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Lawrence, excuse me

Lawrence, is it convenient to say a word?

Lawrence

A few weeks have passed since the end of the first mission, and this time during the Christmas holidays, there are a lot of students who have registered to stay at Hogwarts for the holidays, especially those from the fourth grade and above, and everyone is excited about the upcoming ball.

Ever since the news of the Santa Ball, the Weasley twins have often been stopped in the hallway – more precisely, Lawrence has often been stopped by unknown 'girl' children to ask about their dance partners at the Santa Ball.

I don't think you need to worry about your partner. hua-79xs - After Lawrence rejects another Ravenclaw student, George says,

I think it's the opposite, George, Fred laughed, Lawrence must be bothered with too many candidates.

Shut up - you'd better concentrate on inviting her, oh, sorry 'woman', not to talk about you again," Lawrence said, and then said to a portrait of an offended fat 'girl' who cleared the secret language of the Santa Ball.

The three of them pushed away the portrait of the fat 'woman', entered the Gryffindor Tower, and entered the 'communicating' hall, where they sat down against Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and Ron was piling up the exploding cards, and when he put the last two cards on top, the flames of the explosion even burned some of his eyebrows.

Very special, Ron, Fred gloated, you can go to your dance partner like this

It's best to put on your gown again, George said maliciously, it's a perfect match.

Oh, shut up, Ron wiped his face with his hands in a 'messy' manner, but instead of erasing the dirt, it looked a little worse,

So have you found a good dance partner? Fred raised an eyebrow and asked,

No. Ron replied,

I think you'd better move quickly, or the 'girl' who is 'sexual' will be invited away. Fred said,

Don't talk about us, who are you going with—Ron asked,

Angelina. Fred said with a look of self-suff,

What? Ron asked in surprise, you've already invited her?

Good question, Fred turned his head and shouted at the entire 'Fellowship' hall, Angelina

Angelina, who was chatting with Arya by the fire, turned her head to look at Fred,

What's the matter? Angelina shouted,

Would you like to come with me to the prom?

Angelina looked at Fred, and Lawrence thought that she might be confirming that it was Fred and not George, after all, the twins often 'swapped' identities pranks,

All right. She said, then went back to talk to Arya, but from Lawrence's point of view, Angelina was smiling happily,

See, Fred said to Harry and Ron with some smugness, it wasn't that difficult.

Don't look at him full of confidence, Lawrence couldn't help but complain, he just pulled me and George in the empty classroom to practice hundreds of times.

Hey - Fred was about to stop,

Oh, what do you think, Angelina rejects me? George shook his head and said, "Who should I go to if she doesn't promise me?"

You two 'bastards' - Fred jumped up from the armchair in anger and chased Lawrence and George, who had already run up the stairs, and the three of them left the 'social' hall in a fight, leaving only Harry and Ron, who had been hit, and Hermione, who sat on the sidelines and didn't know what he was thinking.

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This year's castle decoration is extraordinary, and the Hogwarts staff seem to be doing their best to make the best impression on visitors from Beauxbatons and Durmstrand, with persistent icicles, twelve huge Christmas trees, all kinds of glittering charms, golden owls flying around, and the armor in the corridors coming to life, and when someone passes by, they start singing Christmas songs.

Of course, Peeves and Filch's never-ending battle doesn't stop with the ornate decorations, and Filch has driven Peeves out of his armor several times, as he has been hiding inside and singing his own adaptations of unpleasant songs.

I mean, you, haven't you found a dance partner yet? George chewed bacon and asked, just a few days ago, George successfully dated a Ravenclaw 'girl' child, and now, only Lawrence was left without a dance partner among the three of them, but Lawrence ignored him, but took a knife and fork and concentrated on dinner,

I guess that's not a problem, George, Fred looked towards the entrance to the hall and he bumped Lawrence with his shoulder, Lawrence, I think she's here for you.

Lawrence, is it convenient to bother? Fleur Delacour naturally sat down in the seat that Fred quickly gave up, Lawrence put down his knife and fork, swallowed his food hard, and turned to look at Fleur with some embarrassment,

Your collar is a little crooked—Fleur said with a smile as she looked at Lawrence, and she reached out to help Lawrence straighten his collar, and Lawrence looked at the white hands that were approaching him, and the nightmare suddenly came at Lawrence,

Oh! Oh my God—the devil—a 'woman' voice panicked, and a pair of hands strangled Lawrence's neck, making him breathless, and Lawrence struggled to slap those hands away, and then he found himself at the Gryffindor table, but the others had already stood up, and Fleur was a little stunned, and the back of her hand was a little red,

I'm sorry, I'm — my neck still feels like it's being strangled to the touch, and the suffocation sensation is real, and I'm a little uncomfortable when Lawrence grabs his backpack and says that

He tried to bypass Fleur, but Fleur tugged at the sleeve of his robe,

Lawrence, wait a minute—said Fleur, who seemed to be completely unconcerned about the redness on the back of her hand, and she blinked her pretty blue eyes and said, I've got some—

Can you not use your baby's charm magic? Lawrence frustrated and shook off Fleur's hand pulling his robes, or do you do this to everyone?

Then Lawrence was stunned, and he realized that he had said something very rude,

I mean—Lawrence whispered, I'm sorry—

He didn't dare to look at Fleur, who was already motionless, and turned around and quickly left the hall, not even paying attention to what a familiar voice said behind him.

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Harry climbed into the Gryffindor 'Fellowship' room, he looked around, Ron was sitting in the far corner with his face like ashes, Ginny was sitting beside him, patting his arm from time to time, as if to comfort him, Fred and George were also sitting next to him whispering, Harry walked over to them,

What's wrong? Ron? Harry asked,

How could I do that? Ron looked up in horror, his eyes flustered and unfocused, I was crazy, how could I do such a thing

Belch? Harry looked at Ginny,

He, well, had just asked Fleur Delacour to be his dance partner. Ginny smiled and patted Ron's arm sympathetically,

You- Harry was a little surprised, I thought Fleur Delacour was going to Lawrence.

Oh, that's pretty obvious, isn't it? Fred said a little 'gloomily',

I saw her talking to Lawrence and I felt like I was obsessed—Ron buried his face in his hands and continued, and she ignored me and left the hall straight away—and then, I didn't understand, and I suddenly came to my senses and ran away—

I guess that's not exactly your problem. George comforted Ron in a rare way, Lawrence's behavior 'confused' us, and I think she probably just didn't notice you were talking to her.

In fact, I think she must be very sad, Fred was not sure, he glanced at George,

Of course, if it were me if Ron had been invited, I would have been sad - George said seriously, I have to say, Harry almost laughed when he heard this, and Ginny couldn't help but snicker,

Oh, what about you, Harry, is it going well? Fred asked with a smile,

I just invited Zhang Qiu, Harry said without 'focus', but she was going with Cedric Diggory.

The smile on Ginny's face immediately disappeared, and Fred and George exchanged glances, while their conversation was interrupted by a Gryffindor fifth grader,

Someone looking for us? George looked 'confused' and 'confused', sure he was looking for us, not me?

Or is it me? Fred was also suspicious, and got the student's affirmative answer, the twins pushed open the portrait 'hole' and left the Gryffindor 'friendship' hall, a slender figure was quietly leaning against the wall, judging from her clothes, she could tell that she was a student of Beauxbatons, but she was wrapped in a headscarf so that people couldn't tell who she was,

I need your help, a nice voice, but with some suppressed emotions, the twins look at each other,

Please—her voice choked up,

Find a classroom where no one is around. Fred said, and George nodded.

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Under the dome roof with stars, Lawrence leaned on the dark blue carpet against the 'shadow' of the bookcase, which was the darkest place in the entire 'social' hall, and usually no students would stop here, not to mention that most of the students were still eating in the hall now, Lawrence heard that the 'door' was opened, but he didn't care,

You look like a little bad?

A nightmare, it keeps chasing me. Lawrence buried his face in his hands and said with some pain, I think it was my mom and my dad, it was my mom's hand.

Are they dead?

No, Lawrence replied, no.

Why don't you go and meet them?

There was a silence in the 'communicating' room,

I'm sorry, but—Lawrence looked up, and after getting the other man's approval, he continued, "Have you ever dreamed of your mother?" I mean

It's still a scary thing to look back on, but in her dreams, she was mostly laughing.

Thank you – there was a long silence, Lawrence said, I think I get it – and Dumbledore also said that a lot of times, even if you know the problem, you can't solve it.

Well, I'll figure it out, and I'll fix it—said Lawrence, and after a pause, he said, "Can I ask you to be my dance partner?" - As a friend?

Well, I was going home for the holidays, because no one was going to invite me – even as a friend – Then, I'll see you at the entrance of the hall that evening. Lawrence quickly interrupted the somewhat embarrassing words, and he stood up,

Thanks, I'm sorry -- Lawrence said that he left the 'saloon' hall in Ravenclaw, and I think you are much, much braver than I am.

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Author's Note:

This chapter is extremely difficult to write, and it's almost all 'delivered'.

Huh! I often like to bury one or two or three foreshadowings in places that I think are inconspicuous, anyway, bury a little more, forget if I don't use them, and sometimes I forget to bury them (hey), and the ambush pen is sometimes to prevent Rowling from releasing the official setting (such as the British Sacred Twenty-Eight Surnames and the like)

I still have high doubts about the news that Merlin belongs to Slytherin as stated in the Slytherin admission letter, and I doubt that it is not the news released by Rowling, which is indeed the official message, but whether this admission letter is just a self-selling self-sale of Slytherin House, after all, if you have read the Ravenclaw admission letter, you will know that the student mentioned in the letter is the standard Luna Lovegood, but Luna is still called a crazy girl, what is the explanation?