I'm very upset at my computer right now. I had practically this whole chapter written out, when my computer caused an error and I lost the whole document! Stupid me, I didn't save it at all. So, I sat here for a few minutes wishing I could grab a time-turner, go back in time five minutes, and save the document before it crashes. When that didn't happen, I sulkily went to work rewriting it, thinking it probably won't turn out as good as what I had : (
The swirling slowed and came to a stop. Fred, George, and Ron were standing a few feet from Harry on the dirt road leading to the Burrow. Charlie and Abby were standing about thirty feet away having an angry row. Harry looked around. Where was Hermione?
"Where's Hermione?!" Ron said, as if reading Harry's thoughts, panic-stricken. Several seconds went by.
"Shit!" Ron said, and then disappeared with a loud "crack!".
"This isn't good." Harry said aloud.
"What happened?" Charlie and Abby asked, running towards him.
"Hermione is missing, and Ron apparated to find her." Harry answered.
"Ron apparated?" Charlie said, astounded. "This isn't good." He said, echoing Harry's earlier words.
"This isn't good at all, I'm going back!" Abby said.
"Are you crazy?! You're not going back alone, I'm going with you!" Charlie exclaimed.
"Fine." Abby retorted, her words showing every bit of annoyance towards him.
"Well, let's go then before-" Abby started, but her words were interrupted by a loud "crack!" and the appearance of Ron and Hermione. Hermione looked very shaken, but she was ok.
"What happened?" They all asked them.
"I was about to apparate when another flash of green light came, and it was heading right towards me. But instead of apparating, I panicked and jumped and ducked to the ground. I was still on the ground when I could see a shadow coming towards me. I was about to get up and apparate when Ron appeared and grabbed me." Hermione answered. She turned to Ron. "How did you do that?" She asked him.
"I don't know…. we saw that you weren't here, and I knew something went wrong, so I didn't think, I just apparated." He replied.
"And you pulled off a side-along apparation!" She exclaimed. "Brilliant!" She grinned. "Thanks." She added.
"You're welcome." Ron replied, turning red.
"If you had just listened to me, none of this would have happened!" Abby yelled at Charlie. "That was stupid! You could have gotten us killed!" Abby added angrily.
"Are you saying this is my fault?!" Charlie yelled back. "And what right do you have to call me stupid?!" He added, infuriated.
"Yes, this is your fault!" She angrily retorted. "And I didn't say you were stupid, I said "it" was stupid! But if we're splitting hairs-"
"That's right! Of course it was my fault! That's the case. Because you're always right!" He spat sarcastically.
Fred and George chuckled as the walked up the path towards the Burrow. Harry, Ron, and Hermione followed them, leaving Charlie and Abby to row behind them.
"Never a dull moment around here, huh Fred?" George said with a laugh.
"They've known each other for two months and all they do is argue-" Fred started.
"Infuriate each other-" George continued.
"Push each other's buttons-" Fred carried on.
"Drive each other insane-" George added.
"And all because they can't admitt the truth about how they really feel." Fred continued.
"It's quite sad." George agreed. "Kind of reminds you of someone, huh Fred?" George said, glancing at Ron and Hermione.
"Why, yes it does George!" Fred exclaimed and they burst into laughter. Harry laughed and Ron and Hermione both shared the same puzzled look.
"What are you two going on about?" Ron asked them.
"Ah, see Fred? I think our point was well taken." George said and they burst into another fit of laughter. The four approached the back door of the Burrow.
"Nope, never a dull moment here!" Harry said laughing. With the war happening, and the search for Voldemort's Horcruxes rapidly approaching, Harry was happy he'd be able to have fun at the Burrow, his home away from home, at least one last time.
"Actually, I think I like this one better than the one I had before." I said, as I wiped off my forehead in relief.
Yes, I know I'm strange, but do you really have to point that out?
