Chapter 2: Molly's Jumpers
As long as Molly Prewett Weasley can remember, the clicking of knitting-needles has always been present in her family home.
But then she leaves for the Burrow, and stows the needles in a dusty linen cupboard. She marries her Hogwarts sweetheart shortly after their graduation, as neither sees the point in waiting. On one hand, Arthur and she feel this sense of completeness – that they were simply made for each other. On the other hand, the air is thick with fear, uncertainty and – they hate to admit it – death.
No matter what side she chooses – even if she chooses not to take a side – Molly is trapped in this war. While Arthur works full-time at the Ministry, making any insurgent work impossible, her brothers, Gideon and Fabian, are dedicated members of the "Order of the Phoenix". She has seen them with bruised faces, bloodied knuckles and torn sleeves. She has never contemplated the potential of magic to maim like this, and – she hates to admit it – perhaps even kill. Her eyes are fixed on the dining-room clock. Even though her brothers do not call The Burrow home, she has managed to bewitch it to show their movements as well as Arthur's and her own. But it has been little help or comfort – all four hands seem permanently stuck on "Mortal Peril".
And yet it continues to tick, as the pendulum swings back and forth.
Tick, tick, tick.
She wishes she could turn back time, and sit in a dining-room where the most piercing...
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...piercing...
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...she has a flash of inspiration, and flies up the stairs to the linen-cupboard, taking out the charmed needles. What will she knit?
What will muddle the ticking sounds for the longest period of time?
There is not quite enough wool in her cupboard for a blanket. But there is enough for a jumper.
A/N: Inspiration strikes in all the most inconvenient places, I swear. This time it was in a tutorial on recreational drug use. Thank you to Dr. Shanty, ShadowMoonDancer, WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot, HermioneRose and stefanie51 for their reviews on the last chapter! Sorry this one has been so long in the brewing. On a brighter note, I've made 2 hats in the past week. So guess whose knitting I'll be writing about next? Random note - oh my god, Rach 3 is really hot. I mean Rach 2 is the hottest piano concerto, in my opinion, but Rach 3 is not far off.
