SEPTEMBER 1998 (FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE BATTLE OF HOGWARTS)

Crunch

Glass underneath thick soled shoes. Probably dragon skin or something equally impenetrable.

He didn't really know what shoes he put on this morning. Everything he had done lately had been automated and monotonous. He got up in the morning, showered, dressed, replaced the jelly prosthetic ear he specially made, ate the breakfast his mother cooked him and then went on with his day.

This was new. Not exactly new, of course, because this place had once been his home. But it seemed like distant memory, from another life perhaps, one where war had not taken everything he had held dear.

He gazed down just before stepping on the wooden sign that once hung above the door. Weasley's Wizard Wheezes inlayed in gold lettering.

Glass crunching behind him caused an instantaneous reaction. Wand out, thinking of numerous hexes and jinks, George turned.

A young witch with blonde hair cascading down to her almost to her waist stood before him, hands up in surrender, and a terrified look on her pale face.

"Verity?" George mumbled, lowering his wand. A shadow of a smile came across the girl's face.

JUNE 1996 (1 YEAR, 11 MONTHS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF HOGWARTS)

"It can't just be us. We'll need a holiday at some point." Fred said out loud, feeding shredded grains to the pygmy puffs.

George sighed. "Yeah I know." He muttered from behind the counter. Just then the bell above the door jingled, announcing someone walking in.

George stepped forward to see a very pretty witch with short blonde hair sticking up in all directions with a grin on her face. "Hi." She breathed, fanning herself with her hands. "I'm here for a job interview." She looked awkwardly between the twins, wondering which to approach. Finally she decided and took a step towards George. "My names Nya Verity." She said holding out her hand.

SEPTEMBER 1998 (FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE BATTLE OF HOGWARTS)

"Sorry." George mumbled, putting his wand away. "Old habits you know." He frowned, trying to stop his mind from thinking too much. "What are you doing here?"

Nya looked sadly at the wreckage. "I was just in the neighborhood, thought I'd stop by." She took careful steps toward him, avoiding glass and chunks of furniture. "Will you be opening back up?"

"I don't know." He said sadly, looking around. "It won't be the same."

She nodded and bit her lower lip, knowing he wasn't talking about the shop itself. "I'm sorry…about Fred."

George did not look at her, he just nodded in recognition, staring at the wreckage towards the back of the shop.

She reached for his hand and to both of their surprises he didn't pull away. "How do I know it's really you?" He said with an air of familiarity. She smiled.

August 1996 (1 YEAR, 9 MONTHS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF HOGWARTS)

"Okay, alright. SHUSHH. 'Agree on sec-your-ity questions with close friends and family so as to detect Death Eaters masquerading as others by use of the Pooleyjuice potion'." She read drunkenly, slurring her words and squinting to read the purple leaflet in the dim candlelight.

"Well seeing as you're going to be staying here." Fred said, plucking the paper out of her delicate hands and replacing it with a full glass of expensive elderflower wine, as if she needed any more. "What will your security question be?" He said clearly, hardly affected by his own empty glass.

"It's got to be something really embarrassing, like what stupid nickname does your Mum call you?" George added.

"Mine usually calls me George." Fred sniggered.

"Excellent nickname. Where ever did she come up with it?" George said with a laugh.

"NyNy." She blurted. "My mum still calls me that, even now that I'm twenty."

SEPTEMBER 1998 (FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE BATTLE OF HOGWARTS)

"I'm sorry about your mum." George muttered. The Daily Prophet had made a final list of all casualties after the Battle of Hogwarts and he unfortunately recognized quite a few. She nodded slowly, and George knew she did not want to talk about her mother's death just as he never discussed his twin's. "…So, you think I should open back up?" George asked her.

"I reckon people need a good laugh after everything they've lost." Nya said quietly. She cleared her throat and added "Besides, new Hogwarts students will need their skiving sweets."

The corner of George's mouth tugged up, into the closest thing to a smile anyone had seen in a while.

"I'd be happy to help, even stay here and help run the shop…like before." Nya said, looking into his brown eyes.

"I'd love to have you, if you're mad enough to commit to this…mess." George muttered the last part, looking around the wreckage again, he was not just referring to the shop.

Nya remained silent for a moment before taking a deep breath.

"…When the Death Eaters killed my Mum, they destroyed the house. I have nowhere to go. I have no other family…I have nothing left." She said quickly, her green eyes filling with tears. "And even though I know nothing will ever be the same…I really did…and still do love you."

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(A/N: 5/19/12: Hello! Okay so here is the deal. This is my first HP story ever and the reason for that is, I went looking for something solid about post-DH George, and all I read was sad, pathetic crap. And I absolutely, positively REJECT this whole George married Angelina Johnson situation. Excuse me? His twin brother's ex-girlfriend. No. Just no.

So I took a character that is actually canon (Verity is the cashier in WWW when Harry visits in HPB but made her my own personal OC). So from here on out I own the rights to Nya Verity. I apologize in advance if you want to read this. It jumps-sometimes a lot, the first 8 chapters really provide the meat of George & Nya's relationship and all dates centered around May 2nd, 1998: The Battle of Hogwarts, so yes you have to pay attention sometimes, but I try to hold your hand and keep everything in context. But I promise it is worth it to keep reading, I hope you'll fall in love with them like I have. I have a googledoc excel spreadsheet with the dates that I'll post once I have it more finalized.

I'll ruin the ending here and tell you that they end up together but all of the stuff in between is really good (in mine and my primary reviewer DeadRabbit92's humble opinions).

So please please read and review, let me know what you think!)