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When the day came for Percy and George to go to the Delacour's country house for another sip and see for Victoire, the two of them were excited to finally see their sister in law's family home and to see their brother again

When the day came for Percy and George to go to the Delacour's country house for another sip and see for Victoire, the two of them were excited to finally see their sister in law's family home and to see their brother again. When they arrived there, they were amazed at how large and opulent their estate was. When they stepped inside they could see that Fleur came from a very wealthy background that was how she could only afford to work part time at the bank even before she was engaged to Bill. When they went to the front door they were greeted by a house elf who showed the two of them to the drawing room, where the drop in was supposed to take place. He took Percy's present and added it to the group of presents that was already gathering at a table that was set up for presents. They spotted Bill talking to what appeared to be his in laws and approached him to prove to him that they did come to this thing.

"Hi, we're here, how long do we have to stay since we have to go back tonight?" George asked who wanted to get out of there as soon as possible so that he could get back to his shop and paperwork that needed to be done.

Bill didn't look surprised at George's question, since he knew that George had been burying himself in work ever since Fred's death over a year ago.

The Delacours though looked insulted that Bill's brother would much rather work than spend time with them.

Percy though, replied with "I'm glad to be here, where have you hidden little Victoire?" Bill showed him where Fleur was holding Victoire surrounded by a group of what appeared to be a group of her friends from Beauxbaxtons.

"There you are, good now you can meet my friends and there are a couple of them who would be glad to show you around Paris," Fleur told her two brothers in law while introducing them to her friends. Percy and George looked uncertain about this offer, since they weren't interested in dating anyone at the moment, even though they both knew that their mother and Fleur have been trying to get them to date again. That was one reason the two of them left England was to get away from their family trying to interfere in their lives. They both loved their family, but they also needed to have time to themselves without other members of their family trying to get them involved in various social events. They didn't mind getting to see their brother Bill and cousin Victoire though. When they did get to see her, they couldn't believe how much she'd grown in the short time that they were away from her.

"Can I hold her?" George asked sounding interested in his young niece.

"Sure here's how you hold her," Fleur handed her to him while showing him how to hold the baby.

Just for a minute, George felt a twinge of regret that his twin couldn't be here to witness his brother becoming a father for the first time and realized that Fred would miss out on these milestones in their family. He was also sad in thinking that he and Fred would never be able to raise their kids together. He looked over at Percy and he was trying to look happy for Bill, even though he could probably guess that he was thinking along the same lines that he was, that he would never be able to have children with Penny now. He handed Victoire back to her mum as soon as she started crying, so that Fleur could take her someplace quiet to comfort her. A few minutes later Fleur came back empty handed and let them know that Victoire was down for a nap.

"She's a beautiful baby, Bill she'll be a little heartbreaker when she grows up," Percy remarked about his niece.

"Doesn't that make you want one of your own?" one of Fleur's friends asked which made Percy uncomfortable.

"Not right now," Percy answered her hoping that she would realize that he wasn't interested in her.

"Oh," she answered him wondering if he would want to have one in the future or if he was one of those men who didn't want kids or a family.

Both Percy and George felt uncomfortable then being around all of these people that they've never met before, especially young women. Fleur then took them around the room to introduce them to the various guests at the party. Percy and George barely had enough time to even sit down for a few minutes since they were meeting everyone there. After everyone had left the party, George and Percy were still there in order to be able to spend a few minutes alone with Bill.

"So what do you think of Paris so far? Are you spending some time away from work?" Bill asked them sounding concerned.

"We like it so far and we don't spend all of our time working," Percy answered him sounding defensive.

"Yeah and Percy is starting to collect muggle art work like Charlie does," George remarked with Percy embarrassed at his brother telling their brother about his new hobby. Bill looked concerned at this and decided to tell them the truth about Charlie's newfound interest in art, since he even had some paintings of muggles with various facial injuries. "Is the art work from just one artist or from various ones, since Charlie only collects Tonks and nothing else?"

"It's from various artists and why would Charlie collect artwork from Tonks for, I don't even think that she even did anything artistic," George answered him sounding curious about Charlie's interest in muggle art.

"I think that the artist was her great great grandfather or something, but that's the only way that he can have a Tonks in his house now, since we're the only ones who visit him in Romania. Even though some of his paintings used to bother me, especially the ones of muggles with facial injuries," Bill answered him trying to explain their brother's sudden interest in muggle art.

Both George and Percy were silent at this revelation about their older brother.

"We didn't know, we just thought that he had a fascination with muggles like dad did," George replied finally breaking the silence after a few minutes.

"Now, is there any particular reason that you're starting to collect those art prints?" Bill asked Percy sounding concerned.

"No, I just like them," Percy defended himself, without revealing that he liked a certain muggle girl who worked in the art gallery.

"I hope that's the case, but if you like some girl then you should just ask her out," Bill advised his younger brother. .

"I'm not ready to date just yet, it's too soon after Penelope's death," Percy told his older brother defensively.

"It's been a year and I don't think that she would want you to still mourn her for the rest of your life. You need to go out there and try to find love again," Bill advised Percy. "Why don't you get on with George about his love life, since he's still devoting his life to his work?" Percy asked Bill wondering why he wasn't as interested in George's love life. "I know, but he needs to start living his life again and not using his work to hide from the world."

"I'm not hiding, I'm just really busy right now that's all," George protested at the implication that he was using his work to hide.

Bill looked at him as if he didn't believe him and Percy just pretended that he believed him. When Percy and George got back to their flat, George was teasing Percy about his new interest in muggle art.

"Okay who is she and where does she work at so that I can see her?"

"There's no one, I just started to like collecting muggle art," Percy answered George sounding defensive.

"Then if that's true then why do the bags seem to come from the same art gallery, who knows I may go down there one day to see if I can see her," George teased his brother. "You probably wouldn't recognize her anyway," Percy replied hoping that his brother wouldn't do anything to embarrass him.

"I promise that I won't say anything to her that would embarrass you if you at least ask her out for a drink. You don't have to marry her and it would keep mom of your back on meeting a nice girl and settling down."

Percy thought about asking Audrey out, but he thought that it was too soon after Penelope's death to even think about dating again, besides he had put aside his dreams of marriage and a family after her death. He wondered why George would be interested in his love life, since he seemed to put almost all of his energy into his work after Fred's death. Even a year after it happened, George still didn't have much a social life, so who was he to judge him for not being ready to date again.