Hello all. This is my first fanfic so I hope ya'll enjoy it. Any characters you recognise are J.K. Rowling's, any you don't are mine. I have part of this story mapped out and written already. I would love to recieve reviews! Have a great holiday season!

Fred's Last Gift

Chapter 1- After the Final Battle

George numbly entered the flat above Weasley's Wizard Wheezes and looked around. His and Fred's dinner plates from two nights previously were still sitting on the table where they had left them when they had rushed to Hogwarts to help with the fight against Voldemort. Now it was only him returning. George slowly began to clean up the flat and as he did so, tears began to fall. He couldn't believe his brother, his twin, his best friend, was gone. Suddenly there was a knock on the door of the shop below. George put down the cups he was holding and walked downstairs, drawing his wand as he did so. He opened the door to find Angelina Johnson standing there.

"Angelina!" George said, surprised as he slid his wand back into his pocket.
"Hi George. Can I come in"
"Sure." George replied.

He turned and climbed the stairs back up to his flat. It was only when he turned to look at her once they were upstairs that he noticed something different about his brother's ex-girlfriend.

"Angelina, you're pregnant?!" George asked, very shocked. "Yes, and that's kind of what I wanted to talk to you about." Angelina said. "Well, please, come sit." George said, leading her to the couch. "I read in the paper this morning about Fred." Angelina began, tears springing to her eyes. "I'm sorry that things didn't work out between me and Fred. I did and still do love him. I wanted to talk to you because I don't want this baby. I was going to come and ask Fred if he wanted to take custody after the baby is born"
"Wait a minute. This is Fred's baby"
"Yes. Did he ever tell you why we broke up"
"Yeah, you were offered a position on the Puddlemere United Quidditch team. You guys didn't want to try to keep a long distance relationship going." George replied. "That was part of it. The other part was that he wanted to settle down, get married and start a family. I wasn't ready for that. I also don't think I ever loved him the way he loved me. Puddlemere United had offered me a position on the team and I wanted to go and have a life. A few weeks after we broke up, I found out that I was pregnant. Puddlemere United hired a temporary replacement for me while I'm pregnant and then about a month of recovery time. But I want to rejoin the team fully and not be burdened with raising a child. Since Fred died and I can't offer him custody, do you know anyone who would want to take the baby? Is there anyone in your family who would love and raise the baby? If not, I'll put the baby in an orphanage to be adopted"
"No! Don't do that. I'll want the baby. I'll raise it." George replied.
"Are sure?" Angelina asked. "Yes. That is Fred's baby and it deserves to be raised in a loving home by someone who knew it's parents. Someone who is enough like it's father to kind of replace the father it won't ever know"
"Okay." Angelina replied.