Fred and Angelina

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 5048


> 
> I suppose that when Fred said he was going to the ball with 
Angelina 
> and Harry said "Have you asked her yet?" and Fred shouted across 
the 
> room to Angelina: "Want to go to the ball with me?" (all 
paraphrased) 
> that showed that Fred and Angelina were at least 'going steady' so 
> that they could both take it for granted that they were going to 
> the ball together without having had to discuss it.

I don't think it showed that they are an item at all. It showed that 
Fred and George are popular and probably hang around with a large 
group of boys and girls. We see that in the common room a lot. I had 
a group like that in high school. I could have and did just ask any 
of the girls on the spur of the moment to go to something and we 
would have both known that it wasn't anything serious, we would have 
just had a good time. That doesn't mean that we didn't treat it like 
a date--there were even good-night kisses sometimes--but it wasn't 
anything serious. I think JKR put that scene in the book specifially 
to show the contrast between the torment Harry and Ron were going 
through and the casual, confident way the older boys handled things. 
Seeing how easy it was for Fred just made Harry and Ron squirm even 
more (and made that section of the book even more delicious). But 
there's no indication, IMHO, that Fred and Angelina are an item.

Steve Vander Ark
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