Moments
At the wake, they talk about them. The twins. Fred and George, in that exact order. Even though sometimes George was Fred, and Fred was George, or Fred was Fred-pretending-to-be-George-while-still-being-Fred, and so on.
Fact: George is older by five minutes.
Fact: Even though Fred's younger, he came out wailing and has been the most noticeable ever since.
So the order doesn't really matter.
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When George lost his ear, he had a premonition. You see, Fred was always on his right. The right-hand man. The visual confirmation of FredandGeorge. That was how he heard him.
He thinks it was a premonition because he suddenly almost couldn't hear Fred hardly at all. And the day when he couldn't hear Fred would simply mean that Fred didn't exist.
So he was almost used to the idea when it happened.
It's quite lucky, George has often reminded his mother, that he and Fred got along as well as they did. There are lots of twins who simply can't stand each other. Couldn't work together if they tried. But he was left with a legacy, because they were lucky.
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He goes for a walk to clear his head. He's noticed that people often think they're being inconspicuous when they send those pitiful glances his way. That's George Weasley. His brother just died. Yes, his twin. I wonder how he's managing? It must be hard to imagine a life without your twin.
Fact: he doesn't find it that hard.
He'd lived for his first five minutes with nothing but Mum and Dad, and got through that just fine. He's grown used to almost not hearing Fred speak at all. He'd adjusted to the difference between them a long time ago – George is the one without the ear, you see? They aren't identical anymore.
In fact, he doesn't really mind that much.
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Later on, he thinks that it's really lucky they got on as well as they did, because if they had both gone through this independent phase, it would have been terrible.
It's better that it's just George.
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Someone asked him for a speech, or something he remembered. And all he could remember is that Fred was always too impulsive. George could boss him around a bit, knock some sense into him. To a point.
It's nice to not have to do that anymore.
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He's thought about it for a while, and it seems that all in all, it's better that Fred's not around to be the rest of the joke. Life will be easier. When the shop opens, there won't be any confusion about Mr. Weasley and Mr. Weasley.
So it's better.
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Come to think of it, George isn't really sure when he stopped thinking of all the advantages there were to not having a twin.
It might have been around the same time he realized that he was the one crying, after all.