Dear Fred, Dec. 15th, 1998
Christmas is coming up. Mum is a wreck again. Our first Christmas without you. It doesn't seem right. Luna and her dad are coming over though. So are Harry and Hermione. We'll have a full house and everything. But we all know what the other is thinking. It's making it even harder honestly. In a way I wish we all could just move on. I say this like it's the easiest thing ever. But I don't think I'd be able to. Obviously writing these means I haven't. I haven't left my room today. Luna brought me lunch. Sat with me and ate hers too. I think she knew I probably wouldn't have eaten it if I was alone. Smart girl that one. No wonder she's in Ravenclaw. I know people made fun of her a lot and just thought of her and weird and nothing more. But there definitely a reason she's in house. She just….knows things. Automatically. What we all need and want. I'm really glad mum let her stay. I know she's not happy about us sharing a room though. I just think she's scared to tell me no. Like I'm going to just break down if I don't get my way. Well…honestly in this case I might. She's helping so much.
Love,
George
Dear Fred, Dec. 16th, 1998
I don't have a lot of people to talk to. So I guess I'll just keep writing you. Keep you up to date on your brother. He does so well when he's out. But when he's home it's like he just stops. He doesn't want to go to the joke shop either. I don't want to push him to do so either. I think he'd just break down. It's a bit too much. I stay with him as much as I can without smothering him. And eat with him. I'm a little scared if I didn't he'd just waste away. When I leave rooms he follows. I asked him why once. He said it's because I was clam. I understand what he means. So I let him follow me. If I go to the store or something I always invite him. I don't want him to feel like he's relying on me though. But….is it really that bad to rely on someone?
Love,
Luna
Dear Fred,
I went to the store with Luna the other day. People came up to me and kept giving me their apologizes. It was weird. I didn't much like it. For the most part people ignored that Luna was even there. It made me mad for some reason. I mentioned this and she said she was used to it. How can someone be used to being ignored? She did a lot to help in the war. She even lead Harry to Rowena's diadem. Which was a lot of help considering NO ONE knew where that thing was. No one had known for years. But she was smart enough to realize that Helena knew. I wish everyone would say something to her too. She decided to apparate us to a muggle town after we got those ingredients mum needed. She said no one would recognize us here. And no one did. It was nice. She even held my hand while walking around. It was nice. I know I keep saying this but….I'm really really glad I invited her to stay.
Love,
George
Dear Fred,
George really doesn't like crowds does he? I think he almost fainted when we were in Diagon Alley. About gave me a fright. I took him to a little muggle town for the grocery's though. He did much better there. I don't know why he was so upset about people not talking to me in Diagon Alley though. I'm quite used to it. It's nice actually. You can get your stuff done without interruption! Plus it's always more interesting to watch people move through their lives there. I wouldn't know what to do if someone actually came up and talked to me! I'm glad that George at least had some sort of emotion though. For the most part he really doesn't show anything. And…I think I'm glad it was about me.
Love,
Luna
