Pranked (A George Weasley Love Story)

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: All characters, settings, ect. Belong to J.K. Rowling, obviously. Except Alice is mine including a few other characters.

  Third year started about two months ago and I'm setting up another one of my pranks. Everyone has been so interested in Harry Potter, that my work has been easier to cover up my identity, and make a quick get-away.
I finished the putting up the flour and stepped back admiring my work. Then I turned and hid behind the pillar. I decided to just do a small prank for right now.
The bucket of flour was just above the fat lady's portrait. One of my fellow Gryffindors should come out soon.
I waited a couple of minutes then heard the portrait open.
I watched as someone stepped out and the bucket tipped over pouring flour all over him. I silently laughed and waited for him to walk on so I can leave.
But I never heard footsteps walking away. I turned my head a very tiny bit and peered out from behind the pillar. I cursed loudly as I saw George Weasley, another master prankster looking for the Hogwarts Secret Prankster. I knew well enough that he wasn't going to give up. I've had a couple of people search for me but I always got away. But we are talking about George Weasley here. My getaway is very slim on this one.
His head turned in my direction when I cursed. He started to walk very slowly my way.
Now I know I have to take a risk. I pull my hair down, my hair is always up, so when he looks at the back of my head he won't immediately think of me.
I turn and run, my long, dark brown hair bouncing behind me.
I here running footsteps, so I know he is following me.
Crap, this is going to be harder than I thought, I thought to myself.
I quickly turned down a corridor. I see one of the exits. Soon enough I'm outside. I think fast and head towards the Quidditch pitch.
I'm running faster than usual. Soon enough I trip right smack in the middle of the pitch.
"Well,well,well. Look what we have here. I, George Weasley, have caught Hogwarts Secret Prankster."
I cursed myself in my head.
"Now do me a favor and turn around so I can see your face." He said.
"No,"I stated.
"No?"
"Please, just go away and.......I'll do anything you want just walk away with out knowing who I am."
"Fat chance. You are the greatest prankster,besides myself and my twin, Hogwarts has ever had. So just turn around."
"If I turn around will you promise not to tell anyone?"
He thought for awhile,"Promise."
I stood up slowly. Then feinted turning and instead dashed to the forbidden forest straight in front of me. But I wasn't expecting George so close and he grabbed my arm spinning me around and we fell onto the grass.
He rolled over and straddled me and pinned my hands on either side of my face.
His face was full of shock.
"Alice? Alice Smith?"
I smiled,"Hey George."
"You......your Hogwarts.......Secret......Prankster."
"What? No! I was running because I thought you were Malfoy. You scared me there a bit," I laughed nervously.
He gave me the 'do you think I'm an idiot' look.
He pulled me up of the ground. I brushed off the flour that fell on me.
"Thanks for the flour by the way," he said sarcastically, brushing the flour off of himself.
"Well I just meant for a small prank on someone. If I knew it was you I wouldn't of done it," I said.
I moved over and helped him brush off the flour.
"Oh? And whys that?"
"This is why. I knew if anyone could figure it out it would be you or Fred. Which brings me back to earlier. Please, please, please, don't tell the school or anyone for that matter."
He thought for a minute.
"Fine but only because you are a great prankster."
I squealed and ran over and hugged him, thanking him a bunch.
He laughed and wrapped his arm around my waist.
"I like the real you better. The one where your hair is down, you look gorgeous by the way, and where you prank people."
I shake my head sadly.
"Why don't you show people the real you anyways?" He asked.
I pulled my hair into a ponytail.
"My parents want me to be a perfect child. They want me to have good grades. Wait,no, that was an underestimation. They want me to have perfect grades. They want me to be lady-like. They want all this perfect stuff out of me. But I don't. I love to prank I love my hair down. But my mother says my hair up is prettier. That's why I keep my pranking a secret. My parents hear everything that happens with me somehow. And if they figured out that I've been pranking........" I trailed off wincing.
"What?" He asks me.
I look over at him and I feel as if I can trust him. I pull up my sleeve showing him my bruises. He gasps.
"And this is only for getting two E's in charms and potions. They want all O's." I shake my head, tears coming on.
I pull my sleeve down. I bow my head suddenly feeling ashamed. I feel strong arms wrap around me and I can't take it any more and I just cry. I cry hard. All my built up emotions coming out.
After awhile I look up at George.
"Please don't tell anyone," I whisper.
"Not even if my life depended on it," he replies.
I hug him and step back, wiping my tears off my face quickly.
George reaches behind me and takes my hair down.
He smiles,"I like your hair down. You look beautiful the way you are."
I smile back.
"Thanks George. That means a lot to me. I don't here that very often."
"You should," he says.
He grabs my hand and leads me up towards the Great Hall for lunch.
And this was the start to mine and George Weasley's friendship and at lunch me and Fred became friends. Soon Fred found out about my being Hogwarts Secret Prankster. He said he always knew there was something about me. But he didn't know about my parents. Only George and I knew about that.
I continued pranking secretly only with the help of the twins. We became very close during that year. Thus becoming best friends.