Ginny Weasley had five older brothers. Five protective older brothers. Ginny always worried what would happen when she became seriously interested in boys. Could boys be scared off for fear that they'd have to go through all her brothers to get to Ginny?
But, by the time she was ready for a boyfriend, she only had three protectors. Bill and Charlie were too far out of Hogwarts to even be aware of Ginny's romantic life. Percy was out of Hogwarts, and out of her family's life, for that matter.
So that left her with three: Fred, George, and Ron. Ron was the youngest of her brothers, and only a year older than Ginny. Because he was often pushed aside by his older brothers for being the youngest, or at least by Fred and George, he was always trying to prove his dominance over Ginny. He treated her like a baby, and seemingly forgot she was only a year younger than her. That's why Fred and George were often considered her favorite siblings, if she had to choose.
Fred and George looked out for Ginny. When she began dating Michael Corner, they demanded to meet him, but did not embarrass her like Ron would've done. "I did give him a rather intimidating handshake, though." Fred had said proudly. When Cho was lingering after D.A. practice, and Harry was eagerly going over to talk to her, the twins saw the jealousy in Ginny's eye, even though she had a boyfriend. They decided to show off some of their new products to Harry in attempts to distract him from Cho. It did not work, but it had been worth a shot. When Ginny began to date Harry, George cheered in delight and said, "I knew it! You owe me a galleon!" When Ginny looked questioningly at him, George explained that he bet that Harry and Ginny would get together before Ron and Hermione. Fred and George attempted to give Harry the 'scary big brother talk' but the three of them only ended up laughing. The twins ended with one request, "Just take care of her, okay?"
But after the war, things changed. Harry and Ginny could have eloped, and the lonely George Weasley would have thought nothing of it. He was too busy wallowing in his self-pity and mourning, even fourteen months after the war. He was doing better, Ginny could say fairly. He had reopened the shop with Ron, which was doing quite well. He had formed a very nice friendship with Ron. And sometimes a smile even cracked upon his face, or he'd mutter a few jokes, and when everyone laughed, he'd smile in surprise, unaware that George Weasley could be so funny by himself.
But George wasn't whole again. Ginny knew he'd never be, but still, she wanyed him to be as whole as he could be without Fred. The problem was, when George had free time, he would look forward to hanging out with Ron, who was often busy with Hermione. If he was buys, he'd turn to Ginny, who was often busy with Harry, or the four of them were double dating. Poor George was out of it. This led Ginny to the conclusion. George Weasley needed a girl. And now, the protected was going to become the protector, and make it her mission to find him one.
"Hey, Georgie." Ginny said sweetly, taking a seat next to him at the Burrow.
"What do you want, Gin?" George said absentmindedly as he read his Daily Prophet.
"Who said I wanted anything?" She said innocently.
"When you call me Georgie, it's either a term of affection or to get on my good side because you want something. Today, I'm guessing it's the latter." George said casually.
Ginny bit her lip. "I was wondering what you're doing tomorrow."
"Saturday night? Nothing. I got Ron running the shop tomorrow night, because it's him and Hermione's 'fourthteenmonthaverysary.' Any bloke who uses that word in a sentence should be punished; therefore, he will not be celebrating." He scoffed, and Ginny laughed.
"Good. You're going on a date." She said promptly.
"What?!" He yelped.
"Yes, I scheduled it with a girl on my Quidditch team." Ginny had recently joined the HolyHead Harpies.
"Ginny, I don't need your pity dates. I'm just fine alone; you don't have to feel the need to find me a woman." George said bitterly.
"George, you were a womanizer at Hogwarts! Now you're twenty-one, in your prime years of dating! You should be with a different woman every night!" Ginny pleaded.
"Glad to see where your priorities are." George said brightly. "If Mum heard a word of that, we'd both be smacked on the backside of our heads."
"What I mean is, you can get plenty of girls, and now is the best time!"
"Yes, well, I'm not quite a normal twenty-one year old, am I?" He said wisely, trying to keep depressing thoughts of Fred out of his mind.
"You haven't been on a date since Fred's death, and I know he'd be ashamed! He'd want you to do this." Ginny said convincingly.
"He'd want the girl for himself, that's what he'd want." George joked.
"No!" She snapped.
"So she's ugly? Because Fred would never pass down a pretty woman." George concluded. "First rule of my dating: I don't go out with ugly women. C'mon, Gin, you should know that by now."
"I got you one of the prettiest girls on the team." Ginny sighed, rolling her eyes. "Fred wouldn't go on this date because he'd want you too."
"I'm scared, Gin." George confessed. "I've never been on a first date without him. I mean, when things got serious with a girl, I could go alone, but at least for the first one, we always doubled, because we worked well off each other and it was easy to impress the girls."
"Would you like it if Harry and I came along?" She whispered, touched at her brother opening up.
George's face lit up. He was finally being invited into their dating world! "You'd do that?"
"Of course." Ginny smiled, giving her brother a hug.
"Thanks, Gin."
"No problem. I owe you one, Georgie." She said, using the nickname as a term of endearment this time. "Remember. Tomorrow. Three Broomsticks. Seven o'clock."
Author's note: What do you think? It mostly just stages the story, but I promise next chapter George's dates will be humorous! Please review!