Chapter three
All during dinner Natalie, Fleur, Hermione and Ginny talked like little school girls who were barely through puberty. It was actually an amusing sight to see, since the Weasley family hasn't had any females in it other than by marriage and of course Ginny who was the first girl in a really long time.
Nearing the end of dinner the twins offered Natalie something that looked like a muffin, she eyes it curiously and took it. "Only if you take a bite first dearies." she said to them.
They looked hesitant, "Why?"
"Are you saying that you are offering me something but wont take a bite of it yourself to please me, I just want to know if it taste's good." she said to them smiling.
Everyone at the table were trying to keep a straight face knowing that the twins have most likely done something to it seeing as it could be a product for or from their joke shop in Diagon Alley. The twins knew that if they didn't take a bite she would think they didn't like her and if they did take a bite then their ears would turn into a goblin ear which really doesn't look so nice. Hesitantly each twin took a bite and in a matter of seconds each had repulsive goblin ears instead of their normal human one's.
Smirking Natalie leaned on her hand looking at the two of them, "First lesson, if only you are offered something then you know someone did something to said offered thing. Second rule if everyone suddenly gets quite something is up and thirdly, I grew up with three sets of twins for friends and have twin cousins believe me I know what you are thinking before you even think it." she said to them.
Fred looked at their mother, "We'll be back," he said and they popped out of the kitchen and most likely went back to their apartment to reverse the affects of the muffin or rather the muffin look alike.
Molly shook her head at what the twins almost did, "I'm sorry Natalie I didn't think they would try to do something like that to you already. Really I am sorry." she said to her.
"It was nothing, as I said I grew up with three sets of twins for friends, all identical and I have twin cousins who I used to babysit all of the time. So really I'm used to these kind of things, doesn't bother me." she said to her.
"Still Fred and George shouldn't have done that to company, especially with you just meeting everyone for the first time." she said to her. Molly shooed everyone away to the back yard as she, Hermione and Ginny went inside and used some spells to clean the dishes up and what not.
Talking about friends made Natalie miss her's a bit more than usual, she missed the twins a lot. Maria and Elysa, Nia 'Sephronia' and Nix 'Phoenix', Ryleigh and Kyleigh and then the last two who were in their group of friends while in high school, Katie and Mallory they were a year younger than the rest of them though. "Natalie?" Charlie asked seeing that she was in a kind of daze and off in her own world.
Shaking her head she looked at her boyfriend, "Yes?"
"Are you alright, you looked a bit out of it." he said to her worrying a bit.
She waved it off, "I'm fine don't worry." she said and then started her own conversation with Fleur about the baby she's soon to have. "So do you know what you're having Fleur?" Natalie asked her.
"Yes we do a little boy, I can not wait." she said excitedly.
Natalie laughed, "Yeah I remember how my sister was when she had Asia." she said talking about her niece.
"Asia?" Fleur asked curiously.
"My five year old niece," Natalie explained. "Her real name is Anastasia but I call her Asia for short, the only one who really does it too." she said. "Anyways what are you going to name him?" she asked.
Bill was the one to answer this time, "Hayden Rainger Weasley." he said proudly.
Natalie smiled at that, "Cute, so now what?" she asked them once they reached the back yard which was pretty big sized.
"We're playing Quidditch," Fred said once he and George had fixed their ears and had calmed down their embarrassment.
"Oh Charlie told me about that," Natalie said in thought. "Understood absolutely nothin' about the sport." she said to them.
All the guys other then Charlie looked at her like she was insane, "How can you not understand Quidditch, I mean you live with Charlie and he nearly went to be a Seeker for England. It is one of the most brilliant sports ever known." Ron said amazed at her.
She gave him a look and pointed at herself, "Muggle." she said to him simply.
Hermione and Fleur saved her from Ron's wrath, "That is fine Natalie you can sit with Hermione and I, we promise not to bore you." Fleur said to her and leading her over to some lawn chairs that were laid out obviously for them and Mrs. Weasley.
Soon Enough Mrs. Weasley had joined them, "Natalie dear what is school like in America?" Molly asked her.
"Well depending on what school you go to it's different and what state, but for me we had seven classes a day. The required classes were Math, English, Art, American History and Science and once you get older the requirements changed a bit. My last year I only had three requirements, the rest were electives and I also got out of school early everyday for a class." she told them.
That amazed Hermione, that anyone would want or get to leave early for a class. Her being her though, she loved school and would love to stay in it as long as she could to learn anything and everything possible. "Why was it that you were able to leave from school early, that is absolutely unheard of, why would they let you?" she asked all in one breath.
"Work release," Natalie told them simply, but when she saw their confused faces she elaborated a bit. "It was where students could leave the last hour of the day and go to work for credit and for experience in the working field and get paid for it as well." she said to them.
Molly nodded, "Interesting, what was your favorite class then?" she asked her.
"Oh English most definitely, when my friends needed to write a poem or something like that they would ask me for help. I was the writer of the group so to say." Natalie told them smiling at the memory.
A few hours later the guys, plus Ginny were finally done playing Quidditch and of course the second Charlie landed he had to plop right down next to Natalie and get all of his sweaty stickiness on her. "Charlie you're smelly and gross get away from me." she said to him scrunching up her nose in distaste of the smell that was coming from him.
"But I thought you loved me," he said to her giving her a pouty look.
She laughed at him, "I do but your smell is making me gag, so if ya take a shower I may think of giving you a kiss until then not so much." she told him.
The others were amused by how they acted around each other, taunting and teasing each other and egging them on when they say certain things. "I think I should get one now." he said reaching out to her, before he could say anything though she was out of the chair and off like a bat out of hell.
Smiling Charlie ran after her, not really trying to catch her but having fun being childing for once in his life. It's been a long time since he could let loose, the war with Voldemort and everything made it so everyone was tense and hesitant towards anything they did or said. At least that is over with and finally Voldemort is dead and for good this time, no one can bring him back now.
After Charlie had taken a shower and dressed he went downstairs to look for his girlfriend, he found her in the living room, attempting to play wizards chess with Harry who for once was better then someone. "Love you do realize you have no idea how to play chess right?" Charlie asked her and she nodded.
"Yeah I know but still I was going to attempt and see if maybe for some odd reason I was able to play te game. Though I don't think I can yet." she said to him shrugging.
Ron laughed, "Yes I was amazed that someone was more terrible than harry at Chess but she proved me wrong." he said smirking a bit.
Natalie glared at him and then threw the closest thing at him which ended up being a book of hers that she was reading a bit of. It hit Ron square on the forehead and she smirked at him in a sort of evil kind of way which of course freaked Ron out. "Its not my fault I suck, I blame my family for not teaching me." she said and smiled.
"Sure blame your poor defenseless family." Fred said to her.
"What did they ever do to you," George said.
"They only brought you into this world." They said together.
Rolling her eyes at the twins Natalie gave up at the chess game and went to join Charlie on the couch, everyone started to go home soon and it was getting really late. Molly fed them all lunch as well as dinner so they were stuffed for the night, full of food that Molly almost forced them to eat with her convincing ways that she is so good at doing.
Natalie was intending on going into muggle London the next day while Charlie went to visit his old headmaster and some former classmates and whatnot that he hasn't seen in quite a long time. Hermione was going to be the one taking her into London to just hang out and get to know each other better and have some fun, she's hoping to loosen Hermione up a bit and try to make her less straight edge so to say.
