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Lily potter

His twin brother had been killed in the battle earlier that day. Even though George didn't know it yet that would be a bigger day than it already was. On that day he lost his brother, his best friend, but found another, he found the love of his life.

George sat weeping at his brother's side. He sat alone in the middle of the great hall. There were plenty of people there, but he was alone. He couldn't believe that his brother was gone. He felt empty and solo. It was like someone took right arm, for he was right handed, and whacked if off at the shoulder. It was like a part of him was missing, a large part.

He sat there looking at his brother's eyes and wondered if he felt the same, wherever he was. He wondered if he would ever feel whole again.

After what seemed like hours he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up into an unfamiliar face, framed in red hair. The woman looked to be about 20 years old, and very pretty. "It doesn't hurt to die." she said, "and he's watching you now."

George looked at her quizzically, "why do you - - think that." George was astonished at how hard it was for him to speak by himself right now.

"I don't think that." she said, "I know that, for you see, I've been dead for the past 16 years." George was very confused.

"How is that so?" he asked, "no magic can bring a person back from the dead. How can you be alive, if you've been dead for the past 16 years?"

"If I said magic, you wouldn't believe me." she said, "so I guess that joke's out of the question." she laughed, "the magic that killed me was reversed, almost exactly."

"what do you mean?"

She smiled, "Do you know who I am?" George shook his head, "I'm Lilly Potter."

"YOU'RE HARRY'S MUM?" George was shocked.

She laughed, "Yes, I am, and you see, the spell I used all those years ago to protect harry were put into use, only a week after I made them. Since apparently Voldemort killed me to get to harry, I became part of a long spell. A spell that didn't complete until about half an hour ago. When Harry killed Voldemort to save the people he loved, I was brought back through his love for me." she laughed, "i'ts very complex, I don't entirely understand it myself." she said seeing the look on George's face.

"So you're back?" she nodded, "and you are how old?"

she stopped for a moment, looked down at herself and then looked at George, "Uh... how old do I look?"

George laughed, "You mean you haven't looked in a mirror?" he laughed even harder when she shook her head. "you look about twenty."

"Well then I guess I am twenty-one!" she said, "well that's... awkward."

"Have you been to see Harry yet?" George asked her.

"No, actually I wanted to find you first."

George was surprised, "Me? Why me?"

"because before I came back your brother mentioned to me that he had this fantastic idea for a product. He called it, uh, a, uh, perfect potion sipper. It's for giving potions to people in the muggle world, or for ease of transport, its all your most used potions, disguised as coke bottles."

"Wow, that's, not very original..." George started.

"oh no! He said something that made it amazing... I forgot it now. If it come's back to me i'll tell you."

George looked incurably sad.

"I'm sorry, George, I didn't mean to forget!" she tried to comfort him by giving him a hug.

"It's O.K. Lilly. Do you want me to take you out to your son?"

she smiled at him, "Yes I suppose it's about time." she sighed and got up. "did you see which way he left? I didn't."

"Yes actually, my brother, Hermione and him all went out that door, I'm sure we can find him out there." he said taking one last look at his twin before he headed toward the door. "my little, brother's name is Ronald, but everyone calls him Ron. He loves quidditch, and chess. Harry's best friend, Hermione, she is a bookwork, constantly in the library, that one. She doesn't much care for quidditch, but I think she likes, Ron, sorry, I know she likes Ron. Oh, and by the way, your son has been quite infatuated with my sister."

"is that right?" she laughed, "I like Hermione, and really wish that she and harry could get together instead, but I don't see that happening, he likes Ginny so much."

George smacked himself in the head, "Of course! You've been watching all these years!"

Lilly laughed.

"so what are you going to do now?"

"what do you mean?" Lily asked.

"With your life?" George specified.

"Oh... I don't know... I'll have to wait and see."

george looked at her, "what did you get on your potions N.E.W.T." he asked.

She looked at him like he was mad, "an O, Why?"

"charms?"

"O."

"Transfiguration?"

"O, what are you getting at?"

George looked at her, "I am prepared to offer you a job right now."

"what!?" she said, "What kind of job?"

"A job developing things for the shop."

She thought about it for a minute, "I'll have to talk to …. HARRY JAMES POTTER! GET YOUR FEET BACK ON THE BRIDGE RIGHT THIS INSTANT!"

They had just rounded a corner to see Harry standing on a pillar on a bridge that spanned over a five hundred foot cliff.

Harry heard someone yelling at him, the voice was unfamiliar, but sounded like someone he should probably listen to. He stepped down off the pillar, and looked around at who was yelling. The woman who he saw was not the woman he expected. "mum?" he asked. She nodded. He ran toward her as fast as he could, which admittedly was not very fast.

Hermione and Ron looked at each other. Hermione's brain was going at about 1000 miles an hour, trying to figure out what was going on.

They both approached the woman with their wands out. George saw this. "Yes guys its he real Lilly, you don't have to be on the alert." with that everyone shared a laugh.

After an explanation the five of them, and Ginny, went out for dinner at a small restaurant in muggle London, that Lilly and Hermione both used to like. The dinner was both happy and sad. Everybody was happy the war was over but sad that so many had died.

"Harry your father and I have been talking about this for quite a while, ever since about a year before Dumbledore died and he has a few things that he wants me to tell you. They are all monetary and whatnot. But one is that, you have a good girl there and you should not let her go because she is the best thing you will ever find."

George noticed that she didn't say which girl, but just that harry had one. George liked this woman even more. She seamed to have a nice combination of Slytherin and Gryffindor in her that made the perfect prankster, that combined with how bloody smart she was she would be a real asset to the business.

Hermione watched the dynamics in the room, over the evening they really did change. Harry and Ginny were hardly talking at the beginning of the evening, probably due to Harry's mum being back from the grave, but by the end of the evening they were back to there normal selves. George however was getting closer and closer to lily. It was so weird, to be outwith your best friend's mum and have her be your age. Ron was inhaling his food as usuall.

The evening was overflowing with emotions.

"so harry, How do you feel about me working at WWW, for now at least?" lily asked.

Harry looked at his mum with surprise, "I think that's great mum!" he said. "it would be so cool! Did you offer her a job already George."

George looked at him like he was mad. "Do you really think I would let a gem like that slip through my fingers? I know when something is that perfect, do you?"

"I guess I've never had anything that perfect." harry said thoughtfully, "except flying, maybe."

at that Ginny scooted her chair out, "please excuse me." she said before heading back to the restroom.

Hermione and lily shared a glance, before looking at harry, "Harry, you have no tact." Hermione said.

Harry looked back at her. "what do you mean?"

Hermione gave an exasperated sigh.

"You just said that Ginny wasn't the perfect girl for you, stupid thing to say." Lilly said, "Do you really like her? Because comments like that are not the way to go about letting her know."

Harry was horror struck, "I've got to go get her, I can't believe I said that!" he said standing up from the table. Before he knew it he was right back in his chair. He felt a hand on his shirt, looking around he saw it was George.

"No, mate, your a bloke. You can't go in the ladies room."

Harry blushed bright red. "right, Hermione?" she shook her head, "Mum?"

"I didn't com back from the dead to help you get back a girl" George could swear he heard her say, 'who I don't approve of' but kept that to himself.

Ginny came back from the restroom about fifteen minutes later.

"Gin, love, I'm sorry for what I said, it was tactless, and stupid, I didn't mean it. I'm sorry, I love you, can you forgive me?"

For a moment he thought that Ginny might actually say no. "Yes, I forgive you, and I love you too."

the rest of the meal and evening passed in relative quiet. At the end George looked at Lilly and asked, "So is that a yes on the job offer?"

she smiled, "Yes."

"good, because I like you, a lot"

"i sure hope you were referring to my talents in business, Mr. Weasley."

"always" George said, throwing a wink Hermione's way.