Viktor did not speak to Nikolina the next morning,  in fact he practically shoved through her.

She went to meet George in the entrance hall, and was startled when he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Hello my George," she said, turning her head to smile at him. She crossed her arms so she could hold his hands in hers while still in his soul warming embrace.

"Hello love," he replied.  "What are we going to do today?"

"I vos sure you had classes?" She asked.

"I do but I don't have to go to them."

"George!"

"Oh alright,  I have an hour of free time so what are we going to do with that?"

"I do not know," she replied.

"Well then let's go find Fred and Lee," he suggested.

She reached for his hand and he instead put an arm around her.

"I love you, Nika," he whispered to her.

The time for her departure came sooner than either of them appreciated. She did not wish to leave but she had one more year of studying at Durmstrang.

George didn't want her to leave either. He didn't know when he would see her next and was scared he would lose her.

"Do not vorry my George," she reassured. "I vill visit and ve vill talk on the mirrors and journals."

"But it won't be the same," he protested, holding his hand up to line up with hers and finally intertwining his fingers with hers.

"No, it vont. It vill be quite different, but ve vill still love one another I am sure. And vhen I complete school,  I vill move to your... Diagon Alley."

His embrace was warm and welcoming to her. It made her wish she could remain at Hogwarts as long as he was there.

He did not wish to let go of her; her hair and her eyes still enchanted him and the scent of vanilla that lingered around her was relaxing.

The death glares he got from Krum were unsettling though.

"Miss Tedora,  it is time to leave," Karkaroff called.

"I love you my George, vith all my heart," she told him softly,  kissing him on the cheek.

"I love you too my beautiful Nika," he replied.  He pulled her on for one last sweet kiss before her departure, and the crowd around them stared, each person expressing some opinion.

Most clapped but there was a Bulgarian who didn't.

Naturally,  this was Krum. He wanted the British student to stop touching his Lina. He did like Hermione,  but Nikolina... She was so much more to him than he had previously noticed.

This jealousy... This anger he felt towards George... it was somewhat unfounded in Viktor's mind, but at the same time, he had known Nikolina for so much longer. She had been almost his. His anger only grew when he realized he was the one who threw that away.

Despite these conflicts, though, he did have feeling for Hermione.

Nikolina reluctantly let George's hand drop as she followed her headmaster onto their ship.

George stared after the girl who held his heart as she left him. Her chocolate brown curls and emerald green eyes still kept him under a spell. He seemed to lose himself in her eyes... They had so many layers of personality and feeling... it was unbelievable. He could stare into them for eternity and never see everything.

Nikolina did not want to leave George, and missed him the moment she lost sight of him.

Later that night most of Gryffindor house walked into a fight when they were headed to bed after dinner.

"YOU WERE FRATERNIZING WITH THE ENEMY THE WHOLE TIME HERMIONE!!" Ronald Weasley yelled.

"THE POINT OF THIS IS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION RONALD!!" Hermione shouted back.

"WHAT IF HE HAD TRIED TO USE YOU AGAINST HARRY??"

"HE DIDN'T!! AND I DON'T SEE YOU YELLING AT YOU'RE BROTHER FOR SNOGGING VIKTOR'S FRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND OR WHAT EVERYTHING SHE IS TO HIM!!"

"What? Which brother?" Rin asked, thrown off guard.

"Nikolina was not Krum's girlfriend. He was practically dating her and then out of no where he asked you to the ball," George said in a dangerous voice. "Do not bring her into this argument. She was hurt more than you know by the very person you are trying to defend."

Hermione and Ron both stood there slack jawed as George retreated to his dormitory.

"Fred, can you please tell him I had no idea," Hermione begged the remaining twin. "If I had known..."

"He wasn't blaming you, 'Mione. He's frustrated because Krum hurt her and then tried to cause a riot with him. Krum hates George when Krum's the one that bloody screwed up his own friendship."

Ron was still staring slack jawed at the stairway his brother had disappeared to. He then decided to talk to George. He hadn't meant offense, he was jealous of Krum for going with Hermione...

He got outside the room his brothers shared with Lee and stopped, hearing voices. But George was the only one in there... right?

"I wish you could have stayed, Nika," he heard George say. How was he talking to her?

"At least ve haff these mirrors," came the unfamiliar feminine voice.

"Yeah but when you're upset about Krum like you are now, I can't fix it." George sounded extremely frustrated. Was he in love with this girl?

"I vill be fine, my George," came the voice, a distinct sadness to it. "Or at least I vill hope."

"Fred and Lee still tease me and... and everyone else just found out before I called and I was hoping he wouldn't upset you."

"It vill be alright,  I vill visit soon, vhen I graduvate from Durmstrang at Christmas I vill come to your... Diagon Alley is it?"

"Yeah... wait, I think there's someone outside."

Realizing George had noticed him, Ron tried to act as if he were continuing up.

"Ron I'm not stupid." The tone of his brother's voice told him not to lie.

"I'm sorry George I didn't mean to offend you-"

"You're just feeling how Krum is. You're regretting your late decision and taking it out on someone else. Well listen close because it's not Hermione's fault that you couldn't see what was right in front of you, just how it's not Nikolina's fault that Krum couldn't either. Now you're giving Hermione hell for it and Krum is giving Nika hell for it and I've had enough of it. Open your bloody eyes once in a while genius."

With that, Ronald Weasley had a door slammed in his face.