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Banging at the door and asking to open it wasn't successful. Bill just didn't react in anyway.
"Well", Charlie says hesitantly.
"Alihomora!" I shout instead of replying.
The bedroom is empty. I shake my head. "Very well… We don't have anti-apparition barriers…" I mutter.
Charlie shrugs "It was never necessary".
"Yeah… Even with Death Eaters around who will be able to Apparate and Disapparate in and out of the Burrow if they will ever want to," I mutter again knowing very well how irritated Charlie might be with these comment.
"Percy, don't start… This is a very bad habit of yours." Charlie says. He sounds annoyed.
"What? Worrying about my family's safety?" I reply coldly.
"No. Being so annoyingly bossy and know-it-all person!" he snaps at me.
I sight and change the subject: "Where is he? Do you know he might have gone?"
"In the state he probably is?"
"Exactly."
Where would I have gone if my fiancée died tragically and unexpectedly? Bill surely didn't want to talk to anyone otherwise he wouldn't have left. And it might be a good idea to leave him alone. But…The way he had acted just after…well… the attack. It was worrying. And frightening in some way. Bill had always been a carefree, easy-going person. Very talented, no need to study night and day. Popular with girls. Changing girlfriends more often than necessary. Lots of friends. Never in bad mood. But he obviously no longer is that person. And what this new person might do now… I didn't want to even think about it… If… May be…
"Are there any places he went to Fleur with? Any… I dunno.. special places?" I ask Charlie.
He frowns. Than says: "Mmmm… Fleur was talking once or twice about some park…In Muggle part of London. But I don't know its name… But she was saying…"
After some deductive reasoning worthy of Sherlock Holmes (a hero from some Muggle book) I manage to understand what park it might be. Don't laugh at me. I am not such a Muggle-lover like my Father but Muggle London is beautiful.
"So… You or me?" I finally say.
"You seem to know Muggle London better than I do" Charlie says in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Very well… Wish me luck… May be he is not even there," I say and Disapparate.
You can't Apparate in front of Muggles but no one can see you at night. So I wasn't as cautious as I may be should have been. Never mind that. No one saw me. I am sure.
Bill is there, sitting on a bench, his face in his hands. I take a deep breath. Please, I am not the person who should be doing that. It should be Charlie. Why did he send me here? Why me???
I don't know if I am doing the right thing. May be Bill really don't need anyone right now. If I were in his place I would want people to leave me alone. But would it be what I'll need? May be… Oh… To Hell with may be!
"Bill?" I say quietly.
He raises he head and looks at me. And I don't like what I see in his eyes.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Well… Next chapter will be this December (later) or January. I don't know yet.