Fell in Love Without You.

Chapter 1: Avery Vanderbilt... Meet the Mary Sue.

"I'm going to find my friends ok..." I said to my sisters, Riley and Rosalie, as I left them in a carriage with their friends. "Roe, stay out of trouble, please" I pointed to my younger sister in fifth year.

Rosalie was in fourth year and I was in seventh.

"It's not a promise but I'll try I guess" Roe rolled her eyes.

I sighed. Swear to god if that girl doesn't find the trouble she creates it.

I walked down the train and started to look for my friends.

"OI! VANDERBILT! In here!" I whirled around to see Angelina Johnson's head poking out into the walkway behind her. I grinned uncontrollably at the sight of one of my best friends. I hadn't seen her in forever – well, all summer, but still... it was LONG enough.

"OH MY GOD I'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" I squealed as I jumped into the compartment. Alicia was also there so there was more hugs and more squealing for a few minutes.

"How was Romania?" Angelina asked when we finally sat down to catch up. I grinned.

I grinned. "Romania was amazing... working with the Dragons has probably changed my life forever" I sighed and sat back in my seat.

"What was it like working with Charlie Weasley? Get any action from the hottest boy ever to graduate Hogwarts?" Alicia grinned uncontrollably.

"Allie that is your boyfriend's brother!" I squealed, my face heating up.

"Well, I would have totally done it if I knew I could have possibly had a piece of that" Angelina nudged Alicia with her elbow. I blushed a deeper red and tried to hide myself.

Over the summer I had worked with the dragons in Romania on a kind of Exchange and Research Program. I'd worked with Charlie Weasley, who I admit, was pretty good looking but nothing had happened. I'd been there on research and that was it.

I'll also admit that Charlie Weasley, wrangling a dragon is possibly the hottest thing anyone will ever see.

"Well while Allie and I were stuck in England, getting fat and pasty, we missed you" Angelina smiled warmly at me. I smiled back.

"Oi! George I FOUND THEM!" A voice at the door made me start grinning uncontrollably again. I turned and caught the eye of my best friend. His blue eyes sparkled happily when he looked at me. His hair had been cut since the last time I saw him, but it still fell over his face boyishly. He had also grown about 6 inches, his shoulders had broadened and he had filled out. The words 'oh' and 'wow' floated through my mind for a second until his brother pushed him through the door and broke our gaze.

"AVERY!" George yelled happily and pulled me onto my feet for a hug. I laughed as he spun us around.

"GEORGIE! I missed you!" I chuckled as he put me down. I turned to his twin and threw my arms around him. "FRED!"

"Hey A.V" He laughed in my ear. "How was your summer?" He held me tightly and seemed reluctant to let me go.

"Tiring. Fun. Amazing" I sat back down next to George. Fred leaned against the doorframe. "Charlie said to say hi by the way" I passed along the message from their older brother who I worked with in Romania.

"Hi Charlie" They both said together. Angelina, Alicia and I all groaned.

I couldn't help but look Fred over from top to toe as he stood in the doorway. He'd lost his boyishness over the summer. I noticed newly acquired abs underneath a tight fitting black shirt. His arms also look more defined, more muscular. I'd known Fred my whole life and always thought he was attractive, but now...

Oh wow.

"There you guys are!" Lee Jordan burst into the carriage, breaking my thoughts. "Hey Avery!" He pulled me up for a hug. I caught Fred's eyes over Lee's shoulder and he blushed and looked away.

Well that wasn't like him at all...

We spent the next few hours talking about our summers or playing exploding snap. Every so often I noticed Fred looking over at me but as soon as I looked he would look away. It was quite strange because Fred was never embarrassed by anything.

A timid knock as darkness fell made us all break from the now-violent game of exploding snap that had started. The Weasley's had 'improved' the snap deck. It wasn't improved trust me, they'd just added something to it so that now if you got a snap, there was a change you'd lose a finger as well as your eyebrows, and trust me, losing a finger isso not worth the game.

"Who knocks on a train door?" I wondered aloud. Curiously, I pushed it open. Standing there, with a slight self-conscious smile was a tall, blonde girl with brilliant blue eyes. She looked about our age and had a spattering of freckles across her nose. In a word I would have described her as perfect and I could feel my confidence in my plain, boring self fade rapidly.

I noticed she was already in her robes and clutching a fluffy white rabbit.

"Hi... I'm Annabelle Valentine. I'm new here and I was told to find the Head Girl" Her eyes zoned in on the badge pinned on my robes.

She had an American accent as well. Well there's the perferct trifecta – blonde, blue eyes and foreign

"Well that would be me, so come on in" I smiled and gestured for her to come inside. "I'm Avery Vanderbilt" I was slightly perplexed at her formal greeting.

"I'm Alicia Spinnet" Allie held her hand out for Annabelle to shake.

"Angelina Johnson" Ange exchanged a look with me as Annabelle sat down between me and Allie.

"Pleasure to meet you" Annabelle said cheerfully. "I was so worried no one would talk to me" She laughed pleasantly and we all smiled. I glanced at the guys and saw the three of them were just staring at her. I think Lee was even drooling a little.

Alicia kicked him when she noticed. Lee shot a guilty look to his girlfriend and looked at his hands.

I frowned a little when I saw the look on Fred's face. He was smiling at her and nudging his brother... who was nudging back. I sighed and looked away.

Seconds after I looked away I was pushed to the side as Fred and George threw themselves on either side of Annabelle.

"Name's Gred"

"I'm Forge"

"Are they even real names?" Annabelle blinked and looked between the boys.

"They're Fred and George" I explained and I extracted myself from under Fred's legs. "Hopefully you'll get used to them"

"Oh. That's funny" She laughed. It was a tinkling laugh, one that grated on my nerves slightly.

"So Annabelle... where are you from?" George began cheekily.

"Salem, Massachusetts" She replied quickly. She looked a little overwhelmed.

"Explains your accent" Fred said smiling. "So tell me... did you leave a boyfriend behind in Salem, Massachusetts?"

I frowned. Why the hell would want to know that?

"Well... no. No I didn't" She smiled, batting her eyelashes at him. I rolled my eyes. This girl was a joke right?

"So why did you move to Britain, Annabelle?" I asked, moving to the seat across from me, next to Ange and Lee. Fred grinned at me but I picked up Lee's copy of Quidditch Weekly and flipped through it.

"My Daddy was transferred to the Ministry to help with war preparations" She explained. "It came at the worse possible time as well because I was in the middle of organising a food drive for the homeless and I had to leave" she pouted.

"That's terrible" I agreed dryly. Food drive for the homeless? What was this girl? Mother Theresa?

Allie cocked her head to the side and frowned. I knew what she was thinking. I'm not normally dry or sarcastic toward new people. I mean, I'm a total people person... But there was something about this girl that just irked me.

I glanced at Fred and found him smirking at me like he knew what I was thinking. I rolled my eyes.

"So what's your rabbit's name Annabelle?" Angelina asked, stroking the bunny's soft fur.

"His name is Snuggle. Like Snuggle Bunny?" she laughed. I pulled my lips into a smile. Seriously... Snuggle Bunny? Oh god this girl was definitely a Mary Sue. "Oh, and all my friends used to call me A.V so you guys can call me that"

My eyebrows wrinkled together. I'm A.V. That's my nickname. It was even in my FIRST name minus a few letters. The squeaky clean prom queen could not have that name.

"Ah we would, you see... but we already have an A.V" Fred grinned and pointed to me. I threw him a grateful look. He was the best best friend ever.

"Why?" Annabelle she glanced at me curiously. I frowned.

"Because a) my name is Avery Vanderbilt and they're my initials. And b) It sounds like you're saving A.V when you say my name anyway. My sisters have been calling me that since they were babies" I explained.

"So I guess you'll just have to be Anna... or Belle" George shrugged.

"Belle means Beauty in French, so I guess that's more fitting" Fred winked. Annabelle blushed and laughed behind her fingers.

I rolled my eyes and made a puking motion behind my magazine. This girl was just plain irritating.

Plea's Note:

Hey guys, I'm back again and this time I'm fairly sure I'm staying. This story is going to be the first of three parts - Avery's Part, Roe's Part and Riley's Part. Each sister is going to have a pairing of some sort and they'll interlink etc etc. I hope you like it and please, please, please don't be lazy and review for me! I promise there'll be an update a day if you do! I really want to hear your opinions!

xo Plea