick him. The he suddenly took a deep breath and went, “So how’s things on your end”

George scratched the back of his head awkwardly, “I’m actually in the same position as you are. Lee like Alicia”

”Is she prettier? I bet she’s richer! AND SHE’S NOT A GINGER!”, Ron yelled at him, gaining the attention of two Hufflepuff girls passing them.

They look terrified for their lives as Ron tried to and failed to explain what he meant by that.

After the two girls left, Ron turned to George and sighed, “So did Lee tell you he liked Alicia or is it obvious”

”Oh, I’ve known since first year”, He said it like he was telling the weather.

”What? What?”, Ron kept opening and closing his mouth like a fish.

”Lee’s liked Alicia since our first year I hadn’t really thought about it since. I’m pretty sure it’s unrequited so I can always swoop in and fix his broken heart”, He joked; he wasn’t ready for Ron to know what he was actually feeling about the matter.

“Oh, you really are stupid”, This was the third time he got called stupid in the son of an hour.

”If anything you’re the-“

Ron didn’t let him finish, “I mean you don’t have to hide the way you feel around me. You have no one else to tell, so you might as well tell me”

The dam inside George broke, “Why do I have to like blokes? You don’t even understand how lucky you are that you like Hermione. I wish I was normal for once! I wish that just seeing Lee didn’t give me butterflies or that I wish he was more than my mate! Damnit, I want to like girls so bad it’s killing me!”

“But you can’t”, Ron said after a moment, “I don’t know a lot about all this stuff, but I know that you are normal. I think not having crushes on people is the weird thing. Falling in love at sixteen is normal. And you will probably face a lot of hate, and not a lot of people will accept you. But I will no matter what, because we’re brothers. You can tell by the red hair and hand me down robes”

George rubbed his eyes and let out a watery laugh, “You have to let go of the ginger thing”

”Hell no!”

And with that, Breakfast was almost over and George was confident that it was going to be a good day.

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Not much time passed before the champions were picked. Harry being one of them shocked everyone. Every time George thought about it, he couldn’t wrap his head around how Harry entered the tournament. Unless he had an adult enter for him but that doesn’t seem like Harry. 

In his dorm, Lee and George stayed up trying to figure it out while Fred went out.

”It just doesn’t make sense”, Lee cried out in frustration.

George took a long drag from the cigarette Lee stole. He actually stole a couple packs, but George wasn’t a fan of smoking unless he was partying or stressed. 

“I’m telling you mate, it was probably an adult that entered him. But who in their right mind would do that!”, George was equally as frustrated.

Lee only sighed; he then leaned in and connected their cigarettes. He nearly jumped back in surprise if he wasn’t so focused on keeping his blush down.

“Besides that”, Lee waved his hand gesturing to something, “What do you think Fred’s doing? I bet five galleons he’s seeing Angelina!”

”Most likely, they seem to be hitting it off”, If there was a chance Lee liked Angelina and not Alicia, George wanted his words to sting. He knows how unfair that is but he’s a selfish guy.

But, Lee took it well, “Do you think he’ll take her to the Yule Ball? If they’re going to hook up it should be there”

”Who are you gonna take?”, George asked him.

”Oh I don’t know”, He paused for a second, “Probably that cute Hufflepuff in our year. She has huge tits”

That comment reminded George of how painfully male he was. He dully thought about who Sam would bring. Or if he would even go he seems to be disliked by the whole school.

”Who are you gonna bring?”, Lee asked.

”I don’t know yet either”, He took a long drag, “I’m probably just going to let girls ask me”

Lee raises an eyebrow, “And when has George Weasley ever had girls lusting after him”

”Piss off! I don’t like anyone right so might as well go with someone who likes me!”

”Mhm sure”

George stood up and opened their window. They were starting to smoke up the dorm and he knew some official would kill them for that. He hated talking about girls with Lee because it only hurt him in the end. Maybe he should confess and move on.

Not long after, Fred came back with the dopest grin on his face. The hickys on his neck were clearly visible. 

Lee wriggled his eye brows, “Was Angelina that good? You better hope she’s not playing you!”

Fred scoffed, “Mate, she was the best I’ve ever had”

George tried to study Lee’s face. There was no sign that he was hurt over Fred and Angelina hooking up, so maybe he really did like Alicia still. But even so, George couldn’t help but feel guilty for telling Fred that Lee didn’t like Angelina. There was still a chance he did. No, he was positive Lee still liked Alicia. All this back and forth made his head hurt.

”I bet. So what’s the verdict are you guys still hooking up or is this for real?”, Lee seemed excited.

”That’s a good question. I think she just wants to hook up. Which I respect and all but I really like her”

Unrequited love seemed like a popular trend. All around him, his dorm mates, his brothers, and even his sister all had unrequited love. It was then, he decided to stop pitying himself and help the people around him.

”Why don’t you ask her to the Yule Ball?”, George suggested, “And if she’s says no you could just say you were desperate or something like that”

Fred thought over his words before saying, “Okay. The worst thing she could say is no right?”

They both nodded. He wanted to tell Lee that he should also take his shot at Alicia but this didn’t seem like the right time. After that, the conversation fizzled down and they headed for bed. 

After classes the next day, Sam caught up to him when he was alone.

”So, your boys in the tournament. How do you think he’ll do?”, Sam asked from somewhere behind him.

”He’ll do fine, he’s Harry Potter for bloody sake!”, George turned to face Sam.

Sam was wearing an easy smile and his uniform was a mess. One side of his shirt was untucked while his tie was loosely tied. He took a step towards George and started fiddling with his tie. He untied George’s tie and retied it. George looked down to see the blonde’s handiwork and saw it actually wasn’t too bad. 

“Thanks”, George’s throat felt dry.

”No problem. Anyways, the first event is next month I wish Harry Potter good luck”, As he said this, Sam’s hand we’re still fiddling with his tie.

“I bet he would appreciate that”

Sam nodded and started to take off. As soon as he took his hands off his tie George found himself missing the warmth.

”Wait”, George called out, “Can you look into Viktor Krum for me?”

Sam turned to him, “Sure”

”Thanks I owe you!”

”I can think of plenty ways you can make this up to me”, Sam winked at him and then left.

George couldn’t figure out why Sam made his stomach flip in a way he never experienced before. George went to go to his next class, but he ran into Ron instead. He had a cut on his forehead, and his eye bags looked deeper than usual.

”Jesus, you look like you had a row with a chicken!”, George called out to him.

Ron raised a hand, “I don’t want to talk about it”

”Okay okay”, George put his hands up in surrender.

“I’m going to skip the remainder of my classes”, George said, “Wanna come with?”

Ron shrugged, but followed him to the males bathroom where George pulled out a pack of cigarettes. He offered Ron one who took it. He grabbed a lighter and lit his first and then gave it to Ron. Who lit his cigarette and smoked it without coughing. Which was surprising, considering that Ron most likely never smoked before. 

After a few cigarettes, “Alright enough with the fags. I think you need something stronger”

He pulled out a bag of what muggles called weed. The muggleborn boy his his dorm always brought them some and George hasn’t smoked his share yet.

He rolled it up and offered it to Ron, who took it without questioning and started to smoke it. After taking a hit he passed it to George. They smoked it in silence. It didn’t take long for the effects to start kicking in. George felt all the tension leak out of him. He was never an anxious high, that was Lee surprisingly. When he got high he mostly got tired. Ron must have started feeling the effects to because he had a steady smile on his face.

”Do you ever feel like you’re dead?”, Ron asked, laughing.

”What do you mean by that?”, That was an unusual statement.

”Like”, Ron waved his hand as he searched for the words, “You can’t stop anything around you and your just a viewer in your own life. I’m a no good person and I’m quite average. But sometimes it feels like I’m dead”

Before George could get over his shock over what Ron said he carried on, “I guess that’s what it’s like being friends with someone like Harry Potter. Though, I would never want to have Harry’s life he sounds bloody miserable all the time. I just wish I could be my own person sometimes you know? I bet you do understand being a twin and all”

”Wait Ron-“

”I got into a fight with Harry. He threw a pin at my head that’s why there’s a cut there. I was in the wrong and I’m not even mad at Harry, I was just frustrated about something else. I’m going to head back to my dorm now. Thanks for this George”, He picked up a pack of cigarettes, “I’m taking these”

He left without another word leaving George wondering what had just happened. He knew Ron’s self esteem wasn’t that high but he didn’t know it was that low either. Since there were so many Weasley siblings Ron tended to get over looked. He didn’t have anything that stood out about him besides being friends with Harry. Half the time, Molly forgot he was there unless Harry was with him. Not to mention Arther was always at the ministry now a days. Ron went unnoticed easily. 

He decided, he was not going to let Ron smoke again if he was going to feel like this.

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From Ron’s smoking trip, he almost forgot he asked Sam to look into Viktor Krum. That was until three days before the first tournament Sam approached him at lunch. When he approached, everyone at the Gryffindor table seemed to watch them. Sam asked if he could speak with him about the potions homework since they were partners and grabbed his hand and led him out of the Great hall.

”So”, Sam started, “Viktor Krum’s totally obsessed with this Hermy girl”

Hermy? Like Hermione? So Ron was right, he did like Hermione. He was probably going to ask her to the Yule Ball if Ron wasn’t fast enough.

”Also, he’s super awkward and serious. Like when I told him I could relieve his stress he told me that he couldn’t see me in a romantic light. He then went on to explain how flattered he was but he already had eyes for Hermy. He said he was watching her and loves how smart she is. But, she keeps turning down his advances”

”The Hermy girl is Hermione Granger”, George told him.

”Wait but I thought Hermione likes Ronald Weasley?”, Sam looked confused.

“Yeah and Ron likes Hermione. But if he doesn’t ask her out soon there’s no way she’ll keep refusing Viktor Krum!”, George stressed while shaking Sam’s shoulders.

”So what do you impose? We play matchmakers for you brother and his crush?”

”I don’t see why not”, Hearing what Ron said a couple weeks ago made him want to help Ron in any way possible.

”Alright then, we just have to have you confess to Lee Jordan first”, Sam said matter of factly.

Well that threw him for a loop, “Why?”

”Are you an idiot? You made a bet with Ron about who would confess first, if we are setting Ron up with Hermione Granger we might as well set you up as well”

”Don’t say it like it’s obvious! I still haven’t told Fred that I’m gay!”, George cried. He felt Sam pat his head.

”There there boy”, Sam soothed.

George quickly hit his hand away, “I’m not a dog you prick!”

Sam started laughing as George tried to fix his hair. He had a nice laugh, he had a raspy voice so his laugh sounded like he was dying which was funny. He had the type of laugh that made you want to laugh as well.

While they were laughing, Fred and Lee showed up surprise them both to the point they tripped over each other. Fred fell first and Sam fell on top of him. His head hit George’s nose as he fell.

”Ah I think you broke my nose”, George muttered weakly.

The blonde immediately sprung and turned towards him, “I’m sorry!”

Fred and Lee watched the whole scene laughing at their expenses. Fred and Lee left probably to get Madam Pomfrey, but Sam quickly pulled out his wand and whispered, “Episky”

His nose felt better instantly, he touched it to make sure it was completely healed and stared at Sam who pulled out a cloth seemingly out of then air to wipe the blood off his face. He then straddled him and started cleaning his face. George hoped that he wouldn’t move any closer because if he did, there was no way Sam wouldn’t feel his boner. Luck wasn’t on his side, and Sam scooted closed. His thigh rubbed against his boner; George had to bite his lip to conceal a moan. Sam’s eyes widened in surprise and George’s face went red all the way to his hair line. 

“Sorry”, He whispered, “I can clean the rest off my self”

”It’s okay, it’s natural”, Sam whispered back, getting off him.

As a stroke of bad luck, Draco and his posy walked out with Harry. Draco was most likely making fun on Harry which seemed more gay than it did actual pettiness.

”Tuffins can you please not bring anymore shame to our house. You blowing half of Hogwarts was enough but now you’re hanging out with a blood traitor? How low can you get?”, Draco sneered. His friends laughed at that.

“Malfoy, shut the fuck up please. If I hear one more comment about giving people blowjobs from you I’m going to start to think you want one. Well do you want one Malfoy? To be honest, I think you would rather have the boy who lived suck your dick then me”, Sam snapped back cooly.

Draco flushed in embarrassment besides him, Harry’s face also colored slightly. Harry turned to Draco as if he was asking if that was true. Draco refused to look him in the eyes and turned his attention back to Sam.

”I’m not the queer one, stay in your lane mudblood”, Draco practically snarled.

Everyone’s eyes widened in surprise. Sam seemed to physically flinch at the comment. George finally got up from where he was sitting and walked up behind Sam. He instinctively walked back into George.

”What? Did none of you know that Samuel Tuffin was a muggle born! He told people that his father was a wizard so they could never track it back. You know why he said his father? His fathe-“

”Shut up”, Sam cut Draco off, “Your blood superiority complex is stupid. Your blood isn’t less red than mine, is it? It doesn’t matter whether I’m a muggle born or pure blood I’m still better than you. And I will always be better than you”

Sam didn’t look mad he looked tired. His stance wasn’t tensed like Draco’s it was calm. He was staring at Draco like he wasn’t really there.

He grabbed onto George’s wrist, “Come on let’s go find Fred and Lee to tell them that we don’t need Madam Pomfrey”

They started to walk off, but when Sam approached Harry he kissed him on the cheek, “Good luck on the tournament”, He whispered.

Harry’s face went bright red, “T-thanks”, he muttered.

Sam winked and carried on to go find Fred and Lee. As they walked down the silent halls, Sam suddenly spoke up, “I’m sorry I fixed your nose. I know you probably wished it was Lee who did it”

George waved him off, “It’s fine, really I should be thanking you! For fixing my nose and all”

The blonde smiled sweetly, “It wasn’t that big of a deal. The spells very easy if you want to learn it!”

”I’ll pass, I’ve never been good at medical spells”

”Really? So what type of spells are you good at”, He couldn’t tell if Sam was teasing or not.

”Just silly charms, you know? Like the stuff that goes into Fred and I’d pranks”, He answered truthfully.

“Oh? That sounds cool!”, Sam cheered, “So what was your favorite prank?”

George launched into a story about his and Fred’s top ten pranks. There were so many to choose from, that he couldn’t possibly narrow it down to one.

”Yeah, that’s why after graduation Fred and I are planning to open a joke shop so we can create a new generation to terrorize Hogwarts”, George finished the top ten moments with that.

Sam looked at him with surprise, “Where would your shop be?”

He was expecting him to laugh at his and Fred’s silly dream like Arther or tell him how stupid that was like Molly. But he didn’t, he accepted George.

”Probably in Diagon Alley. Speaking of after graduation, what are you planning on doing?”

”I want to be a Healer, but if that doesn’t work out probably an auror”, He shrugged.

They fell back into silence by the time they found Fred, Lee and Madam Pomfrey.

”Hey Madam Pomfrey!”, Sam’s voice was cheerful.

”What did you do know?”, She deadpanned.

”I fixed George’s broken nose and we came here to tell you that we don’t need you anymore”, Sam was grinning from ear to ear. 

“You fixed his nose? Last I heard you broke Ollie Miller’s nose, did you feel guilty for breaking his nose?”, She looked tired of this whole conversation already.

”Uh no, it’s a long story. Anyways, I’ve got to get to class; you can always check his nose if you’re not confident in my spell. Bye now”, He took off quickly.

”What a strange boy”, Madam Pomfrey laughed as she reached out and touched George’s nose.

”It seems he fixed it nicely. Although he does have a lot of experience with these kinds of things. Now, get to class boys!”, She ushered them away.

Half way to the dungeons Lee asked, “What did Samuel Tuffins want with you? It’s not like you guys are actually potions partners”

Fred snorted, “To confess his undying love”

”Yeah right. He really did have a question on the potions assignment”, George told them.

He pretended he didn’t feel the heat in the pit of his belly as Fred said that. Yeah like Sam would ever confess his love to him. He wondered if there was someone Sam actually fancied. He shook his head trying to get those unwanted thoughts out of his head.

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Three days passed by quicker than he thought it would. Harry and Cedric were missing from the great hall this morning along with the other champions. It was here that they announced that the first task would be dragons.

Twenty minutes before the first task, every student packed into the quidditch stands. Lee sat on his left while Fred sat on his right. Next to Fred sat Angelina, they seemed to be getting closer and closer as the school year goes by. On Lee’s other side was Alicia, they were idly chatting about who they think will win. Them all being Gryffindors were supporting Harry but Cedric came in a close second. It was almost scary how supportive the Hufflepuffs were of Cedric Diggroy.

Lee nudged him, “So who do you think will win?”

”Probably Viktor Krum, and no I’m not placing a bet on that”

Lee pouted slightly and turned back to Alicia. Once the task starting it felt like it was over in five minutes. They were all on the edge of their seats waiting for what would happen next. By the end of it, Lee was clinging onto him and George was clinging back. He almost didn’t notice until he turned his head slightly and his face was two centimeters away from Lee’s. He had to stop himself from physically jumping up.

When they announced that Harry and Viktor Krum won, George’s voice went hoarse from cheering. Harry had one his first event! That had to count as something.

When the whole Gryffindor house was heading back to the common room, he saw Sam pat Harry on the shoulder lightly. His face reddened slightly and he carried on back to the room.

After a good hour of drinking and cheering Harry decided to open the egg, which admitted an awful screeching. It caught everyone off guard as he quickly shut the egg up.

”Holy shit”, He whispered, beside him Lee agreed.

Their victory high calmed down the next day when the daily profit was released. The front page was about the boy who lived and his girlfriend: Hermione Granger. He watched as Ron skimmed through it, put it down and stormed over to George and practically drag him out of the Great Hall.

”At least it wasn’t Viktor Krum”, George offered in support.

Ron clearly was not having any of that as he grabbed George’s copy of the profit and hit him with it. 

“It’s final I’m dying my hair!”, Ron shouted after he finished brutally beating him with the profit.

”She isn’t with Harry because you’re a ginger!”, George took a turn at hitting Ron with the Daily Profit.

”All of my misfortunes stem from the fact I am a ginger, it’s the universal truth!”, He sank to the floor in misery.

”I really don’t think being a ginger has anything to do with this. To be honest if you’re that insecure we just have to make sure she sees you in a new light”

”I’ve already got someone to look into Viktor Krum and they say he’s devoted to Hermione Granger”, George informed Ron.

”So that means I have to ask Hermione to the Yule Ball before that stupid quidditch bastard!”, Ron immediately recovered from his fit of despair.

”Yes and me and that person will help you. It has to be perfect!”

”Who is this person anyway? Is it Lee? That would be perfect!”, Ron forgot about his own situation to help George out with his.

“No it’s Samuel Tuffins”, George said hesitantly.

“What?”, Ron asked, “Are you stupid?”

”And here I thought you were nice”, George said dryly.

”I never said I was nice. I literally just beat you up with the daily profit”

”Well now I have to go find Samuel and make sure he’s a good enough planner”, Ron grumbled as he stomped back into the great hall.

Due to the shock from that statement George’s mind stayed blank and he just stood there. Not even two minutes Ron came back with Sam. Who looked like he would rather be stuck in the forbidden forest than be here.

”Alright team! Let’s make a plan to get me and George a date to the Yule Ball!”, Ron cheered, slinging an arm around Sam’s shoulder.

”Wait what? I thought we were only getting you a date with Hermione”, George was so lost, why would Ron agree to help him even during their bet?

”Well yeah, you’re helping me with Hermione so obviously I would help you with Lee,” He looked shy, “And in return we can get Sam a date to. There has to be some desperate bloke around here dying to get a date with him”, He stage whispered.

Sam flipped him off, “We should start with Hermione and Ron since she seems to have many suitors and Lee has none, so George has no competition. Not to mention your competition is Viktor Krum and Harry Potter”

“That was brutal”, Ron mumbled.

”I’m just be honest sweetheart~!”, Sam’s voice was like honey.

”Alright ladies let’s break it up”, George intervened before it got ugly.

”Let’s head back to my dorm. We could smoke some cigs and talk”, Sam didn’t wait for their approval and dragged them to the Slytherin dorms.

Sam’s dorm looked just like the Gryffindor dorm but the color scheme was darker. Sam cleared off his bed and they sat down. The blonde then walked over to someone else’s drawer and pulled out a pack of cigarettes.

”This is why the whole Slytherin house doesn’t like you”, Ron deadpanned.

”Sod off, I am helping you for free. Next time I’ll make you give me your liver so I can sell it on the dark market”, Sam’s cold tone made Ron gulp.

He handed them a cigarette and passed around a lighter. Once their cigarettes were lit they jumped into a conversation.

”So why don’t you just ask her?”, Sam started them off.

”Because what if it ruins everything between us. ‘Mione and Harry are the only friends I got”

”How sweet”, Sam snarked.

”Alright arsehole I am so close to killing you”, Ron’s hand reached for his wand.

”But wouldn’t killing me after everyone saw you drag me out of the Great Hall make the murder obvious”, Sam pointed out.

”Yeah, maybe I could make it look like a suicide. But that would be too much work”, Ron waved them off; taking a drag of his cigarette.

”Wait what are we going to tell people if we’re all missing from class? The teachers are definitely going to look for us”, George questioned after crushing his cigarette.

Sam winked at them, “Tyler Jacks always covers for me when I missing from class. It’s part of our deal or whatever”, He turned towards Ron, “I bet Harry Potter and your girlfriend will cover for you”

”She’s not my girlfriend”, He protested weakly.

Sam ignored him and pointed his cigarette at George, “The other you will definitely cover for you, so we’re good”

”So, I’m just going to ask Hermione. I had this plan since summer. The real thing we need to talk about is how George is going to come out to Fred. Not telling Fred he’s a poof has been his main reason for not telling Lee how he feels. If we can eliminate that, bingo! You have a confession”, Ron must have had this plan thought out for awhile.

”That was very Slytherin of you Ron; I’m starting to like you”

”Thanks, but no thanks”, Ron rejected the blonde.

”I’m going to fucking-“, Sam did even finish his sentence he just took a deep breath and composed himself, “Back to original problem, why can’t George just tell him. Like, ‘Fred I like blokes’ or ‘I’m a poof’”

“Because it’s not that easy!”, George practically shouted at him, “How’d you come out?”

The lighthearted feel of the room suddenly went icy cold. Sam glared at him and it was clear that they weren’t going to talk about this anymore.

”I know I shouldn’t have a say in this, but I agree with Sam”, Ron cut through the tension like it was nothing.

”Thanks Ron. It’s good to know you don’t think I’m incompetent”

”You make me want to hate gay people”, Ron responded.

Sam punched Ron’s shoulder in retaliation and they continued going back and forth like that. He couldn’t comprehend why these two didn’t get along and he didn’t want to know.

”Alright”, George shouted slightly, “All in favor of me just telling Fred”

They both raised their hands. Ron’s hand shot up, while Sam’s was weak and he looked bored.

”Alright it’s decided, I’ll tell Fred next week!”, George’s bold statement caught the attention of Sam.

The blonde gave him a funny look before pulling him into a fierce hug. His brother quickly joined their hug. For a moment he felt the emotion build in his throat. And he could think of a million things to say but he couldn’t say anything. If you told him last year that he had two people who supported him full heartedly he would never believe you. It took everything within him not to break down then and there.

”Wait Samuel I have a question”, Ron broke the hug to look at Sam.

”What is it Ronald?”, He sounded like he was in pain.

”Draco Malfoy’s definitely a little bit queer, right?”

Sam let out a laugh, “Mhm! I haven’t gotten it confirmed by him but come on, look at the way he looks at Harry Potter!”

Ron nodded along, “That’s exactly what I was thinking! I guess great minds think alike!”

”Ew”, Was all he said.

”You know what-“

”Alright! Let’s take our leave now!”, George pulled Ron out of the dorm.

They walked to Gryffindors tower in silence. It wasn’t awkward or anything, they just didn’t find the need to fill it. George almost found it weird how quickly Ron accepted him. He didn’t even flinch and carried on like normal. He even went to Sam to help him get a date and come out to Fred. He wondered why Ron was so ready to accept him, even when their family didn’t think too highly of these kind of things.

When they got to the portrait, Ron stopped George from walking in, he took a couple seconds to prepare what he was saying, “Sam’s a good person, you could’ve done worse”

“Well yeah Sam doesn’t really have friends, so helping us must be really fun for him!”, George didn’t really know why Ron was commenting on who he told.

He stared at George with wide eyes for a couple seconds. He shook his head, “Yeah I was totally talking about our plans. I’ll see you later!”, His tone was sarcastic. If he wasn’t talking about the plans then what the hell was he talking about?

Deep down George knew he just didn’t want to think about it.

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When the first week of December hit, the Yule Ball frenzy finally started. Left and right people were getting asked out. The champions had the first dance, so their dates needed to look good. Ron, Sam, and himself were all in the library, studying.

Same started poking at the younger red head with his quill. Ron responded by dumping his ink all over Sam’s scroll. It took Sam forever to write that, but he simply pulled out his want and cleaned it up. 

“Why haven’t you asked Hermione Granger out yet?”, Sam pestered.

”Honestly I’m out of excuses. I’m scared to ask her, so scared that every time I try to ask her I always end up asking for homework help. Or worse I end up talking ‘bout food”, He grumbled a reply.

“Asking out people can’t be that hard!”, Sam pinched one of Ron’s cheeks, “Especially with a cute face like yours!”

“Oi, people are gonna get the wrong idea if you keep doing that!”

”Aw Ronald I’m flattered~!”, Sam pulled him into a hug and smushed their faces together.

”Here”, Sam pulled apart from Ron, “How about you practice on me!”

George wanted to say that if they get any louder they would definitely get kicked out of the library. But, they were too funny to intervene.

”Fine. But take this seriously”, Ron hissed.

“Of course”, He have a mock salut.

Ron composed himself, “I’ve liked you for a long time. Please come to the Yule Ball with me”

”Too desperate”, Sam looked bored.

Ron’s eyes twitched, “I’ll show you desperate”

He lunged across the table and grabbed at Sam’s collar. The boy getting attacked pushed Ron off and told him to try again.

”Will you go to the Yule Ball with me?”

“Too plain”

”You’re a whore”, Ron snapped.

”Eh, like I haven’t heard that one before”, Sam said with a shrug, “If you want her to actually acknowledge your feelings, make it good”

Ron turned to face Sam fully; he grabbed Sam’s hand and placed it to his heart, “I’ve liked you since our first year. I know you probably don’t believe me because we never got along the greatest, but it’s true, I really do like you. Can’t you feel it? My heart beating like crazy. It would make me really happy If we could go to the Yule Ball together!”

Sam gulped and then suddenly looked close to laugher. Next to their table stood Hermione and Harry sharing horrified expressions.

Ron turned to look where him and Sam were looking and quickly went red, “Wait! It’s not what you think!”

Besides him, Sam was trying (and failing) to conceal his laughter.

”Look mate”, Harry started, “If you like blokes that’s okay with me and Hermione. Plus, Samuel isn’t that bad”

”I don’t like blokes! And if I did it definitely wouldn’t be Samuel! He would be last on the list. Actually, he wouldn’t even be an option!”, Ron shouted gaining the attention of everyone.

”But we just saw you confess to him”, Hermione pointed out. She wasn’t looking at Ron at all.

”That’s because we made a bet about who could he more romantic. We don’t actually like each other or anything”, Sam joined in saving Ron.

Ron nodded, “Samuel thinks I couldn’t be romantic so I had to prove him wrong”

“Yes, and Ronald proved to be quite the romantic, which is surprising because you know”, He gestured to Ron.

”Thank you Samuel! You always see the best in others!”

”Aw Ronald, you are too kind! It’s one of your best qualities!”, Sam cheered.

”Your mouth is your best quality”

George had to bite back a laugh at that statement. While Harry covered his mouth, and Hermione went red at the crude statement.

“Poor people don’t have the right talk”, Sam’s words were kind, like he was complimenting Ron.

”Aren’t you also poor?”, Ron asked.

”Hm yeah, but at least I’m not a ginger”, Sam twirled a piece of his blonde hair.

”I’m going to kill you”, At those words Sam got up and ran away, Ron in tow.

“They seem close”, Hermione commented.

“Eh”, George shrugged, “You shouldn’t worry about Sam being competition”

The face she made was hilarious, “I’m not worried about that!”

He waved them off, “I have to go make sure they’re not killing each other. Let’s talk later”

With that, he left to go follow them. They weren’t too far out of the library. With them, stood Alicia Spinet. When she saw him approach her face lightened.

”Hey George!”, Alicia smiled at him, “I was wondering if you have a date to the Yule Ball yet?”

”I don’t”, He said suspiciously.

”Great! Would you want to go with me?”

Behind her Ron look terrified. He knew that Lee liked Alicia, while Sam looked bored as he fiddled with his glasses.

Ron was making wild gestures like he was trying to tell him to say no, he definitely hit Sam a couple times on purpose. 

“I would love to but-“

”That’s amazing! I’ll see you then”, She pulled him in and kissed him on the cheek.

When she walked away he discreetly wiped his cheek. He knew that it was rude but Alicia kissing him made him sick for multiple reasons.

”Why’d you say yes! I thought Lee likes Alicia?!”, Ron cried.

”Lee likes Alicia?!”, Sam exclaimed.

George suddenly felt really weary. He wasn’t going to accept her invitation, but she jumped the gun. Around him, his surroundings started to blur a little.

”I’m going to bed”, He told them and started to walk off.

He felt someone grab his wrist. He turned to see Sam staring at him. His eyes flashed with pity and it made George want to hit him. He was just overreacting. This situation was messy, but Lee would move on and so would he.

”Don’t force yourself”, He whispered.

“I’m not”, He snagged his wrist away and walked to the Gryffindor tower. 

Once he got their, he walked through the portrait hole and was met with Fred. They both looked at each other in shock, although George’s was muted.

“I was looking for you”, Fred looked tired.

”Here I am”, George muttered trying his best to smile.

”Here you are. Wanna tell me why Hermione and Harry think Ron and Sam are gay for each other?”

He groaned, “Let’s go to our dorm first”

Once they were inside the comfort of their dorm, George cast the mufflaito charm around them.

”Ron’s not gay, he was practicing asking out Hermione on Sam. He couldn’t tell Hermione that, so they made up this whole bet thing that definitely sounded fake. Since Sam’s gay I think they just assumed”

Fred laughed, “Only Ron could get himself into such a mess. Especially now that everyone secretly thought he was gay since summer”

”He’s not, although him and Sam have the weirdest relationship”, George secretly thought that their relationship was hilarious. But he wouldn’t tell Fred that. 

After he thought that conversation was over, he went to go to sleep. He was so close to passing out when Fred decided to ask him, “What’s going on with you?”

”What do you mean? I’m fine”, George mumbled.

His twin scoffed, “Stop lying to me. You’ve been spending your time with Ron and Samuel Tuffin of all people! I feel like you barely hang out we me and Lee anymore! Until this year you had no idea who Samuel Tuffin was, and the only time you talked to Ron was when we were pranking him! So why are you all buddy buddy with them?”, His voice cracked, “Do you not trust me anymore?”

”No!”, George was quick to protest.

Fred took his “No” the wrong way and looked incredibly hurt, “That’s not what I meant!”, George added quickly, “I trust you with my life! You’re my other half of course I would trust you!”

”Then why won’t you tell me what’s bothering you!”, Fred snapped.

”Because”, He was having a hard time breathing properly, “Because I don’t want anything to change between us. We have a good thing going and I don’t want that to change!”

”Georgie”, His tone was soft, “Nothing will change”

“But we have such a good friendship with Lee going, I don’t want that to change”, He allowed himself to finally say some of the truth.

”What does Lee have to do with this”, He paused, “Oh you like Alicia! That won’t change anything, Lee won’t mind at all!”

”Fred”, He whispered, urging him to understand.

Fred took a couple seconds to talk and all he said was, “Oh”, and then quieter, “Oh George”

George was now crying freely, he knew Fred understand what he was implying. He tried to wipe his tears a quickly as he could, but no matter how fast he wiped them he couldn’t get himself to stop.

Fred reached out and pulled him into a hug, “It’s okay really! I don’t care that you like Lee or that you like blokes! Shh, it’s okay”

After calming himself down, he pulled away from Fred’s warm embrace, “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you”, His voice was rough from crying.

”It’s okay don’t worry. I understand why you were so scared to tell me; knowing how mum and dad talk about gay people all the time”, Fred assured him.

There moment was quickly broken when the door slammed open. Standing there was Lee and behind him was Ron.

”You prat”, Lee yelled at George.

For a moment, George’s heart dropped to his stomach. Lee had heard him and he was angry. Lee was never going to talk to him or Fred again. He should’ve just kept his mouth shut.

Then he punched George, “You knew I liked Alicia! I was so close too! Why’d you accept her invitation to the Yule Ball?”

”I’m telling you, that was a misunderstanding!”, Ron yelled at Lee.

“Fuck off! Go have Sam suck your dick! You and the whore are close nowadays, homo!”, Lee took his anger out on Ron.

Ron punched the doorframe, causing everyone to go silent. He looked at Lee with murderous intent in his eyes.

”I don’t give a fuck what you say about me. I’m not that insecure about the fact that I like girls to care about being called a homo. But leave Sam out of this. Who cares how many dicks he sucked, you just wish it was yours. And now that I got your attention will you fucking listen to me?”, Ron said cooly.

He heard Lee gulp as Ron continued, “The whole George and Alicia was a misunderstanding”, He looked at George to carry on.

”Yeah, I wasn’t going to accept her confession mate. But she took it the wrong way and now I can’t tell her it was a mistake; she looked so happy”, George jumped in.

”Oh, I’m so sorry for punching you!”, Lee half cried half exclaimed.

George waved him off, “It’s fine don’t worry”

Next to him, Fred unclenched his fists and sent Lee a glare. Lee left the room, probably too scared to stay in a room full of tension, this left the Weasley brothers alone.

”And here I thought you hated Sam”, George drawled.

His younger brother flushed slightly, “I do! But he’s not here to defend himself, and Lee couldn’t survive Sam’s sharp tongue”

“Is this you saying that Hermione has some competition?”, Fred teased.

”You two are insufferable”, Ron snapped.

”Did you learn that word from Hermione?”, Fred asked.

Ron lunged at Fred, and George let out a genuine laugh; startling them both. Ron face planted, causing George to laugh harder.

”Thank you”, He smiled at Ron and George, “For accepting me”

“Of course Georgie! What would I be without my other half! And I need you to start the joke shop!”, Fred cheered.

Ron got up and smiled at him, “I already told you this, but you’re my brother. I kinda have to accept you”

George nodded, feeling ten times more lighter.

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With one week until the Yule Ball, everyone was sent into a panic. For those who haven’t got a date yet are scooting Hogwarts all over for a date. George and Fred were all set with dates, so it was fun to sit back and watch confessions left and right.

Ron still hadn’t asked Hermione, and Sam said he was going alone. That was until breakfast Ron stomped over to him and George got up. They walked over to the Slytherin table where Sam was trying to cut up his pancakes.

He looked up at Ron, and quickly scarfed down the pancake slices he did cut and sprung up. He followed them out of the great hall.

”Hermione is has a date to the Yule Ball”, Ron cried.

”Oh no!”, Sam matched his energy and pulled him into a hug.

He watched their dramatics as Ron complained about how her mystery date was probably Viktor Krum and he could never compare. Sam casually adding in that he would find another.

”And now I’m going with one of the Parvati twins!”, Ron exclaimed.

Sam pulled away and slapped Ron across the face (lightly), “You dirty cheater!”

Ron raised his hand like he was answering a question, “Sir, she cheated on me first”

Sam gasped, “So? You must have broken her poor heart!”

”Oh right”, Ron reattached himself to Sam, “Heres the real kicker, she said she was waiting for me to ask her out!” 

“You poor, poor boy. How will you recover?”, Sam patted his head.

”With lots of fire whiskey? Do you have some?”, Ron sounded like he begging more than asking.

”Aren’t you like thirteen?”, Sam questioned.

”I’ll be fourteen in March!”, Ron told him confidently.

”Anyways”, Sam turned towards George, Ron let go of him, “Are you going to hook up with Alicia? It could be a good way to experiment”

”I mean, she’s expecting it. So I might as well”, George told him.

”Don’t do it because she’s expecting you to. Do it because you want to”, Sam sounded like he was speaking from experience.

”Okay, I won’t”, He promised.

”Good, now I’m going back to eat my pancakes. You can stay hear if you want”, He walked off.

Him and Ron followed Sam back into the Great Hall. No one really cared about their re entrance, and George took his seat next to Fred back, and Ron sat next to Harry.

George turned his head towards Sam and saw that the girl from the library was trying to talk to him. He thinks her name is Lucy Dowonder, Ollie Miller was on her left. He was reached up and brushed a strand of hair out of Sam’s hair.

Lucy whispered something in his ear that made Sam flinch. Ollie reached under the table and gripped Sam’s thigh. His fingers slowly inched up. Sam did nothing but look ahead. The rest of the Slytherin table ignored it, while the other tables had no clue it was happening. The only reason George knew what was happening is because he had a good view of under the Slytherin table.

Ollie leaned in and whispered something. Sam looked like he was going to be sick. Ollie kept groping Sam and no one spoke up. George was stuck, he couldn’t move. He wanted more than anything to yell at them to stop but he couldn’t. He watched as Sam suffered quietly without saying a word. He turned and looked at the teachers and caught Snape’s eye. Then it hit him, it wasn’t that no one noticed, it was that no one cared enough to stop them.

George grabbed his wand and casted the bat-bogey hex on Lucy and Ollie. Lucy quickly screamed and tried to stop the bat boogies from escaping out of her nose. Ollie finally released his hand from Sam’s thigh to follow Lucy’s example. Everyone around started laughing at them, and Sam looked relieved. Lucy sprinted out of the Great Hall with Ollie on her tail. Sam’s eyes fell onto George’s wand. He met George’s stare with a smile and went back to eating his pancakes.

It took everything in George not to go up and hug Sam. It took even more not to go up and punch Snape. He always knew that he was a prickly old bastard but he just watched one of his students get sexually assaulted and said nothing.

When breakfast was over George ran to catch up with Sam.

”What the hell?”, He shouted to him, “You just let him grope you like it was nothing? What the hell did they even say?”

The look Sam gave him almost shattered his heart. He looked like he was trying hard to hold back tears, “Don’t you see”, Sam whispered, “I’m easy. I’ll let any bloke do whatever he wants to me. Haven’t you heard? Ronald always brings up how good I am with my mouth. I would show you right now, but I have to meet Tyler in ten minutes”

“Don’t”, George pleaded, “Don’t meet Tyler, stay here with me”

Sam smiled at him it was a sad sort of thing, “Bye George. I’ll talk to you later”

”Shit, wait Sam! I know you don’t want to go so why are you still going?”

“‘Cause I’m bored”, Sam stated.

George felt the wind knock out of him. He almost forgot about all the things people told him about Sam. How he would blow any bloke who asked, that he went through guys like clothes. How he never actually liked anyone.

”I’ll talk to you later”, Sam repeated.

He left and George didn’t stop him. He barely recognized Fred and Lee coming up next to him. He pretended like nothing had happened and let them guide him to their first class. He wondered if Sam missed class often, giving random guys blowjobs. He wondered his Sam has actually slept with someone. He most likely has, George thinks the guys Sam blows aren’t even gay. They’re just lonely and Sam is known for being good with his mouth.

Their first class was history of magic with the Slytherins. Tyler and Sam showed up ten minutes later. Sam’s hair was messy, like it was always. George always assumed it was from not combing it after he woke up but now he wasn’t too sure.

Sam and Tyler took their seats next to one another and professor Binns didn’t even notice that they were late. Sam lied his head down on the table. Tyler gently took off his glasses for him. They seemed weirdly close. For some reason, George felt irrationally jealous. It wasn’t like he liked Sam or anything. He wanted to know more about him, like his family life or why he’s only good at charms.

When history of magic ended, they all piled out of the classroom. In the middle of the hallway, Tyler’s hand snaked it’s way around Sam’s waist, and he whispered something flirty into his ear. Sam whipped out his wand and hexed him so that every hair on his body started to rapidly grow.

”Don’t ever say that to me again”, Sam hissed.

”Aw but Sammy-”, He was cut off when another hex hit him. This one made him have two left feet. So in a matter of seconds, he was covered in hair to the point you couldn’t even see his person and he couldn’t walk without stumbling.

Sam spun around and made his way towards George. He put his wand up to George’s neck.

”If you ever say any of that pansy shit again, I’ll curse you and your stupid red headed bloodline!”, He hissed.

”Don’t worry, I won’t”, He promised

Sam nodded and walked off to his next class. He watched him walk away in a daze; he immediately shook himself out of it remembering that people were watching.

He watched Tyler Jacks stumble around for a little bit before intervening. It wasn’t out of the kindness of his heart because he wanted to know more about Sam and Tyler seemed like the closest thing he would get to that. He supported half of Tyler’s weight and started his walk to Madam Pomfrey.

”What’d you say to Sam that made him hex you like that?”, George asked as they approached the nurses.

He wished he could see Tyler’s facial expression as he said, “Normal shit, nothing he hasn’t heard. He only flips out like that when Lucy and Ollie and involved”

”Why?”

”Nosy aren’t you?”, Tyler snarked, “Lucy, Ollie, and I used to be friends with Sam in our first and second years. But he did something to piss Lucy off, and Ollie does whatever Lucy tells him to. While I enjoy picking on Sam sometimes, but I have a deal with him. But when he started hanging out with your blood traitor clan, he stopped giving random blokes head. Put two and two together won’t you Weasley”

“Uh?”, He said smartly.

”Jesus Christ you are the dumbest fucking person I had the misfortune of meeting. Drop me off here I don’t want to be in your presence any longer”, Tyler snapped.

George gave him one good shove and watched as he tripped over himself. He then walked back to his next class.

Ron found him first and pulled him into the bathroom. He looked out of breath and sweat plastered his hair to his forehead.

”Did you see Maria Sot came out as a lesbian! I was looking for you all morning where the hell were you?!”, Ron shouted in his face.

”Who the hell is Maria Sot?”, He ignored answering where he was.

“Some Ravenclaw in fifth year”, He waved him off, “Anyways, I told you because there’s more people just like you! You can branch out from just talking to me and Sam!”

He took a piece of his hair and twisted it nervously. It was nice of Ron to tell him this, but there was no way he was comfortable enough to tell people he was gay.

”Thanks, but I don’t think I’m ready for that”, George offered a grimace.

Ron shrugged, “That’s fine. Anyways I got to go find Harry and ‘Mione I’ll see you later”, He waved and walked away.

George pulled out a cigarette from his pocket and let out a sigh. What was holding him back?

__

George pulled on the dress robes his mother sent him. They were basic, black and white. He combed through his hair and waited for Alicia in the the common room. Fred had gone on ahead with Angelina; he offered to wait with George but George didn’t want Fred to keep Angelina waiting.

When Alicia arrived, he complimented her on her looks and they headed to the Yule Ball. In the hall, he saw tons of excited teens talking to their dates. He tried to look for Sam, but he couldn’t find him.

The ballroom was amazing, it was decorated in a winter theme. Besides him, Alicia grabbed onto his arm, pressing her boobs against it.

”Doesn’t it look amazing?”, She whispered, her eyes dancing.

He gulped, “It does!”, He tried to match her cheer.

When they walked down the stairs he spotted him. Standing towards the back, in all his glory was Sam. He was wearing a regular tuxedo. His tie matched his jacket both being a deep blue. He wore tight black slats showing off his muscular thighs. He looked straight out of a muggle fashion magazine. Next to him, was a girl he didn’t recognize. She was a light pink dress that contrasted nicely with her dark skin. The dress was long, covering her shoes. The dress had a low cut showing off cleavage. She was beautiful, George realized quickly. Was she Sam’s date?

Alica poked at him, “Are you admiring other girls?”, She laughed, “I don’t mind. She’s very pretty”

George knew that, but who is she? More importantly why was she with Sam? His stomach turned as his thoughts began to swirl. This feeling, he knew it too well. He was jealous! He almost threw up at the thought. There’s no way in hell that he could be jealous over this girl.

”Of course not”, He answered after a minute. He leaned in a kissed her temple, “Anyways, the prettiest girl is right besides me”

She let out a giggle as her face turned red. He felt a pair of eyes of them. He turned and saw Lee glaring at him. He felt a flash of jealousy burn through him. Lee didn’t want him, he wanted Alicia. Alicia with the pretty long hair, and her short statue. Alicia who has a slim waist and nice thighs. And he was George. His limbs were long and awkward, he had red hair. Damnit, now he’s starting to sound like Ron.

He grabbed Alicia’s hand and led her to Fred’s and Angelina’s table. They sat their conversing until Hermione walked in. Her untamable curly hair laid straight in a bun. She wore a periwinkle dress and appeared taller than usual. She gave them all a smile, her buck teeth were missing. He spared a glance at Ron who looked lost in a trance. He let out a laugh, Ron really like her.

”Wow is that Hermione! She looks amazing! I wonder how she did her hair?”, Alicia chimed in.

”She does look great!”, George readily agreed.

He looked away from her to see Sam approaching their table. He wore a blank expression.

”Hey can I borrow George for a second?”, Sam asked Alicia.

”Yeah of course!”, She got up and touched George’s shoulder, “I’ll be with Angelina. Let’s dance when you guys are done talking!”

He nodded and followed Sam to his table. To another place on the floor. It was crowded with people, so Sam leaned into his ear and whispered, “Poor Ronald. Hermione looked amazing”

“She really did. Do you think he’ll come and cry to us tonight?”, George whispered back. He took notice off their height difference and how Sam’s ears went red as he whispered into them.

”He definitely will. How’s your date with Alicia? She seems nice”, He changed the topic.

”She is. These past couple days everyones been telling me how lucky I am. I kinda makes me wanna scream ‘I like blokes!’”, He cleared his throat, “Who’s your date? She looked very pretty”

”Who, Tilly? She’s a real catch. I only went with her so I can make her ex jealous. It worked, bloke came up to me and threatened me”, Sam looked too pleased with himself.

”Who are you gonna dance with then?”, George teased, trying to contain a smile.

”Who me?”, Sam sounded flustered, “I can’t dance!”

”Here I’ll sh-“, He stopped himself.

Sam looked at him expectedly. George let out a sigh, “I should go back to Alicia, she wants to dance”

”Oh”, Sam’s tone almost broke his heart, “I’ll see you later then lover boy. Make sure not to step on her shoes!”, His cheer quickly came back.

He flipped him off, “Like I would!”

Alicia was right where she said she would be. They watched the champions dance before joining in with them. His eyes kept falling back to Sam who was standing in the far corner. His eyes were blank and his face showed no emotions. 

His attention was brought back when Alicia cupped his face and pulled him into a kiss. He let out a noise of surprise and kissed back.

”Let’s get out of here”, She whispered playfully.

He let himself be dragged into the hallway by her. She pushed him gently into a wall and kissed him with such ferocity, if he didn’t know better he would think she was trying to punch him with her mouth. He opened his mouth and allowed her tongue to come in. It felt gross, he wanted to push her off and run away. It wasn’t like this with Sam. She let out a tiny moan and reached for his belt. He squeezed his eyes shut, willing her to stop. She got on her knees and finally George went, “Stop, please!”

She backed looked up to him, “It’s okay to be scared. Just try to relax, it’ll feel good I promise!”

”Its not that”, George told her; trying to sound less panicked.

”Oh, is it me? Do you not like me? I mean your not even hard”, She pointed out.

”No, I like you, really. It’s not that”, He quickly tried to reassure her.

”Then what? You don’t have to lie to me”, Tears were collecting in her eyes.

He panicked, “Seriously it’s not you!”

”Then what is it?”, Her voice rose.

”I’m gay!”, He shouted back.

That stunned her into silence along with himself. He didn’t mean to come out to her, George felt like he was going to cry or puke.

She laughed awkwardly, “Well that does explain why your not interested”

”Yeah, haha”, He tried to keep the tears inside his eyes.

”It’s okay you know? I’m not gonna like hate you because your gay. This is just my luck falling for a gay guy!”, Alicia stood up and pumped her fist to the sky.

”I’m sorry”, She whispered.

She waved him off, “It’s fine really! Now, we can talk about boys and stuff. Is that stereotypical?”

A laugh startled out of him, “Yeah I think it is. But, I wouldn’t mind, talking about boys with you”

She wiggled her eyebrows, “So there is a lucky guy?”

”Yeah, speaking off, I got to meet with him”, He started to sprint off, back into the Yule Ball.

”Good luck!”, She shouted.

He called back his thanks and raced back to the Yule Ball. He stopped right outside of the door and took a deep breath. He felt bad that he put Alicia in that position but at least she didn’t care. He opened the door gently and looked around the Yule Ball. His eyes met with Lee’s. He paused for a second and called him over.

”Go comfort Alicia”, He told him.

”Huh? Why? What did you do?”, Lee demanded, his fists clenched.

”Take care of her okay? She’s a nice girl”, He tapped his shoulder as he walked away, “Good luck!”

He didn’t see Lee walk away but he heard the doors slam. He let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding. This is what heartbreak feels like. He turned and saw Sam was giving him a smile. George smiled back, and walked over to him.

”Let’s get out of here”, He whispered as Sam pulled him into a hug.

He felt Sam nod, “Take me away”

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They ended up on the Quidditch pitch. It was a clear night, the stars were beautiful. They were laughing and holding on to each other like they were their last life lines.

”Teach me how to dance!”, Sam demanded with a laugh.

”Of course, m’lady”, He reached out for Sam’s hand and kissed it.

He took the lead and swayed with Sam. Sam’s laughs filled his ears and for a moment everything felt fuzzy. He couldn’t believe he looked over how beautiful Sam looked when he smiled. Or how his hands are soft. 

“Dancing to no music feels, I don’t know, wrong?”, Sam spoke up after George twirled, “Sing us something”

George eyes widened. He never actually tried to sing for someone. He looked back into Sam’s eyes and he doesn’t know what came over him but he began to sing. It was horrible if he was being honest, but he could care less. Sam was laughing again and he looked at George like he was holding the whole world in his hands.

”Your awful at singing, it was awfully pitchy”

”You asked, arsehole”, George snapped back without any heat.

They stayed in each other’s embraces until George rushed out, “We should go flying!”

The blonde instantly pulled back, “Hell no!”

”Come on, have you ever flown before?”, He held his hand out expectedly.

”No!”, Sam slapped his hand away, “And I have a good reason!”

”Your fear of heights right? So you never got to experience flying?”

Sam pouted, “Well no, and I don’t want to!”

George laughed putting a piece of hair behind Sam’s ears, “Face your fears!”, He cheered.

There was a long pause, “If we fall I’ll use my worst jinx on you”

”I wouldn’t expect anything else!”

They jogged to a broom closet and pulled out a decent looking broom. George mounted first followed by Sam. He thought that there was going to be more resistance but Sam just hopped on. As soon as they were five feet off the ground, he felt Sam’s head collide into his back, while he clenched the back of George’s robe. He could feel Sam shake a little.

They steadily inclined until they hit the top of the quidditch posts would be. He decided to stay at this height and fly around.

”You can look now”, George said.

Sam slowly peaked out his head. His eyes glanced over the land below. He let out a short laugh. And then he rested his forehead back on George’s back.

”This is terrifying”, Sam whispered to no one in particular.

Before George could even reply he felt something cold hit his nose, followed by heavy rain. He realized rather quickly that it was pouring. 

“We have to get to the ground, so I’m going to go fast!”, He warned the blonde and then dived towards the grass.

He ignored Sam’s startled yelp as he dove down. Once they reached the ground, Sam immediately hopped off. His legs were wobbly and George caught him before he fell.

George bought a shaking Sam until a tight embrace. He felt bad that he brought up the idea to go flying. The rain was pelting down on them but they didn’t move.

”That was awful”, Sam muttered, “I’m never doing that again”

”Shh, you don’t have to”, George tried to console him.

”Tell me a story or something”

So George launched into the most disastrous Weasley family Christmas ever. Long story short, Charlie’s hair caught on fire and Ginny almost stabbed Percy. By the end of the story, Sam was laughing so hard that he was practically crying. He pulled away from George’s embrace and thanked him.

With thinking George went, “Now that you know the Weasley secret that we promised to take to our graves, it’s your turn to tell a story!”

“There’s nothing to tell”, Sam said immediately.

”I doesn’t have to be a funny story. Here tell me something you haven’t told anyone”, George pestered.

”Alright, alright”, He slicked back his hair making water go everywhere, “This is really embarrassing so if you tell anyone I will actually have to kill you and that person”

George crossed his heart, “Cross my heart swear that I die”

”Um, where do I start”, He paused, “So when I was in my first year I was really lonely. My father had just passed away” George eyes widened at that information. He decided not to comment on it and Sam continued, “And my mum spent most of the days drinking her wine. You get the point, anyways, I met this seventh year in Hufflepuff. He was super handsome and was my closest friend. Out of the blue one day he asked me for a blow job. He said that if I didn’t give him he would stop being my friend”, Sam let out a gasp, he sounded like he was in pain, “I was so desperate! So I did it and his dorm mates caught us. The only thing they could focus on his how this little first year was doing that. They labeled me as easy and guys approached me left and right. At one point I just embraced it”

There were silent tears that flowed out of Sam’s eyes. If he wasn’t paying enough attention he would’ve thought it was the rain. George pulled him into a tight hug.

”I was only eleven!”, He screamed into George’s chest, “Why didn’t anyone question why he was allowing me to do that? Why was it my fault!”

As Sam calmed down George raked his hands through his blonde hair. He didn’t realize that there was also tears streaming down his own face. He immediately wanted to take back all the times he joked or brought up the fact that Sam gave head to half of Hogwarts.

”I’m sorry I didn’t mean to make this all about me. What happened with Lee? You looked heartbroken before”, Sam’s attempt to change the subject didn’t go unnoticed by George.

”It’s okay I don’t mind. And with Lee, I told him to comfort Alicia. I came out to her”, He hesitantly told him.

“You did what?!”, Sam shouted in surprise, “Why didn’t you tell me right away?! How’d she react”

“She was nice”, George said shortly.

The blonde let out a breath, “That’s great”

He then rested his forehead on George’s shoulder, “I’m so proud of you”

His face heated up. Sam seemed to have this affect on people. Or at least he had this affect on George. They stayed in the rain a little bit longer until they heard someone running to them. No surprise it was Ron. His hair was plastered onto his forehead from the rain and he was panting.

”I’m not gonna ask what just happened with you two but I saw Lee hugging a crying Alicia, what the hell happened?!”, Ron said in between pants.

George only shook his head, “I told Alicia I’m gay. She was supportive but she really did like me”

”Really? I’m proud of you. Wait, did you really feel that bad that you told her your gay?”

He let them believe that’s what happened because the truth was a lot more embarrassing. They walked back to the dorms together. George had a hand over Sam’s shoulders while Ron stayed a good distance away from them. The Yule Ball would still be going on for an hour or two so the Gryffindor common room was empty. George headed up to his dorm to get a couple bottles of fire whiskey. When he came back he saw Ron’s head on Sam’s lap while the latter stroked his hair. He seemed to be passionately ranting about something. He hid between the stair case and the wall to watch them.

”And then she just walked out, crying! Harry’s probably mad at me again and I don’t know how to fix this. Was I really that mean to ‘Mione? I need to work on this jealousy thing”, Ron ranted.

”Maybe you should just apologize and admit your feelings? I mean what’s the worse that can happen. Although you’re kinda a jerk to her sometimes it’s clear that she likes you”, Sam reassured him gently.

”It’s only because she doesn’t have another choice. Harry’s not around unless it’s all three of us. It’s usually me and Hermione that hang out”, Ron sighed, “Maybe I should give up”

Sam yanked on his hair, “Are you an idiot? Do you need me to spell it out for you. Hermione likes you, I don’t know why but she does. At this point I’m about to perform every hex, jinx, and spell on Viktor Krum so your girl can see how lame he is”

“No it’s fine. Anyways, did you see how pretty Hermione looked in her dress tonight?”

He decided to make his reappearance now. Ron went to Sam because he didn’t want to add on to George’s problems and it made him feel horrible. He wanted Ron to confide in him even if he was also going through stuff.

”You need this the most”, George pushed the fire whiskey into Ron’s hands.

The red head took a huge gulp before passing it to Sam who took a larger sip. George then took a swing. It went on like this for awhile and by the time the bottle was empty they were all pleasantly drunk. George went to go use the bathroom and when he came back, Ron and Sam were clutching each other, crying.

”At your wedding I want you to be my best man!”, Ron slurred in between sobs.

”I would be honored, you’re like my best friend!”, Sam responded; words slurring just as much.

”Mate actually? You’re kinda like my best friend to! Besides Harry and ‘Mione you’re the first person to really acknowledge and notice me as a friend!”, Ron had stopped crying now. George decided he needs to stop walking in on these moments.

Sam started sobbing harder, “That’s so sad!”

”Stop crying Sammy boy I deserve it I’m a horrible friend!”

Sam shook him violently, “No you’re not! Your my best friend how could you be the worst!”

”Stop shaking me!”

Sam obediently stopped and looked like a kicked puppy. As George stated before, him and Ron had a weird relationship. Students started piling in masses now, so George quickly grabbed both Sam and Ron and brought them all to Ron’s room. Harry was already in there but otherwise it was empty.

”Harry!”, Ron cheered, “Meet my new best friend: Sam!”

”Hi Harry!”, Sam said with the same amount of excitement.

Harry’s nose wrinkled slightly, “Are you guys drunk?”

”Very!”, Ron confirmed, and then added more as an after thought, “You should have some you need to chill the fuck out”

”I didn’t know you drank Ron”, Harry countered with.

He reached out and put his finger on Harry’s lips, “Shh, don’t tell anyone”

”I won’t, I promise”, Harry said in between laughs.

Ron settled down on his bed besides Sam who passed out while Ron and Harry were talking. George squeezed in between them and fell into a peaceful sleep.

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“Hoe. Derogatory!”, He woke up to Ron’s screech.

“It’s not my fault that you lack economic knowledge”, Sam shouted back.

They apparently woke up the whole dorm because he heard Ron’s dorm mates groaning from the noise.

”Shut the fuck up it’s not even eight yet!”, Someone from their left yelled cutting off the argument.

“Oh yeah sorry mate. Muffliato”, At that the only people that could hear the argument was the people on Ron’s bed.

”Stop calling me poor! Think off something new everyone and their mum knows that the Weasleys are poor!”, Ron shouted.

“Fine: you’re ginger, you’re socially awkward, you don’t know how to talk to girls, you already drink you’re problems away at the age of thirteen, your crush went to the Yule Ball with a famous Quidditch player, your best friends with Harry Potter, your kinda rude, you eat a lot, you’re dumb, shall I continue?”

Ron then proceeded to snap back, “Damn if you’re going to list off all my bad qualities I might as well list off yours! You’re failing majority of your classes, you gave head to half of Hogwarts, your mean, you let people walk all over you, you’re a loner, you’re kind off a creep-“

”But I’m a creep”, Sam cut off, singing.

”I’m a weirdo”, Ron sang back.

”What the hell am I doin’ here?”

”I don’t belong here!”

”Oh”, Sam finished it off.

”Jesus what the fuck just happened?”, George snapped.

”You don’t know ‘Creep’ by Radiohead?”, Sam and Ron said at the same time.

”Oi stop copying me”, Ron snapped.

”The fuck? Why would I copy you”

”Watch yourself Samuel. Apparently we’re besties for the resties now!”, Ron shot him a sinister smile.

”That was a moment of weakness. If I’m dying no way in hell it’s going to be with you!”, Sam deadpanned.

”Who said anything about dying! I don’t want to die with you! See, this is why you’re a creep!”

”The way you were implying it said that we were going to die together!”, Sam grabbed a fistful of Ron’s shirt. 

“Fine”, Ron yanked Sam’s hair, “If we are together for life, I would make sure mines a short one!”

”Har har bastard”

”Let’s go get breakfast”, George forcibly broke them apart and dragged them to the Great Hall.

Only a few students were in the Great Hall when they got there. They seemed to be minding their own business so they all just decided to sit at the Gryffindor table. 

Sam ate his pancakes idly, while Ron was chomping down on anything in his area. George only had a water in fear that if he had anything else he wouldn’t be able to keep it down. He watched with mild disappointment as Ron and Sam started bickering again, it was like they never stopped. Half way through their petty argument Harry and his dorm mates walked in.

”This was the lad you brought back to the dorm? By the way you were talking I was sure it was a pretty girl”, Seamus Finnigan joked.

“Screw off, mate, like I would ever sleep with a bloke like him!”, Ron quickly responded; angrily stabbing his food.

Sam let out a dramatic sigh, “And here I thought are love was real. How come your telling your friends you would never screw me? Are you embarrassed by me?”

”Bloody hell stop saying stuff like that! People are actually going to start thinking that we’re dating!”

”We aren’t?”, Sam sounded sad.

Ron picked up his butter knife, “I’m going to fucking kill you. I don’t care if there’s witnesses”

”Ouch honey, you’re hurting my feelings”, Sam complained; picking up his own butter knife.

They started jabbing at each other while everyone watched. No one tried to intervene, George forgot all about the things he thought about Sam. This guy clearly wasn’t too attractive.

”Why don’t you just leave Samuel? This isn’t even your house!”, Ron protested.

”Because we are besties for the resties, your words not mine”, Sam countered with a cool tone.

Harry looked up from where he was sitting with a weird look on his face. He didn’t really think that Sam was Ron’s new best friend, did he? The relationship between the two were hard to describe, but it was like Ron was Sam’s little brother. Little brother that he hated, but still.

“Being you’re best friend would probably get me into some weird orgy”, Seamus snorted as Ron mumbled that.

Sam flicked Ron’s forehead, “It would not! I’ve never even had a threesome before!”

Ron’s eyes widened in disbelief, “You filthy liar!”

”Yeah aren’t you known for letting blokes sleep with you? You’ve got to have done some kinky shit”, Seamus spoke up.

Both Sam and Ron sent him a glare and then went, “Mind your own business!”

They looked at each other in shocked silence. They were so surprised that they couldn’t even continue bickering. George let out a sigh of relief and went back to his food. For a moment, the sunlight rained over Sam, covering him the the morning light. He wasn’t doing anything special in particular, just eating a bite of his pancakes, but he looked like the most beautiful person in the world. It made George’s heart skip a beat. And in that frame of time, he almost fell in love.

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The night before the second trial Ron went missing. He wouldn’t even had notice if he didn’t need to spill the newest bit of information. Him and Lee were hanging out earlier that day, and he admitted that him and Alicia were now hooking up. It wasn’t any official but still, he had officially lost Lee. Although, he knew that since the Yule Ball.

George looked for him all over the school. He wasn’t in his usual hang out spots. He was even desperate enough to check with Sam. The blonde said he hadn’t seen him since the morning after the Yule Ball. He helped George with the rest of his search. The eventually got to the library and saw Harry hunched over a book. Sam gently patted him on his shoulder. Harry jumped and immediately got into a defensive position.

”Sorry if I scared you”, Sam whispered, “But have you’ve seen Ron?”

”No sorry”, Harry answered immediately.

George cursed, “Then where the hell is he?”

”Rons missing?”, Harry question with a hint of panic in his voice.

Sam quickly looked over to George, who was trying to think of a good response. They couldn’t add more stress onto Harry’s plate. Sam looked at the book Harry was reading and quickly went, “Need tips on how to breathe under water?”

“What? Oh, yeah”, Harry mumbled.

Sam leaned over Harry, pressing his body close to his. He flipped through the pages, it hit George quickly, he was trying to distract Harry! The only way he knew how was to use his seduction skills.

”The bubble head one! I know how to do that, it’s rather easy. I can teach you”, Sam told Harry in a suggestive tone.

”No!”, Harry shot and head butted Sam in the nose. He quickly turned away, “Can you guys leave now? I need to focus”

They listened to his wish and left the library. Sam was clutching his now bleeding nose. It was weirdly attractive. His glasses were also broken. He gingerly took of his glasses and simply casted a  reparo. He held his wand up to his nose and casted a epskiy. With that his broken nose and glasses were mended.

“Man, Harry really has a hard head”, Sam joked.

George shoved him, “You’re an asshole!”

”Yeah, yeah. Can I stay in your dorm tonight?”, Sam asked. He fiddled with his hands like he was nervous.

”What’s wrong with your dorm?”

Sam scratched the back of his neck awkwardly, “Nothing, really. I just don’t want to go back tonight”

”Well we can’t go back to my dorm, people will see us”

Sam paused for a second before grabbing his hand and running off. They must’ve ran for awhile before they stopped at a door. Inside the room, was a basic bedroom. The walls were painted a lights blue, and the bed was on the far left. It had a window on the middle wall. It was rather plain.

”What is this?”, George found himself asking.

”We’re in the room of requirements”, He laughed a little, “It’s supposed to turn into anything you think of. I was just thinking of a bedroom so it turned into mine. This is kind of embarrassing”

It took George a moment to comprehend what Sam had just said. Once he did, he shouted, “This is your room?!”

He let out another awkward laugh, “Yep! I don’t spend a lot of time here so I decided not to decorate it. Plus this is mg brothers old room so I don’t think he would appreciate me decorating it”

George didn’t press anymore; sensing that Sam’s brother was a sensitive topic. They climbed into the bed together and lied side by side. It was tense, and George felt like he needed to break the silence some how. He turned his head to face Sam, who turned at the same time as him. They were so close that their noses touch.

”Can I kiss you?”, Sam whispered.

George nodded. Without any hesitation, Sam smashed their lips together. It was short and sweet. His eyes were squeezed shut; like he was scared for the moment to end. He didn’t know Sam could be so soft, so delicate. He always associated Sam with a storm, but now that he was a light drizzle; George found himself wanting more and more. 

They broke apart with a sigh. He stared at the boy in front of him. He wasn’t any like Lee, so why was he feeling this way? The blonde took off his clunky glasses and placed them on the beside table. Without them, you could really see his face. His eyes were a bright brown, they held cities and burning empires within them. The bags under his eyes stood out against his pale skin. He was pretty and handsome all at once.

”Stop staring at me like that”, Sam sounded embarrassed.

”Like what?”, He breathed out.

”Like you’re falling in love with me”

George’s heart jumped to his throat. Was that how he looked? He wanted to scream and deny that he felt this way. But for some reason, Sam’s words finally put sense to his feelings. He was falling in love with Sam, and he couldn’t stop himself.

”Don’t feed your own ego”, George snapped back after a moment.

Sam let out a laugh and closed his eyes, “You being in love with me would feed my already big ego. I mean like, I got a guy who’s so far for his best mate to fall for me! But Lee still has your small heart”

”You wanker!”

”You wish I wanked to you!”, Sam retorted quickly.

George’s face went bright red as he was trying to find the words to say. Before he could come up with a reply, Sam’s breath evened out. George followed his lead and fell into a restful sleep.

The next morning he woke up with a start. He looked to see Sam halfway on the bed and halfway on the floor. He pushed the rest of him off to wake him up.

”The tournaments today! We over slept!”, George yelled, dragging Sam up.

Sam quickly rushed over to his drawers and threw clothes at George’s head. He let them smack him in the face, and caught them when they fell. He quickly unbuttoned his collared shirt and but the sweatshirt on. He pulled off his pants and pulled up Sam’s jeans. They fit almost perfectly and he grabbed his coat and ran out. Sam quickly followed him, by the time they got to the black lake, the tournament was just about to start.

”I’ll see you later lover boy”, Sam waved and starting running to the Slytherin side, “Tell me if you find Ron!”, And then he was off.

George headed towards the Gryffindor side where Lee and Fred saved him a seat. Next to them was their respected girlfriends (or fuck buddy in Lee’s case). George squeezed in between them.

”Late night?”, Fred asked with a smirk.

George gave him a playful shove, “You have no idea”

They watched the tournament in relative silence; besides the occasional cheer. Fleur Delacour came back first, she was forced to retire because she was attacked by something. Cedric came back with Cho Chang and was in first. After that, Viktor Krum came back with Hermione Granger (He hoped Ron didn’t see this where ever he was), finally, Harry came back with Ron and a young girl that looked like Fleur Delacour.

When Ron returned, George let out a sigh of relief. Clearly, Ron was okay. When the score was decided: Cedric came in first, followed by Harry in second, Viktor Krum came in third, and Fleur Delacour came in last. With that, the overall score put Harry and Cedric tied for first, Viktor Krum in third, and Fleur Delacour in last. Everyone from Hogwarts were cheering as loud as they could. Their champions could win this! Hogwarts could win! More importantly, Harry could win this!

The after party, was crazier. There were drinks everywhere, upperclassmen were making out. Harry was in the corner, not really taking apart of the drinking. Ron however, was downing drinks left and right. He would ask him about that later.

George left the common room in search of Sam. He was stumbling slightly, but he had a gut feeling that he had to go find Sam. He found Sam in the owlry hunched over a letter.

”Sam?”, He called out cautiously.

Sam jumped up in surprise, “George! Why are you here?”

”I could ask you the same thing”, He retorted.

Sam went silent at that. George wanted to know why he was in the owlry but he didn’t want to push him. So he decided on a more careful approach.

”What’s wrong?”, George said after a minute.

Sam quickly hid the letter, “Nothing! Shouldn't you be celebrating with you’re house? It was a huge win today for Harry Potter”

George reached out for the letter and missed. They went back and forth until George finally got the letter. 

He went to go read it but Sam whipped out his wand, “Incendio”, He hissed.

George quickly dropped the letter he was holding so that his hands wouldn’t catch on fire. Once he dropped it he stomped it out so it wouldn’t cause a bigger fire.

”Are you fucking mental?!”, He yelled with mild concern.

“Pepper breathe”, Sam snapped back.

George’s mouth suddenly felt like it was on fire. He quickly tried to wipe off his tongue to get the taste off. He started spitting when that didn’t work. He did remember Fred and Lee telling him that Sam was amazing at charms along with the occasional hex and jinx. 

“What’d you do to me?!”, George cried.

”Mind you’re own business”, Sam’s cool tone sent shivers down his spine. Sam left George in the owlry with a burning mouth and a feeling of heart break.

__

George had to go to the hospital wing to get the hex reversed. Ron visited him as soon as he got out and walked him back to the dorms.

”What Slytherin attacked you?”, Ron questioned.

”Samuel Tuffin”, George muttered.

”What?!”, Ron shouted, “I’ll kill him! Why’d he attack you?”

George thought for a moment, “Let’s go find out”

”What”, Ron yelled as he started making his way to the owlry, “The hell?! Wait up George!”

As George thought, the letter was still there. It was basically ash, but it wasn’t unfixable.

”Repario”, George pointed his wand at the letter.

The letter easily mended itself and George picked it up and started to read it:

Dear Samuel,

Happy birthday! Yet another year you have been alive. Sometimes I think I would rather you kill yourself than us celebrate another meaningless birthday. How old are you now? Sixteen? Fifteen? You chose that school over us, so I managed to forget all about you. We’re practically strangers now rather than brothers. Honestly, I would rather that you stay away then only come back for a summer. You’re a burden on mum and a useless money hole. Do us all a favor and never come back. Even better, die! 

I hope you listen to this and never come back,

- Your brother, Mika

George eyes widened when he read the letter. Over his shoulder, he heard Ron gasp. The Weasley’s were all so close, he almost forgot how some siblings could be estranged like this. No wonder why Sam didn’t want him to read that. But he still didn’t have to almost set him on fire and then hex him.

As they tried to take their leave they saw Sam standing in the door way; glaring at them. It was like he knew that they would be there.

”Hey arsehole”, Ron sneered, “I’ll give you a five second head start”

Sam only flicked his wand and it sent Ron’s wand flying. He stared blankly at Ron’s surprised face.

”Give me back the letter”, Sam demanded. 

“We’ve already read it”, Ron answered after he got over his shock.

Some unknown emotion flickered through Sam’s eyes. His blank mask crumpled and what remained was pure agony. Ron shifted awkwardly before pulling Sam into a tight hug. 

“I’m sorry I hexed you”, Sam’s voice was muffled, “And almost setting your hand on fire. I wasn’t thinking clearly, and you didn’t deserve any of that”

“It’s fine”, George mustered, “I can’t really blame you after reading that”

Sam pushed Ron away, “No! Don’t do that! I did something wrong, so forgive me because you want to! Not because of this pity bullshit!”

George let out a sigh, “I forgive you, really!”

Sam smiled; it was a beautiful thing, “Thank you!”

”Where’s my apology? You just shoved me!”, Ron cried from his spot on the floor.

”Where’s my apology for all the times you called me a slut?”, Sam retorted with a smirk.

Ron flipped him off. Sam offered his hand and helped him stand up. They walked out of the owlry and headed towards their separate dorms. George didn’t realize the true depth of Sam’s family issues.

When they got to the Gryffindor common room, Fred, Hermione, Harry, and Lee were waiting for them. 

“Are you okay?”, Fred asked.

George nodded, “A pansy spell like that couldn’t hurt me too bad”

”Yes, it should’ve just left your mouth feeling like it was on fire. Not actually burn holes in your tongue. Whoever did it, knows their way around a hex”, Hermione spoke up with confidence in her voice.

Next to him, Ron broke out laughing. Everyone turned their gaze towards him in mild concern.

”That fucking mental case!”, Ron let out another series of giggles, “I got to go find him, holy shit this is so funny”, He said after his laughter died down.

Without waiting for a response, Ron disappeared into the portrait hole. George had no clue why Ron found this situation funny, but Sam knowing his way around a hex wasn’t funny at all. Actually, it was quite scary.

”So who hexed you?”, Lee asked what they were all thinking.

”No one important”, He answered shortly.

”Come on, Georgie! Obviously you aren’t on bad terms if Ron left in a fit of giggles to go find them!”, Fred pointed out.

He let out a reluctant huff, “It was Sam”

There was a moment of tense silence, “So Sam and Ron really are boning it?”, Fred broke the silence.

Hermione and Harry went red at the accusation while Lee laughed so hard he started wheezing. If said blonde was here he probably make a joke about his undying love for Ron. 

“Nah, Sam and Ron hate each other”, He told them. Honestly, he thinks Ron and Sam have a deeper connection than hatred but that’s not his business. 

Harry shook his head, “Ron knows something about Sam and vice versa. That’s the reason they’re always talking, even without you”

This almost knocked George off his feet. What did Ron know that he hadn’t? And the same thing with Sam, did they not trust him enough to tell him? He thought that the only reason they talked was because of him. Had they grown tired of him already?

”Ron doesn’t really talk about Sam all too much. When he does, it’s often to complain about him. There was this one time, that he said the only reason they still hung out was because they were in the same situation”, Hermione added in.

”Why should we care what Ron does with Sam?”, Lee grumbled.

They all fell into a quiet agreement with Lee’s words. There was no real reason that they should care what Ron and Sam were up to. It wasn’t like they were plotting something.

The portrait hole opened, revealing a drenched Ron with an equally as drenched Sam. The blonde looked pissed off while his younger brother fiddled with his fingers.

”It isn’t as bad as it looks”, Ron greeted them sheepishly.

Sam clicked his tongue, “You broke my wand!”

“We almost drowned and that’s the part your focusing on?!”, Ron cried.

”You left ten minutes ago! How did this even happen”, Hermione questioned.

”Well someone had to ask Draco Malfoy about his obvious crush! And then the next thing you know we were thrown into the Great Lake!”, Sam was looking at Ron the whole time.

Ron rolled his eyes, “You were the one that pointed it out to me. The little ferret gets what was coming to him”, He shrugged.

“We all hate Draco Malfoy, but now we’re wandless, enemy to all of the Slytherin house, and soaking wet on top of it!”

Ron shivered, he glanced at Sam and then back at the small group. George could barely comprehend their story much less try to help Ron out in this situation!

Sam pulled out his broken wand, and sent Ron a wicked glare. He put it down on the table and pieced it together.

”Lee Jordan”, He called making Lee jump, “Can I please borrow your wand?”

”Sure!”, He stuttered out handing the wand to Sam.

Sam studied the wand in his hand before pointing it at his own, “Repario!”

Sam’s broken wand mended itself slowly. Everyone watched in mild awe. George himself didn’t think that Sam was capable of something like that.

”Oh wow!”, Sam sounded as shocked as them, “It actually worked!”

”You didn’t think it would work?!”, Lee shouted.

Sam scratched the back of his neck, “Nope! The last time I tried to use someone’s wand it blew up in my face!”

The room went silent at that. Is he an idiot? Also, why would he try to use someone else’s wand? George decided not to question the extent of Sam’s stupidness.

”Anyways, Ronald what do you want for your birthday?”, Sam asked. He sounded generally curious.

Ron turned red all the way to his hairline, “Buzz off!”, He added in a whisper, “I can’t believe you actually remembered”

Sam pinched Ron’s cheeks, “Answer the question, idiot!”

”Ow, ow! Let go of me you bloody mad man!”, Ron cried out in distress. Sam only pinched harder, “Fine! I want a Treacle Tart!”

The blonde’s face soured, “How the hell am I gonna make that?”

”A recipe genius”, Ron snapped back.

”Alright! I’ll find the recipe! Meanwhile, talk to your friends or whatever. I’ll see you around”, With that Sam left.

Ron let out a low chuckle, “What an odd guy”

George couldn’t agree more.

(Ron ended up getting five Treacle Tarts. They were overbaked, but Ron still ate them)

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It was one month, two days, and thirteen hours until the third event, when things started to crumble around him. First, Lee and Alicia finally made things official. He felt like an idiot for still being hurt about this. Then, Ron starting pushing himself away from both Sam and George. He also got sick and had to miss school for three days which sucked. He was given the okay to go to dinner tonight, however.

He looked for Sam at the Slytherin table, but he couldn’t find him. Even after everyone started eating. Finally, he walked in halfway through the meal.

Tyler Jacks clinked his glass with a fork; gaining everyone’s attention. He stood up on the bench and flashed everyone a smirk.

He cleared his throat, “Can we have a round of applause for the one and only Samuel Tuffin?”

As everyone began clapping, Sam looked frozen from his spot in front of the doors.

”Thank you!”, He turned his body towards Sam, “When I first met Sam I thought he would never settle down and find someone he fancies. I mean, come on, he’s slept with half of the blokes in Hogwarts like it was nothing. But I’m here to tell you that he’s finally found some one he fancies! Isn’t that amazing!”

He heard Ron let out a growl. Sam still was frozen, but now, his face looked absolutely horrified.

Tyler grabbed a letter from his pocket, “Our dear Sam, has written his love a letter, and I would like to share it with you all!”

How come the teachers weren’t stopping this? George’s heart was pounding so loud he thought he was going to burst. Why was Tyler doing this? Weren’t him and Sam friends?

”Dear George”, Tyler started. Hearing his own name made him freeze, “Before I start writing down any of my feelings, I would like to say that this embarrassing thing was Ron’s idea. Why am I even writing that, it’s not like your even going to read this. Anyways, I’m kinda in love with you? I don’t know when it started, maybe it was in my second year-“

”Stop!”, Sam cried as he finally came to his senses.

Tyler ignored him, “When you helped me pick up my books after some sixth years pushed me down the stairs. It wasn’t anything special, but no one would even go near me, much less help me. You were the first-“

Sam ran over to him and tried to snatch the letter out of his hand. George felt almost hollow. He had no idea Sam felt like this. His face felt hot, and he kept unclenching and clenching his fists.

As Sam tried to grab the letter Tyler continued on, “You were the first person to not see me as some slut who’s only good for sucking blokes off. I’ve always had a crush on you, but this year made me fall truly in love with you-“

Sam looked like he was about to cry as Tyler stopped and went, “From the midn-”

”Stop!”, Sam begged.

George felt anger boil inside of him. He was embarrassed that Sam would even write this letter, now the whole school was going to think they were together or something. He didn’t want everyone to think he was like that.

”Oh this part gets spicy! As expected of you Sam. You really don’t have any dignity do you?”, Tyler teased.

He jumped off the bench and handed the letter to Sam, “We don’t need to hear the spicer stuff, since all of Hogwarts knows how you are in bed”

Sam snatched the letter out of his hands and ran out of the Great Hall. George saw the tears in his eyes and ignored them. He wanted to go after him, but he was too scared of what everyone would think if he did. He remained stubbornly in his seat.

Ron jumped out of his seat and ran stormed up to George.

”What are you doing”, He yelled, “Go after him!”

Everyone was staring at them. He felt himself start to hyperventilate.

He tried to calm his breathing down; when he calmed it down enough he went, “It’s not really my business if Sam likes me. We aren’t really friends”

Ron started at him in disbelief, “You are an asshole! He was always there for you! Even though helping you out was killing him!”, Ron’s gaze turned cold, “I get it, your too scared to let everyone know your friends with a queer”

Ron didn’t say anything else, instead he marched over to the Slytherin and punched Tyler Jacks. Everyone gasped in surprise and started cheering him on.

”Mr. Weasley! Get off Mr. Jacks right now!”, Professor McGonagall shrieked.

”Professor? Where the fuck were you when Tyler was reading that letter? Why didn’t you say anything?!”, Ron’s frustration reached its peak.

George didn’t stick around to see the rest. With the attention on Ron, he was able to slip out with out anyone noticing. George checked the bathrooms first, there was no sign of him. He eventually found Sam on the stair case.

He was clenching the letter and sobbing. George approached him slowly and stopped right in front of him. Even when he was crying, he was beautiful.

George crouched down so he could be eye level with him. He then pulled of Sam’s glasses, so that he could cry without worrying about dirtying them.

”Go away!”, Sam said in between sobs.

”No”, George told him. He then pulled him into a hug.

Sam immediately protested, and tried pulling away, “Go away!”, He shouted, “Go away! Go away! Go away!”. He was punching him in between each ‘Go away’

”Shh”, He soothed, “You’re alright. It’s alright; I’m not mad”

”I’m sorry”, Sam sounded so defeated, “I didn’t mean to fall in love with you”

George pulled away so he could cup Sam’s face, “Don’t regret falling in love with me”

This was going to be the hardest part. George dropped his hands from his face, “But I’m still in love with Lee. I’m sorry that I can’t reciprocate your feelings”

Sam shook his head and smiled at him; Which looked more like a grimace, “It’s okay, I was expecting that”

They were silent for a moment, until Sam spoke up, “You’ve never had a blow job have you?”

”Sam-“, He tried but Sam put his finger to his mouth, “Just enjoy it”, He said in a seductive voice.

He gulped, “Okay”, Was all he managed to say. He wasn’t a strong enough man to deny Sam.

Sam wiped away any remaining tears and pushed George softly to the ground. His dainty hands started unzipping his trousers. He gently tugged them off along with his underwear. Sam went down and shoved George’s hard cock into his mouth. As he moved his mouth up and down, George gripped onto his hair. He let out quiet moans as Sam continued.

“I’m gonna cum”, He moaned.

Sam didn’t show any signs of stopping and continued until George cummed. He swallowed it all and wiped his mouth.

”There, now you’re just like every other bloke”, Sam whispered.

Those whispered words hit him a lot harder than he thought they would. He realized then, that he didn’t want to be like any other bloke. He wanted to mean something to Sam. He desperately craved Sam’s love no matter how selfish is was of him.

He realized then, what he was feeling all this time.

He watched as Sam slowly got up and headed back to his dorms. When he was far enough that George couldn’t see him anymore, he got up and left.

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Rain was always George’s favorite type of weather. Especially if it was sunny while it was raining. He was walking to his next class with Lee and Fred when it started raining. The sun was still out, however. He sighed with contempt.

”I can’t believe Sam Tuffins is in love with you!”, Lee said for what had to be the sixth time that day.

George’s good mood washed away, “Why?”, He snapped.

”It’s kinda funny”, Seeing that no one shared that view Lee went, “Don’t you find it weird? I mean we all knew he liked screwing with blokes but to go as far as far as to fall in love with one?”

”What’s your problem with gay people?”, Fred sounded annoyed.

”Nothing!”, He was quick to defend himself, “I just find it weird that Sam fancies George”

George stopped walking; by the time they noticed they were around ten feet ahead of him.

”I’m used to be in love with you”, The words slipped out easily.

Lee froze before laughing awkwardly, “Your joking right”

George shook his head no, “I was in love with you for so long”

Staring at the boy he used to love, he lost all of his specialness. He as no longer covered in shine, but instead he was just Lee, and he was just George. They were two people who happened to have crossed paths and became friends. There wasn’t anything else to their story. No star crossed lovers side arc, or a romance drama confession. They were just Lee and and George. It almost seems silly thinking about how much he loved Lee.

“Oh”, Lee paused and scratched his head, “I’m sorry, mate I’m with Alicia. I also only like girls”

”It’s fine”, George waved him off, “I got to go like right now, I’ll see you guys around”

He started with a light jog that broke into a full on sprint. He needed to find Sam as soon as possible. George stopped Tyler Jacks in the hallways to ask if he seen Sam, to which he answer that Sam was sick and in their dorms. He got the Slytherin password and he was off.

George has never ran to the dungeons so fast. It was almost scary how quickly he gotten there. He shouted out the password and rushed in. When he reached Sam’s dorm he hesitated for a moment before knocking.

Sam opened the cracked open the door, “What are you doing here?”

George knew he most likely looked like a mess. But he could care less about that! 

He caught his breath before he said, “I confessed to Lee!”

Sam squinted at him, “You don’t look like you’ve been crying”

“Because I wasn’t!”, He practically shouted, “I don’t feel anything because I don’t love Lee anymore!”

”Oh? When did you decide this?”

George let out a laugh, “Well, I met this blonde on the Hogwarts expression. And he took off Katie Bell’s Gryffindor tie and seduced me”

Sam whistled, “Did he? He sounds very attractive”

”Trust me, he’s not only attractive but has a wicked sense of humor. He wears these bulky glasses so you can’t see his eyes, but when he takes them off I swear I was falling more and more in love. He’s kinda mean and really stupid, but he’s a good guy. You would like him”, George was wearing a goofy smile.

“Hm, he does sound like an amazing guy. From that description alone I give him a ten out of ten”, Sam’s tone was playful.

”Yeah, can I tell you a secret? It’s about this guy”, George started to feel nervous.

”Knock yourself out”

George leaned down and whispered into Sam’s ear, “I’m so in love with him that it’s driving me crazy”

Sam’s entire face turned red. His eyes widened a fraction.

”Can I tell you a secret to?”, His voice was so soft it sounded like a whisper.

George nodded, anticipation build up in his belly. He heard Sam let out a breath.

He leaned up and whispered, “I guess I’ve gotten a guy so far gone for his best mate to fall in love with me. Small victories”

George reeled back with shock. He almost didn’t remember what Sam was referring to. Before he could stop himself he let out a small laugh. Then, Sam and him were laughing together. Suddenly, he cut off George’s laugh with a kiss.

”Wanna come in?”, Sam smirked.

”I thought you’d never ask”

They ended up literally sleeping with each other. Sam was running a high fever so he passed out really quickly. George combed through his hair with his fingers. George was still soaked from the rain, but he couldn’t bring himself to care.

When Sam woke up, it was time to dinner. They walked to the Great Hall together and saw Ron waiting for them impatiently.

Ron’s eyes widened when he saw the two of them, “Stay away from the great hall for a couple days”, He warned.

Sam let out a laugh, “Why’s that”

“Because”, Ron stopped for a moment looking around anxiously, “Someone over heard George’s confession to Lee Jordan and they started to tell people. Everyone knows, George”

”What the fuck, who?”, Sam asked fiery evident in his voice.

Ron look terrified, “If I knew I would have told you!”

Their voices started to blend together. He felt like he just got the wind knocked out of him. It was getting harder to breathe, and he barely recognized someone grabbing onto his shoulder.

”Get Fred!”, One of them hissed.

Then, Fred was right in front of him trying to get his attention. He tried to say something but he came out as a gasp. 

“Shh don’t try to talk”, Fred soothed.

”Everyone knows!”, He gasped out.

He couldn’t see Fred’s reaction, but he felt someone drag him carefully away. He felt himself get placed down on a bed.

”Get him calming draught!”, Someone shouted in a panic tone.

”H-he doesn’t look too good”, Another added.

”Jesus Christ, just hand me the calming draught”, He recognized Sam’s voice.

Sam put the draught up to his lips and poured it down. George sipped it greedily; then his body calmed down and the fuzziness started to clear. He saw Fred, Ron, and Sam looking at him with concerned expressions.

”Sorry”, His voice was rough.

”Hey, no, it’s okay really. You should stay here for the night”, Fred told him with a soft smile.

”But what about everything else? Everyone knows I’m gay!”, George shouted.

Sam let out a sigh, “I’ll deal with that. I’ll see you guys later”

Ron offered him words of support and went to go help Sam, leaving the twins by themselves.

George rubbed his temples, “What a mess”

Fred nodded, “But don’t worry, your little blonde boyfriend will fix it”

”Yeah”, George laughed weakly, “He’s good at that”

”Oho? So you admit it. You and Sam are a thing?”, Fred wiggled his eyebrows.

George shook his head no, “We haven’t really decided what we are”

”I see”, Fred laughed, “He’s a good guy”

George bit back a smile, “He is”

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The third task came quicker than he had expected. Him and Sam kept their distance ever since the night at the hospital wing. Sam’s solution to that problem was for tell everyone him and Lee were just joking about Sam’s feeling for him. Lee backed up this story, and said that the only reason he was hesitant to say anything to spare Sam’s feelings.

Even so, Sam sat behind George during the third task. He didn’t cheer when everyone else did but instead remained quiet.

When Harry came back with Cedric, he heard Sam gasp, “He’s dead”, He whispered

George’s body grew cold, “He’s dead?”, He turned towards Sam.

The blondes hands were covering his mouth and his eyes were blown wide, “Listen to Harry Potter”, He choked out.

True to what Sam was saying, Harry was shouting a lot of stuff. And it confirmed instantly that Cedric Diggory was dead.

As Harry got up and followed the teachers out the stands fell into complete silence. No one knew what to say or what to do. Cedric Diggory was dead, he was killed in an Twizard Wizard Tournament event. And now he who must not be named is back. It was too much to take in.

When stands were given the okay to leave, he felt Sam grab his hand. No one seemed to notice, and they walked back to their dorms with the huge crowd.

After that, Hogwarts fell into mourning. The meals times were quiet and classes were filled with dread. It was labeled a tragedy but they knew better. Sam also believed that he who must not be named was back. 

They met Harry in the hospital wing, with his mum and dad along with the rest of the Weasley family that wasn’t attending Hogwarts. As Molly pulled Harry into a hug no one questioned it as his shoulders started to tremble.

Finishing up the last days of Hogwarts was hard on everyone, but it was a huge relief to be able to go on the train and head home. He sat with Fred and Lee.

Harry visited their compartment and gave them his prize money to start up their joke shop. Both he and Fred denied it at first but he was quite adamant on giving it to them. He could’ve died happy right there, now they have enough money to buy a empty lot I’m Diagon Alley.

The twins met with Ron and Ginny on the way out of the train and walked towards Molly’s waiting arms. She hugged them all and Arthur patted them on the backs.

”Are you guys ready to go?”, She asked with a warm smile.

They all said yes, and as they got to the muggle side of platform nine and three quarters they heard a heated argument between Sam and a older blonde (George assumed it was his brother Mika)

”You can’t just kick me to the curb, fucking prick”, Sam hissed.

The older blonde yanked on Sam’s hair, “I can, and I will. Now wait here like a good boy until someone takes pity on you”

”Go fuck yourself. You don’t even live with mum and I anymore!”, Sam retorted gaining volume.

The older blonde shushed him, “People are staring”

”Let them stare!”, Sam growled, “Maybe the I can get someone’s pity as you said!”

”I’m leaving now. I hope you take my advice and find away to kill yourself where they wouldn’t find the body. Bye Sam”, With that, the older brother walked away.

Sam threw is luggage aside and started to run after his brother but surprising, Ron stopped him before he got too far.

To avoid causing a scene, Sam went calmly with Ron back to where he and the rest of the Weasley’s were standing.

“This is Sam”, Ron introduced, “He’ll be living with us for the summer”

He almost fell with the shock of that statement. George played with a strand of his hair, living with Sam for a whole summer? He couldn’t do that.

”Huh?!”, Sam reeled back in shock, “I’m sorry I don’t want to intrude. My brother and I just got in a little fight, we are usually rather close. He’s probably waiting for me in the car. So, thanks for the offer but I can’t accept”

Ron snorted, “You’re brother just told you to kill your self. That’s not a simple little fight, that’s more of he hates you thing”

Sam elbowed Ron in the ribs. He keeled over gasping for air. Sam smirked a little before attempting to walk away, but Molly actually stopped him this time.

”It’s okay if you stay sweetie. It’ll be very packed so if you’re okay with that you can stay for as long as you want!”, His mum wore her usual warm smile.

Sam’s eyes widened, “But, my mum, she’s um sick. I don’t want to go home but if no ones there I’m scared she’ll drink herself to death. I’m sorry I worried you, I have to go now”

“Nonsense”, Molly waved him off, “You’re brother seemed quite adamant on watching her. So come with us”

Sam’s considered it, “Okay”, He agreed and they were off.

Sam settled down quickly in the burrow, him and George continued to dance around each other. And since George won the bet, he and Sam shared a room by themselves. It was awkward but he enjoyed every minute of it. 

“I’m going to come out to my family today”, George told Sam.

Sam eyes widened in surprise, “Okay”, He breathed out.

They shared a kiss, and headed down to the breakfast table.

With Sam’s warmth pressed against his side, and Ron’s encouraging smile, he found himself saying easily, “I’m gay”