To the birthday girl – you know who you are! Lots of love from 2/3 of our golden trio!
We love you more than tea and Irish accents!
Disclaimer: We own nothing except an imagination and an immense love for Fred!
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Holiday time for Hogwarts students is a busy time in the wizarding world for everyone; especially for a certain pair of twins at their joke shop: Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. Especially after the war ended and everyone was in the wizarding community went looking for a way to be rid of the shadow which was cast over them all, when they were forced to face to aftermath of the defeat of Voldemort. The war itself provided somewhat of a distraction from the death and destruction it was leaving in its wake; but when all of it ended, those affected by it had eventually to face it. Therefore as well as rebuilding their lives, witches and wizards were looking for the one thing that had been severely lacking for a while: laughter.
So here they are the Weasley twins: Fred and George: famous for being war heroes and having the unmistakeable ability to make people smile even in the darkest of times, but also infamous for being Hogwarts most notorious pranksters since the Maurderers. Their joke shop was known by all of the wizarding world; especially following the war as their heroic acts were written about in almost every newspaper and gossip magazine the wizarding world had ever seen. As the adorable twin brothers of 1/3 of the golden trio, they were the most successful and well known entrepreneurs of their age and were also on the wizarding world's most eligible bachelors list. Well that is they were until George got engaged to Katie Bell after the war. This left Fred to take the No. 1 spot on the list on his own.
It seemed as if everyone they knew couldn't wait to find love, settle down and live happily ever after. Although after what they had seen and what they had been through, no one could blame them for wanting to live some before they die. They all discovered all too soon that life is too short. Harry and Ginny are engaged, Ron and Luna, Neville and Lavender (the latter after Lavender was stood up and Neville as she says: "saved the day"); then Oliver and Angelina and now George and Katie. Then there's Fred and a certain someone; the only one Fred has had eyes for ever since she showed Ron up at a D.A meeting. Yes you've guessed it: Hermione Granger. Fred was smitten, besotted, head over heels (we could go on all day) in love with the girl who says her only love is books. Now Fred thinks if only she could love him as much as she loves having her nose stuck in the well worn pages she loves so much.
Hermione had been staying at the Burrow; she loved spending time with the Weasley's and she thought of them as her family. Molly and Arthur had been so kind as to take her in as one of their own. After the war she had gone to Australia to find her parents, and tell them the truth of what happened. They surprisingly understood and although they loved Hermione, they loved their lives in Australia too. She didn't want her parents to think they had to go back to England because of her although it took some convincing for them to let her go back without them on the condition that they would write often and see each other whenever they could. Molly had been more than happy to have another girl in the house; claiming that having so many boys are and left her and Ginny feeling slightly outnumbered although Hermione thinks she enjoys cooking for more people now that most of her boys have flown the nest.
Fred and George lived in the flat above the shop although Molly insisted that George should move back to the Burrow so he could be near the wedding planning much to everyone's amusement. Though Fred is never far away from George so he was often found lounging at the Burrow. Charlie was in Romania with his much loved dragons, Bill happily married with a baby and Percy had gone missing after the war, no one had seen him since and Ron was also staying at the Burrow until he married Luna in six months. Harry and Ginny were also still there with Ginny sharing a room with Hermione and Harry sharing with Ron. Ginny and Harry would be married one month after Ron and Luna.
Hermione got a job with the ministry soon after the war and was working for freedom for house elves and trying to fight for more rights for magical creatures. She says her only love is books but deep down she knows she is harbouring a secret love for a certain Weasley twin even though he is completely oblivious. She is almost immediately drawn to him, it's like gravity not pulling her down but nearer to where she can be safe and grounded in his arms. She always thought he was charming and so unlike all of his brothers, even George she doesn't know how anyone can get them mixed up. First it started as a schoolgirl crush but at then as time went on there was always more to him she would discover piece by piece. Then she thought he's out of my league so she found solace in Ron's arms, she loved him right?
Needless to say it didn't work out theirs was a different kind of love and they were better off as just friends. But that was a long time ago. She knows so too, every time she sees him with Luna. She thinks 'Luna's so lucky' not because she's with Ron but because she's found the missing piece of her puzzle, found the one who completes her and fills that gap in her heart that was somehow always meant for his love to fill.
Anyways she's content and that's enough for now.